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Stoughton, Mass.
Friday 21 Aug 1942

Dear Sid:

I enclose Lindelof's two bills,— they seem pretty high as usual. Plumbers are the devil for running up the cost of things, as bad as dentists. Amy says this one we are sending Doris to, tho, is very reasonable.

It has turned warm again with a south wind, so you may have a hot weekend. Hope you escape this flea plague some where. Have you got an extra gas card yet?

Our fire was in the Corcoran shoe factory,— where a big shipment of army shoes was stored. The fire, they say, lighted up the sky pretty brightly. All the neighbors watched or went, but we didn't see it. Doris and I walked down town yesterday afternoon to view the place. It was in the old part where the U S Rubber Co used to work opposite the freight house. I don't know how many shoes were destroyed. The paper seemed to think not so much, but the building was pretty well burnt up. The F.B.I. is said to be investigating. Three blazes occurred that same evening in it,— 2 before the fatal one.