Background
Booth, Warren S. was born on April 18, 1894 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of George Gough and Ellen Warren (Scripps) Booth.
Booth, Warren S. was born on April 18, 1894 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of George Gough and Ellen Warren (Scripps) Booth.
Clerk advertising department, Detroit News, 1916-1917; assistant business manager, Detroit News, 1919-1925. Director Evening News Association (public Detroit News, owners, licenses Station WWJ-AM-FM-television), 1925-1970, treasurer, 1927-1952, president, public, 1952-1963, chairman, 1963-1970, counselor to board directors, 1970-1987. Director Booth Newspapers, Inc., 1932-1969, vice president 1935-1946, president, 1946-1952.
Commissioned First lieutenant Field Artillery, 329th Field Artillery, 85th Division Camp Custer, Michigan, August 15, 1917. Captain, battalion adjunct, March 19, 1918. Saw action Meuse-Argonne, Metz, World War I. Member Detroit, Bloomfield Hills Country, Grosse Pointe, Orchard Lake Country, Old, Bayview Yacht, Ocean, Key Largo Anglers, Ocean Reef and Crown Colony Clubs.
Married Alice Sedgwick Newcomb, May 14, 1921. Children: Barbara Booth Craig, Marjorie Booth Koch (deceased), Sally Booth Fitzgerald, Dorothy Booth Lester, Peter.