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46/ Fight against the Japanese is keeping on. steadily. In Europe the Russians have fought the Germans pushing them violently ahead with great loss of their army. [[underlined]] March 17. [[/underlined]] Got a copy of the Bakelite January review in which [[underlined in blue]] my dear Friend Charles F. Kettering: [[/underlined in blue]] describes a thought provocing article on the numerous applications of my invention of Bakelite. Among many other statements he writes. " It was not until 1907 when " Dr. Baekeland developed " "Bakelite phenolic resinoids " that plastics began to " assume anything of their " present importance. - I have " always had a very real " appreciation for Dr. Baekeland's work. [[end page]] [[start page]] 47/ " When we brought out the " Delco [[strikethrough]] System [[/strikethrough]] ignition system " in 1909., we were able to make " better distributor heads than " [[strikethrough]] ever [[/strikethrough]] had ever been made " before, because we were then " able to mold them from " these phenolic plastics. That " incidentally was one of the first " large commercial uses for " plastics molding materials" March 23. Have written Kettering a letter in which I expressed my sincere thanks for his article and past courtesies [[underlined]] March 23. [[/underlined]] Wars in Europe in Africa and everywhere going on, without diminishing. Celine went out today to meet her friends, while I am attending here several matters which require my attention.