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#3151: Willa Cather to James D. Cather, September 22, 1945

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WESTERN
UNION
A. N. WILLIAMS
PRESIDENT
1201 CLASS OF SERVICE
This is a full-rate
Telegram or Cable-
gram unless its de-
ferred characters is in-
dicated by a suitable
symbol above or pre-
ceding the address.
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NL = Night Letter
LC = Deferred Cable
NLT = Cable Night Letter
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The filing time shown in the date line on telegrams and day letters is STANDARD TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is STANDARD TIME at point of destination (27). DA09 D.CDU140 DL PD=CD NEWYORK NY2 22 1107A J D CATHER1 =4209 OLIVE AVE LONGBEACH CALIF3=

I FEEL SURE FROM LONG CORRESPONDENCE WITH ROSCOE4 HE WOULD WISH MR YOCKEY5 AND THE COLUSA6 PEOPLE TO CONTINUE THE BANK AND NOT TO MAKE THE BANK A SUBSIDIARY TO A METROPOLITAN BANKING SYSTEM=

WILLA. THE COMPANY WILL APPRECIATE SUGGESTIONS FROM ITS PATRONS CONCERNING ITS SERVICE