Not sure where these folks fit on the family tree, but clearly on the "Modelson" side. The name "Siegal" is clearly written with an "a" before the "l". The "Tieman" name is totally unfamiliar to me.
4/29 A little friend has told Eugene that Gloria Singer wants to marry him. Another riot in our zone in German has resulted in Jews killed and beaten.
4/30 The U.N. Council has voted an investigation of Spain, only Gromyko abstaining, holding none is necessary. Paul Hasluck, Alternate for Hodgson of Australia is a member of the sub-comm. along with the Chinese Brazilian French and Polish delegates which will probe Franco. Osmena has conceded Roxas victory in the Philippine vote. A Civil Rights Congress has been formed representing a million people. US Zone elections in Germany saw Christian Social Union win easily. F. de la Rocque, Capt. Bartlett and have died. Eugene and Gloria can't live without each other. Their romance is the talk of the house. The City C.I.O Council has endorsed
He left space for a third name who died, but didn't fill any in. As I've said, I remember Gloria. I don't remember a "romance" (I was just over six years old).
5/1 Momma came over for lunch bringing me a tennis shirt and shorts for my birthday. Lilly gave me a beautiful tie. We took the kids down to the parade which we enjoyed until Eugene's eye began to bother him. We took the 5th Ave bus home stopping off to get Eugene a globe-$2.39. A plot to kill MacArthur has been uncovered. The Anglo-American Comm of Inquiry has recommended admission of 100,000 Jews into Palestine. Bob Feller has hurled a no-hitter against the Yanks for Cleveland 1-0. He fanned 11 and walked 5. Lillian made a delicious strawberry shortcake for my birthday. Also Lil and Susan walked over and left with Mama at three o'clock. Sylvia has had two or three relapses at night since she became dry.
This was Feller's second no-hitter, and gives me an early chance to talk about my being at Yankee Stadium for my first ball game the day he pitched his third no hitter (7/1/51). Unfortunately, he pitched it in Cleveland. We'll get to it, of course. It's interesting that Dad switches back and forth in what he calls my grandmother; in this entry, she arrived as "Momma" and left as "Mama".
5/2 75,000 marched yesterday. Steps are being taken against the Klan here. Beat Schauer.
5/3 Sylvia saw us embracing and kissing and named it a loving house. When we parted she said the house was broken. Lillian read "A Penny for the Poor" by B. Brecht. She thought it very confused and fantastic. We both read "Dodsworth" by S. Lewis. Sam D. is protrayed sympathetically as a successful businessman who has given too much time to business and too little to learning about women and the society his wife hungers for. Fran D. is maladjusted, afraid to grow old, seeking the mirage of romance childish in her selfishness. Franco is again preparing to murder anti-fascist leaders. Milk has gone up to 16¢ Bread to 14¢. The new Civil Rights Congress will absorb the I.L.D. and N.F.C.L.
5/4 Eugene came home yesterday and told us there had been a special assembly. It was only when Gloria told Eugene it was a nice poem he had recited in school that we discovered he had learned a poem that day and said it in the auditorium. This is the poem "Seeds". "Tiny seeds now softly cry, Hear the North wind blowing, Heavy clouds hang in the sky, Soon it will be snowing. Safe beneath the snow will lie, Cuddled close together, Till the sunny spring comes by through the winter weather." Yesterday Eugene drew "Just For Fun" R. Lawson, "The Happy Heart Family" - V. Gerson, "Sir Lancelot and Scamp" by MS & HL Johnson. "Little Bill" Johnston is dead. Marines have been called in to help subdue Alcatraz convicts who have killed several guards and have barricaded themselves in the prison in a rebellion. The Big Four Foreign Ministers are deadlocked on the question of Trieste. Eugene went to Bruce Solomon's 6th birthday party. Sylvia couldn't go as she caught a slight cold yesterday. Lillian stayed at the Rosenberg's in the evening while they went out under a home and home arrangement. Played some chess with Eugene using Tarrasch's - "The Game of Chess".
This does bring back a memory of reciting in the auditorium, but not a specific memory of the poem.
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