| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION hold for several years Harrison Merrill was lauded by the delegates withnew title Poet Lariat Tight economic conditions resulting from the depression curbed the division meeting plan it was reported Fortieth annual meeting Saturday Sunday December 34 1932 Newhouse Hotel Salt Lake City Frank Gaisford American Fork Citizen elected president The convention marked another departure from traditional schedule since it was held in December of the same year in whichJanuary meeting had taken place It was simply another effort to determine when incalendar year the convention would attract its best attendance As the depression deepened publishers werenlooking for more places to spend their limited income so it was imperative press meetings focus on matters of importance that might aid in addressing the problems of profitable publishing Forty-first annual meeting Sunday Monday December 9-10 1933 Newhouse Hotel Salt Lake City Joseph Asbury Richfield Reaper elected president Actually this was the convention for the year 1934 although it took place at the end of 1933 It wasgloomy meeting as newsmen from throughout the state recited to one-another the financial problems they were encountering Whereas over twelve million Americans had been unemployed in 1932 the figure had risen to over 30 millions in 1933 In Utah nearly 127 000 were without employment Banks were sufficiently unstable that depositors Jacking confidence in them were withdrawing savings further jeopardizing the financial institutions Yetmajority of Utahnewspapers were surviving albeit in some cases on shaky ground Forty-second annual meeting Friday-Saturday January 11-12 1935 Hotel Newhouse Owens Provo Herald was elected president the associationfirst daily press leader 336 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
