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them at all as long as they keep moving ahead however slowly. Sentiment in this country in the last few weeks has taken a tremendous swing from sympathy to the Allies to a desire to lend them all the help possible "short of war" and some even favor war. After all, they are fighting our fight - the fear we have of German victory is convincing proof of that. Last evening and this morning, flight after flight of Curtiss' bombers flew over Erie en route to the Curtiss' plant at Buffalo - "turned in" by the Gov't in exchange for newer type ships for delivery later - to be resold to the Allies! That's the sort of help they need now. There is talk of their getting a thousand planes PDQ that way.

Frank Blanchard here today for a routine visit on Caterpillar relations. Doc and I gave him as much attention as possible between us. He would have jumped to Boston with me if I had said the word but I refrained, believing the Caterpillar engine pretty well sold by this time.

I felt pretty lousy today but Bromo Quinine  seems to be taking hold and drying up my cold slowly, and so John Downie and I took the 3:35 PM for Boston. We had a long ride before bedtime at Utica and whiled away the time reading war news, etc., and talking which I always enjoy with John, who is an appreciative listener as well as an amusing and entertaining talker. We had an old non-air conditioned Pullman with windows up and screens between you and the roar of the railroad as well as the cinders, et al. It seemed mid-Victorian after our coddled way of modern travel.

Transcription Notes:
Bromo Quinine were brand name cold tablets manufactured by Grove Laboratories. They were first marketed in 1889. The active ingredient was quinine.