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4/3 Sunday We visited Rachel & Mayer. Mom and Pop, Ida & Max and Yankel also there. The kids played cards, "hide the book" and "mommy and baby".

4/4 Eugene is writing a book of stories about rabbits. Sylvia came home with a story that a child was nearly run over today. Israel signed a truce with Trans-Jordan following similar pacts with Egypt and Lebanon. Kravchenko won his libel suit against Les Lettres Francais with an award of $150. Jane Wyman and Laurence Olivier won Academy Awards for their acting in "Johnny Belinda" and "Hamlet" respectively.

4/5 Sylvia had two important things to tell Lil. She saw a moving picture of "The Greedy Dog" in school and the kids went out all the way to the reservoir. Foreign Ministers of 12 nations - Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxemburg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom & The United States signed the historic Atlantic Pact. It was called a guarantee of peace by the signers and aggressive by Russia. Iran claimed a Russian regiment attacked an Iranian army post. The F.B.I. captured RH Crowe banker embezzler of $690,000 in Daytona Beach, Fla. He had $54,000 with him and claimed he threw the rest into the Atlantic Ocean, having taken the money to make the bank officials angry. 86 died in an Illinois hospital fire. The defence in the trial of the '12' brought out that Budenz had borrowed money from the 'Worker' after having made up his mind to quit.

4/6 The kids went to Norma G's fifth birthday party. When Lillian told Norma she was five she answered "I'm five years old but I act like a three year old". Also recently when Norma saw Lil make my sandwiches she asked about them. When Lil told her they were for Mr. Edelstein she thought a minute then said "Oh, you mean Izzy". The taxi strike is weak with the leader resigning and many cabs rolling. Deputy Premier Kostov of Bulgaria and other leaders were arrested for Anti-sovietism and charged with being spies. Greek rebels won a big victory taking six Grammos peaks which the gov't had won in summer long fighting. A full free Greek cabinet was also announced. 

4/7 Sylvia doesn't like many foods but when she likes something she asks for more. Eugene eats most everything but rarely asks for more. The U.S. asked the General Assembly to consider the trials of Mindszenty and Bulgarian Protestant clergymen as violations of peace treaties with the countries. Truman in a speech to new members of Congress declared he would order use of the atom bomb if necessary in the future. An F.B.I. agent who has been a member of the C.P. for nine years testified the 'party' taught violent revolution.

4/8 Lil called for Sylvia when it started to rain although it had cleared up when she got there. Sylvia was so indignant that she wouldn't walk home with Lil but tagged behind. Eugene forgets to do his homework these days till Lil reminds him. F.B.I. agent H.A. Philbrick testified that Prof. Dirk Struik was a secret C.P. member who lectured on revolutionary tactics. Eight 'Atlantic Pact' nations asked arms to "preserve peace" and were promised them by America. Lil got a pair of Tru-form shoes - $16.

4/9 Sylvia drew a circus which she must send in with 25¢ for a cardboard circus set. The taxi strike was called off with the loss attributable to the handling by Lewis' Mine Union. Left wingers were ejected from a budget hearing by O'Dwyer. Russia cast its 30th Veto to keep Korea out of the U.N. US, England & France finally reached accord on the establishment of a Western German republic. A German fair opened here with much criticism and picketing.