2/27 Sunday We went out to Mike's for Isabelle's 8th birthday. Present Sam & Molly Lilly F and her kids, July [Julia] & Sam, Dorothy and her husband, Dora and daughter Millicent, Celia. Evelyn made a delicious dinner with several pies and a wonderful birthday cake. Eugene led Isabel and Barbara in exciting make believe games. Sylvia was a lost sheep. 2 year old Marilyn F. recited "Yankee Doodle" and "Rock a bye baby" and "played" the piano. She is adorable. We gave Isabel $5 and a fun book and Mike a tie. Eugene got a U.S. jig saw puzzle and Sylvia a tea set. All guests got after shaving lotions and powder puffs for souvenirs.
2/28 Sylvia complained her cheek hurt her today. It is usually her ear which really hurts. She didn't go back to school after lunch. When she began to get very cranky we put her to bed and put some drops in her ear. Her temp was 99.5°. She worked on the weaving set Lillian got her after seeing a little girl with one in the subway yesterday. Incidentally Eugene timed the stations and entire ride with his new watch. A bakery strike and lock-out started. A 7 cent raise averted a strike by Edison workers.
3/1 Sylvia's temp reached 101.5° and Lillian called Dr. Holzman who diagnosed an inflamed throat. He prescribed the chocolate sulfa medicine. Sylvia has to gargle and have the inhalator on. Joe Louis announced his retirement from the ring as undefeated heavyweight champion. C. H. Towne died at 72.
3/2 Sylvia's temp was 99.8° in the morning and 100.4° at noon. She acts quite normally. Eugene asked Lillian if he could stay home from school today as the teacher had said some other kids could. The reason was Ash Wednesday! 14 of the 15 Protestant ministers on trial in Sofia pleaded guilty to charges but one denied espionage. In Budapest, defendants in a new trial repudiated their confessions as due to intimidation by police. Thorez called on sabotage to slow down arms production in Western Europe. Southern Senators are filibustering the Anti-filibuster proposal. Yonkers dismissed 500 city strikers under the Condon-Wadlin Law. Stalin announced drastic price reductions of 10-30% on a wide variety of foods clothing household articles etc.
3/3 Sylvia was normal all day. She played with the anagrams. Eugene got soaked to the skin battling in the snow. The U.S.C.P. joined other parties in pledging aid to Russia in an imperialist war against her.
3/4 Eugene and another boy had the best papers on "Gulliver's Travels". Sylvia is playing with the Golden Dictionary. Truman called C.P. leaders traitors for their statement supporting Russia in an imperialist war. Cardinal Spellman and 100 seminarians scabbed in a gravediggers strike. Forrestal resigned his Sec'y of Defense position with L.A. Johnson succeeding him.
3/5 Mom and Pop over and I did Pop's tax. Then to Crawfords where I ordered a suit (which we never got) as they didn't have my size in the one we liked - $31.96. Lillian has a slight cold and back ache. Sylvia was out of bed today. We took her out as the weather turned warm. Judge Medina over-ruled the jury challenge as expected and ordered the trial of the '12' to start. Vishinsky succeeded Molotov as Foreign Minister. Gromyko replaced Vishinsky as Deputy Minister.
The "which we never got" was added with a caret (obviously later).
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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