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SOUTHERN
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CALIFORNIA
TROJAN
United Press World Wide News Service
[jiume XXVIII
Los Angeles, California, Saturday, March 20, 1937
Number 102A
roy Host to Publishers
ixly Newspaper Staff Members Represent buihern California Publications,- Greeting •jven by Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid
tilrty newspapers from Los Angeles and surrounding com-jities are represented by approximately 60 publishers and 1 members on the campus today. Added to this number more than 300 high school and junior college journalism mtes and their advisors, who are attending sessions of 15th annual U.S.C. Newspaper day.
Unost among thc publishers
WELCOMER
[newspaper representatives at-U, are William S. Kellogg.
^fr of the Glendale News-l who presented the Crombie g plaque and responded to milii- r. von KlelnSmid's tog; Clark Waite, chief execu-tthe Copely Newspaper chain;
Ort White, of the Santa Mon-Ootiock; and Ed Ainsworth and iAttson Gilbert, of the Los An-iTimes staff
BK REPRESENTATIVES
Der newspapers represented by Ihrrs or staff writers included lell Post. Louis Thomann; Col-Jiil) Courier, Verna Gates Has-• Hollywood Citizen-News, Mr.
Hrs. Karl Schlichter; Wilmlng-Daily Press. Claudia A. Robber City Evening Star-News, km 8hea; Sun-Telegram, Irene (itl; Carpcnterta Chronicle,
Wayrfleto: Oxnard Advertiser-less, Lea A. Smith; Editor and hher, Ken Taylor; Westwood k Press. A. C. Waite, and B. C. lin; Azusa Herald, Neal Van
|0THILL REVIEW
Pasadena Foothill Review. DV AQQFAARI Y
!M. Rolens. Brea Progress, C	1
STREAMLINE IS NEW THEME OF DAILY TROJAN
Today's "High School Day edition marks the second issue of "streamline" in headlines of the Daily Trojan.
“Streamline” is the name applied to the modem trend toward typographical slmpilicity for want of a better term. It means that Tempo face heads have been substituted for the more elaborate Cheltenham and Goudy types.
It will also be noticed that headlines are made to stand even at the left side of the column, and that the length of each line is more loosely determined than heretofore. This allows greater freedom in selection of words and eliminates “padding,”
JFZ“ Crombie Allen Plaque Won ^™ayBy Fremont Pathfinder
Meel Wilh Publishers, Educators
Literally the “cream of the j crop” of southern Calilorilia j high school and junior coi-j lege journalists were assembled in Bovard auditorium j this morning, when more than 1400 students and publishers met for the 15th annual News-5 paper day convention spon-I sored by the U.S.C. School of Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid, pres- : Journalism.
dent of the university, who de- j Activities for the day began this
CONDUCT NEWSPAPER DAY
livered a welcoming address to delegates to the 15th annual Newspaper day at the noon session in the Foyer of Town and Gown.
PENSION RAISE RECOMMENDED
|Sarchet; Monrovia Journal, Ed-,1 Muller: Redlands Dally Mr and Mrs. R D. Burris; News, S A. Meyet; San d Sun, Hal Kleinschmidt; Unit-Mr. and Mrs. John Dun-fl/s Angeles county fair pub-' Roy L. Driscoll.
Herald. C. DeBakesy: Herald, Arthur M. Antelope Valley Ledger-Ga-R B. Cameron; Corona Dally | Oeorge M. Blair; Journal, W. Shoop; and Tu-Record-Ledger, Olive Voder
*111. WILL SPEAK
Cheater Rowell, editor of the Piincisco Chronicle, and Syud ■w. U. 8. C. history professor, to address the second spring Affairs dinner meeting at itel Arroyo hotel this eve-
SACRAMENTO, March 19— Goodnow.
The course, number 116 in the School of Journalism, includes the history of relief printing, lithography, and rotogravure, and survey of production methods, equipment, and terminology.
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Colleges
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•'“'“‘•n ol letters and Figures:
3 ^ ‘-’fcgree of improvement,- (0) No tmprove-d-1) Drop in quality.
^ ^Ypography; (B) Balance, (C) Readability, (D) 4nd Anractiveness, (E) Press Work, (F) Editorial 1^* I® Sports Page, (H) Features, (J) Variety of * ®rtd Enterprise, (K) Newspaper Style.
