Title: Raymond Gram Swing Description: Raymond Gram Swing (1887-1968), shown in 1940, American broadcast journalist, commentator and newspaperman; he covered World War I in Europe for the Chicago Daily News, and became famous in 1915, when, while traveling on a Turkish freighter, the Nagara, was asked by ship's officers to respond to a British submarine that had been trailing the ship; when the commander of the sub asked "Who are you," Swing, instead of giving the ship's named, replied: "I am Raymond Swing of the Chicago Daily News!" he was an ardent foe of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany and gave many lectures before and during World War II in which he detailed the evils of fascism; broadcasters; commentators; foreign correspondents; Keywords: journalists, newspapermen, newspapers, writers Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 1275 x 1589 (2.03 MPixels) (1.25) Print Size: 10.8 x 13.5 cm; 4.3 x 5.3 inches File Size: 5.80 MB (6,084,512 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000095379 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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