The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-25
PUBLISHER OF AGE HERALD DIRECTOR ASSOCIATED PRESS
Frederick l. Thompson Chosen Official In Worlds Greatest
 News Organization
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wrote that interview of that day with ex-President Wilson which is one of the most splendid pieces of work that ever went into an Amer ican newspaper.
 And here are these men whom you never see, and l never see, who are placed all over this country, from Maine to San Diego, occasionally | breaking into the Associated Press with story. every word of which lives in life and Is splendid. And we get 1t, and we think nothing of it. If we got that same story from a special correspondent, or probably as a special cable from some New York paper which makes a business of peddling its news. we would think 1t was wonderful. And you know. some times those papers gets 1000 and peddle 10. But that Is neither here | nor there. Those men really are the fibre; they are the straw in the bricks of this splendid organization. And so I move that the members express their appreciation of the very faithful work that everybody con- l nected with this organization has done, from the President down to messenger boys. and that 1t thank them for what they have done dur ing the past year"
 Tribute to A. P.S President.
 A tribute to the service rendered to the Associated Press by its pres ident was paid by Clark Howell of the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution. in seconding the nomination of MT. Moves for election as director. MT. Howell said: During the many years have watched his work l have been impressed with the earnestness and with the zealousness of his efforts and never in any position have l ever seen a member of any business or ganization devote himself more ear nestly, more steadfastly, more unself ishly to the affairs of that organiza- ton that Frank B. Moves, as pres ident of the Associated Press has al- ways done to the affairs of your great organization.
 For more than 20 years he has been a tower of strength, never swerved by friendship, nCr by passion nor by prejudice-always with the one end in view; that the thing to be done was that which was right, that which was fair, that which was just, and that which best served the purposes of the membership as whole. More than to any other liv- ing man Is due to him the greatness and the glory of the greatest news organization on the face of this earth"
 The following advisory boards and committees were elected:
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 Advisory Boards.
 Eastern division: Richard Hooker, Springfield (Mass) Republican. chairman; Frank E. Langley, Barre (Vt) Times. secretary; Charles E.. Chapin Waterbury (Conn) Ameri- can; Frank E. Gannett, Ithica (N. Y) Journal News; George E. Calf. Will Transport Pa.) Sun.
 Central Division: H. J. Powell, Golf feyville CKas.) Journal. chairman; Mrs. Zell Hart Deming, Warren (OO Tribune. secretary; C. K. Blandin. St. Paul (Minn.) Dispatch; w. Y. Morgan. Hutchinson (Kan.) News; Arthur R.. Treanor. Saginaw (Mich.) News Courier.
 Southern division: Robert Ewing. New Orleans (La.) States, chairman; 1; F. G. Bell, Savannah (Ga.) News, sec retary J. N. Heiskell, Little Rock (Ark) Gazette: L. J. Wortham, Fort Worth (Texas) Star and Telegram; 1; W. c. Dowd, Charlotte (N. CD News and Chronicle.
 Western divisions: A. N. Mckay, Salt Lake City (Utah) Tribune. chair man. James D. Meredith. Sacramento tCal.) Union, secretary; c. B. Blethen,