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1 Page Two THE KENTUCKY PRESS August, 1942 1.
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1 JUdgement, DeCISIOHS UphOld graded s>rI7lool district, city, towyn 01111111111 deadline l
. . . . . division or district, less than a countjj statements
' ; F1nanc1a1 Publ1cat1on Statutes due .. Is: by of his ow Such Pr“)
1 1 - to collect, receive, have the custod111 paper, 111
' 1 1 1 1 1 control or disbursement of public fundii Public A
1 In response to Inquiries from Ken- ofﬁces, to collect, receive, have the cus— of said county, graded school distriH were 351“:
. tucky editors, .the KPA Central Ofﬁce tody, control or disbursement of public subdivision or district of said couniii counts an
1 publlshes the judgment of judge Ches- funds, and is not applicable to the Fis- city or town, except in counties contaiijil the same
ter A. Adams, Fayette Circuit Court, 1n cal Court of Fayette County. ing a city of the ﬁrst class or a counti Herdman
1- 1 the recent suit ﬁled to compel the Fa— 4. That it is the duty of the Fiscal _L_” ii. the status
1: yette Fiscal Court to publish the annual Court of Fayette County to publish a _ , shall at the expiration of each Legislatun
. 1 1 ﬁnancial statement. Judge 1Adams re— statement showing the ﬁnancial condi- ﬁscal year prepare an itemized sworni Paper, C01
‘ 1terated the deci51ons made in previous tion of the County as is provided in Sec- Statement of such funds so collected re-i cial staten
1 cases that the law was mandatory and tion 1846 of Carroll’s Kentucky Sta- ceived, held or disbursed by him (11111111. reply is
1 111 that ﬁnancial ofﬁcials, handling public tutes for the ﬁscal year ending June 30, the ﬁscal year just closed which stateii known as
1 1 1 funds, must publish an annual state— 1942 and at the end of each ﬁscal year ment shall show the amoimt of 13111111 1942, state
1. . ment in a newspaper. thereafter. funds collected and received and fromi ”It Sha]
1s, ‘ The most recent decision bearing 5. That upon the publication of the sources received; the amount disbursed‘ ofﬁcers Wh
11 upon the responsibility of the ﬁnance statement showing the ﬁnancial condi» the date of each disbursement for what" ﬁnancial
ofﬁcers and their compliance with the tion of the County by the Fscal Court purpose expended and ti) whom under 56‘
1 state laws concerning the publication of of Fayette County, as required by Sec— paid. . _ tutes, to ﬁ
:1‘ 1 ﬁnancial statements, was rendered by a tion 1846, Carroll’s Kentucky Statutes, You will notice from this that at Accounts
judgment in the Fayette Circuit Court at the end of any ﬁscal year, it shall not statement must be itemized showinw AuguSt 0f
1 . by Judge Chester A. Adams. The sult, be necessary for the Treasurer of Fa- each disbursement, to whom and 10? paper cor
z . ﬁled by Fon Rogers, and others, was to yette County nor the individual mem- what amount and the date. The objecli ment. An
2 1 compel the Fiscal Court of Fayette bers of the Fiscal Court to make any of this was to apprize the public as to: said COPY
1 1 County to publish the county ﬁnancial publication of the ﬁnancial statement who got any part of the school money said ﬁnann
1 statement. The judgment follows: of Fayette County for the same year as that is disbursed, l ﬁcer is req
‘ ' “This cause coming on to be heard iiilgglffdtﬁglsfcnon $74,721:; Of said Shi— It he.“ been the opinion Of. this 0M quired, SI
1 1 and by agreement of the parties having the Slammer“:es'isurlqt1rD ﬁeitlde; as lcorr11e1ct and thls IS also the opinlon of the court rpeanor a
