: September 9, 1942.

_ Lieut. John 0. Glenn, A-V¥(S)USIR,
‘Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board,
Board of Trade Building,

141 West Jackson Blvi., .

Chicago, Illinois.

Dear Johnny:

de: ste tasnn Manas sneiinans soa taal 4 cies shies ok dione
arrived previously I had just told Jolm Buescher that I was writing
you a letter, and then some individual came in the office and prevent-
ea it. But when I opened your letter I thought, "Well, what a coinoid~
encol", end I believe at the very tine you were writing this letter I _
was planing to write you one. | ue

sic: tecvny Micali gen el Hed Wie dita Seeking eo
' often ask: about your mother end the Kulls.

iat eadalty lak Gi ak see gad aes heii,
and if at any time I am in Chicago before you leave this fall I will
make it a point to drop in and seo yotle ” ee \
pleasurs.

Yes, John Busecher*s 4F olaceification was @ mild surprise,
but not a greet one because I had talked to Dr. Canuteson and he told

ever been in his whole life. And then he tolda me
his lungs were but those petchea are incapsulated
Jotm has a chance of living a ripe old age if

ful never to expose himself unduly or to work to utter exhaustion with
@ poor nutritional set-up.

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@ mimeographed letter (rather mssy because it is one of the left-overs)
‘enh tk & Os a I enclose a schedule and you can still get in
on ‘our basketball activities at present. I am also sending you a foot-
ball schedule so you can keep up with the progression of things at
Kansas. :

t certainty will ranenbor you to lire. Allen. With all good
itis <a ee

 
In reply address not the signer
of this letter but Naval Aviation
Cadet Selection Board, Board of
Trade Building, Chicago, Illinois. NAVAL AVIATION CADET SELECTION BOARD

BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING
141 WEST JACKSON BOULEVARD
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

5 September 1942 :

Dr. Forrest 6, Allen, Varsity Basket Ball Coach
University Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Dr. Allens:

It hardly seems possible that I have been in the Navy
four months yet I haven't taken time to direct a letter
te yous

At present I am attached to this netivity as a Member of
the Board, We interview close to 6,000 young boys monthly
as applicants for a Navy Flying Career and only obtain
about 10% of the total. ‘Om the 2lst of October, I am to
report to the Quonset Point Air Base(R, I.) for’ a special
eight weeks course, and from there nobody knows my future.

Mother has informed me of John Buescher's recent 4 F
classification, Although I feel sorry for him at this
time he should on the other hand prove to be a ee
player for you during the coming season,

If you are planning o DE being in Chicago anytime this Fall,

be sure to notify md*advance so that we can make arrange=

ments to see each other, Frankly, it was at your suggest-
ion that I first made inquiry into the Navy, and so far

it has been just what I have always wanted,

Best regards to you and Mrs, Allen,

ay A-V(S)US 7

 
 

\

Septenber 12, 1942.

ii. Theno F. Graves, :
Soutiwestern Bell Telephone Co.,

Dear Theno:

Tt is always a pleasure for me to put first things
first. Any of my boys who are applying for places in
the service have my first consideration.

I have been proud of you the way you have moved for- _
ward, and I am very sure that you will use the same
personality, perseverance and versatility in doing the
_ job for Uncle San.

All good luck to you and best wishes to lrs. Graves
and yourself. : ce 3

Sincerely yours, —

| Director of Physical Education,
PCA: AH ge | Varsity Basketball Coach.

 
 

FORM S-9001-A

SOUTHWESTERN: BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY

Tulsa, Okla.
September 11,1942

Dr. Forrest C. Allen
Althletic Department
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas.

Hello Dr. Allen:

I have made application for commission
in the U.&. Naval Reserve and must have three
letters of recommendation from responsible
citizens. I would certainly appreciate a
letter from you as to my character, resout-
ation, and general background.

The letter is to be in triplicate and
each copy must be signed.

The letter should be addressed to:
Chief of the Bureau of Navigation
Director of Naval Officer Procurement,
8th Naval District,
New Orleans, Louisiana, but please mail the
three copies back to me at 164 E. 18th Street,
Tulsa, Okla.

I will appretiate your earliest reply
to tnis request.

If you recall, Dr. Allen, I gave you as
a reference when I made application with the
telephone company and succéiied in obtaining
a job on the strength of the good send-off you
gave me So I'm taking advantage of you again.

