Template:Did you know nominations/Jesse H. Jones

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 07:22, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Jesse H. Jones

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Illustration of the Rice Hotel, KTRH radio's headquarters

• ... that Jesse H. Jones named his radio station by the call letters KTRH to represent its broadcast location at The Rice Hotel (Rice Hotel pictured)? Source: "He put KTRH radio on the air in March 1930....The station's call letters—KTRH—corresponded to the Rice Hotel, its headquarters." Fenberg (2011), p. 181. [1]
  • ALT1:... that Jesse H. Jones was sometimes called "Jesus Jones" by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt? Source: "Roosevelt even called him "Jesus Jones."" Fenberg (2011), p. 1. [2]
  • ALT2:... that according to biographer Steven Fenberg, Jesse H. Jones was the second most powerful person in America during the Great Depression and World War II? Source: "The most powerful person in the nation during the Great Depression and World War II—next to Franklin Delano Rossevelt—was not a member of the president's Brain Trust; he was not a Wall Street figure, a military man, or a college graduate. He was Jesse Jones...." Fenberg (2011), p. 1.[3]
  • ALT3:... that Jesse H. Jones used his influence with the Houston Chronicle to support editor Marcellus Foster in publishing editorials against the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s? Source: "Foster wanted to prevent local violence and a possible takeover of Houston's government....he purchased from the New York World a twenty-part series about the Ku Klux Klan....Foster responded that he was not asking for Jones's approval—he simply wanted to warn Jones...." Jones wrote in response, "The Chronicle should stand for right, without fear, financial or otherwise." Fenberg (2011) pp. 106–107. [4]

Improved to Good Article status by Oldsanfelipe2 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:49, 24 February 2020 (UTC).

• Article was improved to GA status within 7 days of being nominated. Nominator is QPQ exempt. No copyvio or close paraphrasing on Earwigs. Hooks are interesting, cited, and short enough for DYK; AGF on paywalled sources. Morgan695 (talk) 05:23, 30 March 2020 (UTC)