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William Edmund Scripps (May 6, 1882 – June 12, 1952) was a pioneer aviator and the publisher of The Detroit News. He was also an original founder of the WWJ radio station. Biography. He was born on May 6, 1882, to James E. Scripps, the founder of Detroit's Evening News.
May 5, 2019 · William E. Scripps. As the son of James E. Scripps, founder of the Detroit (Evening) News, William E. Scripps (1882-1952) was heir to a publishing fortune. He preferred engineering, however, and sought to use engineering and science to improve people's lives. Scripps was fascinated by early twentieth-century technologies.
He worked almost 56 years at the Detroit News which was founded by his father James E. Scripps in 1873. He was head of the Detroit News and president of the Detroit News Publishing Company. He was also president of the Scripps Motor Company, manufacturers of marine gasoline engines.
William Edmund Scripps was an American pioneer aviator and the publisher, who worked almost 56 years at the Detroit News.
William Edmund Scripps (May 6, 1882 – June 12, 1952) was a pioneer aviator and the publisher of The Detroit News. He was also an original founder of the WWJ radio station.
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May 5, 2019 · Behind these gates lies the country estate built in 1927 by William E. Scripps, heir to the Detroit News fortune and a talented early aviator, inventor, and radio pioneer. (A historical marker located near Lake Orion in Oakland County, Michigan.)