1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	13
2	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	10
1	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	7
1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	6
1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	5
1	1	1	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	4
SIMPSON GETS FINAL DECREE
LONDON. March 19—tl'J?)—A 70-mlnute hearing in the divorce court today cleared the way for award of a final divorce decree to Mrs. Wallis 1 Warfield Simpson and her intended 1 marriage to the Duke of Windsor.
| Sir Donald Somervell, attorney general, appeared in behalf of the I King's proctor, and disclosed that | one "Mr. Stephenson" had intervened against the award of a final j decree.
Then Stephenson himself rose in the little court room and said that he was prepared to withdraw his intervention.
Norman Birkett. chief counsel for Mrs Simpson, moved that Stephenson's protest be struck from the court record.
As the result, no present obsta-| cle was left In the way of the award | of a final decree to Mis Simpson.
Passage of Judiciary Plan Asked in Talk
WASHINGTON. D. C, March 19
-d'.Ei—Charging the supreme court with "usurping powers in dictatorial fashion," Dean Thomas Konop of the Notre Dame university law school today urged that President Franklin D. Rousevelt'a court reorganisation bill be passed as "a safety valv*."
junior college business managers with Kevin Sweeney, assistant business manager in 114 Bridge hall.
High school and junior college annual editors and staff meet with Editor Jaye Brower and Matt Barr, business manager, of El Rodeo, ln 103 Bridge hall; junior college Journalism teachers' meeting ln legislative council room, 418 Student Union; California Newspaper Publishers’ association meeting in Faculty club room, Student Union.
Troy, N.Y.U. Debate on Air
More than 3000 miles separated two university debate teams today when they spoke into microphones on opposite sides of the country. The debaters representing U.S.C. broadcasted from Hollywood, while the team representing New York university broadcasted from New York studios.
Released over a nation-wide hookup of the National Broadcasting were Prof. Roy L. French, director I company, Capt. Robert Feder and of the School of Journalism; Prof. j Maurice Atkinson of Troy upheld Ivan Benson, instructor in the edi- j the negative on the question, "Re-torial writing class; and Lionel Van j solved; that congress should be em-Deerlln, editor of the Daily Trojan. | powered to fix minimum wages and maximum hours for industry.'
Under the leadership of Prof. Roy
L. French, director of the School of Journalism, a new plan has been devised for determining winners in the annual high school and junior college newspaper contest.
Blast Inquiry Postponed
Known Dead in Texas Reaches 425/ Oil Workers Huni Bodies
MEW LONDON. Tex.. M.iucb 19—
| T’^'i - MinCary board of inquiry this afternoon postponed ita Investigation into the cause of the explosion that wrecked the world’s largest country school as volunteer rescue workers pushed the check of debris from which they removed 411 school children and 14 teachers.
Military leaders directing 1000 weary hard-bitten oil field workers In the search of the debris for additional victims, said that the death toll agreed with the United Press compilation of 425 dead. A check of hospitals and homes ln an era with a radius of 40 miles showed at least 125 Injured.
Officials who supervised the search of the wrecked building said the checkup should be oomplete within a few hours.
,Throughout the morning only five bodies were found and rescue workers did not expect to find many more. Those found under heavy debris were so mangled that Identification was impossible.
Most authorities believed that the explosion was caused by an accumulation of gas that was piped directly from the oil wells whose derricks dot the pine forest around the hilltop school to Individual heaters ln each of the school rooms.
The military board delayed Its Investigation until tt can hear the testimony of an expert on explosives.
EDITORIAL WINNER
both debate and oratory at the Rocky Mountain Speech conference which was held at Denver university last month. A transfer from Long Beach Junior college, Atkinson was awarded the southern California Junior college oratory championship last year. He Is a junior, majoring in sociology.
Sit-Down Striker Wins In Candy Holdout
VERONA. N. J., March 19—'I'.PI— Dickey Henion, 4. probably the world’s youngest sit-down striker, won his first demand—a bag of candy. He sometimes carries bundles of newspapers from the sidewalk into Burcon’s store here. Yesterday the proprietor s wife was on duty and knew nothing about the ner, where his name wiH be put on th« bronie editorial plaque. | usual rewaid Ior such services
Debating for N.Y.U. were Charles j Swallows Reach
Friend, who ls also debate manager, and Lawrence Lustlg. Their argu-
ments emanated from radio city. | ^>3 pi ST lal IO The debate lasted for 30 minutes, I
with speeches divided into two 5- j	Crl-icsrli lies
minute and one 3-minute affirma- w 11 jCn©QUI6 tlve and two 6-minute negative pre- | gAN JUAN CAPI8TRANO March
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