10/17 Sunday We went downtown getting ties wool and delicatessen for supper at home. Sylvia got a drawing book and both kids sat down in adjoining seats to color when we got home. Sylvia charged we were 'noshers' because we didn't give her enough delicatessen although she doesn't eat frankfurters.
10/18 A nasty day and both kids rather cranky, especially Sylvia. She complains she needs a new crayon box for school as some of her colors are missing. Rogge linked up Manhattan Borough Pres. Rogers with racketeer Costello. The Greek Royalist gov't made a fantastic charge that Polk was murdered by Communists. Four "guilty" were named. Fighting broke out in Palestine as Israel forces threatened to split an Egyptian force. The N.L.R.B. ruled in an important decision that scabs could replace strikers permanently. Mass picketing was also attacked.
10/19 Lillian saw Irving Rosenberg about her leg pain. He said it was a common ailment of women who wear high heels. He strapped her leg and gave her some exercises. Both kids are playing the new childrens records which they both love. Wallace attacked the NLRB ruling giving scabs preferences and the mass picketing ban before 5000 Westinghouse workers. Cuban maritime and C.P. leader A. I. Dias [?] was assassinated presiding at a union meeting. A witchhunt was launched in Cleveland. Beer drivers launched a wildcat strike against speedup.
10/20 Eugene drew another 'Ransome' book "We Didn't Mean to go to Sea" Kingsley's "The Heroes" - Greek fairy tales. "Brownies and Prince Florimel" by Palmer Cox and Howard Fast's "Haym Solomon". Sylvia chose "Boppet, Please Stop It" by Ida Binney, "Jerry and the Pony Express" by S. Tousey "Angleworms on Toast" by MacK. Kantor and "Peg-a-Leg" by Lin Cutler. Rep Celler charged the U.S. forced Count Bernadotte to offer the Negev to the Arabs. The Chinese Red Army won a great victory in Manchuria, also capturing the Kuomintang commander. Greek guerrillas claimed two of the four accused in the Polk murder are dead, one dying before the murder was committed. More teachers appeared before the "House Labor Comm." inquisition without weakening. We went to the Fordham at night to see William Powell Irene Dunne and Elizabeth Taylor in a delightful "Life With Father". Also Abbott and Costello in "The Noose Hangs High".
10/21 When Sylvia left some of her cereal and was told "no candies or cookies today" she said "then I won't have any cavities". 4000 Koreans revolted against the American-sponsored South Korea gov't. The UN voted to postpone debate on Palestine 34-11. U.S. voted to postpone Russia against. Forgery by Quill and Faber was charged in the T.W.U. poll. Elissa Landi is dead at 43.
10/22 Eugene came in with a million things to tell that would take an hour. The boys lined up better than the girls at school and he was office monitor as well as vice-pres. Sylvia agreed voluntarily to meet Lil at the drug store rather than at the school. The Supreme Court refused to order Illinois to put Wallace on the ballot. A Gerson worker was beaten by detectives.
10/23 Lil and the kids have colds of varied intensity. The kids love to wrestle and roll about. Ilse Koch was hanged in effigy. Israel and Egypt accepted a truce. French strikers and guards were killed in mine strike clashes. Cardinal Hlond is dead at 67.
My father started a "diary" in 1945 (more accurately, a journal, covering both family and current events), and I'm going to see if this is a decent way to publish it. Since I'm doing it as a blog, to get to the beginning of the journal, you have to go to the beginning of the blog.
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