Evening star., 1935-04-23
FRANK B. MOVES
REELECTED BY A.P.
President of The Star Again
Heads ASS0ciatiOn-CoO-
per Renamed Secretary.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 23.-Ihe board
OF directors of the Associated Press
in session today reelected Frank B.
Noyes OF the Washington, d. c.. Star.
as president. Other officers elected
are:
First vice president. w. J. Pape,
waterbury, Conn.,, Republican.
Second vice president. Houston
Hsrte, San Angelo, Tex. Standard.
Secretary, Kent Cooper. reelected.
Assistant secretary, Jackson q.
Elliott, reelected.
Treasurer, ]. r. Youstt, reelected.
Frank B. Noyes, Robert Mclean Of
the Philadelphia, Pa, Bulletin; Paul
Patterson of the Baltimore, Nd, Sun:
e. Lansing Ray Of the st. Louis, Mo-,
Globe Democrat, and Clark Howell of
the Atlanta, Ga, Constitution were
continued as members of the Execu-
tive Committee. Stuart H. Perry OF
the Adrian, Mich, Daily Telegram was
named as the sixth member Of the
Executive Committee, succeeding the
late Adolph s. Ochs of the New York
Times.
Frank e. Gannett, Rochester, N. Y.
Times Union, newly elected director.
was present.
Smaller Publishers Meet.
Proprietors of newspapers in small
cities gathered today in the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel to discuss problems OF
their business, among them the effects
of good roads, the radio, the automo-
bile and liquor advertising on non
metropolitan publications.
Verne E. Joy Of Centralia, ILL.,,
former president of the Inland Daily
Press Association, was asked to pre-
side over the session. q prelude to the
annual convention of the American
Newspaper Publishers Association
opening tomorrow.
The gathering follows by a day the
annual meeing of the Associated
Press.
A committee of IS, headed by John
Francis Neylan of San Francisco, Of
fered four resolutions at the annual
meeting concerning administrative
procedure as applied to the Associated
Press wirephoto service. Each was
successfully defeated.
The committee then offered q pro-
posal to amend the bylaws of the
Associated Press to provide for rep
resentation OF member newspapers in
cities Of specified population under
$4,000. After discussion. a resolution
was submitted as substitute re-
ferring the matter TO the board Of
directors for study with the recon-
mendation that it be given earnest
consideration. This was adopted.
Noyes asked all members having
views on this question of smaller
paper representation to confer with
the board of directors.
Nominating Committee.
Immediately before adjournment
yesterday, regional meetings were
called for the purpose Of naming a
nominating committee. II was Sc
lected as follows:
Eastern division: E r. Stevenson,
Waterbury, Conn. American; Henry
Waiser, Hazelton, Pa, Standard Sen
tinel.
Central division: Oscar s. Stauffer,
Arkansas City. Ksns.. Traveller. secre-
tsry; A. L. Miller. Battle Greek, Mich.
Enquirer and News, chairman.
Southern division: A. w. Huckle,
Rock Hill, s. c., Herald: j. L. Mapes,
Beaumont, Tex, Journal.
western division: Frank Hitch
cock. Tucson, Ariz.. Daily Citizen:
E. G. Leipheimer, Butte. Mont,
Standard.
The following members were elected
to the Auditing Committee:
Eastern division: j. L. McGoyern,
Bridgeport. Conn. Times-Stsr and
Farmer.
Central division: ]. C. Seacrest,
Lincoln. Nebr., State Journal, secre-
tary.
Southern division: Charles p. Man.
ship, Baton Rouge, La, Stste-Tfmes,
chairman.
Western division: o. s. Warden,
Great Falls. Mont. Tribune.