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iy , Pulblir>~hers Plan
~n-'Radical Changes
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'et 13ug things are in store for read-
e 1 ~ ors of the Cetrtral Point American
d_I according to plans of the new pu~b-
rd ; lislters, Chester Ashrtott and Gecil
ak Sharpe.
n. ~ The twa men plan to cdtwert the
present publication into a modern
(~ tabloid size paper with the next.
iz:I edition.
,~ , A modern 25 !e 38 No. 42 Lee
ds newspaper press has been purcltas-
ed in Rortland !by 4he two men and
on I it is expected to Abe installed in time
c'.t for the May I3 issue of the•Americ-
d fan.
)Reduce Columns ~
Itt addition to changing the page ,
size of the newspaper, the publish-
ers will reduce tihe size of the col-
umns to 12 picas, n~bout two inches, ;~
to conform with more nationally
accepted size. •tAnotlter t•adicat ~
change, which will improve the
reading ease of the paper will be the' !
absence of calumn rules. The use
of white space rather than column
rules is one of the more recent d~- ~
velapments in newspaper typogra-
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Caster and Saw
Other equiptnetbt which will be
added to the immediate •future 1v111 ~
Abe a Ben Franklin Trim O Saw and 1
five-column I3ammond electric cas•
ter, x3oth pieces of equipment .will
replace obsolete machinery current- !
Iy !n use ~n the American office, ;
Uthar c~tanges which will be made i
in,.•ihn ..tuiur.~:„..l~allt~e.:.,~1~txcha!se. ost. z;
nevt~ type for the .newspaper and
cammercial printing departments, ~
ae, and other smaller pieces of equip-
!y merit. ~
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