3/19-3/25/50

Mar 19 Sunday The house was livelier than it has been for a long time. At supper time Eugene was listening to Nick Carter on the radio in his room. He had his supper in there. Lil Sylvia and I were watching television in the living room and had our supper there. Mom had an xray taken of our her injury which xray was negative.

Mar 20 Sylvia took some paper clips to school and her new bag with some money in it. There were Anti-U.S. riots in Indo China against the presence of our warships. Edgar Rice Burroughs is dead at 74.

Mar 21 Italian plans to ban rallies and meetings met with angry protests by labor unions. The State Dep't ripped back at McCarthy's "Communist" charges. Poland took over Catholic Church lands.

Mar 22 Sylvia likes "Little Lulu" & "Nancy" in the comics. The State Senate passed Dewey's sex crime bill. It embodies indeterminate sentences for convicted offenders with therapeutic treatment and parole for "good risks".

Mar 23 The U.S.Court of Appeals approved 2-1 gov't loyalty discharges without due process. In Italy a general strike saw numerous clashes and many injured and killed. One city was temporarily taken over by Communists. Dewey's State Rent Law was passed by one vote.

Mar 24 McCarthy named the top Soviet spy working in our State Dept. although his name has not been published yet. Republicans are the [sic] putting on the pressure for opening of the loyalty files which Truman is still withstanding. "All the King's Men" won the "Academy" Award. Broderick Crawford and Olivia di Haviland won the Oscars for best actors. The City put new water restrictions into effect, banning hose sprinklers and certain refrigerators and air conditioning devices. Liberal Party leader Venizelos was sworn in as new Greek Premier.

Mar 25 The kids went to Lewis Wasserberger's 3rd birthday party where they saw some movies. Riots in Belgium protested Leopold's expected return. 85 Czechs flew to refuge in Germany. Harold Laski is dead at 56.