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3" With the largest attendance in re- war. He said: “If you know the runs, said. He said now many of the smaller 13:33: 33; 33‘1“:
Jtent years, the 75th annual mid-winter hits and errors of a baseball game, then nations of Europe are asking. “W 11 y .33 "*‘33 i3 .
3meeting of the Kentucky Press Associa— you have a good idea as to the out— can’t I be a member?" He explained 3,‘3‘
tion at the Brown Hotel, Louisville. come.” that Canada, Australia, India and the ,3 '33
was called to order by President Armen— A. Y. Aronson, managing editor of others are not bound by any govern- ' t," 3‘
trout. 'Invocation was asked by the Rev. the Louisville Times, talking on “The mental ties as, “The King has no con- 3, 3 '
Charles W. VVelch, pastor of the Fourth Press Faces a Critical Year," said the trol over them and very little in Eng— 3 3, 3 53:1] _
Avenue Presbyterian Church. The edi— war—born difficulties do not present a land.” i353 V '
' tors were given the traditional key to crisis to newspapers, but rather a chal- Former Louisville Mayor, William B. _* 3 J'3ii 5:313 '
the city with some sound legal advice lenge for better service and improved Harrison, now president of the Louis- it‘i3iligi"
on its use by Assistant City Attorney management. ville Industrial Foundation, and chair- 3*" i9 :3'J '
,Lawrence G. Duncan, who spoke in the “All we have to do to avoid trouble,” man for the Eighth Federal Reserve Dis- '.. ' 3 5,
absence of Mayor “‘yatt. Response was he said, "is to quit trying to get out our trict counties in Kentucky for the Com- '1‘3 31633 31 " 3,3 '.
Siren by Vice-President Joe Richardson. papers the old way under new condi- mittees of Economic Development, said 3 3 3 J'
, Following his annual address, Presi— tions.” conversion of industry from the war "3 :3 3
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I“ - Pamtstllle Herald WIS Seebree Banner. hausted' yet I begin to suspect that b ' l til ,
31 0m“ R. lett, 58 years old and the father of sev- th's t' I t 1 'h l _3 i Z. i ,
he National en sons, all of whom survive with the Newspaper Contest Committee: Miss I ime you 31;; acu; 1y aware I at .I Itjgit’ifzi .
{OD- Simeon widow. He passed to his reward at Jane Hutton, Harrodsburg Herald, if; :rea at war. . evertZ eess, I cgmnoé I, uml I. ,
ntucky, and Painrsville, KyI., on May 22. chairman; Mrs. Lee Spalding, Bards- e .6 r explrlessmlg 333‘? my'lhm 0131111 ‘IIlli i
d make {hill Long a valued member of the K.P.A. town Standard; Miss Mildred Babbage, conVictlon .t, at t 6 unityl WIt Zw ch illi‘IiiIi i
36 an enjoil was Waldo F. Fultz, editor and publish- Cloverport News; Mrs. John Lawrence, :23 dhlIIrIélczeiiiiiiItedIc'ccpdrc: IEIICXPCCICd , I, !I i3 ; ,Z ,
We further, 0, of the Carter County Herald, Olive Cadiz Record: Mrs. D. B. Wallace, Wal- mm or; arm] (Zéfiiivavggninfesl in ‘ é
artists repreZ Hill, Ky. He published the paper for ton Advertiser; Mrs. Byrne Evans, Rus- 1V t1?) theIIcIiiedit of ihe countrls 31:5:— I=I",IIII ii I;
Force Cfml'Z 35 years and where he left off, his wid- sellville News-Democrat; and Mrs. Joe that that unity required wasyulhder: i Z, i .1
.liis meeting-l owI agaiarglly tlorékljipotfhfhgo‘ffmrt be Costello, Cynthiana Democtat. “a? ding; timeliness was if thcdessenifi Z If}. Z ,
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splead umn the minutes of this assoc1- . ZZ!Z Mil H .
lrns tthPILSS‘; ation anId that copies be sent to the Former Midway gyéiitntwgerfiugoi Ivg‘itrzlgnioltdiggtlt: iZ IIiI; . Z/lZ IV
of our 3' families of these de )arted fellow-work- ' ‘ . .' {yr ,Ii
‘eprable 105i 01‘s as an expression Iof the abiding svm— PUbIISher PIés Rhos} thi Job-bellngZdone on th: farm, I? IIfIil ’5
.but we talt pathv of this body. s . Joe R. “711112”qu about 8.0' of Law. wit 11n t e Circu altionZ 81:63 0 everfy I, Z, Iii
have, in thli I Respectfully submitted, recheZburg, Ind., died at Christ hospital, Ifura newspaper. iats een some (3 - Z ii 1'. .
