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When I went downstairs at the hotel for dinner the proprietor took me over to the radio which was telling about the [[underline]] Invasion [[/underline]], first I knew it really had come off.
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[[underline]] Wed. June 7 [[/underline]]
  Cuatrecasas came to my room early to bring the bad news that about 1:40 am. one of the gasoline stoves had exploded resulting in a big fire. The firemen had soaked our plants with water and he feared most were lost. What a blow! All day we worked over the bundles which were just singed or slightly moist and the debris. We saved a lot but until everything is put in numerical order I can't tell how much we lost.
  [[insertion of paragraph from below]] The Alcalde summoned us to his office and gave a polite bawling out for using gasoline stoves. I agreed with him. They are too damn dangerous. [[/insertion]]
  Tossed a party with Bylander before dinner, and later [[strikethrough]] [[who?]] [[/strikethrough]] went to his apt. and had quite a long talk. Left at 1 am.