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BURKE ObituariesJohn T. Burke and son Kenneth W. BurkeContributed by Rodney Aldich. Thanks, Rod!Transcribed by Jamie. Thanks, Jamie!Rod is at e4enviro at gmail dot com. JOHN T. BURKE.John T. Burke, 71, veteran newspaper man and foreign correspondent, famous as an editor in two centuries, died yesterday in St. Michael’s Hospital, Newark, after an illness of five weeks. One of the most colorful journalistic figures in Paris during the World War and the Peace Conference, he had been associate editor of the Newark Ledger during the past five years. Burke had a wide acquaintance among world celebrities of the last half-century. He was one of the correspondents always welcome at the Vatican and at the White House. Messages of sympathy came from all quarters during his illness, including a letter from President Roosevelt. He is survived by two daughters, Loretta J. and Eunice, and two sons, Jefferson Davis Burke, an assistant city editor of The News, and Kenneth H. Burke. He began newspaper work as a police reporter on the old New York Star in 1882 and soon transferred to the New York Herald, on which he rose to be night editor James Gordon Bennett sent him abroad as correspondent and editor of the Paris Herald. For a decade after the war, he was correspondent in London and in Rome for the Hearst publications. Born in Limerick, Ireland, June 22, 1863, he was brought here as a child by his parents, Capt. James Burke and Amelia McLeod Burke, and was educated in the State island public schools and St. John’s College, Brooklyn.
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BURKE “DISCOVERED” HOWEBrought President’s Advisor from Saratoga to New YorkJohn T. Burke, who died in Newark, N. J., recently, was the man who “discovered” Louis McHenry Howe in Saratoga. Burke some 25 years ago was managing editor of the New York Evening Telegram under James Gordon Bennett, after spending his time since 1896 on various desks of the New York Herald. Howe, as correspondent of the two Bennett papers, showed an insight into New York politics above the average. Burke invited him to try his hand in the big city as a Telegram reporter, and Howe accepted. The new political reporter made the most of his opportunity in New York, widening his acquaintance vastly. As a result Howe was selected as staff correspondent of the Herald and Telegram at Albany, covering the legislative sessions and other important events. There he came in contact with one Franklin D. Roosevelt, State Senator from Dutchess County from 1910 to 1913. The two formed a friendship that still endures, as all the world knows. Burke as night editor of the Herald, was the senior Owl or toastmaster at the famous annual Owl dinners of the organization in years gone by.
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MILITARY SERVICES FOR BURKEEnlisting at 16, Newspaperman Helped Smash Hindenburg LineMilitary honors will be paid to Kenneth W. Burke, 36, of 5 Slosson terrace, St. George, who died of accidental illuminating gas poisoning Monday night, at funeral services tomorrow morning. A mass will be celebrated at St. Peter’s Church, New Brighton, by the monsignor Joseph Farrell, pastor of the church. A delegation from Slosson Post, American Legion, headed by Russell Beers, will conduct military rites. Burial will follow in St. Peter’s Cemetery. Mr. Burke was a World War veteran and was with the 106th Machine Gun Battalion. During the battle from Sept. 27 to Oct. 2, 1918 which smashed the Hindenburg line, he was gassed. Never Fully RecoveredHe never quite recovered from this illness, his wife, Mrs. Bessie Burke of 250 Richmond terrace, New Brighton, said last night. Mrs. Burke is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Edwards of Fort Wadsworth. She and Mr. Burke were married March 21, 1921, at St. Peter’s Church. They have one daughter, June, nine years old. Others surviving are: Two brothers, Jefferson and Hamilton, respectively night city editor and photographer of “The New York Daily News”; two sisters, the Misses Loretta and Eunice Burke, and an aunt, Mrs. Anna Dowd, all of 37 Hamilton avenue, St. George. Pretended He was 18Mr. Burke enlisted in Troop F, First National Cavalry Brigade of the National Guard, at the age of 16, by convincing the enlisting officers that he was 18. He served with this unit on the Mexican border for a year and then joined the 106th Machine Gun Battalion, arriving in France May 23, 1918. He participated in numerous important battles. Mr. Burke was the son of the late John T. Burke, well known newspaper correspondent and editor who died Nov. 20. He was formerly employed as a reporter by the “New York American” and by the “Baltimore American.” He was last employed as a columnist on the “Staten Island Daily Record,” a tabloid published from last November to December.
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