Imperial Valley press., 1930-10-11
N RAE'SS
Ill NESS
IS F FATAL
Veteran Publisher Dies At
La Jolla Following OPP
Grafton This Week.
NATIONALLY KNOWN
Prominent San Diegan
Aided In Organizing
Scripps Howard Chain.

IA JOLLA, Calf Oct II. up
Col. Milton y. McRac, one of th"
Tlto..m.,- ct?nin Shrdlu cmfwv WY
founders Of the old Scrip McRa"
Newspaper League, and for years n
reader in American journalism, died
suddonlv carly today III Scripps
Memorial Hospital here.
Colonel McRac u dcrwcnt an opcr-
atioa last Tuesday for what WIS
thought to h1Y" been cancer of the
colon. and ~ TO thc time of his
death. physI"i1uS expressed conf!
dcucc that he would recover.
The publisher spent 4 restless
Right Thur.dat but hY noon had re
,ainrd consciousness. II was known
that he had reached The crisis Of hia
illness and horc- tlat he would rally
were hold to the last.
Suffering for some months from
his fatal maladv. Colonel McRac did
not havr sufficient strength to over
como the dram ON his system, phrsi-
clans said
Iii. two da9ghtcrs, Mrs. Howard
iIcud rson Of Nc>, York and Mrs.
Richmond Temple of London. werc
IN san Diego at tie time Colonel
McRac passed away. Their father
lad summoned them here when ho
learned III, seriousness Of his condi
ton.
Tl" publisher illness was dag
nascd aS cancer of the colon but the
op"latlon revealed he suffered from
q severe intestinal obstruction, al
though NOT of malignant type.
Milton Alexander McEac was bonn
in rctroit June H.. l>5s. son of Dun
can H. and IIocu VI. McRac. He
was entirely 'lf-madc man, and
carved his way 80 fortune and an
eu,iahlc place in American journal
i'm.
After 70 l;sh school education, h.
started T. become o doctor but aftcr
: year in medical college he was
forced to 90 te work on ;arious De.
troit newspapers to raise funds.
while ou the Detroit News he at
tlactcd thr attention of James +.
Ncripps, who Offered him n place n
advertising manager Of the Cincln.
matt Post.
From that carlv connection start
81 his association with the late J..
". Scripps, and tn" beginning of the
S,rirps-NcBac newspapers now th"'
$eIipps Howard Association ni
Newspapers.
DETROIT LEADER
Much Of the burden of developing
the ScrippS newspapers fell ON the
shoulders Of McEor, particularly tho
business affairs ot the organization,
rndcr the direction Of +. ". ScripPs
through tine difficult and cpochal
wears during winch the Scripps or
gauilation fought it's way TO a spec
tacular place in American newspaper
lfc. MeRac was thc right hand man
ef Sv.nps and a vital force in the
newspapers hc served.
At The age of 10, the heavy r..
,uouSjblitic- he had borne told on
his health and his doctors forced
lin to retire from active life. ii"
moved to Dctroit, where he became
ono of It's toremoN citizens
He Was known for his phjlanthro-
~ and charitabl" work, and WAS
especially interested in hospitals,
lie was interested in the welfare
of boys, and WAS president and la
ter vice president Of the Boy Scouts
Of America.
McRac. known affcctionatcly to-
his intimate as d" The Coloncl,' hal
an astounding number of friends.
Ii, acquaiNtanccNhip with public
mca was vast, hut he had still time
for personal contact with hundrcde
@, active newspaper workers, even
the humblcst.
Ills great hohhy was travelling.
lIr went around the world many
times aud covered almost every
known part Of if.
He was married in 1850 to Vie
toria Wallis Of Toronto. They had
si> children.
la recent years, McRac wrot"
" Forty Years in Newspapcrdon',
an interesting chronicle of his life
and times,
Funeral services viii be held Mon
day morning at san Diego, after
which the body viii BE- taken TO
Detroit. Funeral services in the
latter city will be next Saturday