Word: tennessean
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...again in 1928 he would today, aged 50, be seventh in Senate seniority. But there was War in 1917 and Luke Lea organized an artillery battalion, became a real Tennessee Colonel, fought with distinction, tried (and nearly succeeded) to kidnap the Kaiser. Then he plunged into publishing the Nashville Tennessean, Memphis Commercial Appeal and Evening Appeal, Knoxville Journal...
...Luke Lea, Tennessee hero and publisher of the Nashville Tennessean and three other southern newspapers* arranged a contract with the Howell family to purchase control of the Atlanta Constitution for $1,050,000 (in stock) plus an additional sum based on the 1927 earnings of the Constitution. A disagreement arose over the auditing of the earnings. Col. Lea and his associate bankers, Rogers, Caldwell, sued the Howell family to compel a sale for an additional $54,000. Last week both sides agreed to drop the suit...
...Luke Lea Jr., 21, manages the Tennessean; is vice president of the Lea string...