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saw fit to have me attempt to lead By A. ROBBINS, Retiring Presidentt‘)‘ *H—— tion.sUnderl’ethe ablenlleatlirileisliici:1 def l
a discussion on “Advertising Rack- Changing trends in the country trend that the country newspaper Gus Robbins last year’s president '
ets" is hard to understand when I newspaper field made it more and must answer, and it is a trend that and those other unselfish and hard-’ i
I have probably been as gullible as more imperative that country news- enables us to compete, for no long- working presidents who preceded I
‘ any other publsher. Perhaps they paper publishers work closely to- or are people content With jUSt the him the association has weathered
I felt that I would understand the, gether in both the Kentucky Press Wire news in the his daily papers, the ’depression the “code” and all
problems inasmuch as I had experi- i Association and the National Edi- they want the news behind the other besetting sins of recent years
enced so many of them. ltorial Association. If the country news, the interpretation, which I be- To be sure the treasury is somewhat y i
All publishers 0f country 01‘ small newspaper is to prosper and pro- lieve we can give them as well as the depleted but What‘s a treasury for i
daily newspapers have been COn- I grass, in fact, if it is to continue to daily. In time the KPA and the NEA if you never bet anything out of it i l
j fronted with various forms of “ad- l survive at all, it must pay closer at- Wiii have to provide us With news but always put in i
i vertising rackets” and the reason is tention not only to the business end, from Frankfort and Washington, I Speaking of the treasury gives l
\‘ that the publishers and a large num— ‘ but to the editorial side as well. believe, but it Wiii be “P to us to in' me an opportunity to suggest that i '
| ber of the small—town merchants There has been a slow growth of terpret that news, DTOVide summa- it would be well for all members ,i
,- have been easy prey. Each publish— 5 better business practices in the rles 0f national and world news, and who have not done so to pay their l i
] er is afraid that if he turns down ' country field and the Kentucky Press interpret that for 0111’ readers. 1936 dues now This will insure the i i
, an order that his competitors or alAssociation can well work closely Theh news itself no iOhgei‘ com- {financial success of the KPA this 3
y | printer in a neighboring town Will.with the National Editorial Associa— Dieteiy satisfies 0111‘ readers This year i
, get the business. Each merchant is ticn, helping them to push the stand- is a restless age. People want enter ‘ i I supose every president starts out i
1 afraid that his competitor will be 'ard bookkeeping system and the 51m- tainment, in their neWSDapers as W911 with the intention of enlarging the l
; listed and that he Will branded as i plified cost accounting system. I be- as in their daily lives. They want membership of the KPA and it is
la a. slacker if he doesn‘t take part in lieve there is a growing realization of features. Not necessarily syndicated not my desire to break a precedent l i
the scheme. ‘the importance of correct business features, for the very best features here Let me urge each member of r l
Recently, the Publisher’s Auxiliary ‘ practices, but there is much work are local features that a paper can the KPA to aid in this membership il
i said in an editorial that “one Of the yet to be done in this field, especial- dig up itself, and every community campaign. There are many news— j I
J, duties of the newspaper is to pro- I 1y along the line of educating pub- has enough material to supply the papers in the state that are nOt now i
, tect the peeple of its communitY,llshers to the very real need for 10031 Paper With ioeai featureS for affiliated with the KPA Find out if i
i from being exploited by outside 131'0- sending checking copies and state- years. one Of them is in your sections and is
] motors whose only interest lies in merits pl-omply to the agencies and They also want pictures, cartoons if so contact the publisher and see i i
putting over their schemes, collect— advertisers. and comics. You can buy syndicated if ydu cannot interest him in the l
‘ mg 'as much money as DOSSible and . On the editorial side we must rea- newspictures and cai'tOOhS- They are association and its helpful and in- i '
1 getting out of town as quickly as they lize that our readers are not satis- hOt entirely satisfactory for a coun- teresting program You will be do— i
y can WithOUt regard to possible after- Ified with the kind of newspaper our try newspaper, but I believe they ing him and your association a real i 3
maths and their Effect upon the ,ipredecessors published fifty years Will increase as the demand becomes service i
community. Some Editors are (111le ' ago, twenty-five years ago or even greater. Comics are harder to SOiVe-' It is. still a little early to have i v
‘ to sense the dangers of such schemes fifteen years ago. Even many of the It may be that weekly publishers tan thin to report from the various 3 ,
