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Show Mail Overseas Xmas Gifts Sept i6'Oct. 31 The six-week period from September Sept-ember 15, through October 31 has been designated as the time during dur-ing which all Christmas mail should be posted for Marine Corps personel on overseas duty. Arrangements Ar-rangements have been made with the Post Office Department for special handling of Christmas letters let-ters and packages mailed during this period in order to get them to men overseas before the holidays. holi-days. To facilitate this effort, senders send-ers are requested to mark their packages "Christmas parcel" and to pay special attention to rhe addressing and package require-j ments. Hundreds of packages are lost daily because senders do not wrap them strongly enough to' withstand through numerous pos-tal pos-tal centers and the heat of a ships hole. For the purposes of Christmas mail, the term "overseas" personnel per-sonnel means men who receive their mail through a Fleet Post Office at San Francisco, California: Californ-ia: New York, NewYork; or Seattle, Seat-tle, Washington. Letters and parcels par-cels should contain the name and address of sender, the name, rank or rating of addressee and the unite to which he is assigned, or name of ship or Fleet Post of-1 fice through which the mail is ' to be routed. Under postal regulations, Christmas Christ-mas parcels shall not exceed five pounds in weight, or 15 inches in length or 36 inches in length and 1 girth combined. Not more than one parcel will be accepted in any one week from the same sender for the same addressee. All articles should be packed in metal, wooden, or solid doublefaced corrugated fiberboard or strong fully telecoping cardboard card-board boxes. Fiberboard of cardboard card-board boxes must be securely wrapped in strong paper and tied with twine. In addition, senders are cautioned that delays caused -by the necessity for censorship will be minimized if the wrapping is secured so as too permit easy inspection of contents. Parcels should not include any weapons, perishables, intoxicants, or inflammable articles such as matches or lighter fluid. In general, gen-eral, the public is urged not to send food or clothing. Men over-Seas over-Seas are amply provided with both so shipping space for gifts should be used for other purposes. Mail for Marine Corps personnel person-nel may be insured or registered by the sender. These regulations apply also to men in the Navy and Coast 'Guard. |