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...Martin, one of the eight children of a machinist of North Attleboro, Mass., got into politics in 1911, after working up from reporter to owner of the North Attleboro Chronicle (circ. 2,400). After three years each in the State House of Representatives and Senate, he later became executive secretary of the Republican State Committee, obliged Calvin Coolidge in 1922 by running the campaign that saved Henry Cabot Lodge's Senate seat by 7,000 votes. In 1924 Joe Martin managed a campaign for himself, got into the House by a 9,600 plurality. He has remained there ever...
Last week Amster Spiro plunged deeper into the game business. He bought two-thirds interest in Bridge World (circ. 10,000) and Games Digest (circ. 10,000) from Bridge Expert Ely Culbertson. Mr. Culbertson, who started both magazines, remains as part owner and editor, but Hearstman Spiro announced a new policy. Henceforth Bridge World, instead of being Mr. Culbertson's private forum, will invite other experts to debate their views in its pages. Whatever Mr. Spiro's policy, he will have difficulty matching the frankness of the final Bridge World editorial while under Culbertson ownership: "Every bridge writer...
...Atlantic Monthly (circ. 105,250) last month, Herbert Hoover recommended a plan for getting his party out of the doldrums: a mid-term Republican National Convention to be held during the next year. Last week, Chairman John Daniel Miller Hamilton announced that his Republican National Committee would meet in Chicago next month to consider seriously what good such a convention would do, decide whether to hold...
...Publisher William F. Hofmann of the Long Island Press (circ.: 71,341) in Jamaica thought his strike troubles were over when he signed an agreement with the American Newspaper Guild early last week. But when he discharged 27 returned strikers for "reasons of economy," the rest walked out again. An editorial picket line scuffled with pressmen, kept most of them out of the building. At week's end Publisher Hofmann announced that the Press was involuntarily suspending publication, first time in its 118 years...
...Publisher McDonald (Chattanooga Free Press) hopes to steal readers on weekdays from the News (circ. 36,000), on Sundays from the Times (circ. 36,300)." (TIME, Sept...