been submitted for ﬁnal judgment upon cal Court of Fa 1:“ Scle ti Pie 1:1 that thls Statute must be 111terallyl1011 mail be H
. the pleadings and exhibits herein, and rear y e oun y 1n 53“ 10W6d1 and f01‘ that reason this exten1sttt1 n01 “.10“
1 1 the Court being advised and having ﬁled 3 T6 all of whi 1 th 1 . ‘ff 1 1 . and rtemlzed publicatlon 1,5 remind. the (11mm
11 i a written opinion, which is hereby or— ob'ect and exce Elande p213?“ s 1e11e1n under the law. I see no rehef for 10"? ”ﬁnal" ca
, 1 dered to be, and is, made a part of the thd Court of A P . 1 P112111 {1 appea :2 unless the courts construe this Statutt f 1 16103
111 record, it is ordered and adjudged by ppea s, w 1C1 rs grantet. dlfferently and allow a condensed state" 01111121110111
1 1 the Court as follows: Decision From Assistant ment rather than 1temized statemenL1 Publicailm
1 1 11 That Section 938q-19, Carroll’s Attorney Herdman N01 only your schools but all the schools1 ﬁglmltﬂ
_ ‘ 1 Kentucky Statutes, (Section 68.370 of Mr. L. C. Curry 3:11:16 the tcpuntles and crties are 521ml 10H to
' the Kentucky Revised Statutes), does Superintendent of City Schools I113181C123110nt)1e1n01mous(airplenseintLese1 Strt A .
1 . not modify, repeal or affect nor is it in Bowling Green, Kentucky iJSlatur 1 S ut,1nej:ert e 6255’ th: e1 (6 Mil
C conﬂict with Section 1846 of Carroll’s I have yOur letter of the 13th relative 0( lie‘ 12181 HEX/1:1 C anged It, alt 0? Secretary/.1:
‘ . > Kentucky Statutes (Section 68.070 of the to the annual publication of your Treas- C mp amt 1as een made, as I un Ci Kentucky
1 . , 1 ' . stand, to them about thls ex ense. ‘
- 1 Kentucky Rev1sed Statutes), or Sectlon urers account of receipts and disburse— If these tl ~ Pd 11i In reply
. ‘ 374721—1 of Carroll’s Kentucky Statutes ments; and your inquiry whether you dense thei 0 11er superinten ents C01 will say t1
. (Section 61.290 Kentucky Revised Sta- can condense these statements instead , r leports and the mam “0 Power
111 . _ _ . _ 1 should be uestloned b a tax a er 011
.1 tutes), and Sectlons 1846 and 374/a-l of of rtemlzmg them and thereby save the the news D: r I 1 y b 111) y 111111 only repor
‘ Carroll’s Kentucky Statutes are in full city board a large amount of money. could corlitilﬁe , 111(0 1.1m- e 1ev<13 Bi. gestions,
11 force and effect. “’6: have had this inquiry from cities, ha 5 could ube us Pillage ant, £111. 1 think '
2. That a compliance by the Fiscal counties and school boards before and 3:, ubli t' e compe e to rem ' recﬂl’ in 1
- Court of Fayette County with the pro- appreciate the big expense that these P T111: onlca rplns. - 1938 ddin" stand it: i
visions of Section 938q-19, Carroll’s various taxing agencies are put to in to the re ghee :ngp tllil - bwas1a111111111 County Al
1 Kentucky Statutes, does not relieve the this publication, yet the law seems to be in the :11 r 11 en athrt 1 e Put Cll‘Cu'i I think 1
1;. Fiscal Court of Fayette County from otherwise and for your convenience and lation tjpepeorgaygng tﬁed arseslation'” i018 the ne
complying with the provisions of Sec- that you may see how the Statute reads, and ”bona‘ﬁde - or11a1 E Cllcudeﬁned In case any
1 tion 1846, Carroll’s Kentucky Statutes, I will quote sections pertinent to your in the amend :1”? “101111 1wa: weVClti a .mp0” 1-
j. j and it is the duty of the Fiscal Court of inquiry. This is 3747a] of the Statutes j pf e Ct" 1115, 10 1 mlght ascei
4' . Fayette County to comply with both which was reenacted in 1938 but the COGS not a ect your question. i lied b66111
1 1 Sections 938q-19 and 1846 of said Sta- provisions as to publication were not (Slgned) GUY H' HERDMAN111 llnues to 1“
