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Show ' : - Li -.- Cornerstone of' New -U. S.-Postof f ice Laid pC f ' ' ill N , r ; i , t rtli John N. Van. Zandt, S3, of Blawen-burg, Blawen-burg, N. J., is the oldest postmaster in the United. States. But that didn't prevent his attending the ceremonies ceremon-ies of the laying of the cornerstone ' of the , new postoffice department building in Washington. Using the same trowel which President Washington once used' in a similar ceremony, President Hoover laid the cornerstone of the new U. S. postoffice department building, on which the government is going to spend $10,500,000. That's Postmaster-General Walter Brown at left. i , ! |