Good luck in the oncouing season.

Best regards,

 
 

 

 

 
 

Bogota, Colombia, SeA.
Apartado 35,

Dear Friends: oe

»,_. Happy New Year to all of you! This year we are all finding it hard to sing,

Peace on Earth’ aren't we? Our thoughts have been with all of you mothers since
the radio and newspapers announced "War!" Yet, some way, some how we feel that God
will show us the right side and will reveal to the world that Heis still in heavene
Every day we pess the German Embassy where the swastika has been flying. Down ‘the
street a fow blocks is the rod, white and blue waving over the Ue Sa Embassye A
few days ago that swastika was takon down, that Evbassy was emptye But the Stars
and Stripes still wave in the breeze. Now, frionds, is the opportune time for
ming that "Good Neighbor Policy” a true symbol of Christian friendship, Early
the next morning eftcr the redio had announced the bombing of U» Se proper
Colombian nowspapors onnouueced in large headlines. "Colombia breaks dipiomatic
rolations with Japan", A fow days later we read, "Colombia breaxs diplomatic
relations with Germany and Italy". Thesc South Amorican countries showod this true
loyalty to our country when «11 the news wis bad for us. If now wo North Americans
will do our part and not “bunglo the job", If wo will only give to these people
true values, truo represontations of our pooplo, not false ideals as wo too often
have done in the past!

In tho past meny peoplo came down hero from the stetes with the solo aim of
moking moncye Aftor thoy had mado their "pile of gold" thoy hurried home. They
loft nothing hore exccpt false impressions of our citizonse Many South Americans
thirk thot ull North anoricons drink and, ingonoral, "toar up ned", They think that
North Amerteans feel themselves superior in ovory way and, after knowing these
sonsitive, omotione] end proud people one ean understand thoir distrust of the
northein neighberse

When wo arrived in Bozote we had to take a Colombian teacher from our school
with us to buy our furniture. Why? Bceuse wo aro North Americans and the prices
would be doublod, This Colombicn mon bought o11 our furniture for us at a very
reasoncble price.

When wo went into a store some timo ago to buy something « young men behind
tho counter said, "You are from the stotos. Whee state? Wo answered, "FKonsas”.s He
said proudly, "I hevo boon in the statos. I wont to go becke It is wondcrful thores
Her in South Amorior it is tco slows Wo don't havo night=clubs or anythings"

All Gclombia roeognizcs Eka Tevancemont oF the Ue S. in oducation, scientific
research, otc. They admire the coumtry up north but they do nov ontiroly trust
their noighber. If wo can only woke that Good Neighbor Policy workable, make it
work both ways, wo will havo accomplished somothing very worvhwhile, They have
oponed the door for uses They sro showing us they wont to be frionds. Let us not
eloso tne door by sending poopie whe arc not true North Americans down here.

Tnosc poopke aro quite differont, they speck a different language, thoy havo
different customs. Wo can Learn much from thome They have retained the gracious
noss that so many of us havo loste Thoy aro appreciative. They livo simply. The
streets arc almost ompty after 10:30 in the evenings

In order to undorstend them one must lourn their langucge ond their customs.
They aro ahcad of us in this rospoot. English is required in all the schools hore
Every one wants to sponk Englishes Even taxi drivers are striving to spoak English.
We have found that, with only « small amount of language study, we know these
poople botter. It is « terrible misteke for anyone who docs not speak Spenish to
come dowm hore, iook around, then roturn and writo or tell of conditions down hore.
It cannot be donc that way. There is much criticism of John Gunther's book on
“Inside Latin=-Amorica". Ono must livo, talk, wolk ond visit in the homes of these
people to really know thome Thoy hevo en inborn, uneultivated appreciation of art
and boautye It scoms to us that whon that lovo of art and beauty exists in a
people then God will not be hard to find. Tho art teacher in our school is an
artist from Frenece He bolicvos in froe Fronece Ho hes studied in England, France
Italy ond UeS.e Wo hevo seon somo of tho charcoal drawing made by students of his
and wo aro gertain that thoy would be 1 marvel to poople in the statese

A short time ago a fether of one of the boys in our school came to plead
that we give his son some work to do that ho might continue his education. This
boy had won moro scholastic honors than any other in tho sehool but his father's
business hed beon so poor that he had been unablo to pay the boy's tuition in
full during the past year and foared thet his business would not improve during
the coming yoare Yot he wanted his boy to attend our school so that he could get

