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In 1883, while serving as advertising manager of the Cincinnati Post, McRae met thirty year old E. W. Scripps who had taken over as managing editor. The two began a business relationship that would last for many years. In 1887, Scripps made Milton McRae became the managing director of the St. Louis Chronicle, a paper Scripps had purchased in 1880. In 1889, Scripps brought McRae on as a partner and in 1894, together with Scripps and his half-brother George, Milton A. McRae founded the Scripps-McRae League of Newspapers. In 1907, the Scripps-McRae League of newspapers combined three regional press associations into the United Press Association. McRae was President of the Detroit Board of Commerce from 1911-1912. He became the third National President Of The Boy Scouts Of America upon the death of James J. Storrow in 1926. WORKS
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