1/13-1/19/52

Jan 13 Sunday Eugene and his Boy Scout Patrol went off to Tibbett's this morning for an "outing". They took sandwiches bat ball and carfare for the bus. Teddy Kass Paul Kapelow and                         accompanied Eugene. They got home about 5:30 all tired out. Evelyn and Isabel came over also Sam and Molly. I had to work today however.

Dad left space apparently for a third name on our "outing".

Jan 14 Lil went downtown to look at some sofa beds then got Eugene a coat at Lane's for $8. She had returned the other one to Alexander's. She also got a jumper dress for Sylvia $2.

Jan 15 Eugene's rash has mostly cleared up. He has been getting a salve and omitting eggs, chocolate, citrus fruits. Leftists made great gains in India elections. All 36 aboard a plane that crashed into the East River were rescued. Joe Louis was barred from a golf tournament sponsored by the P.G.A.

Jan 16 South Pacific fired Roger Rico for his poor English. He had supported Josephine Baker. Frank Costello was free of his contempt of Congress charge as the jury was unable to reach a verdict. A NoKorean prison camp was bombed by U.S. planes but the UN claimed it had not been plainly marked.

Jan 17 Lillian went down to see a sofa bed at Castro and bought some drugs at Macy [sic]. The Stuyvesant Town evictions of the 19 families that had fought "Jim Crow" were postponed after great protest and pressure by many organizations.

Jan 18 Several hundred thousand welcomed skipper Henrik Carlsen as he returned to his home land. Churchill, speaking before Congress placed Britain behind the U.S. policies in Asia and Europe. We both read "Bowery to Bellevue" - Dr Emily D. Barringer and "A Dreamer's Journey" - Prof. Morris R. Cohen.

Jan 19 Mom and pop and Lil & Harry and the kids came over although I had to work. I got a sport shirt for Chanakah and Eugene got $10 for his birthday. We gave Eugene a watch and a book.

1/6-1/12/52

Jan 6  Sunday We went over to Mom's for dinner. Lil and Harry came in and said they had bought a house. Susan and Sylvia drew pictures, Peggy entertained with stories and Eugene watched the hockey game. Both Lils went to the "Grand" afterward where they saw "An American in Paris" with Gene Kelly and "The Lady and the Bandit" with Louis Hayward "The Golden Horde" & "The Raging Tide".

Perhaps they planned on seeing the first two, and ended up with the second two. 

Jan 7 Lil got Sylvia a storm coat at Alexanders $11. Cap't Carlsen was taken off is being towed to England on his foundering ship a week after all passengers had been rescued.

Jan 8 Lil went to a class for Girl Scout leaders at St Nicholas of Tolentine last night. They learned songs and slogans. Quadruplets were born to Mrs Fanny Graber in Brooklyn. Eisenhower announced he would run if drafted. Lillian read "Nothing So Strange" - James Hilton. We both read "Of Me I Sing", Malcolm Bingay.

While Mom sent to that class each week, Silvia and I got to stay up and watch "I Love Lucy". 

Jan 9 Sylvia had her first school mate up here to play after school. She was a sweet little girl, Susan Kahn who assure Lil she had a very nice time, twice. Eugene went over to Larry Rubenstein's house after school and called up here to ask if it was all right. Niemoller finished a weeks stay in Moscow. He discussed church cooperation. Thousands of Israel Irgunists protested the govt's decision to negotiate the with Germany on reparations. Philip Loeb has been dropped from "The Goldbergs" due to his "Red Channels" listings. He has denied all "red" sympathies and will fight. Socialists and Communists called protest strikes after Austrian courts returned Starhemberg's scores of estates to him.