1.7 tutes. changed. Now the beginning of this ASSt' Attorney Geneld 1 Ithink if
g 3. That Section 3747a-1, Carroll's section showing what taxing agencies —-——'————- l the com”
1 g 1 Kentucky Statutes, applies to public of— are required to publish this report reads It was brought to the attention 0111111 In each C01
. 11- ﬁcials, whose duty it is by virtue of their as follows: Central Ofﬁce that August 31 was 11:1 1 have 1
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0r SIM deadline for the publishing oi [manual it would be to adVise as to the different in the Sltuatloln where Phil? pgbllchoflilaés III;:22:,;‘II(('§ I '(II
COunII statements and the ﬁling thereof of points which might be raised in this giflcscfuiigycglI-Ifliiisalwslhgulldlsbea‘iviotil-iii:ins Eh: I IIIIII
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is om)“ such publication, printed in a news matter; however, you might write the case where the oﬁicial refuses to comply II (III'IIII
ctI )1 ei‘ in the ofﬁce of the Auditor of Attorney General and he will furnish With the statute?" . :Isz-IIII-‘l IIII
CUStodm lip '.’ I . ,_ . , . . . . In answer to this, the newspaper could MEI ., 'I (I II II
ic fundr Public Accounts. Ceitain questions to you his opinion. adopt a civil remedy and bring a civil suit IIIIIIII: iii IIIIII
distria‘ were asked the auditor of public ac- There have not been very many state- in the nature of a mandamus or mandatory ‘;1:‘E;I f II3I~’§1I(:I 2
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. I counts and his replv is appended. At ments ﬁled to the present date. I Will mJun‘Etl‘m agamﬁt tthﬁscal court 91.00unty I. ;I II-Ist-II
county, , .’ . . commissmners, includmg the official re- I ,- :ng III 'I .
contain‘ the same time, ASSistant Attorney Guy check them soon after the lst oi Sep< quired to do this and have the courts order II (((I .
countii‘ Herdman was asked for an opinion on tember and report the number ﬁled to them to make this publication. This was I .‘I‘ III III
II . . I , 2 . l 4 ‘. ‘c B. . , ‘ . I . the proceeding adopted in McCracken Cir- I"‘gII2.VI-I2II II
I the status of tthlm pissed by the 19 2 Mi Carl I iVaChS, Executive SCCIEL'U)’ cuit Court by the Paducah Newspapers (AI‘II: III III II
of each( Legislature which reqtured a news of the Kentucky Munic1pal League, against the county commissioners and also I‘ IiIII III
sworr paper containing the published ﬁnan— Lexington, Kentucky. against the County Treasturer. If they;I do IIIIII‘IIII III
, l . _’ , _ ‘ . - - . I . - . not want the civil remedy hey can, as a ove (WISH I‘I II 5.
cted, ri-( c1al statement, to be ﬁled as above. His (Signed) D. A. LOGAN, AuditOi suggested, have a warrant of arrest for fail- I I III I III
durilr reply 13 3150 HPPGHdCCL Thls law, '__—“—‘__—‘ ure to ﬁle this, and the lower courts have III III (II III
(h “(I known as Chapter 89, Kentucky Acts of Secretary-Field Manager jurisamtlon’ the ﬁne bemg $500.00 and less ((1 (”I (I (I
'. salt 42 . t . Kentucky Press Association and the prosecution would be through the III 3. II III
; publll 19 ,sta 65‘ , . . , County Attorney. If this oﬁiCial is prose- Il‘I‘ IIIIII (II: I
id from“ n11: shall be the duty ol all public lIIZhave ycIIIur leftter ogthe 27th 13 Whtlﬁh hot; cuted by indictment, then the Common— ‘. . I» III II II I
. , . . ‘~ 2 -, as a num er 0 ques ions regar mg e c wealth’s and Count Attorne would prose— .2 I [i
sbursed; ofﬁcers who die iequued to publish the of 1942. Chapter 89. requiring the ﬁling with cute. 3’ y . .Lj‘ ( III III .I III
or what ﬁnancial statements as prOVided lor the State Auditor the newspaper containing Now you ask in parenthesis “What steps I, III; I (i. .
