[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 11, 1943] Page: 1 of 2
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",to blythe ... i had a sneaking hunch that ett
4he little thing there in one piece was going
earn me another trig ... this tine my orders
Hite,' r sdv?w Wi:Na,Kanes 'report to long beach for further orders' so
S oe er guess we fly vultees back ... had an uneventf
Hote/ Bcu/derados'u!eroc. ri de back from palm springs on american airlin.
uneventful, because i was dead and slept all the
WM GN U1 SN..=..way ... they offered us dinner, but i'd just e t-
at the club in ralm springs so i had a couple of
_u ~urs -f coffee in the ,rain hope they would keep
-om sleeping the whole trim, but they didn't
-e stewardess didn't wake me when we landed at
Springs, tex, and i wasn't conscious enough to
>w, so my ears were very painful, by the time we got in dallas ... ha
lehrad up now though, also my cold, which caused then. to act this way
arrived at 0700 friday morning and the control officer gavre us off ti
33' saturday morning ... i just went to bed and slept this 24 hours, ar
oke ur in the pink ... by not haing to report til 0330 we missed the
exriew, goody ... saturday i spent the whole day finishing up the rape'
ork on the trir, collecting my damned shirt from the red cross, and gc -
ing my clothes to the laundry and c eaners ... all except one shirt whi
-rion swiped and washed and ironed for me, which turned outto be very luc
s i ha~re something to wear today ... went to see 'for whom the bells i
ith narion saturday night and enjoyed it very, ,rery much ... it didn't
ry a hair from the book and was in color and the scenery was perfect-
utiful ... also the character actors were marvelous, so perfect for
-rts ... i advise you to see it, i think you'd like it, although it does
)t have a happy ending ... bergman is most rerfect as maria ... last nigrl
rion and bet and i went to the fair park auditorium to see the spanish
dancing and music programm enclosed ) ... the songs by tito guizar were ,re
onderful ... it was quite informal, and he could get more music out of a
iitar than anyone i could imagine ... he had a nice ,roice and sang serr-r
popular anerican spanish favorites 'yours','begin the beguine', etc. ...
f course marion probably got more out of it because she could underst&
The words and co-ainents ... think i'll hold this and nail in camden, so i
rive you an idea of my progess in my continuous westward jaunt ... want
trip in a ship with a radio, and east, but guess i s:lould be ha y to ha"
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Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes. [Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 11, 1943], letter, October 11, 1943; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1296324/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National WASP WWII Museum.