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Thanks to TIME (Aug. 31), for expressing so well what we often have thought about gossip columnists of the Parsons type.
GEO. P. DALTONE Atlanta, Ga.
Sirs:
Long have I admired TIME'S choice of faces to adorn its covers, but pray tell what is Clark Gable's image doing on the Aug. 31 issue? He may have been the most newsworthy person in the world last week, but from the size of the article and the small mention made of him in it I judge that TIME could have found someone more interesting to greet its thousands of readers on Friday morning.
ROBERT LANDIS VANDENBERG Holland, Mich.
Sirs:
That grand picture of Clark Gable on your front cover (TIME, Aug. 31) was a real treat. And the very revealing article on radio programs in general, and the Hollywood hours in particular, was most interesting. The fact that Louella Parsons is in cahoots with Hearst is all many people will .want to know about her. The Parsons' introductions, gushy and mealymouthed, are thorns in an otherwise enjoyable bowl of soup. How different from those of De Mille, Hughes and the informal Mr. Crosby. . . .
LUCILE BULL Tampa, Fla.
Sirs:
The photograph of Clark Gable . . . is indeed the best I have ever come across. . . . I shall frame it and place it in a prominent position in my study. . . . However, upon close examination I believe that Gable should have taken a haircut before the picture was taken.
ABRAHAM BAUM Bronx, N. Y.
Headaches & Heartaches
Sirs:
In your article, "Dodo's Price," under Army & Navy, in the issue of Aug. 24, you refer to Farnsworth as "one of the most brilliant men ever to graduate from the U. S. Naval Academy."
The Register of Graduates of the U. S. Naval Academy shows that John S. Farnsworth graduated from the Naval Academy in. 1915, standing 123 in a class of 179.
The "Farnsworth Case" is causing enough headaches and heartaches to Naval Academy graduates without any exaggerations.
G. H. FORT U. S. Naval Academy Annapolis, Md.
Churchill-to-Europe
Sirs:
Regarding the article "Churchill-to-Europe," p. 26, TIME, Aug. 17, the writer is interested in knowing more about passenger accommodations out of this port. Would you kindly forward address to which I may write for more detailed information. Thanking you,
A. R. SANFORD Portland, Me.
Information regarding booking on the northernmost steamer service to Europe is to be had from Mr. A. M. Kirk, General Passenger Agent, Canadian National Railways, 360 McGill Street, Montreal, Canada.—ED.
Dead Heads
Sirs: