Paul H. Lovering obituary
Christopher K. Philippo
see my posts "HPL & The Inevitable Conflict by Paul H. Lovering" (18 Dec
2001) and "Paul H. Lovering (Re: Two Newly Discovered Clark Ashton Smith
Stories!!)" (18 Jul 2003).
Thanks to the Seattle Public Library for sending me a photocopy of the
obituary. It also had a photo of Lovering, which is not reproduced in
this post.
CKP
Seattle Times Nov 2 1943
Paul H. Lovering, Times Associate Editor, Dies
Paul H. Lovering, an associate editor of The Seattle Times, editorial
writer and war analyst, died today in a Seattle hospital after a long
illness.
Mr. Lovering wrote a daily column, "Today's War News," until he was
stricken nearly three years ago.
Mr. Lovering was among the group of employes [sic] who had been in the
service of The Times more than 30 years. His regular employment began
January 2, 1910, but he had served temporarily in the composing room
during the previous year.
It was during the Alaskan-Yukon-Pacific Exposition that he came to
Seattle, where he had made his home ever since.
Married in South
Born in Philadelphia September 29, 1880, Mr. Lovering spent his early
manhood in the South. It was in New Orleans that he met and married
Winnie Gray. In the year of Seattle's A.-Y.-P. Exposition, he and his
wife's brother, Alex Gray, came here to inspect the Puget Sound country
and decided to remain.
Reared in the atmosphere of a newspaper office, Mr. Lovering's early
education included training as a printer, and he was more than
ordinarily skillful in the operation of the linotype. However, he
preferred gathering news to setting type and one of his earlier
positions was that of reporter on a New Orleans evening paper.
For several years he was associated with his father in the operation of
a newspaper at Tampa, Fla., but eventually he returned to New Orleans.
He took part in political campaigns and for a time was engaged in the
establishment of typographical unions in Southern cities.
Mr. Lovering's first regular employment on The Times was reading copy,
but he soon developed a talent for news and editorial writing. It was
in the department of editorial writing that he won promotion to the
position of associate editor of The Times.
An indefatigable reader, he developed an unusual interest in world
politics during the early years of the First World War. Eventually, as
he mastered the intricate political history of the countries of the Old
World and became familiar with the geography of the territory involved
in the several battlefronts, he wrote a daily review of the progress of
the war.
It was his talent for analysis and his familiarity with European
geography that led to a demand that he resume publication of his daily
reviews when the present war began.
While Mr. Lovering's reviews and analyses were based upon current
happenings, their background had a vast amount of reading of political
history and study of diplomatic developments. He had a gift for precise
statement, and terse revealment of motives and objectives.
Although Mr. Lovering's analyses were impartial, he strongly favored
American assistance to the cause of Great Britain from the beginning.
Some of his predictions early in the struggle between the Axis powers
and the Allies had the ring of inspired prophecy.
Mr. Lovering is survived by his widow; one son, Frank Lovering, Yakima,
and four daughters, Mrs. George Miles, Jr., Seattle; Mrs. Wilber
Mallilieu, Inglewood, N. J.; Mrs. Glenn Whitfield, Vancouver, Wash., and
Mrs. William King, San Jose, Calif.