1 under Section 3747a-l, Kentucky Sta— the ﬁnanClal Statements TGIQUIred under Sec. should be taken to enforce compliance with I AIM: ‘I‘ 2s;
w10m . l -\ l' . f P blic 3747a-1 Statutes. You ask in your letter four Chapter 89”? I :II III‘ I (III)
ﬁlms; to ﬁle Wlth tIlc ‘ “C Ito} 0 u _ questions which I will now answer in the A question may be raised under this prose- I II=III- .I III
hat tht Accounts on or belore the ﬁlst day ot oreieiISiIiIIhIhiII-ItedI t t f . 1 1d cution as to where is the venue or jurisdic- III '.(i(“I III
- ' each car a co ) r of the news— 1? S a 6 0r 00““ Y 0 1013 W011 tion. The ﬁling is in Frankfort in the Audi- I h‘(( I III I
showmgI August Of . .li . 1 If) . l t te be i'esponSible for the enforcement of the torvs ofﬁce and it may be contended that (((h‘ﬁ'il! I I2 III
and id paper containing “(CI “13119.3 S a _ publication law known as Chapter 89: Ken- the failure to ﬁle is a criminal offense com- ‘ (iii‘Iifl. ‘I (Iii; .
e ObICCII ment. Any oﬂicer who shall tail to ﬁle tuclhy Acfts,1$i42?; d t . th' A t, . th mitted in Franklin County. However, I am (lit-I ‘57; III;
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. - c ntainin _ . . . of the opinion that this prOViSion o e , . .
ic as III. said copy of the newspaper OI 1 lg same othial Who is required under Sec. law (1942 Act) is but a continuation of the Edit-(II IIIIIII: .
_ montII said ﬁnanCial statement which siIiCi O - 3747a-I1, 1941 (Supplement) to publish the publication required under Sec. 3747a-1 and ‘(I I" III I
I ﬁcer is required to make, at the time re— ﬁnancial statements of hthunty, gradecIiIIsehogl that as the oﬁicial charged with this duty I (I II I I3“
. = -. . - , ~ -. ,_ district, ci y, town or su 1VlSIOnS or is r10 5 is a county official and the publication is I.I.I; I _'2I,I I
115 oﬁttI quiied, shall be guilt) . oi a ImltdCI iess than a county. This section promotes in the county that the jurisdiction would be Illj( (III III. .
e coulls meanor and upon conViction the1€0f that the public official who is to publish this in the county where the official resides and III I .IIII III .
