The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-03
MARY, DELLA

fNRADUALLY the typewriter cho-
" rus has increased, but there is
still about the city room an air of
calm routine
This is the calm before the storm.
The story, warn you, is about to
break.
The police reporter enters with
his overcOat and hat on. He walks
rapidly and goes directly to the city
editor. There follows a brief con-
versation in an undertone.
Suddenly the city editor jerks a
telephone in front Of him. With
the receiver to his ear, he talks to
the reporter before him in quick,
swapping sentences.
KNOCK off paragraph for the
wire. Then crawl in with the cam
eraman and get out there. Get
everything Talk to the people liv-
ing around there. Telephone me
what you've got at 11:30" He turns
to the phone. Photographic depart
ment, quick! DAM"
The city room is alive to the fact
by this time that big story" is
breaking" Typewriters click, but
eyes constantly are cutting toward
the city editor.
Some one is answering the phone
Tom, has Glynn gone to the police
station? Good Bring your
camera up, and plenty of plates
Make it snappy!"
Dan :" the reporter is leaning
over the desk =. Dig out the Red
Mask file and write a resume of his
exploits. About a column. Give me
brief resume for the first edition
| by l o'clock a.. Joe!
But Joe doesn't have to be called.
He is standing by and eager to get
into action.
GO over to the police station and
catch Carson and johnson when
they come in. Dan may not get
there before they leave. Don't miss
point. And look at the envelope
on that letter the super has. He'll
know which one. See what time it
was stamped at the postoffice and
give me an early story by 1890 and
a full story for the second edition.
Try to get statement out of the
super.
And e. Joe :"
"What?"
Don't go out to the scene of the
crime"
THE city editor grabs the tele-
L phone again. Art department
=. . Hello. Mort? Come out
to the desk, will you :"
"Lyall =! Give us a lift. Don't
go over, but call the police station
and find out if they have any recent
reports of missing girls or wom-
The staff artist comes up.
Mort, do you know that short
piece of old highway just of the
new Cheshire road, about :"
Il know where it is. I drive by
there every day"
Good Do me a line drawing of
the highway, showing where the
old road runs. And put in any
houses near by. Rush it through
for the second edition"
The telephone now gets hard
usage.
ngraving department
Byrnes? F. Get set for two half
tones for the first edition. and about
four half tones and a line cut for
the second e.. they have precedence
over everything :. o. X?
Circulation department
Schoefield =. Hello Well have a
damn good murder for all editions.
. Probably be lot of interest in
Cheshire -. Send a boy up for a
bulletin. will you?.
Composing room George?
~. Copyll be unusually heavy about
II o'clock Big story I'll give
you the size on cuts as soon as pos
/ Sible -
Another lull, but no let down in
the tension
DY IL o'clock the storm has
II reached its full force. Editors
are welding blue pencils and glue
brushes madly: all reporters are
banging their typewriters unmerci-
fully, too intent upon their own re-
1 spective assignments to be annoyed
by the general noise and confusion;
boys running with copy; tele-
phones ringing; photographers
rushing in with pictures and hurry
ing out again to deliver them to