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William Archer Sholto Douglas (1886-1951), Irish newspaperman,
historian. Member American Legion, British Legion, American War Corrs.
Association, Sigma Delta Chi.
William Archer Sholto Douglas was
born on April 6, 1886 in Dervock, Ireland. Son of Richard and Julia
Lever (Bonorandi) Douglas. He was a student at Foyle College, Ireland
and Bedford School, England.
William A. S. Came to the United
States, 1908, naturalized, 1913. Began as reporter with Philadelphia
North American, 1909.
Successively with New York Journal, New
York Herald, Dallas News, Houston Post. Editor Pathe News, 1913-1914.
Official motion picture cameraman to Mexican government, 1923-1924.
With Baltimore Sun, 1925, Washington correspondent, 1927-1928,
London correspondent, 1928-1929. Chicago correspondent Baltimore Sun,
New York Herald Tribune, Boston Herald, 1931-1933. Universal News
correspondent in Europe, 1935, Chicago Herald-Examiner, 1936, Washington
Times-Herald, 1937-1940.
Correspondent European war zone,
1939-1940, 1944-1945. Editorial writer and columnist Chicago Sun,
1941-1946. Injured in action. In British Army, advancing from bugler to
captain, served as sergeant-major Engineer corpus, United States army,
later captain Tank Corps, World War I.
Commander artillery, rebel
army, Port au Prince, Haiti, 1907.
1 son, Edward Gerard. Children
by previous marriage—Richard Maginis (United States Army Air Force),
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