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1/9 Sunday Went to see Aunt Rose in the Menorah Home in Brooklyn. Mom and Pop, Abe & Blume and Faith there. Rose is aging and rather infirm. Eugene does the chess problems on Sunday then turns to the puzzle page. He heard "Moonstone" by Wallace Collins on "Tell It Again". Sylvia was cranky and whiney all day. Sec'y of State Marshall resigned due to illness and Dean Acheson replaced him. James Webb replaced Undersec'y Lovett. Israel downed 5 R.A.F. planes over Palestine. England claimed they were merely scouting.The kids took their third fluorine treatment. The fee for the series was $18. Lillian read "Norma Ashe" by Susan Glaspell and "The Leaning Tower" - short stories by K. A. Porter.

1/10 Sylvia is catching on in reading. Eugene loves detective mysteries. He listens to Nick Carter, Sherlock Holmes and The Mystery Theater on the radio. China has asked the major powers to mediate. A crisis is gripping Greece, unable to defeat the courageous guerrillas.

1/11 Sylvia brought home a school reading book and read to Lillian. She did very well. Truman sent a 42 billion dollar budget to Congress, the largest peacetime. Four suspected basketball fixers were indicted. U.S. warned England to ease its protests to Israel against the downing of its planes. Communist troops smashed the Nationalists north of Nanking.

1/12 Sylvia was proud that she came home early for lunch as she walked back quickly with classmate Bobby. Eugene goes to school with Bobby. It is hoped this will help to soothe Bobby's nervousness about going. Israel asked a UN probe of Englands military movements near Palestine. China's top council asked an end to fighting. A jury freed two white men in the murder of Negro Robert Mallard. Two jur[y]men testified for the defense.

1/13 Lillian saw Dr. Holzman yesterday. He told her she had a tumor in the uterus which should be operated on. He told her to see a gynecologist. Eugene has been practicing his report on Switzerland. Sylvia is studying the Book of Knowledge work book. Hogan, Maclachlan and Gahagan were expelled by Local 100 by a standing vote. Milk went down one cent but Borden's raised A&P's wholesale price in retaliation. Humphrey succeeded Henderson as A.D.A. head.

1/14 Sylvia saw some television (Howdy-Doody and Small Fry) next door but will not go in alone. She took her doll to school. The "Star" has exposed a big gambling syndicate in N.J. where N.Y. bettors place $1000,000 worth of bets daily. A tugboat strike was settled when owners agreed to pay special overtime rates. The 'Nation' charged Egypt has recruited 6000 Nazi PWs. Willy Howard is dead at 62.

1/15 Lillian went to see Dr. Goodfriend under the Fed Plan. He verified Dr. Holzman's diagnosis and told her to seem him in three months. Eugene's composition on favorite winter pastimes was praised by Mrs. O'Rourke. Sylvia's doll did not win the class contest although her teacher admired the sweater and hat. The winner had a pink ensemble.