Paul Griffith Stromberg
| Paul Griffith ("Pete") Stromberg | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 21, 1892 ""Worthington's Range"/"Howard's Range", Ellicott City, Maryland, Howard County |
| Died | November 4, 1952 Ellicott City, Maryland |
| Citizenship | American |
| Occupation | Publisher, State Senator |
| Home town | Ellicott City, Maryland, Howard County |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | La Rue Viola Radcliff |
| Children | Paul Griffith, Jr., Dorris Virginia |
| Parent(s) | Anthony Stromberg, Mary Ellen Flanagan |
Paul Griffith ("Pete") Stromberg (March 21, 1892 – November 4, 1952) was the owner since 1940 and editor since 1920 of "The Howard County Times", founded 1840 in Ellicott City, Maryland, the county seat of Howard County, which later grew into a syndicate of local community newspapers known as the "Stromberg Newspapers" in Howard County, Anne Arundel County, Prince George's County, Baltimore County and Baltimore City. He also was a Maryland State Senator from Howard County in the General Assembly of Maryland.
Stromberg was born at "Howard's Range", (also known as "Worthington's Range" and "Howard's Chance"), an 18th-century house, constructed c. 1753, located between Maryland Route 108 and Old Guilford Road (formerly Maryland Route 32), which later burned in 1977. Stromberg commanded the State Guard weekly newsletter at the barracks at President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal" social program, the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) building on the grounds of the former Ellicott City High School (now the Howard High School, with the former building as the "Greystone" housing development). During World War II, he commanded Company F, Seventh Battalion. Stromberg's son served in World War II in the United States Army Air Corps in the China-Burma-India Theater (C-B-I) of Southeast Asia where he died in Assam, India.
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