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Sept 3 Sunday Sam & Molly and Lil & Harry and the kids came over. We had hot dogs, potato salad, etc. The women played Canasta while Eugene beat each of the men in the baseball game he had gotten in the country. Sylvia and Susan worked for hours on baking cakes using the toy pastry set. When it came time to go home Susan cried as they hadn't finished. Peggy cried that Eugene had smacked her. "What did you do to him?" "I smacked him back". Sam and Molly stayed late. We saw "Uncle Vanya" with Boris Karloff and "The Payoff" with Lee Tracy. Read We both read Michael Blankfort's "Big Yankee" & Irving Stone's "Adversary in the House". 

Sept 4 Labor Day Stayed home all day watching the Yanks divide a double header with the Athletics and Herbie Flam enter the finals in the 'Nationals'. by beating Mulloy in five sets. Mom and pop dropped in about 3:30 on their way home from the mountains. Nationwide G.E. strike started. A new No Korean offensive carried them to within ten miles of Taegu. 

Sept 5 NoKorean flanking drives periled Pohang and Taegu. Ford signed a 5 year contract with the UAW increasing wages 8¢ per hour, pensions from $100 to $125 monthly, 4¢ per hour annual increases, hitching wages to cost of living. In Oklahoma C.P. leader Alan Shaw, Scientist Lomanitz and three others were arrested when C.P. literature was found in their trunk.

Sept 6 Most of Eugene's pants do not fit him. Both kids grew a lot during the summer. Pohang fell to the NoKoreans. It was reported that a Russian plane was shot down off Korea attacking U.S. forces. Malik called the charge provocative. Art Larsen won the National Singles beating Herbie Flam 6-3, 4-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3. Mrs. M.O. Dupont won the women's title over Doris Hart 6-3, 6-3. Ken McGregor & Mrs. Dupont won the mixed doubles 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. Gil Hall won the veteran's over John Sisson 6-1, 7-5. 

Sept 7 Eugene made his first trip without us when he went to the zoo with Jerome Elkind. He packed a lunch and got 50¢ to cover carfare, soda, icecream. The kids went to Fordham with Lil yesterday to get some school supplies. Eugene got pants for $3.00. Sylvia got a dress for $4.00. NoKoreans are within 7 miles of Taegu. Russia vetoed an American proposal calling on all countries to refrain from aiding NoKorea. Russia claims the plane shot down yesterday by us was only on a training flight and asked compensation. A rally sponsored by several ministers to protest banning of peace rallies was itself banned. 

Sept 8 Eugene had a good time at the zoo yesterday. The kids spent their carfare money and walked home. The NoKorean offensive "petered out" after early gains. There is much stir about the Anti-Comjmunist publication "Red Channels" which has listed 151 actors, producers, etc. as associated with "red causes" in the future. Jean Muir lost her job because of protests based on her listing. A committee led by Rabbi Benj Schultz is also active in fighting "Communism" in the entertainment field. Irwin Shaw has withdrawn his 15 year old play "Bury The Dead" in order to purge himself. French police rounded up 266 "Alien Reds". Lillian went to see Dr Goodfriend who found the tumor the same. He was not sure of the cause of Lil's illness in the country.  

Sept 9 100 Westinghouse workers demonstrated for the discharge of 17 "Reds". Dr Sidney Weinbaum, jet expert, was convicted of "perjury" in denying C.P. membership and Dr Hsue-Shin Tsien was held for deportation as a Communist. Sandy Saddler won the world's featherweight crown when Champion Willie Pep dislocated his shoulder in the 8th round. Pep had been leading decisively.