11y fol? shall be ﬁned not less than ﬁfty dollars is the one Who 00116013; receives and has the fails to perform his duty and not in Franklin "If: .l I II EIII- ‘
a i ' ( 0‘ ‘ tli f 'e hundred dollars at custody, control or disbursements .Of public County where the newspaper is t0 be ﬁled. ‘iilii (III; (I‘ll
xtensiit n 1 #1016 . a“ 1" _ ‘ funds of said county. etc. This IS_usua11Y These are my views of the matter though . (lill‘l'lw Is; ‘i I
.equired.l the discretion of the court 01‘ Jury trY' required of the treasurer of counties and the question of jurisdiction may be decided I IIIIII IIIIIIII III III
f III ing the case." cities and school boards and he is the offiCial diﬁerently by the courts upon the idea that IIIIII III III
or III Tl C ...i Ofﬁ '1 ll 1 I. . that looks after these publications, though the Oﬁ‘ense is the failure to ﬁle it in Frank- IIIIIIIIIII-I III III
Statult 16. entla . CC s iou ( 1a“? 1n— the Statute is broad enough t9 cover the one lin County, though I view differently for the I'I {"II‘I’, I( J‘st‘I
=d state" formation concerning the status oi the that collects. IHowever, ltIls uinially the reasons above stated. "(Its IIIIII I
. I )uin a‘ I I . 'v. Editors Treasurer or IdisbursmIg officer W. 0 ma es Yours very truly, IIIII III.III
ltemem‘L l . .C $1.011 hw In each Icount/ .I . _. . these publications. I Will add in this connec- (Signed) GUY H. HERDMAN, ”I. .III‘II IIIIII I :
:sch00(I( aie Iiiivited to communicate this iiilOi- tion that under the origihai section 3747a'.1 Assistant Attorney General If, II III I III 1
e somtl matlon t0 the Field Secretary. there is a penalty for faIIIIIIg t1? {ﬂaketthﬁ _________________ .II‘f 2,2(3_;II; 'IIII‘I
. . publication on said offiCia, w e er 1 is I, .2 I I . . .IIIIIIIII IIIIIII :
111 [hCStI . I_“__“_"_—'*_ through refusal or neglect, of ﬁne from ”/- L- Slim/MON Named. Edlllﬂ ' Ill IjIII(Ig (IIII IIII '
he Let State Auditor’s Report $50.00 to $500.00, the same as in the 1942 Act Of Danvll/e Ammonia-[Messenger I (III .‘ II III
lthouhi for failure to ﬁle the newspaper containing I .. I .. IIIIIIIIIIIII (I (I
; (I: Secretary-Field Manager the statement with the State Auditor. This V\. L. Simpson, manager of the Sinip- ‘55:? I I IIIIIIIII :
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u ’. Kentucky Press Assoc1ation 1532:?cicbfndhgusegiizcﬁifl‘I1593315 33:11:01. of son Piinting Company lOi the past :I:Trf III IIIIIII I
56. colﬁ I111 reply to your letter of August 18th, Public Accounts responsible for the enforce- seven months, has been named editor I IIIIIIII '.
its IIIIII Wlll say the State Auditor’s Ofﬁce has ment of this law?” . . th' 1942 At and general manager of the Danville II III .
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merIIlI 110 power to entorce any law. It can c1323. :3: rigqgﬁghglirﬁelgtate Auditor to Adiocate-Mcssengei to succeed the late IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIII'II .
)a)’ hell only report what we ﬁnd and make sug- see that this filing is done. His office is ]. Curtis Alcock. He Will continue in III . III III
.viIz I . gestions. merely the oﬁice in which the ﬁling is to 1115 pOSition as manager oi the Simpson I.I.IIIEI .III. nil:
, B" ' . ot think that it is in- - - . - II ..2_.I,
”(email)“ I think you have the law quoted cor- Egmngzge :ﬁldhimdttonsee that these officers Printing Company which he operated ;:‘f,§IiII..f(. III III
r lectly in your letter, and, as I under- charged with this duty should ﬁl‘? 1t, ThIg under a lease [Oi the Advocate Messen . IIII I: III
addint stand it, it is entirely left up to the is no concelrn ff til: sz‘gieogﬁﬁlj‘ofggz ger Company. IlIIIl'IL/J; '
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Jblishd; County Attorney L0 enforce the law. all??? lash: schiols and the notice should be Below commg to Dam/Incl the UCW I. :(I 333% .
