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| Above: "Gervais-Irene" - 1945 |
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| "Non Gervais-Irene" - 1940s |
To clearly distinguish the two persons shown above as
separate individuals, see the 'Eye Comparisons' link. Know as well, the woman
shown further below in the Wikipedia photo is none other than the 'Gervais-Irene' as she looked in the mid-1970s.
Also take a look at Wikipedia's extraordinary non-truthful offering,
mainly contrived with misinformation provided by the masonically steered Dr. Alex
Mandel of the Ukraine, and posted by Wikipedia 'user-moderator' Gwen Gale. (For additional notes on the life of the original
Irene Craigmile see the 1982 New Jersey News Tribune link.)
As the public
is welcome to provide, contribute to, and even to 'edit' Wikipedia content, it is generally considered a widely used, 'make almost any kind of information available to the public,' 'free on-line encyclopedia.' However it is monitored, and
all public editing is "subject to approval." Thus, even though Beyond 37' did try to submit corrections to the 'Irene'
page shown below, Gwen Gale refused to permit any of Beyond 37's corrections, to the point of 'disallowing' Beyond 37's Wikipedia
'user membership' privilege. Therefore, readers of this page are encouraged to contact Ms. Gale and request for her to review
the accuracy of the information displayed in Wikipedia's 'Irene Craigmile Bolam' page. Otherwise, and even though it has nothing
to do with anything supplied by Irene's own family or the official U. S. historical viewpoint, on Wikipedia and as shown here
below, one can read Irene Craigmile Bolam's neutralized biographical information.
(Note: The 'Wikipedia' portions are shown highlighted in blue labled 'Mandel/Wikipedia;' while inner-spaced in brackets one
will find Beyond 37's review commentary.)
"Irene
Craigmile Bolam" Below: The 'False' Highly Limited Account Found in Wikipedia,
C. 2009 (minus 'Beyond 37' notes) | "Irene Craigmile Bolam" | 
"Irene Craigmile Bolam c.1980"
| "Born October 1, 1904 Newark, NJ"
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| "Died July 7, 1982, Bedford, New Jersey"
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| "Occupation Banker, Homemaker"
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| "Spouse(s) Guy Bolam, Charles Craigmile,
Alvin Heller"
| | "Parents
Richard J. O'Crowley and Bridget Doyle O'Crowley"
| | Mandel/Wikipedia: "Irene Craigmile Bolam (1 October 1904 – 7 July 1982) was a New York banker and resident of Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.[1][2] In 1970, a book which was soon widely discredited set forth an allegation she was Amelia Earhart. Bolam denied the claim, took legal action against the publisher and the book was withdrawn." [BEYOND 37's NOTE: The above seems ok, yet the truth remains there were three
different human beings who were identified as one in the same 'Irene Craigmile Bolam.' The one who appears in the photo above
was the 1945-1982 publicly identified Irene Craigmile (Bolam), AKA Irene-Amelia, AKA the former Amelia Earhart. She became
'Irene Craigmile Bolam' after she married Englishman Guy Bolam in 1958, who was described by his own Brother to have been
'MI6.' The 'Irene' shown here appears nowhere in photographs identified as 'Irene' prior to the 1940s. Rather, two other women
interchangeably do; the 'original' Irene Craigmile, and the 'early 1940s family identified' Irene Craigmile. See the New Jersey
News Tribune link for biographical notes on the life of the original Irene Craigmile.]
