[corresponds to page 1 of Robert Allan Carter letter, November 29, 1942]
Great Lakes, Ill
November 29, 1942
Dear Mom,
Have received everything thanks alot.
The only papers sold around here are chicago
papers but one boy gets the Toledo Blade
from home every day. I would like the
Times every day but so far I have had
only time to read the headlines. Judge for
yourself whether you wish to bother to send the
Times but I definantly don't bother with
magazines. On second thought you better send
the Readers Digest I better make a point of
reading some current news.
Our company now has a radio but theres
quite a fight over it. Half of our company is from
Virginia, N Carolina and around there, and
want hillbilly music were getting together
on it though. One day a Virginian and
a N Carolinian were argueing about the tobacco
raised in their respective states. You learn
alot about different countries or districts that
way.