[Special Orders Number 104, Extracts 18-24] (open access)

[Special Orders Number 104, Extracts 18-24]

Extracts of several special orders and regulations for both Women Airforce Service Pilots and male pilots ordered by Lieutenant Colonel Munson.
Date: July 25, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Force Base
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #2] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #2]

Orders for several Air Force and WASP pilots to ferry planes from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Moultrie, Georgia, San Antonio, Texas, and Fort Worth, Texas. The three WASP pilots are Gayle D. Ewing, Nadine B. Ramsey, and Helen A. Turner.
Date: August 24, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Rabbi Newton J. Friedman to I. H. Kempner, December 15, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Rabbi Newton J. Friedman to I. H. Kempner, December 15, 1944]

Letter from Rabbi Newton J. Friedman to I. H. Kempner discussing the donations that the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation building fundraiser had raised. He also discusses plans to solicit further donations from parents in Texas, and a need for more autographed checks from Kempner.
Date: December 15, 1944
Creator: Friedman, Newton J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Rabbi Newton J. Friedman to I. H. Kempner, December 27, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Rabbi Newton J. Friedman to I. H. Kempner, December 27, 1944]

Letter from Rabbi Newton J. Friedman to I. H. Kempner summarizing the campaign's earnings, discussing the Founders Club and requesting to hold a meeting with Kempner in Houston in January.
Date: December 27, 1944
Creator: Friedman, Newton J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Rabbi Newton J. Friedman to I. H. Kempner, November 17, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Rabbi Newton J. Friedman to I. H. Kempner, November 17, 1944]

Letter from Rabbi Newton J. Friedman to I. H. Kempner agreeing to contact the Houston donor group on November 28th. He also discusses his visit to San Antonio and plans to visit Fort Worth to speak with the key men there. He also mentions an upcoming trip to Birmingham to visit with the University of Alabama Hillel Foundation and take suggestions from the foundation.
Date: November 17, 1944
Creator: Friedman, Newton J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 3, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 3, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying a UC78, a letter from her husband Dick, and other correspondence. Written on San Juan Hotel (Orlando) stationary.
Date: October 3, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 24, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 24, 1944]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing ferrying aircraft to Randolph Field with a detour to Love Field, a dental problem, talking with former pursuit school classmates, and tailoring pants.
Date: September 24, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 29, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, September 29, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing a dentist visit, getting clearance to fly despite a very low ceiling, delivering aircraft to San Antonio, news about her friends, her health, packages from home. Typed on Hotel Lenox (Buffalo) stationary.
Date: September 29, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, September 27, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, September 27, 1944]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing returning from an aircraft delivery, problems with her tooth, shooting, orders to fly AT-6s, her divorce, oranges, and a new commanding officer. Typed on Mayo Hotel (Tulsa) stationary.
Date: 1944-09-27?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. and Frances Yerkes, September 30, 1944]

Postcard from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing getting some pants fitted and eating dinner at the airport. The postcard features a photo of the Sunken Garden at Brackenridge Park in San Antonio.
Date: September 30, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer, May 18, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer, May 18, 1944]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer informing about enclosing checks, vendor's lien note and receipts, and discussing about Texas Electric Railway stocks.
Date: May 18, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Hattie, March 7, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Hattie, March 7, 1944]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Hattie requesting for a memorandum of past and present civic, charitable or patriotic works to be presented in the Texas Bankers Journal.
Date: March 7, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Rabbi Newton J. Friedman, November 20, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Rabbi Newton J. Friedman, November 20, 1944]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Rabbi Newton J. Friedman enclosing a list of quotas which makes Kempner optimistic that the entire donation amount can be raised from $250.00 units.
Date: November 20, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Perry, October 12, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Perry, October 12, 1944]

Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Perry informing her that Miss Lengfeld is travelling to New Orleans and then to Texas. She also writes about the establishments of three more units in Texas.
Date: October 12, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Jeane Bertig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Williamson, October 12, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Williamson, October 12, 1944]

Letter from Mrs. Kempner to Mrs. Williamson about Ms. Lengfeld going to New Orleans and the establishment of three new units.
Date: October 12, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Jeane Bertig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Walter H. McKenzie to T. N. Carswell - February 2, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Walter H. McKenzie to T. N. Carswell - February 2, 1944]

A letter addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Gunter Hotel and Plaza Hotel, San Antonio, Texas, from Walter H. McKenzie, Executive Secretary, United Texas Drys, dated February 2, 1944. McKenzie expresses his appreciation for the letter from Carswell dated January 28, and discusses the work before them, asking if Carswell would consider working as his assistant, office-man, stenographer and field worker.
Date: February 2, 1944
Creator: McKenzie, Walter H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5934 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5934

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: As neither the original Dallas County Bonds, nor the Refunding Bonds issued in lieu thereof were authorized and issued under authority if either chapter 1 , Title 18, Revised Statutes, 1911, or Chapter 2, Title 22, Revised Statutes 1925, are the Refunding Bonds now redeemable under authority of the decision of the supreme court in Bexas County V. Sellers?
Date: November 1944
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mrs. Williamson to Mrs. Kempner, October 16, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Mrs. Williamson to Mrs. Kempner, October 16, 1944]

Letter from Mrs. Williamson to Mrs. Kempner updating her on the office's address, the Houston unit's housing activities, and AWVS members in Fort Worth.
Date: October 16, 1944
Creator: Williamson, Nancy W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History