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VICTOR, an Ameriin 1871. He was educated at Columbia can journalist, born in Omaha, Nebraska, University. In 1893 he began his jourcareer on the Omaha "Bee," becoming managing editor in 1895, editor in 1906, and publisher in 1917. He took being a member of the Republican Naan active interest in Republican affairs, 1 ROSE WINDOW tional Committee, 1908 to 1912. He was also at various times a member of the National Civic Federation, the American Jewish Committee, and of several historical and economic associations. During the World War he served as a member of the Committee on Labor, Advisory Commission of the Council of National Defense, as well as the Nebraska State Administrator of paper and pulp of the War Industries Board. He has frequently contributed to magazines and wrote "Special Assessments-a Study in Municipal Finance" (1898).

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