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*e——TRe Night of October 1#— m ‘What happened on the night of October 18, 19387 Curiously,’that appears to be a question of major importance in the America of 1941, It was the night on which American Am- bassador Wilson gave a dinner at his home in Berlin for a distinguished visiting American. Reporters had no premonition that this litde | occasion later would be built into an Interna- tional Incident by Secretary Ickes. So in the | fullness of their ignorance they simply wrote: | Ambassa. dor Hugh R. Wilson Tuesday night, Field | the order of the German eagle, with a star. : The order was especially created by the | - nazi regime for distinguished foreigners.” |: Our further information on what that evening comes from two sources, Mr. wa- | gon and Mr. Lindbergh. t Mr. Wilson later wrote; “The fact of , tation of the medal was a surprise toh | + \ and to all of my guests.” Mr. Lindbergh was one of the guests. If pee oon oa ae | you have refused? Would you Herr Goering coldly in the eye him to ulke is decoration and dispose of 4 ‘Probably ‘pot. An Ickes might have ence sensitive person it Ume, refusal would have seemed unthink- yh arguments, rether than to the Lind- oe EL oaes yg. | a 113 MORNIEG WORLD HERALD