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— 6 DECEMBER 1943 yor

DEAR DR. ALLEN:

LESS THAN THREE HOURS AGO " JAYHAWK REBOUNDS" NUMBER FIVE
REACHED ME, BRINGING ME NEWS MY NOSTALGIC SOUL HAD BEEN THIRSTING
FOR SOME LITTLE TIME. IT ISN'T THE FIRST EDITION | HAVE RECEIVED
FOR | HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES TO RECEIVE EACH EDITION, AND
| HASTEN TO ASSURE YOU THAT EACH HAS BEEN ENJOYED TO THE MAXIMUM OF
ITS INTENDED PURPOSE.

APOLOGIES ARE IN LINE FROM ME FOR MY BELATED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
OF A REAL ™ MORALE BOOSTER", BUT LET'S CALL _IT TARDY AND NOT TOO
LATE. ACTUALLY | AM NOT ENTIRELY TO BLAME BECAUSE OUT WHERE | HAVE
BEEN THE PAST FIVE MONTHS THE OPPOSITION HAS BEEN KEEPING US AS BUSY
AS OLD FRED PRALLE USED TO KEEP HIS BEWILDERED OPPOSITION.

IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE OVER EIGHTEEN LONG, EXCITING, HOPEFUL MONTHS
SINCE MY SIZE 12'S KICKED THE LAST PIECE OF USA GRAVEL OFF THE SOLE
BUT AT THIS POINT | AM RATHER HOPERUL OF A NOT-TBO-FAR-DISTANT TRANSFER
gg TO THE GRANDEST PLACE IN THE WORLD. KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED FOR

A LOT HAS TAKEN PLACE_IN MY ABSENCE, FOR, AS YOU POSSIBLY KNOW,
THERE IS A eS ee FRANK TIT, WHO, FROM ALL INDICATIONS IS GOING TO
MAKE A MIGHTY IMPORTANT ADDITION To THE JAYHAWK FIVES BEGINNING WITH
Pee ALL PICTURES INDICATE " ALL AMERICAN" QUALITIES ALREADY, THOUGH
He WILL ONLY BE_TEN MONTHS OLD TWO DAYS FROM TODAY. _| AM MOST CERTAINLY
BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE THE " LITTLE MAN WHO ISN'T THERE", NOT ™ WASN'T
THERE"! ! | SORT OF THINK THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH MY DESIRE FOR
WANTING TQ GET STATESIDE. :

| HAVEN'T RUN INTO ANY JAYHAWKERS FOR SOME TIME, THOUGH IN THE |
FIELD OF ARHLETIGS | HAVE MET SOME MIGHTY NIGE FELLOWS. RECENTLY HAD
A SHORT CHAT WITH A FELLOW, WHOSE NAME | FORGET, WHO WAS ALL AMERICAN
TACKLE AT TEXAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. HAVE RECENTLY BEEN FORTUNATE
TO VISIT WITH GENE TUNNEY ALSO, | TAKE IT BACK ABOUT NO JAYHAWKERS.
NOT VERY LONG AGO | RAN INTO BOB HOUK,( NOT SURE OF THE SPELLING OF THE
LAST NAME), BUT HE 1S A LAWRENCE BOY AND WE HAD QUITE A VISIT. HE HAS
FAIRLY RECENTLY LEFT THE STATES SO WAS ABLE TO GIVE-ME A LOT OF GOOD
GOSSIP, AND WE EAT UP GOSSIP FROM HOME IN THESE PARTS..

CANT TELL YOU MUCH ABOUT QUR LOCATION BUT WILL SAY THAT AT TIMES
IT 1S HOTTER THAN THE '42-'43 EDITION OF PHOG'S FAMOUS FIVES. AT OTHER
TIMES WE ARE_IN MUD UP TO OUR DUFFS. | THINK_IT IS THE ONLY PLACE IN
THE RORLD WHERE YOU CAN ™ STAND IN MUD UP TO THE BACK OF YOUR LAP AND
HAVE DUST BLOW IN YOUR FACE AT THE SAME TIME",

THE NATIVES ARE REALLY ™ LULU'S" AND A GREAT SOURCE OF ENTERTAINMENT
Neeeene tea” AS WE BARTER WITH THEM AND TRY HARD TO UNDERSTAND THEIR