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& scholarship in the statos and be somobody in the world. We aro striving to help
but there are so many such cases heros We arc particularly interested in this boy
because he is so intelligent and is such n good citizen in our schoole If only
some one out in our country, the U.S.e, sould help with this chellongee Graduates
of our school heve gono into government work, business houses ond tochnical firms
in Colombia. One man said, "Ilike to have those boys triined in tho Colegio Amer=
icanos We heve threc now." We can write this to you beexuse it was you who havo
made it possible to cduesto those boyse If you should visit our school you would
sec many poorly dresses with faded shirts and patchcd trousers but with bright,
black oyes ond gracious mennor. They ore elean beenuse wo cmphasizo cleenliness.
Our building is old yot thoy come, wenting to learn. It scomed stronge at first
aftor having been an administrator in one< of our fine modern buildings in the
states to find « building, porhaps hundrods of yeors old, with old fashioned
equipmente Yot, there is something hcro thnt we heve lost in the states, These
boys aro so apprecictivoe They look upon their helpors clmost as heroes. Thoy groot
us with so much greciuosness and scom satisfied with so little, They want to help,

At the beginning of this ndyoar wo wish we could say to the people of the Ue
S., “Count your blessings." Evory little child, no matter how poor has blossingse
Every child in the UeS. con have an educntion. Every child can find oa place to
Sloope Tho UeSe will care for hungry peoples May we tell you of some incidents
to mike you say, "Thenk you, Unelo Sam?"

In our Inst lotter wo told you of the class distinetions hero os in European
sountriese We told you of many childron roaming the streets, without homose They —
ent as do dogs, from the garbcogo cans, and sleep on doorstcpsas Tho nights cro
quite cool so these little, dirty urchins tocr down the paper signs from tho bill
boards ond roli up in them to sleep during the nights Next morning they begin
begging agtin. Thoy nevor hve « chance for schooling bocouso all schools arc _
tuition schools. It is also common to-see women with babics a woek old wrappod in -
oa showl staggering undcr hoavy sacks of morchcndisos The cost of marriage to tho
poor is prohibitive whon performod in the Catholic church or by o pricste Henco,
these poor little childron need help. |

In case of a dosth horo in Colombie tho easket is taken to tho cometory in a
hearso decorated with plumes, providing thore is cnough moncy in the family. Tho
coachmen wear tell silk hets, swallow tailed coats, white knee breeches and block
lesther boots. The hoarse is drawn by two high~stopping horses. Behind tho hearse
follows one sested earringes drawn by horses. These currioges are the samo type
found in the UeS. about the time of tho 6ivil Ware These carringes are loaded with
the immense wroaths of flowers sont by friends and relatives. If the dead belongs
to «a family of wealth the pricst cecomponics the mournors, if poor he has not the
time or inclination. The poor carry the easket on o rack. The mourners walk behind
to the eemeterye There seoms to be no Christian help for thom in time of nood.

the comevery lots are rented. Every throc ye.rs,whon the cemetery bocomes
overs crowded, the poor who heve boon unable to poy their rent find the bones of
their loved ones have been digged up end piled in one corner,of the cometery,
We cculd tell you meny more incidents to show how rich we middle class North
Americans are in tho Ue S. |

We often feel like pinching oussolves at times to sco if we reslly ore tho
Xensoans who ecme here five months ago. Wo fcol very humble. We havo met such o
chelienge, such 2 wondorftl chance te do something in en educational weys We are
orgenizing & curriculum, starting co~educstion, oduseting tenchers in+service,
and minecgraphing helpful icesas ond now motheds for the tcachers in our school.
Many conforcnees, much supervision and nev projocts take much time ond work but
will p-y dividends, And behind «11 this cduccationel work we know you Prosbyter=
dans back home sro rooting for us and giving whct you can to help. You are not
only helping with our country's Good Neighbor policy but helping these boys and
girls to a bottor wiy of lifo. Isn't it worth while?

Wo have h-d some very intorosting roplics to our first letter. If you heve
the time to write us ot ony time wo would cppreciste your letter. If there is
any specicl phase of our work, the country or the people you would like us to
write moro about please indiccto it and wo shell try to comply with your requost.

