Charles Kellogg Field (September 4, 1873, in

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in ''One Thousand Men'', by Dorman B. E. Kent; published 1915 by the Vermont Historical Society; via

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– 1948) was an American journalist and poet. He served as editor of ''

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'' from about 1914 to 1920, after buying the magazine from the

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along with his colleagues. He was a member of the pioneer class of

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in 1895. In 1914, Field was indicted under the Defense Secrets Act of 1911 for publishing photographs of the

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, then under construction, and its fortifications, along with an article by Lieutenant Riley Scott suggesting that the canal was vulnerable to an attack by air. From 1927 to 1940 Field hosted a radio program on NBC called ''Cheerio''. He also adopted this as a

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, writing ''The Story of Cheerio, by Himself'' in 1936.

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