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Straight into the heart of the mystery plunged the newshawk. He telephoned James McNally, the best-known pig and cattle dealer in the border counties. "Certainly," said James, making a clean breast of the business, "I ran the advertisement. The cats are for veterinary research schools in London. But I get only strays. Sure, I know most of the cats in the district, and as for their being only ten left, that's nonsense. Why," he added indignantly, "I met seven in the main street only this morning and every one looked as happy as larry...
Thirty years ago a bluff Irish newshawk, covering the Home Rule issue and Dublin riots for an Irish paper, got himself reprimanded by both the British and the Irish patriots in the same week. He took it as a compliment to his fairness. Last week, still an impartial reporter, white-haired Tom O'Donoghue, now 61, became boss of Britain's most impartial daily, Hansard's official record of Parliamentary Debates...
...reported, 26 cops busily beat the bushes of the North Shore. None won McCormick's $100 reward. Then Trib Reporter Chester Nichols was assigned to the hunt. After 22 sleepless hours he tracked Lotta down. When admiring cops asked him how he'd done it, Newshawk Nichols replied: "Simple. Until the Tribune hired me four years ago I was the dog-catcher at Evanston." The Sun's headline: SCOOP! MCCORMICK DOG OUTSMARTED BY TRIBUNE...
Since the Armistice terms forbid Italians to commit hostile acts against citizens of the United Nations, Signor Mollica published his challenge in the Roman press, hoped that the Soviet Embassy would relay it promptly. When a U.S. newshawk called to ask questions, Signor Mollica snapped to attention, clicked his heels and asked politely: "Do you represent Signor Vishinsky...
...look, you're a newshawk an ya like to write the stuff. Or maybe ya even like to dig up the stuff. Ya won't make a monkey out of yaself, but you'll probably see yourself in places ya never expected to be. Your relations with the Assistant Deans, unless your case is pending action by the Administrative Board, will be anything but official; who knows, ya may even get to see a full Dean some day. Your life as a reporter will be a happy one; ya probe, ya investigate, even expose. As a newsman ya write almost...