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located which he had hidden. The papers are full with the details of the case.
[[underlined]] Sept 23. Sunday. [[/underlined]]- At home all day writing and reading and listening to Radio.
[[underlined]] Sept 24. [[/underlined]] At office. Wrote Taggart about report of work of [[red underlined]] Frederic Swarts. [[/red underlined]]
[[underlined]] Sept 25. [[/underlined]] At office as usually.
[[underlined]] Sept 26. [[/underlined]] 
[[left margin in red]] Ship partitions [[/left margin in red]]
[[red underlined]] Wightman [[/red underlined]] brought various tests of flame penetration comparing wood with laminated Bakelite for [[red underlined]] ship partitions. [[/red underlined]] Am told that new largest English ship "Queen Mary", will have [[red underlined]] Bakelite laminated made [[/red underlined]] by Formica.
[[underlined]] Sept 27. [[/underlined]] 
[[left margin in red]] Electrochemical Society [[/left margin in red]]
Went to meeting and Luncheon of [[red underlined]] American Electrochemical Society. [[/red underlined]] Met several old friends among them: [[red underlined]] Northrup, Becket, Parmelee, Saunders [[/red underlined]] etc. Evening went to the dinner at [[red underlined]] Ambassador hotel [[/red underlined]] - Numerous gathering sat between [[red underlined]] Becket and Parmelee [[/red underlined]] at speakers table. Like usually we had the nuisance of musicians with noisy silly music making conversation difficult and compelling to yell to each other. Otherwise the dinner was a cheerful affair. Home at 11 P.M
[[underlined]] Sept. 28. [[/underlined]] [[red underlined]] Elon Hooker [[/red underlined]] called me up at office asking [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] my advice
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[[left margin in red]] Elon Hooker [[/left margin in red]]
for an intended address he is to make at the opening of the [[red underlined]] Maison de la Chimie in Paris. [[/red underlined]] Have started translating [[red underlined]] Frederic Swarts [[/red underlined]] report about his publications and Professor [[red underlined]] Walter Taggart [[/red underlined]] met me at office on this subject. - Took [[red underlined]] Taggart [[/red underlined]] for luncheon to U.C.
[[underlined]] Sept 29. [[/underlined]] At Snug Rock all day [[red underlined]] correcting speech of Elon Hooker [[/red underlined]] and other work. Rainey all day
[[underlined]] Sunday, Sept 30. [[/underlined]] Nina's children all here.  [[red underlined]] George Roll [[/red underlined]] is gone to the funeral of his father. Wrote [[red underlined]] letter of introduction for Elon Hooker to Gerard [[/red underlined]]
[[underlined]] Oct 1. [[/underlined]] All day at office. Evening for supper at U. Club.
[[underlined]] Oct 2. [[/underlined]] Wrote to Potter & Weger to file Bender patent for use of aminos as catalysts in Urea resin formation.
[[underlined]] Oct 3. [[/underlined]] Urgent meeting of directors of American Section of [[red underlined]] Société de Chimie Industrelle in my office [[/red underlined]] this afternoon. D.O. [[red underlined]] Jackson [[/red underlined]] presiding, present besides myself: Alexander Secretary, Prof Mouquin and Prof? [[[overwritten]] Ch [[/overwritten]] of Chemistry., N.Y. City College. [[Dow?]] excused. 
[[left margin in red]] Elon Hooker [[/left margin in red]]
[[red underlined]] Made Elon Hooker a member [[/red underlined]] and a director so as to enable us to appoint him as a delegate of our section to the coming opening of [[red underlined]] Maison de la Chimie [[/red underlined]] in Paris.
[[underlined]] Oct 4. [[/underlined]] [[red underlined]] Dow, son of Herbert Dow [[/red underlined]] came in my office on a visit, by appointment so as to get better acquainted. - Talked about our respective organisations and problems and present times, also about my very friendly