NEWS LETTER
University of Louisville
Law School
Number 4 September, 1944
Much can happen within three months during war•time·-both joyful and
sorrowful. We received the following letter from Lt. WALTER CHYLE written on
February 27, l944a •MY dear Friends; This finds me a German prisoner of war; However,
I am in fine health and am not injured in anyway. Life here isn't as bad
as one might think. The Red Cross is doing a lot to relieve the monotony of a
prisoner of war. In faot they have sent us various kinds of Athletic equipment
and have furnished us with books sufficient to set up a nice little library con•
taining both reading and reference books. We have classes organized and use the
reference books for teaching purposes, There are a few law books and another
lawyer and myself are teaching a nice little course in Ca.mmerciaf law. Give my
regards to all the boys. Trusting to hear from yo u, I remain • lfQlter.n We were
glad to hear from Walter and sincerely hope that he continues to remain in good
health.
SHAD BOAZ was in the Invasion and has been missing in action since that
day. We understand that all the men on his ship were saved except Shad, They
wer e in the water over two hours and were all picked up on one boat, All the boys
on the boat are in the United states now. There is always ho pe that per~ps Shad
was picked up and ma y be able to return. We sincerely hope and pray that he is
still alive.
FACULTY
Several weeks ago Captain Dobie had the
privilege of welcoming Dean Lott to Washington
• . Major Lott has now been trans•
ferred to the Army Industrial Colle ge in
the Pentagon Building. Recently on my
vacation at Washington, G. B. Johnson and
I had a delightful two hour visit with
Dean Lott, Mrs. Lott and Jackie, In
spite of the fact that Dean Lott worked
14 hours a day at Hill Field, Ogd en, he
looked the same and as Mr. Dobie said "he
seems· to have borne two years of ATmy life
with no visible scars.• bean Ld'bt was,
of course , interested in all the "goings
on 11 at the Law School. He sends ' his
greeti,ngs to every one of you. ;
Five more weeks are left in this Summer
Seme ster and soon exam t~e will be upon
us. It was hard to do much teaching or
studying during the hot weather. but both
Professors and ·students worked along.
Mr. James Fahey who is teaching Bank•
ruptcy this semester, has written a. law
r e view article entitled 11 Relief11 pro~
visions in the Revenue A~f l943.
His article has been printed in the
June 1944 Yale Law Journal.
Ensign King writes that he has been
learning to play chess. He says, •As
I play with the c.o. most of the time
I should get a good fitness ;aport for
l e tting h~ win all the t~e although
he realizes that it is not particularly
his superior ability but simply that
I don't have the hang of it e.s yet. 11
Greetings from Mr. Athol Lee Ta y lora
11 ! treasure the experiences which I
sharod with manJ' of you as a fellow
student at Law School. Since returning
to the oampus, I have been fortunate in
seeing those of y ou who from time to
time have been able to visit school age.i,n..
I can assure you whom I have not see~,
that a.lwaya.l i our conversation involves
principally t hose old times which we all
knew. I am sincerely appreci~tive of
the opportunity which is now presented,
of knowing the members of the present
student body. They are maintaining
the traditions and standards of the past.
You will be proud to count them as yo ur
friends and fellow attorneys."
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CLASS OF 1940:
Mrs. Jessie Doyle visited the Law School
recently. She is still practising law
ih Harlan and is working very hard, as
usual.
ClASS OF 1941:
Two more men from the Class of 1941 have
been commissioned in the Na~J as Ensigns:
David Cates and Hudson Milner.
Mr. Taylor received word from Sgt. Sam
Helman on June 21, 1944 that he had left
for over-seas ·duties, c/o Postmaster, San
Franoisco, California.
Capt. Ben Morris was in to see us and he
looked q~ite well considering all the
many missions he has eompleted. It was
good to see him.
Capt. Edgar Simon writes ~Ruther surpri~
sad that Fritz Buchhold finally was· e.c•
cepted in s e rvice. Give him my regards
if y ou see him and tell him to watch his
heartJ Is anyone else from taw School
in Chine.-Burma•Indie.? Tell me if yo u i,,
know,·11 Sorry, Edge.r 1 but I don't believe
there are any others around that section
of the country that I know of.
Lt. Kenner vms operated on and he now
has a desk job for the time being in
England. Hope you've recovered O.K.,
Jack.
Mr. Tay lor just received a notice of
change of address for lst Lt. J~sse G.
Moore. I know thut many o£' you would
like his address so here it is:
lst Lt, Jesse G. Moore, 8-1295584,
H~• 394th Infantry, A.P.o. 17077,
cjo Postmaster, New York, N. Y.
CLASS OF 1942:
Lt. (j.g.) Bill Harvin writes from the u.s.s. Thomas Jefferson that "the mail
has been coming in very infrequent floods.
They seem to save it for several weeks,
and then let the flood gates go. The
result is one wonderful wave of letters
for.all of us, but a headache trying to
answer all of them before they get too
stale. When I say that I can 1 t tell
what I've been doing, I'm certain every
one will understand that there are regulations
that prevent. Therefore, that
subject has been pror.erly dispensed with."
Bob Davenport wrote that he and Bill have
had some nice chats together. I'm sure
they enjoyed talking about "Home 11 •
I'Ve enjoyed the visit of Ensign Plunkett
and his wife. Loren looks •~ll and seems
to be pretty hf,ppy in the Navy.
We also had a nice visit with Edwin Lamb.
(August seemed to have been 11 Home Coming
Month"). Butch looks well and is working
on his father's fatm and also is
holding a job with his county.
