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Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was the son of Moses and Clara (Schlossberg) Adams. He graduated from the Armour Scientific Academy in 1889 and attended the University of Michigan for one year. He first worked for the Chicago Journal in 1903 but soon moved to the New York Evening Mail , where he worked from 1904 to 1913 and began the famed column which would later be known as "The Conning Tower". In 1913, he moved his column to the New York Tribune, where it would take "The Conning Tower" name, staying there until 1921Events January 2 The first religious radio broadcast ( KDKA AM in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) January 2 Spanish liner Santa Isabel sinks off Villa Garcia 244 dead January 2 DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park San Francisco opens. January 20 Republic of Turke.

During World War IWorld War I (also known as the First World War , the Great War the War of the Nations and the "War to End All Wars") was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1918. No previous conflict had mobilized so many soldiers, or involved so many in the field of, Adams was in the U.S. Army, working on the Stars and StripesFor other meanings, see Stars & Stripes. Stars and Stripes is the name of the United States Armed Forces newspaper that is published for American forces in Europe and the Pacific. It was published for the first time on February 8, 1918. In World War I, th, where he would work with Harold RossHarold Wallace Ross ( November 6, 1892 December 6, 1951) was an American journalist and co-founder of The New Yorker magazine, which he edited from 1925 to his death. Born in Aspen, Colorado to George and Ida (Martin) Ross, the young Ross had journalism i, Alexander WoollcottAlexander Woollcott ( January 19, 1887 January 23, 1942) was a critic and commentator for The New Yorker magazine and a member of the Algonquin Round Table. He was the inspiration for Sheridan Whiteside, the main character in the play The Man Who Came to, and other literary lights of the 1920s. After the war, Adams returned to New York. He went to the New York WorldThe New York World was a newspaper published in New York from 1860 until 1931. The newspaper was unsuccessful until it was purchased by Joseph Pulitzer in 1883. Nellie Bly, a journalist on the title became the first investigative journalist, often working, in 1921, writing there until that paper closed in 1931. He returned to his old paper, renamed the New York Herald Tribune, staying until 1937 when he went to the New York Post. He ended his column in September 1941. During its long run, "The Conning Tower" publicized the work of such writers as Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dorothy Parker, George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart, Edna Ferber, and Deems Taylor. From 1938, he was a panelist on the radio quiz show Information, Please having written a trivia book with Harry Hansen , Answer This One ( 1927). He also was a translator of Horace and other classical authors.

He died in New York City.