Sept 24 Sunday For the second consecutive Sunday morning I went over to P.S. 86 schoolyard with Eugene where we had a workout, having a catch, playing handball and the game I invented - 'killer'. Lillian registered the kids - Sylvia for the Sunday school and Eugene for Hebrew School at the reformed shule next door. We went over to Lil's to see Harry after his operation. He was in bed and not feeling very well. The kids played hide and go seek with Peggy rushing around shrieking and giving away hiding places. The 'Anti-subversive bill' became law when the Senate overrode the veto 57-10 after a gallant fight by Humphrey, Lehman Langer Douglas & Murray. The cop and bookie investigation has ended in a big police shake up after revelation of millions of dollars of police graft in the $100,000,000 gambling racket.
Sept 25 Marines and G.I's are surrounding Seoul. The kids went to a Succuth [sic] party at the shul.
Sept 26 Seoul fell to the U.S. amid flames. Hiss prosecutor T.F. Murphy was chosen Police Commissioner to replace the resigned O'Brien. Budenz appeared against teacher David Friedman at the latters trial.
Sept 27 G.I's linked up Seoul to Pusan. A Korea peace plan was prepared by England for submission to the Gen'l Assembly.
Sept 28 GIs continued to mop up in Korea as the northerners scattered and broke. Budenz admitted he had earned $40,000 since quitting the C.P., at the teacher's trial. Many high cops are being called in the big graft investigation. Joe Louis failed in a comeback attempt, losing a 15 round bout to Ezzard Charles decisively. Louis had retired undefeated.
Sept 29 Sylvia stuck up for me as being handsomer than a certain television entertainer. Eugene started to write baseball statistics. North Koreans fled in rout as Americans neared the controversial 38th parallel. Washington listed peace terms for Korea. They included a free united Korea, a Korean UN Commission, relief & reconstruction program,
He clearly intended to add something after that last comma, but,
Sept 30 Red China won its first invitation to a UN hearing - charges of U.S. aggression against Formosa. Allies are poised at the 38th parallel awaiting orders. Police Commissioner Murphy placed all 336 plainclothesmen back into uniform. Lester Patterson, who said he left the C.P. in 1937 identified teacher David Friedman as being present at two C.P. meetings. The Yanks clinched the A.L. pennant. Indonesia was admitted as the 60th member of the UN. Won a chess game from Eugene.
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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