Feb 10 Sunday The three kids went to Sunday School although Sylvia had a stuffed nose. When she got home she had 101° then 104°. Dr Holzman came at 7 o'clock and said Sylvia had a congestion in the back of the chest and a stuffed nose. He gave her 400,000 c.c. of penicillin. She got a sulfa medicine every four hours, alcohol sponges, mustard plaster, privine drops and liquid diet. Fats Henry is dead at 53.
Feb 11 Sylvia's temp was 102° at its highest. Dr Holzman's orders were to continue the same except the sulfa when Sylvia sleeps (3:30 AM).
Feb 12 Evelyn's mother died yesterday. Eugene joined Sylvia in bed with a sore throat. His temp did not quite reach 100°. Sylvia's was down to 99.6°. Dal Vayo has been released from Ellis Island on parole after four days detention. Judge Futch has refused a change of venue in the trial of Walter Lee Irvin last of the "Little Scottsboro" defendants still on trial. Newark Airport was shut down indefinitely as the third plane crash in two months claimed over thirty lives. Several victims were Elizabeth residents as the plane crashed again in Elizabeth, against one apartment house. Lil went down to the Funeral Parlor. The kids temperatures went up during the day to reach 100.6. Eugene's one eye lid swelled. The other one developed hives. He got argyrol pack, and boric acid compress. ...
Feb 13 Dr Holzman came for Eugene today. Eugene had 101.4 when he came and had complained of his throat and ears. It was his throat and glands however. He got a penicillin shot, sulfa medicine, iodex to rub on his neck, privine, argyrol, .... Sylvia is normal and can get out of bed tomorrow.
Feb 14 Sylvia is out of bed and Eugene is normal. At Walter Irvin's Florida trial an expert testified the rape evidence had been faked.
Feb 15 Both kids out of bed. Irvin was again sentenced to death by a Florida jury in a travesty of justice. Former tax commissioner Nunan was charged with a $812,000 tax fix.
Feb 16 Mom and pop over. A detective was one of four men caught in a burglary.
My father started a "diary" in 1945 (more accurately, a journal, covering both family and current events), and I'm going to see if this is a decent way to publish it. Since I'm doing it as a blog, to get to the beginning of the journal, you have to go to the beginning of the blog.
