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The Century Club, prior to the annual New Year's eve dinner and festivities. And so to [[red underline]] my train at 9:50 P.M. of Pennsylvania Station. [[/red underline]] My compartment is next to Observation car. There are less passengers for Florida than had been announced by the Newspapers. The [[red underline]] Cash bonus distributed [[/red underline]] to our men amounts to [[red and black underline]] $339400.00 [[/red and black underline]] I write down at random some of the amounts:
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George Baekeland Salary Bonus
[[arrow points to -------- -------
top numbers]] → 25000 18 125
Hays = 4000 2 900
Redman --- 15000 -- 10,875
Rossi --- 25000 -- 18 125
Sanford Brown --- 25000 -- 18 125
Hilton Swan --- 15000 -- 10 875
Alan Brown --- 12040 -- 4 191
Gordon Brown --- 15000 -- 8 959
Holmgren --- 11400 -- 6 809
Horn --- 14000 -- 6 809
Lowe --- 12040 7 191
Major --- 8400 5 017
Wieth --- 11040 6 594
Blount 9000 -- 3 447
[[strikethrough]] Low [[/strikethrough]]
Byck 6300 -- 2 412
Carlson 6420 2 458
Mcharg 5700 2 183
Oak [[overwritten]] 7800 [[/overwritten]]
5800 2 987
Schmidt
[[overwritten]] 7300 [[/overwritten]]
6300 2 412
Shannon 6900 2 642
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Zeeman --- 6300 -- 2 412
Barbour --- 3600 -- 1 378
Dr. Allen --- 4200 -- 899
Brannon --- 3300 -- 707
Brock --- 7500 -- 1 607
Catlow --- 3600 -- 771
Dodson --- 8100 -- 1 735
Mrs Reutzmacher 3900 835
Nielsen --- 8100 -- [[blank]]
[[bold underline in blue and black]] Jan 1-1937. [[/bold underline in blue and black]]
Quiet life on train. Did not leave my compartment except when beds were stored. Had taken along a few slices of [[red underline]] Rye-Bread, Some apples [[/red underline]] - some canned beans and some wine. This made me as [[red underline]] independent as if I were in the state-room of my yacht, [[/red underline]] and did not have to go thru all the fuss of the dining car etc.
[[vertical note in left margin in red]] Train to Florida [[/vertical note in left margin]] Excellent opportunity for reading the Newspapers also two other books by [[red underline]] Cecil Roberts [[/red underline]] about his 'Pilgrim's Cabin' and country around Henley on the times.
^[[underline]] Jan 2 [[/underline]] 1937
Train arrived at about [[red underline]] 7:30 AM [[/red underline]] Seaboard Station. [[red underline]] Andrew [[/red underline]] there with Station car.
[[vertical note in left margin in red]] [[red underline]] Miami [[/red underline]] [[/vertical note in left margin]]
[[strikethrough]] Bene [[/strikethrough]] Beautiful mild weather. - [[red underline]] Garden in better condition than ever before [[/red underline]]
