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Melvin Purvis — Part 1

103 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Jul 22, 1934 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Melvin Purvis · 102 pages OCR'd
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~ a = a ‘ ~ * Sore ie + ny res PY, oar ‘el gti rt. cat TUR AS pp te ci x i a Sree ee s io ee 7? a eer | .# 3 . A letter dated 5/21/37, to the Bureau from Clarence Francis, President of General Foods Corporation, NYC, discussed the advertising campaign and in particular the advertisements tn which Melvin Purvis was referred to as a "G-Man", Mr. Francis advised they were correcting the advertisement to read former "G-lfan", On 5/25/37, the Bureau acknowledged the above communicatton and suggested that tt would be helpful tf the General Foods Corporation _ could indicate that Mr. Purvis was no longer connected with the Bureau. 94-4-648-5 | (22)- [ ars [obo Pirtis stated she was the wi fe ), =: qua she married under the name n Furvts . rg. ruts advised that on one occasio d told her he was a brother to Melvin Purvia, former G-Man. 31-45673~-25 (10) ~ Pate PP yn. #9_ Brean fan. A letter dated 8/4/37; Howard Pate, B.FP.D. #2; Branford, ede ee Wake eee ey ee TF oa ere Connecticut, enclosed advertisements for Post Toasties. One of the advertisements announced Mel Purvis "G-Han" while the other advertise- ments announced Mr. Purvis as former "G-Man" as star performer in color-comic and newspaper adds. On 8/18/37, the above correspondence was acknowledged and enclosed advertisements returned to Mr. Pate. 94 -4-648-7 (ing toatat of advertisements enclosed) 36 )~ In a letter to the Bureau dated 6/24/38, from Emma Maynard Fichtelman, 1317 Kast 24th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, Mrs. Fichtelman advised that in June 1927 she had given information to the Department of Justice which led to the arrest of Roy and Ray DeAutremont. She then stated that the November 1937 tasue of "Red Book Magazine” carried a story entitled, “Man Hunt” by Milton Mackaye who prepared and edited "Under Secret Order" by Melvin Purvis. She complained that the story gave her such publicity that she felt she was tn danger and sought permtaston to carry her gun. 48-380-255 (13) -9- 7 a. Me Laks hee apt . . + ‘ . ra . . . mo. 7 . . 7 ‘ . et a ag) day er ar SRR A, g - rest - ae TO eet .
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