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...smaller publisher than Hearst, and only approaching 60, is Frank Ernest Gannett. But last week he made news by announcing what shall happen after his death to his $8,000,000 kingdom of 19 newspapers, one magazine...
...Rochester, N. Y. high-minded, unspectacular Publisher Gannett announced formation of the Frank E. Gannett Newspaper Foundation Inc. Profits of the Gannett chainpapers, which have averaged $800,000 over the past ten years and reached a Depression high of $848,925 in 1934, will be used primarily to keep his properties alive and prosperous, on the theory that no press can be free which is not financially independent. What profits are not needed to bolster business will be devoted exclusively to "general philanthropic" work in the cities where the papers are published...
...profusion of backs is filling Coach Stahley's hair, but one of the best is Freddie deRham, for years the mainstay of St. Mark's eleven. Bob Gannett of Milton is a cagey signal-caller and a fine punter. Clarence Boston of Moses Brown is a strong prospect, and Johnny Carchia of Cambridge Latin, though small, is, they say, something of a ball of fire...
...offices of the Bureau are in the rear of Gannett House, a small white frame building opposite the Massachusetts Avenue entrance to the street car subway. Office hours are from 9 to 5 o'clock during the week and 9 to 1 o'clock on Saturdays. The spring examination period causes the staff considerable worry so the office is closed from April 17 to June...
...irate business men, threatening to withdraw advertising. Papers he admitted working on without success were the New York Times and the Scripps-Howard group. He had also protested vigorously comments by Arthur Brisbane and the late Will Rogers anent holding companies. The Hearst Press as a whole and the Gannett chain he found no fault with. In fact he had wired William-Randolph Hearst ideas for editorials, had increased his advertising in Hearst papers...