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I dropped Bill at the depot at 8:30, when the Perkinsons were due at the house(and probably arrived as they are always ultra punctual), then went home and found the company already there. We showed the Basin Harbor movies and had a good chat lasting until 11:45. Perk pointed out that columnists Pearson & Allen are very pessimistic about the British being able to stand the gaff, although the news reports in the last few days have indicated they are picking up decidedly. They now want our Boeing "Flying Fortesses" and our bombsight but it looks improbable we shall go that far for the time being at least. Bill Hamilton remarked that it is significant British torpedoes fit our destroyer torpedo tubes- the boys have had their heads together at some time and a good thing.

Erie. Pa.
Sunday. Sept. 15, '40.
A day largely around home catching up on odd jobs that have slipped badly in the last couple of weeks. I've got to get busy on my "ticket" for Whitey too.

Erie, Pa.,
Monday, Sept.16, '40.
Yesterday the British are reported to have shot down 185 German planes and the weather is turning bad over the Channel so there is more hope than for several days. God grant they can win- they deserve to!

Spent almost the whole day on the Watertown Arsenal locomotive and finally had to fall back on an interpretation of "continuous operation" to mean "continuous railway switching operation" rather than "continuous engine operation" in order to get by the Arsenal Specs. It is a trifle lame but there also is some justification