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102 A few days ago paid the last instalment to George B = $10,799.00 of the total. 145,799 $ Paid formerly 135 000 _______ Balance 10,799 of money [[underlined]] owed him for purchase of his bonds [[/underlined]] and to Nina for same as follows Purchase price = 157999 Paid before 130000 ______ Balance due 27,999.00 So everything is paid off now. My balance on Jan. 8, 1927 is [[underlined]] 110,794$ [[/underlined]] to which will be added some dividend checks and $27500 + 32250 = $60000 for fees (or about 171000$) Jan 9, 1927. Morning at home wrote letter to N.Y Times signed [[underlined]] Methanol [[/underlined]] baring tricks of Wood products Co in utilizing prohibition department to boost price of [[underlined]] wood alcohol. [[/underlined]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 103 Afternoon at office. 7:15 Dinner in house of ^[[Professor]] Claude at ^[[(Neon lights]] University Club. [[underlined]] General Parsons [[/underlined]] at my left, [[underlined]] Phillip Mallory [[/underlined]] at my right. Dinner presided by [[underlined]] Judge Seaman [[/underlined]] of [[strikethrough]] Merril [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Rogers, Merril [[/underlined]] etc [[underlined]] D.D. Jackson there [[/underlined]] also all partners of [[underlined]] Hays; Mailloux Pupin [[/underlined]] etc. Very pleasant dinner. [[underlined]] Claude [[/underlined]] explains his new system for making power in tropical seas by using difference of [[underlined]] hot water on top and cold water below. [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Jan 11 [[/underlined]] All morning at office. Evening went to listen to [[underlined]] lecture [[/underlined]] by [[underlined]] Claude [[/underlined]] on his past work and on his new invention for producing power in Tropical seas. Very interesting lecture. He spoke in English with strong French accent. He made a very [[underlined]] brilliant laboratory exp- [[/underlined]]