Who's Who in Dallas County, Iowa, 1940

1940 Who's Who

WHITEHEAD, GLENN EDWIN

Publisher; b Marshalltown, Iowa Aug 11, 1891; s of Charles Edwin Whitehead-Mary Jane Clark; ed Marshalltown HS; Eastern Coll; m Shirley Hildahl Dec 28, 1932 Greenbush Minn; 1914 reporter Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Penn; 1915-17 advertising mgr Nevada Journal; 1919-20 advertising dept, Des Moines Capitol; 1920 advertising dept Iowa Homestead; 1921-26 advertising mgr, Newton Iowa Daily News; 1926- publisher Perry Daily Chief; during World War enl in USN Aug 1917, Great Lakes Naval Station, commd ensign, Brooklyn navy 1918, in naval unit Princeton U, disch Sept 1919; Perry Amer Legion, past mbr & past comm Newton post; dir IPA; Comml Club, past pres; Rotary, past pres; Country Club, past pres; BPOE 407; AF & AM 59; hobby: golf; Rep; del to natl conv Chicago 1932, del to state conv since 1925, in chg of publicity for Rep party in state hdqrs, 1934; res 2021 Warford, Perry.

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From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 346.

Transcribed by Conni McDaniel Hall, July 2014.