The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-19


 They didn't want to lose the Italian Gov't's tourist advertising.
 Here is a nifty example of the power of the press One day, two reporters named Ted Lewis and Wil- Ham P. Kerby decided to make" a story on a dull afternoon by having Congressman insert a 10 per cent profit limit in a big Navy bill Because of that, they saved American taxpayers Q few hundred million dollarsI
 Barry Paris of INS once pointed out why reporters should never pigeonhole their stories He said: Stories are like vegetables. Use them quickly or they spoil"
 He was blind But every day he had his secretary read every item in a newspaper. He wanted to know what page an item was printed on, how much space did it fill, how much was devoted to l:aad- lines, what were the cross- .eads were any boxes used, what about the illustrations. He also had to know the same about other papers And that's the way one of Americas greatest publishers guided one of the country's greatest news- papers for many years .. His name Joseph Pulitzer. The newspaper: The N. Y. World.
 James Gordon Bennett once re- ceived the following letter from a reader: Dear MT. Bennett: Our church is in dire financial straits We have tried everything to keer it going: fairs, festivals, parties mock marriages and socials. But nothing seems to help. Will you please tell me what else we can try to keep our poor church from disbanding?" Bennett replied: Why not try religion?"
 The recent meeting of Benito and Adolf recalls the tactics used by some newspapers in occupied T1a- tions-which almost drove the Nazis nuts Every time Adolf and Benito met, or the Nazis made other important news, dailies in the oc- cupied countries didn't mention the event Instead of printing any news on their main news pages they filled the space with photos ot dogs.
 A small town editor was once iin- pressed by the way dailies print hourly bulletins when 8 famous person is i'll. He decided to adopt similar technique. So when Dea- con wilkins of his town became seri- ously i'll, he posted bulletins in front of his office:
 "l D. m. Deacon Wilkins seriously ill."
 "2 D. m. Condition of Deacon Wil. kins takes a turn for the worse.'
 "3:30 D. m. Deacon Wilkins has died and gone to Heaven"
 A short time later, the village wag passed by and added 8 bulle. tin of his own. "4:00 p. m. Great excitement in Heaven! Deacon Will kins has not yet arrived"
 Nazi propagandists keep repeat ing that they love peace. Ever. time Hitler or another Nazi make a speech, they insist that they ar' peaceful. And the tragic part O this is that this propaganda bull let aimed at America was manu factured by an American pres agent! When the Nazis frs came to power they never stopped boasting to the outside world abou their warlike attitude .. But wher this press agent was in Germany he told the Nazis to base theil propaganda on disarmament anc peace You've probably guessed his name-Ivy Lee And so i was this tip by press agent tha made many Americans and people in other democracies believe Nazi' really wanted peace. Strange as i seems, we might not have had z war if democracies weren't lulled tt sleep by Nazi peace talk.
 No newspaper stuff would b' complete without one story concern. ing Horace Greeley. So here 1t is While feuding with a rival editor the competitor stated that he knev Greeley was influenced by powerful interests Greeley sent his riva this note: "Yes, think you're right But please keep my wife's name out of thiS"!