Record #:

13871

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Seventy-five buses in twenty-six states have been dispatched as the new fleet of highway post offices. Approved in 1940 by an Act of Congress, the new bus post offices will take over mail carrying duties at the end of rail lines.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 20 Issue 46, Apr 1953, p12-13, il

Subject(s):

Post office buildings--North Carolina; Railway mail service--North Carolina