Word: peglerized
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...Army rallied few celebrants in the U.S. How far the U.S. was from Britain in outward appreciation of Russia was suggested by what Columnist Westbrook Pegler wrote three days after Red Army Day: "Communism is, for a fact, a menace to the United States. . . . But Hitler happens to be the military enemy of the moment and first things come first...
Actually Secretary Knox had not changed Winchell's status: he has been on inactive duty since he got back from South America in January. But Congressmen were appeased: Westbrook Pegler got a column out of it; so did Winchell. Winchell's grandiose view of his new role: "It apparently has been decided that the Navy is to fight the underseas threat and that I am to continue fighting the undercover menace...
...York's conservative press charged in. Scripps-Howard's Columnist Westbrook Pegler let go: "Of late it seems that a card of membership in the traitorous organization known as the Communist Party or a record of affiliation with avowed traitors of this group is one absolutely safe certificate of immunity. . . ." He called the commutation a "sordid, nasty deal...
...mores of American journalism. One of the most inexplicable events in that profession is the case with which recognized experts in one field soon erect themselves into seers of knowledge in general. The sports columnists have led the parade to omniscience; first it was Ring Lardner, then Westbrook Pegler. Since the war began, Boston's own Bill Cunningham has been proclaimed the master of morale and the captain of the captions. Now Ely Culbertson, of all people, has blossomed forth with a peace plan...
...news for New Yorkers . . . John Kieran is coming. . . . His daily column 'One Small Voice' will be limited only by the scope and fertility of the Kieran mind. ..." The fertile Kieran mind had sprouted the seed which has been observed in other sportswriters, notably Heywood Broun and Westbrook Pegler-the desire to break away from the confinements of sports columning, to reach into the grab bag of memory, to write about anything and everything...