In two border States two influential newspapers, after teetering on the fence all summer, last week announced their choice for President. In Kentucky, twice Republican since 1896 (1924, 1928), the Louisville Courier-Journal announced for Roosevelt. In Tennessee, twice Republican since 1872 (1920, 1928), the Chattanooga Times announced for Willkie.
Kentucky has only two potent newspapers: Louisville's Times and its Courier-Journal. Both belong to handsome, 34-year-old Barry Bingham, whose father was rich Judge Robert Worth Bingham, Franklin Roosevelt's Ambassador to Great Britain.
A ripsnorting, eloquent paper was the Courier-Journal in the old days when...
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