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62/ the tires of her motor car. [[red underline]] Andrew retorts [[/red underline]] that the trouble consists in the drunken negros of the widow etc. etc. Celine will write to Judge Ritter to find out the truth. [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] Tonight [[red underline]] I have to preside as toastmaster on the anniversary of the foundation of the Chemists Club in honor of Prof. Bogert fellow founding member of the Club. [[/red underline]] - With all these happenings I feel much embarrassed. When I arrived at the Club, found the place crowded with many of my old friends. - Also noted Mr. [[red underline]] Grenade, [[/red underline]] his wife and several Belgians as guests. On being invited to speak I told them ^[[more than]]how half a century ago I visited the U.S. and became acquainted with Prof [[red underline]] Chandler [[/red underline]] and through him [[red underline]] to Bogert, then the formation of the Chemists Club in W. 55 street; [[/red underline]] then later a fine specially built edifice as we have to day. - I was generously applauded. [[vertical note in left margin in red]] Chemists Club [[/vertical note in left margin in red]] - I made also some allusion to the brutal German war now going on. - I brought back with me that colored photoportrait, Burdine had made of me in Miami, and which had been retouched by the artist at Wanamakers in New York. [[underline]] May 25. [[/underline]] We were much disturbed by a letter received from the [[red underline]] widow of Calvert; [[/red underline]] our neighbor at the Anchorage in which she violently complains [[red underline]] about Andrew. [[/red underline]] Also a letter from Andrew complaining [[end page]] [[start page]] 63/ [[note in top margin in red]] French General discarded [[/note in top margin in red]] [[vertical note in left margin in red]] Andrew Murray & Mrs. Calvert [[/vertical note in left margin in red]] about the behavior of her and her negros. - Wrote a letter to Judge Ritter to examine the situation and let us know. All this is very disturbing. - Much bad news from the war in Europe. 15 [[red underline]] French Generals dismissed for incapacity [[/red underline]] or [[strikethrough]] l [[/strikethrough]] careless action. [[red underline]] Ghent [[/red underline]] in the power of [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] Germans; so is [[red underline]] Bruges, Ostend [[/red underline]] and the coast. Germans destroying and killing wherever they are, and ready now to [[strikethrough]] get [[/strikethrough]] reach the British shore. A very threatening situation. Channel ports reported destroyed. Bought a portable radio at [[blank space]] [[strikethrough]] Sunday [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] Celine left [[/red underline]] for her camp with Dick driving her limousine. Chilly weather. - More [[red underline]] bad news from the war. [[/red underline]] [[underline]] May 26. [[/underline]] [[double underline]] Sunday [[/double underline]] At Snug Rock all day, writing letters and reading latest news. [[strikethrough]] Celine went to her camp [[/strikethrough]] This evening contradictory reports about war from German and British sources. [[strikethrough]] Celine went to her camp. - This evening contradictory reports about the War [[/strikethrough]] May 27. - Went to [[red underline]] Columbia University [[/red underline]] this morning to visit Dean [[red underline]] Barker [[/red underline]] who welcomed me in his office. Met several collegues. [[vertical note in left margin]] 165.564 [[/vertical note in left margin]] [[underline]] May 28. [[/underline]] Astonishing news that young [[strikethrough]] Ki [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] King Leopold of Belgium has abdicated [[/red underline]] !
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piece of paper that is ripped from this page is on the next digitized page of this project. Also per instructions, kept "complaining" on one page even though it spans both.
