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WOODWARD, Fred W.
WOODWARD, Fred W. (Dubuque, IA, Mar. 26, 1888--Dubuque, IA, Aug. 19, 1975). Newspaper publisher and president. While attending school in 1898, Woodward carried papers for the TELEGRAPH HERALD. He was later employed in the circulation department and was then advanced by publisher Patrick J. QUIGLEY through such positions as circulation manager and business manager. He began acquiring stork in the company in 1915 from the owners P. J. Quigley and W. C. Luther. Woodward became secretary of the Telegraph-Herald in March 1913, and finally president on February 28, 1917, upon Quigley's death.
Woodward led the Telegraph Herald as it expanded its circulation. In March 1927, Woodward negotiated the merger of the Telegraph Herald with the Times Journal. Increased readership led to the need for more publishing space. In July of 1930 the paper moved its headquarters to its present location at Eighth and Bluff. In 1940 the corporation entered the field of RADIO when a license was issued to KDTH. (See: WOODWARD COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
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Source:
Families in Business. (magazine). Telegraph Herald, July 30, 2010, p. 68