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Air-Consumption Parameters for Automatic Mixture Control of Aircraft Engines (open access)

Air-Consumption Parameters for Automatic Mixture Control of Aircraft Engines

From Introduction: "The purpose of this analysis was to investigate the use of a function of intake-manifold pressure, exhaust back pressure, intake manifold temperature, and engine speed in place of a venturi as a means of measuring engine air consumption and to determine if this function is suitable for automatic mixture control."
Date: September 1, 1944
Creator: Shames, Sidney J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Loss of Life Among Wearers of Oxygen Breathing Apparatus (open access)

Loss of Life Among Wearers of Oxygen Breathing Apparatus

Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing fatalities of mine workers while wearing self-contained oxygen breathing apparatuses. Descriptions of the circumstances surrounding the deaths of 26 workers are presented. This report includes a table.
Date: April 1944
Creator: Grove, G. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air-consumption parameters for automatic mixture control of aircraft engines (open access)

Air-consumption parameters for automatic mixture control of aircraft engines

From Introduction: "The purpose of this analysis was to investigate the use of function of intake-manifold temperature and pressure, exhaust back pressure, and engine speed in place of a ventri as a means of measuring engine air consumption and to determine if this function is suitable for automatic mixture control."
Date: September 1944
Creator: Shames, Sidney J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Officers and Men at B.F. Goodrich Company]

Photograph of 15 men in dress uniforms posing together with four men in suits outside of the B.F. Goodrich Company building. The men and officers are part of a training class. Lieutenant Edward Johnson is identified as the man second from left in the front row.
Date: January 10, 1944
Creator: Lehr, Jack
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Harmon to Mrs. Kempner, August 9, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Harmon to Mrs. Kempner, August 9, 1944]

Letter from Mrs. Harmon to Mrs. Kempner about the convention in Texas, the units in Texas, and meeting with Mrs. Reed for assistance with organization.
Date: August 9, 1944
Creator: Harmon, Rosemary Walling
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
WASP Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 4, December 1,1944 (open access)

WASP Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 4, December 1,1944

Partial WASP newsletter from a base in Maxwell Field, Alabama, announcing the death of a WASP Staff Executive, Katherine Dussaq, who was a key member in planning reemployment possibilities for WASP after deactivation. Dussaq perished in a plane crash when her AT-6 went down on her way to Cincinnati. Attached after the newsletter is a pilot's log page belonging to Betty Jo Streff.
Date: December 1, 1944
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jessie R. Grooms] (open access)

[Letter from Jessie R. Grooms]

A letter from Jessie R. Grooms to Carl B. Compton regarding his Exhibition #1.
Date: October 6, 1944
Creator: Grooms, Jessie R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Impact of the War on the Cleveland, Ohio Area (open access)

Impact of the War on the Cleveland, Ohio Area

Report describing the industrial area of Cleveland, Ohio including compiled statistics and information about the effects of World War Two on the labor force and industrial expansion of the area.
Date: July 1944
Creator: Fisko, Both H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to G. D. Ulrich, December 27, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to G. D. Ulrich, December 27, 1944]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to G. D. Ulrich requesting cases of Christmas Figs be delivered to three addresses with charges prepaid.
Date: December 27, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Note on Addresses] (open access)

[Note on Addresses]

Note listing three addresses, one is handwritten and the last two are typed.
Date: 1944-12~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Farewell to the WASP - Job Well Done] (open access)

[Clipping: Farewell to the WASP - Job Well Done]

Newspaper clipping discussing the end of the WASP program, featuring a photo of Nancy Love in front of an A-20. Included as well are book reviews and are advertisements for Barnes Manley Laundry & Dry Cleaners and Hills Business University.
Date: 1944-12-17~
Creator: Mason, Paul B.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 20, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 20, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying and the coming end of the WASP program. Written on Neil House (Columbus, OH) stationary.
Date: November 20, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 10, 1944?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 10, 1944?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing visiting her friend Billy and her recent travels ferrying aircraft. Written on American Airlines Sky Harbor Airport stationary.
Date: 1944-09-10?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, January 24, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, January 24, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing waiting for weather clearance, not being considered military personnel by a bus driver, riding the bus with a friendly bombardier, recent letters, and new uniform and clothing items. Typed on Friendly Hotels stationary.
Date: January 24, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 2, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 2, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing delivering aircraft to Newark, airliners, phone calls, and visiting Columbus, OH. Written on Neil House (Columbus) stationary.
Date: September 2, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, August 17, 1944]

Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing landing at Columbus enroute to Pittsburgh from Memphis, and seeing Lionel Hampton perform. The postcard features an image of several civilians and servicemen departing an American Airlines aircraft.
Date: August 17, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, December 24, 1944]

Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing flying a B-25. The postcard features an image of silver Douglas DC-3 with red trim in flight.
Date: December 24, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to the Skinner Irrigation Company, October 31, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to the Skinner Irrigation Company, October 31, 1944]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to the Skinner Irrigation Company discussing a broken sprinkler that has been sent in to be repaired, Kempner also asks if other sprinklers are available for purchase.
Date: October 31, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Skinner Irrigation Company to Daniel W. Kempner, August 8, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Skinner Irrigation Company to Daniel W. Kempner, August 8, 1944]

Letter from the Skinner Irrigation Company to Daniel W. Kempner informing Kempner that they do not have the nozzles previously discussed in another letter. The letter has an image on the bottom left of a house with sprinklers turned on.
Date: August 8, 1944
Creator: Skinner Irrigation Company
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum from Daniel W. Kempner, August 3, 1944] (open access)

[Memorandum from Daniel W. Kempner, August 3, 1944]

Memorandum from Daniel W. Kempner to asking if they have the garden sprays.
Date: August 3, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Textile Rectifying & Weaving Company, December 23, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Textile Rectifying & Weaving Company, December 23, 1944]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Textile Rectifying & Weaving Company requesting to weave the skirt.
Date: December 23, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jeane B. Kempner to Textile Rectifying & Weaving Company, November 28, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Jeane B. Kempner to Textile Rectifying & Weaving Company, November 28, 1944]

Letter from Jeane B. Kempner to Textile Rectifying & Weaving Company sending a skirt to be rewoven.
Date: November 28, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jeane Bertig Kempner to Textile Rectifying & Weaving Company, June 20, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Jeane Bertig Kempner to Textile Rectifying & Weaving Company, June 20, 1944]

Letter from Jeane Bertig Kempner to Textile Rectifying & Weaving Company discussing a moth-eaten blanket sent to be repaired and when to expect it back.
Date: June 20, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Jeane Bertig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jeane Bertig Kempner to Textile Rectifying & Weaving Company, May 15, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Jeane Bertig Kempner to Textile Rectifying & Weaving Company, May 15, 1944]

Letter from Jeane Bertig Kempner to Textile Rectifying & Weaving Company sending a moth-eaten blanket to be repaired.
Date: May 15, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Jeane Bertig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History