Show postal authorities issue instructions for mailing christmas parcels to service men announcement has been made by the U S postal department that all christmas parcels and cards to men in aimed services who are aie stationed outside the continental united states slates should be mailed not later than november 1 the announcement stated that the period tor for mailing such parcels pai cels cards or 01 letters would be between october I 1 and no 1 other instructions ansti notions included in the instructions to postmasters were that parcels should not weigh more e than six pounds and 8 should be not larger in size than on ordinary shoe ahoe box the public Is urged by the war and nay navy departments to follow these requests and to cooperate with the postal department in order that transportation facilities will not unnecessarily over taxed in making deliveries del heiles to the men in the service at christmas time it was state that men located in alaska were considered as being outside th the e continental united states owing to the great distance this mall mail must be transported and the handling and any store age it must undergo it Is absolutely necessary that all article be packed in substantial boxes or containers contal nei a and be covered with wrappers wrap of sufficient strength not only to resist pressure ot of other mail in ia the same sack but to withstand the weight of other sacks ot of mall mail which in the long transit may te be piled thereon it was said it was also stated that each parcel will be subject to censorship and delay lu in handling handing maybe may be minimized by securing the covering II if the parcel so as to permit penult ready leady inspection of 0 the contents no perishable matter should be included in any parcels inton mcants inflatable materials and poisons are aie positively prohibited in ili the malls mails addresses addi esses must be legible and parcels addressed addi essed to overseas personnel should show in addition to the name and address of the alie sender the name rank lank army im serial number branch blanch of service sen ice organization A P 0 number ot of the addressee and the post office through which the par maicel el Is to be routed parcels for foi navy na personnel onnel should show in ili addition to the name and address ot of the sender the name rank lank or rating of the addressee addi a dd essee ressee and the naval unit to w liveli lie he Is assigned aBslon ed or 01 name of oe ship and post office through which the parcel Is to be routed parcels panels for foi members of the U S marine madlne corps should show tile the rank lank or 01 rating ull full name and U S al C U S marine corps unit number and should be sent in care ot of the postmaster through which lie he receives his mall mail each sender Is asked to endorse theli their parcel christmas parcel it was vas stated that special effort will be made to effect delivery bellei del lei of all christmas parcels mailed during the period named in ili time for christmas Chilst mas |