9/20-9/26/53

Sept 20 Sunday Lillian went down to Bellevue Hospital with the kids to see Frieda after her eye operation. Percival Wilde is dead at 66.

Sept 21 Eugene went out to play tennis with Larry while Sylvia went to the playground to go on the monkey bars.

Sept 22 A North Korean flier who surrendered to us with his plane will receive the promised $100,000 reward.

Sept 23 Mom and pop came over this afternoon as pop is out of work. They brought some clothes that pop has outgrown. Lil had the Brownies' mothers here for a meeting before the season starts. Ryan's dock union was expelled from the A.F.L. and Dewey closed the Yonkers raceway, both because of racketeering.

Sept 24 Home from work. Sylvia is wastebasket and lines monitor. 23 GI's have refused to be repatriated from Korea. We both read S.H. Adams "autobiography Biography of Alexander Woolcott" and Tallulah Bankhead's Autobiography.

Sept 25 Lil and the kids went to the Grand to see Martin and Lewis in "Scared Stiff". Also "Pony Express". Rocky Marciano retained his Heavyweight title by a T.K.O. in the 11th round over Roland La Starza. The State Board of Regents ruled the C.P. subversive, barring members from any position in the educational system.

Sept 26 The City's biggest civil defense drill at 9:30 AM yesterday was called the best to date.

9/13-9/19/53

Sept 13 Sunday Lillian went to the cemetery this morning. Sylvia played at St James. Eugene went to the Yankee Stadium with Larry to see the Yankees come nearer to clinching the pennant on Gerry Coleman day. I went downtown for ties. Lewis Stone is dead at 73 and Reinald Werrenrath at 70.

Sept 14 Eugene went to High School of Science the first time. He goes to the Annex at Marion Ave & 184 st. Sylvia entered the 6th year at P.S. 86.

Sept 15 Theron Bamberger is dead at 85.

Sept 16 In the first Democratic primary for mayor in many years R.F. Wagner Jr defeated the unpopular Mayor Impelliteri by 2-1. The UN Gen'l Assembly opened with Mme Pandit elected President. A vote to postpone a decision on the admission of Red China was passed 44-10.

Sept 17 Eugene spent almost two hours on his homework. Sylvia drew "Dot for Short" F. Friedman, "Across the Bridge" J Beim, "A Circus of our Own" I. Eberle, "Susan's Year" S. J. Johnson. Lewis Corey is dead at 61.

Sept 18 Two hundred newly appointed school teachers failed to report for work in N.Y.C., causing an emergency exam to be held here.

Sept 19 Yom Kippur Sylvia spilt another glass of water at the table. We went to the Fordham to see Frederick March and Gloria Grahame in "Man on a Tightrope" story of a Czech circus which escapes into the West. Also Susan Hayward and Charlton Heston in "The President's Lady" about Andrew Jackson and his wife. The A.F.L. announced a plan to set up a new dock union in order to get rid ot the crime infested I.L.A. The newly appointed first alternate member of the Polish UN delegation Dr Korowicz, asked asylum here. Morgan Belmont is dead at 61.

9/6-9/12/53

Sept 6 Sunday Molly and Sam came over and we had Chow Mein and Egg Foo Young then watched television.

Sept 7 Labor Day Mom and pop, coming home from the country, stopped off here as usual and had lunch with us. They had a wonderful trip the first week through New England then stayed at the Gradus Hotel for a month. We watched Tony Trabert beat V Seixas in a a great upset 6-3, 6-2, 6-3. Maureen Connally d. D. Hart 6-2, 6-4 Miss Hart & Seixas d Rex Hartwig & Julia Sampson 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Seniors W O Maxwell d. H. Hopman. In the morning I played tennis with Eugene. After the National Singles we saw "Moulin Rouge", the story of Toulouse Lautrec with Jose Ferrer at the Kingsbridge. West German elections saw Chancellor Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union win a decisive victory.

Sept 8 We went to Warner Theatre today to see Cinerama. It was quite enjoyable being one of the new varieties of three dimensional films composed of technicolor shorts.

I remember seeing Cinerama; one of the shorts was a ride on a roller coaster. It was very realistic; I remember quickly closing my eyes. 

Sept 9 I beat Berman this morning while Eugene played football with Larry, Sylvia played in the playground with Norma and Lil went over to Molly's to help with the supper. In the evening we went to Molly's seeing Mike Evelyn & Isabel amd Milton & Shirley & Seth also. The kids horsed around a little. Seth thawed out near the end of the evening. Chief Justice Vinson is dead at 63.

Sept 10 Rosh Hashanah All we did today was take walks on Fordham. Sylvia exasperates us continually by refusing to be even normally amenable.

Sept 11 We went to mom's for lunch. Lil Harry and the kids also there. The kids got souvenirs of their grandparents trip to New England. The Carpenters Union returned to the A.F.L. Durkin quit his post as Sec'y of Labor in protest against the Adminstrations reneging on its agreement to seek Taft Hartley law changes. 

Sept 12 We got Sylvia a raincoat at Alexander's $5. and oxfords size 6B $5. and boots - red $4 at Miles. Lillian read "The Scandalous Mrs. Blackford" Kane & LeClerc and "The Build-up" Wm. Carlos Williams.