Robert S. Allen

Robert Sharon Allen (July 14, 1900 – February 23, 1981) was a Washington D.C. correspondent and Washington bureau chief for The Christian Science Monitor.

Allen was born in Latonia, Kentucky. In 1931, with Drew Pearson, he anonymously co-authored "Washington Merry-Go-Round" (New York, H. Liveright) and "More Merry-Go-Round" and later wrote the daily column of the same title.

He was a veteran of World War I and served on General Patton's staff in World War II.

In the early forties he co-wrote the newspaper strip "Hap Hopper" with Drew Pearson. The strip was drawn by Jack Sparling.

In 1947, he edited the book, "Our Fair City", an expose of corrupt conditions in American municipalities. He also wrote "Lucky Forward: The History of Patton's Third Army." Papers concerning his military career reside in the George S. Patton Museum at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

He died in Georgetown, District of Columbia from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Allen, who had cancer, had ended his journalism career when his illness made it impossible for him to work.

References

*Washington Merry-Go-Round 1931 (New York, H. Liveright)
*Our Fair City - Edited by Robert S. Allen 1947 Vanguard Press - New York

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* [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/w/writing_and_writers/index.html?s=oldest&offset=90& "The New York Times"]