The Press: Postmen Retire

Postmen Retire

From the list of editors printed in the Oct. 5 issue of the Saturday Evening Post, last week in transit to far cities, two names are missing.

The best known name, and therefore the one that will be most consciously missed, is Thomas L. Masson. "Short turns and Encores"-the page where the sedate Post sets out to make its readers laugh-was his department since 1922. Before that, for 29 years, he was Managing Editor of Life. Three dozen years of being professionally funny might be enough...

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