and warn their people against them. larger daily newspapers have not Wiii have to band together eventual- Icorirlimitties As this is being written ‘2
1 Others hesitate to do this, especially seen the changing trend in its en— 1y to secure good comics for their the Le islative COmmittee is right i
I whenlocal organizations are hooked tirety and the sooner country pub- newspapers. Ih newspictures the 10' back 0% the job at Frankfort The i
, up With. the Outsiders.” ' lishers realize just what this trend is cal angle is, Of course, the best and interests of the KPA and the citi— ,
' The methods 0f practically all of I and meet it, the better position the time is coming when all Of us zens of Kentucky are being closely
, the promoters 0f advertising 1'8ch 9ts 'We will be in. Wiii have to use more local pictures. ua ded I believe ever thin will be
are the same. They come in andl It seems to me it would be help— Already the NEA has Splendid 611- ign frine .sha e in thisydirecgtion In
either get some Organization t0 ful to have various authorities in graving plants, where you can get this connectiijon I wish to thankithe
l sponsor» the scheme or else get local this field to outline in the Kentucky the best cuts being made in the members of the KPA for their
, girls to help sell the advertising. Press the changing editorial trends country today at very reasonable is lendid res 01186 to m appeal for
l. Usually, the rate is about five toicf today, and how we can meet them cost. s11: ort of the committee through i
, ten times what the newspaper 01‘ and hold our readers. The world is Sometime ago the West Kentucky 03? 1e sislators This cooperation is i i
_ printing establishment realizes from a small place today, and happenings Press Association planned to pro- zlwa s iruitful . and very necessary 3
2 , the scheme. The girls are given in distant parts of‘the world have a vide a series of features on Westl It livould not’be right to close this i
about a dollar or so each and are ' direct effect on all of us. There is KentuCKY- EaCh Paper was to write ilittle iece without makin an a — i
Well satisfied. ; no community so isolated that it is the best feature from its community peal tgitheinewspaper folks gthrouglii- i
One Of the greatest nuisances is not effected by national and inter- and provide the pictures and cuts out the state to coo crate with Vic
, the'method 01’ the producing com- {national affairs and issues. When a for it, then the features were to he Portmann in making the Kentucky ’
l Dames. They send out contact men news flash can go around the world rotated around to all the papers, on Press what it professes to be—“Of i
(v or WOmen and paint in glowing‘ in two minutes, when a man can fly the theory that everyone in Wes ‘By and For Kentucky Newspapers ’:
terms how much money can be re— 1 around the world in less than a Kentucky would be interested in all Send in your contributions regu- i
.l eiieed by an organization by spon- I week, the entire world is not as large the West Kentucky features. We ‘ larly ‘1
Soring a “stage spectacle.” They today as the state of Kentucky was may have been a little premature; ' Cordially i V
- Will usually agree to almost any- I a hundred years ago. With this for it fell through, but I; John’L Crawford
$2131 life tget the contract butt wheni Our readers not only want to wonder if there was not the germ 0i i ——————i— it
‘ or arrives in own he fun i: now what is oin on at Fr an idea in it which could be worked . - ' i '
' begins. In the majority of instances i and Washingtin, they mustarklilfdfii Otit to advantage, either for the iBafiloCebclsrabehrIiidgfmiiestswo litvgiutlfon i i
r the directors are novices or do not And they want to know something state as a whole 01‘ in the various iboth newsya er thd 1:; a0: oAr l
i -i. understand the real fundamentals ’ Of what is going on in the world and sections 0f the state, under the bar ain White for samJ les Wfr ' k l i
7“,. of producing a play. Their main they want it interpreted for them in guidance 0f the KPA? l andgpriee to the CommErcial) Prihlt— i
(Contmued on Page Four) terms of their own lives. This is a (Continued on Page Three) ing 00., Lexington, Ky. i
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it: ice to his readers through the edi iW “'—
1: T . _ - esley Carter trum t-
1 ii he K k tonal page, he ls neglectin th,| . - . ‘. ’ _ pe , Harold 1 ]
1 g 1EE ____f_ntuc 9 Press mos}? important function of 11ng prof Eggs‘v’fi‘cg’gfigfl: 192m kE3mWf1-'iird, 1
i it ' ~ . . , ——— .fESSlon, The Editor should be a lead— ma) ’ 1 m One; La- 1 (C(
!! .EEE L Oificml Publication Of flic Kentucky Press Association er 1n the community; he should ‘ Dycirie giggifgé. ngmét; tMal‘tin i
i 1“»! g fi~——-——_______m again emphasire this leadershi on ‘~ . ’ ‘ ’ 1 ma, Clar— . Anot
1' 1 {1 VICTOR R. PORTMANN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Editor his editorial page, MT- Wallgce’s ‘ giggi’lesAig'ell: , SChumacher, flute; 4 Press
i ‘iji 1 fl“ Pmmise was emphaticany appmVed 1 sell'DycneICbsgog’. flute, and Rus- ‘ lieve r.