With many good wishes for tho yoor, we remcin,

Comrads in service,
Arthur & Ula Garrison.

 
June 29, 1942.
Dear Friends:

We hope you will be interested in our account of some of the
things that have happened. here since our last letter. ;

A few weeks ago, on the Friday following Panamerican Day Ula
directed a pageant entitled "The Ameritas. She had written it in
English and had had it translated into Spanish. The municipal —
theater in which it was presented and which seats about LOOO 3
people was completely filled. We vharged popular prices hoping to
have as many see it as possible. We aid not want to make money on
it except to pay for the costumes. We took 14n enough money to =.
pay all expenses. And, we think, fulfilled to some extent our
purpose of promoting good will between the Americas. :

As fer ag we have been able to learn there had. never been a
pageant in Bogotd. When the pantomimes were presented showing |
parts of bikle stories the people gasped in amazement. Bome of the
the teachers and Ula had spent many hours making angel costumes ©
and angel wings and costumes of peoples of the nations that made.
the Americas. They wore beautiful. Our U.S. Embagsy hed a box in.
the theater. When the parade of "The Nations" came down the aisle
from the rear of the theater these emotional Spanish people
fairly rose to their feet. The boys of our school, dressed in
white trousers and blue coate carried large silk flage of each of
the 21 American republics. The Colombian flag came first, then ,
the Stars and Stripes followed by those of the other nations of ©
the western hemisphere. The "Mother of the Western Hemisphere"
wags represented and she plead for the churches, homes and schools,
When the church etene was presented with angels and the Christ- —-
shild in pantomime, the church choir sang from a balcony in the .
back of the theater. Truly, it was beautiful. It seemed to us
thet the very theater shone with star light and these Spanish
boys ané girls were thrilled. How they ‘Love such things! Somehow
those angel scenes had the heart of the Garrisons in them as
never before. In one pantomime, "fhe U.5B, Pantomime" our students
sang The Star Spangled Banner in English. One wife from the U.5-
Embassy bent over the box in which she was seated and said with
feeling, "Those children make us ashamed. They é@ing it better
than we do at home". At the close of the pageant Washington and
Bolivar (the Washington of South Amerita) clasped hands in friend
ahip and the flags of Colombia and the U.S. were crossed. Thrills
upon thrills were in that program for us because of the audience.
Oh! there ig go much to be done here and so few of us to do it.,
And these people are so appreciative of what we do for them.

Our son, Dean, now seven years old, is in the primary depart~
ment of our school. His teacher who speaks only Spanish has
insisted from the beginning of the year that he understands every~
thing she says to him. Our school starts in February and ends in
November. All of Dean's classes save one are taught in Spanish.
That one 1s the clase in English. We are also teaching him english
for he does not get as mueh in that class as we want him to have.

About three weeks ago Mr. Brickel of the cultural relations
department of the U.S. Embassy here presented a large U-Be flag
to our school. His presentation gpeech was in Spanish and one of
our students, representing the student body accepted it. Then the
students all sang the Star Spangled Banner in English followed
by a prayer by> the Colombian pastor of our Spanish church in
which for the continued and ever closer cooperation between and
better understanding among the Americas. |

In response as ever to a call for a worthy purpose the
people of our church in the U,8.A. have eentmbduted to a scholar-
ship fund for two of our graduated to study for the ministry in
the Presbyterian seminary in Puerta Ri¢a. One of these young men .
is already in Puerta Rice and the other will leave in August this
year. The fund has reached its goal and these boys are now pro- |
vided. for for their first two years of study. Alfonso Llaredo who
4s just completing hie first year in Puerta Rica is an orphan boy
who is reported to have begged on the strects of Bogotd as a boys
One day he came to the school and some member of our Colombian -
mission became interested in him anc startec him in the school. He
proved to be a bright boy and by working finished. our school and’
became a teacher in the primary depertment. The father of the :
Other boy died when he was small. The widowed mother of Luis
Quiroga sewed nearly all night many nights in order to make a
living for herself and only chilé. Hso,too, worked his way through
our school and is now the dependable secretary of the director of
the school. He has been active in work among the young people and
was sent to Lima, Peru as representative of the Bogota young peopahe
in the Lima youne peoples’ conference, last year. Both of these
young nen are’vlanning’ return to Colombia to spend their lives
among their owh poople. We also have two girls who are studying to
be nurses. One of them is now in Santo Domingo and the other will
go there soon. These young ladies also expect to serve their people

