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THE AMBASSADOR COLLEOE PRESS
The
PLAIN
TRUTH had humble be9in–
nin9s. Envisioned by Herbert W. Arm–
stron9 in early 1927,
The
PLAIN
TRUTH
did not take final shape until February
19 34 when about 17 5 copies were re–
produced on an old-fash ioned neostyle
and mai led out to interested readers.
The " press" be9an with one bor–
rowed typewriter and a mimeo9raph in
...in the beginning
the office of the mimeo9raph sales rep–
resentativa. After a few months, press
equipment included an antiquated sec–
ond-hand neostyle, ancestor of the
mimeo9raph, and a second-hand type–
writer.
The
PLAIN
TRUTH became a
printed publication, printed by a Eu-
9ene, Ore9on. job printer, by the Au-
9USt-September 1940 edition - still 8
pages.
lt
stepped up to 12 pa9es.
March-April 1942. In 1946 our first
real "press " was purchased -
a
Davidson duplicator, together with an
old second-hand, hand-operated cutter
and a tiny folding machine which is st ill
in constant use. However, this printing
department printed only booklets, form
letters, etc.
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