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in steam launches to the testing laboratories over which [[underlined in red]] Captain Kincaid [[/underlined in red]] presides. Good installation and considerable work in testing. No money spent uneconomically. [[underlined in red]] It seems very natural to use this as a nucleus for future laboratory. [[underlined in red]] Then a walk over the remaining land belonging to Government where laboratory could be built [[underlined in red]] Everybody seems favorably inclined to select Annapolis [[/underlined in red]] for laboratory site. Unfortunately [[underlined in red]] Addicks, [[/underlined in red]] who always looks at these matters from a steamfitters standpoint and usually disagrees with us in our views, has left after lunch and has not seen anything of the testing laboratory Evening found [[strikethrough]] Whitak [[/strikethrough]]  Professor [[underlined in red]] Whitaker [[/underlined in red]] who is
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[[underlined in red]] now temporarily managing the technical part of Industrial Alcohol Company so visited him for supper. [[/underlined in red]]
Left with sleeping car same night
Oct 4. Arrived in time for Directors and Stockholders meeting of [[underlined in red]] Gen. Bakelite. [[/underlined in red]] All present inclusive [[underlined in red]] Hasslacher [[/underlined in red]]. Sales last month were [[underlined in red]] $91000 [[/underlined in red]] or over [[underlined in red]] 200 000 lbs. [[/underlined in red]] Then hurried to [[underlined in red]] Chemists Club to preside  meeting of Finance Committee [[/underlined in red]] for entertainment fund. We have about [[underlined in red]] $7000 surplus. [[/underlined in red]] on my motion it was unanimously agreed to suggest that the surplus be devoted [[underlined in red]] to our Chemical Library. [[/underlined in red]] I met there [[margin]] [[?]] [[/margin]] [[underlined in red]] Kirk Brown, Jordan, [[/underlined in red]] the Cresol importer and the Chemist of Bayways Chemical Co who were all worrying about provisions of new [[underlined in red]] Tariff bill [[/underlined in red]] relative to Cresol. After discussing I 

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