We have received some welcome and interesting letters from
different ones in Kansas. From Iola letters have come from: Mrs.
C.E. Russell, Miss Viola Dalgarno; from Lawrence: Mrs. Willey, Dr.
F.C. Allen(who sent a new game for our school), W.0. Brownlee, Dr.
F.O. Russell, Dr. Aszman; from Emporta: Dr. C. Vandervelde, Dean
R. N, Miller, Miss Beulah Altman and other Emporia friends; from
Caney! Mrs. Pearsall; from Paola: Mrs. Pettit. The last named sent
us a ¢opy of the bulletin of the spring mecting of the Neosho Pres~
bytery in Iola. The picture of the Iola church on this bulletin
recalledto us the memory of our fourteen years of work in the
church and schools of Iola. Ula also received a letter and lovely
handerchief from her correspondent in St. Louis, Mo.

We are glad to acknowledge the gift of the primary department
of the Lawrence church to be used for our new school buildir~
Dean is quite:proud of the fact that his former Sunday school class
helped with the school he will attend. We are also glad to hear
that some of the members of Kansas churches are more interested in
foreien missions because of the personal touch. Make us a visit and
we promise to show you things that will stir even more interest.

The question has been asked as to what we are doing in our
schools to interest young people in our evangelical church. We now
have 3 assemblies each week in two of which we have religious train-
ing and we also have two classes in religion each week for each
student. Our biggest handicap in this training is our boarding and.
dormitory department. This old building furnishes no room for such
a department. In our proposed new building we hope to have a dor-
mitory to accomodate 35 boys and 35 girls presided over by a mis-
sionary who likes boys and girls. In this way more can be done than
in any other in a school. We have several primary schools in other
parts of Colombia to feed boarding pupils into our secondary school
The miscionary and his wife in charge of these dormitories will
plan the social and spiritual lives of these pupils. We shall be
glad to answer other questions you may have and we hope others will
write to use

Again thanking you for your interesting letters and trusting
we may hear from you soon, we are, Sincerely yours,

Arthur & Ula Garrison.
 

July 19, 1945.

Mr. S. W. Geiser,
3543 Haynie,
Dalles (5), Texas.

Dear Sam:

Thank you very much for your good letter of July 2nd enclosing a
sinanegrepnad Sagy ak She renter se eae TOA GATG euttAS ot Gay
heridan. t :

I remember distinctly the first day I arrived at camp when the boy
from Northwestern University was kmocked out and !
of the Medical School of the University of Kansas, ,
Iwas the fellow who was able to revive him, but I have forgotten his

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mame. The fellow was a teacher in dentistry at Nortiwestern University,

for my effort. I had just driven in with my family end was still in
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I remember that Dr. Henry ©. Tracy, then of Marquette, who is now
on our Medical School faculty here, visited with me efter that a number
of moonlight evenings and we discussed what I did. It was a sourse of
much pleasure to me and has been throughout the years. Dr. Tracy just
suffered a severe heart attack a couple of months ago but is now con- |
valescing. He is héad of our Department of Anatomy here at the Univer-
sity. ;

Thanking you for your good letter, which ineludes the roster, T am
Sincerely yours,

| Direstor of Physical Education,
FCA:AH Varsity Basketball Coach.

 
 

March 12, 1945.

My. Dillion Graham,
Sports Editor,

AP Features,

50 Rockefeller Piaza,

Dear Dillon: |
I am aorry that I shorted out ee ee

felt my responsibility so keenly that I eno I should write
you in longhand. However, when I

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Ralph Vaughn, 1940, So. Calif.

Centers: Victor Holt, 1928, Oklahoma
Forrest Sale, 1933, Kentucky

Guards : Charles Black, 1924, Kansas
Fred Pralle, 1937, Kansas
Ray Evans, 1943, Kansas
William Hapsc, 1940, Illinois

 
 

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Charles Black, of Kansas, 1924, was a football, basketball
and baseball star. He is now personnel director of the Illinois Owen
Libby Glass Company, of Toledo, Ohio. The other Charles Black, of
Lawrence, Kansas, is entering the Army Air Corps March 15th, at
Jefferson Barracks.

Very sincerely yours,

Direstor of Physical Bducation,

 
 

AP FEATURES

AIR MAIL

Mr. Forrest Ce Allen,
Basketball Coach,
University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear Phogs

 

March 8, 1913.

