Background
Hedges, Frank Hinckley was born on April 19, 1895 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of James Harrison and Edna Bertha (Houghton) Hedges.
Hedges, Frank Hinckley was born on April 19, 1895 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of James Harrison and Edna Bertha (Houghton) Hedges.
Diploma, Western Military Academy, Alton, Illinois, 1912. Bachelor of Arts, Drury College, Springfield, Missouri, 1917. Bachelor of Journalism, University of Missouri, 1919.
Unmarried.
Successively news editor Miami (Oklahoma) Record-Herald, Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller, and feature writer Washington (District of Columbia) Herald. Staff of Japan Advertiser (American daily), Tokyo, Japan, in Peking and Tokyo. Managing editor same, in Tokyo, 1923-1927.
Was chief of the Far Eastern Bureau of the Christian Science Monitor, Tokyo, 1927-1931.
Staff correspondent The (London) Times, 1930-1931. Executive secretary Press Congress of the World, since 1934.
Far Eastern representative of North American Newspaper Alliance. Japan correspondent.
Editor same, in Tokyo, 1923-1927. Press Congress of the World, since 1934. Contributor to American, English and Japanese magazines on Far Eastern topics.
Editor transactions
Served as Second lieutenant 64th Pioneer Infantry, World War.