Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-24
Mail for Prisoners in German Camps
 Goes Free from Postal Duties.

Mail for Prisoners in German Camps
 Goes Free from Postal Duties.
 American prisoners of war in Ger many are entitled to receive and send letters, money orders, and valuables, and parcelpost packages weighing not more than Il pounds, when intended for international mail, free from all postal duties.
 Mail should be addressed to the prisoner of war, giving his rank, the name of the prison camp where he is held, if it is known, followed by Prisoner of War Mail, via. New York" All such mail should also bear the name and address of the sender.
 Parcel-post packages for prisoners of war in enemy countries may not be sent by organizations or societies and i only one package a month may be sent. If more are received the one apparently from the prisoners next of kin will be forwarded and the others held in New York pending communication with the senders, with whose consent such excess packages may be sent to other prisoners of war ] who had received no packages during i that month. Lacking this consent the | packages will be returned to the senders.
 Only the following articles may be included in the packages: Belts not made of leather; hair, hand tooth, shaving, and shoe brushes: buttons 1 hard candy; cigars and cigarettes combs crackers and biscuits gloves not made of leather; Hand kerchiefs; pocket knives; needles and thread; pencils and pens; pen holders; pins; pipes; safety razors and blades; shaving soap, powder or cream; shirts and scarfs: shoe Iaces: smoking or chewing tobacco; toilet soap; socks;' sweaters; tooth DOW der; paste or liquid mouth wash; towels; underwear; personal photo graphs; periodicals published prior tc | the beginning of the war
 Letters and packages will be sub ject to careful censorship.
 There are now 20 uniforms fol women in war work in the United l States. They are for munition work. CTS, telephone and radio operators yeomen, employees of Shipping BoarC and the Food Administration, Rec
 Cross workers, Y. M c. A. workers
 Woman's Motor Corps, Girl Scouts and students of the National Service
 School of the Woman's Naval Service
 From the date of the establishment
 of flying schools and camps in thi
 country and at Camp Borden, To
 ronto, until April "A, 1918, there hay,
 been 102 deaths in flying accidents.
 The Treasury Department has ex
 tended to Great Britain an additiona
 credit of $75, 5,000,0 900, making the tota
 of American loans to that countr7
 $2,795, 100000, and the total to all co
 belligerents s5,363, $50, 000
 A group of 100 women telephone op
 orators, to serve with the Expedition } ary Forces, have already been sent t , France, and 150 are now in trainin Lschools to meet future demand } Wives of officers and men who are eli gible for duty in France are not ac cepted.
 , The British meat shortage is bein 5 felt more severely than at any tim l since war was started. That tn 7 shortage is not confined to meats l however is shown by the fact tha effective control of the milk supply l already being considered, in order t ? meet possible greater shortage late in the year, and that some sections (
 English labor are favoring extension
 of the compulsory rationing system { :, bread, cheese. and tea.
 !. The War Trade Board has limite ], the importation of crude rubber [ 100 000 tons a year, and has instruc