,h Estate. ltllZ Mildred D. Babbage Cincmnatl, January 22. He was a native or’It‘hO'n ZyOZur part, topl. f .I- Z ii 1',
of unselfiSil' G. M Pedlev of Midway. His mother, Mrs. Eugenia Zis )rings us to t e uture outlook. '; EI ii -Z
35, their stilt I __ ’ Williams, had passed her hundredth Th3.” [)IETC speculation. Blueprints .i II‘it Z
[ Official KPA Family ‘ birthday at the time of her death about ”plea“; intof the unknown are enter- i 1' I; l ; Z
led membe“ The official KPA family of elected of- I2 years ago. :aining ut 0 no valllue. The ndeZed IS I , iii I
im was Cofli ficers are Ioe Richardson, Glasgow Mr. Williams at one time was the pub- aZ'PreI):;e toflmeffilw afegcf 393$“sz Z. ' .Z
l, whose liftl: Times, pregidem; Chauncey FOI‘Igey, lisher of the Midway Clipper, the Pen- Isle WA :21 6x1 9““? "11;“ Z1131? Z III iZ Iii .‘Z
In 1918, Mr-I Ashland Inde) nd nt vice- r sident' dletonian. Falmouth, Ky., a paper at ant a ext e organization ZCO ectivc 7' ,5 ZZ * ,
l - 16 e ‘ p e ’ ., . So far as I know there is onl one w in“ f
per, The 1.1 Victor R. Portmann, secretary-manager, Murfreesboro, Tenn, and for 15 years _ , . Zy Z: 'K-r; .
two years lit and Fred B. Wachs, Lexington Herald- had been publisher of the Lawrenceburg reglgn where a plan already Is in Op- . IIIi Z
the LaR“ Leader, chairman of the egecutive com- Press, Lawrenceburg, Ind. He sold his erationZ adaptable to the post-war 61‘3- ‘ iiiii } 32,: ,
The Herzlid mittee_ President Richardson appoint— interest in the Press about four months T1115, ‘5 1n the Tennessee Valley. l ill; I,
rig a newspfl‘ ed his Standing committees as follows: ago and had retired from active busmess. TheyZve got a head start down there by git ll '.
1150 a lawlfl'l Executive Committee (bv districts): Mr. IWillianis is survxved by hls “”fe' ten years WIt.h a typical example 0f f‘ Zhi I '
,orney of ”Z First, Joe La Gore, Paducah Sun-Demo- Mrs. Ora Letton Williams, a son, George American genius, a reSIdent federal CO" I’ E El? Ii 1;
ng his second! crat; Second, 101m B. Gaines, Park City '15. Williams, and a grandson, Joe R. ordinator co-operating harmoniously Z1} ti 1 TI: .-
h's AHO‘I‘III NEWS. Bowling Green; Third, Iohn H. Williams, II, all of Lawrenceburg. Please Tum To Page Four I,i IZ' I
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, . i t en , 1’ lg t newspapers “UL CBC 9‘ 0 I am not concerned here, howeiett of the “I
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' t f th K t k membership in KPA at the mid-Winter With T.V.A. as a sort of socral catalyst my." in
n no ' ' . ' ‘ _ . . .
_ . ‘ Ofiicial ngscstrsréogiafio; e Y meeting. Active-members admitted in m the valley, stlmulatlng research and principlf
‘ . 1 .. cludeilHazarnglmes, Charlels N. VXSOE' invention and enabling small fin-mm ('llilllge
' if ‘ on c itor; as my Rt: in) lean ' m. - . ~ - ~
,, Victor B. Portmann, Editor-Publisher H’ 1. 5F lt ID .1 L H to enrlch thelr own IIVCS- The Nash. duty ot
j ‘ ___________ . Jones, 6‘1“”; u (m 31 y eatc , Ville Tennessean recently made a guy, new wea
. Printed On The Kernel press, Lexington Hoyt Moore, editor. Cumberland News, vcy of the situation on the other Sidel their ad
‘; , ————————-—— } Burkesv111e,] T;_5119{‘1n°11’ “117ml, Bal- of Montcagle from the Cumberlandt strategy
. Kentucky Press Association Officers lard Yeoman, Vl 1ckliffe, E. Vt. Wear, Valley where Nashville is located, Ill aren't sn
, i __T e , Glasgow ' - ' v - . ~ _ ‘
~ ‘ l . , Joe Richardson President 1711 s editor, Cave Citly ingressgrnbiy Igews, saw the TennCSb¢ watershed dotted! just ha;
1 l Chauncey ForEeY»..»-‘-,-.i.€é».isggiaggtzdepeitdent, Ashland papers Inc.,an( . ll 11111 111165, ClC) \Vllh nc“, industries, not concentrated} end 0f?
