Milestones: Apr. 11, 1927

Viewers with alarm of the possible inroads of the gutter-press upon the circulations of sound newspapers, were relieved last week. The New York Times, lodestar of U. S. journalism, announced that it has passed another high mark. In 1912 the Times passed 200,000; in 1918, 300,000. For the six months ending March 31, 1927, its Sunday and daily average was 414,990, an average gain of 22,295 over the corresponding period of 1925-26. As the Times itself admitted:

"The number of its readers is an indication of the true sentiment of intelligent people...

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