May 2 Sunday Eugene got home at 5:45. He had a good time. Went up and back by car although some went by truck. Sylvia made fudge today with Lillian supervising. Determined won the Kentucky Derby.
May 3 Lillian got a suit at Alexander's $14. and a skirt. Musial made a new record by hitting five homers in a double-header. ...
May 4 The McCarthy-Army hearings are being severely criticized generally for their poor taste and probable inconclusiveness. "The Teahouse of the August Moon" won the Pulitzer Prize for drama completing a grand slam. Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" won the biography prize. No prize for fiction was awarded. Earnest Hooton is dead at 68.
May 5 Cpl Ed Dickinson former P.O.W. in Korea who had decided to stay with the "Reds" then changed his mind, received a 10 year sentence for collaboration with the enemy after a trial here. Lillian went downtown with Irene R. She got some material for sundresses. They also visited Dr. Rubinstein's office.
May 6 The latest McCarthy scandal is a "secret" document which he brought out at the investigation as coming from F.B.I. files but which Hoover has disavowed.
May 7 Sylvia's class went to the Museum of Natural History. They saw exhibits on our Pan-Amer neighbors. Sylvia was a student buyer for milk. Sylvia was chosen to play an old instrument by scratching it. McCarthy at the hearings challenged the authority of the Executive branch of the gov't. Roger Bannister 25 year old English student became the first man to crack 4 minutes in the mile run. He ran a mile in 3 min. 59.4 seconds. Vernon Rice is dead at 46.
May 8 Wednesday, Sylvia drew "Mary Allen - Publicity Girl", Marcia Paul; "Peggy's Wish" Alletta Jones; "Mystery up the Chimney", H.F. Orton; "Champion Caddy", Marion Renick. Dienbienphu was captured by the Vietminh after a 55 day siege which held the world's attention. Thousands of French and Vietmanese were killed. The fate of Gen'l de Castries is unknown.
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