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[[red underline] Damrosch just returned from France [[/red underline] ^[[where he visited musical organists in our army & camps]], while Celine went to theatre. Motored back together.
Oct. 2. Meeting Board directors and Annual Stockholder's meeting of [[red underline] General Bakelite Co. [[/red underline] Everybody there but McNitt.
[[strikethrough]] Gyc [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline] Creevey [[/red underline] our lawyer has just received a telegram that his son-in-law a [[red underline] 1st lieutenant [[/red underline] in the infantry who married here a year ago just before leaving for Europe [[red underline] has been killed [[/red underline] in action.
We bought [[red underline] $100000 liberty [[/red underline] Bonds. I signed many letters [[red underline]] announcing bonus payment to all our employees at [[/red underline]] office in New York and [[red underline]] Perth Amboy [[/red underline] Home in time for supper.
Oct. 3. Here all day. Evening to Chemists Club to meet Kunz and Alexander so as too discuss matters of [[red underline] Societe [[/red underline]]
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[[red underline]] de Chimie Industrielle. They all came late [[/red underline] and kept me waiting till about 8:45 P.M. 
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Met [[red underline]] Townsend [[/red underline]] at Chemist Club. He is going to Europe as consulting chemist of ordnance department to investigate further the synthetic nitrate situation 
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Afterwards took train to [[red underline] Washington. [[/red underline] Some [[red underline] Italian Alpini and Bersaglieri are in town to help arouse enthusiasm for Liberty Loan. [[/red underline] 
They were at Pennsylvania Station, and volume of Bravvo's raised by their assembled compatriots made the big halls resound. [[red underline] They all seem happy and excited. [[/red underline]] 
[[black underline]] Oct. 4. [[/black underline]] [[red underline]] Further gains of Allies. [[/red underline] Went to meet [[red underline] Neave who is also in Government Service. [[/red underline]] He tells me [[red underline]] Redmanol lawyers want to  postpone our infringement suit again. [[/red underline]
About 9 P.M. when I was in bed reading I felt a slight but decided [[sway?]] in my bed