10/8-10/14/50

Oct 8 Sunday We went to a Chinese restaurant to celebrate Sylvia's birthday We all had chow mein. We then went to the park and the kids played in the playground. At home, played a chess game with Eugene and taught Sylvia a little.

Oct 9 Lil got Sylvia a briefcase, I had brought her "The Golden Book of Songs".
The Yanks made it four straight on Saturday. Ed Ford won the game 5-2 although taken out in the ninth. MacArthur gave an ultimatum to the NoKoreans to surrender. Bombs were hurled at a Communist rally in Paris. None was [sic] hurt. 

I guess Dad forgot yesterday to write about the World Series final game. I was surprised to see the name "Ed" Ford, but this site -http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/fca49b7c- says the nickname "Whitey" didn't stick until after that year. 

Oct 10 Batting Champs. Goodman Red Sox .354 Musial Cards .346. Americans crossing the parallel met stiffest resistance in a long time. SoKoreans entered Wonsan.Vishinsky declared he agreed with some of the points of the UN peace plan. The Viet Minh snapped a trap on the French in Indo China inflicting a severe defeat on them. Pauline Lord is dead. 

Oct 11 The NoKorean gov't rejected MacArthur's ultimatum and ordered a fight to the end. Vishinsky asked a series of "Big 5" talks on world peace. Several hundred aliens were detained at Ellis Island under a section of the McCarran Law. 

Oct 12 The kids took their first piano lesson of the season with Mrs. Nadler yesterday. North Koreans continued to resist strongly. A portrait of Paul Robeson was banned from an exhibit of famous Negroes in Boston. Teacher David Friedman's trial ended with only one defense witness having taken the stand. Friedman himself did not testify. 

Oct 13 The U.S. fleet led by the big Mo shelled a NoKorean port 49 miles from Siberia. Russia vetoed a second term for Trygve Lie as U.N. Sec'y Gen'l. Frankfurter and Jackson denounced disloyalty firings at a Supreme Court hearing in the case of Dorothy Bailey. 

Oct 14 Eugene drew "Batboy of the Giants - G. Garreau, "Stolen Pony" - Glen Rounds "Rocky Billy" - H.C. Holling and "The Deerslayer" - F Cooper. Sylvia drew "The Smiths and Rusty" - A Dalgliesh "Playtime on Cherry Street" - P. Bianco, "Along Comes Judy Jo", M.B. Hill and "Tippy" Sally Scott. Lillian read "The Busy People" - Sam Spewack "The Fires of Spring" JA Michener and PT Barnum. We got Eugene brown shoes at Tom McCann [sic] - size 5 1/2D - $5.29. Sylvia got black velvet shoes at Miles Size 2 1/2 $4.49. The Allies slashed at 20000 No Koreans caught in a trap. Truman flew to the Pacific to confer with MacArthur.