Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-07-19 | Page 3 | Return Address Will Prevent Loss of Mail, Says Postal Aid

Custodian of Dead Letters TV f T 1 ri .11 wim wi ami miiiiiwiwm ew mmm -ft HE'S LOST AND FOUND MAN AT POST OFFICE George A. Nielxon, head of elaimt department in federal building. Return Address Will Prevent Loss of Mail, Says Postal Aid 250 Missives Weekly Go Into Oblivion of Salt Lake Claims Bureau Your "very good friend, the postman," says. Put. your return address on the envelope of every letter you write, even if it's only a letter home. 1 George A. Nielson, head of the claims department of the Salt Lake City post off ice, Saturday estimated that 230 letters a week are turned into his department, the majority of which are never claimed. These letters often contain money," aaid Mr. Nielson, "which we keep for one year in hopea that the owners will call, but they very seldom do." At the end of a year the lettera are sent to tha San Francisco post-office, post-office, where any amall articles contained con-tained In them are auctioned. Loot money la sent to the United States treasury. All unclaimed parcel post is sent directly to San Francisco, where It also la auctioned. "Most of the letters are family ones," Mr. Nielson continued, "and have no name signed except perhaps per-haps 'Mother or 'Nell,' and they never contain the aender'a address." Christmas time seems to bring In the greatest number of "dead" letters, let-ters, with Easter, Mother's day and Valentine's day aa runners-up. So, cautions Mr. Nielson, if you want your letters to reach their destination des-tination aafely, remember to put your address on the envelope.