newspaperman, columnist, b. Middletown, Ohio. He began his newspaper career as office boy for the La Crosse Tribune, and later served as editor of the La Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press (1919-1928). He was editor of the Two Rivers Reporter (1928-1937), and managing editor of the Wausau Record-Herald (1937-1950). His columns, "The Drifter" and "Foreign Affairs," were syndicated in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota newspapers. He was a contributor to national periodicals, a popular lecturer on foreign affairs, and an adviser to state Republican party leaders. F. L. Holmes, et al., eds., Wis. (5 vols., Chicago, 1946); Madison Wis. State Journal, Sept. 7, 1950.Learn More
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