EDWIN PERCY CHASE
CHASE, EDWIN PERCY: Publisher; b Anita, Iowa Nov 2, 1879; s of Charles F Chase-Ruth Catherine A Dull; ed Atlantic HS; m Jane Colton Mar 15, 1923 Alexandria Va; 1900-02 emp in newspaper & co offs, Denver Colo; 1903-08 secy-treas Democrat Publishing Co, Atlantic; 1908-27 ptr of father in Atlantic Evening News & Atlantic News-Tele, 1927-37 editor Atlantic papers; 1937 ret; 1940- emp by San Francisco Call-Bulletin; Pulitzer Prize for best editorial 1933; during World War, mbr Cass Co Defense Coun; past pres Atlantic C of C; past pres Atlantic Rotary, atty Rotary Internatl conv, Niece France 1937; Rep; hobby: collecting autographed photographs of notables; off San Francisco Call-Bulletin; res Alexander Hamilton Hotel, San Francisco.
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From "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 195.
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