| Show V MAIL CUTS WEIGHT OF FOREIGN deliveries 0 O I 1 the post office department announces that the V mail service inaugurated on june 15 1942 is nw past the experimental stage 7 with each week showing large in in j creases in the number of letters mailed maile d to american soldiers over 1 seas I 1 V mail letters are photographed on microfilm micro film by automatic ma mai i chines at the rate of 2000 to 2500 per hour and the film rolls containing 1500 letters bac each n are transmitted to destinations re productions are then made by other automatic machines and delivered to the addressee in individual sealed window penalty enve envelopes facilities for photographing and reproducing V mail to and from the united states and the british isles australia india hawaii andi and other points are now in operation A similar service is being planned for iceland and other points where the volume may warrant every pound of weight which can be saved on air transports overseas means that an equivalent amount of weight can be allotted vital military material amail V mail provides for the use by patrons of a special letter sheet form which is a combination letter and envelope of uniform size and design the patron writes his message completes the name and address of the addressee and the return card in the space provided provida 3 folds seals and mails the letter in the usual manner patrons patr ns are warned that only the inner or letter side of V mail letters are p photographed no to and should be careful to show the complete address ad dress of the person to whom the message lis is sent in the panel provided above the space for the message it is preferable to print the address in large block letters eni closures must not be placed in the letters when V mail letters are addressed tz t places where microfilm equipment is not in operation the lett letters ers are transmitted to destination ti in original form by he most expeditious means available clevn even in these instances savings in weight and space are accomplished 1 since there are approximately 97 V mail letters in a pound whereas ordinary letters average 40 per pound the war navy and post office ce departments operated cooperated co in developing this service largely with a view to decreasing the volume of mail to be carried overseas and providing an expeditious service the public i Is s urged to use it at every opportunity 0 I 1 without trying to drag in miracles just because clear vision is vouchsafed to a man and because afterwards it turns out that this clear vision has determined movements with enormous consequences in a formidable war I 1 still hold that this clear vision comes from a providential force in the hands of which one is an instrument and that the victorious decision emanates from above by a higher and divine will marshal foh fach |
