Show Post Office Cancels Xmas Cards During Past Week Sets Record for Cards Received and Mailed Over Christmas cards were mailed during the week preceding Christmas at the Roosevelt post J. Austin reported proximately the same number were received through this post The number of cards mailed this year sets a new record for the Roosevelt post office and exceeds last years number b. Pack The stamp sales from December 1 to 24 exceeded last year's sale during the same period by but due to a slump In the third August and the year's gross receipts at the post office fall slightly under last year's with this year compared to in Pack says there is no explanation for the slow-down of post office receipts during the 1940 summer |