Over the Arizona Desert in a rain storm November 28, 1939
Dear Bess:
Our planes finally came on to El Paso and after some delay we left there with the sun still obscured. We'll never let Thomason live it down. We stopped at the Arizona Ft. Huachuca and let the negro soldiers put on a review for us; and they really gave us one. Then went over to Tucson for gas and are now over the desert where we run into showers every little bit. They make us rock around quite a bit and you probably will have trouble reading this. We never did see the sun in El Paso and it was cold as it could be.
The Thomasons took us over to a night club in Juarez called the Tivoli, same as our hotel in Panama, where we met the Gov. of Chihauhau [sic] and the commanding general of the Northern Mexican Army. They were very cordial to us and the club put on a good floor show. We were back in the hotel at 12:30 this morning and up again at 6:30. Then we didn't get away until 11 AM on account of clouds.
Mrs. Thomason said you and she had a conversation to continue about some person you both know (she didn't tell me who it is) and that she had some new information you ought to have.
The Chamber of Commerce of El Paso gave us a grand dinner where Minton made a good speech and so did Costello of Calif. We've made it a rule that only one Senator and one Congressman may talk at banquets. They gave us each a beautiful sarape [sic] which we'll have to decide how to dispose of when I get home. Maybe we can cut it in two and give each of you half.
We are now flying over the All American Canal and a lot of beautifully irrigated land. More water in than we've seen since we crossed the old Mississip at Vicksburg (not counting the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean). Were right over Yuma and I'm going to have to quit until tonight.
Kiss Margie. Love to you Harry.
One of my bridges came out [a] while ago, so I'll have a little teething to do myself when I get home.