Saturday, January 23 Have worked on Drs scrap book most all day. The British 8th Army took Tripoli today the last remaining Axis one time empire of Africa. Beneath a proud statue of il duce, Italys General Italo Balbo (speaking) addressed a crowed in Tripoli November 3, 1938, when 20,000 Italians arrived to establish a colony in Libya. Today Balbo is dead, having been killed in a plane crash in Africa in 1940, and Mussolini has lost Tripoli, his last outpost of empire in Africa, which was taken by the British Saturday. Sunday, January 24 Avon arrived by train in S.L.C. last night & came up here this A.M. So we have spent the day visiting. She was home last two yr. ago and much water has gone over the dam since then. She is a grand girl or women over forty years has three children Charles, a young man in High school, Carlin very talented in serving 14 yr. old and Que a real boy of 11 yr. She & her Husband are very happy living on their own ranch 2 mi. from Oakdale Monday, January 25 A letter from Thair from their Command and General Staff School, Leavenworth Kansas saying that not later than Feb 4 he must be at camp Jackson a center of 80,000,000 officers & soldiers whe the 106th Iuf. Division will be activated Feb. 15th to be trained for 35 weeks. He will be division (10 to 15 thousand men) Surgeon & responsiable for training, Sanitation, Medical care etc for the entire group. A great responsability. Not easy. Yanks blast African Nazis Tuesday, January 26 Avon is buisy at dentists and seeing friends. Lucile and I went down town. Nothing Special today. Dr goes on like a cloth always buisy & much the same. He is a wonder at his age to do so much. Yesterday the girls and I spent with Cleone nice lunch and a good time. So good to be togather again & to have my sister Lucile here again.