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Nile Kinnick correspondence, January-December 1941

1941-01: Front

Monday    7:50 PM  [Jan, 1941]
Dear Family:
While the rest of the boys are over to the basketball game I shall take time
out to write you a long over-due letter. There are so many demands that
it seems almost impossible to find any time in which to keep you informed
of how I am getting along. Already the vacation is but a fading memory;
I have to think twice to realize that I was gone from this place at all.
If I am not mistaken I haven't written you since I returned--most reprehensible!
Saturday I  drove up to Garner for a talk. Bob Shepard of Mason City who
is also tking  law went along with me and I stayed all night at his house
which made the trip infinitely more pleasant in many ways. Garner as
you know is about  24 miles west  of Mason City. It was  a long slippery
drive  but everything went very well and no trouble at all. The  crowd
was very enthusiastic and the   remuneration was highly satisfactory so
all in all a good time was had by both Bob and me.  On Mon.  Feb. 3rd
I  am going up to Waterloo to talk in front of a convention of mill
dealers or something like that.  But in between times  semester exams
are  coming up and altho  I am not  in fear of them it  is considerably different that  facing the LA tests.
On the way back from Omaha there were  both good and unhappy experiences.
At Ames  I had a very enjoyable time but  just out of Ames on the way 
down to la. City I started  having some trouble with my car and at Colo
I   stopped to have a  look-see and lo and behold everything was as hot
as  blazes.  The  radiator didn't  seem to be frozen and I  couldn't figure
out what was wrong so I phoned up Red Olson's dad and asked if he  ould
recommend a mechanic.  Pap olson came  out and shoved me  intothe metropolis  of Colo and called a mechanic.   It turned  out that I  had
blown a gasket and the radiator solution had gotten into  somewhere or
another.     The mech. was a  good Joe and  spent Sun. afternoon in all  cold
garage  fixing the  car so I  could go on. He did a good job and charged
a minimum --in fact  so  low that I  felt constrained to add to it a little
bit--one  of the  finest  enjoyments I  have gotten from the extra money I
have been able to make.  Several other things  seemed to be wrong so
I took it  into  the  garage  down here and had it put in shape--new brake
lining,  fixed the leak in the  radiator,  etc.--all of which made me
welcome the  change  at Garner to recoup my extra expense.  And the  license
plates will be  nec. now and soon the  income tax--oh my the  financial
worries of us aristocrats.
Glad to  see that Rosy (FDR)  and Wendie  are  getting together--both of them have
courage and assert  it  regardless of what  it may do to their political
fortunes--it would be the easiest thing in the world for Willkie to
beat the  drums  of anti-war,  etc.  Very admirable the way he is  conducting
himself  ,  ,   think,  Things are  goong to pop over there one of these
days and if we can hold them off for the spring and summer it will
be the democracies turn from there  on. The picture for the  immediate
is pretty sorrowful but  in the  future  it  looks as  if some real progress
will be made. Iowa is  just  staging a fine comeback in the  basketball
game  so I am informed--now out  in front 28-22 at halftime On Iowa.
Thanks very much for the  brownies and the  book--the  former were wonderful
do it again sometime .  I sent the  pictures  on to  Ben--hardly up to par
pap but then perhpas you didn't get the cooperation you should have.
Incidentally,  I  finally got the picture of the ND tchdown fromthe  Gazette.
Tait  left  it at the office ond day.     Now and then I take a moment off and
thumb thru the quotation book you folks gave me--it  is  really a marvelous
book-- thanks  much again.  And so back to the books.
SB

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Monday 7:50 PM [Jan, 1941] Dear Family: While the rest of the boys are over to the basketball game I shall take time out to write you a long over-due letter. There are so many demands that it seems almost impossible to find any time in which to keep you informed of how I am getting along. Already the vacation is but a fading memory; I have to think twice to realize that I was gone from this place at all. If I am not mistaken I haven't written you since I returned--most reprehensible! Saturday I drove up to Garner for a talk. Bob Shepard of Mason City who is also tking law went along with me and I stayed all night at his house which made the trip infinitely more pleasant in many ways. Garner as you know is about 24 miles west of Mason City. It was a long slippery drive but everything went very well and no trouble at all. The crowd was very enthusiastic and the remuneration was highly satisfactory so all in all a good time was had by both Bob and me. On Mon. Feb. 3rd I am going up to Waterloo to talk in front of a convention of mill dealers or something like that. But in between times semester exams are coming up and altho I am not in fear of them it is considerably different that facing the LA tests. On the way back from Omaha there were both good and unhappy experiences. At Ames I had a very enjoyable time but just out of Ames on the way down to la. City I started having some trouble with my car and at Colo I stopped to have a look-see and lo and behold everything was as hot as blazes. The radiator didn't seem to be frozen and I couldn't figure out what was wrong so I phoned up Red Olson's dad and asked if he ould recommend a mechanic. Pap olson came out and shoved me intothe metropolis of Colo and called a mechanic. It turned out that I had blown a gasket and the radiator solution had gotten into somewhere or another. The mech. was a good Joe and spent Sun. afternoon in all cold garage fixing the car so I could go on. He did a good job and charged a minimum --in fact so low that I felt constrained to add to it a little bit--one of the finest enjoyments I have gotten from the extra money I have been able to make. Several other things seemed to be wrong so I took it into the garage down here and had it put in shape--new brake lining, fixed the leak in the radiator, etc.--all of which made me welcome the change at Garner to recoup my extra expense. And the license plates will be nec. now and soon the income tax--oh my the financial worries of us aristocrats. Glad to see that Rosy (FDR) and Wendie are getting together--both of them have courage and assert it regardless of what it may do to their political fortunes--it would be the easiest thing in the world for Willkie to beat the drums of anti-war, etc. Very admirable the way he is conducting himself , , think, Things are goong to pop over there one of these days and if we can hold them off for the spring and summer it will be the democracies turn from there on. The picture for the immediate is pretty sorrowful but in the future it looks as if some real progress will be made. Iowa is just staging a fine comeback in the basketball game so I am informed--now out in front 28-22 at halftime On Iowa. Thanks very much for the brownies and the book--the former were wonderful do it again sometime . I sent the pictures on to Ben--hardly up to par pap but then perhpas you didn't get the cooperation you should have. Incidentally, I finally got the picture of the ND tchdown fromthe Gazette. Tait left it at the office ond day. Now and then I take a moment off and thumb thru the quotation book you folks gave me--it is really a marvelous book-- thanks much again. And so back to the books. SB