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The annual mid—winter meeting of chard, president of the National Edi- Ly George A' Joplin Jr. . ' EEE

" the Kentucky Press Association will torial Association and editor of the “Foreign and Local Advertismg .EE'E ,

E be held January 16, 17 and 18, 1935, Weston (W. Va.) Democrat, who will Rates and the Advertlsmg Rate Struc- 3E:

. in the Brown Hotel at Louisville, Ky. deliver the principal address of the ture,” is the subject that has been as- E’E 1

E The editors are expected to arrive on morning. . signed me by your program committee ;
Thursday afternoon, the 16th, for 2 Following the annual financial re— with the request that I discuss par- EEEEE»

E registration and at 6:30 o’clock will port of Secretary-Treasurer J. Cur- ticularly the practice of newspapers ~ EE‘E
be guests of the Brown Hotel at a tis Alcock, Danville, Ky., and the re- accepting foreign advertising through it

E buffet dinner on the roof garden of port of the committee on resolutions local dealers at local advertising rates. "EE

E the hotel. An attendance of 150 is the meeting will adjurn. During the past few years the av- 'EE

: expected. The editors will leave Louisville at erage weekly and small daily publish- , E: E

The first business session will be one o’clock for Frankfort, Ky., Where er has accepted advertising of the for- , EE'

: called to order by President A. Rob- they will be guests of Governor A. B. eign type at the local rate when the ‘ E‘I ,

E bins, editor The Courier, Hickman, “Happy” Chandler and Lieutenant- home merchant submitted a schedule. 71E 31
Ky., at 9:30 a. m., Friday, January Governor Keen Johnson at a reception In nearly 311 cases the advertising - EE

' 17th, when Mayor ‘Neville Miller, of at the governor’s mansion. Mr. John- was furnished in mat or plate form. 'EEEE ‘

E Louisville, will maize the address of son is editor of the Richmond Daily The condition of the publisher’s bank .EEE .
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E Campbellsville News-Journal and Kentucky Press Association. to have one, or the fear that he might , EE f

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committee, .will respond to the wel- THE LINOTYPE NEWS TRIES OUT him largely in this action. Many pub- E; E
come address. 9'PQINT COLUMN RULES lishers had also reached the conclu- - ' EEE

The president’s annual adress W111 The Linotype news, Whmh, entered sion that most of the agencies had E.) E

; be delivered and adresses will be made its thirteenth year of publication with forgotten the small newspapers for EE §

E 0“ neWSPaper topics: ineluding 3 its Issue for July! Observed the occa‘ schedules from distant offices of the . it i

E round-table discussion on “Advertising sicn by introducing innovat-ion—Q- agencies were few and far between. EE E

E Rackets”. led by J. L. Bradley, editor pomt column rules in place of the Recently the agencies -have become EE

E the Prov1dence Enterprise, conventional 6-p0mt rules. _ concerned with the practice of many EEE‘E .

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'(I)‘f' the (tjoulller—fioumat :de PLOIEIISVHEe the rule is centered on a 9-point body the manufacturer Of a national pro- EEE?‘

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will be selected to discuss the following than before. . the manufacturer’s competitor a lower EE
subjects: “Essentials of Co-operation;” The ‘Wlder shoulder gives a. page a advertising rate because the competi- "EEE
“Rural Correspondents and Circula- more ‘opened-up” and Immune alo- tor has borrowed tn 1 1 t f it ,

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E EthI‘l, Profitable Job Punting, Free 1fJ , , YD the home town dealer The aw- cie Ell E

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E The editors will be guests of the the. average reader to ‘pick up’ the fnggralnunfzu afdpisa" r1221“ 1115,0911" 1
Louisville Board of Trade at a ban- beginnings 0f lanes—should enhance . y, . 1 g y Juring' 3 E

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standing men will speak.‘ The ban- the change from 6- to 9-pomt column ere a _ e W en na 101133.311 0" E El
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E brief address on the work he is domg :News, Scottsville, has reached our desk. Ipapers. E
in co-operation With the. newspapers. The publication {iaY is Wednesday and Advertising agencies know that un- it E

E Editor George A. Joplin, Jr., state the mast-head includes H. A. Ward der no conditions Will a magazine ac- E

