The Years Were Good: The Autobiography of Louis B. Seltzer INDEX A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W Advertising, in relation to newspapers, 183-84 Alburn, Rev. Thomas, 205-1l passim Anson, Sam, 64, 79, 80, 111, 112 Baker, Newton D., 170, 171, 179, 180, 197-202 passim Bastian, Bill, 100 Bay Village, 268, 269, 270, 272 Bender, George H., 235 Bernhardt, Sarah, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89 Blackwell, Michael, 230 Brandon, Governor, 161 Brian, Donald, 88 Brown paper, as writing material, 26-27 Burke, Thomas A., 235, 258, 259 Carney, James M., 258 Celebrezze, Anthony J., 256-64 passim Celebrezze, Frank, 230, 256, 257, 259 Champlin, Marion Elizabeth (Mrs. Louis B. Seltzer), 92-98, 99-102, 139, 171-72, 254 Church Social, 205-12 passim City Hall, Seltzer assigned to, 118 Civilization, "third," 307 Cleaveland, Moses, 148 Cleveland Clinic, destruction of, 247 Cleveland Press, The, 113ff; founding of, 175; Dempsey-Willard fight covered by, 126-31 passim; politicians fought by, 141, 144; Van Sweringen story published by, 150; Davis scoop in, 159-60, 164; slogan on Page One, 188; booklet for visitors, 191; editorials on Walther, 194, 196, 201; run on Cleveland Trust Company, 215-20; during depression, 221; editorial on Lausche, 223-24; during World War II, 239-43; editorial on 1944 Cleveland disaster, 252; and "Heartache Baby," 245-46; Celebrezze endorsed by, 259; Parrino supported by, 263, 264; editorials on Sheppard case, 270-75; article on death of Seltzer's mother, 299-300 Cleveland Railway Company, 147 Cleveland Times, The, 169 Cleveland Trust Company, run on, 214-20 Cline, John A., 197 Corlett's grocery, 68 Corrigan, Billy, 78 Cox, James M., 156 Creech, Harris, 216-20 passim Crile, Dr. George, 242 Crosby, Bing, 242 A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W Damm, Adam, 227 Davis, Harry L., 118, 120, 142 Davis, John W., 159, 163, 164, 173 Davis, Robert H., 280 Democratic National Conventions, Seltzer at, 153-54, 160-64, 174 Dempsey, Jack, 125, 126, 128, 129, 292 Denison School, 50 Depression, and Cleveland Press, 221 Dickens, Charles, 45 DiSalle, Michael, 258 Donahey, Governor Vic, 226 Editorials, in Cleveland Press, 194, 196, 201, 223-24, 252, 254-55, 270-75 Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 54 Executions, at Ohio Penitentiary, 249 Fairbanks, Sr., Douglas, 17 Father of Louis B. Seltzer, see Seltzer, Charles Alden Fitzgerald, William S., 142 Friedl's grocery, 50 A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W Golf, and Charles Seltzer, 293 Gongwer, W. Burr, 229 Hahn, Carlton, 211 Harvard Club, Cleveland, 230 Hearst, William Randolph, 196 Hippodrome Theater, Cleveland, 83 Hope, Bob, 242 House of Hubbell, 113 Houston, 1928 Democratic National Convention at, 173, 174 Hubbell, House of, 113 Huneker, Big Ed, 74, 75, 76, 80 A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W Kagy, Harold C., 134 Kipling, Rudyard, 45 Larkin, Bob, 103-09 passim; 116 Lausche, Frank J., 223-37, passim 257, 259 "Law Came to Pecos, The," 54 Leader, The, 60ff Louis, Joe, 292 "Luee, The Offis Boy," 81, 83, 85-89 Lytell, Bert, 17 A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W McAdoo, William Gibbs, 154, 157-60 passim McDermott, William J., 258, 259 McGannon, William H., 133-38 Madison Square Garden, New York, 153, 160 Madison Theater, Cleveland, 91, 92, 101 Malthus, Thomas, 304 Marquette, "Dogs," 51, 52, 53, 67-71 passim Martin, Earle, 168-71 passim Maschke, Maurice, 142 Matson, Carlton K., 194, 200, 201 Meck, David C., 262 Medlin, Dr. Wendell, 32-35 passim Meilink, John G., 184 Mihelich, John L., 228 Miller, Ray T., 227, 228, 231, 258 Mix, Tom, 17 Money, Miss, 66-72 passim Moore, Ed, 155-59 passim, 162-65 passim Morgan, Victor, 114, 118-23, passim 166, 175, 176 Murrow, Ed, 310 Nassano, Uncle Bill, 211 Ness, Eliot, 231 News, Cleveland, 259 Newspaper Enterprise Association, 175 Nickel Plate Railroad, 148, 150, 152 A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W Ohio Northern University, 262 Ohio Penitentiary, 249 Ohio Unemployment Commission, 257 Paper, brown, as writing material, 26-27 Parrino, Tom, 261-64 passim Pekar, Miss Effie, 66 Penitentiary, Ohio, 249 "Person to Person" show, Seltzer on, 310 Plain Dealer, Cleveland, 259 Police Headquarters, Seltzer assigned to, 116 Politics, Seltzer's education in, 141-42 Population growth, in United States, 303 Prize fighting, 125-31, passim, 