Aug 20 Sunday Yesterday's rain continued until this afternoon. Lost an anagram game to Madeline. Eugene lost a chess game to Herman. Sylvia sneezed all morning and was finally put to bed. Lillian also is catching a cold. Won two out of three ping pong games from Murray, visiting here from Mexico.
Aug 21 Won chess games from Eugene and Herman. Also won 3 out of 4 ping pong games from Murray. Picked berries with Eugene. Then we picked apples. Eugene & Joyce play croquines [?] almost every night.
Aug 22 No Korean losses are called gigantic by U.S. informants, but the former are building up for new attacks. The Senate voted 50-35 to require Truman to impose wage and price controls simultaneously if at all. China called the U.S. aggressors in Korea & Formosa. A E Kahn & Paul Robeson have been denied passports 'at this time'. Bromwich & Sedgman won the U.S. doubles beating Talbert & Mulloy 7-5, 8-6, 3-6, 6-1. Brough & Dupont won the Womens' for the ninth successive year over Hart & Fry 6-2, 6-2.
Aug 23 The battle for Taejon continued. Malik charged US & Britain with colonialism and the latter retorted with charges of aggression against Russia. Rockwell Kent received a death threat. At the World Student Congress in Prague, several American delegates denounced the U.S. Both Eugene & I won two chess games from Herman. Lillian felt miserable all day with a stuffed nose. Won an uphill anagram game from Madeline.
Aug 24 The Peace Information Center here was told to register as a foreign agent. Chicago banned the new Anti-bias film "No Way Out". Lillian stayed in bed today. ... Won a chess game from Herman after losing my queen early.
Aug 25 Won 4 out of 6 P.P. games from Murray. Split chess games with Eugene. He won two and drew one with Herman. Lil was much better today. She was up and around but didn't do much.
Aug 26 Lil's birthday Madeline bought a birthday cake for Lillian. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and ate the cake. I gave her a Ronson lighter and Madeline gave Lil a nail polish set. In the evening Mrs. Meyeroff brought in a cake and a dozen of us again sang 'Happy Birthday'. Longshoremen's boycott of "Red" cargoes is growing here. Truman seized the railroads to avert a strike. Russia brought up the question of Formosa which is being 'protected' by the US, before the UN. The 'House' voted a Franco loan 165-90. Peace demonstrators received 30 day sentences and denunciations by Judge Korn. Bridges finally was freed on bail.
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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