Feb 5 Bloody fighting raged eight miles South of Seoul. Seoul itself is almost deserted. The last of the "Martinsville Seven" went to their death in spite of demonstrations and pleas in many cities. Ford prices are rising in spite of "price control". Sylvia's report card showed all S's and excellent in 'reading'.
Feb 6 The Second trial of the 'Trenton Six' started. The first had been quashed after national protests. The G.O.P. majority won the first test in the Assembly on the rent board. Margaret Schlauch left N.Y.U. to teach in Poland. The biggest UN tank thrusts sloshed into 'Red' lines.
Feb 7 Home from work. Chinese Communists fell back to the Seoul line. 84 were killed and 400 injured in another railroad wreck. A Penn. train was derailed on a temporary overpass and plunged 20 feet to the street below at Woodbridge N.J. At the 'Trenton Six' trial the key issue was confession by police coercion. The railroad strike outlook was better as some 'sick' trainmen returned to work and some demands were eased. The Nevada Atom bomb trial blasts ended with a fifth and biggest blast. Repercussions were felt hundreds of miles away. Joe Louis defeated Omelio Agramonte in ten rounds.
Feb 8 Sylvia's class wrote compositions about their home. Sylvia wrote that she liked her piano best and wanted to be a pianist. The next best thing she liked in her home was the television set. She drew a picture of the room with herself playing the piano and music coming out of the back. Also the television set and 'N.B.C.' on. Her picture and composition won praise from the teacher and ass't principal. The picture was hung up and she was asked to read the compo. aloud. At the 'Trenton Six' trial, testimony showed the defendants not at the scene of the murder. Remington was found guilty of perjury on the first ballot.
Feb 9 The D.A. accused the Penn. R.R. of "a complete and indifferent disregard for human life" A trap was tightened on the Chinese at Seoul. The Army ordered striking rail workers to return within 48 hours or be fired. This was on Truman's orders. The latter charged the union leaders of acting like Russians. The Board of Education ousted the 8 accused teachers on Trial Examiner Kiendl's recommendation. Their only crime was refusing to answer whether they were Communists. Remington got 8 years in jail and a $5000 fine. Thyssen is dead at 77. Read "The Diplomat" Richard [sic] Aldridge.
"The Diplomat" was written by James Aldridge. Don't know who he was thinking of.
Feb 10 Sylvia went to Carnegie Hall with Pamela's piano teacher and several more of her pupils. They heard the Nat'l Orch. Assoc'n with Leon Barzin conducting in a 'Music and Dance' program. Sylvia said she liked it but didn't want to go any more. A Senate Subcommittee approved a limited 18 yr. old draft and 24 months service. The communist line near Seoul caved in or withdrew. The Peace Information Center, formed here to support the Stockholm Peace Pledge was indicted as a foreign agent although it disbanded several months ago. Ed Duchin is dead at 41. Eugene finally won a chess game from me. Eugene went to a Boy Scout meeting at the school Thursday and came home at 10:30PM.
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