Background
Bess, Demaree Caughey was born on July 28, 1893 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Review Doctor Elmer Allen and Emma (Caughey) Bess.
Bess, Demaree Caughey was born on July 28, 1893 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Review Doctor Elmer Allen and Emma (Caughey) Bess.
Student Occidental College, 1911-1912. Bachelor of Arts, University of Iowa, 1916.
Instructor English, Assiut College, Assiut, Egypt, 1916. With American Red Cross in Palestine and Syria, 1917-1919. Reporter Minneapolis Tribune and Los Angeles Times, 1919-1924.
Far Eastern chief correspondent New York Evening Post and Philadelphia Public Ledger, 1924-1926.
News editor Japan Advertiser, Tokyo, 1927. North China bureau manager United Press, 1928-1931.
Staff correspondent in China, Japan, Russia and Europe for The Christian Science Monitor, 1932-1938. Staff Sat. Eve. Post, since 1938, as chief European correspondent, associate editor, Paris, until 1950, contributing editor, since 1958.
Citation U. Iowa, one of 100 Most Distinguished Alumni.
Member Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Overseas Writers (Washington).
Married Mistress.