Ochs v. Bullock

Manhattanites who do not read Adolph S. Ochs's august, authoritative, exhaustive New York Times, sometimes give as their excuse that it is "heavy," meaning dull and long-winded. In the literal sense the Times is indeed heavy, heavier than any other New York daily. Its weekday editions last week averaged 9.9 oz. (Herald Tribune 8 oz., Sun 9.2 oz., World-Telegram 8.5 oz., Journal 7.1 oz., Post 6.4 oz., American 7.4 oz.) Last Sunday the Times weighed 2 Ib. 5 1/2oz.

The Times does not, like some provincial papers, extol its mass as a point of glory. But in its 2 Ib. 5 1/2 oz. Sunday edition the Times last week carried the following: Copy of Times Fells a Bullock As Marine Pilot Drops Mail "Managua, Nicaragua, Sept. 17.--

". . . Captain George L. Maynard of the Marine Corps related that while he was in Jinotega recently an aviator dropped a copy of the New York Times from a high altitude and the paper struck a bullock squarely between the eyes, knocking it to the ground. After a short time the bullock arose bewildered and fled into a wood. . ."

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