He journeyed often to far corners of the world. and he brought that world closer to his public through his witty. pungent. and descriptive columns. His "First Column" roamed the globe. and many of these items found their way into the books he published. Only recently he completed a travel book on Hawaii. and his final volume. "The Truth Ripens." was completed just before his untimely death. There was nothing provincial in the man or in his art. He was born September 20. 1907. one of 10 children of an immigrant merchant tailor from Austria. His home was in a slum area on Chicagos South Side. Mr.
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