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In 1936, a Scripps-Howard reporter named Herbert Roslyn Ekins won a race around the world on commercial aircraft by finishing his trip in a little more than 18 days. For that uncomplicated era his was a respectable feat; by rights it should have earned Ekins permanent registry in journalism...
What Have I Done? All three news men were heading for an Oct. 16 rendezvous in Manila, a date that coincided with the inaugural passenger flight of Pan American's China Clipper to the U.S. But Scripps-Howard's Ekins, sneaking into town first, talked his way aboard...
Competition & Collision. The backgrounds of Cleveland's newspaper antagonists could hardly be more dissimilar. Seltzer was born in a cottage back of a Cleveland firehouse, quit school in the seventh grade to work as a $3-a-week copy boy. At 20, he was city editor of the Press...
(2 of 2) So far, Hall has failed to produce anything quite as tempting as Herb's tripes â la mode de Caen. Despite the steady drain of funds caused by the San Francisco operation, Hearst accountants seem wary of swinging their well-honed axes on the late chief...
What the Guild wanted was an "agency shop" in which commercial employees who did not join the Guild would be required to ante up a "service fee" equivalent to regular dues. The Guild's chief opponent was blunt, outspoken Editor Louis Seltzer of Scripps-Howard's Press. "The...