290-92 Ray, Uncle, 38-44 passim Rogers, Will, 161 Roosevelt, Franklin D., 156, 174 Rutkowski, Anthony J., 230 A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W Science Service, Scripps-Howard, 175 Scripps-Howard Newspapers, 175, 176, 184 Seltzer, Charles Alden, early life of, 29; first story sold by, 21-23, 59; collapse from overwork, 32-37, passim; son's reading guided by, 45-48; advice to son, 56-57; watch given to son, 58; trips to West, 287, 288; success as writer, 17, 280, 281, 282, 289, 293; business losses of, 294; in politics, 294-95; last illness and death of, 298; Seltzer, Louis B., at seven, 17ff; kite-flying by, 18-21, passim; celebration of father's first story sale, 22; Dr. Medlin summoned by, 32-35; early jobs of, 37; sent for beer, 39-40; and attic room, 44-47, passim; reading guided by father, 45-48; Bible read by, 49; at thirteen, 50; in new home, 51; life saved by Marquette, 52; decision to leave school, 55; advised by father, 56-57; grandfather's watch given to, 58; hired by Leader, 62-65; school left by, 66-73, passim; interview with Miss Money, 69-72; first day on Leader job, 74-77; first newspaper story by, 77-80; "Luee, The Offis Boy" written by, 81, 83, 85-89; interview with Sarah Bernhardt, 84; Donald Brian in "Luee" column, 88-89; movie assignment given to, 90; meeting with future wife, 92-98; assigned as Leader's police reporter, 102; on police beat for Leader, 104, 105; at fifteen, 111; fired by Leader, 111; employed by Hubbell, 113; hired by Cleveland Press, 114-15; assigned to Police Headquarters, 116; poker wager with Ed Moore, 155-56; assigned to City Hall, 118; encounter with Nate Cook, 119-20; on general assignment, 120; marriage to Marion, 99-102; birth of son, 120-21; City Editor at nineteen, 121; resignation as City Editor, 123; appointed Political Editor, 123; at Dempsey-Willard fight, 125-29; McGannon scoop by, 133-38; at twenty-three, 139, 152; down payment on house, 139; City Editorship again offered to, 140; educated in practical politics, 141-42; scoops from Kohler, 143, 144, 145; City Editorship given up for Van Sweringen beat, 149; Davis tip from Moore, 158-59; 1924 Democratic National Convention attended by, 153-54, 160-64; at twenty-nine, 167; rejected as Press Editor, 167, 168, 169; Cleveland Times editorship refused by, 170; and Marion's welfare work, 171-72; 1928 Democratic National Convention attended by, 174; appointed Press Editor, 174; in New York, 174, 176; advised by Baker, 179-80; public interview by, 185-87; Cleveland Press described by, 19l-93; cited for contempt, 194; found guilty of contempt, 200; contempt verdict set aside, 202; invited to head welfare agency, 204; welfare post accepted by, 212; run on Cleveland Trust Company, 214-20; Press guided during depression, 221; meeting with Lausche, 224, 225, 226; at thirty-one, 225; affection for Lausche, 231; death of father, 277, 298; in 1944 Cleveland disaster, 247-53; and "Heartache Baby," 243-46; on Marion's narrow escape, 254; Tony Celebrezze endorsed by, 259; Press support of Parrino, 263; in Sheppard case, 269-75; death of mother, 299-300; grandchildren of, 301; predictions for future, 302-ll passim Seltzer, Lucien Bonaparte, 38-46, passim, 260, 261, 305, 306 Sheppard, Chip, 268 Sheppard, Dr. Samuel H., 262, 267, 268, 269, 275 Sheppard, Marilyn Reese, 267, 269 Short Story magazine, 23 Slovenian National Hall, Cleveland, 224, 227, 237 Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 154, 157-60 passim, 173, 174 So Long, Sucker, 297 Sorrells, John H., 174 Squires, Sanders and Dempsey, 262 Stanton, Eddie, 136-37 "Syndicating," 106 A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W Taft, Robert A., 233-36 passim Tellegen, Lou, 84 Terminal Tower, Cleveland, 148, 149 "Third" civilization, 307 Three Musketeers, The, 47 Toledo, Dempsey-Willard fight at, 125-29 passim Tratzmiller, George, 116, 117, 118 Tunney, Gene, 292 Uncle Ray, 38-44 passim Underwood, votes for, at Convention, 161 Unemployment Commission, Ohio, 257 United Press Associations, 175 Van Oeyen, Louis, 130 Van Orsdale, 85 Van Sweringen brothers, 147-52 passim Walter, Henry, 75 Walther, Judge Frederick P., 194-203 passim Watterson, Colonel Henry, 235 White, Governor George, 228 White, William Allen, 160, 161, 168, 189, 190, 260, 261 Women's rights, Seltzer's fight for, 173 World War II, and Cleveland Press, 239-43 A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | W |