Elias Manchester Boddy was an American newspaper publisher.
28 Facts About Manchester Boddy
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Manchester Boddy rose from poverty to become the publisher of a major California newspaper and a candidate for Congress.
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Manchester Boddy was said to have walked five miles daily to and from school and later attended Washington State College and the University of Montana.
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In World War I, Manchester Boddy was a second lieutenant in the infantry.
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Manchester Boddy was gassed in the Argonne and sent home disabled.
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Manchester Boddy died in Pasadena, California, of congestive heart failure at the age of 75 on May 12,1967.
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Manchester Boddy was survived by his wife, the former Berenice M Klotz, and two sons, Calvin and Robert.
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Manchester Boddy was then promoted to sales manager for the encyclopedia.
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Manchester Boddy moved west for his health, founded a book publishing company in Los Angeles and sold copies of the Mexican Year Book and other titles for Los Angeles Times publisher Harry Chandler.
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In 1926, Manchester Boddy was hired as editor of the Los Angeles Illustrated Daily News, a failing newspaper originally founded by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.
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Manchester Boddy assumed ownership of the newspaper on August 5,1926.
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Manchester Boddy rejected Vanderbilt's editorial philosophy of emphasizing good news by turning the Daily News into a crusading newspaper that addressed police corruption, gambling and prostitution.
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Manchester Boddy quickly earned the enmity of Los Angeles Police Chief James E Davis, who attempted to silence the News by arresting Boddy.
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The charges never got beyond the arraignment stage, and Manchester Boddy continued reporting vice and corruption in his paper.
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Manchester Boddy was a Republican and supported Herbert Hoover in the 1932 Presidential election.
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Manchester Boddy gave news space to Robert Noble's "Ham 'N Eggs" plan and Dr Francis Townsend's "Townsend Plan," which proposed that state and federal governments would issue funds to people over age 60.
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Manchester Boddy was on the air every night for more than four months, appealing to the public to collect and turn in their old automobile tires and other scrap.
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Three weeks after he had written the memo, Manchester Boddy received a letter from the President thanking him for the idea and telling him that the operation was under way.
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Manchester Boddy spent less and less time at the newspaper as he focused his energies on his estate, Descanso Gardens, in La Canada, California, a suburb of Los Angeles.
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Manchester Boddy eventually turned the day-to-day operations over to his general manager, Robert L Smith.
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In 1936, Manchester Boddy purchased a 150-acre parcel in La Canada, north of Los Angeles.
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Manchester Boddy had a wide range of interests, including horticulture, ranching, plant science, and politics.
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When Downey bowed out of the campaign, citing ill health, Manchester Boddy entered the race.
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California's Democratic State Central Committee had tried to draft Manchester Boddy to run for office in previous elections in 1942 and 1946.
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Manchester Boddy refused, claiming he had no interest in public office.
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Manchester Boddy's campaign got off to a late start and, according to Wagner, was disorganized.
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Manchester Boddy supported a controversial proposal to limit land ownership in the Central Valley to 160 acres.
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In May 1950, just weeks before the primary election, Manchester Boddy labeled Douglas the "Pink Lady" by implying that she was aligned with Communists and was part of a group of "red hots" trying to seize control of Democratic county committees in the state.