Agness ("Aggie") Underwood is an uninhibited Los Angeles crime reporter. She has lately been teaching William Randolph Hearst's granddaughter Phoebe the newspaper business (TIME, May 27). Last week Aggie gave her Hearstling apprentice a forthright lesson in the care and treatment of city editors.
Incensed when City Editor Lou Young of the Los Angeles Herald & Express canceled her day off, Aggie barged across the city room, proceeded to belabor him about the arms and neck with her handiest weapon—a three-foot barracuda which a fisherman had just given her. City Editor Young heard...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
