Word: departmental
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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The modest size of this kitty, said Mr. Welles, was proof that the new Division "is not a propaganda agency." Further proof was the State Department's choice of a Cultural Relations chief: Dr. Ben Mark Cherrington of the University of Denver. A onetime University of California football coach...
Having trudged 65,000 miles carrying 283 tons of mail since 1918, Anna McDonald, 45, of Anaconda, Mont., was last week transferred from mail-carrier to a clerical job by the Post Office Department. Anaconda hailed the retirement of "the last woman city mail carrier in the United States."
But Anaconda was wrong. Though its records on the subject are vague, the Post Office Department did know that Anaconda's Anna was not the last of her species. During the War many a strong girl got a man's job toting letters from door to door. At...
In 1909, in the northeast corner of Utah, on a bare ridge of the desolate Uinta Mountains, diggers discovered the fossil remains of several dinosaurs ("terrible lizards"). The U. S. Government set apart 80 acres at the site, named it Dinosaur National Monument, recently began building a museum. Last week...
Such are the facts of the Lamp Post's well known obituary. Four years ago, after troops had chased him fruitlessly for many months, he was shot not in battle but in a brawl, died of his wounds. Brazil rejoiced when the news was announced. Last January Brazil rejoiced...