FOUNDERS BROWNS JONATHAN BROWNING JOHN M. BROWNING Senn U.S. A. VAL MACHINE RIFLE AUTOMATIC PISTOL eee A. BROWNING, = ARTILLERY. ST.Louis,mo. Ogden, LOUIS VICE-PRES. BRANCH DOUGLAS B. ELLIS, May 21, 1945. Mre Me Ae Browning, c/o Je Me & Me Se Browning First Security Bank Bldg., PRESIDENT MATT S. BROWNING, ST. AUTOMATIC AIRCRAFT AND ANTI-AIRCRAFT 1859 EXEGUTIVE-OEFFICERS ee ey Se 1805 1855 MATTHEW S. BROWNING BRANCH MGR. (3) Coe, Utah. Dear Mr. Brownings; Mre I have just received your note dated May 19th with copy of memorandum Baxter, also copies of the Treasury Department's letter to you and your \ from reply. / Mre Schade has been checking the trade-mark situation at the St. Louis Customs Office and reports to me this morning that the only trade-mark on file at the St. Louis Customs is No. 248671 which is the butt plate. This trade-mark was assigned to the Browning Arms Company on November 13, 1928, by the Browning Brothers Company, per of the trade-mark Browning Company. Mr. Schade St. Louis at the of John file but Me that correspondence A. assigned Browning, by the Vice-President. Browning reports, and I had him check Customs Office of trade-mark Brownings all Marriner being As I told you on the it contains is records filing and of several phone, trade stop Butt to is the no record Je Me there marks is on the they been must destroyed & Me no record portrait a special trade-mark subject. If there was have placed in been before this time to a man from Chicago this morning on the phone regarding repairs he inquired as to when we would be able to supply Overunder guns further that an acquaintance of his had just received a Browning his son in the Army in Europe. This is the first Overunder that attention and evidently the Customs Officials in Chicago did not its entry. Plate which Of is course, the Overunder not trade-marked. If mark I suppose they were of this particular gun. right in not would have it did not requesting Mre Schade suggests that if we wish to be trede-mark that is entered in the United States Commissioner There Company it twice, that there is Noe 283189 which is the brochures the general files, and if so they would have Sincewe keep our files for only five years. I talked to his gun and again, stating Overunder from has come to my Arms of Customs, Washington, De C., the Browning Superposed bear the portrait trade- permission from us for the entry advised of every gun bearing our we should write direct to the requesting that he put his ports of entry and should in Mr. As long as the portrait trade-mark No. 2835189 has been granted to us we see that it is registered at the present ports of entry, for as mentioned Baxter's memorandumit offers us more protection than the butt plate sub-offices on the alert to apprehend any guns bearing “trade-mark. PLEASE ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO THE COMPANY, ST. LOUIS,MO. our trade-mark. S.»