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Show DESTROY 175,000 MS POST CARDS Uncle Sara Confiscates Postals Bearing Christmas Greetings Wasted Effort of Senders WASHINGTON, Uec. 20. Though the postofllce department handled an unprecedented amount of holiday mail this year, with little congestion or confusion, approximately 175.000 postcards post-cards i .bearing Christmas greetings were destroyed today. These represent repre-sent the u asted .efltoy. of the senders ' Thousands ot ards wore -thrown awat Lecauso bearing mica or tinsel ornaments. They were mailed in un-eealed un-eealed cm elopes with pennv stamps. In addition to an average of 12,000 pieces of unmailablc matter rcceivcJ daily by the dead letter oQlce. about 25.000 unclaimed postcards were confiscated con-fiscated today |