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Newsmap. Monday, November 30, 1942 : week of November 20 to November 27

Text describes action on various war fronts: Russia, Tunisia, Libya, West Africa, Martinique, New Guinea, Solomons. Front: large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps: Offensive in New Guinea; Tunisia; North Africa; South Russia. Photographs: Guadalcanal; Jeeps in Russia; Unloading in North Africa; U.S. patrol landed on one of the isolated islands of the Aleutian group. Back: Aircraft insignia. Aircraft insignia are subject to change constantly. These are based on information available up to November 30, 1942.
Date: November 30, 1942
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Copy of a Request for Reimbursement] (open access)

[Copy of a Request for Reimbursement]

Copy of a request for reimbursement by the Defense Plant Corporation in Dallas, Texas for expenditures made on the construction of plant of Plosser & Prince Flying School in Sweetwater, Texas totaling $48,185.30.
Date: September 30, 1942
Creator: Defense Plant Corporation
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dormitory Equipment Schedule D #2] (open access)

[Dormitory Equipment Schedule D #2]

A list of dormitory equipment from April 30, 1942. The quantities and prices of the equipment are listed beside them.
Date: April 30, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dormitory Equipment Schedule D] (open access)

[Dormitory Equipment Schedule D]

A list of dormitory equipment from April 30, 1942. The quantities and prices of the equipment are listed beside them. A handwritten amendment is visible below the total.
Date: April 30, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Office Equipment Inventory #2] (open access)

[Office Equipment Inventory #2]

An inventory of office equipment including quantities and prices of materials. The total value of the inventory is $1,716.54.
Date: April 30, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Office Equipment Inventory] (open access)

[Office Equipment Inventory]

An inventory of office equipment including quantities and prices of materials. The total value of the inventory is $1,716.54. There is a small handwritten note below the total.
Date: April 30, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. Digges La Touche to Charles Prince or Joe Plosser, April 30, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from E. Digges La Touche to Charles Prince or Joe Plosser, April 30, 1942]

Letter from E. Digges La Touche to Mr. Charles Prince or Mr. Joe Plosser discussing the possibility of the Priorities Committee granting a higher A-l-e rating to a building being built under the Defense Plant Corporation. With the information available, the Priorities Committee cannot grant the higher rating, but La Touche provides a list of instructions for the letter's recipients to complete in order to have their request completed. It includes a cc to Captain L. J. Douglas-Mann and mentions a Mr. M. H. Knowles.
Date: April 30, 1942
Creator: La Touche, E. Digges
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dormitory Equipment Inventory] (open access)

[Dormitory Equipment Inventory]

Inventory with expense sheet for dormitory equipment including beds, quilts, sheets, pillowcases and other bedding materials.
Date: April 30, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Ethel A. Sheehy to Mrs. Millard Christenson] (open access)

[Telegram from Ethel A. Sheehy to Mrs. Millard Christenson]

Telegram from Ethel A. Sheehy to Mrs. Millard Christenson discussing the request to recruit Christenson into the WASP program.
Date: November 30, 1942
Creator: Sheehy, Ethyl A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from O. P. Echols to Plosser Prince Air Academy, June 30, 1942] (open access)

[Telegram from O. P. Echols to Plosser Prince Air Academy, June 30, 1942]

Copy of telegram from O. P. Echols to Plosser Prince Air Academy requesting that Texas and Pacific Railroad forward a letter to Colonel Valandt explaining an issue related to gasoline and the railway spur being constructed near the Academy.
Date: June 30, 1942
Creator: Echols, Oliver P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Frank L. Constant to M. H. Knowles, September 30, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from Frank L. Constant to M. H. Knowles, September 30, 1942]

Copy of a letter from Frank L. Constant to M. H. Knowles discussing the matter of Constant not being informed of a contract between Plosser-Prince Air Academy and Texas Electric Service Company.
Date: September 30, 1942
Creator: Constant, Frank L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to M. H. Knowles, June 30, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to M. H. Knowles, June 30, 1942]

Copy of a letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to M. H. Knowles discussing contract negotiations for the construction of a spur of railroad track.
Date: June 30, 1942
Creator: Plosser-Prince Air Academy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. C. Griffith to Plosser Prince Flying Academy, June 30, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from R. C. Griffith to Plosser Prince Flying Academy, June 30, 1942]

Copy of a letter from R. C. Griffith to Plosser Prince Flying Academy discussing the price of materials for construction of a railroad track spur to the academy in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: June 30, 1942
Creator: Griffith, R. C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Paul N. Comolli to Charles Prince, September 30, 1942] (open access)

[Letter from Paul N. Comolli to Charles Prince, September 30, 1942]

Copy of a letter from Paul N. Comolli to Charles Prince discussing plans for the lawn service of Avenger Field.
Date: September 30, 1942
Creator: Comolli, Paul N.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[44th Armored Regiment]

Photograph of the soldiers of Company G of the 44th Armored Regiment. Those in the front row are identified as Kleinhuizen, Parkin, Ottavianna, Morgan, N. Johnson, Singles, Schneider, Griffin, Hagen, Moss, Newcome, and Kisker. The soldiers in the second row are Shiebly, Kuser, Long, Tom Derby, Wenrick, and Schweitzer. Those in the back row are Pasillas, Henry Mullett, R. C. Campbell, Hoffman, Cherrington, Orleans, A. Johnson, Miller, Rose, Bartz, Donar, Weston, Scully, Drennan, Maday, Brooks, Turner, Driscoll, Fasbender, and Pierson.
Date: October 30, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Members of G Company]

Photograph of members of G company, 44th Armored Regiment, 12th Armored Division, sitting and standing outside the mail call supply room. Those in the front row are Kleinhuizen, Parkin, Ottavianna, Morgan, N. Johnson, Singles, Schneider, Griffin, Hagen, George Moss, Newcome, and Kisker. The soldiers in the second row are Shiebly, Kuser, Long, Derby, Wenrick, and Schweitzer. Those in the third row are Pasillas, Henry Mullett, R. C. Campbell, Hoffman, Cherrington, Orleans, A. Johnson, Miller, Rose, Bartz, Donar, Weston, Matt Scully, Drennan, Maday, Brooks, Turner, Driscoll, Fasbender, and Pierson.
Date: October 30, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Hotel at Miami Beach]

Postcard of a hotel surrounded with palm trees, with text that says "Looking North on Collins Ave., Miami Beach, Fla." A handwritten note addressed to Miss Helen Aten from Pvt. John S. Hofnagle says "This sure is a beautiful place, but you would not like it, it is too hot here for you. One block from the ocean. It looks larger than Atlantic City. J.S.H."
Date: August 30, 1942
Creator: Hofnagle, John S.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Washington D.C.]

Postcard with text that says "Greetings from Washington D.C." A handwritten note on the back of the postcard, addressed to Miss Helen H. Aten in PA, says "I am in Washington and can say I am practically lost for I know very little about this city compared with New York. The temperature is sizzling for the first in a long time. I saw the Wash. Monument and White House today- (this evening) we arrived here about 6:30. So long. Woodrow."
Date: May 30, 1942
Creator: Aten, Woodrow W.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Woman on Bicycle]

Postcard of a woman in a red dress and stockings riding a red bike, with the caption "Free-Wheeling." A handwritten note on the back of the postcard, addressed to Miss Helen Aten in Bloomsburg, PA from Fort Hamilton, says "See many sights like this here in N.Y. Ted."
Date: July 30, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of "E" Company, 56th A.I.R.]

Photograph of "E" Company, 56th Armored Infantry Regiment taken at Camp Campbell in November 1942.
Date: November 30, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History