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[[underlined]] To Mother, May 20, 1927: [[/underlined]] Here I am back in Erie again. To you I must pop up in different parts of the country like a jack-in-the-box. I intended to write to you from Philadelphia but left there in such a rush I didn't even have time to wire Willie I was on my way home. ...... We are making our plans to leave here one week from tomorrow noon for Syracuse and we should arrive there either late Saturday night or sometime Sunday morning depending on how we cover the miles--or rather how Dodgem performs. ...... Speaking of hopping off, what a sad fate for the Frenchmen, Nungesser and Coli, never to be heard from again. The thing about their flight that thrills me most is the one report of an old woman in Newfoundland who said that early on Monday morning, she saw a great plane winging its way south over southern Newfoundland. What a great mystery! Probably no one will ever know what became of them. And now, one American (Lindbergh) has set off across the Atlantic alone. I wonder what tomorrow will tell of him--perhaps never to be heard of again. What days we are living in! It took Columbus months to cross--now it is a matter of hours. ....... My stay in New York was entirely consumed by a taxi drive from the Pennsylvania to the Grand Central terminals, so I didn't have time to look up Freddie (Thalman).

[[underlined]] To Mother, June 14, 1927 [[/underlined]]: Willie wishes we had an electric sink, for washing dishes seems to be the one thing about housekeeping that she minds very much. She loves to cook and experiment around with things, but the dishes are a woe. ....... Regarding your reservations, we shall find out this evening if the C.M.St.P.&P. has come yet. I'll get you a chair on that day train to Chicago. ...... I have some very exciting news now! I have a permanent job with Mr. Webb! Ogden and Luther leave next month for Skykomish, Washington, with the Great Northerns. Luther is coming back but Ogden will probably never come back here and I am to take his place. I am inheriting quite a bit from him--the New York Central work, and as the New York Central have an extensive electrification program lined up, I anticipate an interesting time of it. I have a lot to learn but Mr. Webb seems to have confidence in me, so I am launching forth into some real electrification work. I am tickled to pieces about this sudden change in my outlook and feel that I am really making good. So the gas-cars have changed hands again, and I started today on my new job. Of course, I remain in the same office at the same desk. ...... We had a great time Sunday touring around. Saw the Falls again from all angles, and Dick and I took the Cave of the Winds trip, standing at the very foot of the American Falls; there it looks as if the water is pouring right out of the sky. On the Canadian side, we went through the Queenston power plant, a veritable palace, and the home of about 500,000 hp, which is extracted from the Niagara River. A fancy dress ball could be held on the generator floor, it is so spotlessly clean, a great expanse of red tile around the huge machines--a wonderful place.