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

Group of people standing by plane at Frankfurt Airport. From left to right: Brigadier General Owen Summers; Lieutenant Charles A. Neyhart; Elaine Owens; Captain A.F. Story; Ralph T. Zook; Captain Paul W. Meinar; Dr. Joseph E. Pogue; Sergeant William G. Ledger; George A. Hill, Jr.; Captain Harold N. Learned; Ellen Downes; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies; Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes; Gordon Sessions; William R. Boyd, Jr.; R.E. Hardwicke; W. Alton Jones; Sam Botsford; and Captain Thomas Higginson.

Group of people standing on plane stairs at Paris Airport. From top to bottom, left to right: Ellen Downes; Elaine Owens; Gordon Sessions; Ralph K. Davies; Secretary Harold L. Ickes; R.E Hardwicke; William R. Boyd, Jr.; W. Alton Jones; George A. Hill, Jr.; Ralph T. Zook; Sam Botsford; Stanley Richardson; Dr. Joseph E. Pogue and Colonel William Bodine, U.S. Army, Paris Visitors Bureau.

Group of men on plane. From left to right (first row only): W.A. Jones and George Hill. Others unidentified.

Opening valves at Norris City, Illinois so that oil from Texas can flow into waiting railroad tank cars for shipment East. Left to right: Burt E. Hull, Vice President and General Manager, War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; W. Alton Jones, President of War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; George H. Hill, Jr., Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Defense Supplies Corporation; and Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume II.

Ralph K. Davies presents a certificate of citation on behalf of Harold K. Ickes, Petroleum Administrator for War to W. Alton Jones and Burt Hull in Norris City, Illinois. From left to right: W. Alton Jones, President of War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; Bert I. Graves, Executive Vice President, Tide Water Associated Oil Company and a Director of War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War; Burt E. Hull, Vice President and General Manager, War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; and Major J.R. Parten, Director of Transportation, Petroleum Administration for War.

Oil being loaded into first tank cars at Norris City, Illinois. In foreground is W. Alton Jones, President of War Emergency Pipelines, Inc. In the background is Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume II.

Group of men watching first train of loaded tank cars after opening ceremony at Norris City, Illinois on February 19, 1943. The train moved east. Back row from left to right: W.L. Draeger, Chief Engineer Defense Plant Corporation; W. Alton Jones, President of War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; and George H. Hill, Jr., Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Defense Supplies Corporation. Front row from left to right: Major A.N. Horne, Vice President and Assistant General Manager, War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War; Burt E.

Ralph K. Davies presenting citation on behalf of Harold L. Ickes, Petroleum Administrator for War, to W. Alton Jones and Burt Hull. The five people closest to front from left to right: W. Alton Jones, President of War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; Bert I. Graves, Executive Vice President, Tide Water Associated Oil Company and a Director of War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War; Burt E. Hull, Vice President and General Manager, War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; and Major J.R. Parten, Director of Transportation, Petroleum Administration for War.

Opening the oil pipelines valves at Norris City, Illinois so oil from Texas can be loaded into railroad tank cars for shipment East. Left to right: Burt E. Hull, Vice President and General Manager, War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; W. Alton Jones, President of War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.; George H. Hill, Jr., Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Defense Supplies Corporation; and Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume I.

W. Alton Jones (foreground right) and Ralph K. Davies (background center) turn oil into the first tank cars loaded at Norris City, Illinois on February 19, 1943. Other people at unidentified. From the Scrapbook War Emergency Pipelines, Inc.: Construction Views, Eastern Extension of East Texas-East Coast Pipeline Volume I.