Henry MacLeod was born in 1911 in Tacoma, Washington. He earned a BA degree at University of Washington in 1932. He joined the Seattle Times in 1932 and worked as the city editor during World War II. This interview with MacLeod, conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on March 26, 1985, discusses the state of local journalism during World War II. He recalls few decrying Japanese American incarceration at the time. MacLeod discusses the impact of rationing on personal consumption and on the Seattle Times. MacLeod also describes Seattle as a city during World War II and changes that occurred in journalism during the war years.

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