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Robert S. Allen (Bob) was born on 14 July, 1900 in Latonia, Kentucky, U.S., is an American journalist. Discover Robert S. Allen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?

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Occupation Journalist · author · columnist
Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 14 July 1900
Birthday 14 July
Birthplace Latonia, Kentucky, U.S.
Date of death 23 February, 1981
Died Place Washington, D.C., U.S
Nationality United States

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Who Is Robert S. Allen's Wife?

His wife is Ruth Finney (m. 1929-1979) Adeline Sunday (m. 1980)

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Robert S. Allen Net Worth

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1900

Robert Sharon Allen (July 14, 1900 — February 23, 1981) was an American journalist, Washington bureau chief for The Christian Science Monitor, and military officer.

Robert Sharon Allen was born on July 14, 1900, in Latonia, Kentucky to Harry and Lizzie (Elizabeth) Greenberg.

Allen's given name was Herman Greenberg.

1916

He changed his name and lied about his age in order to join the military on September 6, 1916.

Allen joined the army, lying about his age in order to do so, and served in the cavalry during the Pancho Villa Expedition of 1916–17 and in France during World War I.

After the war, he graduated from the University of Wisconsin and took up reporting.

1918

His father officially changed his name to match his son's in 1918, saying that there was a German "taint" to the last part of his name and he desired a real American name.

After that time all the family except his brother Isador used the name.

1921

He later married Adeline Sunday (1921–2017), his former secretary.

1923

He joined the Ku Klux Klan in order to write an exposé about them, and was studying in Munich at the time of Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch (1923).

It was at this time he became a foreign correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor.

1929

Allen married fellow journalist Ruth Finney in 1929, and they remained married until her death in 1979.

1931

In 1931, Allen was the Washington bureau chief for the Christian Science Monitor.

Because the magazine would not publish content critical of Herbert Hoover, Allen and Drew Pearson anonymously co-wrote the book Washington Merry-Go-Round, an exposé of the Hoover administration.

After Hoover tracked down their identities, both authors were fired.

1932

In 1932 the two journalists published a sequel, More Merry-Go-Round, and wrote a nationally syndicated column titled "Merry-Go-Round".

1933

In 1933, Allen worked as a Soviet agent (Sh/147) for $100 a month.

"In 1933, Allen was a fully recruited and undoubtedly witting Soviet agent. Under the assigned cover name of "George Parker," he covertly exchanged privileged information for money. He provided the Soviets with intelligence about Japanese military fortifications; news about potential appointments in the incoming Roosevelt administration; and information about the US government's plans for diplomatic recognition of the Soviet Union."

1937

In 1937, during the court-packing controversy, Allen and Pearson co-authored the book The Nine Old Men, about the U.S. Supreme Court.

During the early forties he co-wrote the newspaper strip Hap Hopper with Drew Pearson.

The strip was drawn by Jack Sparling.

He served on General Patton's staff in World War II, reaching the rank of colonel.

During a reconnaissance mission, Allen lost his right arm in combat fire.

His wartime diary was published after his death.

1947

In 1947, he edited the book Our Fair City, an exposé of corrupt conditions in American municipalities.

He also wrote Lucky Forward: The History of Patton's Third Army. Papers concerning his military career reside in the George S. Patton Museum at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

1962

Associated Press reported: "'Under pressure from Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy' in 1962, CIA director John McCone 'agreed to tap the telephones of columnists Robert S. Allen and Paul Scott in an effort to identify their sources for classified information which was appearing in their columns,' says a memo a decade later to the agency's director.'"

1981

Allen died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Georgetown on February 23, 1981, at age 80.

He also had cancer at the time of his death, and the effects of the disease had forced him to retire the year prior.

2007

According to documents released by the CIA in 2007, Allen was the subject of a wiretap operation, Project Mockingbird.

2009

According to John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr and Alexander Vassiliev in their 2009 book Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America, this was legal for Allen to do, being prior to the passage of the 1938 Foreign Agents Registration Act, and his motivation is unknown.