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Evening star., 1942-09-18
Kelly Orders Probe
Of Speed Trap Charge

Superintendent Of Police Edward
j. Kelly today ordered Inspector
Arthur E. Miller, head of the Traffic
Division, to investigate charges that
motorcycle police hide in alleys and
side streets to trap motorists violat-
ing traffic regulations
Maj. Kelly said the practice was
mot tolerated" by his Office, and
denied charges leveled against his
men by George E. Keneipp manager
Of the Keystone Automobile Club.
In a letter to Maj Kelly yesterday
Mr.. Keneipp said many motorists
had reported to the club that they
had been stopped by police in this
manner at various speed traps.
Evening star., 1942-09-18
Ships Cot Rescues
Kitten as Ship Sinks

BY the Associated Press.
HOUSTON. Tex, Sept. 1s-Tabby
is only ships cat, but she's down
on ship captains list as one of the
wars heroes.
The skipper reported that Tabby
dashed to the engine room when the
ship was torpedoed, grabbed her
only kitten by the scruff of the neck
and hurried to the deck. Then she
scurried for the lifeboat. jumped in.
Both mother and offspring are
] doing nicely.
Evening star., 1942-09-18
Reds PiIoted u. S. Planes
In Raids on Rumonio

ANKARA, Turkey, Sept. 18 [P.--
Four-engine American planes with
Russian crews carried out the recent
air raids on Rumania, according to
word from Rumania received yester-
day through neutral but otherwise
unidentifiable source.
This source said the attacks had
not caused great damage but there
was considerable effect evident on
public morale.
Some bombs dropped in the oil
fields caused fires but heavier raids
we're needed to cause serious damage
he said.
Evening star., 1942-09-18
Paper Drive in Britain

The Salvation Army Youth Move
ment in Britain has organized a
plan under which nearly 100000 of
the Salvation Army Youth Forces
will conduct . waste-paper collec-
ton campaign.
Evening star., 1942-09-18

formed with the Governments pol
icy Of enabling shipments of milk
and clothing to be sent to distressed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-03

In attractive costumes
like little girls wear. Has
real hair, movable eyes,
eyelashes and unbreak-
able head.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-03

Smoothly polished hard
wood table in maple finish
and 2 sturdy chairs to
match.
Evening star., 1942-08-29
King Features Service
Merged With ms in 1884.

ms, among other factors, news
papers in the larger cities do not
ordinarily regard it as qualified to
furnish self sufficient news serv-
ice, although such papers frequent
ly find 1t valuable as a supplement
tary news service. OF the approx
mately 300 newspapers published in
the United States having a daily
average circulation Of over IS 600,
there is not single one served BY
ms which does not also receive
A. P. or U. P. news service, or both.
Furthermore, of the II American
newspapers under the same owner
ship or control as ms, all but two
receive A. p news reports and those
two receive U. P. reports.
IS. In 194l the total expenditures
OF ms devoted to the actual gath
ering OF news and Its distribution to
newspapers amounted to 81, ,371 379.
1t employed a total OF 382 full-time
employees distributed among its
principal Office in New York City
and 81 bureaus. OF its 81 bureaus
located in the United States, only
three had stats of over nine en-
ployes-29 located at Washington,
D. c.: "a at Chicago, Ill, and 10
at San Francisco, Calf. ms fur
nishes its service to approximately
325 newspapers In the United States
In certain of its contracts ms
agrees with subscribers not to fur
nish its service to their competitors,
and, under the provisions of GER
tain other Of its contracts, its sub
scribers are entitled to receive large
money payments from competitors
when granted ms service. It's news
report supplied each day in Chi
cago. ILL.,, and Washington. D. c.,
to morning newspapers subscribing
for it's service consists of 80, 400
words and to evening papers $4,000
words. Approximately II newspa-
pers in the United States are obi.
gated to supply ms with the local
news Of their respective territories
Evening star., 1942-08-29

