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[Business Card for Texas Automatic Sprinkler Co.]
Business card from Texas Automatic Sprinkler Co, which does business in multiple cities.
Date:
1952~
Creator:
Texas Automatic Sprinkler Co.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charles Scheffel, May 10, 2000
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Scheffel. Scheffel grew up in Oklahoma and enlisted in the Army ROTC in 1940. He was called up in 1941 after Pearl Harbor. He was allowed to finish out his senior year of college and was married in March 1942. He embarked on the Queen Elizabeth from New Jersey in September 1942. As leader of 200 men, he landed in Scotland and drove with them to Whittington Barracks where they joined with the British 51st Highlanders. He lists the three main survival lessons he learned from the seasoned English soldiers: having a batman to back you up, digging a two-man foxhole, and waiting for the ""crack and thump."" Scheffel how the ""crack and thump"" lesson would later save his life when he was seriously wounded when attacking the Siegfried Line. From England he went to Algeria with the British troops on the Scythia. The ship is torpedoed off the coast limps into Algiers. Scheffel made the decision to leave the British Highlanders and join up with American 9th Division in February 1943. The division went into Tunisia. Then he was sent to spend another month with the …
Date:
May 10, 2000
Creator:
Scheffel, Charles
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William L. Gatz to D. W. Kempner, July 3, 1954]
Letter from William L. Gatz to D. W. Kempner discussing about Mrs. Kempner's and Miss Gladys's travel to Paragould. And about the reservations for ballgames at St. Louis.
Date:
July 3, 1954
Creator:
Gatz, William L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum from Ray I. Mehan to I. H. Kempner and A. H. Blackshear, Jr., 1944~]
Memorandum from Ray I. Mehan to I. H. Kempner and A. H. Blackshear, Jr. discussing Mehan's traveling schedule.
Date:
1944~
Creator:
Mehan, Ray I.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to W. L. Minkus, August 3, 1951]
Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to W. L. Minkus discussing some changes in the Bertig Cotton Company now that he will be taking a more active role in the leadership.
Date:
August 3, 1951
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to G. D. Ulrich, November 29, 1944]
Letter from D. W. Kempner to G. D. Ulrich discussing the addresses Kempner wants each Preserved fig case to go to.
Date:
November 29, 1944
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to The Pullman Company, August 12, 1953]
Letter from D. W. Kempner to The Pullman Company discussing tickets, prices and refunds charged.
Date:
August 12, 1953
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Jeane and D. W. Kempner, December 13, 1948]
Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Jeane and D. W. Kempner discussing thanks for the earlier gift and letter of congratulations. Bertig clarifies what he meant in his last letter about his business.
Date:
December 13, 1948
Creator:
Bertig, Joseph R.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Jeane Kempner, February 13, 1948]
Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Jeane Kempner discussing all the troubles coming up with Bertig's house that he is having to fix. Bertig also discusses the passing of both a dog and a family friend's son.
Date:
February 13, 1948
Creator:
Bertig, Joseph R.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of letter from William M. Nathan to Hyman J. Ettlinger, February 15, 1945]
Letter from William M. Nathan to Hyman J. Ettlinger requesting that he form a meeting of a committee in El Paso to raise funds for the Hillel building while he is in town. He apologizes for the delayed response and blames his past travels to Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas.
Date:
February 15, 1945
Creator:
Nathan, William M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. L. Gatz to Daniel W. Kempner, July 27, 1955]
Letter from Bill Gatz to Daniel W. Kempner discussing upcoming travel plans and ongoing business descisions.
Date:
July 27, 1955
Creator:
Gatz, William L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten Letter from William L. Gatz to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Kempner, July 6, 1953]
Handwritten letter from William L. Gatz to Mr. and Mrs. Kempner updating them on a recent business trip he took to Memphis.
Date:
July 6, 1953
Creator:
Gatz, William L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History