Background
Darrah, David Harley was born on May 27, 1894 in Lloydsville, Ohio, United States. Son of Harley Howard and Anna Jane (McFarland) Darrah.
Darrah, David Harley was born on May 27, 1894 in Lloydsville, Ohio, United States. Son of Harley Howard and Anna Jane (McFarland) Darrah.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Akron Municipal University, 1917.
Reporter Akron Beacon Journal, Cleveland Leader and Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1912, 13. With American Ambulance Field Service in France in 1917. Later enlisted in the United States Army at Soissons, France, October 1, 1917.
Night editor Paris edition of Chicago Tribune, 1919-1922, managing editor, 1922-1926.
Assistant correspondent in London of Chicago Tribune, 1926-1927, chief correspondent Rome bureau of same, 1927-1933. Traveling correspondent in Europe, 1933-1935.
Made 18,000 mile journey through South American countries during 1930-1931 revolutionary period. Expelled by Mussolini from Italy, June 1935.
Chief London correspondent Chicago Tribune Foreign News Service, August 1935-March 1940.
War correspondent with Franco armies in Spanish civil war, 1936, 37, 38, Battle of France, May, June 1940. Corporation with Vichy government, July 1940-November 1942. Seized by Germans, interned Baden-Baden, Germany, December 1942-March 1944.
After repatriation to United States on Gripsholm, returned France, September 1944, and served as war correspondent and chief Paris bureau of Tribune until April 1946.
Special assignments 1946-1954. Madrid correspondent, 1955-1968.
Author: Hail Caesar, 1936. Conspiracy in Paris, 1953.
Home: Biarritz, France.
Married Simone Jane Heller, November 8, 1921.