 The newspaper was born on November 8, 1921, and competed with four established local daily newspapers, the "Washington Post", the "Washington Times" (not to be confused with the current "Washington Times"), the "Washington Herald", and the "Washington Star" ("The Evening Star").The newspaper's masthead had "The News" printed in large, bold letters, with "Washington Daily" printed in small letters between them, over a rendering of the U.S. Capitol dome.On July 12, 1972, "certain assets" of "The Washington Daily News" were purchased by and merged with the competing" Washington Star".