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TIIK NEWS-JOURNAL. KAEFORD. N. C.
THURSDAY. MARCH 4. 1943
Mail Great Builder
Of Soldier Morale
Never before, say the ar:ny and
navy, has mail to the armed forces
overseas meant so much in terms of
morale.
That's why their postal services,
in co-operation with the U. S. Post
Office, are going to such lengths to
see that the mail goes through'.
To battle one of the worst mail
problems in history, the army and
navy say they need the co-operation
of the soldier and his girl or
family.
They say that 10 per cent of all
letters for men oversea have some
thing ni-onr with th address, and
indicate that if each would be care'
ful when they write, they'd get more
letters from each other.
There are other factors, of course,
ship sinkings, for instance, that's
why they dreamed up V-mail (for
victory) which is, they say, the sur
est way of getting a letter to a ser
viceman overseas.
But V-mail or ordinary mail has
to go through. The reports from the
front are that many men would
gladly miss a meal t.) got a letter.
In getting the mail to our men
overseas, the army and navy have
to use siheiulos and transportation
as they lind them.
Toe niu'.y has roughly a million
and a half men overseas, and its
post offices Timet:. ,n in China. India.
Australia, the South Pacific, Africa.
Greenland and dozens of other
places. The navy has a 'in llion men
in service, and a large proportion
of them are at sea most of the time.
Many Problems j
What happened during the Chr st
ums rush indicates what the army
and navy are up against. The army
shipped overseas nearly 2-13 million
parcels, more than 51 million ordi
nary letters, and more than 15 mil
lion air mail letters. The navy, which
takes care of the mail for the coast
guard and mar '.ties, handled compar
able amounts of ma 1 in relation to
its size.
Delays in such a huge system are
inevitable, postal service men say,
and if Mary doesn't hear promptly
from Joe, or vice versa, there may
be many reasons:
Letters may have to wait for a
convoy to gather.
Ships may be sunk, though both
army and navy say the loss here is
surprisingly small.
Joe may have been transferred,
Even if he left a forwarding address
(which he often forgets) there may
be a delay before h s mail catches
up with him. If he is transferred
to a strategic area, a letter to him
may be held up temporarily lest his I
unit designation provide valuable in
formation in case t falls into enemy
hands.
If Joe's in the navy, coast guard,
or marines, even more chances of de
lay are present, ara present, because
of the frequency and secrecy and
secrecy with which naval boats
move about.
Our First Acid Test War Bonds and War Taxes
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You've Done Your Bit Now Do Your Best
t . i. ircjsury Dcfa'tnir p
Wiir Stamp Sales Over
Half Billion Dollars,
Album Drive Opens
imst one-third of the student body
who served as gu nea pigs only 45
per cent were In favor of war ro
mances under any circumstances. The
upperclas 'men did not think mar
riage under any conditions in war
times as a good thing as the younger
commercials.
The girls were considerably more
conservative than the boys in wish
ing their parents' approval and in
wanting to know the family back
ground of theix future husbands
than were the suldiers answering
the queries.
Opinion was divided as to wheth
er it is wise to marry a fellow who
expects to be sent overseas very
soon. Seventy-two per cent of the
Woman's college girls said, how
ever, that they would be willing to
have children if they knew the fu
ture father was leaving immediately
for foreign duty. '
The answer was an overwhelming
"no" to "Would war conditions jus
tify unconventional sexual behav
iour? asked by Misj Henry and
Miss Morton'. These students re
port, too, that the girls say that a
church wedding is not necessary,
though many indicated that they
would like in normal times to have
the big event done up with all the ;
trimmings.
Student; who made the studies t
have been members of the popular '
class in the sociology of marriage
taught by Dr. Lyda Gordon Shiv
ers. They are happy to report that
93 1-2 per cent of 412 upppiclassmen
answered "no" to the query, "Would
you marry almost any man merely
to escape be ng an old maid?"
To the reader who might raise the
question of whether there are any
war brides among The Woman's
college itudents, the answer is
"Yes, 18."