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i l l ; “cm R. Portmagnum?.______,&.I_.,-__..U. 0‘ K" Lexmgmn “' Hurt, editor. The “ 3‘ C‘y’ Atlanta, at Ixnoxvdle and Chattanooga but dis-t the secot
t ‘ , ecre ary- anager . ' ' ' ' - , _ ~ ‘ 5
3 1 ‘ Executive Committee, Dismm Ga.,~9al‘vation CArmY plubllcatllon, ‘Brig peised from Harriman on the railroadl armored
‘ j “9‘1 3- WM“, ”e’ald‘u‘ldw- Legingtm :53?" adlel Vincent unning ram, “”0” was south of Somerset to Elizabethton inl miles ar
‘1 i on i ; First, Joe LaGore, Sun- emocra, a u- , ' , - , _ - . _ . ,
, : t 3 ' catirsneignd, John B. Gaines, Plarkdcgy News], Bowll- film“?! ‘0 assocxatelmcmflxlzishig.‘ The the angle of Virginia and North Cart} that all
1. j t ~ ' ‘ h H, H , 'er- ourna, ‘ 2 ‘ - - . L . . -
. . astitatsa‘tar'aa.Mews. was... ms toms m cxremmg 6 WW [0 11m. And the Tennessean 1s convmcet a r.
t 1‘ l, , denburg; Fifth, Virgil P. Sanders. news-Democrat, them. The KPA roster now numbers this is no transient war boom. Indus- main {0.
l‘ ‘ ; j . Carrollton; Seventh, Walker W. Robinson, Herald, over 150 the lar ESE membershi in its ‘ . .
'l ‘ . , Paintsville‘. Eighth, J. W. Heddon, Advocate, Mt. Stet- - s g « P [Hill development 15 there [0 stay. [0 CXPIO
1 - . l ling; Ninth, Harold A. Browning, Republican, Wil- history ‘ . 1' l) h
i ' : liamsburg; Tyler Munford. Advogate, Mgrganfitzld, ' It was at E Ila Ct [011, Tennessee, German
I t " St 1‘, - t—L : Se mour B. Goo man, ' n erpr se, _ y ~ .
1 u . mggbgmgggf s,,,§_,i-m,ge; immediate Past.Pres- ____.__________e_ that Herbelt Homer Vlrtually dCSIgnat But 1c
j ldent, Vance Armentrout, Courier—Journal, Louiswlle. 0d the Tennessee Valley for the experiy itary; [l
,1 V l ‘ Kentucky Press Women’s Club - . 1 a 1., . _ _ ,
. I. 1 Miss Mary E. Hutton, Herald, Harrodsburg, President; 0?,ztlinlcd F7 077 Pabfl T1166. lntnt 0n OCthel 6, ’1‘928: I refer it)‘ think if
‘ 1 Miss Mildred Babbage, Breckenridge News, Cloverport. With seven commonwealths in the heart T.V.A. and its antic1pation because. revolutit
. ll First. Vice President; Mrs. J. 0. Young, Journal, Dixon, , . ._ , . ‘ .' k '
‘ . E Second Vice President; Mrs. Mary genderign 93mg, of the most radically state rights sec- that was a great engineer speaking of your
, it. ‘ Record, Stearns, Third Vice Presi ent; rs. . . - ~ ,_ x , . g , . ‘
. y ‘ y Wallace, Advertiser, Walton, Recording Secretary, [1011 of the United Statcs. T.V.A. is about watershed 'development, an en Joseph.
