European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The sri and 5tripes vol-45.mo 355 saturday. April 9. 1988 d 6693 a Insh stripes o commissary suppliers focus  resupply problems Page 2 q Black discoverer finally recognized Page 7 q protestant leaders snub Joe Kennedy Page 8 d Nelson Wrenn share masters Golf Lead sports Page 21 mail delays maps sends the ammo seek solutions by Chuck Vinelt Vas Hirtelen Bureau Washington delays  parcel and it her mail moving Between the East f Oast and inc military postal system  Europe out the past few months can be warned  a variety of unrelated factors ranging from increased volume to Flimsy packaging most delays  parcel mail can be traced la a Sharp increase  inc number of patriots sent through the military system said i. Col. R. Shelby Gunter. Com Mander of he Johnl military postal Art Ivriy a Ikuine  no York. A while letter mail was up 4 percent Tu-4ti�c Cenlin january i96r compared m j Iii Are jw7, he number of parcels was up As much As  Over the same period. Shelby said " we Ihrk the Cati Dollar has something id do Wilh  said col. Dwarf Pardini. Deputy director of he military by Stipe we think that when the Dollar goes Cray pc Ali order More goods from the Stales by mail Raintr than buying  tiie local  Punini said another Factor could be the 12,000 additional personnel  ships  and around the persian Sci uhf. All of whom must he served through the network now should be few delays . The parcel volume remains bul Nofte High As it was a Rcv Kecell put Jems with jjiii�1fkd some space Avail Able parcels hav Ojo town Lei he airline carriers that move the mail Fra Onuf United slates to Europe. We by fat to Cervin i implants from some Loci Tinat tort transit times Fox Llars and some space parcels were longer than Norman Tardini said. Tin maps recently sent a i calf to London and Frankfurt. The major l ump can Mairs a scr Points and Brussels also a fairly Larto delivery Pohll a lot of inc comp Ninis cure i  Para Iii said. To he problem is  a Uit if the airlines arc a. Many through flights As i to us a  for example when a 747 Iet arrives  London mail must Bir transferred to smaller aircraft to Lake it closer to final destinations. Problems occurred because of delays  transferring the mail Frum one aircraft to another 1 Ardini said. The use of foreign Airl Jirs Van old ii now More options for gelling inc mail  a Uncle might to its ultimate ,.n end of 28 j Over 40 and running -4 Page 16.   i = w