Show Mail Officials OffIcials- Explain Exp Delay De In r re response to inquiries inquiries from front vari various us S Salt lt L Lake k families s of f service service ervice erv- erv ice icemen men men stationed in Britain n as to why mail was vas being delayed in some cases discs as as long Iong longas as five or six wee weeks s government officials in m Washington attrib attributed ted the thc delay to tra transportation problems and nd strict censorship according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to to a a. a United Press Press' dispatch Monday M nd Although ough r restrictions on communications com corn muni o out t of British isles Imposed more ore than a m month nth ago did not apply aply to ordinary mail at the s same me time strict censorship censorship censorship censor censor- ship of ordinary Tn mail iI was Instituted t ed officials ld f c r Local pos post o office fice officials have received no official word as to cause of delay b but f Postmaster I. I A A. A Smoot said numerous n p persons had qu queried ried him declaring that they had not received mail mall until three or or four weeks after arter it was dispatched Meanwhile several mail press dispatches passed by censors May 23 were received in Salt Lake City Monday |