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TEXAS ALMANAC -1943-1944
commission form by the more business-
like council-manager form, were moves
initiated and sponsored by The News.
Civic cleanliness and beautification, city
planning, the modernization of municipal
services and other benefits were first
urged by The News. Particular improve-
ments which owe much to the vision and
advocacy of The News include the con-
trol of floods on the Trinity River within
the heart of the city of Dallas, removal
of railroad tracks from the business dis-
trict and erection of the Union Passen-
ger Station The News also is given
credit for a determining part in the loca-
tion of Southern Methodist University in
Dallas in 1910 and the location of the
Eleventh Federal Reserve Bank in Dallas
in 1914.
Journalistic Prioneer.
The job of promptly, correctly and
impartially reporting the news of neigh-
borhood, city state, region, nation and
world has always been foremost with
The News. The organization was a pio-
neer in the development of a system of
special correspondence by telegraph. It
was the first Texas newspaper to use
illustrations, the first to publish regular
and full market reports by wire, the first
to make home deliveries outside its home
city, the first newspaper in Dallas to use
typesetting machines, as it was also the
first to print in colors. Typical of its
breath-taking enterprise in early days
were the specially leased trains operated
by The News. Among these was the
notable mile-a-minute Comet, which be-
an operation in 1887 over the Houston
Texas Central Railroad to give before-
breakfast delivery of The Dallas News to
patrons in McKinney, Sherman, Denison
and other North and East Texas com-
munities and into the then "Indian Ter-
ritory."
Still remembered among the journalis-
tic feats of The News was the complete
reporting by telegraph of the historic
debate between Governor Jim Hogg and
George Clark at Cameron in the hectic
1892 political campaign. This 14,000-
word report was published in full the
following morning in The Dallas and
Galveston News, to the astonishment of
fellow journalists of the state. In 1897
The News obtained in advance of any
other newspaper and printed completely
the 22,000-word decision by the United
States Supreme Court upholding the
validity of the Texas Railroad Commis-
sion. The reportorial skill of The News
was further evinced in 1907 in reports of
the Houston debate 'between United
State Senator Joe Bailey and Attorney
General M. M. Crane.
The Dallas News has thus far come
through the trying times of the present
war with no impairment of its services
to the public-and this in spite of the
fact that more than one fourth of its
personnel has been drawn into the armed
services and in spite of mounting short-
ages and higher costs of various supplies
needed in the conduct of the business.
With the greatest circulation in its own
history, The Dallas News also continuesto have the largest circulation of any
daily newspaper published in the city of
Dallas. The Associated Press the United
Press and other special and ?eature wire
services provide informative news cover-
age from all parts of the globe. In addi-
tion to its local staff of reporters and
editorial writers, The Dallas News main-
tains staff correspondents and bureaus at
Washington, D C.; Austin, Waco, Tyler
and Mexico City.
The place occupied by The Dallas News
in American journalism has been testi-
fied to repeatedly over the years. Holder
of the University of Missouri School of
Journalism award for distinguished serv-
ice in journalism, the newspaper enjoys
recognition from far beyond the borders
of its home state. For example, in Har-
per's Political Handbook of the World, it
is listed as one of seventy leading dailies
in the United States and the only one in
Texas "apt to be quoted abroad." The
Dallas News is one of thirteen represent-
ative newspapers of the country which
are kept on file in the library of the
University of Chicago. In the present
war, it is one of eight newspapers in the
United States quoted abroad by the Of-
fice of War Information.
Almanac Oldest Unit.
The Texas Almanac is the oldest unit
within The News family. The first issue
appeared Jan. 1, 1857. From its start the
compendium has served as an encyclope-
dia for Texas. In the pioneer days of
Texas, notably just before and after the
Civil War, the Texas Almanac was essen-
tially a guide for emigrants tt Texas and
it was often testified that So-and-so's
parents came to Texas with copies of the
Bible and the Texas Almanac as the sole
items in the family library. From its in-
ception it has been designed to inform
Texans and others about the state, there-
by facilitating the economic and civic
development of Texas. It was first known
as the Texas Almanac and then was
given the fuller title of the Texas Al-
manac and Emigrant's Guide. Since 1904
it has been officially known under its
complete title of Texas Almanac and
State Industrial Guide.
From 1857 until 1861 the Texas Al-
manac was published annually. During
and after the Civil War there were a
number of interruptions in publication.
The present series began with the edi-
tion of 1925, with subsequent editions
appearing in 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931,
1933, 1936, 1939 and 1941. A supplemen-
tary edition was issued in 1937. This
1943-1944 volume of the Texas Almanac
has been edited by Stuart M. McGregor,
who has also edited all previous editions
since 1925. Mr. McGregor is also Asso-
ciate Editor of The Dallas News.
Broadcasting Station.
The News entered the field of radio-
broadcasting as early as June, 1922, when
Station WFAA began operation-one of
the first established by any newspaper.
The creation of a radiobroadcasting
station was primarily the suggestion of
the late Walter A. Dealey, then vice-
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