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The great newsgathering organ
ization of the Associated Press
patrols the whole world day af
ter day just as it does the state
of Washington to bring to this
newspaper, the 26 other member
papers in this state and more
than 1300 others elsewhere,swift,
accurate accounts of the news of
the day.
In four separate bureaus The
Associated Press is on the job
■day and night in this State ex
pediting the news—politics,trials,
accidents, sports or whatever it
may be—to the 27 member news
papers as fast as modern com
munications will carry the words
It is dispatched by 31 editors, re
porters and technical men divid
ed among State headquarters in
Seattle, Spokane, the capital bur
eau at Olympia, and Tacoma.
Further coverage is assured by
a large staff of part-time corres
pondents which blankets the
State, speeding dispatches to Se
attle to be checked and put on
the wires.
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News.
Because of the cooperative na
ture of The Associated Press,
this newspaper, too, has a hand
In the coverage. This paper—
and every other member paper—
gives its own local news in ex
change for that of the others. In
fact, It is this system of coopera
tion carried out on a national
scale by the members, which
makes possible The Associated ■
Press.
The role of the AP, with its
7,500 full and part-time corres
pondents in the United States &
'Canada, and hundreds of others
In 252 principal foreign cities, is
that of a great clearing house for
news. The association uses 230,
000 miles of leased wire on this
continent, and thousands of miles
more of wireless and cable in
linking the member newspaprs
and bringing the news.
Special Service in Washington,
D. C.
In Washington, D.C., this state's
news interests are looked after
hy a large regional staff main
tained solely to report news of
special interest to Washington
state and other specific sections
of the country. Daily contact is
maintained with Washington’s
congressional delegation and thor
ough reporting is given all events
affecting this state.
Hub of the wire network in this
state is the Seattle bureau which
is in charge of'the Territory of
Alaska as well as Wasnington. A
direct wire connection with the
Canadian Press, an allied service,
brings to Seattle the news, also,
of western and northwestern
Canada.
In and out of this office flow
thousands of words daily. Staff
writers and editors are on the
job 24 hours a day, turning out
stories of Washington news
events for member newspapers.
In addition to handling daily spot
news matter, they write feature
stories with particular appeal for
Washington resident^.
Important stories from outside
• the state are sent directly to. Se
attle where the editors carefully
select and edit them for dispatch
to the member papers. All but
«ne paper are served by leased
The day’s news in the making! Part of the Washington state staff of The Associated Press Is seen at
work writing, editing and expediting news of Washington and the world at large to this newspaper and
26 other member papers in the state. Sections are shown of the bureaus in Seattle, state headquarters
(left bottom), Spokane (right top), Olympia (left top), and Tacoma (right bottom).
wire linked with automatic elec
tric typewriters which click oft
the news in the offices at 60
words a minute.
The Spokane bureau, second in
size to Seattle, handles the news
from eastern parts of the State
and northern Idaho.
ALASKAN News is received in
Seattle by wireless and cable,
then edited and distributed to
the various state papers. Foreign
news is sent by wireless and cab
le to New York and San Francis
co and reaches Washington mem
bers from these cities via Seattle.
Staff men from the four Wash
ington bureaus must be ready to
rush to any part of the state
whenever an important event oc
curs. Although at the extreme
northwestern tip of the United
States, Washington has often
been in the world news spotlight
in recent years.
The Seattle bureau flashed the
tragic news of Rogers’ and Post’s
fatal air crash to the newspapers
of the world 45 minutes ahead of
: all other news services. The ac
cident occurred in August. 1935.
on the Arctic coast near Point!
Barrow, about 3,000 miles from
Seattle, but :t was in the Seattle
Bureau’s vast territory.
So well organized is the com
plex Associated Press system
that the Nome Daily Nugget is
only minutes away from the
most distant foreign city. And J
so stringently does the AP guard 1
against bias and prejudice that
its name has become synonymous
with integrity and reliability in
news.
U. S. Destroyers
•/
Making Alaska
Maneuver Now
(By The Associated Press 1
SEATTLE, July 20—Beginning
a voyage taking them to South
eastern and Southwestern Alaska
the Cruiser Detroit and twelve
destroyers sailed today on a prac
tice cruise. The destroyers Dew
ey, Hull, Warden, are going to
Cordova and Southwestern Alas
ka; the destroyers Southward,'
Chandler, Bainbridge, Hovey,
Goff, Eturdevant, and Long, are
going to Southeastern Alaska.
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Notice of Settlement of Final
Account.
No. 510
In the Probate Court for the Cape
Nome Precinct in the Second
Division... of the.. Territory of
Alaska.
In the Matter of the Estate of
ANNIE LUPP, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given to Mrs.
Maggie Swan and to Minnie
Douglas, whose addresses are
Woodbine Cottage, Rostros Road,
Rathgas, Dublin, Ireland, and to
Annie Nordine and to Helen
Murray, whose addresses are 11
West Maplewood Street, Albany,
New York, and to all others
whom this Notice may concern,
that the Administrator of the Es
tate of Annie Lupp, deceased, has
filed his Final Account in said
Court as such Administrator, and
that Thursday, the 24th day of
September, 1936, at the hour of
ten o’clock a.m. of said day, has
been set by the Court as the date
of hearing the objections, if any,
to said Report, and that at said
time and place, said Probate
Judge will, also, adjudge and de
termine who the heirs and distri
butees of decedent are.
Rev. Thomas Cunningham,
Administrator.
Publish July 20, 27, Aug. 3, 10.
The Washington
News-Letter
(Continued From Page One)
ture of oysters in Alaska is that
under the present law they are
unable to secure legal protection
of any investment made in the
oyster beds. The bill would pro
vide this protection of the proper
ty rights by inserting the follow
ing provision in the Act for the
pratecton of the fisheries of Al
aska:
“Provided further, that the
Secretary of Commerce, in his
discretion, and upon such terms
and conditions as he may deem
fair and reasonable, is hereby
authorized to lease bottoms in
Alaska Territorial waters for
bona fide oyster cultivation for
commercial purposes.”
1
60,000 Jobless
Account Strike ,
In Mexico City
(By Tne Associated Press)
MEXICO CITY, July 18th—A
strike of three thousand electric
power company employees here
held as estimated sixty thousand
workers idle in the heart of ^
Mexico. It was calculated unof
ficially a half million residences j
were without lights and 100,000,
households were without the use!
of electric stoves. Minor profi
teering in candle, kerosene and
lamps was reported here. Omni
buses always crowded, were ov
erflowing as a result of stoppage
of street cars.
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Weather Today
(U. S. Weather Bureau)
The rain storm that began in
this region Saturday, crossed in
to the interior and brought rain
to Fairbanks and to most inter
ior and orther districts east t
Aklavik at the mouth of the
Mackenzie River. Moderate tern
peratures prevailed generally ex
cept, it was 81 in Anchorage and
34 in Dawson yesterday.
This morning high pressure
overlies Western Alaska and the
Bering Sea and a trough of low
pressure extends from Aklavik to
the Gulf of Alaska.
The highest temperature in
Nome yesterday was 52 and the
lowest was 46. The total rain
fall of the week-end-9torm was
0.80 inch.
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