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H - ROAR nena ping nin fothtthtn aan OAS 8 r a Inf - a seoet are pyre een wh © aye _ See ty » in reaponse to your ingulry I wish te advise thet Rencken hac not been investigated in recent years by this Bureau, . He was, however, brought to the attention of the Bureau of Inveatigation of the Department of dustics during the lest war, At that time he wee deemed by some to be a suspicious pereon and information wae received thet he wes of provernan qympethies, However, this statement of Hencken'e aympathios wae refuted by an associate of his. During the Jaat war there was no indication according to the records ef this Burem. that Mencken was involved in esplonege activities, In the absence of recent data J am unable to be of further assistance to you. (y\ Kith reapsct to Mencken's background the publi cation “who's Who in America, 1640-1941" statea that Henry Loule Mencken wag Dorn at Baltimore, Marylend, September 12, 1680, to August and anna Nencken, “mee Ansa Abhau, This sources atates that the subjeet waa educated at ies Poteet as i, BA, Tem ie, Siong He, hava _ eeanaqarerianantion, private schoola and Baltimore Polytechnics; that he sarried ser Ad Haardt of Montgomery, Alabama, on August 27, 1930, end that. abet on Mey 32, 2855, Menckents Journalistic efforts are reported wencing in 1609 when he wae a reporter on the Baltimore KoSiiag jereaé, of which he subsequently, in 1605, beoam ity editor, He Fets . this post until 1905 when he was made editor of the Evening Baas , which he left tn 1906 te Join the ataff of the Baltimore gua, “ate fensined with the Baltimore gun until 1910 when he joined the Bean ing Bs UO ee ium where be was euployed fren 1910 to 1916 and from 1918 te 49S. a ere Re. iti a According to the afcrenentioned source Mencken has bega'with both Sr -pe moe-2086, Hin other literary: endeavors are Listed Orta of he on “gmart set,” 1900 to.3 Bas editor of *the nericedd Marbbiry® Brom 1826 tq.1958, end contd este ‘editor qf "the Nation" fran 1921 to 1934. (A ue * = NOV 26 51861 "ke i PM | FEDERAL BUREAU oF PNYVESTIGATION. 1° U.S, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE