Hereford bounadiiut an HARRISON 3461 BRANCH OFFICE TITLE AND TRUST BUILDING COR. TENTH AND WALNUT STREETS KANSAS CITY 6, MO. April 25, 1944 D. R. STANLEY, CasHIER Dr. Forrest Allen Kansas University Lawrence, Kansas Re: John Henry Thompson, Jr. Dear Dr. Allen: Thank you for returning our form dated April 19 inquiring 1 as to any information which you might have regarding John Henry Thompson, Jr. A closer review of the file indicates that this applicant for bond coverage gave your name as a reference, and in connection with his application for bond coverage we, of course, must investigate and secure information from our reference. He did not state that he went to school at the University, but while in Lawrence he was a porter at the K. U. Barber Shop, 812 Massachusetts and a shoe repairer at Lescher's Shoe Shop at 8125 Massachusetts. This man is a negro twenty years old and at the present time is janitor at the Granada Theater. We trust that with this information you will be in a pos- ition to place this individual and furnish us with the answers on the enclosed questionnaire, which we are return- ing. Thank you very much for your assistance, Very truly yours, IOV. T. P. Payne TPP/mb Assistant CasMer