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...past year the most ingenious defender of the U. S. on the air has been an inventive wizard named Peter Quill. Against the machinations of foreign agents he has thrown the resources of a laboratory that would startle even Jules Verne. He has discovered a substance called therminite which burns at 6,000 degrees, melts all metals, renders water explosive by breaking it down into hydrogen and oxygen. He has invented a delayed-action "explosive" which explodes so gradually that it can be used on sinking submarines to expel water and chlorine. He has devised a magnetic screen so powerful...
...Peter Quill is the joint creation of Bill Lee, late managing editor of the Chicago Tribune, and radio Writer-Producer-Director Blair Walliser. Originally Quill was known as The Crimson Wizard, and in the beginning neither Lee nor Walliser was certain whether their man was a menace or a hero. Last fall it was decided he ought to be a stanch American, and ever since then Walliser has held him on the patriotic line...
WASHINGTON--Two Dies Committee members today blocked an attempt by the Committee to vote a contempt citation against President Michael J. Quill of the C.I.O. Transport Workers Union...
...Committee debated Chairman Dies' request for such action after Quill clashed with members in a riotous session and denounced the group as "warmongering" and "afraid to hear the truth." Quill was removed from the hearing room by Capital police
Speaking on the same program as Quill were Paul Olum '40, First Marshal of Phi Beta Kappa, and Enno R. Hobbing '40. Both called for organization in the fight against...