6/28 Sylvia wasn't allowed to go out this morning but made a dozen sorties to the door threatening to go out. Eugene complained of a belly-ache at lunch-time.
6/29 Sylvia wanted to know if you grow if you eat when you're dead. When told you don't eat when dead, she said "Suppose you don't know you're dead". The Cominform severely criticized the leadership of the Yugoslav C.P., particularly Tito, Kardelz, Rankovic and Djilas for departing from Marxist principles, taking anti-Soviet positions, currying favor with imperialism. The party had refused to participate in the recent Cominform meeting. Russia permitted food to enter Berlin after closing the boundary to all surface traffic on June 19. Hundreds died in Japanese earthquakes and tidal waves.
6/30 Eugene got all A's and S's with an 'improving' in penmanship. He will enter the fourth year. He likes to make up and guess riddles. Sylvia refused to go to the park with me this morning where I played with the girls - Sylvia, Louise and Chloe. Eugene drew for vacation books "The Golden Fleece And The Heroes Who Lived before Achilles" by Padraic Colum. "Alice in Orchestralia" by E. La Prade. "Winter Holiday" by A. Ransome "Caddie Woodlawn" by C.R. Brink "Blackfeet Indian Stories" by G.B. Grinell. "The Prince and the Pauper" - Mark Twain. Sylvia applied for a card printing her name three times. She drew three stories from the Russian by Marshak. "Small Rain" - Verses from the Bible J.O. Jones. "Katy No-Pocket" by E. Payne and "Ambrose Kangaroo" by E. Macintyre. The Yugoslav C.P. rejected the Cominform criticism and asked for mutual confidence. There have been 11000 casualties in the Japanese earthquake. Cooks' Union official A. Suisi was arrested for deportation. A new left wing labor federation was launched in Mexico to replace the C.T.M.
7/1 Eugene brought home some leaves in order to find out in the Book of Kn. what kind they were. Sylvia stayed with him in the park while I went to the bank, after much persuasion. We began to pay a 10¢ fare today. Tito called for a Balkan federation consisting of Yugo. Albania & Bulgaria. Dept. Store owners appeared before Congress to ask for help in breaking unions led by left-wingers. Eugene's weight 64 lbs. Height 4 ft 5 1/2 in. Sylvia's weight 53 lb. ht. 3 ft. 10 1/2 in.
7/2 Sylvia beat Eugene at "hit the penny". Later they started measuring books, rugs, halls, etc. The Czech S.D. party was merged into the C.P. Russia withdrew from the Berlin 4-power Kommandatura. Italian left wing socialists voted to take a position midway between proposals to continue the alliance with the C.P. and to split with them. Tito is isolated with Albania and Bulgaria supporting the Cominform's criticism. Mayor O'Dwyer moved to purge all supporters of Judge Valente and set up a group to fight "Tammany".
Although he says nothing about it in the text, this entry has a box score pasted in, of a no-hitter by Bob Lemon; see scanned in page below. .
7/3 Had lunch at Mother's where Susan appeared, as round as a ball. Eugene lost a chess game to Pop. Yugoslavia threatened Albania for "insulting Tito". At night Sylvia came down with 104°. With Dr. Holzman away, Dr. Seltzer came and gave her a shot of penicillin. The temp. came down to normal. The doctor found nothing but a slightly red throat. Lil's cousin Lilly Albert with her husband Nate and son Tony came in suddenly from L.A. Only Lilly came up because of Sylvia and chatted with Lil for an hour and a half. Truman signed the $450 raise bill.
I met Nate, Lilly and Tony many years later on a trip to L.A.; didn't realize that I had met them (at least Lilly) before!
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