I recently heard that Sam Cannon is a
Sergeant in the Army and is over-seas,
c/o Postmas ter, San Francisco, Calif.
Harrv Neal writes me from the Rosetta
Farm~, Jeffersontown, Ky. that ·being a
farmer "is just like living to be ninety
when all your generation has passed on
at seventy. This world of ours is very
lonesome. To some . 4F is an excuse, but
in my c a se that bit of protection is
lacking. I may not be the most conscientious
person in the world, but I do,
as everybody, want to win this little
e.i'fra ~r as quickly as possible. So 'if the
Army prefers me as a dairy farmer to a • cadet; I won't complt:tin too much. Yes,.
to those whQ ·may wonder, they ma y re~
draft us again. 11
Dick Logan, our Seabee, was on leave and
Lt. Robert Davenport writes me that 11 Its stopped in to see us.- He looks well in
h&rd for me to realize it sometimes (some- spite ·of the fact that he cut trees D.nd
time s not) that I have been in this man's laid railroad tracks up North.
navy for 4 years, of which over 3 have Mrs. Nellie Hayse called me one day and
be e n a ctive service~ and practically all said that she received e. letter from
of the latter hss been out of the States. Martha Perkins Ellis who is in New JerseJ •
Da rned tired of foreign s ervice t'm get't• Marthe. is working in the Defense Plant
i ng now too. 0 well, "Kentucky will seem there and has quite em important job
he ave n by ''47 11 • 11 Bob, I certainly hope we ha.ndling certain projects for the comp£t"":t.
wo n 't have to wait until 1947 to see you.
We ho pe y ou will be back by 19451
CLASS OF 1944:
After J. Lee Friedman graduated from Lf,w
School he - took quite an extensive trip
to Texas ·and Mexico. We all enjoyed the
many curds he sent us.
G. B .. Johnson writes me that h e expects
to be in Louisville soon for the Campaign.
It was good to see Capt. Ernest Woodward
again. We all enjoyed his visit very
much.
Lt. Boland came in one duy and told us
about his va rious e xpe riences on desert ·
mt-.. neuver s.
A letter from Lt. Herbe rt Moore says that
"At present I um somewhere in Englund,
lodging bombs on the ground and German
fi ghter craft and fluk s in the air. So
fur, I 1 ve been pretty lucky, but you know
Pear 1, from whu t I've seen, a f e llow cun
get hurt over here. I too, um very anxious
for this wur to end, there is a little
deal wuy over on the other side of the
world in which I would like to try out
what I've leurned he r e in the "big leu gue ",
For the second P ea rl, I'm still fly ing
the B-26 and seating out a Captaincy. 11
Cpls. Rodney and Ralph Kessinger we r e
home on furlough. Rodney will go back
to Oklohomn t.nd Ralph is being sent oversea
s. It was good to see them both once
again.
Pfc. Edwin Cohe n writes from France that
"It is quite an e xperience , being a r eu l
foreigne r for a change . 11
Sgt. Phil Muldoon is also in France and
he says 11 The people huve welcomed us with
open arms . Wherever we go w~ are bese i ge d
"by young and old. Enroute here we were
inundated with boque ts tossed by pe ople
standing along the stree ts and roads. It
was u real show of gratitude." Phil,
y ou'd better watch those French girls .
Pfc. Robert Hertzman wrote me buck in June
that he was somewhere in Italy. He said
that he visited Rom e "and it's quite a
beaut.iful city. Could reco gnize a lot
of the f am ous old structures I've read
about . The city is surprisingly modern.
howe v er, with stor e s r e sembling the main
street of a large American city - fine
perfumes, women's ·stores with silk stock•
in gs· (or r easonable facsimil e s the r eo f).
But the Italian signorinus-~uh, uh(
Give me an American gal anytime."
Jane Hammill has gone down to Sun Anton~
o, Texas to be with her husband. There
Jure h working and trying to keep house
at the same timo. She is very busy,
of course.
Stuart Alexander is now a Lt. in the
Air Corps. He says that he is coming
back to study Law after the war is over
and he won't go to sleep in his classes.
Is that u promise, Sleepy?
Congratulntions to Jimm~ Hubbs. We
understand that he marr~ed recently,
Cpl. Burlyn Pike had the oppor,unity of
taking the Bar in June. We are all
anxiously awaiting the reports which
will be out the lust of this month.
zoom-Zoom Salyer seems to be travelling
all ove r the country. First a letter
from South America und now a l et t e r from
somewhere where he was out in the jungles.
John is in the Merchant Marines, you · · •
know.
Donald Armstrong r e ceived his wings and
is now a Flight Officer. He visited us
this week and lw must have worked
ple nty hard be cause he's lost 20 lbs.
A letter from Cpl. John Stiles says that
the weather ut Lawry Field, Denv e r,
ge ts plenty cold at night time but wurm
during the day. The course he is taking
there in school hus to do with the
B-29's .
The following are attending Law School
this sem e ste r: Mrs. Fay C£',rpenter,
Mrs. Mary Louise Dahl, Edwin J . He.dd ,
Sidney Hanish, L'Be rnice Hardin, James
B. Lewis, John R. Pate , Gilbert Rappaport,
Joseph Rubin, Newton Smith,
Florian E. Wood.
A Solution - An incident that happened
in the Probate Court for Montmorency
County, Michigan, a few days ago. A
lady , whose husband died some time ago,
and wishing to have a determination of
heirs made by the Court, told the Jud ge
that she wanted an "Extermim-.tion of
Heirs n as soon o.s possible . This may
be n possible solution in some case s.
Plea se keep writing. You know the
V&~ LETTER is only possible when you
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