Evening star., 1949-11-10
Star Makes History
As 120-Page Edition
Sets Weekday Mark

ldISeSt Weekday paper III tIle NJ
year history of The Star. A check
of available records did not dis
close a larger weekday, full-size
newspaper printed anywhere, ex-
cepting special editions.
It outstrips by 80 pages The
Stars former high mark of SO
full-size pages last February 81
The newspaper printed an even
100 pages on July IA, but "a OF
them were in a half-size tabloid
section.
Today's newspaper, weighing
pound, 1872 ounces. grew to its
eight-section bulk without specia,
planning. It sells for S cents
although the paper in one cop,
cost The Star about 9 cents.
It is the result of a combination
OF factors that can be circled or
any calendar: No. 1.-The Gov.
ernment worker holiday tomor.
row - Armistice Day followed
by the usual advantages of Satur-
day. present an excellent two-day
attraction for shoppers: No. Q
The autumn buying season is here
and No. 3-This Is pay week for
Government employees.
800 Columns of Ads.
Weighing these. factors, more
than $50 Washington advertisers
and numerous national and CLASH
fed advertisers, had a mass re-
action that. totaled about 250,0OO
advertising lines, filing about 812
columns of this newspaper.
Unlike the war years and i'm
mediate postwar years, when
similar opportunities arose, the
advertisers were not. restricted by
a newsprint shortage.
Paper was available to meet
abnormal demands such as the
approximately $40 rolls and zoo
tons the presses consumed in
today's editions-enough paper to
stretch in a inch strip from
here to the vicinity of Fargo, N.
D., 1879 miles away.
Many mechanical problems arose
in setting up the record run. Not
least among them was the job of
getting the papers through the
presses, onto the trucks and into
the homes on time.
Double collect Run"
The pressroom problem was
solved by running off 56 pages
between 5:45 am. and $50 am.
The other sections, consisting of
the remaining 81 pages. were to
be run off between 10:45 am. and
$50 pm.
1t was the first time that press
men manning the giant webs were
called on to make a double "col-
lect run" A collect run" is neces-
sary any time The Star prints
more than 48 pages. On a collect
run" a newspaper is turned out
with each revolutionsof a cylinder
carrying the page plates. This is
Just half the production possible
on papers of 48 pages or less.
= A crew of 100 men, 20 more
than usual. was needed to "in-
sert" the first run of the paper
into the second-f1nal step before
delivery or mailing.
A prodigious amount of crude
materials went into the product
Eighteen tons OF metal were
poured for the moulding Of anl
proximately 720 plates for tfs
press. Linotype operators : set
about 10000 pounds of metal tc
go into the page forms. More
than 7,100 pounds of ink or an.
proximately 800 gallons were usec
on the presses.
Employs 135 Vehicles.
Mechanical departments met
the problem with full crews
Stereotypers who usually report
at 8 am. were called in at 2:3c
am. One hundred and thirty.
hVe vehicles, including 81 trucks
and four tractor trailers, rolled
through the streets in the collec-
ton OF news and the distribution
ct newspapers.
For the carriers, the lob ap-
proximated that of delivering
Sunday papers, which run tc
about $50 pages including all
feature sections, and boil down
to about 1872 fu1l-size pages. The
paper was nearly a pound heavier
than a 151a-ounce 64-page paper
a size that has good standine
when fat newspapers are men
toned.
Back on December IA, 1923
the Star printed 70 pages for the
first time. The first s0-page
paper was published Decembe,
"A. 1928, and on October ii. 1898
there was 90-page paper, but
1t contained 16-page tabloic
section.
on December is, 1902, the
Golden Anniversary edition con.
sisted OF ia pages, A of which
were tabloid-size.
TrioI Of Mrs. Modsen