: "Paul Haffer's role in an odd Tacoma libel case -- he was convicted of libeling the long-dead George Washington (1732-1799) -- brought him national recognition at age 21. He gained further notoriety, and another criminal conviction, by failing to register for the draft, but later served at Fort Lewis during World War I. Haffer is now best known as the husband, for a few years, of pioneering modernist photographer Virna Haffer (1899-1974). His lifelong career as a socialist writer and activist in Tacoma is largely forgotten."(https://www.historylink.org/File/11241)
: "Paul Haffer's role in an odd Tacoma libel case -- he was convicted of libeling the long-dead George Washington (1732-1799) -- brought him national recognition at age 21. He gained further notoriety, and another criminal conviction, by failing to register for the draft, but later served at Fort Lewis during World War I. Haffer is now best known as the husband, for a few years, of pioneering modernist photographer Virna Haffer (1899-1974). His lifelong career as a socialist writer and activist in Tacoma is largely forgotten."(https://www.historylink.org/File/11241)
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