7/7-7/13/46

7/7 Sunday When Sunday comes around Eugene rushes for the "Worker" and "does" the puzzles. Lillian went up to Woodlawn with the kids while I had to work. 3000 survivors of 50,000 Brazilian rubber workers who produced for the war are straggling home. The Soviets have confiscated former German property in Eastern Austria. Meat and butter are up everywhere. At Wimbledon Pauline Betz defeated Louise Brough for the Womens title - straight sets. Brough teamed with Margaret Osbourne to defeat Betz and Doris Hart in three sets for the Womens doubles title. Brough teamed with Tom Brown to win the mixed doubles title in straight sets from Geoff Brown and Dot Bundy. Tom Brown and Jack Kramer won the Mens doubles in straight sets from Dinny Pails and Geoffrey Brown.

7/8 Lillian bought Sylvia a doll's house which Eugene enjoyed assembling. Mother Cabrina is the first American to be canonized. Rep May, racist and red baiter is under fire for using his influence to get war contracts for various firms. Rabbi Wise & Louis Lipsky have been refused Palestine visas.

7/9 Eugene hurt himself and while we were putting iodine on we told him to grit his teeth and bear it. "If I knew what it was, I would do it", poor Eugene said. Lost to Levy. Milk is 19¢, butter 82¢ lb.

7/10 We went to Tibbetts Brook pool today taking Bobby Rosenberg with us. The kids enjoyed the bathing very much. Sylvia wanted to dive in and while we weren't looking she sneaked over to the edge and did. She fell in the water swallowing some and cried. She wasn't so anxious after that but she does like the water as does Eugene. I lost all the kids jackets somehow in the confusion. UNRAA has claimed China is misusing relief shipments, 2% only going to the Communist area. The Senate has voted to eliminate all meat ceilings in the new OPA bill. The A.L. defeated the N.L. 12-0, Ken [sic!] Williams starring with 2 homers and 2 singles. Sarah R. stayed tonight while we went to see "The Bandit of Sherwood Park [sic]" with Cornell [sic] Wilde as the son of Robin Hood and "A Letter for Evie". Franco has murdered four more opponents.

The pool "diving" incident was a very (in)famous family story. I did not actually see it, being in a different part of the pool when she "dove", but was there for the aftermath. Perhaps Dad was shaken up by the incident (and perhaps blame for losing the jackets!); he certainly knew it was Ted Williams and Cornel (one "l") Wilde, and the movie was "The Bandit of Sherwood Forest".

7/11 The kids are making a birthday party for me at 3 o'clock and Burl Ives will be over at 4 o'clock. Sidney Hillman is dead of a heart attack at 59. The Senate has eliminated milk and dairy products from the OPA bill. Longchamps Restaurant owner Henry Lustig has been sentenced to 4 yrs imprisonment and $115,000 fine for income tax evasion. Two others received jail sentences. ILGWU business agent Sol Moss has been killed by gunmen.

7/12 Nine Polish pogrom leaders will hang for the Kielce atrocities. The woman gets ten years. UNRAA now charges Greece also is misusing relief shipments. Many are testifying to the brutal orders of the Lichfield camp commander Col Kilian at the latter's trial. The Senate retained rent control except in states which set up their own systems. Macy's drivers have struck against transfer of the firms delivery service to U.P.S. which is AFL and has less money and more hours. Most employees are respecting the picket lines, virtually closing Macy's. Gloria Singer came down to play with Eugene. At first Sylvia pouted and left the room. After some persuasion she went in to play by herself then played a little with the kids.

7/13 Beat Mencher with Sylvia playing on the sidelines with Eugene. Milton had his concluding operation. Bishop Hlond of Poland has blamed the pogroms on the presence of too many Jews in the gov't. Curran is engaged in a feud with the C.P. in the N.M.U. AFL seamen are picketing C.I.O. ships in a "retaliation" move.