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Oct 21 Sunday We went to see the beautiful "Cyrano de Bergerac" with Jose Ferrer and "Kind Hearts and Coronets" with Alec Guiness. At the Lido. 85¢ and 25¢. The latter was a farce in which Guiness, in line for the title and estate of a dukedom kills off all the prior claimants and is accused of a murder of which he is innocent. Later the kids went to the Simchas Torah celebration at the temple and got only jelly apples. We went up to the temple for a half hour.

Oct 22 Jersey dockers went out on strike. The naming of Gen Mark Clark as the first envoy to the envoy [sic] brought nationwide protests. Groza, Beard and Barnstable joined the procession of basketball stars who had "shaved" points or thrown games. Eugene drew "Adventure Waits" - Collected by Helen Ferris, "The White Cheyenne" - C. Terrett, "Lucky to be a Yankee" Joe DiMaggio and "Famous American Athletes of Today (7th Series)" Jerry Nason. Sylvia drew "The Barkingtons" Robin Palmer, "At the Back of the North Wind" G. MacDonald, "Little Bear and his Friends" and "Peach Blossom" both by E.F. Lattimore.

Mark Clark was named the first ambassador to the Vatican. 

Oct 23 Sylvia complained of a "belly-ache" for the fourth successive day so Lillian took her down to Dr Holzman. He found she had a simple colitis infection due to a virus. ... She must drink skimmed milk and take terramycin capsules. The dock strike had its first violence. A Unionists car was stoned cutting two men with flying glass. The Stork Club was picketed by Walter White, Laura Hobson and other prominent people over the Josephine Baker snub there. 

Oct 24 The N.M.U. came out in support of the dock strikers as the strike widened thru the East Coast. Egyptian police battled revolutionary crowds.  

Oct 25 Sylvia's temp was 99.8 in the morning. She vomited and was in pain. She ate very little and could not be persuaded to take much tea which she dislikes. 15,000 milk drivers sturck for high wages. 

I disliked tea, also, when I was young. Took me a long time in adulthood before I started liking it. 

Oct 26 Sylvia had a bad day yesterday, in pain all day and vomiting three times. Today she was much better. She takes the capsules dissolved in milk only. The Conservative Party with Churchill regained power in the general elections in England. It was a slim margin of about 36 seats. The milk strike ended after one day with a $10 wage rise and milk hikes of 1 to 2¢ to come.   

Oct 27 Pop came over and lost two chess games to Eugene. He has stopped smoking and cut down on coffee. Sylvia felt much better and went to Kathie L's birthday party but couldn't have anything to eat. Joe Louis' boxing career was ended when Rocky Marciano K.O.'d him in the 8th. Mady Christians is dead.