CONTENTS: *Amelia Earhart Lives *References *Notes *Bibliography *External links
"Amelia Earhart Lives" Mandel/Wikipedia: "In 1965, Major Joseph Gervais had a chance encounter
with Bolam, believing she was Earhart. Using Gervais' research, author Joe Klaas documented this assertion in his book Amelia
Earhart Lives (1970). Bolam denied being Earhart, filed a $1.5 million lawsuit and submitted a lengthy affidavit refuting the claim. The book's publisher McGraw-Hill pulled Klaas' book from the market shortly after it was released and court records indicate they made an out of court settlement with her." [BEYOND 37's NOTE: In brief the above is correct, but there is no mention
of how the 'lawsuit' (actually a summary judgment hearing that reached the New York State Supreme Court) dragged on for five
years, and it was finally settled with a ten dollar consideration paid by Gervais and Klaas to Irene, and by Irene to Joe
Gervais and Joe Klaas after she refused Joe Gervais' request to submit her fingerprints as the positive proof of her identity.
By turning down his request for her fingerprints, she forfeited her right to what 'potentially' could have been a final settlement
awarded her to be ordered paid by Gervais and Klaas in excess of $1,000,000. As well, nowhere in the 'affidavit' does Irene
actually deny herself to have been the former Amelia Earhart. It is true however, for publishing the book without enlisting
her cooperation and for libelous remarks that were damaging to her reputation, such as referring to her husband Guy Bolam
as 'her alleged' husband who she had legally married in 1958, McGraw-Hill was ordered to pay her a $60,000 settlement.]
Mandel/Wikipedia: "Bolam's personal life
history has since been thoroughly documented, eliminating any possibility she was Earhart." [BEYOND 37's NOTES: This is not true. To the extent Irene's life
could be documented it has been, yet within such documentation, again, no less than three different human beings appeared
as one in the same 'Irene' in the photographic history of her life from the early 1900s to 1982. So much is clearly ascertainable,
especially in the 1982 fraudulent New Jersey News Tribune series. Not to mention, in no way has anyone ever "eliminated
the possibility" of the woman shown above to have been the former Amelia Earhart.] Mandel/Wikipedia: "Evidence presented in the affidavit included her
1937 private pilot's licence [sic] and marriage certificate. Her personal life was also a matter of public record. Born Irene
Madalaine O'Crowley, she married Charles Craigmile and on his death, married Alvin Heller but was subsequently divorced from
Heller c. 1939. She remarried to Guy Bolam in 1959. Although Irene Craigmile Bolam was a pilot, her main career revolved around
banking and finance in New York. Brother-in-law John Bolam said, ""She was influential, knew many well-placed people
and was well-traveled."" Many mutual friends such as racer Elinor Smith also knew both Earhart and Bolam." [BEYOND
37's NOTES: The former Amelia Earhart as Irene-Amelia did keep some of her old friends. Except people had never heard
of the name 'Irene Bolam' before she was implicated as the former Amelia Earhart in 1970. For she was not meant to be a publicly
known person anymore. She never volunteered or expected herself to be recognized for who she used to be, except quite simply,
she was recognized, by retired Air Force Major Joe Gervais in 1965. And "many mutual friends" indeed. Famous pilots
Viola Gentry and Fay Gillis Wells also knew both Amelia and her later-life self as Irene-Amelia, as did Amelia's Sister Muriel
know her as Irene-Amelia in later life, and so did Attorney Irene Rutherford O'Crowley, etc. These individuals and select
others were no doubt in league with maintaining the non-public quota of such an unrealized truth. / The 'original'
Irene's 1937 pilot's license was dated May 31, 1937 (the day before Amelia left from Miami on her epic world flight.) Beyond
37' previously obtained a copy of from the now late Joe Gervais. It was never signed by anyone, let alone the original Irene
Craigmile, as she had only flown as a licensed pilot for a very brief time in mid-1933. (1937's was the last pilot's license
issued to her.) / Aspects of everyone's personal life end up as a matter of "public record." /
The 'original' Irene's middle name of "Madaline" was found on record in three different ways; as Madeline, Madalaine,
and Madaline. Yet "Madaline" is the O'Crowley family history spelling. (Note 'Edna Madaline O'Crowley,' the original
Irene's Aunt.) Notice the above clumsy language as well: "she married Charles Craigmile and on his death, married Alvin
Heller but was subsequently divorced from Heller c. 1939." Here's what actually happened: Charles Craigmile, the 'original'
Irene's first husband since 1927 who was fifteen years her senior, died suddenly of an appendicitis attack in 1931. A year
later in 1932, the 'original' Irene's friends, famous pilots Viola Gentry and Amelia Earhart introduced her to flying airplanes
