12/23 Eugene is learning how to write long hand. Sylvia measures her urinations, viz. as big as the towel or the toothbrush. Ray Robinson, Friday won the vacant Welterweight title in a stirring 15-round decision over Tommie Bell. 2 hrs. O.T.
12/24 Sylvia is out of bed. Eugene called Bobby R. "a damn brat" in the yard. A Navy boat trying to land a Socony representative in Dairen Manchuria was ordered to leave by Soviet authorities in charge under the Russo-Chinese treaty. Suits for portal-to-portal pay amounting to a billion dollars will be instituted against hundreds of companies after a favorable Supreme Court decision. The City Council after an investigation adopted a report asking the end of tax exemptions for discriminatory schools. Lillian read "The Complete Dashiell Hammett" and "Reprisal" by Ethel Vance (G. Z. Stone). We both read "Color Blind" the clever discussion of anti-Negro prejudices by Margaret Halsey. John Barton (Jeeter Lester) and W. C. Fields are dead.
12/25 Lillian and the kids went to mothers. The Edelsteins and Beckers there. The house, completely furnished is beautiful. Mom gave Sylvia a pack of cards which she keeps in her bag as her own. This morning the kids played casino. Mrs. Kreisler gave the kids their Christmas presents a bag and a book for Sylvia and a book for Eugene. Also a box of cherries for us. Eugene did the fifth anagram himself [see the scanned in page to understand this]. The kids are playing with the anagrams. 800,000 Nazi small fry were given a Christmas amnesty. Donald Day, Chicago Tribune correspondent who broadcast for the Nazis has been freed! The State Dept admitted the Russian right to ban the American landings in Manchuria. City workers have been give a $300 cost of living bonus. Joe Curran has resigned his Comm. for Maritime Unity post.
In addition to scanning in the page noted, I'm also including some UN info from the New York Times that had been pasted in on the opposite page, but had come loose, although there is no mention of it in Dad's text.
12/26 Lillian got up with an earache and a three day old cold a little worse. She went back to bed for a while but felt a little better after applying some hot oil to her oil [sic; surely "ear" was meant!] and was soon out. The kids went down after Bobby R. called but when it started snowing they came up saying it was raining. Sylvia was punished for saying "darn rat".[can't tell for sure, but it could be "dam rat"] The new Chinese Constitution was unanimously ratified with Kuomintang opponents absent. The kids played 'doctor' with Barbara at mom's yesterday. Each kid charged the other 'stank' today.
It's on the above scanned in page, so you can decide for yourself if he wrote "darn" or "dam".
12/27 Eugene drew "The White Duckling & Other Stories" - Russian folk tales translated by N. H. Dole. Also "Lets Find Out" by N&H Schneider - a picture Science book and "The Little French Farm" by Lida. Sylvia had a toy in her mouth. When Eugene said she would die she took it out and said "See, I'm not died". Labor party rebels are gaining in their fight against Bevin's foreign policy. Fighting continues in China and Hanoi where the French are gaining. Comm of Corrections Amoroso has been ousted by O'Dwyer in connection with the bribery scandal. There was no Dairen Ultimatum, it was disclosed by the State Dept.
12/28 With Ted Schroeder playing the match of his life, we defeated Australia in both singles the opening day and clinched the Davis Cup in the doubles. Australia had taken the cup from us in 1939 the last year matches were held. Results Ted Schroeder defeated John Bromwich 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 0-6, 6-3. Jack Kramer beat Dinny Pails 8-6, 6-2, 9-7. Kramer & Schroeder beat Bromwich and Adrian Quest 6-2, 7-5, 6-4. Mulloy, Talbert, Tom Brown and Frankie Parker all members of the American team failed to be named for the matches tho' they all traveled to Australia. Parker especially was put out about it. We went to Barbara Becker's fourth birthday party traveling in Harry's car. Mom went but Pop was tired. Susan 'noshed' all day. All the children at the party had a good time. Sylvia got a hot water bottle bottle [sic - I'm pretty sure the first "bottle" was supposed to be "doll"] after recitation of "Row, row, row your boat" and Eugene got a pencil box after singing "God Bless America". All got balloons also. It is disclosed butter prices have been artificially rigged up to raise the price of milk. Now sugar is being cornered. A break in prices is beginning. Bob Wagner Jr. has replaced N T Saxl as N.Y. Commissioner of Housing & Buildings.
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