1.7,; E Pl‘lntcd On The Kernel Press, Demrlmen 0' . T by Mr. Robbins in his annual ad-l RUSS 11 ’ lum' 1 advani
., ., . I L t Iournalism, ores It 1 . . . e threatens to have t - Th 1-,
. :3 Universny Of Kentucky, Lexington s is gratifying, however, to stupendous, colessal or 'a . his a 11
1 ,1; 3 Wm applove the many fine 8dit01‘ia.1 iready to salute Secretary 11212:th 1 an. em
E E Press ASSOCIATION OFFICE“ pageS, and editorial columns, that his twenty—fifth ann' CC on me O]-
! ‘ JohnL Crawford - b enhance and dlgl‘lify the ma. I‘it ‘D ' ~ Iversary at the COlLln’ll
E‘E Jody PiGozder _____‘_:_”_’_‘_‘__*_:‘_’_::*“"“Vicgrgileielgt — TimeS—Tribune, Corbin Of Kentucky HGWSpapers NiooryE lanwlle Celebration next June, He ! newspz
1i , J. Curtis Alcock ___‘§eoretary_Tre:‘s‘§rg--- News-Journal.Campbeiisviiie power and s 1 ~ ' .. e I 8250 requests that Other publishers 3 these (
1.. . r Messenger, Danwne . 1 at sfactlom to then ed- EWIth talent and ~
. j LxECUTIVE COMMITTEE 1‘301‘51' lward their an Instrument, for- 5 the pa
5 i 1 gidLEE;fifidgg’fpflgerpfisg Pigfldeme’ Chairman- GraCEan M pedley Her ——-—-— E names to him ‘ to me‘
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. i . §§£:::,‘1“‘b§g§,§ivme= fem] laid.bfistS,_g:$%:i;;EiieéayfgffoénfinetgfiugoggEfi). ha COMMITTEES APPOINTED 1 Many papers h b E $3111;
a E. . . iana; ames T. Norris, Inde d ’t .’ , __ ave een com 11 41
. ,1, derv d, H 1 , . Den en, Ashland, Thom R. U _ , pe ed ,
E 11 ‘ son: els’imesfrélg'sgltfiémigligt‘drRgssgtlirltjrfiglrliii 81‘2““? el'Ecm' L°nd°ui JoedsRichariil— The Press commends the new i to augment the” pages during the pay.
