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July 22 Sunday Lillian went to see Eugene by bus. Eugene is in a new cabin in the lower berth. He likes the boys better there and seems happier. He has had a slight cold but seems none the worse for it. I took Sylvia to the zoo. First she went on some rides in a carnival opposite the zoo. Inside she fed a fish to the seals and animal food to some of the animals. She went to the Children's zoo. We had peanuts, popcorn and ice cream. At home pop came over to see the Giants win the second game over the 'Reds' to split. The Board of Ed. voted to bar "leftists" from use of the schools. The overflow of the Missouri has cased one of the most disastrous floods in our history.

The boys in the new cabin, especially the cabin leader, whose name I cannot now remember, were very welcoming to a homesick Scout, and I had a much better time from then on. 

July 23 Navy Chief Admiral Sherman who has just worked out an agreement with Franco, is dead at 54. 

July 24 Truman asked for $30 Billion more for arms and a larger army. Petain is dead at 95.

July 25 Practiced with and beat Hotez. Lil accompanied the playground school on an outing to Van Cort. Park. Korean mediators met for the ninth time today with the only snag the withdrawal of foreign troops. The latest in basketball scandals involves the great Bradley team. Four stars: Melchiorre, Preece, Mann and Grover confessed to taking bribes to fix games and implicated four other teammates. W. [sic] J. Flaherty is dead at 67 and Kelcey Allen at 75.

July 26 Lil Madeline and Sylvia and Norma went to the wading pool at Bdway and 242nd st. A Communist proposal at the Korea parley said to offer to defer discussion of withdrawal of foreign troops until an armistice is signed is under study by the UN. Three Toledo cage stars confessed to fixing games. Costello Adonis and Erickson were indicted on contempt charges. Field Hammett and Hunton were denied bail pending their appeals by Supreme Court Justice Reed.

July 27 Beat Warner. Lil and Madeline went to the Broadway wading pool again where the kids have a great time. The girls take their chairs along and sit in the shade. The F.B.I. seized 12 more C.P. leaders led by W. Schneiderman. An agenda was agreed on by the cease fire negotiators. Dirk Struik refused to talk to the inquisitors.

July 28 Two weeks vacation. We got a letter from Eugene today relieving us greatly as we had no mail all week. He passed map reading, wild life, trailing and hiking methods. He also went on an overnight hike with four other boys. He is a member of the order of the bagels. Abner Green was jailed for contempt when he refused to produce records of the A.C.P.F.B. The Institute of Pacific Relations is being investigated by Sen. McCarran's Internal Security Comm.

I do not remember the "order of the bagels", but it sounds like something we made up, as the "Order of the Arrow" was (and is) the Boy Scout honor society, and a big deal at camp.