Nov 15 Sunday Lil, I and Sylvia walked over to the Amalgamated where we stopped in on Rochel's seeing David also. Mayer was out working. Rochel spoke to us about her rift with Ida and mom and pop.
Ida was Rochel's (fraternal) twin sister.
Nov 16 Lillian has a cold and Eugene is home with a stomach ache.
Nov 17 Eugene returned to school. Pop had trouble passing his urine yesterday and went to Montefiore after work. The doctor advised an immediate operation. However today mom and pop went to the W.C. office and made an appointment to see Dr Opkiar [?]. The doctor had pop admitted to Beekman Hospital. Ex-President Truman made a nationwide telecast defending himself in the H.D. White case. He charged Att'y Gen'l Brownell with lying about the case. He claimed he had retained White in order to "get the goods" on him.
Nov 18 I stayed home from work (vacation) and took Lil to Dr Holzman as was [sic] distressed, bloated with gas and belching incessantly. The doctor put her on a diet, ... for several days. If she is not better he advised a gall bladder xray. I then went on to Beekman Hospital to see pop. He was feeling better today. He had had xrays and tests. Brownell and J.E. Hoover attacked Truman and denied his story fo the White "espionage" case.
Nov 19 Eugene's first H.S. report card had 1 E. - math, 1 G - English, 1 Fair and 3 passing. Lillian felt a little better today. The I.L.A. retired Ryan under indictment for embezzlement as president emeritus at $10,000 a year and elected Capt. Bradley as the new head.
Nov 20 Pop was operated on yesterday. He ran a temp of 105° afterwards and felt miserable today. He could not hold down anything he ate.
Sylvia went to the library Thursday and drew "A Touchdown for Doc" Marion Renick, "Victory for Jill" A.E. Walden, "A Summer to Remember" E.A. [sic] Karolyi, Donny & Company E. Kinsey.
Dad did start a new paragraph within this entry.
Nov 21 We saw pop again and he felt a little better but still ate little. The kids went to the Lido while we went down. They saw "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and "Blueprint for Murder".
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.
Monday, March 30, 2020
Friday, March 27, 2020
11/8-11/14/53
Nov 8 Sunday We went to the Poe Building opposite the Paradise for some ping pong but found the kids could not play as there was a bar in the place. Lil and I played a half hour.
Nov 9 Ivan Bunin is dead at 83.
Nov 10 The Supreme Court held 7-2 that baseball is a sport, not a business and not subject to anti-trust laws. Ibn Saud is dead at 73 and Dylan Thomas at 39. We went to Science High School for Parent-teacher group interviews during open school week, tonight. We saw four of his teachers Mrs Applebaum - English Mr. Rae - Social Studies, Mrs. Rand - Biology, Mrs. Robbins - Spanish. With the exception of Mrs. Applebaum they all said Eugene was not doing enough work and is not doing as well as he can.
Nov 11 Armistice Day Went down with Eugene to the park. We met Bobby who took him along and had a catch on the lawn. Sylvia and Norma played nok-hockey. In the afternoon Sylvia Norma and Susan Kahn went to the "Grand" They saw "Return to Paradise" with Gary Cooper and "99 River St" with Evelyn Keyes John Payne. Eugene and Bobby went to Fordham where Eugene tried to get weights for his telescope but failed. President Truman, James Byrnes & Tom Clark were subpoenaed by the House Comm. on UnAmerican Activities to answer questions in connection with Att'y Gen'l Brownell's charges that Harry Dexter White had been promoted to director of the Intern'l Monetary Fund after the F.B.I. had reported he was a Russian spy.
Nov 12 Ramon Magsaysay defeated President Quirino in Philippine elections.
Nov 13 Truman changed his mind and decided not toaccept honor the subpoena he had accepted from the "House Committee" in the Harry Dexter White case.
Nov 14 Lillian took the kids down to Klein's to get shoes. Eugene takes size 8 1/2 now. They were on sale at $5. Sylvia got loafers at $3.
