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Local Radio Procedure for Avenger Field (open access)

Local Radio Procedure for Avenger Field

Procedural text for operating the local radio for Avenger Field. It gives instructions on how "to leave line," what to do during take off, what to do on a forty-five degree entry, and important tips.
Date: May 24, 1943
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Irby and Dineen, May 24, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Irby and Dineen, May 24, 1943]

Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Irby and Dineen discussing the payment of $1,972.80 for Irby's invoice for reporting Case Number 1718 in Abilene, Texas.
Date: May 24, 1943
Creator: Plosser, Joseph B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Carl Barnes, May 24, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Carl Barnes, May 24, 1943]

Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Carl Barnes discussing an enclosed letter of recommendation for Mr. Barnes.
Date: May 24, 1943
Creator: Plosser, Joseph B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Court Case Transcript] (open access)

[Invoice for Court Case Transcript]

Invoice for services billed to Dan Moody, an attorney from Austin, Texas by Irby & Dineen, shorthand reporters for the Northern District of Texas Federal Courts, including a transcript and a few extra copies.
Date: May 15, 1943
Creator: Irby & Dineen Shorthand Reporters
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to George Greaves, May 24, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to George Greaves, May 24, 1943]

Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Wing Commander George Greaves discussing previous correspondence from April 22, 1943. Plosser attaches three letters of recommendation to the letter, as requested, and expresses his relief that Greave's family has been reunited.
Date: May 24, 1943
Creator: Plosser, Joseph B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe B. Plosser, May 24, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Joe B. Plosser, May 24, 1943]

Letter of recommendation from Joe B. Plosser for Carl Barnes.
Date: May 24, 1943
Creator: Plosser, Joseph B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to H. H. Arnold, May 24, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to H. H. Arnold, May 24, 1943]

Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to Commanding General H. H. Arnold discussing the cancellation and replacement of Joe. B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince's contract with the United States Army Air Force in compliance with the District Attorney's office charges filed on April 3, 1943. Plosser and Prince ask that "new operators be held in abeyance pending the outcome of" their trial and request that General Arnold "initiate the proper steps toward [their] restoration as operators" of their field.
Date: May 24, 1943
Creator: Plosser-Prince Air Academy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Check Paid to Irby & Dineen, May 24, 1943] (open access)

[Check Paid to Irby & Dineen, May 24, 1943]

Check for $1,972.80 paid to Irby & Dineen by the Plosser-Prince Air Academy in Sweetwater, Texas for a reporting case at Abilene, Texas.
Date: May 24, 1943
Creator: Plosser-Prince Air Academy
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Check Paid to J. M. Wagstaff, May 27, 1943] (open access)

[Check Paid to J. M. Wagstaff, May 27, 1943]

Check for $250 paid to J. M. Wagstaff by the Plosser-Prince Air Academy in Sweetwater, Texas for expenses on trial at Abilene, Texas.
Date: May 27, 1943
Creator: Plosser-Prince Air Academy
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to J. M. Wagstaff, May 27, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to J. M. Wagstaff, May 27, 1943]

Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Judge J. M. Wagstaff thanking Judge Wagstaff for this help. Plosser also enclosed a check within the letter.
Date: May 27, 1943
Creator: Plosser, Joseph B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Tom Irby, May 19, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Tom Irby, May 19, 1943]

Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Court Reporter Tom Irby acknowledging the receipt of a letter from May 15, 1943, which enclosed a statement of charges for the court case United States of America vs Joe B. Plosser et al.
Date: May 19, 1943
Creator: Plosser, Joseph B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Harry C. Claiborne, May 24, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Harry C. Claiborne, May 24, 1943]

Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Harry C. Claiborne discussing the outcome of the recent trial against Plosser-Prince Air Academy. Plosser thanks Claiborne for his support and extends the same offer for assistance to Claiborne, should he ever need it.
Date: May 24, 1943
Creator: Plosser, Joseph B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Frank X. Mara to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince, May 4, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Frank X. Mara to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince, May 4, 1943]

Letter from Frank X. Mara to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince discussing a recent wire transfer from Plosser and Prince to Mara and Mara's willingness to help Plosser and Prince in their endeavor to reinstate their government contract.
Date: May 4, 1943
Creator: Mara, Frank X.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Clyde O. Eastus to Dan Moody, May 27, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Clyde O. Eastus to Dan Moody, May 27, 1943]

