sentences:  Martin merged "The Inquirer" with another paper, the "Public Ledger", but the Great Depression hurt Curtis-Martin Newspapers and the company defaulted in payments of maturity notes.Subsequently, ownership of "The Inquirer" returned to the Patenôtre family and Elverson Corp. Charles A. Taylor was elected president of The Inquirer Co. and ran the paper until it was sold to Moses L. Annenberg in 1936.During the period between Elverson Jr. and Annenberg "The Inquirer" stagnated, its editors ignoring most of the poor economic news of the Depression.