The Washington Daily News

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Washington Daily News was a tabloid style newspaper serving the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The newspaper was born on November 8, 1921 and competed with four established local daily newspapers, the Washington Post, the Washington Times (not to be confused with the current Washington Times), the Washington Herald, and the Washington Star (The Evening Star). The newspaper's masthead had "The News" printed in large, bold letters, with "Washington Daily" printed in small letters between them, over a rendering of the U.S. Capitol dome. In 1972, The Washington Daily News was purchased by and merged with the competing Washington Star. The new paper was soon renamed the "Washington Star News". By the late 1970s the word News completely disappeared from the title. It was a Scripps-Howard newspaper. It would not be fitting for the Washington Daily News obituary to not mention some of the survivors, long gone and some contemporary ones. The WDN was the home newspaper for Ernie Pyle, the famed war correspondent. Others who gained recognition from the News are folks such as Nick Blatchford, famed his writintg and his pioneer work in racial relations, Dick Starnes, author of mystery books, Tom Kelly, author and humorist, Tom Donnelly, famed for book reviews and off-beat view of life, Richard Hollander, the editor, John T.O'Roarke, the previous editor, Sam Gordon, who so believed in UFOs, Bill Beall who won a Pulitzer for a photo of trust between a child and a policeman, Martha Strayer, who was so important to the city the school baord held a meeting in her hospital room so she could attend and report, Judy Mann, who was part of an early Vietnam protest sit-in at Columbia, Stan Felder, who was City a Editor during the turbulent 60s, and names worth Wiking on their own: Henry Altman, Dan Hoik, Nina Hyde, Anne Crutcher, Marian Burroughs, Louise Lague, George Clifford, and each and every person who drew a pay check from 1013 13th St. NW, D.C.