House & Lab 
Waldo LaSalle Diary, June 8 - July 2, 1942 
36 X 48 feet 
3 shelters 10 x 10 
1 camp 45 x 10 (porch 8 x 15) 
Color of house 
Cement and wood for forms? 
Lumber for shelving 
Would like to scout plantations 
Fly over crater, look for lakes 
Help: skilled available 
Bill materials for foundation 
Water: salt, fresh 
plumbing 
What water can we count on when planned 
installations are completed? 
Light [what] kind voltage 
Power 
Area available 
Young land iguanas seem never to have been 
taken. 
W. H. Russell 
Boats available. ? 
Will need speedy boat ! 
Elect fans 
Radio sonde 
Would like to scout Indefatigable mont. 
plantation. 
What [does] commissary or store in id [island] 
carry? 
What can [we] count on besides mess? 
Cabanilla[s] 2-1706 
Capt. D. E. Cummings 
Chief of Staff and Aide [to?] 
C. E. Van Hook, Admiral Commandant 
R. Adm. 15th Naval District. 
Lt. Commander W. C. Russel 
off phone 2-5 15 
Residence 2-277 
Commanding Officer District Headquarters 
Lt. Commander P. R. Drouilhet 
Off. 2-540 
Res. 2-2985 
Drouilhet Quarters K 
Dist. Aerological Office 
G. P. O. Item No. Bl-Bl [printed on page] 
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Mrs. J. M. Cabanillas 
2115 Hillyard Rd. 
Richmond, Va. 
63510 = Phone. 
Tell Cummings about dinner & palm 
seedlings for avenue/fine to show President 
some time when he makes [Canal] Zone 
another visit. 
Connant re Barro Colorado 
Termites alone. Many labs may close but this 
one to which Latin Amer. may look is 
important because it ties the two together 
(Lens Xray film vs mould) 
If McGuire had enquired by wire [he] would 
have learned that I did need [to] get here 
before 12th or 13th of June instead of 9th as 
was. 
Ecuadorian minister Victor H. Escala 
Wax formula for books for P. Allen. Crust sep. 
Presidential & crab reports & P. R. reports 
crab & shrimps to Cabanillas 
Cuipo Cavanillensis platani falia 
Flamboyant = Delonix regia 
Crepo myrtle 
Lagerstrommia flos-regina 
Technical Workers, list of, for Zetek, for 
those of equal rank & pay with chief but yet 
not administrative. 
Vol III of Mar. Birds of Panama for Whaler. 
See A 
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