George R. Dale, Date of Birth, Date of Death

George R. Dale

American mayor and newspaper editor

Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1867

Date of Death: 27-Mar-1936

Profession: editor, newspaper editor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

George Reynolds Dale (born February 5, 1867, Monticello, Indiana; died March 27, 1936, Muncie, Indiana) was an American newspaper editor and politician.
He was best known as the editor of the Muncie Post-Democrat from 1920–1936, and as mayor of Muncie from 1930–1935.
His life's works include the starting of several newspapers and battling bootleggers and the Ku Klux Klan as mayor of Muncie. In 1932, Dale was convicted of violating Prohibition laws.
His conviction was upheld on appeal, but he was pardoned after the repeal of Prohibition in 1933 by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt.