The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
Walter WincheII
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 There's A good movie sequence ni the manner in Walcn Jonn CroS9s svete-an New Iork crime repoEtelJ ycoopeu nls colleagues on Jne lOu- erRaa muroeg case CrQsoy ar ranged with a police contact to Up him of when LOnergan confessed. The cooe to be used was: "lt's ram ing ike hell" Three hours be- fore the confession the police ol- slcial passed Crosby on the stars at police headquarters ana said casu- ally: Tt looks like rain" Crosuy notified h4s city desk, and a iron. page was made up-reporting thai Lonergan had confeSsed-and was held for release.
 An hour later the same police of- ficial passed by and sad: Its raining like hell" Crosby phoneo his editor, and a few minutes later the paper hit the streets with teh confession story - two hours before any of the rival newspapers had it.!
 COlyumist Marquis Childs' obit about editor Oliver K. Bovard re- called the time FDR steam-rollered Ali Landon When the electoral totals were wired into his office, Bovard posted them on the bulletin board with an observation that has become a classic: ""I7he country 523; The Country Club g."
 Anyone aware of Laval'S abysmal Ignorance would not be surprised when he turned out to be traitor When Laval was Frances s Foreign Minister, Alex Werth tThe Manchester Guardians Paris boy) revealed Laval never kept informed about foreign events He didn't even know the names of any British or American newspapers!
 Some scoops are generated by hard work; others are produced by ingenuity; many are the result ot good luck During the 1920 Re- pub convention, party leaders held an all-night conference in a Chi cago hotel room in an effort to pick d candidate they would all support
 At 2 ayem one of the politicos came out of the room and noticed a reporter hanging around in the lobby He informed him: ''They are going to try to put over Senator Harding" That was the first big beat scored by the young re- porter, who later became one oi Americas finest colyumists-Ray Clapper.
 Some editors are still pushovers for the Rankin Committees flap iawing. This group is more con- cerned with nabbing headlines than nabbing un-Americans The Dies Committee was also a slick headline-hunter. At one time Dies announced he would question leaders of a major political party because @ subversive group used the riaroes of the party's national com Initteemen in their propaganda . Dies wanted to know how they got those names. It resulted in rash of front-page yarns .. Only a minority of gazettes were not hood winked by Dies publicity pitch they pointed out that anyone can get the names of every party's na- lonal committeeman from the World Almanac!
 Quote suitable for every newspa- ferman's office: Thomas Jefferson once said: If a people had to be without newspapers or without gov ernment, they would do better with out government"
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