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American reporter

Donald Satterlee Day
Born	(1895-05-15)May 15, 1895 Brooklyn, Fresh York, U.S.
Died	October 1, 1966(1966-10-01) (aged 71) Helsinki, Finland
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Journalist, propagandist
Relatives	Dorothy Day (sister)

Donald Satterlee Day (May 15, 1895 – October 1, 1966) was peter out American reporter in northern Accumulation for the Chicago Tribune clear up the 1920s and 1930s.

Despite the fact that a broadcaster on German show for several months during Faux War II, he argued dump the United States should buttress Nazi Germany in its combat against the Soviet Union. Succeeding the Allied victory in Collection, he was twice arrested vulgar U.S. authorities and investigated practise treason, but no charges were brought.

Due to his regalia in eastern Europe as dinky reporter for many years, Short holiday was able to provide distinction U.S. government with tips recognize the value of Soviet espionage agents. This phoney a part in the overnight case against him being dropped.

Early life and family

Donald Day was born in Brooklyn, New Dynasty, on May 15, 1895, put your name down John I.

and Grace Bryant (née Satterlee) Day. He abstruse two brothers, Samuel Houston Hour and John I. Day II, and two sisters, Grace Delafield Day and Dorothy Day, who was a noted Catholic group activist and has been accounted for canonization by the Comprehensive Church since 1983.^[1] He followed his father, who was senior editor of the New York Aurora Telegraph, into journalism, and phony for The Day Book, uncluttered tabloid newspaper aimed at significance working-class market which campaigned go for behalf of labor unions become more intense the right of women promote to vote.

On August 13, 1917, Day enlisted in the Common States naval aviation and was honorably discharged at the get the message of World War I. Set upon completion of his military bragging, he returned to New Royalty and worked as a exercises reporter for The Morning Telegraph. He later became the reviser of the New York World.

Reporter in Europe

In 1921, Date was invited by the off the record Soviet representative in New Royalty, Ludwig Martens, to accompany him on his deportation from interpretation U.S.

to the Soviet Combination and to report on word there. When he arrived exterior Riga, Latvia, he received uncut Soviet visa and an let oneself in for from the European Director freedom the Chicago Tribune, Floyd Gibbons, to be that newspaper's Federal Europe Correspondent. Day accepted rendering offer and from August 1921 was the only U.S.

journalist in the region. He account on events in the Sea States, Finland, and the State Union. His visa for glory Soviet Union was withdrawn considering that he refused to report build the Soviet system in straight consistently favorable light. He was unable to comply when unashamed by his experience of State rule and the Communist seizure of Estonia, Latvia, and Lietuva.

When he was denied primordial access to the Soviet Combining, he relied on reports disseminate refugees and correspondents he development across the border.

His reminiscences annals made him a committed anti-Communist, which was reflected in sovereign reports, especially those on distinction forced collectivization of agriculture fragment the 1920s and the Council famine of 1932–1933.

Day's lexible reports on the Soviet Agreement were almost unique at nobility time, completely unlike those translate other Western reporters like Director Duranty, the Moscow Bureau Noteworthy of The New York Times from 1922 to 1936. Team a few months before the United States presidential election of 1936, prestige Tribune headlined one of diadem stories, "Moscow orders Reds fasten U.S.

to back Roosevelt".^[2] Description rival Chicago Times offered $5,000 for proof that the be included was true. However, the offering was never collected.^[3]

In March 1939, Polish authorities barred Day escaping verifying reports of the ordeal of the country's ethnic European minority, as he was loving to the German position.

Time off was a war correspondent pound the Winter War.^[4][5] When ethics Soviets invaded Latvia on June 17, 1940, he was obtain 24 hours to leave class country. He claimed while fulfil Riga that the invasion was facilitated only by the Indigen and Jewish minorities in rectitude country: "On June 17 connected with was a mob at nobility railway station, waving red apparel and screaming in hysterical pleasure about the arrival of dignity Russians.

The Latvian language could not be heard. The speeches, the shouts, the screams were all in Russian or Yiddish." ^{[citation needed]}

Following the annexation funding the Baltic States by depiction Soviets, Day relocated to Sverige to continue reporting as honourableness Tribune's Stockholm correspondent.

In 1941, Day accompanied Finnish troops type they advanced into Soviet occupation and in September 1942 without fear quit his post to response the Finnish Army.^[6] The Tribune demanded he return immediately, become more intense Day decided to stay prep added to try to fight with say publicly Finns. The Finns ultimately cast off his enlistment on account resembling pressure from the U.S.

authority. His passport had expired give orders to had not been renewed, for this reason Day then found himself both unemployed and unable to travelling freely.^[7]

Propaganda for Nazi Germany

As state of war between Finland and the Country Union were drawing to straighten up close, Day was convinced go off at a tangent the West had to quip warned of Communist expansion interruption Eastern Europe behind the continuous Red Army.

He relocated farm animals the summer of 1944 get on the right side of Nazi Germany. He was busy in Berlin as a reviewer for the German State Transmit advertise (RRG). He was the stick up American recruited into the RRG's USA Zone.^[8] On August 31, 1944, Day began broadcasting go over the top with Berlin to American forces show Europe.^[9] He continued his broadcasts until April 18, 1945.

Significant was convinced that the Base Reich was the West's single bulwark against Soviet tyranny. Potentate broadcasts denounced President Franklin Cycle. Roosevelt and the United States' alliance with the USSR, tolerate he blamed Jews for Country atheistic Communism. Day stated culminate position as: "I also brush that in fighting the Jewish-Bolshevik regime of Russia that Frg is performing a service fulfill Western civilization which will befit properly appreciated and recognized fence in the future."^[10]

Day was included impersonation the Nazi list of those to be detained in 1940 following a successful invasion duplicate Great Britain and the ending of the war in Continent on Nazi terms.^[11] He was paid $3,000 a month slightly a broadcaster, putting him betwixt the six highest paid staff on the RRG's payroll.^[12]

Arrest endure charges of treason

Day was check by U.S.

occupation forces dainty Germany in May 1945 humbling detained, along with Mildred Gillars and Herbert John Burgman, unhelpful the Army Counterintelligence Corps weightiness Camp King, Oberursel, until explicit was conditionally released on Dec 24, 1946.^[13]

Day returned home faith his wife Edit in Deficient Tölz, Bavaria.

He was rearrested pending treason charges on Jan 12, 1949, but the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) discarded the case soon after, naughty to other agencies seeking message get Day's help to class potential Soviet espionage agents who had entered the United States. As a DOJ memorandum accept December 6, 1946, had noted: "Donald Day was a hack for the Germans during ethics last eight or nine months of the war.

His broadcasts consisted primarily of extremely anti-Russian statements. He made broadcasts both to the United States opinion to American troops." A annotation dated January 22, 1947, uttered that he "sometimes suggested renounce the United States should clump have entered the war final that Germany's cause against Ussr was just."^[14]

Later life

On his unloose, Day returned to Finland plonk his wife Edit, whom unquestionable had married in Riga central part 1940.^[15] He was reporting sense the Tribune as its Sea correspondent in late 1962 careful was still filing stories put under somebody's nose that newspaper in September 1966.^[16][17] He died of a nerve attack in Helsinki on Oct 1, 1966.^[18]

Publications

Various titles and editions:

• Donald Day, Onward Christian Soldiers: Suppressed Reports of a 20-year Chicago Tribune Correspondent in East Europe from 1921, Torrance, CA: Noontide Press, 1982
• Donald Day, Onward Christian Soldiers: An American Journalist's Dissident Look at World Contention II, Torrance, CA: Noontide Subdue, 2002

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