Word: merten
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...years Herman Merten led an unexciting life. A naturalized U. S. citizen of German birth, he had dabbled in journalism in Portland, Ore., picked up an American wife from Seattle, finally wandered back to Germany. There he plodded along for three years as a translator...
...futile 'for the U. S. to enter the war for she will be too late." ^ The U. S. must prepare to cooperate "economically and spiritually" with Germany on a "barter basis-the only basis Germany now knows, because she was forced to employ the barter system." Added Prophet Merten on a hint from wife Zelah: "I beg, after consideration, that you mention my connections with the American Embassy in Berlin only on your social pages, in a separate story, rather than in this interview which I dictated." Still on the Embassy payroll for two months' accumulated leave...