Word: post
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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OVER 3,200 LETTERS, POST CARDS AND TELEGRAMS HAVE JUST BEEN FORWARDED HERE FROM CRUM ELBOW. OVER A THOUSAND WERE RECEIVED BEFORE I LEFT. OUT OF ALL THESE, ONLY FOUR COMMUNICATIONS-TWO LETTERS AND TWO POST CARDS ALL ANONYMOUS, CONTAIN ADVERSE CRITICISM AND ABUSE IN THE RECENT EFFORT TO TEST THE ECONOMIC THEORIES OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND FATHER DIVINE...
...Secretary-Louis Johnson takes an impish delight in upsetting army dogma and army officers. Though it is distinctly outside his province as Assistant Secretary, he once decided that too many enlisted men were serving as dog-robbers (officers' servants). A series of telegrams and cables querying every army post confirmed this conclusion, resulted in a marked reduction in the number on dog-duty. At present Mr. Johnson (himself a Lieutenant Colonel of Reserves) is concerned with the army's overgrown list of colonels and generals. The field artillery, for example, has 95 colonels, needs no more than...
...Washington Post surpassed all in bitterness with a cartoon by Gene Elderman entitled, "God Bless You, Walter! Let's Always Be Friends...
...been "canceled indefinitely." In Munich and in most German cities near the Eastern border, people waited on street corners for the motor busses which usually take them to work, then were told they had better walk, since the army had commandeered the busses. Even mail trucks of the German Post Office stopped delivering letters, began delivering soldiers, reservists and supplies. As men called to the colors left their jobs all over Germany, none knowing how soon he could return, German women were sent to fill many of the vacancies...
Europe stood by watchfully but refused to be seriously alarmed. Military experts reported that the German Army probably needed exercise because: 1) its march into Austria last spring revealed several technical weaknesses in its service of supply, etc.; 2) its reservists, following post-War disarmament, are just now beginning to reach significant numbers and need training. Last week Europe was in a mood to let Adolf Hitler exercise his boys and put on a show...