{"id":1902,"date":"2009-09-08T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2009-09-08T04:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=1902"},"modified":"2009-09-08T00:00:04","modified_gmt":"2009-09-08T04:00:04","slug":"today-in-the-frye-diaries-8-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2009\/09\/08\/today-in-the-frye-diaries-8-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in the Frye Diaries, 8 September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2009\/08\/smith1-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"smith\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>At this point the 1942 diary is the only one of Frye&#8217;s diaries that\u00a0continues\u00a0past the first week of September<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">1942<\/span><\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[101] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.museum.tv\/archives\/etv\/S\/htmlS\/smithhoward\/smithhoward.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Howard Smith<\/a> has a book out: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.ca\/books?id=NpBCAAAAIAAJ&amp;q=last+train+from+berlin&amp;dq=last+train+from+berlin&amp;ei=S2-ZSsSFO5KUyQSsq-DRDg\" target=\"_blank\">Last Train From Berlin<\/a>.&#8221; Howard was a very likeable boy, frank and open-minded in the best American way, somewhat naive, &amp; a little sentimental, as Americans are.\u00a0He is one of those who are so unwilling to be cynical that they tend to lack humor. 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