Word: spiro
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...scholarship, Donovan S. Cornell, Duke University. Anna C. Ames tuition scholarship, Richard E. Schultes 1G. Austin fellowships to: John B. Christopher 3G, Malcolm E. Cross 1G, Herbert M. Irwin Jr., '37, University of Illinois, Andrew O. Jaszi, Oberlin College. John A. Lester Jr., Haverford. Mourice Matloff 2G. Herbert M. Spiro, University of California. Wallace A. Sprague, Oberlin College. Heinz Thannhauser, University of Cambridge, England. Robin M. Williams, North Carolina Agricultural Station. Benjamin M. Woodbridge...
Sharp-witted Amster Spiro, city editor of William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal-American, knows little about playing parlor games, including bridge, but he does know a good thing when he sees it. Over a year ago, when he read that "Monopoly" was selling by millions, his newspaper mind envied such profitable circulation. Forthwith he devised a newspaper game, "Flash News." It was too complicated to sell much more than 10,000 sets (at $2.50) and is presently being simplified. From "Flash News" Editor Spiro did learn, however, that there is money in games...
Last week Amster Spiro plunged deeper into the game business. He bought two-thirds interest in Bridge World (circ. 10,000) and Games Digest (circ. 10,000) from Bridge Expert Ely Culbertson. Mr. Culbertson, who started both magazines, remains as part owner and editor, but Hearstman Spiro announced a new policy. Henceforth Bridge World, instead of being Mr. Culbertson's private forum, will invite other experts to debate their views in its pages. Whatever Mr. Spiro's policy, he will have difficulty matching the frankness of the final Bridge World editorial while under Culbertson ownership: "Every bridge writer...
...Carlin," had begun a 30-day incarceration. But Reporter Bernard was not suffering from a breakdown nor looking for an eccentric vacation. He was on a job: to investigate asylum conditions for an exposé of New York's politically controlled lunacy commission system. Sharp City Editor Amster Spiro had given him the assignment because Reporter Bernard had done some good sleuthing for the Journal before. But what was only a stunt for Editor Spiro turned out to be near-disaster for Reporter Bernard; last week he had to go to a private sanatorium to recover from his ordeal...
Last week Amster Spiro, 43, since 1927 city editor of Hearst's largest newspaper, the New York Journal which claims the largest evening newspaper circulation in the U. S. (650,000), launched "Flash News," just such a game with just such features. Two to six persons may play. Each is given a cardboard newspaper front page dummy. Players roll dice in rotation, take from compartments numbered two to twelve, according to the total of their dice, an item, headline, picture or special instruction card. Object of the game is to complete the make-up of the newspaper front page...