The moving company was clearly proud of having accomplished its assignment in time for the Star to pass along the news of Dillinger's capture.
On December 18, 1933, a fire destroyed the plant of the Arizona Daily Star. The city of Tucson and other newspapers came together to help and the paper was delivered to subscribers the following morning as usual.
On Jan. 26, 1934, the Arizona Daily Star told Tucson all of the news about the capture of John Dillinger and his gang in Tucson.
What people didn't know was that the day before, as soon as the previous edition of the Star was completed, the temporary composing room was dismantled and 48,000 pounds of equipment was moved into the remodeled Star plant.
The press itself had already been moved, but composing room equipment and all of the other heavy machinery was moved, set up and in working order in less than 20 hours so that the Star could print this momentous Dillinger news.
On February 22, 1934, the Star devoted several pages to the workings of the new plant and profiles of the people who put out the daily paper. Just a little of that is presented here.
To read more, go the newspapers.com and search for the Arizona Daily Star edition of Feb. 22, 1934. The special section begins on page 51.
The Star's press, where the daily paper was printed.
