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.
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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