Western Union telegram sent March 28, 1944 by Haskell Deaton of Charlotte, North Carolina, to fellow aviators Martha Hutchison and Ruth Shaw at Sam Houston Airport in Houston, Texas, notifying them that the planned opening of his new Statesville, NC airfield would be delayed by weather. Paired with an earlier letter in this collection, the telegram illustrates the logistical challenges of standing up civilian flight-training operations during World War II. Project: 218570