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...years owlish, opinionated Eugene Lyons has edited the American Mercury (circ. 74,558). Lately Editor Lyons (who was the first U.S. foreign correspondent to interview Joseph Stalin and is an ex-admirer of Communist Russia) has pined for a bigger audience...
...Afro-American chain of Negro newspapers (Baltimore, Washington, Newark, Philadelphia, Richmond, circ. 208,835) came out for Tom Dewey because: 1) "the abuse and Jim Crow of the 800,000 colored soldiers ... is shocking and heart-sickening"; 2) "a fourth term would set a precedent that . . . may in the future become tragic for a minority"; 3) 16 years as President "is beyond the physical strength...
...purchase of the fourth largest U.S. afternoon paper (circ. 434,938),* trim, balding John Shively Knight became one of the nation's most potent publishers. He was already one of the most prosperous. His Akron Beacon-Journal, Miami Herald and Detroit Free Press are smoothly run, highly profitable...
...three: Philadelphia Bulletin (circ. 662,634), Hearst's New York Journal-American (circ. 641,194), Chicago Herald-American (circ. 471,886). *First "Notebook" in the News was a blast at civilian complacency as illustrated by Elsa Maxwell's Hollywood "Victory Party," pictured in LIFE. Excerpts: "Youthful Judy Garland had everyone in tears when she sang The Last Time I Saw Paris. Of course, Judy has never actually seen Paris, but after a few cocktails, what the hell. . . . Yes, Elsa, it must have been a wonderful party. I am sure you thought it was just too, too divine...
...Publisher Fred W. Gunstead of the Pilot Point, Tex. Post-Signal (circ. 850): "I have always felt that I had a perfect right to print the unvarnished truth about my fellow citizens. Of course, I haven't exercised that privilege yet, but I guess a fellow has a right to starve if he wants...