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WHAT TO SEND
Over There!
By ARLENE WOLF
AP Features Writer
The Allied invasion of Europe
means increased strains on supply
lines carrying the materials of
war to America’s men overseas.
So it s of paramount importance
now that every package you send
your soldier contains the things
he actually wants or needs—and
not useless articles to clutter up
the mails.
Exactly what items the boys in
France will be needing nobody
knows yet. But it’s probably safe
to assume that they will be able
to use the same articles they need
ed in England—candy, chewing1
gum .popcorn, well-packaged1
cookies and groceries. In England,1
cigarettes are rationed to seven
packs a w’eek, so if your GI
smokes more than that, a carton
; or two will come in handy. But
don’t load. him down with cloth
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ing and sweaters that he will ei
ther have to throw away or jam
in‘o an already heavy battle
pack.
War correspondents returning
from the various theaters of war
have seen many a soldier open a
package that traveled thousands
of miles, only to find the contents
ruined or useless. What seems a
logical things to send isn’t always
useful—despite the cold in Alas
ka, for example, Johnnie doesn’t
need sweaters, mufflers, or socks.
The Army supplies him with all
the warm clothing he can wear.
If he’s up in Alaska, Johnnie
would appreciate some fancy gro
ceries, powdered cocoa or fruit
cake. Best of all, he’d like electri
cal fixtures—wall plugs, two-way
sockets, and electrical wire, to
help make the Alaskan huts a lit
tle more like home. Even an elec
tric razor would be fine, if he had
the proper electrical connections.
But cigarettes, and candy are use
less, because bath items are unra
tioned and plentiful in the Alas
kan theater.
Letters and snapshots are tops
on any serviceman’s list, with
good books, magazines and a sub
scription to the home town paper
running next. Any GI who totes
a camera can use film, if you can
find it. Don t send salamis or bo
lognas, unless your soldier re
quests them specially, for most
boys find the Army feeds them
plenty of cold meats.
The correspondents agree that
any soldier would be “very em
barrassed” to receive a fox-hole
pillow, pajamas or other sissified
equipment. Stationery’s excess
baggage, unless the serviceman
asks for it, because most mail
sergeants have supplies. Cookies
are fine, but if you can’t bake?
really good ones, the boys would,
rather have the commercial va
riety, with less sentiment and
more edibility.
In Italy and Africa, candy and
cigaretets are rationed, so they*d
be welcome in any parcel. So
would mild cheeses (packed in
glass!, jellies, socks, cold-water,
shaving sticks and sweaters for^
the winter.
Boys in China, Burma or India
don’t need cigarettes, because
they can get all they want. Large,
hard chocolate bars that can with
stand the heat are fine, and so are
tin-boxed candies that won t melt
away. Extra socks, shirts and
sleeveless sweaters come in handy
sometimes, but don’t send any un
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derwear Also useful are fountain
pen and pencil sets, watches, cig
arette lighters, flashlights, groc
ery snacks that won’t spoil, and
wellboxed fruit cakes. There’s no
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place in that theater to use elec
tric razors, so they’re out.
Servicemen setationed in the
Pacific can use cigarette lighters
and fluid, pipe cleaners, pens,
flashlights, and any edibles pack
ed in sealed tight containers. Ex
tra socks, particularly the woolen
ones that absorb perspiration,
come in handy. If your GI is at
a large base, he won’t need gum.
toothpaste, shaving cream or
blades, but if he’s stationed in
some out of the way area he
probably will.
In any case, wherever your GI
is, if you’re in doubt, write and
ask what he needs. Something for
the boys ought to be something
the boys can use.
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City.
DeForest will concentrate, he
said, on commercial development
of radionics. He also is working
on a ground-speed indicator for
airplanes, similar to automobile
speedometers, so that despite wind
and weather conditions pilots wiil
always know their exact ground
speed.
Advertise it in The Nugget.
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