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[[underline]] Sept. 29. [[/underline]] Straightened up accounts with [[underline]] Johnson. [[/underline]] x
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^[[Norwegian]] sailor of the ION
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He had spent   $ 50.
I owe him       130
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He had received 100
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So gave him check for $80.00 paid in full
Rainy, windy and sultry Lunch at University Club with ^[[Prof.]] [[underline]] Zeeman and Pegram [[/underline]] then back to office.
[[underline]] Sept 30. [[/underline]] Rain, wind & sultry. Very busy day. All morning conference with [[underline]] Townsend [[/underline]] on pending matters. Told him we must rearrange our patent and Trade-mark situation Urged him he should name a man to work under him for us. Says he knows of no one Suggests we should sell him more stock [[underline]] or engage him entirely. [[/underline]] Explained why
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we cannot sell him more stock.- also the risk he would take in giving up [[underline]] Carbide [[/underline]] which is a well seasoned enterprise while ours still will have to brave intense competition after our patents expire. Matter left unsettled. A very busy day
[[underline]] October 1. 1924: [[/underline]] Bright and cool. [[underline]] Dr. Curtman [[/underline]] came to see me in relation of his HFl. suggestions. See his letters to the company and to Swan. Told Quigley to pay him $500 in full.- Went away fully satisfied Then came Mc Nauhar who wrote that report about phenol resins, with all the [[underline]] lying statements which had [[/underline]] been communicated to him about [[underline]] Wiechman thru Zisser [[/underline]]