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Nov. 11 Sunday The UN again banned Red China's entrance into the organization. Sigmund Romberg is dead at 64. Eugene and I went to the Boy Scout father and son camping trip. We rode by two cars (six fathers, ten sons and "Buggsy", the leader) to a suburb of Yonkers where we played football, soft ball and ate cooked meals. Eugene passed his cooking test. We had soup hamburgers cocoa and cookies.

I remember the trip, but I don't remember 17 people crowded into two cars!

Nov. 12 We went down to an amusement arcade on 42 st. where the kids played machines: bowling, hockey, baseball, etc. Then we had hot dogs, french fried and drinks, picked up ties and wool and went home. Eugene got a little figure of a cowboy and Sylvia a statue of liberty as prizes at the Arcade. The kids also got packages of ten comic books each at 39¢ a package. They are 10¢ each on the stand. A truce line was finally agreed upon in Korea. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the 1939 dollar is now worth 44¢. A coroners jury in Florida killed cleared the sheriff of guilt in murdering the "Little Scottsboro" prisoner, Sam Shepherd.

Nov. 13 Peron was re-elected in Argentina by a 4-1 margin.

Nov. 14 Two Supreme Court rulings hit a[t] unlawful police acts such as seizure without warrants and evidence obtained from an illegally detained suspect. Rogge turned gov't informer and appeared against The Peace Information Center and Dr DuBois. 

Nov 15 Lillian caught Eugene taking a quarter from her purse. Evidently his allowance (75¢) is too small. His carfare is free and he get [sic] his lunch money in addition. Lil saw Eugene's teachers during open school week. Mrs. Rosen said he showed no imagination. As a whole his work is satisfactory. The US Army charged 6000 American prisoners of war have been slain by Chinese and No.Koreans. Congressmen demanded use of the A-bomb. New York had its first mock atomic air raid involving 300,000 C.D. workers.

Nov. 16 Eugene had an accident in "shop" today, gashing his scalp as he arose after bending down to pick up a pencil. He hit a stake on a work table. Mr. Brandon took him home after the school doctor bandaged him. Lillian then took him to Dr Mersen who took three stitches and gave him a tetanus injection. Eugene's shop teacher Mr. Galinko called up to ask about him and praised his conduct after the incident very highly. Lillian had gone to P.S. 86 in the morning and saw Sylvia shine in her class and play nicely in the  auditorium (Indian Dance in the Firelight). Elmer Rice took a stand against the red scare withdrawing form the Celanese Theater on television because in censored its actors politically along "Red Channels" line. Mary Simkhovitch is dead at 84. 

I actually dropped the pencil under an anvil, used for shaping sheet metal, in sheet metal shop, and hit my head on the anvil. I felt the blow, but just went over to a board to note something, rubbed my head, and found my hand was bloody. I immediately went over to the teacher, whose name, I'm sure, was Mr. Galenka, and, since he was talking with a parent (as Dad noted yesterday, it was open school week), he tried to shoo me away, saying "Can't you see I'm talking to a parent?". I held out my bloody hand, pointed to my head, and he immediately grabbed my hair, and took me to the school doctor. They bandaged me all around the head, so that Mr. Brandon, who was our science teacher, instructed me to call upstairs to Mom so she wouldn't be frightened of my appearance. 
 
Nov. 17 Sylvia drew "Told Under the Green Umbrella" - Intern'l [unreadable] Union, "Make It Yourself" B.W. Carlson, "The Runaway Soldier" Tales of Old Russia by F. Gottschalk, "Boarding School" R. Woody. Eugene drew "The Southpaw from San Fran." - Phil Harkins, "Tommy's Wonderful Airplane" - E. Clymer, "Heroes of Civilization" Cotter and Jaffe and "Pass That Puck" R.T. Flood. 

The book that Sylvia drew shows currently as published by "Literature Committee of the Association for Childhood Education International"