Word: postalized
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...Ponzi's secret was absurdly simple, he explained: he bought depreciated foreign currency with U.S. dollars, converted it into International Postal Union reply coupons at par, then converted the coupons back into dollars. Net: 400%. The police commissioner assigned inspectors to investigate Ponzi; they ended up investing in his company...
Other points included: establishment of a "liaison" office responsible for "military and political affairs during a period of transition"; continued operation of "utilities, banks, warehouses and schools"; continuation of postal and telegraphic service with the outside world. Nationalist transport planes continued to evacuate military men and Kuomintang secret service operatives...
...Brooklyn's Postmaster Edward J. Quigley announced that dogs, cats, snakes and rabbits may not be sent through the mail, but that postal authorities will accept alligators (up to 20 inches), bees, turtles, frogs, horned toads, and certain types of worms (provided they are packed in moist moss...
Perhaps the most satisfying moment the office had last year came when a woman walked in with a postal card. It was from the concentration camp in Poland where her husband was interned and it was written in Polish. She spoke only French. A quick look through the files and Holt phoned a student language expert, who translated it from Polish to English. A second man was called to put it into French...
...postal told her that her husband had been release from detention camp and was on his way to join...