Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 177, Decatur, Adams County, 26 July 1940 — Page 14

Editor Gives Example Os Story Considering “All The Angles”

ißeprintol from Publishers Auxiliary) Herbert J. Pale, ed<tor of the Johnston County Capital I>m<e rmt at Tishomingo. gave his reader* sn Illustration of what news peper stories would be like If all editor considered every angle of a story 100 thoroughly before printing It. says an article In a recent Issue of the Hutner State Pr-ss. Coder the heading. Huppose Head* Were Like Thia: HOMEBODY Hill HOMETHIMI'' Pate printed the following atory June fl: I If stories were written on the j baala of the effeet on a newspaper , In lit* many phases; tMltor* Note: — Any actual rearmblani-e of this story to any-1 body, the reader know* I* a aliange

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lolnt ldenre aa It wa» Just written to fill up space 1 Charge* were riled today against a long-time aubat-rlber before Judge (we ran t mention hl* name berouse he I* having Job printing dent 1 on a complaint that he had attacked Mr. —— (name deleted, friend of the editor'*!. (Mr. (same long-time »üb«<rHe erl la alleged to have wielded a (type of weapon can't be named, harmful to aaleel In the reported 1 assault. The very trivial Incident oecurI red In front of the (man requested I hi* place of bualneaa be omitted I. The man. hurt allghtly, died for some arrange reason In the (harmj ful publicity for inatltutioni hospital. The du tor *ald that although

| the man rolled off the bed and 11 fractured hla skull. thus HMM*M Immediate death and permanent ’ Injury, he would rather not be men Honed a* treating him. “You know bow those thing* are. people Ju»t , will draw the wrong ront luaion* " An attorney tname of bl* rlty not given, might he a harmful due 1 1 said he would rather nobody knew ’ he was defending the man - “Don't mention tbl* tn the paps er," aald the charged man. "and I don't mention tny name. You know I- bow long I've been taking the pa|r er. I want you to cooperate with ► me (aback up. clnulatlon dept. ‘ How far behind* Oh. JttM a year. . Well, guess We ought to suppress • lt>." . Attorney (name deletsfl. possible -• harmful effect on civil client a I I who made a aenaational *ddre«* on the freedom of the preaa a few r day* ago «ald. "Leave (hla out or • you'll get no more legala from me ■ If I have to never tile another 1 case.” —— (name omitted. He ran a ' one-column by t wo-lnch ad four j year* ago and derided advertising . would not pay on the basis of It* result* I was iharged Jointly with ■■■ long-time subscriber 1. (112 advertl*er four year* ago) blamed 1 long time subscriber) with ' handling the (name of weapon ■ harmful to sales) In the attack on (friend of editor'*> In front of (omitted by request I Homebody will prosecute the case ’ (county attorney having campaign | placard* printed here I before I Judge (permission for uae of hl* name not given) sometime soon 1 (date can not be named. They do j not want a bunch of cltlsen* litter- i Ing up the courthouse > Funeral service* for (friend of editor's) were eipected to be held at the < Lurch (editor doe* j not like preacher. Ho. name omitted I Burial will be held In the (reporter didn't have time to check) cemetery with the (don't want any I more charity funerals) mortuary in charge. — Written by somebody i who didn't want to be connected with It. Divorced Wife Beneficiary _____ Halem. Maas (URM'rovlded *he I does not remarry, Mrs. Lillian D Beal will receive gs.ooo annually from the man she divorced, the late William F. Beal of Amityville. N. Y.

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ON AND OFF THE AIR POPULAR LADY - POTPOURRI — INTERRUPTION By Irrel Eatery > PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has the most popular voice on the air. The most popular woman is Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt Among all radio speakers, men and women, she is second only to the President according to

