Tuesday, April 10 (1945)

Warm day. Miss Sampson out. Worked hard all day on odds & ends. Got the windows business down to "turkey" with Elkins - I hope. Hardin found me a tank for guaranteeing condensate. Got fresh air guard designed. Seem to have a type of hay fever - maybe hickory. In the evening saw Fighting Lady. Not as long as I had hoped. Some nice silhouettes though ot N. Carolina S. Dakota and Iowa. Some generals staff inspected us. Ho Hum.

Monday, April 9 (1945)

Much milder today. My rest of yesterday bricked me up a lot. Very eventful day. Lesty got in about windows. Finally got a bid. Seems Buchenheimer never sent him his pass yesterday. Jones' men pouring tank foundations. Had one big hole which caved badly. Had one of the biggest "Breaks" ever. Wattamess! 6 inch valve on No.5 started to leak. Sent Hardin after tank for "isolation." Home as usual. Wrote Janie. Did my wash. How this book is filling up. Going to Okinawa getting tougher. Our troops to or perhaps beyond the Elbe.

Saturday, March 3 (1945)

Rainy and sloppy with showers between. Got down to plant to find condensurate pump (4") No 2 had ? in the gland. Gland was stainless steel. Hardin had to chase all over the place to find necessary substitute. He did it though. Found De Wind had been illegally hired. He had quite job and didn't tell. Now I have no inspectors! Found main shaft on #2 spring. Major pushing Roberts for reply.

Tuesday, February 13 (1945)

It evidently rained last night and how. All the streams were clear over their banks and the culverts were chock full. Spent day trying to design condenser. Felt like merry hell but managed to keep going. Finally got a pretty good design. Roberts and Mastin evidently had a tough night and weren't in. As a result, Col. Fox called me and demanded immediate action relative to condensate losses. I knew they'd had some but could see much to do about it till we got condenser. Roberts got in at noon and I unloaded it. Seems Miss Bruce and Hardin worked almost all night last night. On way home got a glimpse of Cumberland Mtns. Fine.