Word: postalized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...school. Somehow, it never seemed a hardship--as was all other writing. It was scribbled rather carefully in pencil--on the dining room table just after the supper dishes had been cleared away. About this time of year, it was, too. Annually, it must have caused Mr. Farley's postal predecessor some trouble. The address was a little vague. Just North Pole. But it got through, You always knew what to bring. All in all, it was a remarkable performance...
...censorship could prohibit us from making a legitimate reply." The rest was censored. Next week Editor Blum tried a trick that worked for Georges Clemenceau in War I: he sent copies of a censored article by mail to members of the Chamber of Deputies. They were seized by postal censors...
...defray the increased costs, both civilian and military, taxes went up. The so-called extraordinary income tax was raised from 2% to 5% on low incomes and to 15% on incomes above $155 monthly earned by male noncombatants of military age. Other new taxes included the upping of postal rates, increased levies on telephones and radios, cigars and cigarets...
Last week, like none but the greatest of white papers, the Courier had a war correspondent in France. He was a onetime Chicago postal clerk named Reno Walter Merguson, who fought with the U. S. Army in World War I, stayed on in Paris after the War as a tourist guide. He used to drive Negro travelers over the battlefields in an old automobile, send in items about them to the Courier. Presently Editor Vann gave him a full-time job as the Courier's European correspondent...
...Postal cards and letters from the children indicate that they are not only enjoying their country stay, but are healthy and well" (The latest air raid of the British was eminently successful, and all returned without the loss of a plane...