Sooner State Press (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 34, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 14, 1942 Page: 3 of 4
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SOONER STATE PRESS
PAGE THREE
State Newspapers in Wartime
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Under the heading “ Newspapers in Wartime Sooner State Press
will carry from time to time accounts of changes in state-publications -caused
by the war and methods employed by publishers to meet war prob -lems
Contributions from publishers are invited
THE BINGER JOURNAL pub-
lished by Mrs J H Sellars jr was re-
duced from a full-size publication to a
tabloid format with the issue of March 5
Mrs Sellars announced that the
change was being made in order to
carry out the government’s order to con-
serve the present supply of paper
“Since the declaration of war” Mrs
Sellars wrote “newspapers of small
towns have lost practically all of their
national advertising which amounted to
about 50 percent of the business Since
local businessmen seem reluctant about
supporting the paper the Journal has
found it necessary in order to stay in
business to cut expenses to the bone
We believe that with the new size we
can handle all advertising and local
news”
- THE NAMES of 14 former employes
of the Sayre Daily Headlight-Journal
now serving in the United States armed
forces are listed on an honor roll printed
under the newspaper’s masthead
Men on the honor roll are Earvil D
Hardwick Everett Jillson Bill Bates
Fred Dean Marvin Brewer William
Tipton O J McDowell jr Ray Farrell
Wallace Farrell Odell Hill Frank Bark-
er Orville Barker Wilbert D Bryan
and Frank H Spence
IN A MOVE designed to meet chang-
ing conditions the Hollis Weekly News
published by Richard F Dudley has
adopted a new rule requiring advertisers
to have their copy in the newspaper on
the Tuesday afternoon preceding the
Thursday on which the paper is issued
“Heretofore many merchants have
waited until the last minute before sub-
mitting their advertising copy to the
printer’ the newspaper said “These
merchants unknowingly have caused
much confusion in the office and have
caused the paper to be late thereby de-
priving readers of the opportunity of
taking advantage of the specials adver-
tised herein”
IN SPITE of the paper shortage M
D Townley publisher of the Fairview
News has announced that the News will
be kept at its regular size “except on
occasions when circumstances over
which we have no control compel us to
reduce temporarily”
Townley warned readers however
that the mailing list will be confined to
actual paid-in-advance subscriptions
“The success of your paper” he wrote
“is something for you to take a hand in
It is your part to keep your paper paid
for or fail to get the paper This is and
has been the correct policy war or no
war It is now compulsory”
TO OBTAIN detailed information
about local youths in the armed forces
the Perry Daily Journal the Woodward
Daily Press the Sayre Daily Headlight-
Journal and other newspapers are pub-
lishing long questionnaires seeking bio-
graphical material from relatives or
friends
The questionnaires include blanks for
the age place of birth names of the
closest of kin education occupation and
military service
Most state papers are carrying regu-
lar columns devoted to activities of local
men ifl'the 'army navy marines or coast
guard
Wimberly to Establish
Headquarters for OEM
Headquarters for the branch infor-
mation division of the Office of Emer-
gency Management were being estab-
lished in Oklahoma City this week by
Harrington Wimberly publisher of the
Altus Times-Democrat who has been
appointed information director
Wimberly conferred with officials in
Washington D C last week regard-
ing the duties of the job and the services
he could render as director of informa-
tion He decided definitely to accept the
position after discussing the matter in
Washington
Wimberly said his area probably will
include other states besides Oklahoma
The branch office will be a clearing
house for information concerning the
various war boards and offices
Army's Reception Center
Paper Enters Second Year
The Processor weekly publication of
the army reception center at Fort Sill
began its second year with the issue of
March 4
The initial publication was a mimeo-
graphed paper issued under the guid-
ance of Evans T Moseley and Ralph C
Shea army chaplains William Gwyn
who edited and developed the publica-
tion during its first seven months now
is a cavalry officer at Fort Riley Kan
The Processor is a four-page news-
paper in tabloid format It is published
by 'the Army News Publishing Co a
civilian enterprise at Lawton News mat-
ter is provided by the Fort Sill public
relations office
Raymond B Axton Enid this week
was named editor of the Maverick stu-
dent paper at Northern Oklahoma Jun-
ior college at Tonkawa He will serve
for five weeks Other staff members in-
clude J Guy Ziegler Ponca City sports
editor Kathleen Cheek Tonkawa Eva
Mae -Copeland Three Sands and Boyd
Wilborn Blackwell news editors and
Carl Brown Ponca City assistant sports
editor
News Photography
Group Will Meet
At O U March 22
A special business meeting of the
Southwest News Photographers associ-
ation will be held at the University of
Oklahoma Sunday March 22 Paul
Threlfall Wichita (Kan)' Beacon presi-
dent announced this week
The principal matters to be discussed
will be a program for the coming year
renewal of memberships and problems
created by the war A decision will be
made Threlfall said on whether to hold
a midyear meeting and election of offi-
cers will be discussed
In the past the annual business meet-
ing has been held during the news pho-
tography short course held at the uni-
versity but since the course was sus-
pended this year other arrangements are
being made by the association
“The cancellation of the short course”
Threlfall wrote in his meeting call “is
definitely not the dropping of business
for the SNPA”
Threlfall requested that all officers at-
tend the Norman meeting and urged as
many members to attend as possible
Those planning to attend have been
asked to notify Truman Pouncey execu-
tive secretary assistant professor of
journalism at the university
The business meeting is scheduled to
start at 1 pm in the Press building on
the university campus
H A Rausch Mailing Room
Employe Is Taken by Death
" H A Rausch employe in the mailing
department of the Oklahoma Publishing
Co Oklahoma City for 42 years died
March 9 at his home of a heart ailment
He was 67 years old
Rausch was born in Baltimore Md
and went to Oklahoma City in 1900
He served in the navy during the Spanish-American
war Rausch was a mem-
ber of the typographical union and of
the United Spanish-American War vet-
erans Surviving relatives are two daughters
Miss Grace Rausch and Miss Elizabeth
Rausch and a sister Miss Emma
Rausch all of Oklahoma City
Hearing Is Set on Petition
To Suspend Express Service
A hearing on a petition of the Magic
Empire Express owned by the Tulsa
World to suspend service in 15 state
towns has been set for April 16 by the
state corporation commission The com-
pany was ordered to continue service
at least until that date
The company sought to discontinue
service in the towns because the reve-
nue failed to meet the expenses The
towns are Rose Leach Oakes Konawa
Canadian Crowder McAlester Krebs
Blocker Featherston Quinton Kinta
Bernice Cromwell and Prague
Truett Stanfield acting associate edi-
tor of the Panhandle a News-Herald
Guymon since last April was called to
active service with the United States
naval reserve March 2
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Brown, Charles H. Sooner State Press (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 34, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 14, 1942, newspaper, March 14, 1942; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1827028/m1/3/?q=Quinton: accessed July 9, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.