Mr. Gregory's doubts 1t was abro-
gated.
Since then, until the beginning of
the present proceedings, no COM
plant that the Associated Press
cooperative operations were in con-
flict with the Sherman Act. or with
any other law, had been lodged by
any one.
In the interval there was steady
widening of the service 1t provided
for its members, and a steady
growth in membership. A few fig
ures will show how this growth has
worked. In 1904 the Associated
Press had CAB members. At present
there are approximately 1,400.
Simultaneously there has been a
vast improvement and extension in
the service. In 1904 the news re-
port furnished to members ran to
10000 words a day. Today it runs
to 100000.
Has 1900 Employees.
At the same time the commercial
news services, organized for profit,
nave IlSCI dilu l1ouI lSIlbU III Tree
rivalry with the Associated Press
and with yet other news services the
Associated Press has maintained
friendly arrangements for the ex-
change of news. 1t is noteworthy
that in the last few years the Asso-
c1ated Press was able to create a
worldwide American news service
1t has followed throughout its AZ
years the one purpose of providing
its members with the most complete
and accurate news service obtainable
along with the best picture service
and other necessary auxiliary serv-
ices. 1t has today a staff of 7,20C
men and women, a leased wire net
work of 285 900 miles, 100 bureaus in
the United States and nearly 25C
correspondents abroad.
The Board of Directors reiterates
its belief that the operation and
practices of the Associated Press
comply fully with all the laws of the
United States and that the charges
brought are without foundation In
law or in fact.
Evening star., 1942-08-29
A. P. Board Denies News Service Violates Laws,
Cites Cooperative Nature, Freedom From Bias

State OF New York was In conflict
with the terms or intent of the act,
which had been passed in 1890, As
every one knows, to abate and pre-
vent monopolies or combinations in
restraint of trade.
The immediate predecessor of the
present Associated Press, the Asso-
ciated Press of Illinois, had been
organized in 1898, three years after
the passage OF the Sherman Act.
At that time very serious menace
to the freedom of the press con-
fronted American newspapers. They
were threatened by, sinister
domination by private interests of
their news services, both American
and foreign. To meet that menace
the Associated Press of Illinois was
formed. 1t was national In character,
non-profit making and owned by its
member newspapers, who were
pledged to collect an honest, un-
biased news report for the benefit OF
their readers.
In 1900 it was superseded by the
present Associated Press, New
York membership corporation of the
same character and purposes.
Under It's New York charter the
Associated Press carried on It's pur-
poses unchallenged until 1915, when
a complaint against it was filed by
non-member paper which operated
rival news service. That COM
plant was considered by T. w.
Gregory, then Attorney General in
the Wilson administration, and on
March IL, 1915, he decided formally
that it was without merit.
No Complaint Since 1918.
Incidental to that decision Mr..
Gregory called attention to the fact
that one article of the bylaws, de-
signed to prevent the leakage of
news from the Offices of members
newspapers, was so drawn that 1t
might be interpreted as forbidding
members to buy the service of COM
petitive press associations, organ
lied for profit. This bylaw had not
been enforced, but in response to
Evening star., 1942-08-29
disseminating news in interstate
commerce

disseminating news in interstate
commerce.
40. The present members Of the
Associated Press other than those
members specifically named parties
defendant are hereby sued as a class
They constitute class OF persons
having identical interests in the
subject matter Of this action and
are 80 numerous as to make 1t i'm
practicable to bring them all before
the court. Insofar as the character
Of the right sought to be enforced
against them by this action Is sew
eral, the questions Of law and fact
affecting their several rights are
common, and relief is sought against
them. The joinder of the Associated
Press and Of the members Of the
Associated Press hereinbefore speci-
fically named as parties defendant
will fairly insure the adequate rep
resentation OF all other members of
the Associated Press.
Al. Various persons not made de-
PENDANTS herein participated with
the defendants in the offenses here
matter charged, and performed
acts and made statements in fur
therance of the effectuation there
OF. These participants include
all OF the persons who have been
members Of the Associated Press
and the individuals who from time
to time acted as the representatives
OF such members in meetings and
other activities OF the Associated
Press.
Evening star., 1942-08-29
Rs the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-The fol-
lowing statement of the Board of Di-
rectors Of the Associated Press was
issued by President Robert Mclean
in connection with the Govern
ment's antitrust complaint:
The Associated Press mas Invaded
the lawful rights of no one in the
great and unsurpassed service that it
has rendered to the reading public
for the last AZ years What is charged
against 1t Is no more, at bottom, than
this: That 1t seeks to protect its
members who have invested their
skill, their work and their money in
its growth.
The Associated Press will resist
the present proceedings as without
merit In either law or fact.
Cooperative News Organization.
The Associated Press in its present
form was incorporated in New York
on May %, 1900. 1t is co-opera-
tive news organiZat ton conducted
without profit for its member news
papers. This means that each
member is obligated to serve the
news that 1t gathers in its local COM
munity to all other members out
side Of It's community and when it
does so adequately 1t fulf1lls It's
obligation to the other members Of
the Associated Press. The member
ship of the Associated Press includes
newspapers of all classes and types.
1t has no barriers of politics or faith
or color. It is this cooperative
ownership which guarantees a fair
and accurate news service to the
citizens of this country.
When the Associated Press was
organized in 1900, as the successor
to long series OF other press as
sociations Of the same name, some
of them true co-opefatives, but
others devoted to private profit. the
Sherman Act, under which these
proceedings are taken. was already
10 years old.
u. s. Newspapers Faced Menace.
There was no hint at that time
that the charter granted by the
Evening star., 1942-08-29
THE IMPORTANCE OF
NEWSPAPERS.


THE IMPORTANCE OF
NEWSPAPERS.
a. Newspapers supply a necessity
and their business vitally effects the
national interest. Public opinion
largely motivates and determines
both public policies and private ac-
tions in democracy like the
United States. Such opinion tends
to be unified. and wisely and effec-
lively exerted In the national in
terest. in proportion to the extent
that it Is based upon current, ac-
curate and complete information
OF those events and conditions
throughout the world which are
materially related to the concerns
OF this Nation and Its people.
The extent of such information
has increased with the growth in
number, range and complexity of
public issues and with their in
creasing interdependence upon con-
ditions and happenings throughout
the United States and other parts
OF the world. Recent events cul-
minating in the present world wide
conflict have greatly accentuated
the need for this type of informa-
ton. Newspapers are the chief me-
dia for its dissemination.
Many private actions Of the peo-
pie Of the United States are like
wise determined by newspaper re-
ports Of day-to-date events. Many
business transactions are conducted
in reliance upon such reports. The
widest possible dissemination among
the American people Of fresh, ac-
curate, and world wide news Of cur
rent events and conditions. through
the instrumentality OF newspapers,
Is therefore Of vital importance to
the national welfare.
National Policy Requires
Unrestrained Selection.
43. The national policy tn favor
OF freedom of the press requires
that newspapers engaged in dis
seminating news be unhampered
and unrestrained in selecting the
particular news they chose to pub
lish, in emphasizing it, and In ex-
pressing and accompanying view
point or opinion. A corollary of
such national policy is that news
papers be unhampered by any ar
tif1cial or unnecessary restraints,
public or private. upon their choice
Of. and free competitive access to,
the various sources Of news. includ-
ing agencies engaged in assembling
and transmitting~daily news reports
Of world events.
1t is further corollary OF such
national policy that the public in
terest Is promoted by the establish
ment, and continued availability to
the public, OF as many responsible
newspapers, representing differing
and varied points of view, as can
successfully participate in the busi-
ness of disseminating news and re-
lated comment.
THE IMPORTANCE OF
NEWS-AGENCIEs.
A. No daily newspaper can exist
In this country today without access
to the service Of a news agency. By
news agency is meant an organiza-
ton engaged In gathering and trans
mitting the news Of the world to
multiple neWspapers which Jointly
Evening star., 1942-08-29
THE IMPORTANCE OF
NEWS-AGENCIEs.

A. No daily newspaper can exist
In this country today without access
to the service Of a news agency. BY
news agency Is meant an organiza-
ton engaged in gathering and trans
mitting the news Of the world to
multiple newspapers which jointly
contribute to the expense Of this
undertaking, whether by way Of as
sessments of proportionate shares
of the total expense or by way of a
nat charge for the service.
No single newspaper. however
large and powerful, could independ-
entity and by means of It's own staff
gather and transmit currently the
outstanding news events of the en-
tire world Nor would the cost of
such undertaking be prohibitive and
the end productive news received
be inferior, but any such attempt
If generally undertaken, would re-
suit in wholly needless and wasteful
Implications OF wire and cable IA
cilities and Of trained personnel.
As. News agencies. which are thus
creatures of necessity born of the
fundamental economics Of the news
paper business have operated in
this country for more than CEN
tury. At least for the last so years,
their absolute indispensability to
the life of any newspaper has been
universally recognized. Access to
the service of a news agency is
therefore essential to the survival OF
any newspaper.
Differences in Character and
Extent Of the Three Agencies.
4e. There are in this country today
only three news agencies. Further
more, there are material differences
in the character and extent of the
services furnished by these agencies
1t Is of primary concern to the in
dividual newspaper, and may be
determinative of its success or fail
ure, that it have access to the serv-
ice of the particular agency best
adapted, or believed by it to be best
adapted, to supply It's own special
news requirements. Denial of such
access directly restraints interstate
commerce in news to and from such
newspaper and the agency to which
it is denied access and likewise con-
stitutes burden and restraint upon
the newspapers own interstate cir
culation.
Al. The business of gathering new.
on a worldwide basis and its trans
mission to the country's newspapers
can be performed eficiently anc
economically by only few such
news agencies, which necessarily
tend to become large and powerful
organizations with the ability to
dictate and determine the character
Of news avilable to newspapers. The
economic nature Of the business OF
news agencies Is such that there Is
Evening star., 1942-08-29

united States as OF March !, 1942,
so obligated to furnish the Associated
Press with news. with the names and
places Of publication Of their respec-
tive newspapers and their A. P. repre-
sentatives, Is attached hereto and
made part hereof. marked exhibit
F. All of the l .235 regular members
are obligated to furnish such news
from their respective cities and the
territory contiguous thereto within q
radius of at least 80 miles; q large
number are 50 obligated for a wider
territory, at least "a members being
obligated for their cities and con-
tiguous territory within radius Of
60 miles.
II. The effect Of these exclusive
dealing agreements is to prevent U.
p. and I. N. S. from obtaining local
news of spontaneous origin from
any Of A. P's regular members, and
this exclusory agreement Is binding
even though the member may a-2o
be receiving U. P. or I. N. S. service,
or both. The agreements not only
bar U. p. and I. N. S., and all news
p6pcTS NOT AQIIlltJcu 10 Tic n. +.
group, from these important news
sources but create a situation where
the stats Of more than 1900 domes-
tic newspapers are constantly fur
nishing the Associated Press. with
out cost to 1t, news coverage all
over the United States respecting
unanticipated noteworthy events oc-
curing in remote regions or small
communities, such as airplane ac-
cidents. train wrecks, tornadoes, or
mine disasters. The effect of these
agreements Is to make each mem
Der paper reporter also . reporter
for the Associated Press" To OBJ.
tain news coverage as to such events,
U. p. and I. N. S. must largely rely
upon scattered part-time corre-
spondents, called String men" Thus,
the exclusive dealing provisions OF
the A. p. membership contract com.
pei A. P,'s competitors to employ
CONTINUED On Next PageJ
Evening star., 1942-08-29

newspapers and by the staffs of aff1-
lated news agencies in foreign
countries. Its reporting staff at
Washington, D. c., comprises ap-
proximately $50 reporters. Over 65,-
900 workers are employed to cover
the A. P. news of national elections
For Its financial news service alone
the A. P. employees 200 writer's,
editors and statistians.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-31
.ThiSSpOrting
 World
Left Jabs And Right Crosses
By JOHN A. CLUNEY

Cauinover was a nickel night Hotel seconds towe Svngs politicians hand to chew tho part proceedings which marked the second annual Alliance The particular feature of the miraculous with which digger Mccarthy grged the accompaniment of rather Habor" but the of the party presentation mounted pacques Connecticut for their contributions to boxing of Waterbury, athletic commissioner under Governor Will Paolo of New Haven outstanding promoters several Dennis T. Louis Kid Kapan undeeated worlds chief inspector of the Connecticut Bob Wilson Bridgeport Herald sports editor a sandou boxing writer for 25 years.
 Of course there were of former world of the Willard Camera Schaaf
 Tunney Dempsey fights there entertain
 concluding speaker Rev. George Donhue of impressive of the 300 from several cities and of Connecticut and New York City.
 One of the life by Nat Feher nationally known boxing publication who New York scos yesterday afternoon he to Other items of interest tribute Medn Denny McNdahon Kapan combinations in which Is hJewh respect but brothers under the skn Hartford Hurley wealthy adver but the back Frank CosEey about the 1shman who worked parish priest Gckstem Mike Jacobs 9 as Mick the and will become khaki wcky April shortly thereafter New Yoks George Shepard boxing lately your his assistant Charley well in the state Charley SnooEs Laceys heartbeat during speaker anybodys da is the original Francis A. Cronns famous book Keys of the Kingdom Norwich stories about the XXX had the boys with the arS laughing so much they bumped theE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-31