Sorry to hear about all your recent troubles. I am
afraid nothing can be done about the basketball players you lost

but I hope your toothache has disappeared.

I notice that while you say Luisetti and Hyatt belong
on any all-time team, the sauad you select is composed of this
year's players. Will you please go into another huddle and come

up with an all-time all-~America squad of 10?

With the thought that you might be interested, I list
the selection submitted by another coach: Forwards -- Hyatt, Pitt;
Luisetti, Stanford; John Moir, Notre Dame; Andy Phillips, Illinois.
Centers ~-- Forest Sale and LeRoy Edwards, Kentucky. Guards --
John Woden, Purdue; Paul Endacott, Kansas; Rensberger, Notre Deme

and Brown, Notre Dame,

Time is getting short, so please let me have your all-time

squad soonest.

Kindest regardse

Sincerely yours,
: pg rc

Sports Editor
FP FEATURES

March 1, 19436

     

ATR MAIL

Mr. Forrest C. Allen,
Varsity Basketball Coach,
University of Kansas,
Lawrence, KansasSe

Dear Phogs
Thanks for your letter.

I agree that the all-America 10-man squad should be limited
to college players (giving positions and schools). I realize it is diffi-
cult to pick an all-time college team when you consider the various
differences in rules -- the use of one man for free throws, the center
jump, the pre and post-dribble days, etce

However, I do not see any way to restrict the selections to a
certain period. I may be wrong but it seems to me most coaches would
feel that a standout of the 1920-2 period was superior to his counterpart
of any previous period. Therefore, while a player of any year would be
eligible for selection, a majority of the votes would go to players of the
last two decadeSe

It is a tough assigmment but please consider any angles you wish
and let me have your selections.

As to teams, perhaps you had better nominate the best college
and also the best pro team.

Kindest regardse

Sincerely yours,

4 tl,, Ree

Sports/Editor

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February 25, 1943.

Myr. Dillon Graham, Sporte Editor,
AP Peatures,

& Rockefeller Flaza, :

Hew York. he pda of

Dear Dillon:

I just received your favor of the 23rd instant and
I asew's you I will be happy to cooperate with you in any scheme
that you would like to promote. However, I do believe that we
should separate college from professional teams altogether.

4nd here's enother thing, Dillon. ‘The game has changed
in so many ways that it is very difficult to select an all-time college
basketball all-dmerican team. Years ago one fellow threw all the free
Unrows. Also, for a umber of years they had the center jump. With -
the rotation of the throw going to the offended player the specialist
on free throws has been cut out. Many fellows made all-tine selections
on their frees throwing being one of the major attributes of the athlete.

Then tho center jumper developed certain jwaping players
who were not the greatest shots but were great floor men and controlled
the tip-off. .

| ‘nother question is how far back would you want to go
for your consideration? ¥.C.A.A. basketball started in 1905, or rather
the gollege rules permitting the dribble started in 1905, but it was

 
 

Would it not be just ae logical to consider the great
college footbell teans that you have seen and then compare a pro
team along with it, or even college baseball as compared to pro?

4s soon as I receive your answer I will be happy to
comply with your request. ;

a... le
Grunieh and Robbie and the gang, I am

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Sincerely yours, |

 

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AP FEATURES

February 23, 1943-6
AIR MAIL

Mr. Forrest C. Allen,

Varsity Basketball Coach,

University of Kansas,

Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear Phogs

AP Features plans to select an all-time college basketball all-
America team on a basis of the votes of veteran cage coaches throughout the
country. They will be asked to name a 10-man squad, rather than just a
first team.

Our basketball expert, Chip Royal, suggests you should be the Noe
1 man to start the ball rolling. So will you please let us have your selec-
tions as quickly as possible?

It would also be interesting to know what team, college or profes-
sional, you regard as the best you ever Sawe

 
   

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U. S. NAVAL RESERVE AVIATION BASE
GARDNER. KANSAS
Olathe, Kans.

January 7, 1943

Dear Phog:

Sorry that we picked up two of your towels with ours, and
brought them home. We are returning them to you.

Sorry that this happened.

Singérely yoyss,

  
  
 

i, Gardner
butenant (jg), USNR
hletic Director

Dr. Forrest C. Allen

Director of Physical Education
University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas