7/7 Eugene is enthusiastic that each day he can go higher on the monkey bars. Now he can climb to the top. Sylvia reached the top earlier. Spanish voters said "Ja" to Franco's rule for life except for the courageous minority who abstained. The NAACP and A.F.L. are girding to combat rent increases. The latest rage is saucer-shape object-spotting in the sky. Peron has asked for a declaration of peace saying he will help in rehabilitation and warning against extremists of the 'right' and 'left'. Unscop heard England denounced as exploiting the Jews economically in Palestine. In Athens the EAM & C.P. are allowed to function openly as window dressing. Lillian read "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" by James Barke, of Robert Burns life.
I'm curious why Dad wrote "Ja" instead of "Si". Was it just a slip of the pen?
7/8 Played a game with Eugene out of "Invitation to Chess" and found he knew many of the moves and much of the text by heart. At lunch Sylvia took her toy highchair and two children to the table. She fed some of her food to them in a plate then finished everything herself. Margaret Osborne beat Dori Hart in straight sets for the Wimbledon Singles. Friday we went to see "Design For Living" by Noel Coward with Jose Ferrer at the Windsor but walked out on it.
7/9 Sylvia seems to be getting more bashful and Eugene more aggressive in a make-believe way. Gromyko asked that all foreign troops leave Greece and the UN administer aid to it. The "House" voted a new tax bill by 302-112. It still favors the rich. Dennis was sentenced to one year in jail and $1000 fine. The A.L. all stars beat the N.L. 2-1. The City Council passed a hotel rent freeze 19-1. Coal miners signed a contract calling for the 8 hr. day and $13.05 per day plus other improvements.
The box score scanned in below was pasted in the middle of the above entry, with the note below "Doby's debut a few days ago". He clearly originally wrote "Dobie" (as he did a few days ago) but corrected in from the box score.
7/10 Eugene drew "Billy and the Unhappy Bull" by M. DeJong "Paul Bunyan in the Army" by J. R. Inkslinger "The Tale of the Bullfrog" by H.B. Kane. Sylvia chose "Come Lasses & Lads". We both read Child Care and Training by Faegre & Anderson. I read Leland Stowe's "They Shall Not Sleep". His experiences in China & Russia plus an impassioned plea for an American post-war democratic policy. A big stolen Atom bomb plan scare has fizzled and died away. 7500 including leading Communists & Socialists have been arrested in Athens of the pretext of forestalling an uprising. The "House" finally released "Fascism in Action". Kramer & Falkenburg won the Wimbledon doubles beating
He didn't finish the last sentence. They beat Bill Sidwell and Tony Mottram in straight sets.
7/11 Sylvia's eating is much better now. Eugene's summer haircut makes him look very cute. All nations of the Soviet bloc have rejected invitations to the Marshall Plan parley.
7/12 This morning played tennis with the kids using the paddles. Sylvia is pretty good. Eugene has improved a lot and does very well. Evictions are rising. Lillian took the kids to the Duvac [?] wading pool where they enjoyed themselves.
Can't read the name of the wading pool, don't remember.
All Izzy's comments on politics: nothing has changed, has it!? coz iz
ReplyDeleteYes, reading the diary has often brought home to me "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose"
ReplyDelete