Nov 23 Sunday It was disclosed that G.O.P. majority leader at Albany Sen. A. H. Wicks had been instrumental in getting a "Good Conduct" Certificate for Three Fingered Brown which enabled him to get his citizenship rights back. It also transpired that Brown had been given perpetual immunity from testifying.
Nov 24 An Air Force plane carrying 52 is lost. The UN was split on the question of endorsing India's truce plan which called for all prisoners to be given over to a repatriation Commission for settlement.
Nov 25 At the UN, Vishinsky attacked the India truce plan. In Czecho. Jewish defendants confessed aid to Israel to the detriment of the country.
Nov 26 George Meany was chosen unanimously to replace William Green as president of the A.F.L. Longshoremen walked out in protest against the crime investigation.
Nov 27 Thanksgiving We had the family over for a turkey dinner. Mom pop, the Thaws, Sam & Molly, Mike Evelyn Isabel Lilly Altschuler Thelma Harold and Andrea and Shirley and Seth. Milton is in Ohio. We got a bathroom set from Mike, record from Harold, liquor from pop and plenty of cake and candy. We finished off with some poker. Sven Hedin is dead at 87.
Nov 28 The kids played concentration with Harry and "pisha-paysha" with Lil at yesterday's dinner. Susan marvelled [sic] that "Eugene is full of brains" during "concentration". When Peggy got a couple of pairs she was delirious with happiness. 36 more were killed in an Air force plane crash. 11 Czechs were sentenced to hang, including Slansky and Clementis, while 3 received life imprisonment. Bob Minor is dead at 68.
Nov 29 China rejected the Indian p.o.w. exchange formula, to end the Korean War. Both Russia and China asked for an immediate cease-fire and an 11 power Demonstrations and riots in Trak [?] against the U.S. bloc resulted in dead injured and arrests of Communists and Nationalists. Sylvia went to Joan Luskin's birthday party at 5:30 PM. There were about four boys and four girls.
In the second sentence, it looks like Dad got confused in his writing.
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.
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