Herewith are excerpts from letters come to the desks of the editors during the past week. They are selected primarily for the information they contain either supplementary to, or corrective of, news previously published in TIME.
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A. P. C. M., Bibanga
Kabinda, Lomami District
Congo Beige, Africa,
Via Cape Town.
July 20, 1925
TIME
The News Magazine Sirs:
Here in the middle of Central Africa TIME is the one medium that I depend on to bring me news of the outside world. Missing a copy is a source of keen disappointment, and this prompts me to write and ask if you cannot send the copies of my subscription in stronger wrappers. A journey of 14,000 or more miles, with frequent changes from steamer to rail to native porterage, demands a much stronger wrapper than that you have been using. I have missed several copies and had others arrive in wrappers practically torn off. I should appreciate attention to this, and if there is a charge for service, I shall remit if you will advise me as to the amount.
I have subscribed for a friend, Rev. A. Hoyt Miller, A. P. C. M., Bibanga, Kabinda, Lomami District, Congo Beige, Africa, via Cape Town, and I should like to request the same service for him.
FRANK J. GILLIAM
Subscriber Gilliam's wants will be supplied.—ED.
Public Service
TIME Denver, Colo.
The News Magazine S^pt. 28, 1925 Sirs:
I do not know of any venture in journalism in the country which has brought such a breath of fresh air to the field as yours has done. Your entry into this branch of literature partakes of the character of Strachey's entry into the province of biography. Your demonstration that informative articles concerning current events need not be melancholy is a public service. You help to establish the falsity of the notion that there is no royal road to learning. Your disregard of all known conventions of journalism, and of some conventions of etiquet, is as refreshing as a julep.
HENRY W. TOLL
Royalty
TIME Gloucester, Mass.
The News-Magazine Sept. 29, 1925
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