. ircu-( I think it would be proper and right given to the Treasurer and the ﬁscal court editor was ediim oi the Mt. ernon IIIIIIIIIII III III
’tl Ction'“ f01‘ the newspaper to advise this ofﬁce 01” City 08111103 01'37540711031 tﬁgalﬁdiesYiﬁlilpovgég (Ky) Signal and belorc gomg there he ((‘I ,IIIIII'I
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deﬁned in case any ofﬁc1al should rcluse to have iiicidler that section go to the county 01. city had been connected Iw1th newspapers in IIIII II IIIIII
ever} “ II‘CPOI‘E published, in order that we or school board in which the officialIis de- llliiiOis and Missouri. IIIIIIII III IIIIIII I
low I might ascertain whether or not a report linquent. I may :Ithldhii;1 ansthzrlaaghlhs Shire; He said that the personnel of the IIIIIIIIIIIII f IIIIII
I . . the news a er w ic as _ I. . ., I‘ . {than .“ a,"
N , had been ﬁled, In case an ofﬁcial coll- fide cii-culjatlion is entitled to this publication neuspapei would icinain tIieIIsame. f (l‘a‘I‘éi-WI '( III
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[A II I tlnues to refuse to comply With the law, and they or any taxpayer can ask the Audi- Membeis ol the board 0 ( iicctOisI o lid III III IIIIIIII 1
anel'Il ‘ I think it I 11 b ,. . .- ., , tor if the publicatlon has been made by the company are Mrs. I. C. Alcock, Vice- MAI?! IIIIIS...‘ ,2 ,
I “ou ( e left entiicl} up to th Act requires and upon _ . . . I I '!. I 5"‘1'
I the Count 23.. ~ 2 ' AugUSt 31’ as e - ’ pres1dent Mrs. Iohn S. VanWinkle, {ad I. who
, . y 1 tto1 ney and the ofﬁc1als advice by him that it has not been done ’ . (their 3-; IUIIJ
n olthe‘I In each county. they could swear out a warrant oh hatveCl the secretary; Chenault Huguely and Joe G. IIIgIvI I;I_III.I: i. I III )-
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was IIIII frI have not had any ofﬁaal opinion 0121;31:111-iﬁﬁfegugldon—“Whatywould be the D3"? lTllle ofﬁce 0[ plesulent h“ “0t IIII IIII-II
I 0111 the Attorney General, whose duty responsibility and the duty of the newspaper been ‘1 8“ I (II‘. ;I 1' (I I, .
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‘1 5‘ ports and the Division of Information per cent of such material that is but i
. J 8 of the Ofﬁce for Emergency Manage— waste effort would go a long way to It The
. 5.- ‘ a merit, according to a communication lieve the seriously clogged conditionso[
. en ’ 38 dated Aug. 20 sent to all names appear— the mails, especially at the VVashingtoH‘, New,
' _ ' ing on the present mailing lists. post oﬂice. ,1 ‘
Official Publication of the Kentucky In addition to information replying ____#W______*_
' Press Association . . ~ . . t
. . __ to ngraﬁc questions 0111a COliﬁl attfic‘hlcd C(Iri'ollton News-Democrat C C
to t 15 communication tie cc 0' , ar H ‘L . ) \T 8'! d g l
' . Editor-Publisher . , ﬂ . _ (Is (11 0c l ews. ,(m .{z 6
Victor R Portmann, Information states it Will appreCiate O l Sponson
‘ . ' ‘ ~ ~ ~ r « Advocating that community week'l . .
' 1 Printed On The Kernel Press. Lexington your supplying SljeCIﬁF ieasons Wh) )0“ b. . )7 his, Ass0c1at101
' ‘ ‘* , Should continue receivmg the type of should establish news stands at strategic‘ «\nnual N
. 5 ; Kentucky Press Association Officers service now in effect." pOints ”1 the Clty for sales that would 2m Octobt
. _5 Harry Lee Waterﬁeld Hipgmgn Co. Gazette. Clinton An editorian appearing in the Aug. 18 augment the total circulation W1[ll()u[ of 0m ca
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. vance Amemmut __W Courier—Journal, Louisville issue of the Atlanta (Ga) Constitution cutting into the mail Circulation, Editor; Thiirsda
5 ‘ Vi” ”wide” - follows- Virgil P. Sanders, Carrollton News-i y
l 2 Victor R. Portmann ___~__..__ U. of Ky., Lexmgton ' , , . , 1942, thus
3 Secretary-Treasurer Government Publicity Democrat, points out the success of this} 0 ortunil
i ”ism“ Executive committee . The Office of W'ar Information, head- venture in that city. , ' p1? _
“‘ J. Curtis Alcock, Advoeate-Messenger, DanVllle, (State- ' . .. . acthlty an
‘ zit-large). chairman: First. Joe L3G“: 3‘94”?” ed by Elmer Dav1s, has undertaken a In a letter to the Piess, Editor Saiiden‘ Let’s all
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‘ cArgyioceiZ?u;/iiorgaifggfd; Tiilrd, John H. Hoagland, tagk, which, if successful, Will Win fOi it stated, “7e bClICVC the News-Democrat just newsp
I ' Courier-Journal, Louisvﬂle; Fourth» J09 Ricmrdsmv ' ‘ - has the lar est news stand sale of air! -
1 ‘ Times, Glasgow: Fifth, Frank c. Bell, Trimble Demo— the bleSSIHgS 0t uncounted neWSpaPCI ‘ g . c )‘ SAM. Tl
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‘ Lexington; Seventh, W. W. Robinson, Herald, Pain 5- - . , . ~ _ . ﬂ
. 5. vine; Eighth, T. T. Wilson, Log Cabin, Cynltllluana; The OVVI 15 attempting a survey of we have1 litit lhcaid (1:1 alny 1other weellsly It's your 0
‘ ' Ninth, H. 11- Browning. Whitley Revublicani W' iams‘ - - - )a er w iic 1 ms esta is let news stan .» .
g 5 5 burg; State—at-large, Chauncey Forgey. Independent, the publiClty sent out by the various iViiile our stands were started more lh8ﬂ5 can do l0]
. , Ashland- Le mum Committee government departments, bureaus, of- r , O tl t t 1 b . , a h (it } portllnity
‘ i Tyler Mumford Ignion Co. Advocate, Morganﬁeld, ﬁces and indiViduals, With the ODJCCUVC a 3631 3.50) 16 0 a num ‘31 16 C e :1" done for >
i chairman; George A. Joplin, Commonweaith, So'Ir‘nlprset: of reducing the total whenever it can only nineteen weeks ago. Two stalls! paper VVEC
‘ I: E bert C. Taylor, Record Herald, Greens urg; omas . . . ‘ - . . - V
. mg Underwood, Herald, Lexington; H. A. Ward, Allen be done Without handicapping necessaiy W616 1653111115th 0111 t}? lday lthmDml [0 make it
5 Co. News, Scottsville; Henry Ward, Sun-Democrat, , . . . - sta1~[€( to '66 recon 0 {16 52165. UF . ~
‘ Paducah; Cecil Williams, Journal, Somerset. governmentdl 50111 (365 Of information. . ~ ) p . . k ‘ ”i an ale“; 1)]
a , . . . . . - ing thesc past nineteen wee 5 mil ale
-‘ ‘ Newspaper Exhibit committee Mr. D aVlS has appioached thls JOb e sales for the ten stands were 1701/“3‘I Unfortu
‘ ‘ Mrs. Lee Spalding, Kentucky Standard, Bardstown, . , . . rag .
