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Who was accused of hiding his papers in a pumpkin patch?
| Alger Hiss | |
|---|---|
| Education | Johns Hopkins University, Harvard Law School |
| Known for | Conviction for perjury related to espionage |
| Criminal charge(s) | 2 counts of perjury |
| Criminal penalty | 2 terms of 5 years in prison, to run concurrently. |
What were the pumpkin papers quizlet?
Former high-ranking State Department official, accused by Whittaker Chambers in August 1948 of being a communist and Soviet spy. They were dubbed the “Pumpkin Papers” because Chambers kept them hidden in a pumpkin in his pumpkin patch.
Did Whittaker Chambers go to jail?
The first trial, in June 1949, ended with the jury deadlocked 8-4 for conviction. He was sentenced to five years in prison. Chambers had resigned from Time in December 1948. After the Hiss case, he wrote a few articles for Fortune, Life, and Look magazines.
Where did the Pumpkin Papers come from Whittaker Chambers?
More accurately, the Pumpkin Papers would be called the “Dumbwaiter Papers.” The sixty-five typed pages and four handwritten pages all came from an envelope removed from a dumbwaiter shaft in the Baltimore home of Whittaker Chambers’s nephew’s mother, where they apparently had been kept for ten years.
When was the hollowed out pumpkin at Chambers Farm found?
The hollowed-out pumpkin at Chambers’s farm that contained two rolls of undeveloped film. Chambers led HUAC investigators to the pumpkin on December 2, 1948. Who typed the papers?
When was the pumpkin found in Alger Hiss trial?
The hollowed-out pumpkin at Chambers’s farm that contained two rolls of undeveloped film. Chambers led HUAC investigators to the pumpkin on December 2, 1948.
Where did the Pumpkin Papers get their name?
The name “Pumpkin Papers” comes from the fact that the rolls of 35 mm film were found wrapped in waxed paper inside a hollowed-out pumpkin on Whittaker Chambers’s Maryland farm.