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[[red underline]] Dick [[/red underline]] got [[red underline]] Celine's Packard Limousine [[/red underline]] smashed yesterday by being run into by a [[red underline]] small Ford [[/red underline]] Car will be out of service for about two weeks.
[[underline]] March 3. [[/underline]] Succession of visitors here amongst them [[red underline]] Thomas Robins [[/red underline]] & wife. Colder again this evening
[[underline]] March 4-5 [[/underline]] nothing special
[[underline]] March 6. [[/underline]] Reports of Horne about [[red underline]] sales [[/red underline]] and earnings for [[red underline]] 1931 very disappointing [[/red underline]] and even decidedly [[red underline]] less than 1930 [[/red underline]]
[[underline]] March 7. [[/underline]] Hectic day writing letters from 7 A.M till 5 P.M.  [[red underline]] Letter [[/red underline]] of [[red underline]] Reprimand to Operating Committee [[/red underline]] which has been foolish enough to pay [[red underline]] $4000 [[/red underline]] to two men of Rashing who came [[strikethrough]] here to [[\strikethrough]] to New York to sell our company a process and did so at their own offer. Feel furious because [[red underline]] Rossi [[/red underline]] kept [[red underline]] me steadily informed [[/red underline]] by telegrams and [[strikethrough]] letter [[/strikethrough]] telephone about progress of proceedings
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[[red underline]] and then they voted the $4000 without even asking my consent [[/red underline]] thus overstepping their prerogatives [[red underline]] Andrew still in bed. [[/red underline]] Am much handicapped.
[[underline]] March 8 - Sunday.[[/underline]] Letters letters & letters all [[strikethrough]] day [[/strikethrough]] ^[[morning]] and Tax returns for 1930!
Beautiful calm day. Gave [[red underline]] little Peter [[/red underline]] his first experience in my small sail sloop (14ft long) in the Bay.  [[red underline]] Peter has [[/red underline]] a continuation of [[red underline]] Why? - Why Why? & Why? [[/red underline]] a new world for him. [[red underline]] All very intelligent [[/red underline]] questions.
[[underline]] March 9. [[/underline]]  Letters, letters etc!
[[underline]] March 10. [[/underline]] Further work on Income Tax returns!
Visit of Wicker and of [[red underline]] Willis Woods & his wife
Karpen [[/red underline]] here.  He fully [[red underline]] endorses [[/red underline]] my view as to research, also in relation to [[red underline]] Surcouf [[/red underline]] and Germany and as to that foolish [[red underline]] $4000 [[/red underline]] gift to Rashing men