Composing Room At Decatur Daily Lays Out Print
National Newspaper Week highlights how The Decatur Daily converts typed stories into lead type. Linotype operators, dump proofs, and proofreaders ensure correct layout with ads and news, then mat rollers apply pressure before printing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Daily
Associated Press
Linotype
Advertising Department
Advertising
W. G. Maze
Lee Deal
Henry N. Teague
James Cambron
Davis Berry
Harold Wright
Marvin Hale
William Widner
Frank Burks
James Davis
Donald Lovett
Bernard C. Schmidtke
Dickie Glenn
Paul Peete
Verdon Lowery
William Smith
Louie Sanford
Tell Me Why Britannica Prize Winner Notice
A school contest entry offers a Britannica Junior Encyclopedia prize with readers asked to send questions and contact details. The page notes multiple winners including Darla Winder, 10, Spanish Fork, and Nancy Thorpe, Norfolk, Va, with a feature on the eagle as national symbol and a puzzle/riddle section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darla Winder
Euphrates Valley
Prussia
Napoleon
Russia
Austria
United States
Congress
North America
Europe
America
Nancy Thorpe
Norfolk
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National Newspaper Week
By Aleokum
H. M. Safley
Wek
Don Mayhall
Louie Aldridge
James Dyer
Hank
Frank
Britannica
City Gas Dept
THE
National
the Circulation Department
Speeds School
James J. Greer
Optometrist
2Nd Ave
Decatur
Alabama
Swersov
Commercial Credit Plan, Incorporated of
Credit Life
Lfe Street
Huntsville — Parkway City
Penney
Flannelette
United States Auto Club
Studebaker
Bonneville
Salt Flats
USAC
Lenwood Rd., S.E
Studebaker Hawk
Studebaker Avanti
Automotive Sales Corporation
Dixie Studebaker Sales, Inc
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