![]() In San Francisco, he worked for the now-defunct Call- Bulletin and, from 1942 until 1975, for The Chronicle.ĭuring World War II, Mr. He eventually left college and, following the itinerant nature of his father, worked for a succession of newspapers in San Jose, Hollister and Pittsburg. Bruce entered San Jose State University (then known as San Jose State College) in the mid- 1920s, but soon began moonlighting for various newspapers. Bruce promptly left Allegheny and hitchhiked west, stopping "for a month or two in Wyoming to work on a ranch, which was completely unlike him," his son Anthony Bruce said yesterday, noting that his father was "very creative and quite sedentary." When a friend who was at Stanford University returned during vacation and regaled him with tales of California, Mr. He then went to nearby Allegheny College. ![]() ![]() Bruce went to high school and was valedictorian of the class of 1924. ![]() Bruce was born in Helvetia, Pa., the son of a coal miner foreman who moved his family from town to town in western Pennsylvania, finally settling in Dubois, Pa., where Mr. Bruce also wrote the 1963 play "Paint The House White," which was produced at the Pasadena Playhouse and, in 1954, a book, "The Golden Door: The Irony of Our Immigration Policy." He also wrote magazine articles and television scripts. In addition to writing thousands of news articles over the years, Mr. ![]()
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