Montgomery County sentinel., 1952-10-30
Deadline for
Korean Yule
Gifts Nov. Is

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Deadline for sending Christmas
gifts to service men in korea is
November Is for parcel post.
Deadline for air mail is a little
later, but persons who expect to
use the faster service are warned
that such packages are limited to
no more than two pounds. Air
mail also is more expensive than
parcel post.
Parcel post packages weighing
up to 70 pounds will be accepted
SC long as the over all measure
ments do not add up to more than
100 square inches.
A few days ago, the United
States Eighth Army Public In
formation Office polled United
States divisions to find out what
the men are asking for.
The humorists listed: /. An
honorable disharge. 2. A girl.
3. A bottle of good whiskey.
The first is a matter of time
and the second is too heavy or
banned by that live animal reg
ulation, Same for whiskey.
Among the serious, the Army
found that on the top of the list
were photos from the girl-friend
or the folks at home, paper backed
came food, candy, paper-backed
books, toilet articles, flashlights,
envelopes and small cameras with
plenty of film.
A few wistful and forgotten
soldiers simply wrote Email"
Other univeral gifts are rubber
soled camp moccasins - wonder
full comfort after day in Army |
boots stainless steel pocket |
knife 1.-THE best being a good scout |
knife or Swiss army knife). a
soldier sewing kit, good billfold
(even without money in it) and,
if you know the size, the mans
favorite style of civilian under
wear.
Canned Meat Best Food
The best foods are canned meats
Canned ham is fine and so are roast
beef, chicken, tongue, sausage
spreads, hard salami, seafood,
frankfurters, vienna sausage, and
bacon. Fruit cake in a tin or
wooden box and well packed cookies
are swell too, but other cakes and
loose cookies just crumble and go
stale. As for candy, homemade
fudge has no substitute and ships
we'll. A II the standard candy bars
and boxed candy are good.
Avoid anything in glass bottles
or anything that will break. If
you must send fragile items, be
sure at least four to six inches of
heavy packing are around them.
If you send flashlights, be sure
20 select good heavy duty models
and send long dozen extra bulbs
and some extra batteries.
If you send envelopes-there. is
always chronic shortage in Korea
why not send hundred stamped
ajfmail?
There are lots of the popular
brand cigarettes in Korea, but if
your man likes special brands,
send them. There are also short
ages of cigars, good pipe tobacco,
pipes and tobacco pounches.
For information several little
tens make life easier during the
winter. There are little pocket
warmers that run on cigarette
lighter fiuid-but send a dozen cans
Df fluid too-and be sure to send
Two warmers-one for each pocket.
On all night ambush patrols these
make all the difference to man
whose fingers freeze.
The little GI pocket stoves are
for heating and cooking
In chilly bunkers. But be sure
they burn gasoline. Kerosene and
alcohol are not available. Better
get the little civilian models or
send the bill of sales if you get
the kind the Army issues, some
times the Army calls them in and
a man will lose his if he can't
prove ownership.
Hunting knives are popular and
handy. Company commanders,
platoon leaders and higher officers
can use a portable radio. But be
sure to send high quality sturdy
model that uses either line power
or batteries. And send an extra