4/20-4/26/52

April 20 Sunday Lil and the kids were taken out to Rockaway by Miriam and Dave. Sam was picked up at the store. Eugene had a great time playing ball with several of the boys. Sylvia played with Isabel.

April 21 The latest French Premier Pinay called for business to make small profits on a greater turnover.

Apr. 22 Eugene plays with Larry R. after school, passing up the ball game telecasts although he is crazy about baseball. One convict was killed and seven wounded in a riot in Southern State Prison in Michigan. This is the third prison rebellion over grievances. Stafford Cripps is dead at 63.

Apr. 23 The most powerful A-bomb was dropped in Nevada and telecast to the entire country.

 April 24 Steel was granted a raise from $2.84 to $3.00 per ton. Leslie Banks is dead at 61. 

Apr 25 With a jury finally chosen the trial of the 16 "reds" opened with charges of "violent revolution" by the gov't and "peaceful road to socialism" by E.G. Flynn. Michigan convicts ended their strike with a victory as the governor agreed to their 11 point reform program with no retaliations. Harry Gross in jail finally "sang" implicating many policemen in graft operations. Elizabeth Schumann is dead.

Apr 26 President Truman has become the center of a national controversy over his seizure of the steel plants. He now claims he could take over the radio and newspapers and is above the courts. Lil and the "Brownies" went to an "Alice in Wonderland" exhibit at the Botanical Gardens on Thursday. Today we held another "Jacks" Championship. Again, Sylvia cried when she lost to Eugene and I beat Lillian. But this time Eugene nosed me out to win the title.

A box score, scanned in below, was taped in the middle of this last entry.  While he doesn't say why, the game was a one-hitter pitched by both pitchers; at the time, it was the second of those in baseball history.