Repository

A Manhattan morning newspaper died last week. It was The New York Repository ("An Independent Newspaper") published by Scripps-Howard since Feb. 27, 1931--the date when dynamic little Roy Howard bought Pulitzer's Worlds, junked the morning World, merged the evening paper with the Telegram.

The Worlds each held a membership in Associated Press. The evening membership came in handy for the World-Telegram. The morning membership, valued by the late World at $500,000. would have lapsed automatically unless utilized. Hence Scripps-Howard published the Repository, sold at least one copy daily. It was a four-page sheet consisting chiefly of house advertisements, with one page of news, always including at least one story from the AP night wire. The same editorial was left standing for about a year, then was replaced by comics, fashion sketches. Total cost to Scripps-Howard, including the annual AP assessment: $50,000 a year. Last week Scripps-Howard concluded that the membership was no longer worth supporting, let it die with the Repository.

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