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Dear Sisters:

It is a warm cloudy day and surely looks like it is going to give a rain or something before long. It looked that way last night also but nothing came down as of yet.

            We are both fine and hope you are the same and that none of you have the spring fever.

            At work we are very busy in fact were quite a bit behind in our work it seems that are troubles all came at once we surely cannot get an engine hung and run it out with out a pile of trouble if the starter works ok than the air pressure is on the blink if that is ok than we can’t get enough manifold pressure out of the dam things I surely can’t understand it and neither can anyone else we have men here from the factory and they are out of luck as to finding our troubles. All that I did in the last 3 nights was try and get a constant air pressure on 3 different ships if I start dreaming about it than I’ll give up as a bad job.

            The field and tour are full of rumors about the field going to close or something like that boy it surely is terrible and no one can be sure but I heard them at the field I come home and Mary found out a couple of new ones at Ward’s. I really think the field is going to close before two long but some of the tales you hear are surely far fetched.  Well when it comes it comes. They shipped 3 men from our shift and again I guess they will [keep] doing that until there is no one left.

            I have two letters from Irma to answer and I’ll do it now. They were written the 8th and 9th and I got them on the 13th .

            I agree that we still have a far ways to go in Germany for every mile we go in it means that much stiffer resistance.

            I’m glad you got a film for me Irma and I’m sorry that you haven’t been seeing some of the pictures however we still have 2 films from Christmas we were keeping them for better weather and in case we got some [where] some Sunday.

 

                                                            II

I got 8 flash light batteries yesterday and I’ll send them soon as I get a box they got them in the P.X.Bay of Spring must be just around the corner if you are getting Pussy Willows. I have seen a few robins and doves around here the last couple of day it surely is a nice spring here.

            There is nothing that we want for Easter in fact we’ll be just as pleased if you don’t send anything. Thanks for thinking of us.

            I didn’t file any income tax but Mary did she must pay 2 cents and forgot to put the check in with the return now she doesn’t [know] what to do however  she was told  that she’ll get a bill for it. She sent it to Phila for this is the only our temporary address.

            I can’t see dropping your charter for the death of a member it sounds dumb.

            I don’t [know] that they were condemning Hodges I kind of think the guys in charge now what they are doing so I don’t think we should condemn anyone yet until we [know] all the facts. I must get ready for work so I’ll sign off for this time.

                                                So Long

                                                      Love

                                                         John