5‘ _ . chairman; J_ LEM“, Bradley, Enterprise, providenpe; from both ends. Six newspapeis in each )a )ers per week at 5c a copy.” know and
.2, ‘ ~ 1 Mrs. John S. Lawrence, Record, Cadiz; Miss Lillian 0f the 48 states have been asked to save 1 ‘l‘ . . ‘ HOW to
. Richards, Russell Co. Banner, Russell Springs; Miss . , .. 1 _ Slnce we are unlnforlned concernlﬂgf . P
"I, 3 Jane Hutton, Herald, Harrodsbul‘g. all government publiCity matel 1a S 1e- . - . Week and
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5 . Kentucky Press WWW” 7‘ ceived in one week and tuin it over to , your readc
.5 Miss Mary E. Hutton, Herald, Harrodsburg, President; . f ﬁ bl. papers 111 the state, I hope that 011ml
1 Miss Mildred Babbage, Breckenridge News, Cloverport, the OWI. A committee 0 ve pu ic . . . . . -F'ld5 and ads 3]
‘ . . . . . 19- . - - editOis Will infOiin the Secretary 16
i ‘ First Vice PreSIdent, Mrs. J. 0. Young, Journa, lxon. relations men named by lVIl‘. DaVlS IS _ ' n l 'S oken W(
. . , 1 Second Vice President; Mrs. Mary Henderson Powell, . . Manager of their experiences, Ml‘. 53555 P
Record, Stearns, Third Vice President; Mrs. J. R- now assembling and analyzmg the ma- ,, . hl throughou
.. Wallace, Advertiser, Walton, Recording Secretary; . 1 A d 1. t ne assistant ders added. I Will be happy to Cpi
.. Miss Urith Lucas, Independent, Maysville, Corres— [Cfla . r1 , accorc ing 0 0 , an editor With available information; quested l)
, , pending Secretary; Mrs. J. L. Bradley, Enterprise, at least, some of it ”IS just a little in— .. y . . i dedicate [l
l . , Providence. Treasurer- d'bl ,, if he Will write me. Every county 563‘; th
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f. 5 50“}6 of this governmenlta bflm 10 y his City at important gathering pomliv, t5 er or
i . NATIONAL GDITOR'AL‘ material 15’ of course, vahua e, 165.61: He can boost his circulation WithOlll 0:131:53”
I . mic/“MASSOCIATION essential. In time Of walr t e Cpmp ain cutting into his mail Circulation.’ ‘ ilhe liwa
‘, ‘ “like 1 ' - f ’ has pee“ that, E“ regau Hf) rea hwgr if The News-Democrat recently accepltd' y P an
‘ . “V“{es’ the "1 ormagion uinlsl e 1t e the services of the Greater Weekliesal! (1 my the
. PUth has been insu Clem’ iatcier- [an its national advertising l‘CpI‘eSCntﬂilVﬁ; lpring 0C
‘ ER ﬂ“ contrariwlse.' However, efven esirla e In signing the agreement, Editor San-I taoughou
, MEMB 3%) information is sent out iii .211 top v0 um- ders speciﬁed that the contract should' ﬁnd if y(
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_‘ a inous form. If presl: religions experts not interfere With the One Order-0m: 151065 to dc
K TUCKY PRES WOUId only remem fer t e severellspaclei Check plan of the advertising depart; LORS
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CIATION limitations which ace practica y a merit of the Kentucky Press AssoaathIl-s nats suita
3. ASSO newspapers nowadays, they would cur- __ : mat same
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5 ‘ Volume Thirteen, Number T6" favorable consideration from publishers. [5 Oﬂeied F01 Sale ,‘ Show Unc}
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‘3‘ 1 ———-'——*———'—i’—-—‘ Anyway, the great bulk of the kind Miss Lillian Richards, publisher 0d Can do.
‘ 29‘. 5, “Stop” Sign On Government of governmental publicity which Mr. the Russell County Banner, Rust, Push th(
i Publicity Flashed by Davis Davis and the OWI is investigating goes Springs, Who plans on moving to Waslti Stamps D!
~ 5' The Ofﬁce of War Information is tak- directly to the waste paper baskets of ington, advises the Press that this pal)“; tional Ne
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’: ing drastic steps of reduce the number 99 per cent of the editors who receive or the printing machinery is £01 5315, Paper boys
1 j ; and size of the mailing lists of the gov- it. Publication is out of the question for She states that the equipment is in W ternationa]
. i- ernment’s informational activities for- two reasons. Lack of space is one and class condition, and the circulallfll; Clation, ha
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, ’ and Figures, the Coordinator of Infor~ general reading public, is the other. every day. It Will pay to investlgﬂl Nev’spaper
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