Evening star., 1934-10-12
ASSOCIATED PRESS
EDITORS CONVENE
Sports, Market and Traffic
Chiefs Report-DiScus.
SionS Follow.
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, october 12.-Newspaper
men representing every section of the
United States today heard the reports
of the sports, market and traffic chiefs
Of the Associated Press.
Alan ]. Gould, general sports editor,
delivered an adress entitled, sports,
Paving Dividends Again Under the
New Deal, Challenge Newspaper En-
terprise With Fresh Reader Interest"
before the annual convention Of the
Associated Press Managing Editors
Association.
L. F. Curtis, superintendent of
markets, told the delegates What the
New Deal Means for the Market
Page"
Controlled Lightning Flashes, or
Shooting the News Around the World"
was the topic of speech given by the
traffic executive, w. J. McCambridge.
Discussions Follow.
Discussions which followed the pres
entations were led by N. r. Howard,
managing editor of the Cleveland
Plain Dealer; ]. Edwin Murphy, man
aging editor of the Baltimore Evening
Sun, and Marvin Creager, managing
editor of the Milwaukee Journal.
The afternoon program included an
address by Norris A. Huse, executive
editor of the News Photo Service, on
Revolutionary Trends in Newspaper
Photo preparation and Transmission" 4"
Election of members of the aSso-
ciations Executive Committee was
scheduled as the concluding business
of the two-day assembly, which at
tracted nearly 200 newspaper execu-
tives, record for the annual meeting.
Stars to Entertain.
A galaxy of radio and stage stars
will entertain the delegates at dinner
arranged for tonight by the Chicago
Daily News and the National Broad
casting Co.
Executives and division chiefs Of
the Associated Press addressed the
managing editors yesterday.
The presentations were followed by
general discussions, led by the edi-
torial department heads Of various
newspapers and participated in by
the delegates, with the object Of set
ting any problems that may have
cropped up since last years conven-
ton, at French Lick, Ind.
Other Featured Speakers.
Henry Martin, editor in chief of the
Press Association Of Great Britain.
and Bernard Rickatson-H HIATT OF
London, England, editor in chief Of
Reuters, Ltd, also were featured
kneakerS IN the DrOQrarn.
j. NJ Kendrick, night executive
news editor, spoke on Building a
New Page One for Morning News
papers" during the afternoon session.
De Witt Mackenzie, executive as
sistant followed with discourse on
"The Associated Press Foreign Serv-
ice-and Some Frank Suggestions to
Managing Editors"
Covering Central Europe, the Hot
bed OF Intrigue" was the topic chosen
by Wade Werner, chief Of the Vienna
bureau.
Byron Price, chief of the Washing
ton bureau, related how "The Old
Order of News Gathering Changes at
Washington"
Discussions Of these subjects were
led by E. S. Beck, managing editor
of the Chicago Tribune; Hal OLA
herty, assistant managing editor OF
the Chicago Daily News, and Roy
Roberts of the Kansas City Star.
News Versus Publicity.
Charles E. Honce, day executive news
editor, spoke on when Is 1t News and
When Is 1t Publicity?" at the morning
meeting.
An address on Getting the Right
Story to the Right Paper at the Right
Time Is the Division Headquarters Job
was presented by Milo M. Thompson,
division news editor at Kansas City.
How Decentralization Has Increased
Associated Press Efficiency" was the
topic of treatise by Frank H. Fuller,
strategic center bureau chef at Rich
mond, Va.
Wilson Hicks, executive editor Of the
feature service, described the methods
Of striking out along new lines for
features"
w. F. Brooks, executive assistant,
talked on Lets Forget the Pony Ex-
press"
Informal discussions of the morning
addresses were led by Sevellon Brown,
managing editor of the Providence
journal; John Paschall, managing
editor Of the Atlanta Journal; Roy
Dunlap Of the st. Paul Dispatch and
Pioneer Press; Malcolm W. Bingay,
editorial director of the Detroit Free
Press, and Walter Harrison, managing
editor of the Daily Oklahoman.
Kuhn Opens Convention.
The convention was opened by Oliver
Owen Kuhn of The Washington Star,
general chairman of the Managing
Editors Association, and greetings
we're extended by Frank B. Noyes,
president of the Associated Press. and
by Kent Cooper, general manager.
Delegates were welcomed by Mayor
Edward ]. Kelly of Chicago and were
guests at luncheon of Col. Robert R.
Mccormick, publisher of the Chicago
Tribune and director of the Asso-
ciated Press.
The assembly will continue through
today at the Edgewater Beach Hotel