February 14, 1944 - Linus Pauling Day-by-Day

Letter from C. S. Marvel, to Donald H. Andrews, Farrington Daniels, Henry Gilman, H. B. Weiser, LP, and Kenneth S. Pitzer. RE: Informs them of the ballot on the Award on Pure Chemistry. Asks that they return all of the data submitted on candidates. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Materials re: Committees and Awards, 1944-1949: Box #14.009 Folder #9.5]

Letter from Dr. Everett R. Dempster to LP RE: Requests to see LP and Dr. Sturtevant in connection with his application for a Guggenheim Fellowship. Suggests a date between February 25th and 29th. [Letter from LP to Dempster February 22, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box: #98.9, file:(D: Correspondence, 1944)]

Letter from Dr. Leonor Michaelis, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, to LP RE: Comments on Michaelis' new research with quinone. States he has no new comments on the perpendicular exchange of electrons between rings. [Letter from Michaelis to LP January 25, 1944] [Filed under Correspondence: Box #246.9, file:(Michaelis, Leonor)]

Letter from Everett R. Dempster, University of California, to Henry Allen Moe, Guggenheim Foundation. RE: Acknowledges his letter. Is writing to Pasadena today. [Filed under LP Science: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1925-1945: Box #14.013 Folder #13.18]

Letter from LP to Dr. D. P. Mellor, Department of Chemistry, University of Sydney [Note from Mellor to LP January 6, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #246.7, file:(Mellor, David P.)]

February 14th, 1944

Dr. D. P. Mellor

Department of Chemistry

The University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

Dear Dr. Mellor:

I was glad to receive your letter of January 6.

My wife and I would indeed like very much to come to Australia at some time in the future, and we would hope to see you on this trip, and also to see you when you come back to Pasadena again. We have just today had a visitor here from Australia—Dr. Burnet from Melbourne.

I am interested to learn about your new magnetic results with complexes of rhodium and ruthenium.

In a month or so I shall have the pleasure of sending you a copy of my little freshman text. I am having it lithoprinted again, in order that we may use it until the war is over and a revised edition can be got out. I use the book together with Latimer and Hildebrand's reference book.

We are all well. Young Linus it at Sheppard Field, Texas in the Army Air Forces. He has been having a hard time, for some reason, and has been in the hospital for two months out of the last three, with colds, measles, and other ailments.

With best regards to Mrs. Mellor, I am

Sincerely yours,

Linus Pauling

LP:jr

Letter from LP to Dr. Donald Balfour RE: Sends the requested photograph and expresses his pleasure at having been invited to Rochester. [Letter from Balfour to LP January 28, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #37.11, file:(B: Correspondence 1944)]

Letter from LP to Dr. L. Reed Brantley, Dept. of Chemistry, Occidental College, RE: States Robert Spurr is currently working for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, but would like to teach college chemistry or physics, with spare time for writing. States Spurr would be a good candidate for teaching. [Letters from LP to Dr. Robert A. Spurr February 14, 1944, from Robert Spurr to LP February 20, 1944, from L. Reed Brantley to LP February 21, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #367.9]

Letter from LP to Dr. N. R. Gotthoffer, Grayslake Gelatin Company. RE: Thanks him for the gelatin and will let him know of the results. [Filed under LP Science: Scientific War Work Materials re: Oxypolygelatin, 1941-1945, 1951-1952, 1972-1974: Box #13.004 Folder #4.2]

Letter from LP to Dr. Robert A. Spurr RE: States he doesn't know of any chemistry or physics teaching openings, but will keep Spurr in mind. Suggests Spurr write to Poma and other colleges and give his name as a reference. [Note from Robert Spurr to LP February 3, 1944, letter from LP to Dr. L. Reed Brantley February 14, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #367.9]

Letter from LP to Dr. Sheng-Nien Wang, Metals Research Laboratory, Carnegie Institute of Technology, cc: C.S. Lu, RE: Replies that he has made some changes to the manuscript and forwarded it to the JACS. Suggests ordering 150 reprints, 50 each for Lu, Wang, and Cal Tech. [Letter from Wang to LP February 1, 1944, note from Lu to LP March 16, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #218.7, file:(Lu, Chia-Si)]

Letter from LP to Henry Allen Moe, Guggenheim Fellowship. RE: Informs him of his expenses. Thanks him for his help with Linus Jr.. [Filed under LP Science: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1925-1945: Box #14.013 Folder #13.18]

Letter from LP to Mr. Herbert M. White RE: informs that application blanks for a graduate assistantship in chemistry will be sent. Discusses details of position and mentions that very little graduate instruction in chemical engineering is being given and that research fields are being restricted because of war-time duties of staff members. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: Box 1.017, Folder 17.2]

Letter from LP to Prof. Arthur B. Lamb, Editor, JACS, RE: Submits for publication a manuscript by Drs. Wang and Lu entitled “An X-Ray Examination of Crystals of Triphenylmethyl Chloride and Bromide. [Letter from Lamb to LP April 14, 1944] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #218.7, file:(Lu, Chia-Si)]

Letter from Linus Pauling Jr to AP RE: Talks about the gifts from LP and about Cousin Santure. Witnessed a fellow receive a quart of plasma because he was dehydrated. Asks if she has read about the illegal taxis. Says he has had tonsillitis and the doctor thinks his tonsils should come out next summer. [Filed under LP Biographical: Personal & Family, Family Correspondence: Linus Carl Pauling, Jr. 1930-1944: Box #5.036, Folder 36.5]

February 14, 1944

Dear Mom

I'm glad that you are so happy over the gifts that Daddy brought you. Those earrings sound very beautiful. I like the pale, soft beauty of moonstones. I can hardly wait for the watch to come.

Cousin Santure is a lucky fellow to be a navigator. He's right about intelligence I heard authoritative rumors stating that in the intelligence tests, with a high of 10, navigators had to get a 9, pilots 7, and bombardiers 5. What is he now a cadet, or has he won his wings?

I witnessed something interesting night before last. A fellow that had just moved into the room across the hall from mine got a quart of plasma dribbled into his vein. He was very much dehydrated couldn't drink a glass of water without vomiting immediately. I was somewhat surprised at the length of time the injection takes.

Have you never read about the cars that are unlicensed and everyone is told by the driver to pretend that they are just one big happy family if an inspector appears? That is what I meant by illegal taxi. It's fast and inexpensive, but dangerous.

I'll be getting out of the hospital in a few days. I has tonsillitis, and I think that the doctor thinks my tonsils should come out next summer. I'm collecting a whole slough of vitamins and also minerals. I'm almost sure to come back here, though, because I'll have to go on bivouac and unless the weather is extraordinarily fine, I'll just get another cold. I hope I get a furlough right away so I can come home and recuperate.

Much love,

Linus

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