5 » L. Elkin, Lancaster, Honorary. Y en ka Press, Lexmgton; Robert president and his executive CO .1;— !i:i:i::s 3f January' to handle the 1 MUG]
, ,1 3 as . n erwood, Herald, L ' t . . a e vel‘isin C -1 . 1c an
. gessenger’ Owensbom; Warren Fishi’ifnirgfc’urgh‘ggfiis’ié reggae: yIv Eager, Amittee, and the Legislativeg Sui-152' , County Gasette, Clinton, H. L. We- ‘ local 1
If! ommonwealth. Somerset; Harold Browning, Whitley Republicai willgn‘s’gufg‘: Committee, authorized by the V013: Iterfleld’ Edltor, WhiCh issued a 16- bright
.5 . J .ADVERTISING COMMITTEE Of the membership, These commit— page paper on January 16. A brief W011”
C NgfivsT-Mlgggtt, Ledger-Times, Murray, Chairman; Robert L. Kincaid D .1 tees can do much in buildin “ u th Esurvey 0f th‘? newspapers of the . publish
‘ 1 1 . ’ 1 ”‘30.”: weSIeY 13- Carter, Enterprise Elizab tht - ’ my F0 1', ‘ g p e lState Shows in ‘ -- f d
1 , Wilson, Log Cabin, Cynthiana- LeE h H . 6 Own, Thomas T. ur h Estate in Kentucky and Cl eased advertising un an
1 ‘ \Enm (H R ix artist: Gleaner and Journal, Henderson. render much service to the as occi:n ‘ and the Fourth EState reflects re ried 0U
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i ! Victor R. Portmann, University of Kentuckyoznn-t-mn. tlop- other committees Will be ap— .nged banefss acthity and COnfi- 1 peperi
E IEE Citizen, Berea; Denny Spragens, Marion Falcon, Legénnolz'n’ Albert Schumacher, pOinted to facilitate the excellent an Ce 0f thClI‘ loca1 fleidS. This is ‘ mg' W
i i, work that the Association is doing encouragmg Sign. ‘ our 101
‘1 3‘1 _________________—____ _“ ’ E Ifl order to ascertain the kind and them :
1 1E ________ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! Xianity of features that the readers eventug
1 ,1, B ——E S —— p511) anVa Eyplsgl COmmunity news- 1053 h]
51 EST ME _ ince ou“ ~ . ‘1 es ey . Cai‘te“ - _ ers in
! i E1 ' ETING AT LOUISVILLE 91:11:92»: ind did .small time maga_ Kentucky InigziiS/Epfggfs thliafrceuoxlllgg ' town Enterprise starteld Eahfiltiftiiy gave 0
E E E .The mid—winter meeting at Louis— COrbinrlfrgri aéghirgtervals. Came to brated their birthdays: !means, of a1 printed ballot for the 1 merch;
. 1* Ville, January 16, 17 18 was a tl E _ 1 esburg Mountain Murray Ledger-Times J0 E L _ readers preference. Mr. Carter be- after a
1 , t , 1 , p y agie in 1928 and Stuck—chief] b tt - , 5 ~ 0" .lieves that 1 t (1 ~
, E i ermed the best in many years, cause got married d h y e- e ,editor’ entered Vol. 104 with the live h' pen y. of features en- an .211
1 !15' from the standpoint of attendance, living If there’s ijainnevflisciio to make Jaguary 2 issue; Sturgis News Emil Endive: gaper gang well received, VBl‘tlir
. . program, and interest The success in K. aperman an Edwin Calman ed't ’ eman ed by his subscrib- ‘ mere 5
i . . ' entuck who , r 1 0T5, V01. 51 e .
. . E E :35 this fine program was due to Gus know it, desire thergofgnkt already (13311 January 2; Russellville News— rs th’l’hes
. . 1! SJbblns, retn’lng president, and his that has 9-months-old :3? 32,13: alomocrat, 13' A' Evans, editor, V01" a Sdeymoui“.B, Goodman, local editor llnkl'r
; g 1‘ giidgra'mt committee. The success of looks like his mother- ton ca“MWGII County Times, Prince- Lancminager 0f the Central Record, £13m]
! E ye argmgher k‘ge‘itmtgs 1n the last few “— by MTwlce-é-Efleek-Leader, edited ationas tert h WEI: underwent an Oper— 1 they; W
11. . , an 0 he presidin of— arion a lett, Vol 65 on Jan— . a e iChmond hos ital the
i! I; £10813; has been that the programs FEATUR.E PICTURES uary 3' Huddle 0f January, is Tapigly 0011' minds.
, i. f ave been devoted strictly to busi . Benton Tribune_D Valescing and will u n101
. 1 ,. . - Mr. Robbins in h' .- - BmOcrat, pub- . . soon be back on .
