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    "ocrText": "Mr. Blair Stein\nJuly 18,1942\nOFFICE MANAGER\nMrs. Elsbeth H. Vaughan\nI\nMay we call your attention to the manner in which an important\ntelegram recently sent by the Volunteer Nurse's Aide office was handled\nby the Postàl Telegraph Company.\nOn July 10, a wire was sent over my signature to Ida Mildred\nMacDonald, 815 Essex Street, S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota. This wire\nasked Miss MacDonald to come to Washington 3 days later for an important\ninterview. When no reply came from Miss MacDonald it became necessary\nfor us to call her long distance. Wie learned from her that she had not\nreceived the wire. We have been in touch with the Red Cross Telegraph\nand Teletype Office here at Headquarters and they in turn have been\nendeavoring to get a report from Postal Telegraph Company, but with no\nsuccess. Miss MacDonald endeavored to get some report on the wire\nin Minneapolis and could get no report from the company.\nWe feel that this matter should be brought to the attention of\nthe Postal Telegraph Company and we should insist on receiving from\nthem some reason for their failure to deliver the wire and to report\nto us that they were unable to deliver it. Miss MacDonald has been\nin Washington yesterday and today and she tells us that an earlier wire\nsent to her on July 7 was delivered without any difficulty and that on\nthe evening of the 10th, when the wire in question should have been\ndelivered, she was at home all evening; also that she is listed in the\ntelephone book in Minneapolis and there could be no legitimate reason\nfor the company's failure to deliver the wire. May we please know\nthe result of your inquiry with the Postal Telegraph Company?\nMrs. Elsbeth H. Vaughan\nAssociate Director\nVolunteer Nurse's Aide Corps.\nI\nis\n5\nU\n3"
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