Show THAT OVERSEAS XMAS MAIL at this time inne we still get an occasional c e a inal 1 report from the family ot some serviceman ervi cuman that he has just received d his last years christmas pecery parcel pame we have also had bad too many reports that those these parcels were mere NEVER received since our sin kings have been relatively latI voly few it is a fairly safe be bet m that when an overseas C h pame dot received it e is because the parcel has d int ed in the mails annis on account of P poor packing the new york and san francisco post at off offices report that thousands of parcels e have fallen 1 I to pieces be yond d any P possibility itty of r redemption rl I 1 by the time those a offices b have b been im me reached d this is usually c caused by nothing but poor packing further the treatment a parcel receives in z side this country is usually 1 ay in auld compared to that which it undergoes after it is placed on board ship every inch ol of space must be wed used in sea shipping and so parcels often hae hafers of weight on top of a them therefore h arof 0 re containers for oversea satu should ld b be e able to resist any amount of I 1 squashing this point cannot be emphasized too much A parcel whose contents cannot be recognized is seldom deliverable neither is one that falls to pieces the new york and san francisco offices retrieve land d everything possible but break a large percentage of rf those these which break open cannot cannet be saved and so many ands of christmas parcels never reach the soldier or sailor because the sender did not dot provide a strong enough container metal or wood containers are best make sure this year that your wrapping rap and packing are right lit ao also be sure to clearly label flach each ch chuna christmas una u parcel as a christmas ch ton P parcel end id mall mail before october 15 postmaster |