South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-24
BY RUTH LECHLITNER.

The South Bend News-Times
, Printing Co. located at 21O W Col
fax ay,. South Bend. publishes the
7 only Associated Press morning pa
| per in Indiana and the only paper
employing International News Ser
I vice IN South Bend. Because OF mod
en equipment and thorough de-
partmental organization il edits "A
paper ranking above the average
city publication.
Following the plan of every Wei
organized news company, The News
Times building has three separate
departments. The editorial and me-
chanical rooms on the second floor,
and the press room with its circula-
tion department on the ground
floor.
To the left Of the second floor
hallway lies the long. narrow editor
ial room. At one end is the private
office OF J II. Zuver, the editor-in-
chief. who has control over both
editorial and press rooms. The of
flee is furnished with a large desk
and several bookcases filled with
encyclopedias, ledgers and special
reference books.
In a corner to the left OF the
editors room is the m orgue, which
contains numerous drawers filled
with prepared cuts and mats of i'm
portant citizens. These may thus be
published Immediately at the death
OF a prominent person.
At the right of the editors room
Is the city editors department The
city editor is one of the busiest and
most important men on the staff
He may he found at his desk clip
ping special articles from other pa
pers, arranging editorials, collecting
local news. and arranging the typo
graphical forms Of the publication.
The reporters. under his superyi-
sion, have their desks near his.
Near the center of the room are
the desks of the society and sport
editors Next is that Of the proof
reader. who must examine each
column separately for correction
after il has been set up by hand
The court editors desk is the last
i'm the room. His desk as well as the
others in the department has its
telephone, special ledgers, files and
clippings and typewriter
The walls of the entire room are
covered with news clippings, car
toons. colored illustrations, adver-
tisements. notices. bills, etc.
Just outside the editorial room.
but belonging to it, is the telegraph
department The News Times has
two leased wires: The international
News Service and Associated Press. |
The telegraph editor is constantly
at work taking down on the type
writer news as it comes in. He puts
the typewriter news into a slot, /
from which it is collected and taken [.
TO the cisy editor for examination.
After the news articles have been |
proof read they pass from the /
editorial room to the mechanical /
department. which is much larger I
than the editorial room. Here are
seven linotype machines. one used
entirely FOR head lines The operator
of each machine sets the molds for
casting type, dropping them into
place as fast as he touches the keys
until the line is completed when the I
moving IF a lever forces molten
type metal against the matrices and
casts q solid line The mOlds dis
tribute themselves automatically
and are ready TO be used again
when the next line is set.
The amount of news that one
man can set up at a time is called
a take" If q mistake is made. it is
the duty OF the type-setter 10 cast
out The incorrect line and place i'm 4
new linotype
The next step is the makint OF
che card board matrix The matr!y
is shaped into the mold and hot
metal poured around it. thus filling