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  • I asked my father why, if Frank Costello was prime minister of the underworld, and if the World-Telegram knew about it and published the story, didn't the police arrest him and put him on trial, since surely it must be a crime to be prime minister of the underworld.

    Henry J. Stern: The Bigger They Come Henry J. Stern 2011

  • "The surprise is the depth and force of Tony Curtis," reviewer Alton Cook wrote in the New York World-Telegram and Sun.

    Tony Curtis dies at 85; starred in 'Some Like It Hot' and 'Sweet Smell of Success' Adam Bernstein 2010

  • I asked my father why, if Frank Costello was prime minister of the underworld, and if the World-Telegram knew about it and published the story, didn't the police arrest him and put him on trial, since surely it must be a crime to be prime minister of the underworld.

    Henry J. Stern: The Bigger They Come Henry J. Stern 2011

  • One story I have recounted before, but which made a strong impression, dealt with my reading in the World-Telegram, which my father brought home from work, that Frank Costello was the prime minister of the underworld.

    Henry J. Stern: The Bigger They Come Henry J. Stern 2011

  • Willard Mullin of the New York World-Telegram created the iconic "Brooklyn Bum" character that came to define the Brooklyn Dodgers.

    The Man Who Dipped Sports in Ink Aaron Rutkoff 2011

  • One story I have recounted before, but which made a strong impression, dealt with my reading in the World-Telegram, which my father brought home from work, that Frank Costello was the prime minister of the underworld.

    Henry J. Stern: The Bigger They Come Henry J. Stern 2011

  • New York World-Telegram, October 17, 1934, column by Dan Daniel.

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

  • New York World-Telegram, February 18, 1942, column by Joe Williams.

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

  • The New York World-Telegram columnist, an acerbic Georgian, wrote, I have seen the Negro make sure and steady advances.

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

  • Richard Sterling Starnes was born in Washington and spent part of his childhood in New York, where his father was managing editor of the old New York World-Telegram and Sun.

    Obituaries 2010

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