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to the latter part of the program. I feel very very tired.
[[red underline]] Dr. Churchill [[/red underline]] who is at the Censor's department told us how some agent of the [[red underline]] Germans [[/red underline]] had sand bagged him while he was alone in [[red underline]] his office in order to steal [[/red underline]] secrets from [[strikethrough]] our Am [[/strikethrough]] Government by trying to use his private wire.
[[red underline]] Continuous meetings and consultations with chemists and engineers in Government service, till late at night. [[/red underline]]
Jan 5. Early to meeting of [[red underline]] Naval Consulting Board. Rather unpleasant scene of Hudson Maxim rather boisterly [[/red underline] insisting on opening the windows and objecting to smoking. At noon [[red underlined]] Secretary Daniels [[/red underline]] 
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and [[red underline]] Admiral Taylor there Daniels [[/red underline]] addressed us [[strikethrough]] in ve [[/strikethrough]] thanking for our work and made some earnest and very appropriate statements.
[[red underline]] Brian Arnold [[/red underline]] arrived in uniform of [[red underline]] Colonel. [[/red underline]]
Afternoon left with other members of Naval Board on the last Congressional Limited. This train and many others will be suppressed so as to simplify railroad problems.
Evening arrived at 9 P.M on time then to Yonkers. Weather somewhat milder.
Jan 6 (Sunday) Milder weather Many people [[red underline]] skating and walking across the Hudson River. [[/red underline]] Frank Sprague told me yesterday that at Indian Head the [[red underline]] Potomac is frozen 14" deep.
Nina and Clairette [[/red underline]] here