9/14-9/20/52

Sept 14 Sunday Yesterdays temp was a record breaking 93°. Today it was cloudy and cooler and we stayed in. Sylvia made a miniature nok-hockey game of cardboard. Eugene made one of wood. In the evening we played a long chess game.

Sept 15 Lillian had her first girl scouts meeting.

Sept 16 Pearl Bailey was beaten up in a N.J. night club. The assailants, Anti-Negro, escaped.

The following picture was taped in in the middle of these last two entries; labeled "Woodlawn Rock" at the top (where the picture was taken) and "Eugene and Sylvia in Sept '52" at the bottom. 

Sept 17 Sylvia's teacher praised her drawing highly and hung one picture up. She is in the top level in spelling.

Sept 18 A wave of assaults on women has resulted in additional police prowl cars and disguised police women being put on the look-out. 18 more Communists were arrested by the F.B.I. under the Smith Sedition Act.

Sept 19 Sylvia likes Herbert. When I asked her if he invited her to the Copacabana she said she doesn't like him that much. Eugene got 98% in math and 90 in Spanish. 200 school teachers picketed the Board of Ed. in protest over the coming trial of accused Communists. Frances Alda is dead at 69.

Sept 20 Rosh Hashonah Took the kids for a walk and we explored Webb Ave from Kingsbridge to Fordham Rds and back on Sedgwick Ave. We saw new wings on the Veterans Hospital. Sylvia admired the beautiful Fordham Hill project. In the afternoon Eugene watched football and baseball. We went down, left Sylvia at the playground and walked in Fordham. A scandal has arisen over the expose that V.P. candidate Nixon has a private expense fund provided by business men supporters. Lillian read "The Man With one [sic] Talent" J.E. Greene. We both read Charlotte Haldane's "Truth Will Out".