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in Newark about 430. Reser!ations to :Jayton on Spirit of St. louis had been cancelled.
'":alled '·fats on Labs. Go:t roomette on Spirit about 530. Called f·'rs Ewing in NYC. Left
::ewark or. '::pirit of St louis at 620 pm.
April 2) Tues. Arrived Dayton, Ohio about 8 30 am. Tried to get return ticket for tonight
but coach car only open, ~ook bus out to ~~right Field, Bldg 28. Saw fo~r Drexler and turned
over 2 of the A for P to him. Colonel Jl'aier on leave. :vent down to Colonel Winter's office
ar.d :our.d :·'ajor Crane there, ~!e talked to Colonel ';linters regarding the need for planes
and about new EO on extended long ranges of the 189-7-1 program which he approved and
c!arl'=ed up to 1-P & t::ent on for higher anpro·.ral. event over with Crane & saw Colonel lind
gard in the plane assignment division and talked about planes. Had lunch with him and then
:.;er.t back to talk to ::::olonel ~at on regarding planes to 189-9-1. ··rent over to look at C-97,
converted B-29 for transport. 3ack to Bldg 28 & talked with General Rives. Request for
planes agrred upon and B-29 1·lill be available near the 1st of June. H~9-7-1 required by
:1i 'les. A for Ps in Drexler's office not yet signed. - will be sent on to \vats on Labs later.
Crane had reservations for me on the Spirit of St Louis and we left Dayton at 8 pm.
Anril 24 1:/ed. Discussed with Crane possibilities of getting sound through the ground part
of the ocean sound channel and about the possibilities of a balloon such as Piccards.
Arrived in nyc about 10)0. ::alled 1iatson Labs and then we took a taxi up to Ewing's office
at Columbia. After Ewing 1-2 class we discussed plans for 188-5 and 189-7-1, both Eglin
Field and long range channel program. Left Ewings office about 6. Crane registered at Hotel
Lexington and I caught 740 out of Penn Station and arrived at Red Bank at 845 pm
April 25 Thurs. Up to Watson Labs. Worked over notes of conference with Ewing yesterday.
Wrote up both travel blanks and sent them down to Travel Order Section. Talked with~Palmer
about ~~Q travel forms. ~·Trote up letter to W:right Field requesting use of second crash boat.
·;rote R~R for 1'lark 2 hydrophone. Talked to lt. Hungerford regarding request of this.
Stepanoff, new physicist for WLERl in this pm. Crane left for Wright Field tonight.
April 26 Fri. Up to :latson Labs. :Jent over purchases already applied for with Reinnagle.
1iyckoff in this am. McCurdy in pm for radio parts. Went back to Oakhurst with McCurdy
this P~;
April 27 Sat. Left Red Bank about 730 AM with McCurdy in his car. Drove through NJ at
TRenton & down to Philadelphia, Mac left me off at Olney at subway station. Contacted
Marion at Bankers Security and went by train with her·to Newton, Pa at 100 PM • Stayed
with ?laggs •
Apr 28 Sun. 'iolayne & l'larion drove me over to Trenton, NJ & I caught 1030 am train into NYC.
;vent up to Ewings about 1215. Joe.Worzel there & Hilly Barbour. They left for Woods Hole
about 2 PM. I caught 5.50 train out of Penn Station to Red Bank, NJ
April 29 Mon. Up to Watson Labs. Checked over at library to have some periodicals obtained.
lient over water work with rl:cCurdy regarding what is needed in way of purchase's. •Went over
to Oahhurst with Roke, new engineer, former Lt. Commander in Navy. Talked to Charlie
Ireland regarding Eglin Field work.
April )0, Tues. Up to Oakhurst. Went over equipment that would be left there and what we
might do when rest of people gone to Whitesands with Wyckoff. Wyckoff and I took car to
Hatsom labs to conference with Col Duffy of Weather Bureau, Capt Kellogg and Col Gault.
Discussed weather problems - on eqpt? and S658s & aerography neede in coming work. Discussed
equipment with HcCurdy pm and tried to find where demolition cable could be located,
Vay 1 ~led. l'p to ~vatson labs. Talked with Stepanoff and 'Wyckoff regarding work to be done
while crew was recording '.lhite Sands in New Mex:hco. Commander Navy arrived about 1130 am
and we held a conference -Gault, Compton?, Dove Crane, 'tlyckoff, Hungerfield, 'faux and
~yself regarding Navy participation with us in Crossroads. Captain Kellogg of Weather
Service over pm and talked with Crane and I regarding 658s, airgraphs, etc. Got travel
orders etc to Columbia tomorrow. ~vyckoff and about 11 others leaving for White Sands by
plane tomorrow morning. Up to lab tonight with Crane.
~ay 2 Thursda~. Left Red Bank on 8 am train, off at Elizabeth and took ferry to NYC.
Up to GCT and then up to Docs. Too late for talk with Kellogg but in time for conference
with Ewing, Lane of Columbia, Gallo, Bradford, Dove and Crane of Hatson labs. Conference
went over contracts with Columbia and ~~. Crane and I talked to Dove for short time after
dinner. Caught 11)0 sleeper to Boston tonight.
!lay 3 ?ri. Arrived \.foods Hole 1045 am . \ient over to Falmouth with Dorothy. Up to lab: pm
with Joe \i. Talked to Jim Peoples re his amplifier. and level recorder, Bump and Kit over
tQri~h~.tSaw Columbus PM.
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