John D. Ewing
| John Dunbrack Ewing, Sr. | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 13, 1892 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Died |
May 18, 1952 (aged 60) Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Editor and publisher of the Shreveport Times and the Monroe News-Star-World from 1931-1952; owner of radio station KWKH |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Hamilton Gray (married 1919-his death) |
| Children | John D. Ewing, Jr., and Helen May Ewing Clay |
| Parent(s) | Col. Robert W. Ewing and Catherine May Dunbrack Ewing |
| Notes | |
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The conservative Ewing was a delegate to the 1940 Democratic National Convention which shattered precedent by nominating Franklin D. Roosevelt to a third term. | |
John Dunbrack Ewing, Sr. (February 13, 1892 – May 18, 1952), was a Louisiana journalist who served as editor and publisher of both the Shreveport Times and the Monroe News-Star-World (since the Monroe News-Star) from 1931 until his death. He was also affiliated with radio station KWKH in Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana. KWKH was founded in 1922 and named in 1925 for its founder, W. K. Henderson.
Ewing was born in New Orleans to Robert W. Ewing, I, and the former May Dunbrack, originally from Nova Scotia, Canada. Ewing's mother died in 1906, when he was fourteen. He was educated at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, from which he obtained his bachelor's degree in 1913. He was a captain in the 32nd Division (Red Arrow) in France during World War I. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre with Star and the Purple Heart.
After two years as the circulation manager of the former New Orleans Daily States, he moved to Shreveport in 1915 to become associate publisher of the Shreveport Times. When his father died in 1931, Ewing became publisher of both The Times and the two Monroe newspapers. The three newspapers were known for their conservative editorials. Ewing was a delegate to the 1940 Democratic National Convention, which met in Chicago to nominate U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt for a third term.
From 1938-1939, Ewing was president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. He headed the International Broadcasting Corp., the owners and operators of KWKH. He was a director of the Kansas City Southern and the Louisiana and Arkansas railroads.
Ewing married the former Helen Hamilton Gray on December 27, 1919. They had two children, John D. Ewing, Jr., and Helen May Ewing Clay.
One of Ewing's nephews, Robert Ewing, III (1935–2007), was a nature photographer and a board member of the Monroe News-Star, formerly owned by the Ewing family.
Another relative was Edmund Graves Brown, an executive at the Monroe News-Star from 1952 until the paper was sold in 1977 to the Gannett Company.
References
- "John Dunbrack Ewing", A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, Vol. 1 (1988), p. 292
- Kathryn Hill, "Captain John D. Ewing: Civic Leader/Journalist," North Louisiana History, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Fall 2001), pp. 3–10
- "John D. Ewing Dies: Publisher in the South", New York Times, May 18, 1952, p. 92
- Margaret Martin, "Colonel Robert Ewing: Louisiana Journalist and Politician", (Master's thesis, 1964, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge)
- http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ewing.html
- http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,804464,00.html
- http://dunbrack.org/data/ps05/ps05_345.html