Pleasant Grove Review | 1942-12-04 | Page 1 | Christmas Packages must be Mailed Now if you Expect Xmas Delivery

1 CHRISTMAS PACKAGES MI ST BE MAILED NOW IF YOl EXPECT XMAS DELIVERY The bulk of Christmas mail must be mailed immediately if deliveries on time are to be assured, acord-itig acord-itig to Smith W. Purdum, Second Assisebant Postmaster General. Umprecendented - wartime" "-demands on the postal and transportation transpor-tation ' systems, plus a prospective record volume of Christmas mailings, mail-ings, were cited by Mr. Purdum as necessitating earlier mailingi than ever before. "It is physical! impossible for the railroads and air lines burdened with vitally important impor-tant war materials to handle Christmas Chris-tmas mailings as rapidly as in normal nor-mal times, Mr. Purdum said. If the bulk of parcels and greeting cards are held back until the usual time the period about December 15 to 23they simply cannot be distributed dis-tributed in .time, and thousands of gjfts will reach their destination after Christmas."