authentic tabulation. Lika her celebrated husband. Mrs. Roosevelt brings to the microphone the ease and calm of the veteran. Rehearsal time tor one of her 15- " r. ute N!'C (QffWßWwl programs u 1 21 m ' r jgßfe I ute*. although ■HF the average preparegj. ' ■ t>on time for a broadcast ’ U ot ‘ al w ‘ I» an hour. Were It not for | the necessity of t * m 2 timing the program, she ma BooegewLT would DOt hlv , to rehearse at all. The First Lady—who demands no special treatment at the atudioa because of that title—usually 1 site while broadcasting. Her voice I is modulated to suit of the charactor of the script she is reading. Though a thermos container of, water is beside her as she teUts, th* seldom takes a drink. A taxicab driver was the subject of one of her free-and-easy j talks. She hailed hrs cab one night when returning home from a dinner in New York. Hearing the address, th* driver looked around and said, "You're Mrs Rooeevelt, aren't you? Well, Tin going to tell tny son that I took rou home. Where I com* from. t couldn’t have got near enough to speak to anyone connected with the government without guard* and police an about" I TOMMYTELLS TALE OF HIS PRISON ESCAPE 22 - Year - Old Wounded Rritish Prisoner Relates Flight Umdon '(URJ) — A Tommy In a 1 London hospital, the first wound-

< rd British prisoner to mcapr from the Germans tolla an unuaual atory ; of hta flight —a venture marked I I by grim determination to win hta ! freedom. When a unit of the ordnance I I corp* waa attacked by German I tanka It waa forced to retreat hito | a wood, and thta 22 year-old Dagenham man waa left behind, wounded In the ahoulder. Ke waa j taken prlaoner and returned to a . German dreaalna atatlon where he I found a number of French woundI ed. Next morning aa the prtaonera were being moved out, he took advantage of the guard'a back being turned for a moment to leap a wall and hide behind a hedge. He .■ waa not mimed at the moment. The next four daya he hardly i rememhera. Hta wound and the difficulty of traveling made hta pnlnd a blank, bet be remembered that at one farm the family gave I him civilian clothee and at an{other where he called at night, be I obtained food. I On the fifth day he found himaelf In a village recently bombed . and taken. He hid In a ditch for 1 aeveral houra to avoid a party of $ Greeterg Both S ’%• ■g li IIS Ji I 18b? i * 2 '-4M j 'wW ' W ■ ■jit? H n Mayor Jamea O. Stewart, left, to Cincinnati’! official greeter. Recently, when WLW originated tn NBC aalute to Admiral Bryd and the U. S. Antarctic Ixpedittow at the South Pole, he extended network grcetir gv to the explorers He had a helper for the oceaeion — Lazy Jim Day, comedy rter, right, who war named "unofficial greeter for Cincinnati.” After tha program, Jim tort Me title. Mayor Stew-

And *O, the driver end Mrs. Roosevelt threshed out aome of th* world's problems white the meter wm ticking away. When the ceb pot to Mrx RooseveU s home, th* driver escorted her to the door and, feeling he had a i heavy responsibility, welted wit- ’ til she was safely inside before leaving. PROGRAMS A PEOPIX-MBS has installed a telegraph wire to | the "American Forum of the Air" itudio 80 llstenera can pop qua*- I tiona at apeakers while they're 1 on the air ... No relattone ar* Elisabeth Day, NBC actreaa: Jim Day, WLW comedian; Dennia Day, the ainging star, whoae real name isn't Day anyhow, but Me- i Nulty .. . Miss Marten Breckinridge, CBS war correspondent, up* and marries Jefferson Pat- * terson, U. S. diplomat tn Berlin ... MBS'* Raymond Gram Swing j 1 has turned down (too busy) th* leading role of Doremus Jeasup !|n "It Can't Happen Here" . . Author Sinclair Lewi* said Swing | looked th* part. • • * "WE INTFRRI’PT the** war news flashes to brieg yea a pro gram" la by aow a familiar gag. BUI Edmund*. WLW anoouDeer reeenUy went one belter. The 1 station waa relaying aa NBC new* ptekep fro-4 Europe when aa important bulletin came to WLW'* own newsroom. Result was that Edmunds Interrupted the news program to psaseul t Jnewn flank! Germans nearby. Finally he made a dash for a nearby canal and In the fare of continued firing managed to reach the other side. Hr took shelter , in the undergrowth until he had I recovered and then moved on. Two mile* farther he met French ' troop* who mlatook him for a fifth columnist because of hl* civilian clothe*. He proved hi« Integrity by his Identity disc, which had not been taken from him. and they took him to a boapltal. He eventually reached England. "I never did fancy being a prlaoner of war.” said Tommy laconlcally as he finished his story.

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