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2387 South Lucerne Ave
Los Angeles, Cal
Jan 3/31

Dear Children.

Ar'nt you surprised to see this address. Well I am too, rather. Will tell you about it presently but first I want to apologize for not having acknowledged your xmas box and thanked you for it. It was very rude. My only excuse is not a very good one you may think. I was ill with intestinal flu when it came. I felt quite punk for some days and then my mind was so preoccupied with me financial problems that I couldn't seem to focus on a letter. The broiler business was going to cost so much more to start than I had any idea of that I got scared out It is very important that we count me dollars very carefully [[strikethrough]] to c [[/strikethrough]] in order to carry us through these hard times + this dead real estate condition. If everything