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Nile Kinnick correspondence, January-May 1940
1940-02-02: Front
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The Des Moines Register and Tribune Feb. 2, 1940. Nile Kinnick, 830 N. Dubuque, Iowa City. Dear Nile: It was swell of you to send me those autographed pictures and programs. No little envy has been expressed by some of the boys around the office. I assure you that I not only appreciate then but intend to keep them among my cherished possessions. Now that the shouting is fading, Nile, I want to add my personal congratulations to you. I've done some thinking about the unparalleled honors that came to you and I'm sure you deserved everything. Better than that, you've been able to carry these distinctions gracefully and that, I think, is more important than the honors themselves. Any little part I had last fall was simply as an onlooker, trying to do my own job half as well as you fellows were doing yours. I don't think any of us will ever forget the 1939 team. It stands, as I see it, as the greatest example on record of what teamwork can do when everybody works together. Congratulations again, Nile. You've done a remarkable job with your particular talents, so far. And I fool that your future is so loaded with promise that a lot of us are going to be happy that we had a chance to know you. I'm going to try to be in Iowa City Feb. 12 and hope to visit a little, if we can get together. Sincerely, Beth McGrane Bert McGrane.
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The Des Moines Register and Tribune Feb. 2, 1940. Nile Kinnick, 830 N. Dubuque, Iowa City. Dear Nile: It was swell of you to send me those autographed pictures and programs. No little envy has been expressed by some of the boys around the office. I assure you that I not only appreciate then but intend to keep them among my cherished possessions. Now that the shouting is fading, Nile, I want to add my personal congratulations to you. I've done some thinking about the unparalleled honors that came to you and I'm sure you deserved everything. Better than that, you've been able to carry these distinctions gracefully and that, I think, is more important than the honors themselves. Any little part I had last fall was simply as an onlooker, trying to do my own job half as well as you fellows were doing yours. I don't think any of us will ever forget the 1939 team. It stands, as I see it, as the greatest example on record of what teamwork can do when everybody works together. Congratulations again, Nile. You've done a remarkable job with your particular talents, so far. And I fool that your future is so loaded with promise that a lot of us are going to be happy that we had a chance to know you. I'm going to try to be in Iowa City Feb. 12 and hope to visit a little, if we can get together. Sincerely, Beth McGrane Bert McGrane.
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