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got a leak out there." And after the smoke all blew away and Zeke had talked vaguely about a "noise in thar" etc., it developed he had discovered a cracked cylinder block! That was the crowning blow of this long discouraging siege to get the locomotive out of here and back into service. It means either a new engine or rebuilding this one! Ken and I were in a mood to go out and get tight and I guess Zeke was too. Barrell wasn't around and I couldn't get him on the phone so Harry Ellis (now boss of Bldg. 60 superceding Max Metzner who is assigned to test 5"/38 gun mounts) and I decided to ship the locomotive back to Bldg. 10 immediately. When Barrell finally heard bout that, he flew off the handle because we had robbed him of his prerogatives - he said we should have run off the bearing run on one engine, which I knew Ken Wolf wouldn't accept because he has wanted the bearing run to be a final check of the locomotive before shipment and in complete running order. Wolf talked to Bill Hamilton on the phone and Bill said, "Good night shirt! What's the matter with the god damn engine anyway?" Everybody was sore, disgusted and discouraged. I have never seen such a jonah of an engine since we struggled with the Illinois Centrals back in 1936. At best this probably means another two weeks delay with everyone already at the end of his rope. When we quit work we were still waiting for a reply from Columbus, Ind. as to what Cummins could do for us.

Heard today that Virginia Guynes just lost her day and a half old premature baby, a sad blow to all of them. So poor old Maurice wasn't a grandfather for very long.

A.E. Smith, now a permanent fixture at Bridgeport, dropped into Bldg. 60 today to say hello to the