Show Christmas Mail Must Be In Office By December 1 1st st The bulk of if Christmas mail must lie be in I the he II post t offices by December December Decem Decem- I ber her I 1 this thil year yeu if deliveries on un time ate arc to be he assured alIred according according- to Smith Simm W. W I Put Second ml Assis ASli Assistant tant t t POt Postmaster ct General M Mr r Pur Pur- mm is i. responsible ilc to tim Postmaster ter General Frank C. C Walker Valker for lor smooth and amid c efficient air l r a and amid 1111 railway railway railway rail rail- way mail service Unprecedented wartime demands on the postal and ammil transportation systems plus plu a prospective c record volume mu e of 01 Cli Christmas rim t s mailings I i migs s were cited bv by Iv Mr M Ir r. r as o lalin earlier mailings s then ever e before inure It i is ally impossible for the railroads and air lines hues burdened bur with rit it vitally it ly i important war to handle Christmas mail mailings jugs ings as a rapid rapidly hy s ii normal times Mr I r I saul said If Jf I I the time hulk bulk of lr and greeting cauls arc are held usual time lime timime- the tile per mer iod of iii about December I IS 15 S to Lo 23 23 they timet cannot be ll distributed in ill tithe time and amid thousands of gifts will reach their r after Christmas 1 r is t mm I In ii IM I'M I 01 1 I. I about 11 0 21 mail cars were re between 1 December h 12 and 24 21 to deliver mails Cr cars to 10 make a 1 train miles long This Ibis year rear t I the lie hI ex extra extra tx ex- tra ta cars lar rs mm needed to lii nu e mc holiday am 11 ic m- m largely lar being l by 11 bythe till the me d arine-d services amid ami a severe slim ta l' l is i. 1 in ill prosper Tit Tin Tin- 11 I postal I mr Irv m Irve cite e 11 usually 1 lIa I y borrows horroW bor hor- rim rows roW I 2500 trucks from front th the army am ii other government a agencies agen ell ell- I. I I des cies ins a and t 1 tents tents' lIt about dJou t I WIIO O from pi lit ivale owners to tn handle time the Chrit Christmas mas mails TWo yar year it will willbe be lie extremely difficult to obtain of these vehicles ides to 10 em ren a part of tIme the iced The lime anny nerds it its S own I i rucks and Ind private ate owners are arc re- re to It Jd lt someone else bc use IIse their r tires Ram Railroads arc lre cooperating cooperating- l II y con Ctt converting lom of steel box boxcars ears cars a and si similar equipment for mail I II transportation I t a mm ion a and mid Joseph J 11 B. Hast East ast nian director of QI Defense transportation tation tallon has ordered that unnecessary sary sar travel be he curtailed to the time limit d during mm the time holiday season I But I mit these measures cannot lannot assure deliveries dehm cries eries of gifts on time unless the time public cooperate by imy mailing early and inel thus limits spreading the tile transportation thou tion load over o a longer cr period than usual Mr fr called attention to the task of the time post pmt office department depart depart- m ment nt in ill moving millions of pieces every ry day jay to and aud from soldiers sol sol- ol- ol diers sailors J and marines marilles through through- throughout out omit time the world This extraordinary job must be lie kept current t. t even cn while the tIme holiday rush of oC mailings s i is handled milled Also iso he lie POi pointed out omit time the postal establishment emit is operating in ing imig with it ii many thousands 1 of 1 inexperienced inex personnel employed take the time of 01 men called to the time armed armed arm arm- ed services Ces The lime new employees naturally call cannot not handle time the holiday holi lioti- day mail jam jammi wi with t Im the time smoothness s and atmil ed of the time post hOSt veterans whom thc they replace I In mm view of all I those imose handicaps to time the service r. Purdum added postal i patrons should mail t their heir gifts h by imy December 1 if they timey wish to insure that their friends friend will not be disappointed disappoint ted at It m t Christmas I |