The Press: Newsmen's News

"Home" paper though it is, the Chicago Daily News nevertheless upholds a brilliant reputation for foreign coverage. Conservative in outlook, it has fought many a liberal battle against political chicanery. The personal property of Colonel Frank Knox (Republican candidate for Vice President in 1936), it is still regarded as a newsman's newspaper.

Each year the News publishes a special edition for employes, edited by Newsmen, with an analysis of the treasurer's report and anything else that might interest Colonel Knox's boys. Last week, 1939's annual edition came off the press. Editor John Mirt told of increased earnings ($767,266 in 1939), bigger circulation...

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