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The story so far: Ever since D „ M ^ „ _ he was a child in Washington, " NORTO
D. C, Floyd Gibbons has wanted to be where the excitement was. His first inh i, was eleven, was selling newspapers in Washington 'I! u* it not because he haH t„ L ^"mgton, and hi
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wanted him to follow some more setgdlnt ft* got a job on the Minneapolis Newt. After a few weeks he was fired— he never knew why until years \*tor . I " learned that his father had had him dS^ hoping to disgust him with a reporter's lift TJeT^ went to Milwaukee and got another newspaper job Part Two
MILWAUKEE was kind to the boy from Minneapolis -or perhaps it was just that Floyd was aS reporter. After his first signed story, which he clipped and
Opposite page, Floyd Gibbons in the midst of one of his rapidfire stories on the Nash Speed show. Below, there's a story behind this picture taken during Poncho Villa's revolution. Floyd and another man had just given first aid to the old Mexican soldier at the right, who had been wounded. When Floyd and his companion attempted to continue on their way, the Mexican, unable to speak English, warned them not to go any farther by holding his hat up on the point of his rifle. A bullet zoomed through the hat and Floyd stayed right where he was.
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ANOTHER ACTION PACKED CHAPTER IN THE LIFE OF THE WORLDS MOST FAMOUS REPORTER AS HE COVERS CHICAGO'S UNDER. WORLD AND PANCHO VILLA'S REVOLUTION