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19/ [[underline]] Feb. 17 [[/underline]] Same strong wind now N.E blowing. (Saturday) Afternoon went to [[red underline]] Yacht Club [[/red underline]] to see some of the yachtsmen arrive from their run from Nassau. [[vertical note in left margin in red and underlined]] Brooksie [[/left margin]] They Had a hard passage. to and from George got a [[red underline]] letter from Brooksie [[/red underline]] that he will arrive home [[red underline]] early in March. - but is now [[/red underline]] suffering in India from a touch of [[red underline]] Malaria. [[/red underline]]. [[underline]] Sunday [[/underline]] Feb. 18. - Intermittent sun-shine. Home all day. [[red underline]] H.G. Wells the renowned English writer [[/red underline]] comes out in a new book in which he [[red underline]] reproaches Britain of tolerating the ultraconservative system, where lords and bishops etc. still rule above the people by their backward [[/red underline]] methods. [[vertical note in left margin in red]] Britain's antiquated system [[/left margin]] The new portable radio is working very well. [[underline]] Feb 19. [[/underline]] [[red underline]] Dickie and husband arrived [[/red underline]] here on evening after long motor car drive since this morning. [[underline]] Feb 20. [[/underline]] Putting ION in shape for Washington's birthday. Cool land breeze [[vertical note in left margin in red, underlined]] Newlyweds! [[/left margin]] Celine out this evening for supper with [[red underline]] the newly weds: von Hessert and Dickie. [[/red underline]] - Hessert makes a good impression [[underline]] Feb 21. [[/underline]] Bright morning [[red underline]] went out sailing with v. Hessert and Dickie in small pram. [[/red underline]] Celine presented [[red underline]] Miss Suzanne Waters, [[/red underline]] who came to interview me [[end page]] [[start page]] \20 about my work. She was sent from her school to write an article about it. [[red underline]] Celine [[/red underline]] went with the [[red underline]] "Newly Weds" [[/red underline]] to see the arrival of the [[red underline]] Air-Planes [[/red underline]] and supper at Pan American Air Field [[underline]] Feb 22. [[/underline]] Cold and windy then somewhat better. Preparing the ION [[strikethrough]] Feb 23. Tom [[/strikethrough]] for tomorrow's festivities [[underline]] Feb 23. [[/underline]] Strong Westerly wind and cold weather. Left my harbor at 9.A.M. arrived at Hacienda Dock 40 minutes later. - Were all alone except the darkies and Charley(?) who were already boiling the [[red underline]] traditional clam chowder [[/red underline]] in the bush. Weather turned brighter and not so cold. - As guests, had besides our own family, had as guests [[red and black underline]] Cecil Roberts famous english writer [[/red and black underline]] and 2 of his friends. Large number of boats and sunny afternoon. [[red underline]] Dickie & Hessert [[/red underline]] as passengers on ION Hessert has caught cold. [[underline]] Feb 24. [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] Wrote [[/strikethrough]] Signed long [[red underline]] affidavit describing Dr. Hans Lebach as distinguished chemist [[/red underline]] and man of excellent qualities for citizenship, as requested by his lawyer, who is [[red underline]] trying to prevent him of being refused residence in the U.S. [[/red underline]] on account of being entered here for a limited time; after his expulsion from Germany, as a jew. [[vertical note in left margin underlined in red]] Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Dean; Mrs. Gertrude Blair. Mr & Mrs Leonard Mully Gerard Von Hessert. Cecil Roberts: all my guests at at the [[/red underline]] Yacht Club meeting. [[/left margin]] [[underline]] Feb 25. [[/underline]] Hesserts cold much better but [[red underline]] Dickie is now in bed with a cold