12/29/46-1/4/47

12/29 Sunday Played with the kids all day - anagrams, chess, puzzles, science problems, then anagrams with Lillian at night. Had hot dogs for supper and both kids liked [? two unreadable words]. When I said a fairy brought the book of Knowledge into my room, Sylvia said "And truly?"

12/30 The kids put their balloons away with Eugene writing signs as: "Mr balloons napping place". This balloon kills giants and Indians. The N.C.P.A.C. and the I.C.C. merged into the historic Progressive Citizens of America with co-chairmen Frank Kingdon & Jo Davidson. Wallace keynoted the session. Treasurer M. Nisselson, Secretary Herman Shumlin. Among the Vice-chairmen are LaGuardia, Phil Murray, Paul Robeson Orson Welles, J R Walsh. Carrie J. Bond is dead at 84. We took the kids down with their skates. Sylvia, on her beginners, had no trouble.

12/31 This is the way Eugene spelled 'enough' - 'a naufth'. Sylvia mopes around half the time when Eugene isn't playing with her. The Baruch atomic energy plan was adopted by the Commission 10-0 Russia and Poland abstaining. Russia's objection is that the plan seeks to eliminate the veto in applying sanctions against violators. "The Best Years of Our Lives" was voted best of the year by N.Y. movie critics. The Italian "The Open City" was voted the best foreign picture. Laurence Olivier and Celia Johnson won male and female acting honors. Dixie Tighe is dead.

The movie was apparently "Rome, Open City". The only movie I found with the actual title "The Open City" was a 2011 movie!

1/1/47 Eugene is 4 ft. 2 1/2 in. tall. Weight 62 lbs. Sylvia is 3 ft. 6 3/4 in. tall. Weight 50 lbs. Over to mothers to see the beautiful new and remade furniture. Susan speaks well and 'noshes' incessantly. She had coffee, drained the kids milk, candy, roll, matzo, orange etc. She says 'Sissiya' for Sylvia. her [sic] name is 'Noonie Thaw'. Thousands of Chinese students are protesting the presence of American marines following the rape of a girl. The war between England and the Jews has flared up again with lashings and counter-lashings. President Truman proclaimed the end of hostilities at noon yesterday. NMU meetings saw NY and Phila support Curran and Baltimore. Boston and Norfolk condemn him.

1/2/47 With Eugene back in school Sylvia amused herself building lock block figures representing places as diverse as Africa and down-town. The British Labor Gov't has taken over the newly nationalized mines. The Senate Comm. has declared Bilbo guilty. A woman has been shot in a subway by a girl using a wrapped up gun which she thought was a camera with which a man evidently the estranged husband had asked her to 'shoot' the woman under a pretext. Tony Zale middleweight champ has been named 'fighter of the year'. Illinois defeated U of Cal. 45-14 in the Rose Bowl. Negro Buddy Young starred. Eugene got a compliment for being one of the few who kept in line in the school-yard. Mulloy beat Pails and Kramer beat Bromwich both in straight sets for a clean sweep. Jacob Fishman is dead. Charles W. Cadman is dead. Baruch resigned from the Atomic Energy Commission.

1/3 Most ports condemn Curran. A "House" Committee asked for prosecution of 46 C.I.O. Unions and the C.P. for alleged Election law violations. Another Comm. called for a rebuilding of Germany and break with Russia. Nine criminals broke out of the dilapidated Raymond St. jail. Eugene came home with four charges and two compliments. Sylvia again asked if she could marry Lil or me.

1/4 The kids went down alone. It transpired Cookie K knocked down Sylvia because she liked to hear her cry. Eugene claims he defended her. Stones were also thrown, Eugene's cheek being marked up. Congress' opening saw a filibuster develop over attempts to bar Bilbo from taking his seat in the Senate, with some Democrats supporting the Republican ouster move. Rabbi Wise has resigned from the Zionists.