, representative of the National Edi- as editor and publisher, J. Guy Cook, cept advertising at a lower rate than ’ ‘ _ E‘E
torial Association, Somerset, Ky., will (manager, and L. R. Kemp, circulation the rate charged them There is no . ‘E
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1 11: ‘3 , 1One of these principles is that the Michael O’Sullivan, editor and 51
1 131.26,} KentuCk'g press normal person does not value what he founder of the Shelbyville Sentinel
1 51" :31 _ receives for nothing. Another is that since 1904, died November 18 at his -
1 1,1 ’1 Official Publication of THE KENTUCKY many people resent having anything of home after a short illness. Mr. O’Sull-
,1 1,1,1. Puss ASSOCIATION this nature thrust upon them. Another ivan was W311 kIlOWIl ”550 the newspaper .
5 i 11‘ 5'3, M? is that people have been educated up fraternity and ms genial presence and l
5, 511 VICTOR R. PORTMANN Editor to our present form of newspapers for frlendly counsel at the5 ass0c1atlo5n 51
5151: 1-; 5 m centuries and naturally believe in the meetings wrll be sorely missed- He Is 1
5 1 men: of Journalism Universit f newspaper as an institution and as a SUYVWEd by :tWO sons, Daniel and ~-
'1' ’ y o - - . ~ James O’Sullivan who have been in
1: 1: . Kentucky, Lexington llfelong friends, they cannot believe 5 r 5
t 1 1 a that the free newspaper fills the same actlve charge 0f the Sentinel for the
‘ 1;? PRESS ASSOCIATION OFFICERS need They receive it as a part of a past few years. The Press extends the -
'[ '—‘—‘ business transaction with the publisher sympathy 0f “he entire state fraternity
5:55 1, Augustus Robbins President of it while the free sheet comes of its to 11165 sons. _ 5
' ,11 1 Courier, Hickman own volition and they have nothing to ChaIIEb 8‘ Barns, 73 years Old’ for ‘
1 ‘5' John L. Crawford Vice-Pres. say about it_they do not even feel many years editor and publisher 0f the 1
111' Times-Tribune, Corbin that they can complain of it is late or Adair County hews’ well 1'31on to the '
11 J. Curtis Alcock Sec.-Treas. they are missed5 and every publisher Kentnclsyfratermty, dled during Juy
‘1' 5 Messenger. Danville knows that kicking about delivery is mvrflgslsgéi’lgi, and W J Myre are the
, ,5 5 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE $383533?” prerogative or every paid new proprietors of the Benton Tribune, 1
i 1.11 ——- The advertising agencies and other 'ghlgh Str'rlifl't'h recently p ulchased from 1
5 ‘5, 1,5,: . . J~ 13- Gozder, News-Journal, Camp- advertising authorities recognize the ' ' ' I
, 11111”? bellsv111e, Chaujman; G- M- Pedley’ difference in the status of the free pa- fi ‘
' 11,511 . Herald, Eddyvllle; J- L- Bradley, En- per and the paid subscription paper by 5
55,5, 5 terprlse, Prov1dence; Vance5 Armen- putting a very much higher value on RECERT PRESS ROOM ADDITIONS 5
1 {,5 5 1 ”of”! Courier-Journal, LOUISVII 16: the paid subscription, even to the ex- W ,
5 ,1 5,5 g, Keith Hood, Trlmble Democrat, Bed- tent in many cases of refusing to rec- The followmg additions 1n machinery ,5
‘. 1, 5." ford; JOSBDh ODSteHO: Democrat, Cyn- Ognize or give their approval to free and type faces have be?“ recently “1' ‘
1,1,1 3'1 ' thiana; James R Norris, Independent, distribution papers—Chas. McIntyre stalled m the followmg Kentucky 1
'1 i 1' AShland: Robert L- Elkin, Central in Pacific Printer 86 Publisher. papers: 1
5 5 5‘5 5 Record, Lancaster; Thomas R. Under- h“ Owenton News-:Herald, , linotype 1
5 5555 1 wood, Herald, Lexington; Russell Town after town throughout the equipped with 8—pomt Excelsmr No. 1,
§ Dyche, Sentinel-Echo, London; Joe country is passing an anti-handbill or— “nth 30.1“ Face No‘ 2; .shelby NeWS’
1 ' Richardson, Times, Glasgow. dinance. Wherever it has been done Shelbyvrlle, M01131 14. linotyper With ‘
1 ' — it has meet the favor of the public same face; Dearlng Plimtmg 5Compan5y,
1 ,1 '5 LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE and has helped to clean up the streets L°“‘S‘"“e' a M°del 8 {mower Mam?”
, 55 ,, f5, Keen Johnson, Register, Richmond, and yards. It has helped merchants lionfedJoufrnaél, Mispnlc5fiorlrie,5ha§ m;
5 5, 53155 i 5 chairman; George A. Joplin, Jr., Com- plug a bad leak in their advertising s i: Baldorlli' o Nz-pgrn J onl‘iH 0‘ d
5 ,1 5 monwealth, Somerset; Warren Fisher, budgets because the advertising which W1 0 ace . 0' ’ enne ar y '
15 15', Mercury, Carlisle. is normally wasted when thrown away Company, Lou1sv111e, has added a 1
