Active command of the world's liveliest newspaper chain changed hands this week with a characteristic minimum of fuss & feathers. Robert Paine Scripps, controlling stockholder of Scripps-Howard Newspapers, announced that William Waller Hawkins was succeeding Roy Wilson Howard as board chairman. For Mr. Hawkins the shift was not only a hard-earned promotion but the fulfillment of a precedent which has become part of U. S. journalistic tradition. For 30 years, as Bill Hawkins and Roy Howard have climbed the publishing ladder, Big Bill has repeatedly helped boost his little friend up...
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