AP The Story Of News Chronicle Of Press From 1811 To The Present
A new book titled AP The Story Of News traces the rise of the Associated Press from Boston harbor news gathering in 1811 to a modern global network. Oliver Gramling and William A. Kinney document frontline reporters, famous coverage events, and the AP’s growth into a multination press service with 508 pages and 32 illustrations.
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Associated Press
Power Rapids Gazette
Oliver Gramling
William A. Kinney
Washington
Henry C. Barrow
Boston Harbor
United States
Samuel Topliff
Boston
Exchange
First News Gathering Association
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Ers
Lawrence Gobright
Lincoln
Mark Kellogg
Custer
Johnstown
Kiri
Loff
Europe
Far East
Farrar and Rinehart
Successors To Capone Named As Four Union Presidents
In Chicago, testimony before Master Isidore Brown described gangsters who followed Capone as the men who "made" three international labor union presidencies. Frank Nitti allegedly boasted the syndicate promoted leaders including George Browne of Theatrical Workers and George Scalise of Building Service. Scalise resigned and was later sentenced for looting the union treasury. Nitti and six associates were indicted for conspiracy to control the Bartenders union.
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Chicago
al Capone
Circuit Court
George B McLane
AFL Bartenders Union
Isidore Brown
McLane
Frank
Nitti
George E. Browne
Theatrical Workers
George Scalise
Building Service
Michael Carrozzo
Chicago Street Laborers
Scalise
Bartenders’ Union
Mrs Harriman to Broadcast Sunday Talk on Mutual System
Mrs J Borden Harriman former ambassador to Norway will deliver an address Sunday from 1 45 to 2 p m carried by the Mutual Broadcasting system and WMT. The talk is sponsored by the Democratic party women’s division per a telegram to Cedar Rapids from Mrs Frank B Baldwin.
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J. Borden Harriman
Norway
Mutual Broadcasting System
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Frank B. Baldwin
Women’s
Democratic Party
McCormack seeks probe of $30 million “Hate Roosevelt movement”
Representative McCormack of Massachusetts urged the Senate campaign expenditures committee to investigate a Chicago Tribune ad credited to the First National Bank of Englewood. He said the ad and related spending amount to a “Hate Roosevelt movement” aimed at defeating President Roosevelt and called for Hatch Act enforcement against indirect political expenditures.
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Washington
McCormack
Massachusetts
House
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Roosevelt
Gil Trette
Iowa
Chicago Tribune
First National Bank of
Englewood
Wendell Willkie
Republican National Committee
Willkie
Senate Committee
Congress
Strike Settled Ends San Francisco Taft Sailors Tie-Up
Stevedores return to the president taft liner after a successful strike settlement in San Francisco. The action ended a transpacific disruption, restoring cargo flow and loading operations at the port.
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San Francisco
Taft
Whipple Registers for Draft One Day Late
Orville A. Whipple, a 26 year old logger in Albany, Oregon, registered for the draft a day late after learning of the law Wednesday night upon using a new mail order radio. The piece notes a transient science aside stating Earth is the fifth largest planet.
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Albany, Ore
Orville A. Whipple
Cascade Mountains
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Red Cross
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T.s W.nn
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Simplex
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