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Mar 9 Sunday In the morning we went to the Purim Carnival at the temple. The kids had lots of fun playing the various games of chance. Sylvia was dressed as Queen Esther for the contest. All got prizes. Sam and Molly came over in the evening.  

Mar 10 Frederick Tenuto, Willy Sutton's pal is being hunted for the cold-blooded murder of innocent Arnold Schuster, who spotted Sutton and notified the police.

Mar 11 Rewards amounting to $47,500 are posted for the dastardly murderer of Arnold Schuster. Threats against the family of the Sutton spotter have been made. The entire police force is on the alert. The Supreme Court upheld the deportation of Alien former Communists, the holding without bail of such aliens and the prison sentences of defense lawyers for the 11 Communist leaders. Batista in a revolutionary coup re-assumed power in Cuba. A N.Y. Central R.R. strike entered its third day.

Mar 12 Lil and the kids were over Mom's yesterday for Purim. Lil & Harry also came over. They like their new house. A Federal injunction killed the NY Central strike.

Mar 13 The first presidential primaries in New Hampshire saw Kefauver defeat Truman and Eisenhower win over Taft. Hugh Herbert is dead at 66, Madam Kollantai at 80.  

Mar 14 The N.Y. Court of Appeals voided an order taking a child away from its mother who had married a Negro.

Mar 15 Eugene drew "My 66 Years in Baseball" - Connie Mack, "Bertie Takes Care" and "Some Follow the Sea" by H. Gregor Felsen and "A City For Lincoln" JR Tunis. Sylvia drew "The Latch Key Club" E. Clymer, "Mr Apple's Family" J McDevitt, "Good Luck, Mary Ann" by A.L. Dean and "Penny Goes to Camp" C. Haywood. We both read "Beau James" by Gene Fowler and "Oath of Devotion" Judge Julius Isaacs. The U.A.W. started a purge in Ford Local 600 following charges of Communism against it at the "red" hearings. The Schuster family, the doctor who heard the death shot and Judge Leibowitz have been threatened by a crank following young Schuster's murder. The U.S. called for a world arms census. Russia asked a germ war ban. Another riot in a U.S. prisoner of war camp between left and right wing Koreans resulted in deaths and injuries.