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Chemists Club for lunch. The Tochs there who took me to their new offices at 42d street Very hot. Back home 3:10 P.M. Jim picking cherries. He says they are ripe enough I say they are not.
June 26. To. N.Y office. 95◦  F in office, then to Chemists Club. Nina in New York with her car took me home. Then squall and thunderstorm.
Cherry wine started for sweet cherries. added about equal volum of sugar + water 1:1 Wrote a letter to Berlitzheimer to tell him not to worry and that everything goes well
[[vertical annotation in left margin]] June 27. Cool night 70◦ F [[/left margin]]
June 28. Sweet cherry is in full fermentation. ^[[since yesterday]] Started sour cherries adding 1:1 sugar solution about 1/2 of volume of crushed cherries [[strikethrough]] To [[/strikethrough]] The
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sour cherries started yesterday begin to ferment { Societe Chemie Industrielle committee meeting
[[strikethrough]] Evening [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] June 29. [[/underline]] To N.Y. office Bought 43 Dollars worth of Army and Navy goods. 
Lunch at Chemists Club. George Baekeland brings me the welcome news that he has succeeded in making Schulte & Co adopt his terms as a compromise for infringement suit we had started. I feel very glad to see success for his good judgement and quiet action
June 30. Cooler. Here all morning The French Consul General notifies me that the French Republic has made me an Officer of the [[strikethrough]] French Republic [[/strikethrough]] Legion d'Honneur of France.
July 1 (Sunday). Mrs. Sarton here who is to sail for Europe Meeting at my house of