by arranging lessons for her on Long Island, NY. In mid-1933, just after she received her license the 'original' Irene became
pregnant out of wedlock by one of her flight instructors, Al Heller and the two soon eloped to be married. In March of 1934
their Son, Clarence 'Larry' Heller was born in Newark, NJ. The trail of the 'original' Irene grows cold after that, and in
1940 a legal 'annulment' process (as opposed to a divorce) was filed to declare the original Irene's marriage to Al Heller
as 'void,' thus returning the name of "Irene Craigmile" to (ostensibly) be legally available for the former Amelia
Earhart's use, Amelia, who was described to have "disappeared without a trace" three years earlier in 1937. She
married Englishman Guy Bolam on July 25, 1958 as opposed to "1959." / Irene-Amelia's survived brother-in-law,
John Bolam's 2002 Associated Press quote more completely read this way: "We were inclined to think Irene probably was
not Amelia. However, the forensic studies are very convincing. She was not an ordinary housewife as she claimed. She was influential,
knew many well placed people, and was well traveled." / Irene-Amelia did not become a 'banker'
or a 'Zonta' member until after she underwent financial institution orientation and took up residence in Great Neck on Long
Island in the mid-late 1940s. Great Neck, where as Amelia she had lived in 1924-1925. The original Irene Craigmile never was
a banker, nor was she ever a member of the Zontas. By the early 1950s Irene-Amelia was an Assistant Vice President of the
National Bank of Great Neck, and once again a prominent Zonta member. ]
Mandel/Wikipedia: "In 2006, Criminal forensic expert Kevin
Richlin was hired byNational Geographic to study photographs of Earhart and Bolam and cited many measurable facial differences
between them, concluding that the two people were not the same." [Beyond 37': This is not true. Forensic detective Kevin Richlin never
forensically "concluded" the two were not one in the same, and he openly admits that. (Notes
and A Bibliography appear on the page. Although articles and books are cited, they are also shaped and/or discredited to favor
Alex Mandel's anti Irene-Amelia campaign.)
External links *Earhart comparison to Bolam (TIGHAR's 2004 unsuccessful debunk attempt) *Bolam
as Earhart theory (Mandel rejection essay no longer linked)
*Bolam Theory with Lawsuit
Details (Associated Press, 2002)
*Where is Amelia Earhart? Three Theories (National Geographic,
2003) | | persondata
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| | NAME |
Bolam, Irene Craigmile | | | ALTERNATIVE
NAMES | | | | SHORT DESCRIPTION |
Banker, homemaker | | | DATE OF BIRTH |
October 1 1904 |
| | PLACE OF BIRTH | Newark, New Jersey | | | DATE OF DEATH | 7 July 1982
| | | PLACE OF DEATH |
Bedford, New Jersey
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End Wikipedia Page
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Note: The "external link" listed above labeled "Earhart
Comparison to Bolam" is that of TIGHAR, (Richard Gillespie) whose theory offered Earhart and Noonan to have perished
on the desert Island of Nikumororo hundreds of miles south of their destination of Howland Island. TIGHAR sports a flashy
website and has received well over a million dollars of private contributions since the 1980s, based on Ric Gillespie's assurance
that he expected to find Amelia Earhart's plane there. He's continued to try and draw public interest and to raise more money,
though by now the most ardent researchers have chalked his ideas up to little more than a 'Gilligans Island' type of castaways
story. (Mr. Gillespie never found anything on the island described as 'credible' by anybody but himself and some of his devoted
TIGHAR members.) Soon after the Associated Press began to re-examine the new credibility added to the long held Joe Gervais
claim about Irene-Amelia in 2002, to be followed by Colonel Rollin Reineck's Amelia
Earhart Survived book publication in 2003, Mr. Gillespie built the page shown on the above link to also campaign against
the newly resurfaced Gervais-Earhart paradigm. It is one sided, of course. Any favoritism shown by the public to any other
theory than TIGHAR's has always been met by Mr. Gillespie head on. See further down, how after Dr. Walter Birkby's 2003 comments
expressed favoritism towards the work of Beyond 37', Mr. Gillespie flew himself to Dallas, Texas to confront Dr. Birkby one
on one, putting him on the spot before he had a chance to conduct his promised analysis. Dr. Birkby initially stated how based
on his preliminary review of Beyond 37's information, he found it "hard to disagree" with the claim of there having
been more than one Irene Craigmile Bolam who shared the same identity, and in the possibility of one of them having been the
'former' Amelia Earhart. Ric Gillespie read this of course, confronted Dr. Birkby, and twisted the good Dr.'s words to serve
his own platitudes.