1 1 ! ne . . _‘ _ 1 is address 1 t- u h
ii ii i HSfryWIwrighltafively tron-DIG": and ed in this issue, points out applgn hNiylre: 321v; E. Wyatt and W' J' m: iiOb a-galn. 639:1th
{1 i up Vaiuable “mix; ghirlgigtaking endorsed by the Western Kentucky castle Local gm 3:23? 131; NW,— ingOFgrE. gafiry, editor 0f the R011- Kentuc
:3 z. 1! the stated Speakers Th‘ p nse o assomation, to print more engrav— editor entered V 1 e cClure, cei ‘ c 0’ New Haven, 15 re- ' doubte<
l! i- if alone has done mu h 1: One item ings of Kentucky life This plan in Breckinridg N 0 5glon January 3; f tmg‘tthe congratulations Of the States
_1 t . , c 0 improve short was that each 1 . e ews, overport pub_ ra erni y for his unique enter .
1, 1 . . . _ 1 1 n . . , . _ , prise ‘
I . ! E :13; Eigegggificetoofthfil satisfaction, procure and publish cuts of 51:31:31,313; gigging; Miltss Mlltdrésd Babbage, iii ripuléilishing the original copy of SEEN:
., ; , e newspaper oint f - 1 - - . 1 8 Six ie h birthda ‘3 ITS Issue of the ' - ‘
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E . 1 :31? at lEand. The Press is not run- vicinity, and thenmexléifmtgntgég Pint? a half-page advertisement the tributing it as a Supplement with . That
.1 E! re Erta g cry of the meeting; it was with his brOther edit ors in other 1 1: 13f the year; _Irvine Times 3010. the regular issue. This first editiOn 1 it must
'1 ! V ‘ Aiiiriligry 121 full in the Publishers calities. The Press believes that this :iried kirk?) frilfIthher’ recently is- Plasafour-page, three-column sheet 50 mm
1 :1 1 owever ' ‘ - 1 0. o ‘ ' . . , '-
1’ i ture issues we ’1m ”1.15.3“ fu' 15 an important Stop in developing Kentuck SOL 17' llled ““11 hUmorous advertismg Went 1‘
, :E E 1 many ere ll aie printing the local and state interest in the com- publ’ h d y tandard, Bardstown, and the Only news Was by personals. and th
ii 5- M munity field, and calls yOur atten- V01 1535' l'iith. S‘.Wathen, entered !£/Ir B'arry reproduced the Original ' 131011, th
1 1 i - ‘ PRESS IN NE tion to this plan for active develop— Bedford’ F e Tumble Democrat “’0ng end the fasuimile makes g0.“ b.
1?! i , __..W FORMAT merit Within the near future The entered’th rafnkt-Ct' Bell, p Ilblisher’ a Valuable 11bl‘al‘y reference, price 5]
E i t ‘ g . . , Press offers it ‘ . . e 0r 1e h year of publi- H. A. Ward, Who _ Cause (
1 EE .3! E yoiiVlitrli gals lSSthe Elie Press reaches l tor who would5 joggmifilstg‘i: aligneii; 32:18:71;tRussdeE1h Dyche, London, re- len County News Sftzfiltlviig tgeyfigr given I
‘, ‘ gmen e orm to e 't - - . Seere “ esentin l- ' . ’ - ’ “main
1 E1. . , p rmi publishing his name and th t' . . . 6 Echo into ago, recently entered into Vol 2 He
ii 1i E a Wider field of publication. The of “c t ,, . e itles Its SlXtY-EIEhth harbor" John Craw iis givin h' 1 ‘ '. press a
'1': dress is in 7 point Ionic With th us now available. ford’s Times—Tr'b ’ - ~ g IS .0me an interesting sa
: . 1,. . . 1 e INDI . . 1 une entered it ,and wot - _ ry th‘
1 i l! 1 ! theadlngs 1n Bernhard Gothic. Again VIDUALISM ALWAXS BEST thirty—second year Of publicatioli ipaper 213011133235 tiggggngvgfle aid 0f
