The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-02-16
MARYLAND PRESS
ASSOCIATION

At its annual meeting February 10
at Baltimore, the Maryland Press
Association, largely composed OF
weekly newspaper publishers, reaf-
firmed its conviction of the impor-
lance of weekly newspapers, from the
standpoint of community and nation
al welfare, and adopted broad edu-
cational program pointed to improve
ment in services rendered to subscrib-
ers and advertisers.
All officers and members of the
board of governors were reelected as
follows P. G. Stomberg, Ellicott
City TIMES, president; Murray j.
Ewing, Elkton CECIL WING, vice.
president; c. E. Bray, Easton STAR
DEMOCRAT, secretary and treasur-
err; and as board members, Leo M.
Moore, Havre de Grace DEMOCRAT
&c LEDGER; William S. Collins,
Chestertown TRANSCRIPT; G. Ar
thur Mcdaniel, fredericksburg TIMES;
l.. A. Andrus, Centreville RECORD
OBSERVER; and j. d. Worthington,
Bel Air AEGIS. G. w. Sample, direc-
tor of information and publications
at the University of Maryland, was
chosen as field manager to assist the
association with it's development pro-
gram.
Several high government officials
addressed the publishers, including;
U. S. Senator George l.. Radcliffe,
d l.
more Mayor Theodore R. McKeldin,
John S. White, speaker of the Mary
land House of Delegates. Other ad-
dresses were made by DR.. H. C. Byrd
president of the University, and Gen
eral Philip Hayes, commandant OF
the Third Service Command. Senator
Willard E. Tydings telegraphed Pres
ident Stromberg his regrets OF not
being able to leave Washington for
the meeting because of the pressure
of government business.
The principal speaker at the lunch
con was Arthur H. Duete. He pointed
out that his years of experience in
handling advertising had proved the
Importance of advertising in weekly
newspapers. He paid tribute to the
weekly newspaper publishers for the
services they were rendering tkeir re-
spective communities.
DR.. Byrd emphasized that contin-
ued progress in the publishing OF
weekly newspapers will depend upon
the enthusiasm and cooperation OF
the publishers to work together as a
unit. He said any program of devel-
opment, such as the one being adopt
ed by the publishers in cooperation
with the University of Maryland,
must be based upon the ideal of ser
vice.
General Hayes declared, You
have been generous with space ode
voted to recruiting Army nurses and
WACs) and the results have been
good. But the fact that returning
casualties from overseas are now
reaching this country at the rate o.
about $4,000 month, leaves the
Army still in the position of requir-
ing hundreds of additional women
recruits 5. can assure you that
that is not an old story, but one
that is new and still news"
He reported that as Of last Friday
there were 359,24S prisoners of wal
in the country, including 305,86i
Germans, 50,561 Italians, and 2,S2C
Japanese, and these are held in 1875
base camps and 308 branch camps,
some of which are located in Mary
land. He spoke about the use made
of these captured enemy soldiers il.
helping Maryland farmers and EN-
phasized that the prisoners were moi
coddled but were handled in accord
ance with the international laws OF
the Geneva Conference.