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doc Telegram from Lt. George Kerr to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-131)

Telegram inquiring if Ai Chi Sai is available for translation and research work in New York .

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doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Selective Service Board 88 (ddr-densho-446-149)

I have job offer from U.S. Office of War Intelligence in New York City

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doc Statement of Release (ddr-densho-446-145)

Ai Chih Tsai employed by Columbia University in U.S. Naval Military Government Translation Unit from Oct 1, 1944, through December 31, 1944

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doc Letter from Herbert C. Sargent to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-146)

U.S. Office of War Information is processing Tsai's papers for an overseas appointment as a Chinese Translator

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doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Edward J. Ennis (ddr-densho-446-100)

Petition to change Tsai's alien status with description of past efforts and employment record.

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doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Velma N. Baldwin (ddr-densho-446-104)

Tsai is ready to report for duty immediately

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doc Letter from Lt. George Kerr to Immigration and Naturalization Service (ddr-densho-446-139)

Support for Ai Chih Tsai's request for passport extension. Describes the great importance of Tsai's work to the Navy. Tsai is employed and student visa may be invalid. How to renew the validity of his passport? Has Chinese certificate #1.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-139/

doc Letter from Hsin-Pao Yang to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-169)

Is Ai Chih Tsai back from Japan? Yang is taking a job with China Institute in America

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doc Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to Robert Cashman (ddr-densho-446-101)

Request for Cashman to write a letter to whom it may concern stating that Cashman advised Tsai to withdraw his petition for status change.

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doc Letter from Elaine Schulman to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-154)

Check enclosed ($53.47) for compensation for Tsai's services while employed in Office of War Intelligence.

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doc Letter from Lt. James T. Watkins, IV (ddr-densho-446-93)

Letter to whom it may concern vouching for Tsai's expertise, aid to US Government, and personal qualities. Tsai has been working for Watkins since May 1944 as consultant and informant, and also as translator since Oct 1, 1944.

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doc Letter from Frank I. Clark, Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works, to Ryo Tsai (ddr-densho-446-326)

No bicycles available for overseas shipment until well into 1947

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img Anyo riding a pony at the Bronx Zoo (ddr-densho-443-167)

Photograph of Anyo Domoto riding a pony at the Bronx Zoo. Written below the image on the album page is "1947 Bronx Zoo" in white pencil. Written in the center of the album page is "Anyo" in white pencil.

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img Miki Domoto riding a pony at the Bronx Zoo (ddr-densho-443-156)

Photograph of Miki Domoto riding a pony at the Bronx Zoo. Written on the album page above the image is "July 1947" in white pencil. Written on the album page below the image is "Bronx Zoo, N.Y." in white pencil.

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img At the Bronx Zoo (ddr-densho-443-25)

Photograph of the Riusaki family with their niece and nephew at the Bronx Zoo. Identified from left to right, front row: Terasu Riusaki, Anyo Domoto, and Mikiko Domoto. Identified left to right middle row: Masayoshi Riusaki, Kayoko Riusaki, and Sonoko (Domoto) Riusaki. Identified in the back row is Kichigoro Riusaki. Written on the album page to …

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img J.P. Morgan, Jr. speaking with another man (ddr-njpa-1-889)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Morgan Group Strengthens Support of Britain. (New York) Domei. Photograph: J.P. Morgan (right), head of the Morgan conglomerate, speaking privately to British Ambassador to the US Halifax at a meeting of the English-Speaking Union at New York's Astor Hotel on April 15. [Stamped] May 15, 1941."

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doc Clipping regarding Oscar Tschirky (ddr-njpa-1-2193)

Caption on front: "A birthday party at the Waldorf-Astoria: Oscar Tschirky, who for forty-one years has been known as 'Oscar the Waldorf,' is congratulated by other members of the staff of the hotel on his 67th birthday. (Times Wide World Photos.)"

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doc Clipping regarding Oscar Tschirky (ddr-njpa-1-2192)

Caption on front: "The 'host par excellence' Oscar of the Waldorf. From a recent studio photograph. (New York Times Studios.)"

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img Rita Hayworth (ddr-njpa-1-580)

Caption on reverse: "NY-17-4/2/51 . . . New York . . . Making her first visit home in about two and a half years Rita Hayworth, movie star who became a princess by marrying Prince Ali Khan, son of the fabulous Aga Khan, is shown on her arrival aboard the liner De Grasse today. She brought …

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doc Clipping regarding Arturo Toscanini (ddr-njpa-1-2190)

Caption on front: "The maestro of the Philharmonic Orchestra: Arturo Toscanini, who celebrates his sixty-seventh birthday with the concert this afternoon at Carnegie Hall. From a recent photograph by Arnold Genthe."

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doc Clipping regarding Alexander Troyanovsky (ddr-njpa-1-2172)

Caption on front: "The Russian Ambassador visits a museum in New York: Alexander Troyanovsky is welcomed to the Museum of Modern Art by A. Conger Goodyear, president, at the Exhibition of Stage Designs. (Times Wide World Photos.)"

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img Herbert Hoover on a fishing trip with Lawrence Richey (ddr-njpa-1-613)

"Caption on reverse [translation]: "(New York) Domei. Former US President Herbert Hoover and his former secretary Lawrence Richey departed on a fishing trip, away from the pressures of governing. The two enjoyed spending their day talking about fishing, far from politics. Photographs: 1. Secretary Richey uses his hands to show the size of a wonderful fish …

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img Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling (ddr-njpa-1-1196)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "(New York) Domei. Pre-match expectations were undone in the Schmeling-Louis world heavyweight championship match which drew the attention of the world when rather than the expected Schmeling victory, 'Brown Bomber' Louis delivered a crushing defeat via technical knockout a mere two minutes, four seconds into the match. Photograph: Schmeling grabs the ropes …

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img Albert Einstein with 3 other Novel Prize winners (ddr-njpa-1-285)

Caption on reverse: "Four winners of the Nobel Prize meet in New York to honor the founder of the award: The guests of honor at a dinner given at the Hotel Roosevelt in commemoration of the 100th birthday of the Swedish chemist who founded the prizes. Reading from the left, they are: Sinclair Lewis, Frank B. …

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img Manuel L. Quezon riding in a parade car (ddr-njpa-1-1438)

Caption on reverse: "500,000 marchers demonstrate America's fighting spirit in nation's greatest parade. The United States of American flung down its gauntlet to the Axis with a grim, fighting 'New York at War' parade which outstripped any spectacle that famous city of spectacles has ever staged. It was a gigantic procession in which a cross section …

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