 In approximately 1917, he joined the staff of the International News Service (INS), the wire service for the Hearst newspapers.Kase's earliest by-lines involved the financial markets, including a June 21 story about mysterious flood of sell orders that had driven stocks to their lowest prices since 1917, and a May 1922 article about a merger between Lackawanna Steel Company and Bethlehem Steel Company.In 1922, Kase began writing feature stories.