Evening star., 1943-01-21
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| oath as citizen in District Court
! here. Il felt that in spirit and habits
! and in processes of thought, / had
become American-not only because
l lived here but spiritually and
mentally. The only thing to do is
become what you are"
| Because he believed that every bit
of energy he had should be devoted
to the war. Maj. Knight was doing
little writing-sn occasional Sam
| Smell story and number of PAM
phlets to push the war effort here
! and abroad.
Lived i'm Russia.
Born in Yorkshire, which figured
prominently in his The Happy
Land" and Song on Your Bugles"
as we'll as in his Sam Small stories,
Mai. knight was taken to Russia
by his mother after the death OF his
father in the Boer War. His mother
became governess to the Princess
Xenia's children.
Coming to the United States as
youth, he became newspaper copy
boy, later attending Cambridge
Mass Latin School and several
art schools.
During che World War he served
with the renowned Princess Pat
Regiment of the Canadian Army
and fought at Ypres, Arras on the
Somme and in the Mons. His two
brothers, both in the American
Army. were killed in action on the
same day.
In This Above All he drew from
his experiences of the first World
War to create the character Of
''MohtS..'s the old soldier. his far
vorite character in the novel.
Career in Hollywood.
After. the war he became a news
paper cartoonist and writer in Phil
adelphia. The writer, E. E. Cum
mings, is said to have started him
on his fiction writing career in Hoi-
lywood In 1888
He was stationed here until a
short time ago, living with his wife
at the Carlton Hotel, while his two
children stayed at the family home,
near Bethlehem, Pa.
Mr.. Foxworth. the veteran FBI
agent. had worked on some of the
most important cases broken by the
FBI since he became a special agent
in 1882 He was termed by FBI
Director j. Edgar Hoover as "one of
my most capable assistants"
Mission Unexplained.
Although the FBI explained that
the second of its men killed in the
crash, Special Agent Harold D.
Haberfeld. was on special mission
for the FBI, it gave no explanation
of Mr.. Foxworth's presence on the
transport.
On learning of his death, Mr..
Hoover said that Mr.. Foxworth's s
loyal. industrious efforts have played
an important role in the develop
ment of the FBI during the past 10
years.
After completing his training per-
iod with the FBI. Mr.. Foxworth as
signed to FBI field Offices in Jack
sonville, Fla; Oklahoma City, New
York and Washington.
He became administrative assist
ant to the FBI director in April,
1885, and held that post until June,
1899, when he was designated spe-
cial agent in charge Of the New York
field division: He was assigned here
as an assistant director from June,
1910, to April, 194l. Since then he
has been In charge of the New York
City division
Born in 1906 at Purvis. Miss, he
received his early education in
Mississippi, attended the Pearl
River Junior College for two years
and then began his accounting
studies at the Walton School of
, Commerce and the La Sale Exten-
sion University. Before he went to
the FBI he was employed by the
/ Edward Hines Western Pine Co.
/ He is survived by his wife and
his sisters. Mrs. Robert Smith, Mrs.
j. P. Sutton and Miss M G. Fox
! worth.
Haberfetd Was LinguiSt.
Special Agent Haberfeld was born
/ at Rochester Pa. in 1912. During
/ his summer vacations from Geneva
College in Beaver Falls Pa, Mr. Ha-
berfeld Travelled extensively through
every country in Europe
/ He went to North Africa while en-
| ployed by the Armstrong Cork Co.
and knew we'll most of the important
North African ports, as well as
Portugal and the Azores. He spoke
French, Spanish and German flu
emily
After completing his training
( period in the FBI Training Center
at Quantico. Va, last year, he was
assigned to the Buffalo FBI office.
/ The FBI said that the agents
service record was excellent and his
background, training and native
ability predicted for him brilliant
future in the FBI."
The agent is survived by his wife.
Mrs Ethel Allene Brown Haber-
field of Buffalo.
Minneapolis Native.
William Hodson. another crash
victim, was New York City welfare
commissioner, on leave to assist
former Gov Herbert H. Lehman in
his foreign relief and rehabilita-
ton work. Mr, Hodson. who was 81
and had held his New York post
since 1884. was native of Min
nespolis.
He served as executive secretary