September 7, 1944. Mr. Ed Showalter, City Hall, : Kensas City, Kansas. Dear Ed: Jim Parsons of the Cut-Rate Grocery Store, is the county chairman of the Commmity War Chest Fund drive. I have left word for him to call me and I will pass on your desires for a sooperative call on Mr. Chase at Hercules at the proper time. Doubtless you will hear from Mr. Parsons in the very near future. Please feel free to call upon me at any time I can be of service to you or my good friends in Kansas City, Kansas. Sincerely yours, : Director of Physical Education, FCA:AH - Varsity Basketball Coach. ; petit, ‘ 3 ae Sele , df ge a f Atta LX... ut 4 Tuesday, June) 12, 1945 Wiens poe te + aah a “a # eho” PD ea ale ar) le hein is, of nate A ‘Dear Doc, peor sh GR BECK crag I want to express my appreciation to you for including me on your mailing list of "Rebounds" and to tell you how much I have enjoyed reading the last three issues. You certainly prepare them weal and they really contain about everything that we Jayhawkers went to here about. I realize how much of your time it must take to get them out every month, but it is _certainly time well spent. In your last edition, I especially enjoyed your reply to Wayne Clover's request for statistics on East-West cage competition. For although I practically roomed four years with Clint Kanaga, the Phi Delt's Grantland Rice, I can't seem to remember game scores beyond the current season. a I wish that I could tell you some interesting yarn about the CBI or the raids on Tokyo, but all the conflict I have seen in the last three years is the Texas grid classic between A. & M. and the longhorns. From the time I left the University in the Spring of '42 until the first of this year I was stationed somewhere in that great "tone Star state. I honestly forgot that they ever named a hotel or a theater anything but "Sam Houston" ,"Davy Crockett", “Alamo”, "Texas", or "Lone Star", and if I hadn't been receiving the. Topeka paper I would have sworn that they had repealed the draft law in all states but Texas for according to the Texas’ press accounts, the "Longhorns" were winning — the war for the United States on all fronts. . | | | a I instructed aviation cadets in the advance phase of flyign | training at San Antonio from April, 1943, until January 1, of this | year. Then I went to Frederick, Okla., for a little more of the | game thing. Then my luck changed. I talked my way into an assignment — in photo reconnaissance in P=38's and out of the training command, for good, I hope. During a short interval between stations I went back to N.Y. and was married to Suzanne Wallace, a girl whom I'd know for several years since meeting her in Estes Park. I remember the first time that I met you and your family was when you were conducting the coaching school at the YMCA gymnasium there. We are finishing our training here at Will Rogers field and expect to leave sometime this summer for San Francisco, and points West. A week ago I came up to Lawrence and buzzed the golf course | and the Campus at a respectable altitude and probably will return soon. So if you see a P-36, or rather hear it whistle by, you'll know that | I'm just looking around for familiar faces. Incidentally, in line with your story of Bill Johnson's tr&p, it takes me just a few minutes less than an hour to fly up there from here in a'38. I haven't seen so many of the K.U. fellows since I've been in the army, but right now Don Pierce lives only & few blocks from us. As you probably know, he is writing spppts for the "Oklahoman" here. AS you also imow, I met Doc Elbel at Frederick when he was on one.of his inspection tours. A Paul E Fairbanks was athletic director there. You undoubtedly remember him as a Kansas State athlete. He is certainly a prince of a fellow and one of the finest sports I've ever met. I imagine that you are still shooting your customary good game of go?f. I am still trying to keep my woods in the fairways end my irons from pulling on the Oklahoma City Country Club course, so if you get down this way béfore too long I hope you will let me line you up for eighteen with some of the better golfers out there. Incidentally, they say they have some fine courses in Bombay and Calcutta. ernment cane Thanks agein for sending me "Rebounds" and please give my best regards to Mrs. Allen, and the rest of your family. It will certainly be pleasant to see all of you again. Incidentally, congratulations on your first victory in the political field. 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