11/5-11/11/50

Nov 5 Sunday The kids went to Sunday School in the morning as usual. Sylvia's class is making stocking dolls to send to the children in Europe and Israel. Later Eugene and I went to the schoolyard where we played our usual ball games. A kid half our size, Jackie, picked us up and joined our games. He asked us if we come there every weekend. Afterwards while Eugene and I were downtown, Milton Shirley and Seth dropped in for a surprise visit. When we got home we brought ties, cookies, a wallet for Lil, horn for Sylvia and comic book for Eugene. Grover Alexander is dead at 63.

Nov 6 Lil got a tweed storm coat at Alexander's. It was a good buy at $19. MacArthur charged that alien Communists are fighting in Korea as Chinese "Reds" bolstered the North Koreans. The terror in Puerto Rico which found 1000 opponents of Gov. Marin in jail kept many voters at home.

Nov 7 Election Day We voted for Paul Ross for Mayor and other A.L.P. candidates for Gov. Sen. etc. An emergency session of the UN was called because of Chinese entry into Korea.  

Nov 8 Lillian went to Sylvia's class today as it is "Open School Week". She got a lovely report from Mrs Motelson. Sylvia is a good scholar popular with the children and dependable. Election results: Mayor Vincent Impelliteri - Independent Dem. - 1,156,587. Pecora - Dem & Lib 937,060. Corsi Rep. 382,785, Ross A.L.P. 149,182. Governor - Dewey by about 400,000 over Dem. Lynch. Marcantonio was beaten by a three party coalition for Donovan 50,000 to 35,000. Lehman ran well above his ticket to win by 300,000. Labor's nemesis, Taft came through by 50,000 votes. It was a GOP sweep as Administration stalwarts like Lucas FDR Jr. James Roosevelt, Helen G. Douglas, Bowles and Tydings were defeated. Oscar of the Waldorf is dead at 84. 

Nov 9 The Chinese Communists received their first invitation to the UN to discuss the presence of Chinese Reds in Korea. Mexican and Cuban delegates to the World Peace Conference in Sheffield England were freed after being arrested in Cuba. Cuban delegates are still being held. England has barred the entry of 200 prominent delgates to the "Congress". 
 
Nov 10 Lillian went to see Eugene's class in action and got another lovely report just as she did about Sylvia. Eugene, like Sylvia was called dependable among other things. In the evening Lil went to the Cub Scout Den meeting. There are only half a dozen boys but they were noisy and irrepressible - Eugene included. The U.S. asked the UN to discuss the Korean situation before Red China answered its invitation to appear before the UN. 33000 telephone equipment workers struck throughout the country for higher wages. The recent teachers trials were called illegal by the A.C.L.U. Sam Jethroe and Walt Dropo won the N.L. and A.L. rooked of the year award respectively.

Nov 11 Lil and the kids went downstairs to the Synagogue to see Richard Monka's Bar Mitzvah. Eugene left early. Lil Sarah & Madeline chipped in for a nice gift. Later Lil went to Montefiore to see Mrs. Lamphear. Six countries asked China to get out of Korea. The Chinese Reds continued to withdraw in Korea. Faulkner & Bertrand Russell won the 1949 & 1950 Nobel prizes in literature.

Richard Monka was a downstairs neighbor. Sarah (Rosenberg) and Madeline (Gallins) were other neighbors and friends. Mrs. Lamphear was the wife of the building superintendent. 

10/29-11/4/50

Oct 29 Sunday We went over to Mom's for lunch. Harry and Lil came over later. The kids romped around and made a big racket. Pop took us home. Peggy cried bitterly when we left as she wanted to go along with us. Eugene lost a chess game to Pop. In the evening we went to the Girls Commercial High School to see the Post Office Players in "The Schemes of 1950". We saw some excellent bits - a barn dance, showboat etc. and some fine singing and dancing. Mildred sat.

Oct 30 North Korean resistance stiffened as 110,000 Allied troops drove for the Chinese border. Ben Gurion remained Premier of a new Israel cabinet. King Gustav of Sweden is dead at 92 and Maurice Costello at 73.

