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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1939
Page
5
Post office officials describe a busy day with duties beyond standard tasks. R M Williams notes efforts to help callers tracing relatives or creditors and explains lottery letters are held and destroyed if confirmed. Cancellations, savings bonds, and registered mail figures are summarized with yearly and monthly totals. Santa Claus origin and a vacation-note offer wrap the piece.
The report notes that July was extremely dry with rainfall totals under half the long term average in nearly every county. Only six Julys have been drier in the past, according to a Federal meteorologist.
The Oread Training School closes the summer session with office hours for fall enrollments. New assignments include Mildred Hauser teaching Latin and mathematics at Gove High, Cecil Cass at Nortonville, Lindner as art supervisor, Mabel Mize as typing supervisor, and E B De Groot as physical education supervisor. Dr Ulmer and Mrs Ulmer plan brief trips, Jantzen couple to visit relatives, and Miss Lowrance expects a new home in West Hills.
The American freighter Pipestone County battled a harbor fire mid ocean and, with one of two coast guard cutters racing to assist 770 miles out, radioed that the fire was under control and the ship would continue toward France.
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