Jones, W. Alton (William Alton), 1891-1962

Members of petroleum group sitting around table in private quarters on Hitler's yacht. From left to right: Stanley Richardson; George A. Hill, Jr.; William R. Boyd, Jr.; W. Alton Jones; and Brigadier General Owen Summers. Yacht was a gift by the city of Cologne and was captured intact by U.S. Army at Wiesbaden.

Group sitting around table in private quarters on Hitler's yacht. From left to right: Stanley Richardson; George A. Hill, Jr.; William R. Boyd, Jr.; W. Alton Jones; and Brigadier General Owen Summers. Yacht was a gift by the city of Cologne and was captured intact by U.S. Army at Wiesbaden.

Men standing outside I.G. Farben office building which housed General Dwight D. Eisenhower's Headquarters. From left to right: George A. Hill, Jr. (Defense Supply Corporation); W. Alton Jones; and William R. Boyd, Jr.

Group of petroleum people with General Dwight D. Eisenhower in his office. From front to back in circle: R.E Hardwicke; George A. Hill, Jr.; William R. Boyd, Jr.; Brigadier General Owen Summers; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies; Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes; W. Alton Jones; and General Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Group of people with General Dwight D. Eisenhower in his office. From front to back, left to right: W. Alton Jones; Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes; General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Ralph T. Zook; Gordon Sessions; Sam Botsford; and Elaine Owens. The visit by the group to Europe is probably related to the petroleum situation.

Secretary Harold L. Ickes (left) and W. Alton Jones (center, President of WEP) with General Dwight D. Eisenhower (right) in his office. Mr. Ickes and his group are in Europe.

General Walter Bedell Smith's dinner at Victory House in Frankfurt. Around table starting at left, front: Brigadier General Owen Summers; W. Alton Jones; Dr. Joseph E. Pogue; Captain Thomas Higginson; Secretary Harold L. Ickes; General Walter Bedell Smith; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies (half hidden); Ellen Downes; Sam Botsford; General Willard Stewart Paul (half hidden); Stanley Richardson; Gordon Sessions (half hidden); General Thomas Jefferson Davis; unidentified General; and Ralph T. Zook.

General Walter Bedell Smith's dinner at Victory Guest House in Frankfurt. Around the table from left to right, back to front: Brigadier General Owen Summers; George A. Hill, Jr.; General Arthur Seymor Nevins; W. Alton Jones; R.E. Hardwicke; Dr. Joseph E. Pogue; General Harold Roe Bull (behind Dr. Pogue's head); Elaine Owens; Captain Thomas Higginson; William R. Boyd, Jr.; Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes; Sam Botsford; Stanley Richardson; General Thomas Jefferson Davis. Some of these individuals are with the petroleum group visiting Europe.

Group of petroleum and government men on steps of Victory Guest House in Frankfurt, Germany. From left to right: Dr. Joseph E. Pogue; unidentified guard; William R. Boyd, Jr. (back); W. Alton Jones (front); Stanley Richardson; Ralph T. Zook; George A. Hill; R.E. Hardwicke; and unidentified guard.

From left to right W. Alton Jones; Captain Thomas Higginson; Brigadier General Owen Summers; Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes standing by plane at Frankfurt Airport.