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The Consolidated Eagle, Volume 1, Number 46, Thursday, March 18, 1943
Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation Fort Worth Division containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date:
March 14, 1943
Creator:
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 14, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing being stuck in sick bay with a cold, medical issues among other student pilots, a visit from a Navy dive bomber pilot, and money. Typed on USO Seasons Greetings stationary.
Date:
March 14, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Anthony Lamarra]
Photograph of Anthony Lamarra wearing a military uniform, posing with a baseball glove in front of a barracks building at Camp Campbell in Kentucky.
Date:
March 14, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Landon E. McConnell, March 15, 1943]
Letter to Major Landon E. McConnell discussing the request for additional facilities at the Academy in Sweetwater, Texas. Specifically, the need for an underwater gasoline storage tank, a concrete washrack, and a new asphalt paved road.
Date:
March 15, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum to Civilian Personnel]
Memorandum notifying civilian military employees that during a time of war they are subject to military law.
Date:
March 15, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Newsmap. Monday, March 15, 1943 : week of March 5 to March 12, 183rd week of the war, 65th week of U.S. participation
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Russia, Air offensive, Unrest (France, Belgium, Norway), Southwest Pacific, Tunisia. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show Russia, Tunisia. Includes photographs: Convoy to Russia; American tank in Russia; Joint Assignment; Airborne engineers; Shower bath - desert style. Back: Learn to recognize these vehicles (half-track vehicles). Labelled illustrations of American, Canadian and German vehicles with a quick guide to features for comparison.
Date:
March 15, 1943
Creator:
[United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Postcard of Mammoth Cave "Star Chamber"]
Postcard of the "Star Chamber" in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. A handwritten note addressed to Miss Helen Aten from Woodrow W. Aten at Camp Campbell says "Dear all: I didn't have too much time to mail cards yesterday. The trip to the cave was very enjoyable and we had a perfect day too I am certain. Today was still warm and I was on the range. Bro. Woodrow."
Date:
March 15, 1943
Creator:
Aten, Woodrow W.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Carl Harvey to R. E. Olin, March 16, 1943]
Letter from General Contractor Carl Harvey to R. E. Olin discussing the payment of $10,000 from Mr. Harvey to Mr. Olin. The first page is handwritten, while the final two pages are typed.
Date:
March 16, 1943
Creator:
Harvey, Carl
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Preliminary Cost Estimate for an Expansion of Plosser-Prince Air Academy]
Preliminary cost estimate for an expansion of Plosser-Prince Air Academy in Sweetwater, Texas. There is a handwritten note at the bottom of the page explaining how the estimate was based on a revised barracks plan.
Date:
March 16, 1943
Creator:
Harvey, Carl
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[War Savings Bond Class A Reservation, March 16, 1943
War savings bond form in which Solange D'Hooghe authorizes the semi-monthly payment of $6.25.
Date:
March 16, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Inter-Office Communication from R. E. Olin to Charles A. Prince, March 17, 1943 #1]
Inter-Office Communication from R. E. Olin to Charles A. Prince discussing two applications for contract work to construct expansion facilities for Plosser-Prince Air Academy, one from Alston Construction Company and the other from Carl Harvey.
Date:
March 17, 1943
Creator:
Olin, R. E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Inter-Office Communication from R. E. Olin to Charles A. Prince, March 17, 1943 #2]
Inter-Office Communication from R. E. Olin to Charles A. Prince discussing the attached original estimates from Alston Construction Company
Date:
March 17, 1943
Creator:
Olin, R. E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Inter-Office Communication from R. E. Olin to Charles A. Prince, March 17, 1943 #3]
Inter-Office Communication from R. E. Olin to Charles A. Prince discussing the expansion of the women's program at Plosser-Prince Air Academy.
Date:
March 17, 1943
Creator:
Olin, R. E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, March 17, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing leaving sick bay, flight training, recent correspondence, pay, her weight, and classmates.
Date:
March 17, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, March 18, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing recent letters, the weather and flying, ground school, being able to fly solo, taking a trip to San Angelo, missing socks, maintaining her car, a new class of trainees, pictures from her dad, problems with dry skin, and her next phase of training.
Date:
March 18, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. M. Renaud to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince, March 18, 1943]
Letter from H. M. Renaud of the British Air Commission to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince Plosser-Air Academy discussing overdue payments owed to the British Air Commission totaling $20,000.
Date:
March 18, 1943
Creator:
Renaud, H. M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gosport Gossip, Volume 1, Number 3, March 20, 1943
Avenger Field newspaper discussing recent news about pilot training, in particular the arrival of Women Flying Training Detachment trainees, as well as pieces of entertainment and art.
Date:
March 20, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Fred G. Yerkes, March 20, 1943]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her father thanking him for recent packages and discussing a solo flight, a check ride, taxiing at Avenger Field, calisthenics, weather, menial work, and money.
Date:
March 20, 1943
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 20, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 20, 1943. He reports his arrival in Africa, as well as the delivery of 35 of his parents' letters. He expresses his wish that his friends still in the U.S. would wait as long as they could to join the army, including his cousin Jimmie Kendrick.
Date:
March 20, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Radiotelephone procedure
"The purpose of this manual is to acquaint radio operators and pilots of the Army Air Forces with radiotelephone procedure"
Date:
March 20, 1943
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Investigation Report from George Woods, March 21, 1943]
Investigation Report from George Woods containing a copy of an attached signed statement by one Logan Pierson for the case of U.S. vs. Plosser et al.
Date:
March 21, 1943
Creator:
Woods, George
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to family, March 21, 1943?]
Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her family discussing getting out of sick bay, being in charge of other student pilots, liberty, a visit from Phil Kafka(?), and wash-outs.
Date:
1943-03-21?
Creator:
Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Blue Bonnet Hotel Receipt]
A receipt from the Blue Bonnet Hotel in Sweetwater, Texas, totaling at $2.50 for a room.
Date:
March 22, 1943
Creator:
Blue Bonnet Hotel
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Newsmap. Monday, March 22, 1943 : week of March 12 to March 19, 184th week of the war, 66th week of U.S. participation
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Tunisia, Aleutians, New Guinea, Solomons, Pacific and Far East, Burma-China, Russia. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show northern Tunisia, and along the Russian front. Includes photographs: Pulling together for victory [Chinese laborers flatten a runway with a heavy roller]; Sgt. Robert Wilson of Wichita, Kansas rides a wheelbarrow taxicab; Yanks in the Far East care for Burmese orphans; Amphibian jeeps; Wet feet are no worry [jungle fighting in New Guinea]; Allied troops wade from stream to shore [New Guinea]; American gun crew lowers their sights to fire into the jungle in New Guinea. Back: Military Courtesy. Color illustrations of Army and Navy uniforms and insignia of the United States, U.S.S.R., France, Poland, China and the British Empire. Accompanying text describes how to address each rank.
Date:
March 22, 1943
Creator:
[United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The UNT Digital Library