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Packages Destined to Reach Servicemen in Time
U.P. dispatch reports 6,000,000 stationed overseas with Oct. 15 mailing deadline. 2.68 million sacks moved through New York City center. 12,500 workers handled the surge. Nearly 85 million parcels mailed nationally, with 61.6 million for soldiers and the rest for sailors and Marines. Parcels travel 14,000 miles to India Burma theater, via air, sea, and parachute drops. Then the piece shifts to a poetic Christmas reflection on the Magi and the birth of Jesus.
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Sy Marjorie Collier
Fitca Preeg
Washington
U.P
Santa
Faws
New York City
Salutors
United States
Plannigg
Army
Europe
China
India-Burma_ theater
Indian
Burma
Indian Ocean
Greenland
Iceland
Alaska
African
Alaskan
U. S
Wilee
Persia
Chaldea
Ethiopia
India
Balaam
Beor
Jacob
Israel
Caspar
Melchior
Balthazar
Bethlehem
Mary
Jesus