10/15-10/21/50

Oct 15 Sunday Lil went to the cemetery today. In the afternoon Mom and Pop took us over to Anne's. We saw Ritchie [sic] who burst into tears when we all marched in but became used to us soon. He is a blond buster. Sylvia and Barbara went to the playground. Mom, Pop, Mac, Uncle Abe and I played some poker to finish the evening.

"Ritchie" - he is "Richard". 

Oct 16 Truman talked with MacArthur for three hours at Wake Island. NoKoreans were driven back. 95% of the electorate in East Germany approved a slate of 70% pro Communist and 30% Christian Dem & Liberal Dem. candidates. JJ Raskob is dead at 71. 

Oct 17 Lillian sat for Mildred for a while last night then went to a Cub Scout meeting. Eugene was supposed to bathe and go to bed at 9:30. When Lil got home at 10:30 Eugene was watching television and had not taken his shower. He seemed rather dazed and said he had forgotten. Sylvia had gone to bed at 9 as she was supposed to. Nehru declared the U.S. plan for a U.N. Army was a step toward war rather than peace. High police continue to resign rather than talk in the graft investigation. The Supreme Court eased some Jim Crow restrictions in Florida. Alice Citron was the second teacher to be tried in the "red" case. 10 Harlem mothers testified for her in the one day trial. Israel had its first Cabinet crisis.

Oct 18 Truman declared we will continue to arm against Soviet aggression. A copy of a letter was reproduced showing that Dewey had offered Hanley a large money bribe to stay out of the gubernatorial race. Another teacher on trial, A Feingold refused to answer the question "Are you a Communist?" Jersey City enacted a 'red' registration law. Three Pittsburgh 'reds' were indicted for sedition. 

Oct 19 Sylvia did not have to do any homework because she did good work in school. UN troops entered NoKorean capital Pyongyang as the Northern Army fled. The UN voted a 14 power "Peace Observation Committee". A U.S. judge killed the Birmingham Anti-Red law. David Greenglass pleaded guilty to conspiring to convey secret gov't information to Russia in time of war. The 4th teacher on trial, Mark Friedlander, refused to answer the $64 question. Connie Mack resigned after 50 years manager of the Athletics. 

Oct 20 Tito decreed equality of rations for all Yugoslavs. UN troops occupied all Pyongyang. Russia charged the West is creating a German Army and warned it will not tolerate it. The UN by a vote of 50-5 approved the Acheson Plan to give warmaking power to the Gen'l Assembly and cut down the power of the Security Council. The French Assembly approved the war in Indo China 353-215. Australia outlawed the C.P. Edna St Vincent Millay died at 59.

Oct 21 Lil & Harry left the kids here while they went downtown to get some furniture. Peggy speaks wonderfully for her age. Molly came over also. Parachutists cut off thousands of fleeing North Koreans.