BRASS COMPANY TEAMS PAIRED
Brassies vs BrasscOs To- night in Dusty Feature;
 Mercantile Matches

Tonight's Brassies vs. Brasscos bowling battle in the Industrial league at the Mattatuck shapes up as the standout match of the weekly alley competition, as both teams represent the same organization American Brass company, and there ills quite little good-natured rivalry between the members of the two teams. The Brassies own a Ave- game league lead which should land them into the championship for the first time in many years, though the Brasccos will, in all probability put forth an "all-out" effort to white wash their brother brass workers, thereby giving the runner-up Chase Metal outfit a chance to move up again in the standing, provided the latter team, defending champions for several seasons, can take care of U. S. Chemical tonight.
 French Manufacturing, which seems to have dropped out of the league will forfeit to Waterbury Manufacturing; Ingersoll m e ts Seth Thomas in an all-clock contest and Blake Johnson will match strikes and spare-leaves with Wa terbury Toolr in other matches scheduled,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-31
NEWLONDONI IS
 FIRST TO TAKE
 UP P'MANLY ART
Mayor ScuIIy Says, ''Very Good Thing If It Can Be
 Fitted Into Curriculum"
BY JOHN A. CLUNEY

Tn accordance with Americas "all-out" effort during the war emergency toward getting its youth in extra-fine physical fettle for future army or navy maneuvers, New London Bulkeley High school, where Waterbury's Billy O'Brien of Crosby and Connecticut State has been athletic director since 1929 has taken up "the manly art of self defense", with some fifty boys in all four classes participating in the ring sport for the past three weeks.
 Recreation of Waterbury's
 mayor, Vincent A. Scully. and
 the city superintendent of
 schools, pr. Thomas J. Condon.
 toward the information about
 boxing for high school students
 in New London and the chances
 of Waterbury following suit, in
 line with the contact sport"
 program adopted by most Amer
 ican colleges and universities,
 was as follows:
 Mayor Scully said: T believe it is very good thing, if we have the facilities and the means, and the boxing instruction can be fitted into the school curriculum. If it becomes an extra curricula sub- ject, of course, that always presents a problem.
 pr. Condon said: "I am inclined to go slowly in regard to my feeling in the matter, and would prefer to see what others are doing, in addi- ton to New London before express ing an opinion as to its possible adoption in Waterbury"
 Chairman Ray Stone of the Board of Education was unavailable, but, being an ardent boxing fan, he would probably be all for 1t, under the best of conditions, of course, which would include expert instruc- tion by men who not only under stand boxing, but boys, as well.
 How It Started
 At New London Buckeley High, the ring sport was tried out among all four classes of students, because of the interest of J. K. Ballentine a member of the faculty, quite young, but very much alert to tlN problem of handling high schoo boys. Boxing, and the necessary physical requirements to take part in 1t will keep many high school students away from things which will do them much less good than learning how to handle themselves and take care of their bodies" is his idea. A weak body is worth less than nothing against a Jap or Ger man, while the Army has not enough time to get its soldiers in the phys- ical shape they must be to compete physically with the enemy. The Bulkeley boys, ranging in age from l3 and 108 pounds to 19 and 2l0 pounds are taught how to "use their dukes" by Jim Mundell, of Willi- mantle, a professional boxing team leader who is ar ideal man for the situation involved. About 50 boys have turned out for the instruction since its start three weeks ago.
 Several colleges and universities, notably Yale, Fordham and Holy Cross in the east have gone all-out for contact sports such as boxing wrestling, Jiu-jitsu and football since Pearl Harbor.