RARE "The Washington Post" Raymond Clapper Hand Signed TLS Dated 1942 COA For Sale

Up for sale RARE! "The Washington Post" Raymond Clapper Hand Signed TLS. This item is authenticated By Todd

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commentator and news analyst for both radio and newspapers who was

described in a Life magazine

article as "one of America's ablest and most-respected journalists." The

son of a farmer of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry,

Clapper was born in La Cygne, Kansas. When he was young, his father moved the

family to Kansas City in order

to take a factory job to better support his family. Clapper was a graduate of

the University of Kansas. In 1915, he was elected editor-in-chief of

the University Daily Kansan,

the campus newspaper. In the summer of 1916, while he was still enrolled at the

University of Kansas, Clapper worked as a reporter for The Kansas City Star. That

fall, he began working for United Press wire

service in Chicago, Illinois. In 1917, he was promoted to manager of UP's

Northwest Bureau, which had headquarters in Chicago and served newspapers in

western Canada and portions of six states. In 1923, Clapper was transferred to

Washington, D.C., to report on politics there. Six years later, he was made the

manager of UP's Washington operation. Clapper's success resulted to a large

extent from "his objective writing style and his ability to explain the

politics and policies of Washington for the average reader." His

reputation was enhanced nationally by an exposé, "Racketeering in

Washington," that was published in 1933. Later that year he was hired

by The Washington Post. A

year later, he began a column, "Between You and Me," which was

distributed daily to 176 Scripps-Howard Newspapers newspapers.

When he died, Clapper was still officially a political columnist for

Scripps-Howard, but he was reporting on the invasion of the Marshall Islands during World War II. Marquis Childs took over Clapper's column

"Washington Calling" when he died. Clapper was a newscaster for

the Mutual Broadcasting System in

the 1930s and 1940s. In 1942, he replaced Raymond Gram Swing on

Mutual's evening newscast when Swing moved to another network. A reviewer

writing about Clapper's debut broadcast wrote, "His approach is

colloquial, colorful and vivid ..." He also "read and

interpreted" election results on NBC in

November 1938  and was part of

NBC's team of reporters covering the 1940 Republican convention.  Clapper's success in newspapers and radio led

to opportunities in public speaking. An article in the January 24, 1942, among "top radio names who are currently lecturing or have

recently lectured, and who have been getting between $1,000 and $1,500." In

1944, Clapper's widow edited some of his columns into a book, Watching

the World. It was published by Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book

Company, Inc. The book was described in a contemporary advertisement as

containing "the cream of his work -- columns, broadcasts, articles ...

reflecting outstanding events during those critical years." The book

included a 32-page biography of Clapper by Mrs. Clapper.