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[[red underline]] antigerman attitude and loyalty. Like many visiting foreigners he was unable to grasp the present attitude of the better class of Americans, who have become impatient at anything which even might cast the most remote doubt as to the ferocity and vileness of Germans [[/red underline]] and all that has to do with Germany. I told him that this country had lost all its patience on this subject.
Sept. 17. [[red underline]] Gothelf [[/red underline]] here. Laid out further program on research work to him including study of [[red underline]] silicates - borates and titanates of phenyl, cresyl etc. in relation to bakelite. [[/red underline]]
Evening went to lecture by [[red underline]] Major Putnam [[/red underline]]. Just returned from England, 
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at Century Club. 
After midnight was awakened by telephone message of a cable from [[red underline]] George [[/red underline]] telling his new address is [[red underline]] Ford [[strikethrough]] Henditn [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Junction]] Sussex England. I wonder whether he is to participate in bomb raids on the coast. [[/red underline]]
Sept. 18. Here all day. [[red underline]] Celine [[/red underline]] left for Adirondacks.
Sept. 19. Here all day. Afternoon left for [[red underline]] Washington. [[/red underline]] Went to see a musical comedy Fiddlers Three, main role well sung by a Belgian woman [[strikethrough]] Tavic [[strikethrough]] Tavie Belge.
Sept. 20. Arrived in [[red underline]] Washington [[/red underline]] in rain Went to [[red underline]] Townsend [[/red underline]] to confer about several matters. His [[red underline]] mission to Europe in regard to nitrogen fixation [[/red underline]]. Impressed him with necessity of [[red underline]] obtaining latest [[/red underline]] information about ammonium -

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Much of the material is underlined in red pencil. What's done here seems like a clumsy way to indicate that. Can you suggest a better way? This is true of all of Baekeland's diaries and this method is what has been used to date to transcribe the work.