Joseph Hilton Smyth (4 December 1901 – 1972) was an American publisher and pulp author. He and two associates, Walker Gray Matheson and Irvine Harvey Williams, [1] in connection with their publishing activities, were convicted in 1942 for acting as agents for the Japanese government without registering with the State Department. [2]
In 1940 he and his associates acquired a number of magazines, using $125,000 funds supplied by the Japanese government. The agreement was to publish pro-Japanese stories. After the three were convicted of being unregistered agents for the Japanese government, the titles ceased, though at least one ( North American Review) was later revived.
In the 1960s he was co-publisher of the Saturday Review of Literature. [3]
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- President's Agent (1963) writing as Joseph Hilton
- Angels in the Gutter (1955) writing as Joseph Hilton
In addition to novels, Smith also published an autobiography, To Nowhere and Return, prior to his conviction. [4]
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"Three Unregistered Agents For Japan Enter Guilty Pleas".
{{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=( help) - ^ The New York Times, "3 Japanese Agents Get 7-Year Terms," 13 November 1942.
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^ Faulkner and His Contemporaries. Joseph R. Urgo, Ann J. Abadie (editors). University Press of Mississippi. 2009. p. 32.
ISBN
9781604730586.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: others ( link) - ^ Smith, Joseph Hilton (1940). To Nowhere and Return: The Autobiography of a Puritan. New York: Carrick & Evans, Inc.
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Joseph Hilton Smyth (4 December 1901 – 1972) was an American publisher and pulp author. He and two associates, Walker Gray Matheson and Irvine Harvey Williams, [1] in connection with their publishing activities, were convicted in 1942 for acting as agents for the Japanese government without registering with the State Department. [2]
In 1940 he and his associates acquired a number of magazines, using $125,000 funds supplied by the Japanese government. The agreement was to publish pro-Japanese stories. After the three were convicted of being unregistered agents for the Japanese government, the titles ceased, though at least one ( North American Review) was later revived.
In the 1960s he was co-publisher of the Saturday Review of Literature. [3]
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- President's Agent (1963) writing as Joseph Hilton
- Angels in the Gutter (1955) writing as Joseph Hilton
In addition to novels, Smith also published an autobiography, To Nowhere and Return, prior to his conviction. [4]
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^
"Three Unregistered Agents For Japan Enter Guilty Pleas".
{{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=( help) - ^ The New York Times, "3 Japanese Agents Get 7-Year Terms," 13 November 1942.
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^ Faulkner and His Contemporaries. Joseph R. Urgo, Ann J. Abadie (editors). University Press of Mississippi. 2009. p. 32.
ISBN
9781604730586.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: others ( link) - ^ Smith, Joseph Hilton (1940). To Nowhere and Return: The Autobiography of a Puritan. New York: Carrick & Evans, Inc.
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