One of the most powerful, most inconspicuous newspaper magnates in Britain is a sandy-haired, London-born Jew, 67-year-old Julius Salter Elias (TIME, March 8), boss of Odhams Press Ltd., who has an interest in over 100 periodicals, ranging from the Daily Herald, a Labor paper with over 2,000,000 circulation, to Debrett's (Britain's Social Register). Fleet Street newshawks have long been certain of one fact about elusive Publisher Elias—that for years he has coveted a title, to become formally the peer of Britain's only two comparable press tycoons, Barons Beaverbrook (Daily Express) and Rothermere (Daily Mail). Julius Salter Elias' dream came true last...
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