"There is no use in a fox terrier's trying to kick an elephant's teeth out. Any man would be a plain damn fool to come into Kansas City and try to fight the Star. We intend to be the second paper, but we intend to be a profitable second paper."
Speaker was a husky, 55-year-old Irishman named Harry Newman, who last week bobbed up as new publisher-editor of the 87-year-old Kansas City (Mo.) Journal. He spoke with apt awareness of the tough competition he is up against.
Not since the late great William...
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