Nov 9 Ivan Bunin is dead at 83.
Nov 10 The Supreme Court held 7-2 that baseball is a sport, not a business and not subject to anti-trust laws. Ibn Saud is dead at 73 and Dylan Thomas at 39. We went to Science High School for Parent-teacher group interviews during open school week, tonight. We saw four of his teachers Mrs Applebaum - English Mr. Rae - Social Studies, Mrs. Rand - Biology, Mrs. Robbins - Spanish. With the exception of Mrs. Applebaum they all said Eugene was not doing enough work and is not doing as well as he can.
Nov 11 Armistice Day Went down with Eugene to the park. We met Bobby who took him along and had a catch on the lawn. Sylvia and Norma played nok-hockey. In the afternoon Sylvia Norma and Susan Kahn went to the "Grand" They saw "Return to Paradise" with Gary Cooper and "99 River St" with Evelyn Keyes John Payne. Eugene and Bobby went to Fordham where Eugene tried to get weights for his telescope but failed. President Truman, James Byrnes & Tom Clark were subpoenaed by the House Comm. on UnAmerican Activities to answer questions in connection with Att'y Gen'l Brownell's charges that Harry Dexter White had been promoted to director of the Intern'l Monetary Fund after the F.B.I. had reported he was a Russian spy.
Nov 12 Ramon Magsaysay defeated President Quirino in Philippine elections.
Nov 13 Truman changed his mind and decided not to
Nov 14 Lillian took the kids down to Klein's to get shoes. Eugene takes size 8 1/2 now. They were on sale at $5. Sylvia got loafers at $3.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
11/1-11/7/53
Nov 1 (Sunday, although Dad didn't write it) We went to the Kingsbridge where we saw John Wayne in "Island in the Sky" - of a plane lost in the ice and snow and Glenn Ford in "man from Alamo".[sic] The six day milk strike ended with workers getting $7. weekly raise and $1.50 in fringe benefits. Batista's Cuba outlawed Communism as a conspiracy.
Nov 2 Indian guards shot and killed one of 445 North Korean POW's scheduled to listen to Communist explainers trying to induce them to accept repatriation. This prisoner had ignored orders and attacked the Indian guards.
Nov 3 Election We voted for Halley and his ticket on the Independent Party line. Sylvia left early this morning with her "Intermediates" for a hike to the Palisades. Eugene went to play Miniature Golf with Larry. Lil went to the Jewish Theological Seminary with her Brownies. I had to work.
Nov 4 Robert F Wagner Jr was elected Mayor of N.Y. City with 997,000 votes. Riegleman R. 645,000 Halley Lib 455,000 McAvoy ALP 54,000
Nov 5 Marcantonio resigned as State Chairman of the A.L.P. The Athletics removed Jimmy Dykes and named Eddie Joost manager. Dykes was not notified.
Nov 6 Ten men have been killed in riots in the disputed Trieste territory. Walter Koppisch is dead at 53. Lillian read "Come Back [sic] Spinner" - Cusack & James. We both read "Fathers and Sons" - Turgenev. I read "Incredible New York" - Lloyd Morris and "The Southpaw" - Mark Harris.
The book appears to be "Come In Spinner".
Nov 7 We went to mom's for lunch. Lil and the kids also there. The three girls would not eat "gefilte fish". After I went to work the girls went up to Taubie to see the new baby for whom Lil had a gift. Eugene went to the library last week and drew "The Time Masters" Wilson Tucker, "The Rolling Stones" R. Heinlein "A Gnome There Was" L. Padgett (all Science Fiction) and "The Captain from Connecticut" C.S. Forester. Sylvia went Thursday and drew "The Davenports and Cherry Pie" A. Dalgliesh "Up Goes the Curtain" J. Lambert "Seatmates" M. K. Reely, "Bright Days" M.L. Chastain.
Nov 2 Indian guards shot and killed one of 445 North Korean POW's scheduled to listen to Communist explainers trying to induce them to accept repatriation. This prisoner had ignored orders and attacked the Indian guards.
