John Charles Martin was an American newspaper publisher. Beginning in 1913, ran the newspapers purchased by his step father-in-law

Cyrus Curtis Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis (June 18, 1850June 7, 1933) was an American publisher of magazines and newspapers, including the '' Ladies' Home Journal'' and ''The Saturday Evening Post''.Ingham, John N. Biographical Dictionary of American Busines ...

, including the '' Public Ledger'', the '' New York Evening Post'', the '' Philadelphia Inquirer'' and four others.Anonymous. ''After Curtis''. Time, Monday, Jul. 17, 1933

/ref> In 1931, an insurance industry magazine published a listing of Americans carrying the most life insurance; Martin was second on the list with $6,540,000 in insurance, after Pierre S. du Pont, Pierre Samuel du Pont with $7 million. Anonymous. ''Names make news''. Time, Monday, Sep. 21, 1931

/ref> Martin's former estate in Wyncote, Pennsylvania now houses the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.

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