The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-12-28

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 Camera Snaps History
 Events in Europe naturally pro duced many outstanding news pic- lures in 1888. Not one, but several of them probably will go into history bccks. Cameras followed epochal ev- ents as effectively as restrictions would allow
 Climactic copy from the sequence of crises came from the Munich conference The picture of Europe's big four" side by side probably was the most significant picture, as such, but another and more informal view of them perhaps caught the spirit of appeasement" more e1- fectively than anly other.
 Tn America, sports always make for many outstanding pictures. A score or more of truly remarkable 
 sports pictures could be selected from the production of 1888, in- cluding not only pictures made of headline events but pictures made during run-of mine sports events as well
 Fight Of The Year
 One Associated Press picture cap tured in a single exposure the whole Dlrit of the windup of the major Hqht Of the year-Max Schmeling cn the floor. the referee waving Joe Lauis to his corner as the unoffic- ial towel was tossed into the ring after less than a round of fighting which resulted in dozens of excellent actica pictures.
 Among the unique stories of 1888 was the spectacle of young man perched on a Manhattan hotel win dow ledge while a nation awaited his next move. AS he jumped to his death, one of the years most exceptional news picture was taken. Seldom has the task of covering a comprehensive news story in pie lures been as great or as hazardous as the job of picturing results Of the late September storm extend- ing from Long Island to Vermont. i Symbolizing the hurricanes after math as well as the plight of sur viyors was a picture taken in Rhode Island showing storm victims in front of buildings tossed topsy- turvy by the wind Many other pic lures made during and after the storm were equally effective. i Guns And r. D. K. 1 On the U.S.S. Houston an Asso- i ciated Press photographer one day ! last July took picture of Presi- i dent Roosevelt in the shadows of the ships big guns. The result was ! a most impressive view of na- i tion's chief executive in unusual en- vironment. Taken from any other angle. it might have been much less ! effective.
 Typifying scores of remarkable personality pictures from the grist 1 of a year was a shot of North Da- kota wheat farmer at the close of l his days toil With perfect detail, the result of perfect lighting, the picture exemplified a technique which is bringing constantly im- proving news photography.
 Six other pictures of 1938-60 others-could be appraised similar- ly, and given top rating by any criterion Those mentioned merely are typical of the many news pie lures of 1888 which represented not cnly exceptional workmanship on the part of photographers but which told story in picture form with a maximum effectiveness.
 It involves no hazard to suggest that with this continuously improv- ing news photography, each suc- ceeding year should produce more and more noteworthy news pictures regardless of those uncomfortable "breaks" which so often play such a big part in determining whether pictures are possible in the first '. place.