Word: editor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week an influential Roman Catholic weekly, The Commonweal, made news by urging U. S. Catholics to be impartial on the Spanish civil war. Under Editor Michael Williams, The Commonweal rooted for a Franco victory. But three months ago Michael Williams stepped out as editor-in-chief and a cooler triumvirate -Philip Burnham, Edward Skillin Jr. and Harry Lorin Binsse-took charge...
Well aware that this about-face would strew some wigs on the green, The Commonweal's editors assured their readers that they did not favor the Loyalist cause, which, they said, has ''permitted the murder of priests, nuns and lay people" and has allied itself with Soviet Russia. But they denounced Spanish Rightists for: 1) bombing defenseless civilians in spite of "protests from the Holy Father," 2) uttering "totalitarian views very similar to those which have been condemned by the Church in other countries," 3) allying themselves with the Fascist and Nazi nations. The Commonweal urged Catholics...
...Depression I, her fond father arranged a coming out party costing $60,000. Manhattan's Ritz-Carlton hotel was decorated with birch trees cut down and then covered with branches of fresh green leaves shipped to New York from California. When the debris was cleared away, every news editor in the country knew that Barbara was destined for the front page...
Eating on the air had an NBC tryout last year with three broadcasts originating in the floral centerpiece on Magazine Editor Henry Goddard Leach's dinner table. These were big, celebrity-peppered parties. CBS plans to entertain only four guests each week, to draw them from all economic levels, all shades of political opinion. "We hope with The People's Platform to demonstrate the scientific method of reaching conclusions," explained Educator Bryson...
Died. George James Short Broomhall, 82, British grain broker, international authority on wheat, founder and onetime editor of Liverpool's Corn Trade News; in Liverpool...