Carl Randau
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A native of Iowa, he moved to New York CityNew York City
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in the 1930s where he was a journalist for the New York World-Telegram
New York World-Telegram
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. He was the President of the The Newspaper Guild from 1934 to 1940. In 1940, he married Leane Zugsmith
Leane Zugsmith
-Biography:Leane Zugsmith was born in Louisville, Kentucky on 18 January 1903. She was married the playwright Carl Randau and lived in New York City, where she became a leftist journalist, proletarian writer and activist. She wrote novels and short stories. In her salon, she entertained guests as...
. After the Second World War, he and his wife visited Japan
Japan
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and China
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to work as correspondents for the newspaper PM
PM (newspaper)
PM was a leftist New York City daily newspaper published by Ralph Ingersoll from June 1940 to June 1948 and bankrolled by the eccentric Chicago millionaire Marshall Field III....
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