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9/19 Sunday Sylvia was slightly affected by the injection as she was last year. Eugene heard Verne's "The Mysterious Island" on "Tell It Again" today. He also made his first attempt at constructing a crossword puzzle. Played him a game of chess. Gates was ousted from the A.V.C. for incompatibility. Emil Ludwig is dead at 67. Lillian read "The Axe of Wandsbek" by A. Zweig and I read Gunther's "Inside U.S.A."

9/20 Sylvia walked right into her line this morning. Her regular teacher Miss Hilzer was there today. Sylvia learned this song "Knock, knock, Peek in, Lift up the Latch and walk in". The motions are knock on the forehead, touch the eye, push up tip of nose, put finger in mouth. Soviet troops will leave Korea Jan 1. Quill backers slugged an anti-Quill I.E.B. member in Omaha. Pancho Gonzales 20 year old sensation won the Nat'l Singles over South African Eric Sturgess 6-2,6-3,14-12 in a tournament packed with upsets. Semi finalists were Flam & Drobny. Eliminated were Parker, Talbert, Mulloy. Margaret Osborne Dupont upset champion Louise Brough in the Womens' Singles 4-6,6-4,15-13.

9/21 Sylvia was very hot during the night. She didn't sleep for several hours. She has a loose cough. Lillian gave her aspirin and an alcohol sponge. This morning she had 100.2. Lillian called Dr. Holzman who told her to give Sylvia neo-synephrin drops and use the vaporizer. He also wanted to know Sylvia's temp at 12 and 3 o'clock. Eugene saw films about bread making and asked us questions. The Army used scabs to move a West Coast ship into Brooklyn. Israel outlawed the Stern Gang. Indonesian Republic set up a dictatorship to fight the Communists who had set up a people's republic in Madiun. Louise Bransten accused of being a spy, refused to talk to the UnAmerican Comm. City College students walked on on accused Anti Semitic Prof. Knickerbocker.

9/22 Sylvia's temp was 101° at noon, 100.5° at 3 PM and 100° at night. This morning she was normal but still in bed. Eugene didn't want to go down yesterday. But when he did and found the kids skating, Lil had to call him at 6 PM. He was elected Vice Pres. of the class but prefers office monitor. The City Council again rejected Gerson with Davis almost coming to blows with Hart. Scab dress shops brought gangsterism back to ILGWW [surely, ILGWU] when business agents and pickets were slugged. The City Council voted the Cunningham Bill requiring a $5. fee to use a sound truck with power to the police commissioner to deny a permit. Marshall & Bevin proposed Israel accept reduced territory in exchange for recognition at the opening of the UN Gen'l Assembly. Evatt was elected President. Eastern European powers were disregarded in the election of six standing committees. The Dean of Canterbury will come here under the sponsorship of 93 liberals after the Nat'l Council of Soviet Amer Friendship failed to get a visa for him.

9/23 Sylvia is out of bed today but her cough is worse. Bob Thompson was waylayed and beaten and stabbed in Queens by three thugs. 1100 Union leaders criticized the indictment of C.P. leaders in a petition to Truman. Marcel Cerdan Ko'd Tony Zale in the 12th round to gain the world's middleweight title.

9/24 Sylvia's ankles swelled up yesterday and her temp rose to 101°. She returned to bed where she likes to play with her peg set. Israel and Zionists here rejected the Bernadotte proposals on Palestine which Sec'y of State Marshall endorsed. O'Dwyer refused to accept protests or act on the Thompson stabbling! Read Duranty's "I Write As I Please". Lillian read Priestley's "Bright Day". Dr. Holzman came and ordered a urinalysis for Sylvia. It turned out negative so he decided the swelling which has now subsided was due to an allergy. 

9/25  Eugene drew "Romance of a People" by Howard Fast, - Jewish Biblical history. "On the Dark of the Moon" by Don Lang. "The Master Wizard" translated by JD [JB] Bernhard - Polish Fairy Tales. "Swallows & Amazons" by Arthur Ransome. We drew for Sylvia "Hercules" by H. Gramatky "Andy and the School Bus" by J Beim. "Through the Year" A children's science book "Jerry Goes to the Circus" by F. Battle. A delegation finally pressured the police into accepting protests on the Thompson stabbing although O'Dwyer refused to see them. 500,0000 [sic] struck in France for two hours in protest against rising prices. McMahon exposed Quill as a former C.P. member.