Watson, Morris, 1901-1972

Morris Watson (1901-1972) was born in Joplin, Missouri on January 29, 1901. He ran away from home after one year of high school and joined the army the following year. After the war he attended the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts for one year, 1920-1921.

Watson began his journalistic career as a reporter for the Omaha World Herald in 1923. In 1927 he moved to the Denver Post . After two years he moved to Chicago and read copy for the Chicago Herald and Examiner . Later in 1929 he became a reporter for the Associated Press (AP) in Chicago, then in New York.

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