The Press: Missouri Newshawks

To the outsider who thinks at random of St. Louis newspapers, the names of the venerable Globe-Democrat or progressive (Pulitzer) Post-Dispatch come to mind. But throughout the past fortnight both great papers were soundly larruped on St. Louis' newstory-of-the-month — possibly its story of the year: the kidnapping and return of 13-year-old Adolphus Busch Orthwein, grandson of famed August A. Busch (TIME, Jan. 12). The sheet that ran away with the story was the loud, energetic St. Louis Star.

The Star's beat was another personal exploit of its ace Reporter Harry Thompson...

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