Sooner State Press (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 35, No. 73, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 1, 1944 Page: 2 of 4
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PAGE TWO
SOONER STATE PRESS
SOONER STATE PRESS
Grace E Ray Editor
'-'PnUiahed weekly January S to Aucuat 7
September 12 to December 24 by the School
of Journalism of the University of Oklahoma
in the interests of the newspaper editors and
publishers of the state to whom it is sent free
of charge
Entered as second class matter at the post
office at Norman Oklahoma and accepted for
mailing at the special rate of postge provided
for in section 1103 Act of October 3 19j7
and authorized August 22 1918
as a morale factor As Mauldin tells it
"That’s when the private started to as-
sert himself” Now that "Joe” -is over-
seas however there isn’t much time to
heckle the officers Joe is busy taking
care of himself
Miss Stephenson Enters
Washington Radio Field
Miss Malvina Stephenson reporter in
Washington for newspapers and syndi-
cates will serve on tnej staff of a new
Washington radio news bureau estab-
lished recently under the supervision of
Ray Henle veteran Washington corre-
spondent and radio commentator Her
picture along with a story was run in
the March 20 Broadcasting magazine
Miss Stephenson' who left a job as re-
porter on the Tulsa Daily World in 1940
to do free-lancing in Washington is en-
tering radio work for the first time She
is corresponding secretary of the Wom-
en’s National Press club
She is a member of the press corps
of Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt She is
a regular correspondent for the Kansas
City Star and Times and Cincinnati
Times-Star and free-lances for a num-
ber of other newspapers and syndicates
She received her master’s degree in jour-
nalism in 1936 from the University of
Oklahoma
SHOP TALK
Miss Mary McKean 1942 graduate of
the University of Oklahoma school of
journalism will take a position with
Press association Inc Associated
Press subsidiary in Memphis April 1
Since graduation she has been news
editor of the Banner-News Magnolia
Ark a graduate assistant in journalism
at the university and reporter for the
Arkansas Gazette Little Rock
With the aid of the Oklahoma City
Times blind Frank Rupert Oklahoma
City found his son William Rupert
Young Rupert was located in California
after the Times referred the case to the
Red Cross in February The son said
he had written to his father but the
letters must have gone astray He was
recently discharged from the army and
had returned to his civilian work with
a carnival
Cpl Bill Logan state senator from
Comanche county during the last legis-
lative session and former reporter for
the Lawton Morning Press has been
transferred to Camp Lee Va Although
Logan could resign from the army due
to the fact he is a public lawmaker ac-
cording to the Sapulpa Herald March
14 he indicated that he did not plan to
try to attend the proposed special ses-
sion to amend the state's election laws
Welty Resigns
As Salvage Chief
Changes in Operation Given
As Reason Citizens Thanked
N D Welty publisher of the Bartles-
ville Examiner and Enterprise has re-
signed effective April 1 as chairman of
the state salvage committee and of the
salvage committee of the state war coun-
cil In the Daily Oklahoman March 26
Welty was quoted as
follows: "Changes
in the plan of opera-
tion plus changes in
the activities of the
salvage division of
the war production
board leave no place
for an active state or
war council salvage
committee”
Welty directed the
original newspaper
scrap drive in the
fall of 1942 and had
N D Welty been connected with
the salvage program
as a non-salaried chairman since that
time In praising people of the state for
their interest in the scrap drives Welty
also commended Governor Kerr and
others for their co-operation
Harrison Explains Error
Regarding His Promotion
Lieut Col Walter M Harrison man-
aging editor of the Daily Oklahoman and
Times who was unofficially reported
promoted to rank of colonel filled his
old column the Tiny Times March 22
to explain how the erroneous report was
sent that he had been promoted
Recently in Honolulu while Harrison
was rushing around to buy the oak leaf
insignia that he had forgotten to wear
he met Capt Millard S Purdy former
Times reporter and Purdy somehow
jumped to the conclusion that Harrison
was shopping for the eagle insignia
Harrison said he was partly to blame
for the error and praised Purdy as a re-
porter Ad Managers to Meet
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tion to speak on "Ads That Sell in War-
time” Speakers who have definitely ac-
cepted include George Biggs manager
of sales and promotion for the Conti-
nental Oil Co Ponca City who will talk
on "Moving Ahead” and Tubbs whose
topic is "Political Advertising”
April 5 Deadline for
Editorial Entries
Wednesday April 5 is the dead-
line for entries in the first of the 1944
series of editorial contests of the
Oklahoma Press association spon-
sored by the Oklahoma Natural
Gas Co according to Vernon T
Sanford secretary-manager Edi-
torials published in January Feb-
ruary or March may be entered A
dozen entries have already been received
Impson Defeats
Misenheimer In
Pittsburg County
Hiram Impson editor and publisher
of the McAlester Democrat was nomi-
nated as Democratic candidate in the
race for Pittsburg county representative
to the state legisla-
ture office No 2
March 24 Impson
received 1147 votes
from the 80 pre-
cincts in the county
M L Misen-
heimer McAlester
publisher of the
Kiowa Chronicle
placed second with
a total of 32 7 votes
The election was to
fill a vacancy created
when Aiden Allen
resigned because he Hiram Impson
had moved his resi-
dence to Tulsa
All candidates were Democrats and
although Impson has no Republican op-
position an election must be held
throughout the county on April 4
275 Inches Placed
In Eastern Papers
By Central Office
Two hundred seventy-five inches of
advertising were placed by the Oklahoma
Press association in every paper in the
second congressional district according
to Vernon T Sanford secretary-manager
"This is the biggest political ad-
vertising year that region ever had” said
Sanford when he returned from Musko-
gee Roy J Curtis editor of the Stigler
News-Sentinel managed E O Clark’s
campaign for congress and -Wheeler
Mayo publisher of the Sequoyah County
Times Sallisaw directed W G Stigler’s
while the press association placed ads
for both '
George B Parker Heads
Clapper Memorial Group
George B Parker editor-in-chief of
Scripps-Howard papers Washington
D G and former editor of the Oklahoma
News Oklahoma City has been elected
president of the Raymond Clapper me-
morial association
The association which will be operat-
ed with contributions from newspapers
and readers will present an annual
award of a gold medal and if funds per-
mit a sum of cash to a Washington
newspaper writer who in the previous
year in the opinion of the association
emulated the high ideals held by Clapper
in his reporting
New Feature Used
The Waurika News-Democrat intro-
duced "Unkle Hank” an illustrated fea-
ture to its readers March 24 The char-
acter noted for his witty sayings is be-
ing sponsored by an advertiser
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