Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1934, Page 105

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—GRAVURE SECTION—DECEMBER 9, 1934 Newsprint rolls waiting for the presses. A view in the press room base- ment showing the huge daily supply ) of newsprint on }‘.nlm’]) new press equipment, costing more than : g_art:nd and.min ul]l( 250,000.00, has been mstalled ( : . These great new presses are made up of 12 printing units. The e y istance, the rolls $250, C0. ). has keen mstalled (i an anr conditioned P rur;gofi s gn to pecsaes of fle printing unils, each with ™ ; mounted on the press room) during the past vear: a completely re a maximum capacity of 1,000 forty-page papers a minute. The e R press reels as the equipped photo-engraving plant. to seirve the advertiser resses are actually run at an average speed of 50,000 papers per - " g DPaper is fed to The as well as the news columns, has been added to the service our. This means that The Star gets the news to its readers on , ‘. Star's new high- - b 5 ot St ik time and in the least possible time. . speed presses I) new lll\()k.\})k‘ n\fl('hlll(’x H{ t}l?‘ ldtt'\l \]t'.\lull llxl\"' ll('l‘l‘. m('orpo\ah'd into the type-setting svstem: a fleet of trucks have made their appearance on the streets of \x’u.\hmgtnn. I a ‘. ‘ ' o in colorful “new dress These f\xp:-mh!un*x were made . to improve The Star's service to readers and advertisers and to take care of its ever increasing circulation . . . at the same time, such apital I : 1.4 > capital expenditures help the National Recovery Program Star WITH DAILY AND SUNDAY EDITIONS In The Star’s composing room, bee- hive of activity in the printing of a great metropolitan newspaper Here all the type is set and the page forms are made up. At right: Setting the news in type. One of the 15 new linotype machines which have been installed in the composing room of The Star to keep pace with its ever-growing service to read- ers and advertisers. At left: Paper—over a thousand tons of it!'—in storage at The Star’s warehouse. Ample storage space is a vital necessity to insure The Star's news- print supply against any possible transportation failure. Below: Part of The Star’s big fleet of trucks. lined Where The Star’s photo engravings are made. Recently re- s up in f‘rom of Thcfhftars g‘ar%rb%ugel- (centeé ) ;mq equipped throughout, the engraving plant now is capable of the n:e gt:alag%h(at tngG ). in the - ock of Second highest speed and finest quality of work in turning out the half- 4 street Sl()jlé theast. ;owmlg cir - ‘Ofn mt‘;?nst- n- to;e “cuts” from which are printed the many photographs that en- . \ sflan 3 additions a{x h}'ep acements for le) mu(\i liven The Star’s news pages. Advertisers also are enjoying this im- o eglt to méil?t?m its high service in both urban an proved service. ) 3 % outlying delivery.