Letter from Clyde O. Eastus to Dan Moody discusses the possibility of Plosser et. al. in the criminal case of the United States vs. Plosser et. al. agreeing to pay a sum of money in order for the case to be dismissed.
Date: May 27, 1943
Creator: Eastus, Clyde O.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. G. "Tex" Rankin to Joe B. Plosser, May 1, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from J. G. "Tex" Rankin to Joe B. Plosser, May 1, 1943]

Letter from J. G. "Tex" Rankin to Joe B. Plosser discussing Rankin's relief in hearing of Plosser and Prince's recent exoneration.
Date: May 1, 1943
Creator: Rankin, J. G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Kenneth G. Friedkin, May 23, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Kenneth G. Friedkin, May 23, 1943]

Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Kenneth "Kenny" G. Friedkin apologizing for not visiting with Friedkin and Jean when he was in Washington. The letter includes a postscript from Bertha wishing Friedkin and Jean well.
Date: May 23, 1943
Creator: Plosser, Joseph B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Captain Daly, May 27, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Captain Daly, May 27, 1943]

Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Captain Daly discussing "losses sustained in the Air Transport Command by the Plosser-Prince Air Academy."
Date: May 27, 1943
Creator: Plosser, Joseph B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Frank X. Mara, May 24, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Frank X. Mara, May 24, 1943]

Letter from Joe B. Plosser to Frank X. Mara replying to previous correspondence from May 4, 1943. Plosser tells Mara that he and Charles A. Prince are working to get their contract reinstated.
Date: May 24, 1943
Creator: Plosser, Joseph B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. B. Plosser to J. G. "Tex" Rankin, May 24, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from J. B. Plosser to J. G. "Tex" Rankin, May 24, 1943]

Letter from Joe B. Plosser to J. G. "Tex" Rankin discussing Plosser and Prince's work to get their army contract reinstated after their trial.
Date: May 24, 1943
Creator: Plosser, Joseph B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs to Henry H. Arnold, May 13, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from the United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs to Henry H. Arnold, May 13, 1943]

Letter from the United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs to Lieutenant General Henry H. Arnold discussing the conspiracy case against Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince, operators of a military training facility in Sweetwater, Texas. They conclude that the charges and consequent contract cancellation were unjustified and urge the general to reinstate the contract.
Date: May 13, 1943
Creator: United States Senate
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dan Moody to Joe B. Plosser, May 19, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Dan Moody to Joe B. Plosser, May 19, 1943]

Letter from Dan Moody to Joe B. Plosser discussing legal charges totaling $1972.80 from a statement made from one Mr. Tom Irby, as well as another statement in the amount of $27.25 from one Mr. E. L. Bauknight. The back of the letter is written in Gregg shorthand.
Date: May 19, 1943
Creator: Moody, Daniel James
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. A. Monroe to Joe B. Plosser, May 5, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from C. A. Monroe to Joe B. Plosser, May 5, 1943]

Letter from C. A. Monroe to Joe B. Plosser discussing Burbank State Bank's congratulations on Plosser and Prince's recent acquittal in court as well as a recent payment of $200 made to the bank.
Date: May 5, 1943
Creator: Monroe, C. A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter and Office Memorandum from R. E. Olin and H. M. Renaud to Joe B. Plosser, May 28, 1943] (open access)

[Letter and Office Memorandum from R. E. Olin and H. M. Renaud to Joe B. Plosser, May 28, 1943]

Inter-departmental memo from Director R. E. Olin to Joe B. Plosser discussing an attached letter from Claims Accountant H. M. Renaud to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince. Letter discusses a previous letter from April 15, 1943.
Date: May 28, 1943
Creator: Olin, R. E. & Renaud, H. M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to E. L. Bauknight, May 24, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Joe B. Plosser to E. L. Bauknight, May 24, 1943]

Letter from Joe B. Plosser to E. L. Bauknight discussing the payment of $27.25 to cover the cost of Bauknight's expenses while in Abilene, Texas.
Date: May 24, 1943
Creator: Plosser, Joseph B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History