5 V ” !i 3:35 Wlieumrsl? e tide editors to send in The Press, as it has pOinted out :{Iia‘il thgdkiebanon Enterpere’ Oliver with all indications for another the 00d
. . EEE mutual intergsrt fogtlgirblrnaitters of many times before agrees heartily of the ytzflf’ began V01. 51, the first !SUCCESSfu1 year. . titiinficny-
1 ' ‘ S1 ica ion. “ ’ . , _ . . i
i h ! ———._ :sltll’ngOIfiE-I Wallace In 1.118. premise,l The Press extends CODgratulation - PrRussell DyChe forwarded The ! the pat
E . ‘1‘!!! E, OUR NEW PREXY the iriciliiidugiilgy agf influisvnle, that ' and best wishes for many mor: SKIES]: a12copy oft The “Ki-Y1”, a ‘ and clo
,_' 1 1. ‘1. . __ . . . e. neWSpaper, years of communit usefu 1 -page, wo-column pam— low u
1 1 ! .1 1 We asked our new president J h §mphaSized by its editorials and ed— #ss. phlet publlshed each New Year for muchpii
., :1 . L c f , ° 11 ltorlal page, is the life-blood of th the class of 1906 of th N tional ~
!“ Z ! E - Sketclfa; (£111, ”for a thumb-nail ! community newspaper. No newspaf.3 THE K.P.A. BAND Normal University LebaieionaOhiO I car
ii: ‘i 1 , and to the pzinlte, Here it is, brief per is any better than its editorial Russell D . It is full 0f news ,letters frolm for: " glide W1
11,! , _:‘ Born in Gamaliel K page. On this page the editor can the L0 d yche, EVBrsatile editor of mer members of the class augment- t fame]
@131 ,3. new century Educateg.’aatt 3.2:; 1of discuss the current issues of the by thena 1:; esuintmelecho, inspired , ed With news items by Russell hi m- 1 irrilgllthtl
« Si”: ‘ 1. - . n communit , th ' - . musmal abilit ‘ - Self. - 1 0‘
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_..E . E country store count , an pursuit of happiness Th . ,Dr0poses to or- Journal. , . n
;< , ; 1 . , ry bank, black- watchwor . . ‘ e gimme a Kentucky Press B . as 1f th1
3'4 " 1 ! Smith shop, overall factory, YMCA, paper shguiiif tile Eomntumfy “6W5“ !has forwarded the followinanfnand MISS 136111311 Tillinger succeedS ! traund
.*~ ! ‘ i , ,restaurant, daily and weekly news- editor does not e‘inplsiaeiglgeth‘ If?» the | bership 1i“: g em_ Vagcs'stRuiiht NiChOISOH' resjgmd' as Show t
,1} .1 Z is erv— Jod : 19 Y e ior of the Corb' Dail . ’
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' ’ and the Kentuck Press Assoc1ation big Kentucky tobacco companies, the only direct check the average
cailyaf‘ggldl I PreSIderjtjaAddress labored day andy night, largely at i the statihdisigllerbies and otltifir state I flagxriayerelléas d0n howoxtcliilectciilflfgicigfls I
- 1 ' their own ex ense, fi htin our bat- 'firms wi a ig usmess in e s a e as e are -c - .
“flag; I (Continued from Page One) tleS, and thgy won ga vicgtory that I as a whole, as well as the. railroadsIfairs. The publication of the de- ‘
t, clay- Another idea the West Kentucky ‘ will forever be a credit to them. We 1 in the state, the public utilities, the [tails of all expenditures and receipts . I
flute- Press Association worked on I be- owe them our continued thanks, I state fair, and during the elections, is something that in my mind is ab- . .
