Sat. June 27 
Overcast. Indefatigable peaks clouded. 
Left Beta 7.05 a.m. Making altitude passed 
Arrive at Allens about 6 & we talked till late 
too shower & then ate dinner 
Conway Bay. 
Passed Tower at 7:32 a.[m.] 
" Bowditch at 8.20 
Three tuna boats at 8.55 a.m. fishing. 
Crew of 8 plus 4 passengers. Uneventful trip. 
Nice meals plenty to eat. Midday lunch or 
dinner, as good as Eastern Air Lines & more 
plentiful. Would like to get metal trays like 
that for home. Airlines use plastic trays. 
Sunday June 28 slept through til 8. a.m. after 
turning in at 10 p.m. 
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Monday, June 29. 
Dried plants first thing, Zeteks & 9 with him 
to Pan Am office in Panama which sent me to 
air field office, which sent me to Col. W. C. 
Christy, who gave me priority #4 for Thursday 
from him to Culp[?] for slides priority. Then 
Culp back to airport for ticket; from ticket 
back to passport at administration building. 
Got to Fred Whaler at 12.15 stayed till 2. Saw 
Cummings & Drouilhet till 3.00. 
June 29 
Then to James Baker Major in Army re air 
work[crossed out] meteorological work. Very 
enthusiastic over prospect, hopes we’ll get 
started soon. 
R? Elliott Bailey of Lima, Peru with Panama 
weather Service Minn, man as is Bailey, & 
Fleet. Also all M.I.T. men. Stayed with Bailey 
till near five thirty p.m. Got back to Allens 
and Dorothy drove me over to Komps left 
note on door for them asking them to go to 
dinner 
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with us. 
Sat. when we got in everything was wet. 
Passed through quite a bit of rain during day. 
& at Atlantic side spent quite a bit of time 
circling around before making landing. 
At Mount Hope learned that they had had 
about IV2 hrs of heaviest rain for long time 
(years, I want to say). 
Sunday aft. at Allens bet 2 & 3. 
Also had terrific downpour heaviest I’ve ever 
seen in Panama. So hard & driving in window 
that I had to cover over foot of bed nearest 
window and pull it way away (as far as I 
could) from window. 
Paul had been out all day (Sunday getting 
plants for Arronds[?] re shorts business (to 
cloths) for examination by Congressional 
Committee working on the matter, in order 
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to show them how risky it was to be in 
outlying camps (in jungle and brush) if shorts 
were made Standard uniform. Paul got in cold 
June 30th Tuesday 
Over sleep for about 3d time down here. 
and wet to skin near 6 oclock. 
Today, Monday June 29th 
Dewall[?] Capt. Port at 3.30 to 4 p.m. 
Astor 2 signed on as stenogs or shop[?] 
workers with all articles protecting owner 
signed. 
3 p.m. James Baker 
2 p.m. Whaler 
11.30-2 Robbie looking for Ella 
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