Jan 10 Lil attended a 7th year parents meeting at Creston Jr High with Mrs. Rubenstein. She did not volunteer for activity for lack of time. Sylvia visited Susan Kahn in Sedgwick Ave. She asked Lillian to call for her. Today Lillian went to Parkchester to pick up a "Leaders Guide to the Brownie Scout Program". She then dropped in to see Anne bringing a pair of pyjamas for Barbara's birthday. Mrs. Harry Moore has succumbed to the bomb explosion which caused the NAACP leaders death in Florida. Nationwide protests and demands have brought the F.B.I. into the case unprecendently without determination as to its jurisdiction. Truman outlined a program to Congress calling for more arms and unity in the shadow of war. Churchill conferring here with Truman has won a promise that no U.S. A bombers could leave English bases without its consent.

Jan 11 Capt Kurt Carlsen of the Flying Enterprise and Kenneth Dancy, mate of the tug, Turmoil which had been towing the stricken vessel were taken off picked up by the Turmoil when the tow line broke and they leaped overboard. The Enterprise sank soon afterwards, a loss of $5000,000.

Jan 12 Sylvia drew "A Book for Jennifer" Alice Dalgliesh, "Ginny Joins In" C. Wooley [sic], "The Star Wish" Lois Maloy, "The Eskimo Twins" L.F. Perkins. Eugene drew "The Drifting Cowboy" Will James, "Steady" J&M Renick, "A Boy at Gettysburg" E. Singmaster, "The Duke Decides" JR Tunis. We got shoes for Eugene at McCann's [sic] and he had to take a man's size $8. Sylvia got sneakers for gym at Miles $2. To Newman's for some Boy Scout equipment then to Sears for a toilet seat $4. Twelve teen age dope users were rounded up and an 8 year old is recuperating at Bellevue.

12/30/51-1/5/52

Dec 30 Sunday We went over to Sam and Molly for dinner. Molly as usual was in great pain and lay on a pad on the sofa without eating. Evelyn came over to see her mother and the three kids played monopoly.The UN made its last offer to the "Reds" to enact a truce, making several concessions. Film Critic Awards went to "A Streetcar Named Desire" as the best picture of the year. Vivien Leigh was named the best Actress, Arthur Kennedy, the best actor. "Miracle in Milan" won foreign honors. Elia Kazan was best director.
Australians won Davis Cup. 3-2
Vic Seixas beats Mervyn Rose 6-3, 6-4, 9-7.
Frank Sedgman beats Ted Schroeder 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
Sedgman & Ken McGregor beat Schoerder & Tony Trabert 6-2, 9-7, 6-3.
Sedgman beats Seixas 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.
Schroeder beats Rose 6-4, 13-11, 7-5.

Dec 31 Lil and the kids bought a table for the kids room at the Salvation Army for $6. Sylvia also got her first fountain pen. Rep. Buckley cursed and threatened to kill a group who came to protest the Florida killing of NAACP leader Moore. Quill claimed unionization of 80% of the police force.

Jan 1, 1952 The kids stayed up till midnight yesterday. I had to work however. This morning they played "Finance" for several hours. Fourteen of forty passengers and crew of an airliner were found alive after the plane crashed near Salamanca, N.Y. 

 Jan 2 The wreckage of the plane carrying 28  persons including 9 West Point cadets was found in Phoenix Ariz. All were dead. Illinois trounced Stanford in the Rose Bowl. Check - $236.63

Jan 3 Russia asked the Security Council to take over the Korean truce deadlock. Litvinoff is dead at 75. 

Jan 4 Sylvia has come home delighted from school twice this week. Once when her teacher accepted one of the pot holders she is making so steadily with thanks. Again when she was chosen to do a job in school because her hair was neatly combed. J. Davidson is dead at 68.

Jan 5 We went to the Lido to see "The Long Dark Hall" with Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer. Harrison is unjustly accused of killing his secret lover. Also "People Will Talk" with Cary Grant and Jeanne Crain. Grant is an unorthodox doctor. The kids enjoyed both pictures. Federal Judge Hincks disbarred Harry Sacher from Federal practise [sic] and suspended AJ Isserman for two years. The action was for misconduct in the trial of the "11". 500 narcotics peddlers were arrested Friday in nationwide raids.