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as though insufficient discretion had been observed until now.
Spent afternoon at [[red underline]] Deed's house. [[/red underline]] Beautiful sight of surrounding landscape all in snow. The aviation testing fields [[strikethrough]] on the [[/strikethrough]] and the great Dayton-Wrght Airplane factory in the distance with all its activity and problems, [[red underline]] such a contrast with the quiet and reposeful [[/red underline]] aspect of the owner of the Deeds house. then outside before me over this [[red underline]] white landscape is a vision, [[/red underline]] those plants in which the nearby history of the [[red underline]] present [[strikethrough]] euro [[/strikethrough]] struggle of the human race was [[/red underline]] to be decided. Will the [[red underline]] Germans outdo us [[/red underline]] or will america [[strikethrough]] eradi [[/strikethrough]] by
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her engineering talent [[strikethrough]] eradicate [[/strikethrough]] bring the final stroke  [[strikethrough]] er [[/strikethrough]] ^[[to]] eradicate this [[red underline]] anachronism [[/red underline]] from the civilized world and [[red underline]] let justice rule instead of brutal force? [[/red underline]] 
Then later we had a general council at which were present Col. [[red underline]] Deeds, Col. Carthy Major Hall, Prof Sabin, Kettering, Sperry and myself. [[/red underline]] We discussed the different problems involved and the details of construction and kept at the subject [[red underline]] until 9:15 [[/red underline]] P.M when [[red underline]] Sperry [[/red underline]] and I had to leave. The only interruption was the short time alloted for dinner. I felt that at that moment [[red underline]] in the quiet little corner were discussed problems which dealt with the mighty [[/red underline]] ^[[issues]] issues now at stake. I felt elated [[red underline]] that I born as [[/red underline]]