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A Manhattan morning newspaper died last week. It was The New York Repository ("An Independent Newspaper") published by Scripps-Howard since Feb. 27, 1931-the date when dynamic little Roy Howard bought Pulitzer's Worlds, junked the morning World, merged the evening paper with the Telegram.
The Worlds each held a membership in Associated Press. The evening membership came in handy for the World-Telegram. The morning membership, valued by the late World at $500,000. would have lapsed automatically unless utilized. Hence Scripps-Howard published the Repository, sold at least one copy daily. It was...
There were rascally chapters in "Bon" Bonfils history, passages which lawyers for his enemy, the Scripps-Howard Rocky Mountain News, promised to prove in the libel suit (Bonfils v. News) that was pending when Death came. According to those promises: Some of Bonfils' early land deals were crooked. Big...
I am enclosing two clippings giving correct version of the sensationalized spider story you got out of the daily press. One clipping is 'my letter from the Sunday Times Press (Scripps-Howard newspaper), in which the long drawn out spider story was worked up. It might be said that...
Died. Norman Edward Mack (McEachran), 74, potent Buffalo Democrat, longtime (1900-32) New York Democratic National Committeeman, publisher of Buffalo's Sunday & Daily Times (sold to Scripps-Howard in 1929 at an estimated price of $5,000,000); of asthma & heart trouble; in Buffalo. Famed as New York'...