Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 288, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1918 — “FATHER’S LETTERS” COMING [ARTICLE]

“FATHER’S LETTERS” COMING

Paris, December 9.—Three shipments of home-bound mail from the American army totalling 8,500,000 letters left ‘France between November 26 and December 2. The previous week’s mail numbered 6,000,000 letters. The increase is believed to be due’ to the “father’s 'letters,” which ‘the men in the army had Been asked to write on November 24, the fathers at home ‘being likewise requested to write to their sons on that day. The Stars and Stripes, the official newspaper of the American expeditionary force, which organized- the plan, says all the letters* will be delivered before Christmas.