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to take care of them till afternoon. [[red underline]] Feel very nervous [[/red underline]] 
Evening at 7:30 had [[red underline]] Baron de Cartier, [[/red underline]] Belgian Ambassador for [[red underline]] supper at University [[/red underline]] Club. He is leaving for Belgium on Saturday. Drove him back to Ritz Carlton Hotel at about 9.P.M. Warm weather
June 3. Here all day - Evening went to University Club to meet for supper. [[red underline]] Bogaert and Dustin. [[/red underline]] Drove them to Brevoort Hotel then back home. Still warm
[[strikethrough]] June 4. Colo [[/strikethrough]]
June 4. [[strikethrough]] Colder [[/strikethrough]] Cold, cloudy and rainey Here all day
June 5. Cold and rainey. Here all day
June 6 (Sunday) Cloudy and cold. [[red underline]] Open fire burning [[/red underline]] Temperature in my room is 60° F
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June 7. Monday. Drove early to Pa station to take 9:12 A.M train for [[red underline]] Perth Amboy. [[/red underline]]
Long conference with [[red underline]] Rossi, Shannon & Schrimpe on present situation. [[/red underline]] Most serious subject [[red underline]] now is shortage of formaldehyde [[/red underline]] of which price has gone up to [[red underline]] 38-45 and even 65¢ per lb. 
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and even then deliveries are insufficient [[/red underline]] in view of shortage of [[red underline]] wood alcohol [[/red underline]] Consumption of [[red underline]] formaldehyde [[/red underline]] for every purposes has enormously increased and as the [[red underline]] producers of wood alcohol control the situation in view of holding available [[/red underline]] wood supplies (hard wood not containing tannin as oak) are only available. 
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Pine etc is n.g. This seems to [[red underline]] threaten considerably our industry, [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] and limit applications of bakelite, [[/red underline]] as [[fee?]] cannot be