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Aug 27 Sunday We all returned to the city by Russeks truck a week early as Lillian wasn't very well.

Aug 28 No Koreans took Kigye gaining 7 miles. Sec'y of Navy Matthews called for a preventive war on Russia. Lee Pressman states he had been a member of a C.P. cell in the "thirties" but declared Alger Hiss had not been one to his knowledge. The death rate in India's 12 day old quake is nearing 5000. In the Davis Cup finals Saturday, Australia's Ken McGregor and Frank Sedgman pulled a sensation by winning both singles over Ted Schroeder & Tom Brown respectively - 13-11, 6-3, 6-4 and 6-0, 8-6, 9-7. On Sunday, Australia clinched the Davis Cup when Bromwich and Sedgman beat Schroeder & Mulloy 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. It was Australia's first win since 1939. On the final day Sedgman beat Schroeder 6-2, 6-2, 6-2. Tom Brown won our only victory beating McGregor 9-11, 8-10, 11-9, 6-4, 6-2. The kids went to the Kingsbridge with Betty-Ann and little Joyce. They saw "Night and the City" and "Love That Brute". 

Aug 29 Nineteen Nazi war criminals were released from jail early "for good behavior". So Koreans retook Kigye. Truman ordered a MacArthur statement on the delicate Formosan situation to be withdrawn. Pressman 'talked' to the "UnAmerican Comm" naming Nat Witt, John Abt and Charles Kramer as fellow Communists in '34-'35. Jean Muir lost her television job in the "Aldrich Family" although she denounced the C.P. The World Telegram was published for the first time after an 11-week strike. Giuseppe De Luca is dead at 73. 

Aug 30 Sylvia is downstairs playing with her friends continually. Eugene has no one to play with. He watches the Yankee ball game telecast. No Koreans are advancing towards Taegu & Pohang. Red China charges of U.S. aggression against Formosa were accepted by the Security Council. The former's delegates were still barred however from a seat. The "House" passed the 'Wood Bill' requiring Communists and officers of "Front" organizations to register. The vote was 354-20. The C.I.O. ousted the West Coast Longshoremen and Marine Cooks & Stewards union as "Communist liners". 

Aug 31 No Koreans drove nearer to Pohang. Dr Ed Rumely and William Patterson were cited for contempt by "House" votes. The former's was by a narrow margin. The first Negro ever to play in the "Nationals", Althea Gibson narrowly missed scoring a great upset when she led Louise Brough 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 until rain forced a postponement. Today Yesterday Miss Brough won three successive games to clinch the match. Eugene went to the library with Jerome Elkind and drew "Highroad to Adventure" - Howard Pease, "Freddy and the Perilous Adventure" - W.R. Brooks, "Captains Courageous" - R. Kipling and "The Reformed Pirate" - F Stockton.

Sept 1 30000 NoKoreans opened an all out drive on Pusan. 55 died in a plane crash in Egypt. Many notables had been on board including Egypt's #1 film actress, Camelia, UN delegates and residents of a dozen nations. Three leading Communists were arrested for sedition in Pittsburgh. Gil Hodges hit 4 home runs and a single as Bklyn beat the Braves 19-3. 

Sept 2 We watched Mulloy & Flam win over Cochell & Talbert in straight sets quarter final matches, over the television. Then we went out for a walk and brought home chow mein. North Koreans made initial gains in a powerful attack but Americans held fast after early losses. Leading East German Communists including Paul Merker were expelled from the party. South Koreans delegate representative Dr John Chang was voted a place at the Security Council table over Malik's objections. Abraham G. Silverman, Nat Witt, John Abt & Charles Kramer again refused to answer questions by the "UnAmerican Comm.". Josh White voluntarily appeared before the Comm. to attack Robeson & the C.P.