May 18th, 1943
Transcript
Times | Log | Location | Source |
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12:45am |
Retired from previous day. |
White House |
USH |
11:15am |
To Office |
White House |
USH |
11:15am |
Sec. of State Cordell Hull |
Office |
STE, TU, PAI |
11:30am |
Presentation of Congressional Medal of Honor to Capt. Joseph A. Foss (USMCR): Mrs. Joseph A. Foss, Mrs. Mary Foss, Navy Sec. Frank Knox, Lt. Gen. Thomas Holcomb (Commandant, USMC), Maj. Gen. H. S. Geiger |
Office |
STE, TU, PAI |
11:40am |
Gov. Herbert H. Lehman (NY) |
Office |
STE, TU, PAI |
11:50am |
China Foreign Min. Dr. T. V. Soong |
Office |
STE, TU, FR, PAI |
12:40pm |
Dr. Isaiah Bowman |
Office |
STE, TU, PAI |
12:55pm |
Daniel J. Tobin |
Office |
TU |
1:00pm |
(lunch) Assoc. Justice James F. Byrnes |
Office |
STE, TU, PAI |
2:30pm |
(Lt. Rutherford) |
Office |
STE, PAI |
2:55pm |
Returned from Office |
Office |
USH |
3:00pm – 4:00pm |
Prime Min. Winston S. Churchill, Edward Duke of Windsor |
White House |
STE, USH, PAI |
4:05pm |
To Office |
White House |
USH |
4:10pm |
Press Conf. PC#897 (FDR) |
Office |
PC, STE, TU |
7:00pm |
Returned from Office via Doctor's office . |
Office |
USH |
8:00pm – 11:15pm |
(dinner) Household, Lord Leather, Mrs. R. Lovett, Mrs. Bowes-Lyon |
White House |
USH |
ER |
In Washington, DC |
USH |
|
Houseguest |
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.. (left 12:20) |
USH |
USH = White House Usher's Diary, STE = Stenographer's Diary, PC = Press Conference, TU = Tully's Appointment Diary
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