The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-20
TINES HAS HUGE
CONVENTION
STAFF
Brilliant Group Of Political
Writers to Cover Meeting
of Democrats
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operators in the country, who make
News Service the fast.
est news service in the world, win
transmit the news of the conven.
ton in all directions over the
great wire system. AS quickly as
the big events happen in Madison
Square Garden, the convention
hall, or in other meeting places
of the political leaders in New
York, the news will be flashed to
The Washington Times.
Cover Every News Source.
During the course Of the con.
vention, through International
Times viii have Representatives at
every source % news in New York.
A large section Of the working
press stand on the floor Of Madi.
son Square Garden will be manned
by International News Service writ
erg and operators.
Below the Garden floor, IN the
section reserved for press work
rooms, international News Service
will have q large worlxroom. where
stories Of the convention win be
written and sent out over the wires.
A score Of writer's ana telegrapherB
viii be busy there almost every
hour during the week Of the con-
vention.
In addition. International News
Service win maintain special OF.
fees at the leading hotels, where
the delegates will gather and caucus
and make az much political history
a. on the floor Of the convention.
An Committees Watched.
These win be at the Waldorf,
headquarters of the Democratic ma
tional committee and ex.officinl con-
vention headquarters: at the Com.
modore Hotel, where many II the
big delegations are nuartered: ut
the Pennsylvania, which will house
more delegates than any other
hotel. and at the Madison Square
Hotel, where the highly important
committee on resolutions win hold
its sessions.
The regular staff Of international
News Services main office, in
downtown New York. win operate
as usual.
Miles Of wires link MP each Of
these offices with zach other and
with the main wires, which 70 to
every part of the country. Special
telegraph and telephone wires make
these scattered offices one big news
gathering workroom: making II pos.
sible to follow up DEVELOPMENTS on
the big story In q few seconds.
The political leaders, the candi.
dates, the dark horses and the
delegates viii never he out Of sight
Of the representatives Of The
Washington Times.
William j. Bryan, himself thrice
a candidate for the Presidency, and
q leader in Democratic councils
for a generation, win supply q daily
article.
JOsephus Daniels, wartime secrs-
tary OF the Navy and prominent a.
q dark horse in the coming con.
vention,s viii be a regular contrIbu.
tor.
Rube Goldberg, famous humorist
and cartoonist, will write 1aily
article of 700 or 800 words.
Two Senators on Staff. ..
An inside touch will be given
to The Washington Times report OF
the convention by SENATOR ME.
DILL MCCORMICK, who has q
personal acquaintance with the
Democratic leaders, and a practical
knowledge Of politics in addition to
being a brilliant writer. His arti-
cles will be written exclusively for
International News Service.
SENAT Blu RTON X.
WHEELER, of Montana, who di.
rected the fight on former Attor.
ney General Daugherty, win write
a daily story, interpreting the de.
velopments.
Other star reporters" include:
JACK LAIT, one Of the few
newspaper men who deserves the
distinction Of being called a great
reporter, with a daily colorful, in.
imitable account.
o. o. MCINTYRE, once q small
town newspaper man, now one of
the most popular magazine and
newspaper feature writers, who has
become famous by his interpreta.
tons Of New York.
HELEN ROWLAND, the famous
woman writer, who Ia the best
known to the women Of America.
CHESTER CROMWELL, one Of
the most popular of the younger
group Of magazine writer's.
London Correspondent.
DAVID nj. CHURCH, manager
of the London bureau Of Internat
tional News Service, former Wash.
ington correspondent.
EARLE @. REEVES, former
London manager OF International
News Service. and now a special
feature and magazine writer.
WILLIAM @. PARKER, brilliant
writer and former Pacific Coast
manager of Cosmopolitan Service.
WARD GREEN, widely known
Southern newspaper man.
The work Of organizing the In.
ternational News Service staff and
perfecting the many details for its
operation was done under the per.
sonal direction of M. KOENIGS.
BERG, president, and GEORGE g.
SHOR, editor and manager.
The great news and feature staff
will be directed in the actual con.
vention work by Barry Paris, assc
ciate editor and news manager, who
will act as generalissimo from a
working seat on the convent IN
hall press platform.
Holmes On the Job.
GEORGE r. HOLMES, manager
of the Washington bureau Of In
ternational News Service, will write
the running story Of the conven.
ton.
Included in the 40 or M ore
reporters who will gather and