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Show T WHO'S WHOS ' " ' ' WHO'SNEWS - NEWS NEWSTHIS NEWSTHISWEEK WEEK THISWEEK WEEKBy THIS ' By LEMUEL F . PARTONNEW PARTON PARTONJEW ! NEW \JEW JEW \ YORKTwo YORK-Two YORK Two YORK -Two Two - Two or 01 ' three years yearsago yearsago yearsiN ago I was one ot of o1 a group of ofnewspaper ofnewspaper otnewspaper newspaper men arguing argumg about who whowas whowas whowas was the best reporter who everworked everworked ever everworked worked a around aroundRoy aroundRoy r a u n d dRoy Roy Burton here One old Urn tim UrnKnew timKnew timKnew Knew HOW to er was hold ng rig out outFan outFan outF outFn Fan FanUpStory BurtonFanUpStory n Up r/n r n / Story Storyfor S/nrv S nrv / tor for Roy Burtonwhom Burtonwhom Burton whom he e hadknown hadknown had hadknown known on the Brooklyn Eagle in the thenmetles thenineties thenineties nmetles nineties Burton he said was thebest the thebest , best leg man and digger the most mostfearless mostfearless mostfearless fearless and the most gifted in infann infann infann fann ng up a story out of nothing nothingat at all a11 He knew make up too said saidthe saidthe saidthe oldsterI the oldsterThe oldsterThe oldster oldsterThe I The d 1 I gent reporter has been beenI beenduly beenduly I duly rewarded He is the Sir Porn Porner Pornero Pomeroy jlcent Scent jlcentI ScentFrench ficentFrench er ero Burton whose magn I French chateau the duke and andI andduchess andduchess andduchess duchess of Windsor Wmdsor were lookmg looking lookmgover lookingover lookingover I over recentlyI recentlynltb recentlyWith recently recentlyttith I ttith nltb With the tbe Northcliffe Norlhcllffe pipers 'lpcrs lpcrs ' In InLondon ! InLondon n nLondon London he became a multi mllllon million mllllonaire millionaire millionaire aire a as ! > he transformed British jour journalLsm journalism louroalism nalLsm nalism " with "lIh lIh daring American tech techI techDlqucs techmques techmqucs I Dlqucs mques He lie became a British cItizen citizenin cItizenIII III in 1314 1914 1914and and was knighted krughted in 1923 1923I 1923In 1923In I In addition adddlon to his vast newspaper newspaperinterests newspaperinterests newspaperinterests interests he is a magnite magD'tte magDtte magnate ' of elec eke electnc eketric electrie tnc tric power and utilitiesHe utilities utllltle utilitiesHe , He was a printer prmter s devil on his hisfather hisfather hislather father s newspaper in m Youngstown YoungstownOhio YoungstownOhio YoungstownOhio Ohio and at the age of twelve was wasknockmg wasknocking wasknocking knockmg knocking about country pnntsbops prmtshops printshops In InOhio inOhio inOhio Ohio on the same job HP HI He ' becamea became a compositor on the Brooklyn Brookln ) Eagle EagleHearmg EagleHearing EagleHearing Hearmg Hearing ol of a vacancy on the news newsstaff newsstaff newsstaff staff he persuaded the city ed tor torto torto torto to give him hun hum a try at reportmgHe reportingHe reporting reportmg reportingHe He hired evening evenmg clothes to cover covera a society tunction functIOn There Colonel ColonelHester ColonelHester . Hester owner of - , Boss ofBoss Lined Liked Likedthe the Eagle was wasYouth wasYouth wasYouth Youth YouthIn Youthan in an tremendously 1m am 1mHired amHired imHired Hired Tails Tailspressed pressedlth Pressed \ with \/lth lth siith / thepersonable thepersonable the thepersonable personable young youngman youngman youngman man with whom he was talk ng andthought and andthought andthought thought he had hd . ! met him some somewhere somewhere somewhere where Young Burton d d not re rem rem rem m nd the colonel that he had seen seenthe seenthe seenthe the young man in a printer prmter s apron aprona a few days da ) s beforeHe beforeHe before beforeHe He became city ed tor and man managmg managing managmg agmg aging editor of the Eagle held 1m im 1mportant important important portant executive e'Cecuhve eCecuhve ' posit posJt ons w th the theWorld theWorld theWorld World and the Ne v York Journal Journaland Journaland Journaland and was taken tahen to : England Ingland by Lord LordNorthcl LordNorthcliffe LordNorthcliffe Northcl Northcliffe Ie in 1D 1904 Ten years later laterhe laterhe laterhe he owned all but a few of the Da ly lyMall lyMail lyMail Mall Mail shares not owned by LordNorthcliffe LordNorthcliffeIn Lord LordNortilclIffe LordNorthcliffe NortilclIffe Northcliffe NorthcliffeIn In the n florid liorld orld orldvar \ war \var var he virtually virtuallyheaded virtuallyheaded beaded headed the organization orgamzatlon of Bntlsh British Bntlshpropaganda Britishpropaganda Britishpropaganda propaganda and many of the most mostdamaging mostdamaging damagmg damaging ' anti anh German stories were wereattributed \ ttereattributed ere ereattnbuted ' attnbuted attributed to him His ills enemies enemiescharged enemiescharged enemiescharged charged that he had debauched debauchedBntlsh debauchedBritish debauchedBritish Bntlsh British Journalism with degradmgAmerican degradingAmerican degrading degradmg ; American sensationalism His friends fnends insisted mSlsted he had en enlnened enlivened enInened lnened livened and regenerated it He Hemakes HeSir He- He Hemakes makes an occa occay occasional - ? Sir occaSir PomeroyslOnal Pomeroymakes Pomeroy y sional slOnal t trip rip r i p toVSitS toVisits to toVisits Visits VSitS , U S America Amenca with aWith aWith a aWith With Valets Valetsstaff stafr staff of valets and andsecretaries andsecretaries andsecretaries secretaries suavedreosy suavedressy suave suavedre'sy dre'sy dresy dreosy dressy ' and st at U 11 fit and impressive impressiveat at seventy two with more than atouch a atouch atouch touch of British Bnhsh accentOver accentOver accent accentOver Over here be he always hated the thename thename thename name Pomeroy and shortened it to toRoy toRoy toBoy Roy but picked it up again in m Eng England England England land He had been named forBnck forBrick tor for torBrick Brick Bnck Pomeroy the cyclonic cyclomc journal JOur your JOurnal yournal nal stic shc site disturber of the latter hall half hallof halfof halfof of the last century and he held heldMr heldMr heldMr Mr Pomeroy in lD lo 10 to v esteem Porn Porneroy Porneroy Pomeroy eroy \ was \ as almost but not quite qwte a aw av aw w \v v \ nner nnerFrom From aIsconsm a Wisconsin \\Isconsm Isconsm \ crossroads be berammed berammed herammed rammed around Ihe the ( he country eowllry m an mnewspaper annewspaper innewspaper newspaper and financial brawls brawlsand brawlsand brawlsand and andin in III his old age just through throughsheer throughsheer throughsheer sheer animal ammal spirits started slarted plugglng plugging plug plugging ging glng a tunnel through througb the rocky Pocky rockymountams Pockymountains rockymountains mountams mountains at Georgetown ColoHe ColoHe Colo ColoHe He was flattened by the S3 93 de depressIOn depression depression pressIOn and d ed ad soon after Wlth with Wlthnothlllg withnothing withnothing nothlllg nothing to show for his life 11fe s work workbut workbut workbut but a hole in the ground Then it itwas itwas itwas was discovered that tht . ! the tunnel had hadgouged hadgouged hadgouged gouged into mto fabulous mineralwealth mineral mlileral wealth wealthin \ wealthin \ ealth ealthm m in Kelso mountain mountam Eight years agothe ago agothe agothe the tunnel went on through the themountam themountain themountain mountam mountain as the tile Moflatt Motratt Moffatt tunnel tunnelney . . . REPORTING the return of Poult Poultney Poultney ney Bigelow from a visit to his hisfriend hisfriend hisfriend friend the former ka ser and hisfervent his has hisfervent hasfervent fervent approval of dictators hasbecome hasMr has Mr matterMr ? , Bigelowbecome Bigelow ? i become a matter matterof Bigelowof of annual routine routme routineHas routmeHas Has a Yen It is an old storylor storyfor story storyfor for lor Fuehrersbut Fuehrers but the freshnessand freshnessand freshness freshnessand and vehemence ofMr of ofMr ofMr Mr Bigelow s disgust with democ democracy democracy democracy racy and enthusiasm for fuehrers fueheers fuehrersalways fueheersalways fuehrersalways always makes it interesting interestmg interestingHe interestmgDe interestinglie He De lie is the patriarch of \ BIilden l\hlden l hlden Malden on onChe onthe onthe Che the Hudson IIudson with relatives and nnd de- de descendants descendants de descendants - - scendants grcat-gTindcbildren grcat gTindcbildren greatgnndehl1dren greatgrindebildren down to great-gnndehl1 great gnndehl1 great-grindebil grindebil - - - dren all up and down the river raver De lIe Dewill lIewill Hewill will be eighty three years old on onSeptember onSeptember onSeptember Bigelow September 10 to llis lli III ! ) ! > father John Bige Bige- - - low was American Amencan minister to toFrance toFrance toFrance France under Abraham LincolnHe LincolnHe Lincoln LincolnHe He hunted b rds eggs with the thekaiser thekaiser thekaiser kaiser forming a l lifetime etlme frlcnd friend frlcndship friendship friendship whichhe ship broken brokcn only by tl 11 U e warhlch war \\hlch hlch which whichhe \ hlchhe he charged the 111e kaisor kaiser with havmg having havmgstarted havingstarted havingstarted started andthe He recanted recdnted afterward and the two old men meet annually to tosalute tosalute tosalute salute Dcr Dec Tag when only the all all"Ise allwise allwise "Ise Ise wise " and all just lust shall rule rube agam aga.ai agaai aga . l lf f ( ) Conso dated Ne vs F Features atures WNU FeaturesWNU aturesWNU Sefv Set'v Setv ' ' ce cc |