Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-12-26

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AN EDITORIAL
It is the policy of The Ottawa County News to ignore
a man when ne makes public fool of himself, but so
many friends have called attention to article writ
ten by Walter Pegle Krupp in last weeks Herald that
1--WE deemed it proper to comment edltorally
Because The NEWS circulation is so much larger than
the Herads reprnting this the articles
iquestion all people may become acquainted with tao
tics used by Mr.. Krupp to misgude Herald readers.
What Mr. Krpp writes, says, and does is his business
And suppose if he persists in making spectacle OF
himself that, too, is his business.
Mr. Krupp's out-dated style of writing long has been
open of amusement for in the profession
His frequent character assassinations frowned
upon by newspapermen who pride themselves objective
reporting and by those who have conscientious desire
to uphold the lofty standards of American Journalism
The people of Port Clinton have been subjected to Mr.
Krupps crude style of scandalmongerng and character
searng for the past years and through the years
many have been duped into believing the distorted facts
and halftruths he has written about those who have
dared not agree with of his opinonated IDEAS
Until two years ago when The NEWS adopted vgor
policy defender of the public rights Mr. Krupp had
things pretty much his way.
He had himself up sort of town moderator and
through the columns OF his yellow buled any who
might not agree with his personal whims he gradually
became and intoxicated with the superficial
power that the facilities of his press provided.
Finally reached the point where dared to speak
lest he become the next victim of the character assassin
After ALL Mr. Krupp not only had the first word-but
also the last
Everything going along just dandy for Mr. Krupp
-. and then Clancy lowered the boom. Along The
NEWS with it's change of policy Beginning two years
ago, the public finally had Voice. Mr. Krupps kingdom
began to crumbe
,s# The NEWS circulation has grown and grown. Today
the No. Newspaper in Ottawa County, primar-
lily because people have taken out subscriptions by
the hundreds in mass demonstration of strenuous in
tense objections to the Hearsan scandalongerng and
bullying tactics of The Herald.
The people, of course, entitled to know why the
publisher of The NEWS, recently reelected to third
straight term in the Ohio General Assembly, has not
lively supported the suggested conversion of Camp Perry
into permanent penitentiary
Briefly here
y The state of Ohio is not now-nor has it benin
the market for pen site; the program has
been anything but to expand existing facilities.
III p The whole idea originated with Mayor Becker who
best known for his wisecracks and entertaining qualities
3) Proponents of the project failed contact either
military welfare officials to learn whether not Camp
Perry would fit into their plans before it sprung
the public
~ National Defense in these critical days paramount
to everything else Military authorities best qualified
to determine what should be done with Camp Perry.
81 We possess knowledge involving Camp Perry that
cannot be dvuged at this time because of it's classified
nature. Eventually military conditions will permit this
information to become publicly known and reluctance
bhndly support the Perry Pen ideaprior to full
poration of the facts-w be justified and our stand
completely vindicated.
- In the interim Mr. Krupp and his political puppets
probably will continue to and rant
Meanwhile propose to go about business of serv
Ing the best interests of all the people of Ottawa County
FL ladron cree que todos son de profession.
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