The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-16
WALTER WINCHELL
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WALTER WlNCHELL
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BUT my Job is to get the news.
That comes ahead of any Articles
Of War or maidenly modes5y'
Elizabeth Jordan was one OF the
MD Worlds best editors. HARD
work never faxed her. She was
Sevoted to the craft. When a male
colleague had a tough day ana
told her: "What a job! Can you
imagine anything worse?' MISS
Jordan smiled and replied: Yes,
to lose it."
Elsie Mccormick (who replaced
Hevwood Broun when he left the
World started her journalistic ca
reer as a crime reporter IN Oak
land. The newspapermen on the
same beat ignored her and went
out of their way to make things
unpleasant. . But she finally gain
ed their confidence and respect
the hard way-by scooping them
on three successive yarns.
Winifred Black was a crack
newsnawk. Her coverage Of the
San Francisco earthquake rates
as a journalistic classic. . While
covering the quake a colleague
was sickened BY the tragic sight
and was unable to file a yara-so
Miss Black wrote a story for him.
When Irene Kuhn (who has COW
cred everything from fires to muir
ders) began her exciting carer,
a wise newspaperman gave her a
bit of counsel that she never for
got. To wit: Get around town.
Find out what people are talking
about. Give your readers a little
daily jolt on something they are
Cabling about at home. perhaps,
ard can CAB about some more
Controversial stuff - so they can
argue. The idea is: Make half of
them happy and half of them
sore"
The femme correspondents gave
an excellent account of them
selves during the war. They never
requested special favors and went
out OF their way to cover risky
assignments. . The Allied retreat
through the jungles of Burma was
a gruellng ordeal that wilted
many sturdy soldiers. But among
those who accompanied Gen. Still
we'll on that campaign was a pref
ty newsgal named Betty Graham.
Nellie BLY, was a handy gal with
the Flip crack. When a politico she
hsd exposed publicly proclaimed:
despite Miss Bly,, I will die an
upright man." Nellie replied: His
only chance of dying an upright
NV be that of hanging per
pendicularly from d rope."
Whea iasses first invaded the
city room a copy-boy usually ac-
eompanied them when they went
20 cover an assignment in the eve
hlng. But Mildly Morgan (wno was
an ace reporter for a New York
gazette during the 1860s) didn't
need, such protection. She was a
slx-foot Amazon who always wore
hip-length boots, rough tweeds and
carried d ~siX-shooter.
While serving as a reporter for
an American = language daily in
emma Geraldine Sartain had her
'hoSt unusual newspaper expert
ence' Incredible as it seems, her
city editor was shy and apologet-
&c. He handed her an assignment
with these words: II know you're
very busy. and l don't like 10 ask
you to do this, but Il you have
nme, will you go to this place to-
day? But if you haven't time.
don't give it a thought. Tomorrow
will do"
Cora Rigby was the Christian
Science Monitors Washington bur.
eau chief for many years. WI an
she was i'll medicos urged her n,
leave for New Mexico pronto II
she wished to live. But the next
day she got out of bed and re-
turned to work. She continued
working until the day she passed
away.
ms war correspondent Inez
Robb was granted permission to
go into Tunisia on her solemn oath
that she would not try to 90 into
The front lines. She arrived just in
time for the Kasserine Pass deb
acle when the Allied lines sudden
~ fell back on top of her. There
were plenty of red faces at Allied
Headquarters when she raised he'll
because "Rommel practically cap
eured met"
Margaret Fuller was one of New
York's most caustic drama critics
several decades ago. A thespiar
once rebuked her for panning his
performance and concluded with:
You could not have written such
things if you were a lady"
Miss Fuller promptly snapped.
Il am not a lady. l am a news
paper woman. And you are not
eentleman-you are an actorl"