Imperial Valley press., 1943-09-29

day, September %, and flew on to
New York, where she arrived
yesterday, completing the trip for
the Red Cross begun August II,
wien she flew from San Fran
cisco to Hawaii.
ctr. Nix. Reg. U. S. Pat. OFF,
Reproduction in whole OF part
forbidden)
ON PLANE, sept. % You can
see miles of soft white clouds in
every direction this morning, and
here and there you get a glimpse
of the calm blue ocean below. The
sun is shining and I hope this is IL
| happy augury, for today I reach
the mainland" as the people in
Hawaii call it. 1t is nice feeling
to be back in the U. s., even
though 1 still have some miles to
fly before I reach my own par
ticular country
Yesterday was busy day in
Hawaii. I had three visitors at
800, four at $3.50, and from 8:45 to
900 I looked over all the enter
tainments offered the boys from
the subs and the filters, when they
come there to rest. The guests of
the Royal Hawaiian in the old days.
might recognize it now but I am
sure they never enjoyed the SWIM
ming more than do the present
guests. However they probably did
not punch punching bag quite
so vigorously before and after, or
play games of every kind.
RECREATION FACILITIES
Dotted over the grounds are
courts for badminton, paddle ten
mis-, volleyball, basketball fields,
horseshoe pitching rings, archery
and even one set of croquet 1
actually saw two boys playing a
scientific game. Inside, there is a
covered over, but practically open
deck, for lounging and dancing in
the evenings. There is stage for
shows and, so far as I could see,
this was good place to forget the
strain Of patrol"
At 9:l5 the Army called for me
and General Richardson took me
first to see some Ranger" training
up in the hills. Then we went to
the army hospital, where we lunch
ed and where I had the pleasure of
seeing the actress, Miss Judith
Anderson She is travelling for
Camp Shows and making great
hit with the boys in Macbeth
Many of them have never seen a
real theatrical performance be-
fore, nor heard of Shakespeare she
told me. They come and beg her
to give another show, as they didn't
get it al the first time.
The Navy took me over in the
afternoon. I went through one of
the navy hospitals, saw the work
being done in the harbor, stepped
on the deck of ship which I never
expected to see again, visited two
different types of ships and talked
with some of the men. Finally, l
saw the dock from which Jimmy
left for the Maxim Island raid and
the camp he and his men occupied,
as we'll as his name on the door OF
a room which another nice young
officer occupies. Three of the men
who used to be in Colonel Carlson's
regiment and under Jimmy came to
speak to me and said they would
like to be with him again, which is
always good to hear.
I had dinner with Admiral
Nimitz and some of the naval Of
ficers who bear the responsibility
for our futures success in this area.
Then we were off again.
After / get home, it will take me
some time to sort out my impress
sions, to gather up all the informa-
ton 1 have been sending back from
each place and to decide what are
the important things which I have
seen and heard, and what are
merely individual reactions which
have no real bearing on general
picture. I hope. however, if any OF
you have special questions about
the things I have seen, that you
win write to me. When 1 can,
shall try to answer them in this
column, or in oJner ways, II the op-
portunity presents itself.
Today, I hope to see my grand
daughter. and telephone to my
daughter and then continue my
homeward journey.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
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