He also worked briefly as a spot news reporter for the Central Press Association. Kaufman returned to King Features in 1946, working as associate editor of the Saturday Home Magazine, which appeared in New York and Chicago. Before his discharge in 1945, he served as managing editor of the unit newspaper at Robin’s Field, Ga., and as unit correspondent for the Times at Kelly Field, Texas. In 1942 he entered the Army Signal Corps, serving as a tech sergeant in the Army Air Force. He also compiled two national daily quiz columns, “What’s the Answer?” and “Factoquiz.” He edited columns by Dorothy Kilgallen, Dan Parker, Bill Corum, Westbrook Pegler, Bennett Cerf and others. He joined King Features in 1937, at age, 17, and worked his way from the mail room to the copy desk, the library, and the general editorial department. His first job was on Coene’s Farm in Monsey, N.Y., where he was a farmhand.
He was a 1937 graduate of Spring Valley (N.Y.) High School, where he was editor of the school paper and worked as a high school sports correspondent for the Nyack Journal before attending Merchant & Banker Business School. Kaufman was born Januin West New York, N.J. He was best-known, over a 60-year career, for his widely-distributed puzzle features “Magic Spell,” “Hocus Focus,” and “Junior Whirl.” He retired from King Features in 1998.
Hal Kaufman, 94, longtime feature editor for King Features Syndicate, passed away on January 10, 2014.
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