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‘’’Joseph Vincent Connolly’’’ (February 7, 1895 – April 18, 1945) was a Lieutenant in World War 1, American Newspaper Reporter, Editor, General Manager, and President.

Early Life
Joseph Vincent Connolly (J.V. or Joe) was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the third of six children born to Joseph Connolly and Ellen T Reynolds. Only 3 of the children survive infancy and all three had careers in the Newspaper industry. He went to high school in New Haven from 1908 – 1911. Then became a reporter in New Haven from 1912 – 1918.

1917: News Reporter (CT Military Census)

Military
Served as Lieutenant United States Army, World War.

Then became a reporter in New Haven from 1912 – 1918. Joe transferred to the New York Sun from 1919 to 1920. After that he went to King Features Syndicate in 1920 until his death in 1945.

Family
Married Marguerite Stanford, January 2, 1919. Children: Joseph, Mary Jacqueline.

Catholic, Democrat

Career
Reporter, New Haven Union, 1912-1918, New York Sun, 1919-1920. With King Features Syndicate since 1920, now president. President International News Service, Central Press Association, International News Photos.

Served as Lieutenant United States Army, World War. Clubs: Westchester Country (Rye, New York).

In 1921 Joe gave Eric Brandeis a job at the paper, starting his carrier off.

1938: General Manager of Hearst Newspapers. In October Joe addressed the National Eucharistic Congress in New Orleans and urged Catholic forces throughout the world to join in a “crusade in defense of all those whe suffer persecution, Jew and Christian alike.”  The address was broadcast to the nation over a coast-to-coast radio hookup. He excoriated prejudice, bigotry, excessive race and pride and exaggerated nationalism as “common faults of Christians.” He appealed for Christian awareness to ward off the dangers threatening the American democracy. On the flight home, 18 October, the plane made a crash landing and all the photos and film of the Congress were lost in the fire.

1939: Syndicate boss and head of INS is on the mend from long illness. Had not seen a newspaper in weeks. Grabed a paper from the doctor then a phone to order his men to the war zone. (1939 Sep 14, Bradford Evening Star and Bradford Daily Record, Pg 5, Newspaper stuff)

1941: Marked his 10th Anniversary as King Features Chieftain.

Death and burial
Joe had an ailing Heart for years and on 18 April 1945 he and his wife were returning home from a movie, “The Keys of the Kingdom (film)” when Joe slumped over in his wife’s arms and died.

Joe had an ailing heart and new he would die but it came more sudden then anyone had expected. When Joe died he was the President of King Features Syndicate, International News Service, and International News Photos. Joe became one of the highest paid newspaper men in the entire country but remained humble and grounded always wanting to be the one to get his hands dirty no matter what he was working on. His younger brother Roger would also die from a failing heart, at the age of 52, and was also a rising star in the newspaper industry.

Joe was buried in Saint Lawrence Cemetery of West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut in the Connolly family lot.