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Aug 26 Sunday I gave Lil a nylon slip which she had wanted for her birthday. The kids made cards as usual. At noon Harold Levine and Milly drove us to Forest Hills. We paid $1.50 and got the kids in as juniors at 25¢ each by making out E.L.T.A. applications. Eugene was interested but Sylvia mostly annoyed us. We skipped lunch but had hot dogs, ice cream, cracker jacks, pop corn, soda. We saw the Doubles finals which had been postponed for rain several times. McGregor and Sedgman beat Rose and Candy 10-8, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. A good match was Bartzen's fight against Seixas 4-6, 6-0, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3. We had to keep the kids warm at the end (7 PM) as it has been beautiful and cool for four days. At home we took in Chow Mein and egg rolls.

I was interested, as Dad says, but I really didn't want to go; I remember very clearly wanting to stay home and watch the Giants' game on TV, as they were 14 games into what became a 16 game winning streak, getting them back in the pennant race. I also remember the applications we filled out, saying we intended to become members of the Eastern Lawn Tennis Association. 

Aug 27 Gave the kids tennis lessons at Walton. Then at St. James the kids "won" each other at nok-hockey, Eugene winning seven games. Lillian read "The Rest they Need" Herbert Lyons.

Aug 28 Lost to Levine. Bobby and Danny came over and I took all the kids to St James where they played nok-hockey and ball. Bobby tore his pants and Eugene broke a lens.

Aug 29 Eugene drew "Journey to the Center of the Earth" - Verne, "Clutch Hitter" - R. Wayne, "A Treasure Chest of Sea Stories" - MJ Herzberg, "Scotty Allen, King of the Dog Team Drivers", Shannon Garst. Sylvia drew "The Drugstore Cat" Ann Petry, "Two Hundred Pennies" - C. Wooley, "Tommy and his Dog Hurry" H Ferris, "Storm on the Island" E.F. Lattimore. Ridgway rejected a proposal to re-examine the alleged bombing spot. The Nat'l Student Congress voted 220-48 to denounce McCarthyism. Seven Communists were arrested in Hawaii in the "Red" drive. The Giants lost to the Pirates 2-0 to break their 16 game winning streak.

Aug 30 Judge Metzger who reduced the bail of the seven Hawaiian "Reds" faces an ouster. Screen star Robert Walker choked to death after taking a sedative for an emotional disturbance.

Aug 31 Beat Hotez. Peking charged a new bombing of neutral Kasong [sic]. Minor fighting has been going on while truce negotiations pend. At the V.F.W. convention here McCarthy was attacked by Secy of Labor Frances Tobin then invited to defend himself which he did. 

Interestingly, the then-Secretary of Labor was Maurice Tobin. The previous Secretary of Labor was Frances Perkins. It appears Dad conflated the two names. 

Sept 1 Eugene has been working on the Book of Knowledge Centerville for weeks. It is a village of cardboard including bungalows, church, town hall, gas station, etc. We went to Woodlawn but could find no more berries. It was such a dismal day that we went home early. Supreme Court Justice Douglas created an uproar in Congress when he called for the recognition of Red China in order to split it from Russia.

One year, at Christmastime, our building superintendent asked to borrow the cardboard town to put around their Christmas tree.