Word: manly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Coolidge & Miss Oklahoma. Born a Scottish Presbyterian minister's son in Murcheson, Ont. 51 years ago, Brokenshire got on radio by answering a want ad for a man with a good voice and a "knowledge of musical terms." He had to be coached on the music terms, but the rich syrup of his voice was a natural. He covered the funeral of William Jennings Bryan ("My hardest job-I hate funerals"), the 1924 Democratic Convention, and the inauguration of Calvin Coolidge. In 1927, he was the first to broadcast an Atlantic City beauty contest ("I fell in love with...
...briefly on networks and outlying independent stations, Brokenshire was down, then up, then down. In 1943 he joined Alcoholics Anonymous (Forest Hills, N.Y. group) and now feels that he has a better than even chance. Says he thoughtfully: "Sometimes it takes an awful lot of kicking to get a man straightened out." Though he never mentions drinking on the air, he feels that an intense and sympathetic bond has grown between him and his audience. "Somehow, they can sense I've suffered and that I'm sympathetic to other people's suffering," he says...
...Brokenshire earns about $100,000 a year. He has a house in Manhattan, a country place on Long Island, and is buying "all the insurance and annuities I can find." Says he: "The money means something to a man who's been through two bankruptcies. But the important thing is that I feel my experience is helping people-not just in A.A. but over...
...putting out the paper, Marsh Field would make the decisions from now on. As one of the first changes in the new regime, veteran Managing Editor Marvin McCarthy, who did not agree with Field on how the news should be played, resigned. Into his shoes stepped a man with whom Marsh Field sees eye to eye-Milburn P. Akers, 49, Sun-Times political columnist and executive...
When Spanel, born in Russia but a U.S. citizen for about 35 years, won court rulings that it was libelous to imply that a man was a Communist and that the suits should go to trial, Pegler quit. Wrote he: "I gladly concede that the editorial advertisements ... were not Communist inspired and that Mr. Spanel is not and never has been a Communist or fellow traveler...