Venezuela Postal Rate Is Highest in Americas Says Trade Official
Assistant Trade Commissioner Frederick D. Grab reports from Caracas that Venezuela charges five cents per ounce for first class mail from the United States, the highest rate in the Americas. Delays in delivery are blamed on insufficient postage as much mail arrives with a two cent stamp and is held for postage due.
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Atlanta
Venezuela
America
Frederick D. Grab
Caracas
Harry O. Mitchell
National Department of Commerce
United States
Pan-American Postal Union
Worldwide Gum Boom Boosts American Brand Sales
A Commerce Department pamphlet notes global chewing of American gum, with U.S. annual consumption near seventy million pounds and a value around one hundred million dollars. Before 1914 gum shipments overseas were under $200,000, but after American troops arrived in France they surged to about two million dollars.
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Atlanta
Commerce Department
Harry O. Mitchell
United States
France
Museums Wage Dispute Over Queen's Heart in Nantes
In Nantes two city museums dispute custody of Anne of Brittany's supposed heart kept as a heritage token. The quarrel centers on which institution best represents the city, famed for medieval legends of hearts sent home to birthplaces or buried in holy ground.
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Nantes
France
Anne of Brittany
Department of
Loire Inferieur
Anne
St. Louis
Holy Ground
Richard the Lion Hearted
Rouen
Walrus Industry Dull Seaboard Protection Extended
Walruses and sea lions on Alaska shores gain a two year protection extension against commercial stays. Killing allowed only for sustenance by natives miners and explorers and to protect salmon runs, but prohibited for shipping or sale.
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Alaska
Bygge och Bo Promotes Homes in Sweden Exhibitions
Stockholm notes the phrase Bygge och Bo meaning Own your own home gains popularity through exhibitions aimed at encouraging better and more beautiful houses. The tell includes American-made items like sewing machines and refrigerators.
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Stockholm
Sweden
California's Choice Phelan for Democratic VP Nomination
James D. Phelan former U S senator is expected to be California's candidate for the Democratic vice presidential nomination at Houston He will head California's Smith delegation.
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James D. Phelan
U. S
California
Houston
Smith
Government Supports Exhibitions With Surplus Lottery Profits
Demonstrations show a range of home care devices from floor polishers to vacuum cleaners while the government uses surplus lottery profits to help fund the exhibitions.
Coolidge Community Notes Graduation and Local Happenings
The Coolidge school year ended with twelve graduates in the class of 28 on May 22. The community thanks Prof. Miller and the faculty for their efforts. Local residents Alfred and Leon Carlton visited family. Col J B Edwards B B Earle Supt Gorham Garrison attended the exercises.
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Coolidge
Miller
Alfred and Leon Carlton
Winter Park
Leesburg
Fla
H. I. Carlton
J. B. Edwards
B. B. Earle
Thomasville
J. Gorham Garrison
Ochlocknee
B. F. King
Colton
Cecil
King
Commencement Attendees Include Guests of Allagood Family
Rev and Mrs J B Allagood hosted weekend visitors consisting of their three daughters and granddaughters named Mesdames Myrtle Rountree Mildred Lowe Opal Cagle and young Betty Jean Cagle.
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J. B. Allagood
Myrtle Rountree
Mildred Lowe
Opal Cagle
Betty Jean Cagle
Motorized Caravan Routes From Bagdad to Damascus
Six wheel American buses run 600 miles from Bagdad to Damascus replacing weeks of travel. The service carries 2 200 passengers and monthly freight and mail shipments.
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Bagdad
Mediterranean
Transdesert
Damascus
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Dmasville Restaurant
Rench
French Dry Cleaners
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Flowers Baker
Thomasville, Ga
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Spence Supply Company
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University of Alabama
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Los Angeles
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California’s Choice
Thomas County
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Monarch
Georgette Crepe
Bostonian Shoes
Tan
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Jack Tar
Horace Crosby
Memorial Hospital
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Meigs
Clay Whaley
Pelham
Whaley
I. A. Whaley
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Tampa
Luther Smith
Mabel Lewis
A. B. & C. Railroad
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