▁Pro hib ition , ▁and ▁the ▁League ▁of ▁Nations . ▁ ▁The ▁newspaper ▁inf am ously ▁declared ▁as ▁its ▁head line ▁after ▁Al ▁Smith ▁lost ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 8 ▁President ial ▁election ▁" Big ot ry ▁W on ▁the ▁Day ". ▁ ▁After ▁H igg ins ' ▁death , ▁the ▁Kentucky ▁Irish ▁American ▁became ▁a ▁Barry ▁family ▁publication . ▁ ▁John ▁J . ▁Ber ry ▁was ▁H igg ins ' ▁first ▁associate , ▁working ▁with ▁him ▁to ▁begin ▁the ▁paper , ▁and ▁continu ing ▁it ▁after ▁H igg ins ' ▁ 1 9 2 5 ▁death . ▁ ▁Ber ry ' s ▁son , ▁John ▁Michael ▁( M ike ) ▁Ber ry , ▁ran ▁it ▁after ▁John ▁J .' s ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁until ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁paper ' s ▁run . ▁ ▁Mike ' s ▁brothers ▁and ▁wife ▁helped ▁to ▁publish ▁it , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁distributed ▁by ▁Mike ' s ▁brother ▁Joseph ' s ▁children . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁during ▁Barry ' s ▁time ▁that ▁the ▁annual ▁Saint ▁Patrick ' s ▁Day ▁edition ▁would ▁be ▁printed ▁with ▁green ▁in k . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 4 ▁Mike ▁began ▁a ▁back - page ▁sports ▁section , ▁which ▁remained ▁in ▁the ▁paper , ▁save ▁during ▁the ▁hi atus ▁caused ▁by ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁saw ▁the ▁Kentucky ▁Irish ▁American ▁regularly ▁defend ▁Franklin ▁Del ano ▁Ro ose vel t ' s ▁New ▁De al ▁policies . ▁