Word: grogan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...possible precedent in war reporting was set last week when Army sent its own press chief, Lieut. Colonel Stanley J. Grogan, to cover U.S. occupation of Dutch Guiana, to which no other reporters were invited...
Typical of the careening growth of these departments: In April the section under able, Jiggs-faced Lieut. Colonel Stanley Grogan had a staff of 27, now has 61. Under Major Earle Looker, ex-adman and Roosevelt biographer, the department of Intelligence & Analysis since December has mushroomed from one officer and three civilians to four officers and 48 civilians. Major Looker (recently promoted from captain) digests spot news, reviews periodicals and newsreels once a week, monitors and records all radio commentators, playing them back on portable machines to officers interested...
Meanwhile the Army's publicity machine - recently reorganized and topped by Major General Robert Charlton Richardson Jr. of the Cavalry - in place of its former small Washington staff now has 29 officers. Some are reserves, some are regulars, like Lieut. Colonel Stanley Grogan, who used to be a newspaperman. It also has more than 100 in the field. Last week newsmen learned that General Richardson will be responsible to John J. Mc-Cloy, bald, bulky Manhattan lawyer and new Assistant Secretary...
From a half-dozen officers the new staff has increased to 24, whose job is to get Army news and make it available. Editor in chief under General Richardson is witty Lieut. Colonel Stanley Grogan, who worked for several New England papers and A. P., served six years as chief of Army Information in Manhattan. His motto is: "Bigger and better coverage of the War Department." Among his smart new assistants (most of whom retain civilian status) are news-wise professionals from such papers as the Kansas City Star and the New York Times. Transferred to General Richardson is West...
...press section is a regular City Room. "Beat" men will cover the War Department, interview generals, turn in stories to rewrite men. A lobster trick editor stays on until midnight to handle late queries from morning papers. Only because of limited space did Lieut. Colonel-Editor Grogan reluctantly abandon his plan to install a regulation U-shaped copy desk...