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yASHINGTON, D. C The na-
' " tion's retailers from the tiniest
hamlets to the mighty cities are act
ing as a spearhead in a great Trcas-
! Ury Department campaign to sell
The army has cut out the sending ! the additional War Savings Stamps
of packages to boys abroad except I needed to fill more than IuO.lltlll.uuU
when requested, while the navy has
set its limits.
A 1 it of people are still suspicious
of V-mail, say the army and navy
postal people, who mention that only
a : m;.ll percentage of overseas mail I
goes tii s fast, sure way, though that
V. S. Trc-'sui v phuo
Appealing Marirarct C. Russell of the War Savings StalT tai ks tip lli.s
new Treasury poster which will be seen from coast to coast. It pictures retailors
slogan, "SAY YES." A drive is underway for Americans to buy additional War
Stamps to fill albums and convert them into War Contls.
filled album is like a half-equipped
soldier," has been adopted oiiicialiy
percentage is glowing.
One pliant olten heard about V
mail is an allvged lack of privacy
but all mail to servicemen over
seas is ter.s red anyway.
Here's what actually happens:
V-mail written on special white
pap-er forms (to photograph well) '
are photographed on Ki mm. film
which as llo'.vn abroad to the V-mail
station nc-aieat the soldier. There i
is a print made from this film and!
this print is sent to him in a seal- i
ed envelope.
albums now in the hands of the
American people.
According to a report released by
the Treasury Department today,
sales of War Savings Stamps totaled
$559,777,000 for the period from May
1, 1941, through November, 1P42.
Stamp sales have risen from less
than three million dollars per month
when they were first introduced to
the public .to an average of more
than fifty million dollars per month
at the present time.
The Treasury's slogan, "A haif-
by retailers for the campaign.
The importance of the drive is i
seen in the fact that a War Bond po- I
tcntial of nearly two billion dollars
hangs in the balance.
Every War Stamp album, con- j
verted into a People's Bond, for '
which the purchaser pays S18.75 and :
which matures to S25.00 value when
held for 10 years, adds its force to :
the war effort.
The Treasury Department is ;
counting upon the country's school' 1
children to play a powerful role in
the success cf the SAY YES drive.
The volume of stamp and bond sa'rs i
is at the rate of $200,000,000 for the
current school year.
('. 5. frtdJioj' Urrtrtlin-Hl ;
College Girls Favor
War Weddings
H Not Hasty
would not marry boys whom they ;
have known only a short time since'
the war began. I
Great Record
The original of the letter is not
defrayed until the word comes back
that he has received the photogra
phic repi oduction of her letter. If
by chance that particular roll of
film is lost in a plane accident, the
letter is again photographed and a
print made and sent to the soldier.
More than 15 million have been
sent without a single loss.
Since its the film that travels, the
saving in cargo space can be imag
ined when you remember that i
pound of V-mail film carries 4.000
letters..
Despite the cost, the army consi
ders V-mail practically the perfect
answer, and it would suit the army
fine, postal men declare, if every
letter to soldiers overseas went that
way. To the navy, V-mail is equal
ly preferable wHere large numbers
of men are in more or less perma
nent stations, as Pearl Harbor. For
Saijois or warshiips moving all over
the globe, V-mail doesn't help so
much.
Just wl .i uld write the boy ov
ersea!. Only i, niy and friends, say
the au'l- T:me and exper
ience h.r - ' " '' ey say, the boy
is not in' - "d in getting letters
from well-mean, n strangers, and
as thi- is one of the oldes'. dodges of
would-be-spies in puttinp informa
tion, they have ruled it out as far as
poss ble.
! These are the findings of five stu- j
dents, Misse: Kfithryn Cox, Fre-;
mont, who questioned ISO sopho-
mores, juniors and seniors: Doreen !
! Henry, of PeeksVill, N. Y., and !
Greensboro, Feb. 27. Students at : Penelope Morton, New Bern, who 1
the Woman's College of the Univer-j checked on the attitudes of 412 jun-T
sity of North Carolina are in favor i iors and leniors; Frances Baer Bunn,
of war marriagej, if they have known , and Kathleen Rhyne, Aberdeen, who
the man before he entered service made a survey in the one-year com
with the nation's armed forces. Theyimeicial class. Of the 721 girls al-
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