Word: scratchpad
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...York Evening Post by Editor Ross in 1927. A poor judge of men, Ross tried to make Thurber into a managing editor, for months kept him from writing a line. Sad, vague "Andy" White took instantly to sad, vague James Thurber. He salvaged Thurber's neurotic, amorphous scratchpad drawings from the waste baskets by the thousands, finally bulldozed scornful Editor Ross into printing them. Today the magazine pays Thurber $100 apiece for the same drawings. Thurber's salary...