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John William Graham letters, January-February 1945

1945-01-30 John W. Graham to Mr. & Mrs. W.J. Graham Page 1

January 30, 1945
Italy
Dear Dad & Mom:
Today Bill and I worked on a stove for our service club.  We have a fireplace in it but the chimney doesn't draw.  The station workmen who built it didn't know what he was doing for the flue is about six by eighteen inches and I remember Dad telling me that the smoke spirals out and the narrowest dimension determines the size of the usefull flue.  We still have some modifications to put on the stove for it doesn't work quite to suit.
Mailed you a copy of one of our papers yesterday but I expect it will take quite a while to reach you.  I don't send them very often for I understand the volume of mail is very large anyway.  Got a V-mail from you tonight sent the seventeenth and you reported getting a big snow.  Anton & Mary must be looking after you very well from the gifts you reported.  I'd sure like some of that chicken fried a golden brown wow.
Our lights just winked off and I had to quit for five minutes or so I was just about to put my writing up and they came back on again and much brighter than before, I expect the little engine ran out of gas.

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January 30, 1945 Italy Dear Dad & Mom: Today Bill and I worked on a stove for our service club. We have a fireplace in it but the chimney doesn't draw. The station workmen who built it didn't know what he was doing for the flue is about six by eighteen inches and I remember Dad telling me that the smoke spirals out and the narrowest dimension determines the size of the usefull flue. We still have some modifications to put on the stove for it doesn't work quite to suit. Mailed you a copy of one of our papers yesterday but I expect it will take quite a while to reach you. I don't send them very often for I understand the volume of mail is very large anyway. Got a V-mail from you tonight sent the seventeenth and you reported getting a big snow. Anton & Mary must be looking after you very well from the gifts you reported. I'd sure like some of that chicken fried a golden brown wow. Our lights just winked off and I had to quit for five minutes or so I was just about to put my writing up and they came back on again and much brighter than before, I expect the little engine ran out of gas.