Nov 3 Election We voted for Halley and his ticket on the Independent Party line. Sylvia left early this morning with her "Intermediates" for a hike to the Palisades. Eugene went to play Miniature Golf with Larry. Lil went to the Jewish Theological Seminary with her Brownies. I had to work.
Nov 4 Robert F Wagner Jr was elected Mayor of N.Y. City with 997,000 votes. Riegleman R. 645,000 Halley Lib 455,000 McAvoy ALP 54,000
Nov 5 Marcantonio resigned as State Chairman of the A.L.P. The Athletics removed Jimmy Dykes and named Eddie Joost manager. Dykes was not notified.
Nov 6 Ten men have been killed in riots in the disputed Trieste territory. Walter Koppisch is dead at 53. Lillian read "Come Back [sic] Spinner" - Cusack & James. We both read "Fathers and Sons" - Turgenev. I read "Incredible New York" - Lloyd Morris and "The Southpaw" - Mark Harris.
The book appears to be "Come In Spinner".
Nov 7 We went to mom's for lunch. Lil and the kids also there. The three girls would not eat "gefilte fish". After I went to work the girls went up to Taubie to see the new baby for whom Lil had a gift. Eugene went to the library last week and drew "The Time Masters" Wilson Tucker, "The Rolling Stones" R. Heinlein "A Gnome There Was" L. Padgett (all Science Fiction) and "The Captain from Connecticut" C.S. Forester. Sylvia went Thursday and drew "The Davenports and Cherry Pie" A. Dalgliesh "Up Goes the Curtain" J. Lambert "Seatmates" M. K. Reely, "Bright Days" M.L. Chastain.
Saturday, March 14, 2020
10/25-10/31/53
Oct 25 Sunday Lil and the kids went to the Fordham yesterday to see "Mr Scoutmaster" with Clifton Webb, Edmund Gwenn and Frances Dee and "'Vicki" with Jeanne Crain and Jean Peters - a mystery picture. They enjoyed both.
Oct 26 Lillian went downtown to Paula's place for some typing work. Milk drivers struck for a $15. per week increase, 35 hr. week and other benefits. Georgia Tech lost to Notre Dame 27-14 after 31 successive victories. Michigan State lost to Purdue 6-0 after 28 successive victories.
Oct 27 Americans charged at the UN that Russians had used mental and physical torture on American flyers to extort confessions of germ warfare.
Oct 28 Cattle men in a march on Washington failed to win Sec'y of Agriculture Benson for a program of gov't support of livestock in order to increase prices.
Oct 29 The Army charged over 28000 Allied soldiers and civilians were tortured or killed including 6000 Americans in Korea.
Oct 30 Eugene in horsing around with his Scout friends fell and hurt his lower back. Lillian took him to Dr Holzman who fluoroscoped him and said he had a contusion of the coccyx. He advised sitz baths and infra-red lamp treatments. 19 persons on board an airliner, including the American pianist William Kapell, at 31, were killed in a crash near San Francisco.
Certainly remember that fall and the diagnosis.
Oct 31 Pop came over to bring my watch which I had left at Lil's and papers to be filled out for the Workmen's Circle. He then drove us over to the Zoo where we saw birds of paradise, elephants, seals etc. Nobel Peace Prizes went to Gen. Marshall for 1953 and Dr Albert Schweitzer for 1952. Emmerich Kalman is dead at 71.
Oct 26 Lillian went downtown to Paula's place for some typing work. Milk drivers struck for a $15. per week increase, 35 hr. week and other benefits. Georgia Tech lost to Notre Dame 27-14 after 31 successive victories. Michigan State lost to Purdue 6-0 after 28 successive victories.
Oct 27 Americans charged at the UN that Russians had used mental and physical torture on American flyers to extort confessions of germ warfare.
Oct 28 Cattle men in a march on Washington failed to win Sec'y of Agriculture Benson for a program of gov't support of livestock in order to increase prices.
