The World Wide Webb Miller
Description:
Newspaper article (in Cleveland Press in pencil on back side) titled "Webb Miller to tell real story of terror and riots in Holy Land" beginning Monday. A picture of rioting at left, photograph of Webb Miller on the right.
Dimensions:
H—5.25 W—12 inches
Date:
1937
Notes:
Webb Miller was born in 1891 in Sumnerville/Pokagon, graduated from Dowagiac High School around 1910, and went on to become a journalist in Chicago. He covered the Pancho Villa insurrection at the Mexican border in 1915 and landed a job at the United Press. He stayed with UP and covered World War I, Gandhi, Ethiopian War, Spanish Civil War, and came to head UP Europe. He died a mysterious death in 1940.
The collection came from the donor's niece, who received the collection from Webb Miller's daughter—in—law Helene MIller.
Object ID:
2007—0012.0171
Object Name:
Newspaper Article
People:
Miller, Webb
Search Terms:
Webb MIller
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