Sooner State Press (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 2, 1932 Page: 3 of 4
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SOONER STATE PRESS
PAGE THREE
® FOURTH ESTATE BRIEFS FOR OKLAHOMA
Mary A Miller publisher of the Ver-
den News issued volume 27 number
52 of the News March 25
The Tulsa Tribune published a spe-
cial Brown-Dunkin section March 25
Richard Lloyd Jones rs editor
The Mangum Daily Star published
by L J Miner issued a spring open-
ing and special Easter edition March
24
“Heel Toe and A 1 2 3 4” an art-
icle by George Milburn Norman was
printed in the April American Mer-
cury The Wewoka Times-Democrat is-
sued a special electrical show section
March 24 Richard Elam is publisher
and R V Peterson editor
A home products edition of the Ok-
mulgee Times-Democrat was issued
March 29 H H Horton is editor and
general manager
The El Reno Tribune has maintained
an average of 200 local stories a week
for the last eight weeks Paul R Wade
is news editor
derwent an operation March 26 at the
Mormngside hospital in Tulsa Physi-
cians reported her condition favorable
Mrs Kates who is 66 years old be-
came a greatgrandmother March 16
when a baby girl was born to Mr and
Mrs W R Kinney of Claremore
“When we write anything about
anybody in particular” says Lee I
“Red” Seward publisher of the Ellis
County Capital Arnett in a recent edi-
torial “we call names and point the
victim out regardless of size and num-
ber of notches on his gun”
In a list of 162 weekly newspapers in
the United States which have begun
the use of readyprint during the past
three months are included the King-
ston News Yalliant Tribune and We-
woka Mirror The list was printed in
the Publishers’ Auxiliary March 26
The Wagoner Tribune and Record-
Democrat were printed in the new
dress of 7!4 point Ionic type March
23 and March 25 respectively Jim
Biggerstaff is editor of the Record-
Democrat and Grant Harris the Tribune
P B Ellington has been added to the
staff of the Mayes County Democrat
Pryor as a solicitor for subscriptions
Newt S Graham is editor
The Sayre Headlight was published
daily during the cooking school from
March 29 to April 1 Papers were de-
livered by special carriers in Elk City
Erick Cheyenne and Carter
An article on Governor William H
Murray entitled “Alfalfa Bill” written
by Jack Spanner was published in the
April number of the North American
Review
Fred G Logan editor of the Morri-
son Transcript for several years may
enter the race for republican nomina-
tion for congressman-at-large the Lin-
coln County Leader Tryon stated
March 24
S S Wallace former business man-
ager of the Oklahoma News Okla-
homa City now business manager of
the Buffalo Times Scripps-Howard
newspaper arrived in Oklahoma City
recently for a two-weeks visit
The Solution for the Depression”
was the subject of an address given by
Oscar Ameringer editor of the Ameri-
can Guardian Oklahoma City at a
niass meeting in the high school at
t-astfe Okfuskee county March 27
Harry B Rutledge Norman field
manager of the Oklahoma Press asso-
ciation talked on “The Newspaper the
people s University” at a luncheon ol
he Oklahoma City chapter of thc
American Association of Engineers ir
Oklahoma City March 26
1 Mrs A L Kates wife of the :
her of the Claremore Progress
“The Ardmore Democrat is two
years old today” Herbert J Pate edi-
tor said in the issue of March 24 “We
enter volume 3 with all the vim vigor
and vitality of a husky youngster in
anticipation of further growth and
achievement”
Jack High Oklahoma City and Earl
Sneed Jr Tulsa were elected editor
and business manager respectively of
the 1933 Sooner yearbook of the Uni-
versity of Oklahoma Norman recent-
ly Herbert Fisher Tulsa is editor and
Sam Nowlin Norman is business man-
ager of the 1932 Sooner
Clarence Roberts editor of the Okla-
homa Farmer-Stockman Oklahoma
City spoke in Grandfield March 28 on
tax reduction H N Patterson editor
of the Grandfield Enterprise writes
that Roberts is to make a study of Till-
man county government with the ob-
ject of making suggestions for reduc-
tions R M McCool Norman state demo-
cratic chairman former part owner of
the Johnston County Capital-Democrat
Tishomingo announced his can-
didacy March 26 for democratic nomi-
nation for the United States senate
McCool said that for the time being he
will not resign the democratic chair-
manship Luther Harrison editorial writer for
the Daily Oklahoman Oklahoma City
spoke before the Pauls Valley Rotary
club March 24 on the state tax ques-
tion Mrs Harrison was also a guest
of the club W M Erwin editor of
the Pauls Valley Enterprise said edi-
torially “Harrison one of the best pub-
lic speakers in the state is unusually
well informed on the matter of taxes
and the various reform measures that
have been proposed some of which are
now being tried” Jesse Alexander pub-
lisher of the Pauls Valley Democrat
wrote: “Harrison is rated as one of the
best public speakers in Oklahoma and
amply sustained his reputation before
the Rotary club”
The name of F H Blackford was
carried in the masthead of the Hominy
Journal as editor and publisher March
24 Blackford is former manager of the
Stigler News-Sentinel one of the news-
papers of the East Oklahoma Publish-
ing company Blackford succeeds Mrs
Lula Casey former owner and pub-
lisher of the Hominy Journal
Among the state newspapers which
publish women's pages are the Marlow
Review Seminole Morning News
Chickasha Daily Express Walters
Herald Okmulgee Times-Democrat
Blackwell Morning Tribune Boise
City News Daily Oklahoman and
Oklahoma City Times Tulsa Tribune
Tulsa World Oklahoma News Okla-
homa City and Enid Events
‘The 666 salve contest recently con-
ducted owes most of its success to
newspaper advertising” the Monticello
Drug company Jacksonville Fla re-
cently wrote to the Chandler News-
Publicist “No radio or billboards were
used in this campaign This contest was
of national scope and thousands of en-
tries were received from every state in
the Union”
Charles O Frye editor of the Wa-
tonga Republican recently blew out a
tire on his car while on the way to
Sallisaw Remembering a tire sale ad-
vertisement in the Henryetta News
which he receives on the exchange list
he drove on to Henryetta before buy-
ing a tire according to the News
March 25 Bailey Harris and Olm Per-
kins publishers of the News are con-
vinced that"advertislng! paytf
R Marsden Bellatti son of C R
Bellatti publisher of the Blackwell
Tribune was named president of Sig-
ma Delta Chi professional journalistic
fraternity at the University of Okla-
homa Norman March 29 following
the resignation of Bill Moore Nowata
Moore has been employed as police re-
porter on the Daily Oklahoman but
will continue his university course un-
til June when he is to receive a bache-
lor of arts degree
he Hi-Jinx edited by Lloyd New
published weekly by the Jenks
i school won first place in the
leographed class in the contests of
Columbia Scholastic Press associa-
which met recently in New i ork
The Hi-Jinx placed third last
The association founded by Ui-
ia University is made up of high
ols in the United States and the
ritories The paper is in its sixth
- of publication
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