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[Letter from Alex Bradford to R. Otis Muenster - March 15, 1944]

Description: Letter from Alex Bradford to R. Otis Muenster discussing firefighting equipment and the recent development of various fire truck nozzles. The first portion of the letter provides information about recent fires. The second portion of the letter covers high-pressure water trucks and their viability as firetrucks. The final portion of the letter covers a big test later that month at Elmira, New York.
Date: March 15, 1944
Creator: Bradford, Alex

[Letter from Alex Bradford to G. Mort Kintz - May 2, 1944]

Description: Letter from Alex Bradford to G. Mort Kintz discussing various firefighting equipment developments, techniques, and experience faced by Alex Bradford throughout Europe and the Middle East. Chief Otis Muenster of the Regional Fire Chief of the Office of Civilian Defense (OCD) alongside the IAFC and Board of Fire Underwriters testing grounds at Elmira, New York. This testing ground was home to the testing of newly developed fire pressure fog nozzles and other fire fighting equipment. Bradford brieā€¦ more
Date: May 2, 1944
Creator: Bradford, Alex

[Letter from Mort Kintz to Alex Bradford - May 16, 1944]

Description: Letter from Mort A. Kint to Alex Bradford discussing the use of carbon tetrachloride fluids within fire extinguishers. Mr. Kint mentions that the use of chlorinated solvents for the purpose of cleaning & other uses have been linked to an incident of four hundred (400) soldiers being sent to a hospital in North Africa. Mr. Kint also mentions that he very briefly met with Otis Muenster of the Office of Civilian Defense, however he is currently gone.
Date: May 16, 1944
Creator: Kintz, George Mort

[Letter from Alex Bradford to Curtis Hancock - October 14, 1943]

Description: Letter from Alex Bradford to Curtis Hancock acknowledging the receipt of a letter sent on May 25 that he finally received. Mr. Bradford also mentions that H.H. Granger of Granger Engineering Works in Cairo, Egypt would love to read the book on Texas written by George Sessions Perry. Mr. Granger, a Dallas native, would love to have Mr. Hancock visit him at his home in Dallas for a meal. Finally, Mr. Bradford has moved to Washington, but his permanent address is in Burbank, California.
Date: October 14, 1943
Creator: Bradford, Alex

[Clipping: CIO Political Action Committee Regional Directors]

Description: Newspaper clipping featuring a list of fourteen (14) regional directors of the CIO Political Action Committee throughout the United States. The nineth (9th) number of the regional directors is the Texas Regional Director, Carl A. McPeak, physical address in Dallas, Texas. The back of the regional director list are short articles covering some of the core concepts behind the CIO.
Date: unknown
Creator: CIO Political Action Committee
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