September 11, 1945 - Linus Pauling Day-by-Day - Special Collections

Letter from Linus Pauling to W.A. Noyes, Jr. Page 1. September 13, 1945

Letter from Linus Pauling to W.A. Noyes, Jr. September 13, 1945. Page 1 Larger Images / More Information. 1 p. View Transcript

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Letter from H. F. Jordan, U.S. Rubber Co., to LP RE: States he was impressed with Dr. John W. Otvos and has invited him to visit. Requests Mr. William Shand write to U.S. Rubber Co. when he returns from the South Pacific. Asks to have any interested, qualified students write to them. [Letter from LP to Dr. H. F. Jordan September 4, 1945] [Filed under LP Correspondence: #421.6]
Letter from H.A. Barker to LP RE: Informs LP of details concerning the case of Dr. Don DeVault. States that Devault was sent to a camp for conscientious objectors, and later sentenced to time in the penitentiary due to his uncooperative behavior in the camp. [Letters from LP to Baker August 31, 1945, September 15, 1945] [Filed under LP Correspondence Box #93: file:(DeVault, Don, 1937, 1939-1942, 1945, 1957-1961, 1965, 1969, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987)]
Letter from Linus Pauling Jr to AHP RE: Discusses his trip east and everything he got to see. Talks about the setup for when he goes out on transport. [Filed under LP Biographical: Personal & Family, Family Correspondence: Linus Carl Pauling, Jr. 1946-1956: Box #5.037, Folder 37.1]

11 Sept. 1945

Dear Mom

Quite a surprise awaited us here: we take a three weeks course on sea search radar and then go to sea on army transports. Navy, yet. We've decided an appropriate name is "sailjer."

Camp Edison is a little subsidiary of Fort Monmouth it's between a couple of suburban residential villages about sixty miles from N.Y. the only trouble is that I'll be here only three weeks.

We had a horrible trip east I couldn't go by myself because the big shots at Hammer changed their minds at the last minute. So we rode all the way on a troop eluper. Because of a bridge failure and an accident we were a tad late.

We can via Oakland. Salt lake City , Denver, Chicago, Washington, Philadelphia, and Jersey City. So I saw both oceans on this trip. Also the magnificent Colorado scenery, the statue of Liberty, and the Manhattan sky line. I visited the Hognesses for several hours on Sunday as Dad will probably find out. They were very nice, as usual. Thorfin showed me the Chicago campus. They asked me to say hello to you for them. Mrs. Hogness wanted to know when you were coming east.

I don't know what life on a transport will be like, or what port we'll sail out of, or whether I'll get time off between trips. It may turn our to be a good deal. We work in crews of three-two operators and one mechanic, with one crew to a ship.

I'll write again with further news, I think I'll be able to get to N.Y. at least one weekend. Everything remains to be seen.

All my love, Mom.

Linus

Note from Dr. Thomas Addis to LP RE: Informs LP that a Dr. Benjamin Miller will be coming to Pasadena to see him, with a note from Dr. B. O. Raulston. Mentions that Dr. Miller has worked at the Rockefeller Institute and is currently on faculty at the University of Chicago Medical School but is looking to transfer out West in hopes that a different climate will alleviate his health problems. [Letter from LP to Dr. Addis September 20, 1945] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #2.1, file:(Addis, Thomas 1940-1945)]