Oct 31 North Korean troops took to the offensive with Chinese Communists reported in the fight. Anti-US Nationalists in Porto Rico rebelled in several towns with 23 reported killed. Tibet, the object of an invasion by Chinese Communists asked help of India. Russia declared it would boycott Lie, if elected Sec'y Gen'l. A bookie put the finger on nine cops who took graft.

Nov 1 Lil had to get Sylvia some beets as that is what she represents in class. The UN voted to end the ban on Franco 37-10. Save [?] No Korean counter attacks held up the G.I. race for the Manchurian border. John Boettiger Jr 50, former son-in-law of F.D.R. committed suicide due to illness.

Nov 2 Two Puerto Rican Nationalists stormed Pres. Truman's home with blazing guns in an attempt to assassinate him. One assassin and one guard were killed but the president was untouched. The other assassin was wounded as were two other guards. North Koreans ripped into GIs in the Unsan area. The UN extended Lie's term for three years 46-5. G. B. Shaw is dead at 94. 

Nov 3 Many friends and relations of the Puerto Rican assassins have been arrested to ascertain their possible complicity in the shooting. In Puerto Rico, every Nationalist, Communist and left wing trade union leader in sight was jailed. Jim Konstanty of the Phillies won the M.V..P. award in the N.L. 

Nov 4 Eugene and Bobby are playing "Big Business". They could play it all day as it intrigues them. Sylvia is making a dress for her doll, with a pocket. Half of a trapped U.S. regiment escaped the North Koreans as the latter's drive was stopped. Hundreds were arrested in the Puerto Rican revolt. The UN voted to set up a "Peace Observation Comm." with Russia's participation. The vote was 52-5. Machinery was created for a collective security Army. The South Korean Assembly turned down Syngman Rhee's choice for of Education Minister Paik Nak Choon as Premier 100-21. 

10/24-10/28/50

Oct 24 1950 Korean regular resistance ended as the Northerners fled to the Manchurian border. 120,000 prisoners have been taken. The F.B.I. rounded up thirty top alien Communists. Australia raided C.P. headquarters. Truman appointed the five members of the "Subversive Activities Control Board". A big "bookie" was arrested and $127,000 found in his safe. Henry Stimson is dead at 80 and Al Jolson at 64.

Oct 25 A large NoKorean force was reported coming towards onrushing SoKorean troops. Allied planes drew Chinese Anti-aircraft fire from across the Yalu. An A.L.P. rally at the Garden mustered 15,000 people. Among the speakers were Dr. DuBois, Robeson, Marcantonio, Paul Ross, McManus. Lil got a rug for the childrens room at Imporia, $20.

Oct 26 Stayed home from work today. Lil went downtown and bought a hat for herself at Gimbels. She also got some vitamins at Foods Plus and saw the Olson rugs. The U.S. announced it will veto anyone but Lie for Sec'y Gen'l of the UN. 222 "hoodlums" have been rounded up on orders of Acting Mayor Impelliteri in a pre-election maneuver. No prominent names in the underworld have been detained.

Oct 27 India made a stirring appeal at the UN for a cut in arms with the money to be used to feed the hungry. Austin called signers of the Stockholm Peace Appeal traitors to their country. 24 more "hoodlums" were nabbed at the Jamaica racetrack. Two Mayo clinic doctors, Kendall and Hench and a Swiss professor Dr Reichstein won Nobel prizes in Medicine for their work in hormones for arthritis victims. Justice Koch overrode the Police Dept and ordered a permit for a free speech rally in Union Square. Phil Rizzuto won the American League Most Valuable player award.

Oct 28 The kids had a Halloween party here this afternoon. There were present Arline D., Norma G., Cookie, Betty-Ann, Kathie, Derry, Bobby, Danny. Eugene and Bobby thought they were too big for the party and acted rather wild. They ended up playing the baseball game. Lillian ended the party by playing the piano while all sang. Eugene made Sylvia a ring and necklace of beads spending a good deal of time at it. She gave him a kiss which delighted him. NoKorean resistance stiffened but the Allies continued to gain. A movement got under way in the U.N. for recognition of Franco. This was led by the Latin and Arab countries. Milk rose for the fifth time since June.

Deaths - Book 6

Nov/1/49 Ed Stettinius
Nov 19 Bishop Manning
Nov 29 Bill Robinson
Dec 7 Maria Ouspenskaya 
          Rex Beach 
Jan 3, 1950 Emil Jannings
Jan/8 Gen Hap Arnold
      23 Alan Hale 
           C. E. Hughes Jr 
      24 Kolarov
 Feb 25 Lavern Roach
        27 Harry Lauder
Mar 7 Edgar Lee Masters
          Albert Lebrun
          Lou Lehr
        14 Heinrich Mann 
        17 Brock Pemberton
             Ralph Greenleaf
             Adolph Meyer
        20 Edgar Rice Burroughs
        25 Harold Laski
        26 Frank Buck
             Arthur Hopkins
April 1 Leon Blum
         3 F.O. Matthiessen
         4 Kurt Weill
         8 Walter Huston
            Nijinsky
         13 Bainbridge Colby
              Andrew Ponzi
April 28 H.W. L Dana 
             Generoso Pope  
             Charles Houston
May 5 William Rose Benet 
        9 Agnes Smedley
        27 Rep Lesinski 
June 23 Jane Cowl 
July 18 Gen Evang Booth  
            Carl Van Doren
Aug 29 Giuseppe De Luca 
Sept 12 Jan Christian Smuts 
        19 Sarah Algood  
             Pedro de Cordoba  
        22 Richard Lauterbach
Oct 10 Pauline Lord
       16 JJ Raskob
       20 Edna St Vincent Millay

Index of Book 6

                                      1949-50

11/1/49  The Steel Union won a 100 per month pension from Bethlehem
11/2  U.E. and F.E. are out or on the way out of the C.I.O.
11/4  The C.P. '11' were released on $200,000 bail - a victory
11/9  Mayor O'Dwyer was re-elected with Marcantonio a poor third
11/7 [actually 11/17]  Anti-Curran riots begin in the N.M.U. with Curran victorious
11/20  Eugene joins the Cub Scouts
11/23  Another lawyer for a leftist - Hallman was sentenced to six months for contempt
11/29  Ben Davis was ousted from the City Council; Feinberg Law called unconstitutional
12/3  Water shortage hits N.Y.
12/4  We buy a piano for $250.
12/8  The UN voted to internationalize Jerusalem
12/12  We get Mrs. Nadler to teach the children - $4.50 for two.
12/16  We have a water holiday in New York
12/21  O'Dwyer & Gable wed as Stalin gets millions in gifts on his birth day
12/28  Einstein announces his second great theory on all forms of energy
12/31  Dr Sander commits "mercy killing"
1/5/50  World Telegram buys out Sun
1/8/50  Record 2 1/2 million dollars stolen at Brinks of Boston
The previous line was inserted between the 1/5 and 1/18 lines; see the actual diary entries for the details.
1/18  Million and a half stolen in Boston
1/23  Hiss was convicted of perjury and sentenced to five years
1/27  Mercury hits 70°
1/30  Sylvia elected Vice President. The Legion's Anti-Communist Conference opens with labor, liberal and Fascist delegates
2/1  Truman authorized construction of the H Bomb
2/8  Carol Ann Paight acquitted in mercy killing
2/21  The Supreme Court approved of search without a warrant
2/25  The British Labor Party won a close election to remain in power
3/1  Russia reduced prices again and boosted the value of the ruble
3/2  Eugene recovers from inflamed throat; Lillian begins a weeks illness, refrigerator gets out of order; Dr Fuchs gets 14 years as spy for Russia
3/4  Miners settled their strike with raises and welfare fund
3/10  Rogge addressed the Soviet Praesidium; Judith Coplon received 15 years for conspiring to commit espionage, Gubitchev may leave the country. Dr Sanders was acquitted in his "mercy killing"
3/11  We buy our Olympic television
3/21  Major riots started in Italy over meeting bans
3/27  Owen Lattimore was named top Russian spy here.
3/29  City won both the N.I.T. & N.C.A.A.
3/31  Eugene plays piano at the Cub Scout "Amateur Night" performance in PS 86.
4/5  Bridges found guilty of perjury
4/12  American plane shot down over Latvia with no traces found of crew. Sensation results.
4/16  Lil & Madeline take bungalow in Kerhonkson
4/18  Sylvia's first report card - all S's. Eugene's still excellent but first mark below 90 - Geography
4/26  Student demonstrations for teachers raises start
4/29  Get wrist watch from Lil for my birthday
5/3  South Pacific wins Pulitzer prize
5/4  Eight teachers Union leaders were suspended. They refused to answer questions about their politics.
5/5  Chrysler strikers got $100 monthly pensions after a 100 day strike
5/15  We see greatest art exhibition at the Museum of Art
5/19  Dr Goodfriend
5/20  Munition explosion in South Amboy, N.J.
5/23  Eugene ...
5/24  G.M. signs historic contract with U.A.W. giving pensions, yearly increases and cost of living formula
5/26  Trygve Lie returned from his European peace tour
5/29  The 500,000 East German youth marched without incident
5/30  Remington & Lee, gov't officials were told to resign although cleared by Loyalty Board
6/1  Reduced services in P.O. start
6/2  Anti Fascist march into jail starts
6/10  Red Sox get 29 runs for modern record
6/15  I go to Tante Rose's funeral.
6/17  Lillian has backache; Peekskill hoodlums whitewashed
6/26  Korean war starts. UN calls for cease fire
6/27  Truman places forces at the disposal of So Korea
6/28  The UN voted military sanctions against No Korea
July 1  We leave for Meyeroff's Granite Manor
(this entry started a new page, and he changed the format of the dates)
       7  Budge Patty wins Wimbledon Championship.
       8  18-25 draft starts. U.S. put in charge of war by UN.
       9  I tear ligament in my knee
       14  Nehru tries to mediate in war; "Scottsboro Boy" Patterson is freed. 
       15  Trygve Lie asked 52 nations for troops
       17  Wallace supports our action in Korea; Stalin insists on seating of Red China
       19  We make landing in Korea; Birmingham bans C.P.
       28  Russia ended its UN boycott as Malik assumed presidency of Security Council
Aug 2  Senate votes loan to Franco.
       3  Demonstrators at the banned Peace Rally severely beaten by police
       7  Freedom House asks C.P. ban; Bridges' bail canceled and he is jailed; Rep Lanham calls Wm Patterson "Black S.O.B."
        9  Henry Wallace leaves Progressive Party
        12  Bickford pitches no-hitter for Braves against Dodgers
        13  Kiddie show at Meyeroff's
        24  Lil ill in the country
        28  Australia wins Davis Cup from us
        31  Gil Hodges hits 4 homers
Sept 7  Eugene takes first trip - with Jerome E. to the zoo.
Sept 11  Sylvia is elected president.
Sept 15  Allied landings behind NoKorean lines herald the turning point of the war.
Sept 21  The McCarran "Anti-Subversive" bill passes the House & Senate
Sept 24  McCarran bill becomes law as Truman's veto is overridden. Big gambling graft scandal becomes known
Sept 26  Seoul falls to the Americans
Sept 28  Joe Louis fails in comeback against Charles.
Oct 9  Yanks win in four straight over Phillie.
Oct 19  Connie Mack resigns

10/22-10/23/50

Oct 22 Sunday We went to the zoo on an ideal day. Eugene and I walked and we beat Lil & Sylvia as the traffic was very heavy. Sylvia had a camel ride. We had ice cream hot dogs popcorn. We saw the new ape house and penguin house. At home won a chess game from Eugene. Lillian read Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt's "This I Remember".

Mom and Sylvia took the bus. 

Oct 23 Lillian got Eugene two hats at $.89 and both kids similar jackets at Alexander's $6.88. Eugene's Rabbi in Sunday School remarked he was one of the two outstanding boys in the class. Sylvia's picture of Cain and Abel was hung up in Sunday School. Many reports have appeared of massacres of American prisoners by fleeing North Koreans. Arrests of aliens were started under the McCarran Law.

This week's entry is only two days long, as this is the end of Book 6 of the Diary. 

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.

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.