Anachronism

Ill-famed in Boston was the daily Telegram, scandalmonger. When its publisher, Frederick Wr. Enwright, was jailed in 1927 for having published a libelous cartoon of Mayor James Michael Curley, the Telegram was already dead. Publisher Enwright's present venture is a Telegram-News in Lynn, Mass. Last fortnight, this sheet gave an exhibition of a brand of journalism almost extinct in the U. S.

The day after candidates for Lynn's mayoralty had filed their papers, normal newspapers reported that the candidates numbered six. But the Enwright Telegram-News headlined: "Five Seeking Bauer's* Seat." This was neither a scoop for the Telegram-News nor an omission of ignorance. The omitted candidate was Lynn M. Ranger, president of the Lynn City Council. In 1927, when Mayor Curley jailed him, Publisher Enwright received a letter from Mr. Ranger alleging an Enwright "plot to defeat decent government." Result: Mr. Ranger's name is never printed in Mr. Enwright's newspaper.

*Mussolini-Iike, limelight-loving Ralph S. Bauer (TIME, Oct. 14).