Word: mail
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Night Air Mail," he said...
...give a few specific facts. In May, the receipts from second-class mail fell off 4.68% from May of the year previous. This class of mail (newspapers and periodicals) had been the largest burden (loss) to the Post Office. But publishers howled so bitterly in protest against a raise of rate, and the politicians were so afraid of them, that second-class rates, although juggled a bit, were not really increased ?as the above result shows...
Higher rates on registry, insurance, special delivery, C. O. D. mail, etc., brought an increase...
Third class mail showed an increase. Fourth class mail showed a decrease. The result was a net monthly revenue only $4,131 better than a year earlier. Mr. New shrugged his shoulders. Meanwhile, the American Farm Bureau, smarting under the 2c service charge imposed on parcels post?which many farmers use?suggested solving the problem by applying "Coolidge economy" to the Post Office, specifically suggested charging other Government Departments with the $7,000,000 annual cost of Government mail sent out free under frank...
...Democratic Primary for Governor- a hot-fought election between two state senators, Mapp and Byrd, hinging largely on questions of personal integrity. Last week three Virginian women were in Florence, Italy. One of them took train, hastened to Paris, got a ballot from the U. S. consul, voted by mail, and hastened back with two other ballots so that her mother and cousin might vote by mail from Florence...