Notice too, how Dr. Alex Mandel of the Ukraine, among the most ardent of the anti Irene-Amelia campaigners,
dominates the contributor notes pages for Wikipedia. Across the top of the Wikipedia page one will notice the tabs "Article,"
"Discussion," "Edit This Page," and "History." Especially in the "Discussion" and
"History" links, both Mandel and Gwen Gale obsessively dominate the input, with Mandel going to extreme measures
to try and plead his case of there having been nothing controversial about the past lives of Irene Craigmile Bolam and/or Amelia Earhart. Take a look at his following misinformation comments regarding
Beyond 37's own Tod Swindell's research contributions to the Irene-Amelia topic: Posted by Dr. Alex Mandel of the Ukraine:
"After reading the AP article (from
"Atchison Globe online"), i found that it includes some factually incorrect statements, that provides potential
misinforming effects - "crediting" the fantastic anti-factual theory with undue weight. The statement about Mr.
Tod Swindell's photographic overlays with "pilot’s face and hands, matching perfectly with those of Bolam"
is of unclear origin." [BEYOND
37'S NOTE: This is untrue. Both portions 'hands & face,' plus full heights, arm lengths, foot size, etc. all appeared
in the book and video that were premiered and placed on display at the 2002 Oakland Aerospace Amelia Earhart Research Symposium
attended by three hundred people. (See journalist Rosalea Barker's report in the 'Press Notices' link.)] Mandel continues:
"In a very best case it quotes and represents the personal opinion of Mr. Swindell himself and a few overenthusiastic
believers in his theory." [Notice the words "few" and "overenthusiastic" as opposed to "numerous" and "serious."
As well, it was never Tod Swindell's "theory." It was a 'claim' Joe Gervais asserted that evolved into his own original
theory, after he met and photographed Irene Craigmile Bolam (Irene-Amelia) in 1965 at a gathering of famous retired pilots.
Joe Gervais stated with 'certainty' he recognized her for who she used to be, and after diligently researching her background
for five years, he determined the Irene Craigmile Bolam he met in 1965 had to have been no other person than the living former
Amelia Earhart. Nobody was ever able to prove him incorrect, and he died in 2005 still believing it. And as it turned out,
he was correct.] Mandel: "The differences between Earhart and Bolam - both in bodial and facial aspects - are
numerous and quite obvious, some of them striking; and it was always noted by numerous observers and researchers, both during
the presentations of the theory and in all other cases when and where some discussion about this topic ever happened." [This is plain and simple BS, profligately
issued by a person wielding a false-truth campaign. (Is 'bodial' a word?)] Mandel: "The important
and principal fact is that there was no [sic] any positive forensic confirmation for the theory ever provided to the public and scientific coomunity [sic] for any professional check and proper verification." [Forensic Anthropologists Dr. Birkby and
Dr. Fenton initially agreed to separate the two different Irenes and to throughly conduct a full body analysis of Irene-Amelia
as compared to Amelia, but after Dr. Birkby was confronted by Rich Gillespie of the Tighar organization and phoned by Bill
Prymak of the AES, he became discouraged commenting "I don't go for this kind of thing," causing both he and his
partner to do a limited null hypothesis of the post war augmented 'Irene-Amelia's' face (similar to Richlins) as compared
to Amelia's from the 1930s, where said 'non-medically accounted for' augmentations were pointed out.] Mandel: "Moreover, two 'forensic
pathologists' mentioned in the article - Dr. Walter Birkby (Arizona) and Dr. Todd Fenton (Michigan) - actually issued a negative
verdict about the credibility of the theory, refusing to support it;" [This is not true. (And again they were 'Anthropologists' as opposed to "Pathologists,"
two very different fields.) Any so called 'negation' of theirs was based on the lack of Irene's past medical records being
made available to research investigators, that would account for the noticed facial augmentations deemed 'medically possible'
via rhinoplasty and cosmetic surgery. Not to mention the cosmetic dentistry that reduced the gap between the former Amelia's
two front teeth.] Mandel: "...and in May 2005 Mr.Swindell's collaborator Colonel Rollin Reineck - the author of
the book supporting this theory published in 2002..." [Reineck's book Amelia Earhart Survived was published
in December 2003 and was not in stores until 2004.] Mandel: "...informed about this the "community" of Earhart
researchers (although not without understandable regrets)." [Again, this is plain and simple BS. Solid proof exists where Rollin Reineck can
be seen with Tod Swindell in National Geographic's 2006 filmed and still currently airing,'Unsolved History' Amelia Earhart
TV special, where Reineck states "Earhart survived, there's no doubt about it." Colonel Reineck and Tod Swindell
continued to collaborate and share their knowledge of the forensic truth about
the Irene-Amelia conveyance and the accuracy of the forensic study, until Reineck passed away in September of 2007.] Mandel: "Then,
as the article mentions, in 2006 Criminal forensic expert Kevin Richland was hired by National Geographic to study photographs
of Earhart and Bolam and cited many measurable facial differences between them." [It's spelled "Richlin." And there weren't "many"
differences he pointed out, there were only a few, and they were the same 'medically explainable' ones Dr.'s Birkby and Fenton
alluded to upon observation. (Not to leave out how the effects of aging itself vary in all individuals;
noses and ears will continue to grow, noses sag, facial fat from the upper nose bridge will move southward, as generally does
all facial fat causing facial 'sagging.' Mr. Richlin, not a medical expert, never touched on these things, nor on any cosmetic
surgery or any kind of rhinoplasty possibilities.) No doubt National Geographic engaged Kevin Richlin,
(surely with encouragement from the Amelia Earhart Society's long time founding President, Bill Prymak who worked with National
Geographic on the special Mr. Richlin appeared in) to serve as a back pocket, non-historically informed 'ringer.' Dr.
Birkby on the other hand, cited what he called 'a possible non-accounted for past trauma' that could have occurred at some
point to cause the nose difference he observed, to include the probability of a past deviated septum rhinoplasty procedure
having been performed, at least, to help explain it.] Mandel: "It seems for me that all the above mentioned leaves the referred
article without the degree of seriousness, factual accuracy and credibility required for the "source" referred in
encyclopedic article. Not intended to insist on anything.. but, because of presented reasons, for me it would seem more reasonable
to remove this link... Kind Regards - Alex Mandel 13:48, 2 July 2007." [Dr. Alex Mandel of the Ukraine, again, feverishly trying to control a situation
through his own distribution of misinformation. This is an above sample among many of Alex Mandel's overt campaign to not
only influence Wikipedia controllers, but the entire internet world as well.]
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