Eugene Helber (? - 1922) was a newspaper publisher in Ann Arbor, MI.
During World War I, Helber was accused of sedition to the Postmaster General in Washington, DC, and barred from the use of the mails. At that time he handed his newspaper over to his son, James Helber, who continued publishing in English. His accuser, Professor William Hobbs, also led an effort against members of the University of Michigan's German department, resulting in the dismissal of Professor Carl Eggert.
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- 206 East Huron Street, Ann Arbor District Library
The distinctive Art Deco facade was added to this brick building in the early 1930s when the Ann Arbor Tribune occupied this building, on the old site of what had been Fred and Mary Heusel's City Bakery since the 1890s. The Tribune was the outgrowth of a series of German language newspapers, most directly Die Neue Post, published by Eugene J. Helber. Helber was outspokenly pro-German during the initial years of World War I, before the United States joined the conflict.
- A History of Ann Arbor, Jonathan Marwil, Published by University of Michigan Press, 1991
ISBN 0472064630 p. 96-97
- Die Deutschen in Ann Arbor: Eine Studie über das Leben deutscher Einwanderer in den USA, 1810-1918 By Achim Geldmacher. Published by Verlag Die Blaue Eule, 1993 Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized Sep 23, 2008 ISBN 3892065055, 9783892065050 . p355, 399.
- Ann Arbor City Council, April 29, 1918, name listed in council minutes
- Patriots in pinstripe: men of the National Security League? - Page 78 by John Carver Edwards - History - 1982 - 236 pages
- Title: Ann Arbor the first hundred years, Author: Stephenson, Orlando Worth. Making of Ann Arbor Text Collection
- Washtenaw Impressions, 1943