The city editor / managing editor, Tom O'Connor, who appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee in May 1952 without testifying or naming others, died of a heart attack at The Daily Compass offices while watching a televised broadcast of the Democratic National Convention on July 24, 1952.

She was introduced to Thackrey in late April 1949 by a mutual friend who had intended to put up half the money.

[5] Following the company's dissolution, its books and records were stored at the AAAAAA American City Wide Express Service at 1135 Tiffany Street, The Bronx, for two to three years before prepaid funds ran out and the documents were scheduled to be destroyed.

[5] In 1959, Thackrey and Goldstein testified at the U.S. Senate's "Hearings Before the Select Committee in Improper Activities on the Labor or Management Field", which investigated alleged improprieties by the newspaper deliverers union and forcible payoffs in order to ensure Compass distribution.

[5] Back issues of the full run of The Daily Compass (OCLC 09316051) are stored at the New York State Library and at Sarah Lawrence College.