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somehow and felt lousy this evening, reading the Saturday Post (all war stories and articles) and to bed early. The Germans started their Blitzkrieg on Paris today, but the Allies seem to know better how to handle it this time and are hopeful they can hold them. God grant they can.

Erie, Pa.,
Thursday, June 6, 1940.
Roy called today to say he had scheduled the B&M conference for Saturday morning because it is too hot to put off until the last of next week. So I'm planning to take John Downie with me tomorrow. I am aggravated to feel so punk - my head cold is just going great guns tonight but I'm striking hard at it and hope to be in better shape tomorrow.

En route to Boston.
Friday, June 7, 1940.
Had a session with Whitey, Emmet and St. L. this morning on the 5/38 program, which Schenectady has virtually tossed in our lap complete, to get, to have and to hold, if we can. Whitey has in turn virtually tossed the whole commercial angle of it in my lap on the same basis - all of which is quite an order considering some $18,000,000 appears to be involved. Monday might I leave for Washington where St. L., HLRE and I get to work next week. It is a tremendous opportunity - I hope I can handle it. I think I can.

The Germans are having hard going in the great "Battle of France", but they are making slow progress at terrific cost, which seems not to faze

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The Germans started their Blitzkrieg on Paris today