Apr 7 Sylvia cried bitterly at lunch time here as Carol came back to school and got her part in the play back. In addition, Sylvia has lost her old part.
Apr 8 Eugene was the only one to finish his math exam getting 92%. He got 100% on his science test recently. Another plane crashed in Jamaica this time killing five. Police announced discovery of the Schuster murder gun. Telephone workers went out on strike following Western union employees.
Apr 9 Sylvia was so excited over the play she was up at 6 AM and didn't stop talking about it until she left. Lillian was in school at 9 AM to see it. Sylvia ended up with the part of a lady-in-waiting. Africans started a mass passive resistance campaign to beat the fascist segregation campaign of Premier Malan. Costello got 1 1/2 years and $5000 fine for contempt. Truman seized the steel plants to avert a strike. The U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the Rosenbergs' death sentence.
Apr 10 42 were killed and 100 injured in a false alarm fire panic in Caracas. Army and labor groups revolted against the Bolivian dictatorship. The Drama Critics picked "I Am a Camera", "Pal Joey" - Musical, "Venus Observed" - Foreign, and "Don Juan in Hell" - Special award.
Apr 11 The Giants bought Bob Elliot [sic] for Sheldon Jones and $50,000 from the Braves to offset Monte Irvin and Willy Mays' loss.
Irvin was lost due to the injury Dad noted last week. Mays was about to be drafted into the Army.
Apr 12 Four "Brownie" troops attended the opening of the Children's Zoo with photographers present. Sylvia was not chosen for the pictures except when all the troops were taken en masse. British businessmen made two deals of $5,000,000 with East Germany and Romania as a result of the Moscow economic conference. An airliner from Porto Rico crashed in San Juan with 51 of the 69 aboard probably dead. Eisenhower asked to be relieved of his NATO command June 1 but will not campaign for the presidency.
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