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11-24-42

Dear Mr. Barclay -

A short note to let you have my apologies about my last Saturday night in Palo Alto. [Grameris?] told me that you were about ready for a little "beer or bourbon" drinking. But I received a wire to report out here on Monday morning at 8 A.M.; so had to take a train for L.A. on Saturday night and consequently was unable to call you. I hope that you were not inconvenienced at the result, and if I get back to Paly before you leave for the East, I will claim a rain-check on the party.

Some unconfirmed information you might be interested in. - A report [earns?] in here yesterday that our mutual friend of the class of '40 or '41, Peter Whittlesry, had been killed in action while flying in the Solomon Islands. It has as
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