May 25 The I.L.G.W.U. announced it had assets of $166,000,000.
May 26 The Rosenberg's appeal was denied for the third time by the Supreme Court. An atomic shell was shot from a gun for the first time. It travelled [sic] seven miles. Max Surkont - Braves struck out 8 successive Cincinnati batters to set a new record. Jack Skelly is dead at 83.
May 27 The US expelled a Rumanian diplomat for attempting to bribe a naturalized American of Rumanian descent to become a spy. Aaron Copeland denied had had ever been a Communist. Nat Witt, John Abt and Julius Joseph refused to answer questions. Albert Spalding is dead at 64.
May 28 Taft's suggestion for the U.S. to forget the U.N. as far as Korea is concerned and go it alone has been widely criticized. Jesse Burkett is dead at 84.
The following box score was taped in over this entry. Strangely enough, Dad left out the part as to how long the game actually was. It was 3:52, and that record has been overtaken by a lot.
May 29 Police and firemen were put on the 42 hour week. Lillian read "Spark of Life" E.M. Remarque.
May 30 Memorial Day For the fourth time Judge Kaufman set a date for the Rosenberg's death - the week of June 15. Communists in Korea opened an attack called the heaviest since October. Man Mountain Dean is dead at 63. It was a rainy day and we went to the Coliseum to see "Call Me Madam" with Ethel Merman, George Sanders, Donald O'Connor and Vera-Ellen - Ethel Merman as the vivacious ambassadress to Lichtenburg who falls in love with its Prime Minister and "The Silver Whip" an interesting "Western". After the movies we went to visit Sam and Molly. We had hot dogs, salami also some vegetables. Sylvia had strawberries and cream.
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