Apr 4 Sunday Eugene returned dirty but in pretty good shape. The extreme cold was the only drawback, he said. He raved about the steaks they had. They did a lot of wood chopping. It was coldest Apr 3 ever - 24°. Shaemas O'Sheel is dead at 67.
Apr 5 French Leftists and Rightists mauled President [Premier] Laniel and Defense Minister Pleven in protest against the dismissal of Marshall [sic] Juin from the Supreme Council of War. Toscanini announced his retirement from the NBC Symphony.
Apr 6 Lillian and Sylvia helped on the Chest Xray Mobile truck which came to Kingsbridge. Lillian also collected for the Anti-Cancer drive. Frederick Lonsdale is dead at 73. Lillian signed up Sylvia in the Y.W.C.A. She enrolled in the drawing class.
Apr 7 Pierre DuPont is dead at 84, Lester Stone at 49, Tiger Jack Fox at 47 and William Pickens at 73.
Apr 8 Lillian got Sylvia a plastic jacket - $10. They both trimmed their holiday hats with new ribbons. Sylvia went to a supper party at Susan Kahn's where the girls did the Lindy Hop. Sylvia got Susan a cinch belt for her birthday.
Apr 9 Eugene, Larry, Mark Buckstein and Arthur Sherman will get tennis permits and play together. Joseph P Tumulty is dead at 74 and Fritzi Schiff at 74.
Apr 10 Sylvia and Susan Kauffman Kaufmann went bicycling going around the reservoir in an hour. They took sandwiches. I took Eugene and Bobby to play ping pong at 181st & the Concourse. Lil, Sylvia and I went to the bazaar at Science High School for the benefit of the Scholarship Fund. We bought some candy, cake, salami, paint set, deodorant, raffle tickets, jam, tam-tams, relish.
Susan's last name was corrected later in a different handwriting, certainly Silvia's, scanned in below.
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