1 , 1 i, 5: _ “h“— through the dodgers finds its way into Model 8 linotyp e. . . . 5'
,' 1 1 .111 1 We have 3’ recent ruling from E A. better mediums. These better mediums mltley Republican, Williamsburg, 1
5 1, 15 5_ 1 - Tilton, Third assistant postmaster gen- do a better job for the advertisers. has Installed a font of 8—p01nt Excel-
, ‘5 .' . eral, on what constitutes a legitimate 5101' NO' 1: With 301d Face NO- 2; Ma- 1
1f list of subscribers to newspapers. (2,) a sonic Home Journal has added a font 5
.‘1 1 1 1 Such persons as have subscribed for Wesley E. Carter, editor of the Har- 0f 8'90““? Ionic 1‘70 5: With 301d Face
4 1 35 the publication for a definite time, din County Enterprise, Elizabethtown. NO- .21 The Oldham Em: L? Granger 5
1 1 '1' 1 1? Either by themselves or by another on formerly of Campbellsville and a grad- has installed a font 0f 8-p01nt EXCEL .
' ‘, 51 5 their behalf, and have paid, or prom- uate of the University of Kentucky, 5101' No. 1 Wlth 301d Face NO- 2; F111”
5 l 1!, 1555 ised to pay, for it a substantial sum as was married on November 30 to Miss 1,011 County News, Fulton, 9111400191 14
' ‘5 i '1‘ 1; compared with the advertised subscrip- Lucille 13- Myers, Lexington, at LOlllS- linotype equipped Wlth 8-p01nt EXP e1-
; ,5}; 5 tion price. (b) News agents and news- ville. The Press extends congratula- 51?" N0" .1 Wlth 30101.31“? N°' 21 Plke‘ 1
, 1 _ 51': 5 boys purchasing copies for resale. (c) tions and best wishes. “He Dally News: PlkeV‘ne’ has added 1
1 1, 1 5.1 Purchasers of copies over the publish- M155 Isabel Hunt Bourne, wife Of a Model 8 llnotype. ' '
‘ ' .‘ , er’s counter. (d) The receivers of bona M. 13- Bourne, editor 0f the Owenton a 1 :
; 55 fide gift cepies, duly accepted, given News-Herald, died November 29 after -
' 5 51 5, for their benefit and not to promote a long Illness. Mr. Bourne has the The Mergenthaler Linotype Com—
- 5:; the interest of the donor. (e) Other sympathy of the entire Kentucky pany has recently printed a ISO-page
5 5 1.1 1 5555: publishers to whom exchanges are newspaper fraternity. specimen book, “Digest of Linotype
5 5, 11" mailed, one copy for another. (f) Ad- Lon T. Hovermale, publisher of the Faces”, that gives a comprehensive
1 , 1,11 55,, vertisers receiving one copy each in Estil Herald, died November 28 of in- picture of linotype’s typographic re— 1
.5 ,5 555 proof of the insertion of their advert- juries received when he was struck by sources. It does not attempt to show '
' 1 '} 3 isement. an automobile a week previous. Mr. each point size of each of the 67 faces
; 1 . _\ Hovermale was widely known as a included, but, instead, indicates how
5:5 ' , 5 newspaper man. Before establishing the various faces look when properly _
,' 1 ., There are many pomts 0f comparl— the Herald he edited the Licking Val— leaded, gives a list of all characters,
., so“ and difference bEtWB‘vfn a free ley Courier, West Liberty, and also both regular and special, supplied with
5. 55151 5 1 newspapler :fild onefor WhICh money organized newspapers in Breathitt and each font, and has page after page of
15551 55.5 is paid y e reelplent. Although the Wolfe counties. He is survived by special character data charted for 1' 5
1 ‘515‘; “5;; free newspapers have made inroads In two sons, John W., and Allie Y., as— reference. This book will be sent with- ‘
35 ‘51, 35: 1:5 recent years, they have 115013 succeeded sociates on the Herald, and by a out charge to any editor requesting
; i 3,] 3‘, 3’ 1n overcoming certaln 1311110113165 that daughter, Mrs. Hugh Campbell. The the same, and can be procured from
511 151‘ ‘- 1:5; have always EXISted and always will Kentucky Press extends sympathy and offices in Brooklyn, Boston, or L05
‘5; -5 -:‘ 51- exist. . condolence. Angeles. Write for your copy. _
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1 I (Continued from Page One) tions have recommended the change Hutchinson, Charles Beinkampen, II I
I . back door route into magazines. The be brought about gTaduallyi and that Owen C. Montgomery, and Jabez III I
3 same is true of radio, outdoor adver- progressrve changes he made in adver- Crook. The last six names are Pike- II. .
L: tising and all other advertising media tis1ng rates until the ultimate one-rate ville residents. I1 I
a except newspapers. Magazines and card can be adopted. , I I
1 | radio showed a larger percentage of Other press groups have recommend- ‘7' Sherman Pmer’ Lexmgi‘m’ vet' I I
