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[[red underline]] so inclined to be seasick, or in aviation [[/red underline]] if Dr [[strikethrough]] Ghetty [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] Getty [[/red underline]] had not told him [[red underline]] his heart is not in good [[/red underline]] condition yet since last illness.
Now wants to study to pass his exam [[red underline]] for officers which will take 3 months [[/red underline]] more study. all this brings the war home to us.- [[red underline]] To think that we may lose our only son all on account of these accursed Huns!- [[/red underline]] Life [[strikethrough]] loses its [[/strikethrough]] and work [[red underline]] lose their interest if I think of it. [[/red underline]]
March 27. A busy day getting thru belated mail. Paulus tells me has made [[red underline]] several good runs of formate in big drum and his oxalate roaster [[/red underline]] too is working much better and things look [[red underline]] more hopeful. [[/red underline]]
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Spent most of afternoon studying Niagara Power
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question and dictating letter [[red underline]] to Coffin [/red underline]] urging him to settle this critical situation which will [[strikethrough]] interfere [[/strikethrough]] mean much to our industrial preparedness. 
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[[black underline]] March 28 [[/black underline]]  Went to meet Frank L. [[red underline]] Dyer [[/red underline]] at chemists Club to discuss further about [[red underline]] Condensite [[/red underline]] agreement and to present objections of Townsend against present pending interference. Dyer suggests to settle latter difficulty by agreeing in advance mutually to [[license?]] each other for [[strikethrough]] pat [[/strikethrough]] these two patents in interference so that whoever gets the patent does not exclude the other from the field.  Slight change in matter of wording the other contract to which both of us readily agreed.  
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[[strikethrough]] Inter [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] Dr. Thatcher [[/red underline]] interviewed me in regard of making connection with [[red underline]] Hooker [[/red underline]] for Amidophenol.
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Previously spent one hour with Williams & Peters to discuss matters of
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