[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 21, 1944] Page: 3 of 4
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- ISTROUMA HOTEL -
SHOTEL KING BATON ROUGE.LA -
- BAT~~ON ROUGE. LA20 Ro
AIR COOLED AIR CONDITIONED -_ - - -
HOTEL HEIDELBERG
BATON ROUGE LA. HOTEL HE DELBEL-
250 ROOMS - JACKSON MI
IB CONDITIONED A NDITIONED
R O Y L H E I D E L BE R G O W N E R
ARTHUR F LANDSTREET MANAGER JACKSON, ISs.
AMOS D LIPHAM ASSISTANT MANAGER
1'iLLMAN TAYLOR ASSISTANT MANAGE';
bobby certainly has tough lucK ... she waited til the l'st minute
.aturday, and knowing that the f otory was closed on sunday, de-
3ided she'd be around over the week end, and called ray to come
rrom houston ... she did get a chance to see him a little while
Last night, but today had to get off early ... we've decided that
an Almost certain way to get out of dallas, is to get ray on tho
train headed this way ... i thought when i had the 6 that i'd b-
ale to make another trip with a clean shirt, but not so ... thyr-
is certainly the minimum of room in pursuit ships ... all three
barracks here are terribly empty ... the girls are all scatter
around in ursuit school, instrument school, orlando and trips
saw a big packard add in life magazine with a picture of a pF]
a a list of it's accomplishments, so i cut it out and sent
im, telling him i was awful glad to be back in another perfect
ackard ... keep running into officers and girls from our bro--
:lass, and it's fun to co pare notes ... when i get out of da
this time i'm going to really cry for futher orders from neirj
rather than come back here, expecially around the 1st and the
Then the a brownsville exodus hits love field ... this sitting-
round is painful ... my watch cArtainly keeps perfect time and
can't tell you how much i'm enjoying it ... bobby went north la,
with three wrist watches (all her personal property) that had cr
;o function ... going to put them in the hands of her father for
xxxx repairs ... in dallas it takes two or three months, and ver-
-oor work besides ... guess news will continue to be scarce untX
--?t out .ii1 'write then ... much, much love, corn?1i
1IEILDELBERG AUTO HOTEL
JOINING HOTEL HEIDELERG
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500 CAPS
JACKSON MISS
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Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes. [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, May 21, 1944], letter, May 21, 1944; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1297090/m1/3/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting National WASP WWII Museum.