l 5 gain in 1934 over 1933 than did news— ed a system of business classifications era“ neWSpaPer man and a me'mem' . '
s I . t bl‘ h - h' h t -1 d _ ber of the Kentucky Press Association
papers. In the January, 1931, Issue of be es a is ed In W 10 re a1 an gen is no edim f th M 'u ’ . I
l Magazine & Selling the exact percent— eral rates are identical. The classifi- W r 0. e .ays‘” E? Iride‘ I
l. _ . t' id . 1 d t‘ t b pendent and domg a, mighty fine Job. ,. II ,
, ages of gain were given. Newspapers ca 10115 W011 111011 e II'BS" 11 85, new His friends are happy to see “Po ” 2
1 , showed an increase of 13.56%; maga- cars, new trucks, oil._ gasoline, electri- back in harness again D ,I‘ I
: zines 21.68%, and radio 35.94% over cal and gas appllances, beer, soft ' III
1933. There is little doubt but what a drinks, wines, liquors” soaps, clean- ~ III I
. . large part of the appropriations for sers, and amusement. ' ""‘"LINOTYPE'“" III
I magazines and radio has been divert- With some Kentucky newspapers the II I
. ‘ed from newspapers because the agen- \foreign rate is almost double the local FF I
cies realized the protection they re- rate. This wide difierential should be I I
ceived from the other media. corrected for it is working a hardship I I
National advertising representatives on the advertising agency, and is III I
I contend that no retail advertiser manifestly unfair, III I
I should be given the right to loan his It has been found that when a gen- - I“:
local contract to any national adver— eral advertiser leaves his advertising III I
I tiser for the advertising of any na- agency and depends on his local dealer III I
tional account. H. J. Prudden, of the to buy space for him at local rates, IIIII
NEW York firm 0f Prudden, King & there is a very definite shrinkage in IIIII
rPrudden, says granting such permiS— the amount of money that is spent. a: x I 3
sion has caused publishers to lose mil- This is particularly true of the smaller 1‘ II
‘I lions of dollars of legitimate national newspapers. The best example is the .ng _ "I III“ ‘
j revenue, has cost agencies heavily in instance of the tire business. All of _ - ‘-: II .
I lost or reduced commissions, has caus— the tire companies today buy their x .' II
I ed resentment among advertisers and space in the smaller newspapers thru __ I I
agents alike, and has played right into the local dealers. The result hasn‘t ~ I I
the hands 0f COInpetltiOIl- been a happy one. Compared with the III I
. Manufacturers of tires, tubes, elec- volume of tire advertising that ran "' "— III I
trio and gas refrigerators, washing back in the days when these same ~ I I
machines, ~radio receiving sets, tubes, manufacturers placed their advertising D d I d II I
soaps and cleansers now expect to get through their regular advertising agen- eman S "crease II I
the local rate in newspapers and fur— cies, the present volume of tire adver- l I II
. nish the local dealer with mats. Most utising in small newspapers is negligible. lln0lype (apaclly I . I
I of these firms reimburse the home A better understanding between ' III I
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I advertising after tear sheets are fur- weeklies and small dailies is needed I I
I rushed them' Soon We may eXDECt and 1’1“],an could be obtained If rep- Outbreak of war puts a new strain IIII
manufacturers of automobiles, gaso- resentatlves of these groups met m h II ;
I line, food products and cigarettes to conference and discussed their mu- 0“ t e famhtles 0f every neWS- II I
demand the lower rate. WhEn that tual problems in a frank and open paper composing-room.Morenews III 1
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JHSt what 15 the happy solution or The Pikeville Daily News, formerly Ty . 9;“ .
this problem is questionable. Several the weekly Pikevme News, is giving type - - - a wo-in-One Model 14, I 1
press associations have adopted reso- that territory an excellent daily edi- to set the big display as well as I
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I , card for all advertlsmg space be es- Mingo Publishing Company, with the r,»
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' tabllShEd- RECOEleng 1‘5 W0111d be dlf- incorporators as Elam Huddleston, . , II I
I ficult for many newspapers to make Frances M. Burke, B. L. sturgill, W. NOW 15 When you new a legible III
' this Change immediately, the associa- W. Vogel, J. Erwin Sanders, L. E. new body face, one of the Linotype I
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