The increase in TIME'S U.S. circulation this year to a record high of 1,700,000 copies a week has brought a corresponding increase in the job of John Edward King, general manager of subscription service for TIME Inc. In a ten-story building at 540 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, King and his two assistants, Frank S. Waterman and Charles A. Adams Jr., supervise the handling of about as much mail in a day as the average person receives in a lifetime. The daily average is 32,000 letters. Peak load during the past year: 84,694 pieces of...
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