Oct 29 The Army charged over 28000 Allied soldiers and civilians were tortured or killed including 6000 Americans in Korea.
Oct 30 Eugene in horsing around with his Scout friends fell and hurt his lower back. Lillian took him to Dr Holzman who fluoroscoped him and said he had a contusion of the coccyx. He advised sitz baths and infra-red lamp treatments. 19 persons on board an airliner, including the American pianist William Kapell, at 31, were killed in a crash near San Francisco.
Certainly remember that fall and the diagnosis.
Oct 31 Pop came over to bring my watch which I had left at Lil's and papers to be filled out for the Workmen's Circle. He then drove us over to the Zoo where we saw birds of paradise, elephants, seals etc. Nobel Peace Prizes went to Gen. Marshall for 1953 and Dr Albert Schweitzer for 1952. Emmerich Kalman is dead at 71.
Sunday, March 8, 2020
10/18-10/24/53
Oct 18 Sunday Eugene came home at 11 this morning. They didn't do much but camp, cook their meals, etc. He had a good time.
Oct 19 Lil went downtown with mama where the latter ordered a chair at Gimbel's and a coat at Lane Bryant. Sylvia had lunch here alone.
Oct 20 Sylvia has been languishing for a bicycle like her friends have. Eugene is supposed to go to the Chess Club meeting but still hasn't done so. Israel's raid on Jordan in which 42 were killed has cost her American aid. Bobo Olson won the World's Middleweight Championship vacated by Ray Roinson when he defeated Randy Turpin.
Oct 21 An all time record high of 77.4° was set here yesterday. Bill Hutcheson is dead at 79.
Oct 22 Lillian got drapes for our room $25. and curtains for the living room $5. Eugene visited the chess club at school and played three games. He won one and adjourned two. Mayor Impelliteri was ruled off the ballot by the state Supreme Court on the ground he had too few valid petitions for his independent nomination.
Oct 23 Home from work Lillian and Sylvia went to the dentist. Lillian needed no work, but Sylvia has three cavities $17. The U.S. will build the first atom plant for industry. Two refugee scientists Dr Fritz Lippmann and Dr Hans Krebs received the 1953 Nobel Prize for Medicine & Physiology jointly.
Oct 24 Sylvia had an attack in the early morning ... A Yugoslav sailor about to be deported fractured Bob Thompson's skull with a blow from a lead pipe at the Federal House of Detention. 1456 have been ousted from U.S. jobs for security reasons in four months of the Eisenhower security program. Twenty have been suspended at the radar project on suspicion of subversion.
Oct 19 Lil went downtown with mama where the latter ordered a chair at Gimbel's and a coat at Lane Bryant. Sylvia had lunch here alone.
Oct 20 Sylvia has been languishing for a bicycle like her friends have. Eugene is supposed to go to the Chess Club meeting but still hasn't done so. Israel's raid on Jordan in which 42 were killed has cost her American aid. Bobo Olson won the World's Middleweight Championship vacated by Ray Roinson when he defeated Randy Turpin.
Oct 21 An all time record high of 77.4° was set here yesterday. Bill Hutcheson is dead at 79.
Oct 22 Lillian got drapes for our room $25. and curtains for the living room $5. Eugene visited the chess club at school and played three games. He won one and adjourned two. Mayor Impelliteri was ruled off the ballot by the state Supreme Court on the ground he had too few valid petitions for his independent nomination.
Oct 23 Home from work Lillian and Sylvia went to the dentist. Lillian needed no work, but Sylvia has three cavities $17. The U.S. will build the first atom plant for industry. Two refugee scientists Dr Fritz Lippmann and Dr Hans Krebs received the 1953 Nobel Prize for Medicine & Physiology jointly.
Oct 24 Sylvia had an attack in the early morning ... A Yugoslav sailor about to be deported fractured Bob Thompson's skull with a blow from a lead pipe at the Federal House of Detention. 1456 have been ousted from U.S. jobs for security reasons in four months of the Eisenhower security program. Twenty have been suspended at the radar project on suspicion of subversion.
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