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i Medfokd Tribune 2n.J SECTION MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1958 Pages 1 to 6 Consolidation of Press Services Said Biggest Development in Past 50 Years New York (UPI) The biggest development in the press association business in the last 50 years was the con solidation last week of United Press and International News Service into a world news gathering organization known as United Press International. The other major Ameri can press association is the Associated Press, a coopera tive type of organization. After the late E. W. Scripps had founded the United Press 50 years ago last June he said: "I consider the most valu able service I have rendered to my country has been the cthwarting of plans of greater, abler, and richer men than myself those plans' being to establish a monopoly of news and hence a dominating influence over all the news papers of the United States." Intensifies Coverage Consolidation of the United Press and International News Service now has intensified the competitive coverage of the world news by bringing the two greaf American agen cies into balance in terms of clients and resources. That is a matter of extreme importance because a press association probably influen ces the public's knowledge and opinion of 'what is going on in the world day by day more than any other single source. Press associations ' are in business because few individ ul newspapers have the ca pacity to station newsmen in all the newsmaking areas of the world. Only a press asso ciation can supply such cover age and make it available to newspapers, radio stations and other media of informa tion. Combatted Monopoly ' The A. P. was founded in 1892, the United Press in 1907 nd the International News Service in 1909. Prom the outset, the United Press combatted monopoly and cartels in the gathering of its news. A man who made an important contribution to the young organization was its second president, Roy W. Howard, who was given carte blanche by Scripps to run the service without interference. The Associated Press short ly after the turn of the cen tury had made agreements with a number of foreign press agencies such as Bri tain's Reuter, France's Havas, 1 1 1 y's Stefani, Germany's Wolff. They exchanged the news gathered in their sepa rate countries and agreed not to sell news directly outside their own areas. Kent Cooper, general man tger of A. P., ended A. P.'s alliance with the European news cartel in 1934. England's Baron Reuter had approached Howard in 1912 to discuss a switch of the ex change of news from Associ ated Press to an exchange be tween Reuter and United Prs. Howard decided against it, retsoning that it would fitmttring United Press and Rmit its growth. Instead he 5hd ahead with building wp bureau network through out Zurope independent of fbreign viewpoints. Ofi War Coverage "When World War I came in 114, newspaper publishers tied in with the exchange cartel found themselves se verely handicapped by the severing of news contracts be tween the German blocs and the European allies. They also found they were getting gov ernment viewpoints, not ob jective news. The independent U.P. bu reaus meanwhile were roll ing with their own coverage. The agency already had in troduced and popularized the "interview" story with prom inent figures. To boost staff morale and give its stories more personal identity, the U.P. began putting bylines on its dispatches. By the use of legitimate "color" the service achieved a freshness and read ability in its dispatches which set them apart. When Howard resigned in 1920, he was followed as U.P. president by his long-time friend and associate, W. W. Hawkins. Within three years Hawkins went with Howard into the newspaper publish ing business. He was succeeded by Kark A. Bickel who spurred the U.P. to an even stronger po sition. In the book, "Deadline Every Minute," written by Joe Alex Morris and pub lished by Doubleday last year on the 50th anniversary" of United Press, there is this passage about Bickel: "Bickel was always selling the United Press on his ram blings about the country but he was also infecting many of the editors he saw with something of his boundless enthusiasm for seeing the daily news report in the broad framework of history. "He never lost an evan gelistic fevor about what the news of the day meant in the political and economichistory of the world; and he never lost his firm conviction that any interference with the free flow of news throughout the world was a deadly blow to the progress of society." Pioneered Radio News Hugh Baillie was the next U.P. president and for years this aggressive and driving newsman directed U.P. opera tions which reached their height of complexity and skill in the coverage of World War II and the Korean War. It was also during Baillie's tenure that the U.P. pioneered the supplying of news to radio, j As Morris said in his book: "Nobody ever mistook Baillie j for what would later be de-! scribed as an egghead. He ap proached the news and most other affairs dramatically, by action, by prodding' and striking out in many places where he could be reasonably sure of stirring a good story out of the bushes. "Baillie was no armchair brass hat. He had the experi ence, the craftsmanship and the drive of the good re porter, and as president he demonstrated a remarkable ability to turn up at the scene of action. If the world was enthralled by a king's de cision to give up his throne for love, Baillie might be found collecting comment out side the palace gates. If there was a war on, Baillie studied the problems of reporters by putting on a tin hat and go ing to the front." Describing Frank H. Bar tholomew's taking over of the U.P. presidency in 1955, Mor ris wrote: "Like earlier presidents of the company, he. was a news man at heart as well as a skillful writer and editor. Un like other presidents, he had never worked in the New York office, and that fact was of importance in his climb to the top management job. The Pacific Coast Division, which he had directed for 30 years, was large, varied, and, in practice, more independent of in the news report. . He also best with Smirnoff ... you can tell! V I itmmX GET ON TIE f SDKA WAGON WITH T mmm m- . jf"tfie greatest name in TUimOf VODKA 1 100 Proof. Distilled fna friii. St. Piem Saiutff Fit (Di. if Heubleii), Bartfori. Cidl New York headquarters than any other United Press Divi sion. Continued Expansion "The mere fact that he was comparatively remote and less directly under the domination of whatever strong personal ity was in the home office gave Bartholomew greater personal identity and more room for executive growth. "Bartholomew fully under stood this expanding pattern and was well equipped to di rect it. He could and some times did handle any job in the service, but he had, too, skill for coordinating the work of his subordinates, an ability to put the right ex ecutive in the right , spot with full command of operations, a keen sense of client rela tions, and a knack for keep ing an eye on many boiling pots. He emphasized that the first responsibility of man agement was to accent quality Theft of Butane Tank Reported to Sheriff The theft of a butane tank from along side the burnt house trailer owned by Albert Don Goss, route 2, box 212, Central Point, was reported Friday to sheriff's deputies. The trailer was parked on Antelope creek, he said. Roland C. Blake reported to the office Saturday that 12 smudge pots had been tip ped over at the Medford Branch Experiment station on Kings highway. An estimated 108 gallons of oil were spilled. launched a program designed to release the full potential of his executive staff." Nil Infestation Said Well Broken Portland (UPD Dr. Syd ney Hansen, Multnomah coun ty health officer, told a lunch eon meeting of the committee on school health, county med ical society, Monday that the louse and nit infestation in the county is "well broken." Dermatologist Dr. Leon F. Ray and other Portland phy sicians reported they had ex amined "literally hundreds" of Portland city school chil dren and had not found a single nit or louse. The louse is an adult nit. Dr. William A. Oliver, as sistant superintendent of the Portland public school sys tem, said school teachers will no longer inspect heads of children unless something is suspected. In such cases, he said, the child is referred to the school nurse or the prop er medical authorities. Among the 65 leading in dustries of Ohio, two for which it is famous, are the manufacture of such disasso ciated products as dirigibles and playing cards. James K. Polk was a rep resentative from Tennessee from 1825 to 1839. Deputies Release Boy To Juvenile Department Sheriff's deputies released a 16-year-old Medford boy to the custody of his parents late last week following his arrest in connection with the theft of a flag and flagpole from the Oak Knoll golf club at Ashland. Deputies said the boy told them he gave the flag to his girl friend. He was referred to the juvenile department. Jersey City, N. J., uses its open-air Harmon, swimming pool all year round. 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