FRIENDSHIP CHARITY FETE. WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST; MARY C. McCAULEY

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William Randolph Hearst - American newspaper publisher active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born in 1863 in San Francisco, California. He inherited The San Francisco Examiner from his father, and went on to build one of the largest newspaper and magazine empires in the world, known as the Hearst Corporation. He was known for his use of yellow journalism, political influence, and his support of various causes and politicians, including his opposition to U.S. entry into World War I and his support of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s.