Evening star., 1947-04-21
Six New AP Directors
To Be Chosen Today
Al Annual Session
By The Assoeiofed Press

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ciated Press said today that the
news cooperative had made
many advances In both its do
mestic and world services In 1916.
The report was presented at the
annual meeting of the Associated
Press in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
The members elected Is associate
members to regular membership and
were slated to ballot after lunch
con recess on six directorships.
Five directors whose terms expire
were renominated but sixth, Frank
B. Noyes, is retiring after 54 years
service. Mr.. Moves, president ol
The Washington Star, was president
of the Associated Press from 1906
to 1888.
Service Is Improved.
The directors said In their repor1
that continuous progress was made
Ia 1916 against background oi
economic and political upheavals
In the world.
Important steps were taken tt
improve the news and newsphote
services" the board said. Historic
events were covered and handled
with distinction by a staff that com.
pleted a shift from wartime tt
peacetime operation without &
hitch.
Periods of domestic crisis and
controversy periodically dominated
the news report during 1916. AS
ISOLATED Press coverage approached
a model of impartislity and obiec-
tivity. Along with balanced stories
on controversial subjects. back
ground stories of what the news
meant in clear, objective terms were
developed"
Developments Noted.
The board noted these develop
ments during 1916:
The greatest wirephoto expansion
In the associations history with a
total of 1,01S participants in the
various categories of wirephoto
service;
Extension of regional wirephoto
coverage to Illineis, making three
State networks, the others being
Iowa and Michigan;
Inaugura ton of a national all
Organization of five new affili-
ates, each carrying the name OF the
Associated Press and owned BY 1t,
in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Den
mark and Belgium;
Expansion of the American
trained staff abroad;
Formation of continuing study
committees by the AP Managing
Editors Association which the board
termed "a salutary STEP comment
ing that "only with the constant CO.
operation and constructive guidance
Of the entire membership can the
management continue to meet the
challenge of modern demands.
Facsimile Experiments Made.
During the year the board said
It authorized use of AP news on
facsimile and television broadcast
experiments but made no commit
naents respecting these media of dis
tribution.
The board said 1t had given con-
tinuing consideration to problems
arising from use of AP news for
voice broadcasting and was work.
Ing out radio assessment formula
1.-The Associated Press has made
far more rapid progress in this COM
paratively new and highly technical
field than 1t made in the early years
Of the present assessment plan for
newspapers, assessments for which
also had to be fixed arbitrarily in
the beginning" the report said.
The present assessment plan for
newspapers has benefited by
changes through 40 years of ex-
perience."
During 1946 there was net gain
Of 81 member newspapers.
The vote for directors will not be
announced until tonight.
Election of Directors.
Mr.. Moves, who is 83, was selected
by the nominating committee to
succeed himself, but he asked that
his name be withdrawn. The COM
mittee substituted the name of B.
M, McKelway, editor of The Wash
ington Star.
Other directors whose terms ex-
pire and who were renominated
are: Robert Mclean, Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin: George F. Booth.
Worcester (Mass) Telegram: Paul
Patterson, Baltimore Sun; E. H.
Butler, Buffalo Evening News, and
Josh L. Horne, Rocky Mount IN. c.
Telegram.
Others nominated: w. H, Cowles,
tr., Spokane Spokesman Review:
Buell. w. Hudson. Woonsocket Eve
ming Call: John S. Knight, Chicago
Daily News; Norman Chandler, Los
Angeles Times; Mark Ethridge,
Louisville, Courier journal. and
n. J. Powell. Cof1eyville Journal.
Mr.. Horne and Mr.. Powell are
nominees for a director for cities
Of less than $4,000 population.
Is Members Elected.
The Is associate members elected
to regular membership are:
Afternoon. papers Flagstaff
(Ariz) Daily Sun; North Hollywood
(CalifD Valley Times: Cartersville
(Ga) Tribune News; Liberal (KansD
Southwest Daily Times, Neodesha
(Kans.) Daily Sun: Flat River tMo.)
st. Francois County Journal, West
Plains (MoD Quill; Fairbury (Nebr.)
News Gazette; Kearney (Nebr)
Hub: Bucyrus (Ohio) Telegraph
Forum. and Arlington CVa1 Daily.
Morning papers-Batesville (Ark1
Daily News, and Erie (Pao Sun.
Afternoon and Sunday papers
East st. Louis (1llD Journal. and
New Iberia Ua9 Iberian-Enter-
prise. :
Tom C. Gooch of the Dallas Times
Herald. chairman of the Nominat-
tr1e Committee. told the meeting
that Mr.. Powell had asked that his
be withdrawn since he
had left the newspaper business
Howard C. Rice of the Brattle-
boro Cvto Reformer then was NOM
mated from the floor in MIR. Powell's
place for the post of director for
cities of less than $4,000 population.
The meeting adopted unanimously
q change in the bylaws stating that
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