roswell

1946
\pril 2 ~ues D & I left caracas Pan Am bus 9 pm. Arri'led l:iami 10 pm on Pan Am.
throll{:h customs and caught 1 am rational Airlines plane for Ne1-1ark
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.'.pril -; ·.led Arri ·.'ed J{ewark 730 am and took airline bus to l:YC:. D left for Providence
9 am. ~alled up ~win~ but he was in Chicago - due back tomorrow, Left on 1040 sleeper
for ~anton tonight.
April ?: Jat At home. OYer to Cgdensburg to see Steve thi::: pm
Anril 7 :::un. Left Canton on 805 sleeper. 3aH -:=ob Foster 1
J1, also on ;;ay to KYC
Anril 8 !-'on. Arrived NYC 730 am. Up to Columbia Ur!iversity to see Ewing 130 pm. ··:yckoff
3.nd Do?e on way to Los Angeles py plane this -pm. C:rane and !·:orrison in also from \vatson
labs. ·.-Jent back to Red Bank :-rith them in A'.·:1JS car to Cfficer 1 :::: Club near ~-latson lab.
:::rar.e, : orrison and I ~-Tent t:.p tonight to <;:ee ::einnegle at office. Vet Gifford ;.;ho has
0 0' sea rescue boat this project is planning to use. Stayed at Cfficer 1
s C:lub tonight
Anril 9 ~t:es. At ~-'atson labs all day. '.Tent through all processes necessary for employ-
ment urder Gi vil Ser-:ice, ;-Tarrant Officer Gifford transferred to \ITERl-4 today, Jl:cCurdy
already in and started work. ':::'alked with _,Reinnagle and Gallo re Columbia contract.
Gifford left pm for '.fashington, Hajor Crane for Camp :iJix and Jl:orrison for NYC. Reinnagle
and I went down to CO this pm to meet.group from Cornell extension at Buffalo- Aeronaut-
ical research wantil'!g to get contracts. Stayed at Kelly Pitcher Hotel in Red ~ank tonight
Anril 10 ··'ed ~hecked out of !'ally Fi tcher Eotel and caught 7JO am train out of Red Bank to
liYC, Checked in at Hotel ;.rebster and then up to Ewings at Columbia University. Mr Gallo
of '·ratson labs in at 10 am and we went over contract questions regarding Watson Lab contract
with C:olumbia until 1 PM, \-lent over all parts of work with Doc from 2 to 5JO pm. John
Swing in from Missouri.
April 11 Thurs. ~orked on rough outline of ~lin Field and SOFAR project Am. Up to see
Swing at Columbia PM. Doc and I went over contract with '·Jatson Lab & Columbia tonight.
•:::aught 1205 sleeper to Boston.
April 12 Fri. Arrived Woods Hole about 11. Joe Worzel went over all sound transmission
work at NHOI this pm.
April 1'3 Sat. Talked with Columbus Iselin this Am regarding ;-Iatson Lab work and needs.
Crane and Gifford up pm and Joe and I went up to lab with them.
April 14 Sun. Down to lab this am with Joe looking for G9A files. Jim Peoples over about
noon for awhile. Joe. and I went golfing pm. Took 600 pm train to Boston and 1230 sleeper
to NYC. Up to Boston with Lt Frank Ryder with Navy and \.JHOI
April 15 Mon. Contacted Doc Ewing in NYC and rode down to Red Bank with him. Talked over
instrumentation of upper atmosphere investigations. Out to Oakhurst this pm. Conference
with Col. Cole and Col. Grough re Project 188-5 and regarding microseisms. Doc and I went
back to ~olly Pitcher Hotel in Red Bank tonight.
April 16 Tues. Rode out to Watson Labs with Ewing. Went over to Evans Lahs with Harry Davis
':latson Lab navigation man, and saw newly developed ranging apparatus and talked to Lt
Rydetor? re Spherics, location of lightning and thunderstorm data collected during past
few years. Saw Col. Duffy of ~eteorological Division AAF and back to 'ilatson labs, Doc ilent
on through to NYC. '·Tent over program with Dove and Crane this pm, Back to lab tonight with
Crane and Gifford, discussing Project 185-7-1. Back to Y.yrtle Hotel at 1045 pm.
April 17 '·led, Rode out to Hats on Labs with McCurdy. Worked with f1ajor Crane on report
regarding underwater work, Eglin Field and deep water. Took this in to 8olonal Cole this
pm. Acceptance probable, Got room in private house in Red Bank. i·oved out of '·:olly Pitcher
Hotel.
April 18 Th~. Caught bus out to ~·Tatson Lab. Col Cole up this am and advised writing new
~ost Exnenditure for and revising the R. & R. ~ajor Crane left about noon for trip
Phila and '!Toads Hole. 1-'ade arrangements to meet him in 1TYC r-:onday. ~l'rote. out new R & R
and 8ost Expenditure ready to take to Col Cole. up 2nd EO covering all ocean work.
to see Col Cole and then wrote up
EO and A for P processed this pm
April 19, Fri. Talked o·..-er work with Dove and we wrote
~alked to Ewing on phone this am. Dove and I went down
~ew SO for deep water work. Saw Hincke? regarding this
and ready to p;o out to '·lright Field.
April 20 <:!at. Caught 710 train to NYC, cashed check at Chase Natl Bank, talked to :!!:wing on
phone. Back to Red Bank about 4 pm.
April 22 r-•on. At 'Hatson labs this am. Got final physical exams. Down to Supply to see Jl!ajor
!!,orris with Reinnagle re getting equipment out that came from 'llHCI without paper coverage.
Got tra'lel order back and authority to use it. Caught )42 pm out of Red Bank and arr1 ved