Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-25 | Page 22 | Red Cross Box Rules Outlined

RED CROSS BOX rules mm Instructions for Packing Overseas Christmas Parcels Par-cels Outlined. f llf HI llllft received yesterday at headquarter head-quarter of the .-Salt Lake roumy chapter of the Red Cross outlines r'ne manner In which Christmas boxes for the Red Cross personnel In Kurop may be sent. The Instructions follow: "The Red Cross will undertake to forward for-ward Christmas botes o Red Cross personnel per-sonnel lu Kurope from relatives and friends In the Cnlted States under the following conditions: Lioses to be six Inches square. elhteen Inches lone, outside out-side measurement: of heavy cardboard. oomiKHted board or other material. The maximum welitht of such boxes Is nfiy pounds. All liquids, poisons, explosives and Inflammable, fragile and perishable articles excluded, also articles which inle'it spoil. i;his .ontalners are prohibited. pro-hibited. Ho.xes must be rrepald and in-ar full address of the conslxnee and sender, send 1m.,s paroe) post, special delivery or express. 'Th.' s! oul 1 .'c suorr.'.tted to local postofftce authoiitles for i acceptance throufh malls and should be packed to . :..v ,;i -:-p.vii'Mi if I fssar. Address Ad-dress to consignee, care American Fred Criss warehouse. Bush terminals. Brooklyn. New York. Foxes should bear Inscription "Christmas Box" and must reach Brooklyn by Novomber 2T. Two boxes of this sl may bo sent each consignee. con-signee. The Red Cross will do Us utmost to get boxes to destination nnd will furnish fur-nish courier service from Brooklyn to destination, but assumes no responsibility for Ions (,:' boxes or delay." J. W. S. Justice, head of the Utah-Idaho Utah-Idaho Ink company. Salt Ijike, called at Ited Cross hadquarters yesterdax- and presented the nftlo with n large bottle of Ink. stating that he wished to donate the ink as Ids contribution to the Red cross drive. 1 . 1 I