id Rus: . lieve might be worked OUt t0 gOQd even though the code lies still and [the political partiesHA year is too solutely necessary to the conduct of ,
advantage on a state-wide ba51s. i cold beneath the sod, for their vic- Ishort a time 'to do all this, but I i’h0nest, efflClent and democratic gOV- i
ve this I That is to make arrangements with I tory is now bringing the country believe that With a permanent com- ernment. dust as a busmess flI‘In
nizaticm an engraving plant for a very low I press closer to that recognition it mittee constantly at work, the effort . reports to Its stockholders, so such I I
cook on I rate on so many single and double j has so long richly deserved. I put forth “'0ng bear rich returns m . governmental agenc1es report to the I I
at the . column cuts per month, then eachI The Kentucky Press Association .the course of time. Itaxpayers, and because there are so
me. He I neWSpaper agree to take so many of I is in better shape than most of the I This committee would have to many taxpayers, the only practical I
blishers these CHIS each month. Thaoforces i state press assoeiations, because we have a little money to work with. Iway for government to report is I
int f01._ the paper to dig up local pictures I did not go into debt during the It would be necessary from time to . through publication in the newspa- I
to meet its out quota each month icode days. as so many associations Jtime to make merchandising surveys pers. '
. and it also reduces the COSt’ 0f cuts did and the collapse of the code of the state. It would be necessary to? Another legal move, which the as- I
to a figure that “1050 WGGKHES can did, not cripple us. We were still contact the members of the KPA,sociation could very well back in
opened I pay. able to carry on its normal func- from time to time to have them the legislature now in session at I
inllg I? I Much has been said about news- . tions, though our finances required write to prospective advertisers. It (Continued on Page Four) I
“in 9e paper make-11p, abOut getting a good, that we play the cards close to the would be necessary for members of 2 I
ickrigan' clean print, about covering all. the vest the past year. However, With the committee to make trips now;
L Wa- local news and handling it in a the advent of 1936, the KPA will be andthen to contact prospective ad- | I
l 'a 16- bright and interesting manner. I I in about as good financial shape as ' vertisers. So in setting up this com— . FIFTY I
A brief I would assume that every country ever and there is no reason why it ' mittee the assoc1ation should pro- YEARS or ACHIEVEMENT
of the I publisher realizes by now that those I cannot expand its assistance to the Vide them With funds for their work, 1886 1936 I
=rtising I fundamental essentials must be car- I newspapers of the state. We have or the work could not be productive. . \, i
as re- 1 flea 01“- It is W the country news' made an effort during the past year I At the same time this committee , ,v I I
calm peper of the future. Oha-t I am 100k' to get every member paid up and to could work with the NEA on other _' , AI _.‘., I
This is ing. We must prov1de a medium for get new members. These efforts jnational advertising. The NEA does “ f_, .
our local merchants that Will get have been only partially successfullnot intend to go into the agency . I
nd and them results and good results, or hilt I believe they have laid the Ibusiness, but only to develop the= ,7 LI 5 I,
readers eventually the 10031 merchant W111 I ground work for more successful ef— necessary facts and data with which
news- 1°53 his_business and our newspa- I fOItS along this line in 1936. to sell the national advertising onI "““LlNDTYPE'W I
:abeth- . pers Will lose their busmess. TOI I believe that the greatest single the advantages of the country press! I
3011 by . save ourselves we must SaYe our step forward during 1935 was made In time 13 am convinced the NEA I
or the I merchants and our communities, 1501 when your executive committee vot- Will act as our representative in I‘
;er be- . after 3“! °he '9‘“ OI revenue ”mes ed to affiliate with the National the national field and that our vol- m I
es en- i and-always W111 $3011.18 from the ad- 'Editorial Association and make ev- ume of national advertising will be I
ceived, I vertising and printing of'our local I cry member of the Kentucky Press greatly increased thereby. So I be- :
bscrib- l merchants and Pusmess fmns- IAssociation automatically a mem- iieve the time is ripe for the KPA MODE RNIZE FOR :
i These are things .we should be Iber of the NEA. We lead the parade to lend the NEA 9. helping hand in
editor thinklog aboutrbtalkmg ab?“ ”13 I in this and it is my belief that in this very important work. PROFITS
tecord, ‘ plafmmg for’ ecausetm :8 aent time every state press association Another thing that has become . I
oper- I more we mustbe on ourdfiis 0 mned [will do the same thing. I think the more and more apparent is that the I
fill the these changing con 1 115 a INEA must function as the national legal publication laws of Kentucky I.
7 con- I trends. , . th t1 at Organization of the state press as- are in such a muddle that few pa- ————~——— I .
