The Press: Double Dose

Hearst newspaper editors give no news more loving care than the "special" stories about the Hearst family circle which come out of Los Angeles. One day this week, Hearst editors had their hands full finding space for an unexpected double dose of such "must gos." In the New York Journal-American, one long story told about the award of a Navy gold medal to Publisher Hearst—"to accompany the Distinguished Public Service Award...presented to him in March 1948."

On another page was a "special" which brought Hearst Favorite Marion Davies back into the headlines. The 800 words written by the Los Angeles Examiner's society...

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