Background
Davis, Paul was born on March 30, 1896 in Falconer, New York, United States. Son of Murray Herschel and Laura Julia (Cooke) Davis.
Davis, Paul was born on March 30, 1896 in Falconer, New York, United States. Son of Murray Herschel and Laura Julia (Cooke) Davis.
Educated Falconer public schools.
Falconer correspondent for Jamestown (New York) Evening Journal, 1916. On news staff, Jamestown Morning Post, 1916-1920. Assistant city editor, Jamestown Evening Journal, 1920-1923.
Reporter, Saint St. Petersburg (Florida) Evening Independent, 1923, city editor, 1924-1947, managing editor, 1947-1951.
Columnist Saint St. Petersburg Morning Times from 1951. News editor, Havana (Cuba) Post, 1925, 30.
Covered 2d Bikini bomb test for Evening Independent, 1946.
Served United States Army, Camp Dix, New Jersey, 1917-1918. Member United World Federalists, Chamber of Commerce. Club: Florida Legislative Correspondents’ Association (president 1943-1945).
Married Edna Erla McClane, April.