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[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 21, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 21, 1944. He reports the receipt of several letters from them, and sends his condolences for one of them who recently had a tooth pulled. He comments that he needs to get one or two teeth filled soon. He is planning on taking Wilbur Crawford to a U.S.O. show soon, and tells his parents to inform Mrs. Crawford, Wilbur's mother, that he'll probably be put in a unit in the rear once he's well enough.
Date:
March 21, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 29, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 29, 1944. He lays out plans to spend his day off with Wilbur Crawford. He is excited about the opening of an enlisted men's club for his battalion soon.
Date:
March 29, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 26, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 26, 1944. He tells of a visit to a friend in a hospital who knows some of Willis' relatives.
Date:
March 26, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 17, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 17, 1944, asking after a friend he heard was in Waco recently. He also mentions spending a day with Wilbur Crawford, and going to a show that turned out to be awful. He says they will try again on Monday, and that Crawford is walking without a cane again.
Date:
March 17, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 10, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 10, 1944. He asks for more short bread, and tells his mother he will buy her a cameo from the market. The shops are required to lower their prices or the US army will make them off limits to their soldiers. Included in the envelope is a pass that gives permission for Todd Willis to be absent from his post from 1:00 to 4:30 to visit Casablanca.
Date:
March 10, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 18, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 18, 1944. The weather is beautiful in Italy, and he missed the sunshine. He mentions getting a letter from his aunt Sallie Letitia Willis, and asks what good her MA degree will do her.
Date:
March 18, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 2, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 2, 1944. Wilbur Crawford is walking with a cane, which Willis thinks he won't need in a week. He wants to know if the Crawfords found a house in Waco, and asks his parents to send him the clippings of Crawford in the paper.
Date:
March 2, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 9, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 9, 1944. On his day off, Willis brought Wilbur Crawford to his camp, and they went to a U. S. O. show in the evening. Willis heard that his cousin Jimmie Kendrick landed in New Guinea.
Date:
March 9, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 12, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 12, 1944. Willis sent a letter to Jimmie Kendrick, and assures his parents that Wilbur Crawford won't have to go back into the army following his injury. He also tells them to be on the lookout for papers he is sending them for his scrapbook.
Date:
March 12, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Form letter from Francis A. Buddin and Walter H. McKenzie to T. N. Carswell - March 17, 1944]
A form letter addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Francis A. Buddin, Chairman and Walter H. McKenzie, Executive Secretary, United Texas Drys, dated March 17, 1944. An outline of the agenda of the next quarterly meeting of the Executive Committee. The reverse side includes printed map titled "Local Option Status of Texas by Precincts, Status as of December 31, 1943.
Date:
March 17, 1944
Creator:
Buddin, Francis Asbury
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. Walter Hammond to T. N. Carswell - March 23, 1944]
A letter written to T. N. Carswell from J. Walter Hammond, Tye, Texas, dated March 23, 1944. Hammond expresses his appreciation for the letter from Carswell and comments on Carswell's honesty and sincerity, his always doing for someone else. He agrees with "the need for a lot of thought" before selecting congressmen and the need for "leaders who have learned from the experience of the last war along with the disasters that followed and with the courage to avoid the mistakes of the past in face of the pressure that is sure to come". He agrees that "maybe your thinking is right that Bob is the man".
Date:
March 23, 1944
Creator:
Hammond, J. Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Selective Service Texas State Headquarters - March 22, 1944]
A letter dated March 22, 1944 and addressed to the Selective Service Texas State Headquarters registering a complaint regarding the Clerk of Sierra Blanca Draft Board No. 1 accusing the clerk of telling the community that he and other registrants have a venereal disease.
Date:
March 22, 1944
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Major John W. Lipscomb - March 13, 1944]
A letter of complaint addressed to Major [John W.] Lipscomb from the wife of a registrant in Van Horn, Texas dated March 13, 1944. The letter includes an advisement to Lipscomb of having written to him previously and having received no answer regarding an unfit board member noting that the board member has been "drunk for the past week now".
Date:
March 13, 1944
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Colonel John R. Banister to The Chairman, Culberson County Local Board - March 15, 1944]
A letter addressed to The Chairman, Culberson County Local Board, Van Horn, Texas, from John R. Banister, Colonel, Q. M. C., Deputy State Director of Selective Service dated March 15, 1944. Banister requests information from the chairman regarding the previous occupation of a registrant, whether or not a deferment request was made and, if so, on what grounds.
Date:
March 15, 1944
Creator:
Banister, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to the State Director of Selective Service, Texas - March 21, 1944]
A letter addressed to the State Director of Selective Service, Austin 17, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, CAS dated March 21, 1944. Carswell advises headquarters of his schedule change citing the time required for the new and longer Inspection Report and due to sorrow for and services for a young officer.
Date:
March 21, 1944
Creator:
Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to the State Director of Selective Service, Texas - March 21, 1944]
A letter addressed to the State Director of Selective Service, Austin 17, Texas, from T. N. Carswell, CAS dated March 21, 1944. Carswell advises headquarters of his schedule change citing the time required for the new and longer Inspection Report and due to sorrow for and services for a young officer.
Date:
March 21, 1944
Creator:
Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Lord & Taylor, New York, New York - March 7, 1944]
A letter addressed to Lord & Taylor, Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, from T. N. Carswell, dated March 7, 1944. Carswell references a letter received from Lord and Taylor's regarding the opening of a charge account for Peggy Ann Carswell. He approves of opening an account supplying references from Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Abilene, Texas and Mr. R. H. Johnson of R. H. Johnson and Company, Brokers, on Wall Street.
Date:
March 7, 1944
Creator:
Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Chas H. Tompkins to W. J. Bryan, March 22, 1944]
Letter from Chas H. Tompkins to W. J. Bryan sending him well wishes as he heard that Mr. Bryan was in the hospital. He also informs Mr. Bryan that Mrs. Tompkins has been severely ill recently and this limited his abilities to travel out of the state.
Date:
March 22, 1944
Creator:
Tompkins, Chas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from G. D. Ulrich to I. H. Kempner, March 2, 1944]
Letter from G. D. Ulrich to I. H. Kempner discussing an enclosed invoice for flowers.
Date:
March 2, 1944
Creator:
Ulrich, Gus D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from G. D. Ulrich to I. H. Kempner, March 10, 1944]
Letter from G. D. Ulrich to I. H. Kempner discussing an attached invoice for purchased merchandise.
Date:
March 10, 1944
Creator:
Ulrich, Gus D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. L. James to I. H. Kempner, March 2, 1944]
Letter from Thos. L. James to I. H. Kempner discussing storing turkeys at Sugar Land's cold storage.
Date:
March 2, 1944
Creator:
James, Thomas Leroy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. C. Kennedy to Sayles & Sayles, March 20, 1944]
Letter from J. C. Kennedy to Sayles & Sayles discussing an oil and gas lease purchased from Ida M. Klekamp and Robert J. Muntzel by the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company. The lease has been renewed and abstracts have been submitted for examination. Kennedy asks for affidavits of the heirs to the property.
Date:
March 20, 1944
Creator:
Kennedy, J. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sayles & Sayles to J. C. Kennedy, March 22, 1944]
Letter from Sayles & Sayles to J. C. Kennedy stating they delivered all abstracts to the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company for their final opinion on a purchase of land in Sherman County.
Date:
March 22, 1944
Creator:
Sayles & Sayles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac to Mr. Campbell/Mr. Austin, March 13, 1944]
Letter to Farris Campbell or A.W. Austin requesting letters of introduction for his daughter when she arrives.
Date:
March 13, 1944
Creator:
Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
System:
The Portal to Texas History