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5 unusual facts about New York Star


Matilda Landsman

In the past she had worked as a stenographer in the Times news and Sunday departments, and as a secretary to Joseph Fels Barnes, editor of the defunct New York Star, the brief-lived successor to the progressive/left daily newspaper PM.

New York Star

New York Star, a New York City newspaper from about 1868 to 1891, published by Joe Howard, Jr. and later William Dorsheimer

Ted Thackrey

Following the demise of the leftist New York City newspaper PM, published from June 1940 to June 22, 1948, and that paper's first successor, the New York Star, published from June 23, 1948, to January 28, 1949, Ted Thackrey founded The Daily Compass.

The Daily Compass

The Daily Compass, which included the weekend Sunday Compass, was a 1949-1952 successor to the leftist New York City newspaper PM, published from June 1940 to June 22, 1948, and that paper's first successor, the New York Star, published from June 23, 1948, to January 28, 1949.

Tom Meany

Throughout his career, Meany worked for several newspapers, including the Brooklyn Daily Times, New York World-Telegram, New York Star and the Morning Telegraph.



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