COMENITZ, BEN
Owner News Agency; b New York City, NY July 4, 1891; s of Phillip Comenitz-Leah Zeiss; ed Davenport pub schs; while at sch had news route; 1905- in newspaper & magazine business, Davenport, now owner Comenitz News Agcy; 1933 mbr NRA bd, mbr civic planning com; secy-treas Chamber Bldg Co; dir Democrat Publishing Co; pres TriCity Jewish Charities; chmn Scott Co Social Welfare Bd; dir Friendly House; VP First Fed S & L Assn; trees Tri-City Jewish Cemetery Assn; 1938-39 pres Comm Chest; pres YMCA; C of C, 1933-34 pres; BPOE 298; AF & AM 221; Scot Rite 32�; Kaaba Shrine; B'nai B'rith; B'nai Ames; trees Temple Emanuel; trustee Masonic Temple Bldg; Indep; off 408 Harrison; res Blackhawk Hotel, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1090.