Postal Service Talk Given at Rotary Luncheon
A. A. Wilson reports on US postal system at Coronado Rotary lunch. Key facts include 42,000 post offices and 425,000 to 440,000 employees, rural routes at a loss, a 300 million dollar deficit, and use of all transport modes. He also notes a 14,000,000 dead letters yearly and 36,000 rural routes.
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Postal Service
Rotary
United States
A. A. Wilson
Wilson
Benjamin Franklin
Coronado Postal Service Expands Deliveries
Postal service improves as more GI trainees aid operations. In Coronado every house now has two daily deliveries with an 8 15 a.m. start. Last December 4000 man hours were needed beyond allocated time, met by help from San Diego. There are about 4400 delivery stops in Coronado and local receipts last year were about 105000 dollars.
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Coronado
Wilson
San Diego
History of Coronado feature prompts readers for old images
The Compass outlines its History of Coronado column inviting weekly historical scenes and requests donations or loans of photographs of well known local residents from yesteryear to enrich the feature.
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Coronado
The
Compass
Yesteryear
Old Time Autos Shown In 1917 Picture
A 1917 photograph loaned by Ben F. Eakin shows early automobiles on the beach south of Hotel del Coronado. Palm thatched cottages facing Tent City line the background beyond the fence rail.
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Ben F. Eakin
G Avenue
Hotel del Coronado
Tent City
Ocean Drive
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