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[[underlined in red]] Ale in these prohibition times! [[/underlined in red]]
[[underlined]] Jan 26. [[/underlined]] A very busy day telephoning to factory and to office. Rossi tells me about prospect of purchasing [[underlined in red]] Dane Mfg [[/underlined in red]] Co as a molding plant. Miss Evans still in bed [[underlined in red]] Celine [[/underlined in red]] acts in her place. making telephone calls and [[underlined in red]] typewriting letters
Jan 27. Another busy day but very [[underlined in red]] happy and interested in my work. This is the result of [[/underlined in red]] a [[underlined in red]] vacation. [[/underlined in red]] Rossi here in afternoon, talked over several pending matters. Told him how to use [[underlined in red]] methylenalcohol  instead of formaldehyde [[/underlined in red]] and to put Schrimpe [[underlined in red]] at this work. [[/underlined in red]] Advised
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trying [[underlined in red]] direct action of CH2Cl2 on phenols. [[/underlined in red]] either alone or in presence of acids or alkalines Then try to make esthers of methylen by [[uniting?]] with salts (alkaline and others on CH2Cl2 and use there esthers instead of formaldehyde. Also to try to make ethylal by [[uniting?]] with CH2Cl2 on C2H5 - OM1 trying alcololates of Na or Ca or Bn or heavy metal. Ditto with phenolates of alkaline or other metals If not successful try such compounds derived from Pb or Ag
With Phenol we ought to get a compound
CH2 - O C6H5
    \ O C6H5
which might resinify or change in [[alcosdiphenylmethium?]]