a b Dennis Griffiths (ed.) The Encyclopedia of the British Press 1422–1992, London and Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p.437

Owned by the Cadbury family, with Laurence Cadbury as chairman, [2] the News Chronicle was formed by the merger of the Daily News and the Daily Chronicle on 2 June 1930, [3] with Walter Layton appointed as editorial director. [2] Politics [ edit ] Editors [ edit ] 1930: Tom Clarke [9] 1933: Aylmer Vallance 1936: Gerald Barry [4] 1948: Robin Cruikshank [10] 1954: Michael Curtis 1957: Norman Cursley See also [ edit ] The paper earned a name by vehemently opposing Franco throughout the 1930s. Putting their staff where their presses were, the Daily Chronicle sent two separate correspondents to Spain. One of these men, Arthur Koestler, ended up captured at the fall of Malaga. His release was immediately followed by another trip abroad to a Palestine caught during an Arab revolt. The well-traveled journalist urged the adoption of the Peel Commission’s recommendation to partition Palestine throughout his time in the papers.

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Hunter, Fred (2009). "Clarke, Thomas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/32433. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) John Segrue – foreign correspondent; twice expelled by the Nazis, he was eventually captured and interned in a German prisoner-of-war camp, where he died in 1942.

Trying to understand history without reading newspapers will result in a view of history that’s flat, skewed, and almost completely devoid of personality. For centuries, printed media has been influencing the world and reflecting the viewpoints of the people within it. Even a defunct paper, like the News Chronicle, offers a unique voice and perspective that should be documented and understood. With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the paper took an anti-Franco stance and sent three correspondents to Spain in 1936-37: Denis Weaver, who was captured and nearly shot before being released; Arthur Koestler (to Málaga); [4] and, later, Geoffrey Cox [4] (to Madrid). The paper's editorial staff took an active part in campaigning for the release of Koestler, who was captured by Franco's forces at the fall of Málaga and was in imminent danger of being executed. [5] Geoffrey Cox – war correspondent in the Spanish Civil War (in Madrid); former editor and chief executive of ITN. Began his career with the News Chronicle in 1932The News Chronicle was the first to break the story of DNA in an article entitled, “Why You Are You. Nearer Secret of Life". On 17 October 1960, the News Chronicle "finally folded, inappropriately, into the grip" [7] of the right-wing Daily Mail despite having a circulation of over a million. [1] [3] The News Chronicle's editorial position was considered at the time to be in broad support of the British Liberal Party, in marked contrast to that of the Daily Mail. As part of the same takeover, the London evening paper The Star was incorporated into the Evening News.