Evening star., 1933-03-05

PRINTERS ink is ON the hands of Marvin H.
I Mcintyre, too. This Kentuckian. now a
real colonel" of the Blue Grass State Is no
stranger to the White House to Washington.
For a number Of years, now, he has made his
hone in the National Capital, at 3106 Thirty
fourth street. There, he has lived with Mrs.
Mcintyre and their two children-Marie, 20
years old. and Logan Kennedy, lS.
His biggest job, before joining the White
House force, was in covering" the World War
for the Navy. He was with the Committee on
Information, headed by George CTeel, and just
after the Armistice was signed he was in the
Navy News Bureau at the Navy Department.
John Wilbur jenkins was in charge until, April,
1919, when he went to another section OF the
department to lay the groundwork for the World
War historical group. Then Mr.. Mcintyre be-
came director Of the Navy News Bureau.
In this capacity he came into contact with
many Of the corps Of Washington correspond
ents-among them Mr.. Early. Many big
stories broke" when Mr.. Mcintyre headed
the Navy press room. There was the demObil1-
zation of the service from 100000 officers and
men down to peacetime strength again; there
were the famous NC flights across the Atlantic
the return Of the mine-sweepng fleet from the
North Sea, the review of the returning war
6eet the German U-boats and their bombing
off the Virginia capes the Prince OF Wales
visit to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Nd
and the visit of King Albert of Belgium and
other uOtaOleS, As well as the IuI-Ol -tOt-ululc
news to be handled His assistant in the news
room was Miss Helene Philibert.
This activity in the Navy press room brought
Mr. Mcintyre into real association with Mr..
Roosevelt-often acting Secretary Of the Navy,
in the absence of Mr.. Daniels. mutual re-
gard developed. In 1920, when Mr.. Roosevelt
toured the Nation as vice presidential candi-
date, Mr.. Mcintyre handled publicity for him
ON leave from his naval duties.
in In
1921, Mr.. Mcintyre left the Navy. He gave edi-
torial representation to newspapers and the
newsreei interests, then in their infancy. At
the outset he represented all the agencies in
moviedom here He it was that placed this
phase of the business on its feet in the National
Capital. Arranging shots" of men IN high
places brought him a wider circle Of friends In
public nfe Later, he became associated with
Pathe News in the National Capital.
Intimate knowledge of service affairs took
Mr.. Mcintyre to a position on the Army and
Navy journal. Regularly he wrote signed
article on the trend Of national defense and the
men who make it possible.
Last June he was summoned to Albany by his
old friend then Gov. Roosevelt, to handle pub
hcity for the forthcoming presidential CAM
paign. From the Ten Eyck Hotel there, Mr..
Mcintyre directed this phase Of the Nation wide
battle for ballots, cooperating with the corre-
spondents in the Empire State Capital.
For he had been q newspaper man himself
and knew the problems not only Of the writing
men, but Of those who carried cameras on their
backs He was born November ~, 1878 at La
Grange KY. One Of his first major jobs in
newspaper work was on the Louisville Courier
Journal Soon he was on the Asheville, N. c.,
Citizen. From the Tarheel State, he came to
Washington, d. c. Working as q correspondent
ct FIRST he was elevated, in time to the news
editorship Of the washington Times, then q
Munsey publication. Prom there he went to the