5 l Miss Urith Lucas, Independent, Marsvflle. Corres- about the only thing I know of on omeer With a v1510n as well as knowl- Heart (1
l pending Secretary; Mrs. J. L. Bradley, Enterprise, _ . n o . . . '
f t ____._._.#___——#—— which Franklin D. Roosevelt and Her- edge of geography and economics. and. culation
“ .' l « bert Hoover agree. it is to men with technical knowledge. 112153113
1:; 1 ‘ } NATIO ALEDlTORIAI My imagination was fired as it never practical experience and vision we shall scribers
1” 7. l / SSOCIATIO had been before by Mr. Hoover’s ac— have to turn in peace as we have in organ h
5" 3 . . 5 Ig4twa¥iij . ,” ceptance» speech at Stanford University war. “Cost plus" won’t repair the dam- ready (1
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.1 .1, ; ' August 11, 1928, when he advocated the age and open the way to a better fit- gan inc
, ‘V t m. ....-,,-,._._e.....m#fi-finu_—— co-ordinated development of water- ture. The profit motive alone won’t tional i;
j; '; ? sheds, combining flood control, naviga— serve on this new battlefront, either.‘ t‘llCllt€l(
t- 1 , MEMBER with tion and power dams, cheap rural (5160 That wasn’t all Henry Kaiser brought ed then
i ., ‘ ; . {iii-EB, trification and a synthesis of industrial to bear on speeded—up production. Ht highest
1.3, .fi 1: ‘r' " and agricultural economy, all to im- told his engineers what he wanted and country
{t it E K TUCKY PRES prove the living conditions of the in- gave them the green light, while com; the sub:
1 1": , , l ASSOCIATION habitants. petitors were operating in their old cated m
‘ ‘ t I was interested enough to go down familiar groove, restraining the mitts, stead 01
t ~ °“““”° ”"u‘" "" there to see what was going on, especi- tire of their technicians because stock"l half cer
l? i . _ ' I ally to study the general policy of ad- holders wouldn’t approve the expense- .of new:
t. . , Volume Fifteen, Number T1756 ministration on which the perpetuity of discarding outmoded methods that, learn ti
3 . , ‘ ~~—~—~——~—~-——7#-MW#——- of the experiment depends. I surprised were returning satisfactory (llVldCHdS-l Then
‘ KPA 75th Anniversary them when they asked what I wanted “7e all do whatwe are pleased to Gilli tion of
‘ 5 . to see first. I told them I wanted to see our thinkinr in a uroove worn smOO is a co
.. . ‘ Celebration To Be Held . , b b , ’ Nan-S .
. - t » - ' farmers who had been ev1cted from the by long custom. Thats why the t put 1m
it 1 As 1944 marks the seventy-fifth year Clinch and Powell River bottoms above took the tank, invented by Lieutenant the thit
. ‘ since the founding of the KCHtUCkY Norris Dam. Colonel E. D. Swinton, of the BrltlSh split in
3 . ‘ Press Association in 1869, the mid—sum- They referred me to the Tennessee Royal Engineers, and the Wright brotlt- ‘thc twc
i: - -‘ ’ iner program will be devoted to cele- Experiment Station where I was turn- crs’ airplane and overran western E1" inalism
:j , bration Of its diamond anniversary. ed over to a field agent who took me to rope. The Germans were blasted 0,1“, United
it President Richardson appointed an Tazcwell. From there a farm agent ac— oi their groove by the last war and ttst aires’ C
El ‘ . l . “old-timer” committee to arrange the companicd 1110 on a round of calls. I aftermath. And that’s why I believe Ml respons
‘ , program with B. F. Forgey, Ashland In- got to see the administration of the can look for changes. We have bee" cured t
ii 1' dependent, as chairman. Other mem- Tennessee Valley Authority from the heaved out of our groove by this Bill!" 'Sllih‘ilge
s bers of the committee include]. W. VVil- point of view of the person who had tion. Wars are stimulating t0 the 111- , here:
1 ; lis, lrvington Herald, William L. Daw- the most plausible reason to resent: its itiativc, though T.V.A. has shown its Atrustt
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' , son, LaGrange Oldham Era, Vernon intrusion. And, paradoxu'ally, T.V.A. that there are better, cheaper, pleas?“ll .Pttxluct
"3 , Richardson, life member, D. M. Hutton, wasn't visible from that point. Those cr ways of stimulating them by “I'll Student
t Harrodsburg Herald, and Tom “’81— farmers—the most prosperous, progres- structivc instead of destructive CHIC") it (lay.
, .‘ lace, Louisville Times. sive and best satisfied small farmers I prise. ab‘mt t
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h of the The antecedents of the Geiman l)llll. her, a boy employed on the cam )us de- ‘th 1 . - I “/9 II
an we are are instructive, Some sixty years ago vised a more economical wa fl 'h W1, .a 0t of other kids, some of whom IIIIIE Iii
Admiral Alfred Thay