:k “on ' In looking back OVEI e year I ‘ I sociations, rather than as a separate pers are getting the legal publica- i I
:13: tJufSr-thnFaSEZd’stglinlfipgrlittStiIldIihi organization of individual memberS. tions they are entitled to. I do not I
. n _ , Only in that way can it do its most ltnow just how to tell you to go ' I I
IROH: ‘ Kentucky Press AS§°Clam°n was un- effective work for us and I trust that abut having these laws enforced, for lee your readers a more I I
I: {lie I doubtedly the (390151011 0f theUmte‘: the KPA will not only continue af— that is a. ticklish pi‘opOsition, but I readable paper . . . set in one i l
). ‘ , States Supreme Court knocking on filiated with the NEA under the would recommend the appointment I I
31pm: . the NRA and the consequent 001' present plan, but that the relations of a special committee of the KPA of the five faces of the Lino— I ,‘
will: lapse Of the Graphic Arts Code. of the two will become even closer. to work on a codification of all] , , ,
dwilfl; _ That iS almOStforg‘Otten DOW, hilt We need the NEA just as the NEA legal publication laws, in Order that type Leglbility Group. I
dition it must be mentioned, iII‘St because needs us and in working together they might be clarified and simpli- G' d t' b t f
sheet SO rtnuCI: eglorthOrhlfi afidt man? i great good can be accomplished. fied. There is so much confusion I" e your a ver isers e ‘ . I
, . . Wen in 0 e rap 10 rs 0 e: In reviewing the activities Of the over them at present that many ‘
gig: I $41101 $11811 2803115631, in my siting?“ { year one thing stands out in my honest officials have an apparently‘ tel typography...up—tO-date 1 I
i. . ' , ion, e co e i eave 001181 era 9 ' mind. I spent a good deal of effert good excuse for not making the re- _
lglfizsl | EOOd behind it. I think that the Itrying to line up state advertising quired legal publications. I feelI faces, an freshly set on the ‘
ma ‘ price Situation has been better be- Ifor the state newspapers. As you sure that it would be much to the Linotype with no broken or
cause of the code. ‘I think it has I know, the NEA is now working hard advantage of the taxpayers of the I
Ie A1" given most Of US a better under— .on national advertising and I be- state, the elected officials them- worn letters. I
‘ year , standing 0f the funCtion of our I lieve that this will become one of selves, as well as to the newspapers, .
2..He Dress associations and how neces- .the most important functions of the to have all the legal publicationI Give yourself a profit by ‘
estlng I sary they are for the protection andENEA in time. I believe that the laws of the state codified, simpli-I ‘ _ I
new” ' aid of country publishers. While KPA can also profitably work along fled, clarified, brought up to date Producmg thlS better Paper I '
olume the code did nOt last long enough to this line for its members. So I and assembled in one section, some— . . '
[Other I :10 anything like a compflete jolb, I would recommend the appointment what along the line of the new more economically ' ' ' usmg I
' hink it started many 0 US aong of a permanent Advertising Com- school code. . - - “
The the path to better business methods mittee, somewhat along the line of This is the only practical solution a modern Linotype WhICh I
,1", a and closer cooperation With our fel— the permanent LEgISIatiVE Commit- I I can see at present to the very un- sets both text and display 3
pam- . 10W pubhshers, Whmh W111 mean tee, Whmh the 3550013131011 has had satisfactory situation existing in re- ‘
”f for much in the future. IIOI‘ many years. gard to legal publications, which has from its single keyboard. I
“011.31 .I cannot pass the gTave 0f the The function of this advertising vexed us all for years. So I would I
01,110. I 00618 WithOUt paying some tribute to committee would be to contact all like to urge that the KPA set up . I
I for— . the men who SO unselfishly gave 0f possible sources of national adver- such a committee to work along this I‘
11:11:: I their time, energy and money dur- I tising_that might run in Kentucky line and have such a code ready for MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE co. I .

. . mg thOSe trying and hectic days, In newspapers. It would not and could SubmiSSIOn to the legislature that I BROOKLYN, NEW YORK .
@1115 ; order that all of us might be saved. ’not act as an agency,