May 23 Sunday Lillian went to Zev's unveiling and met us at Lil & Harry's where we had driven with mom and pop. Eugene played plenty of ball. The kids romped and rode the bike. Peggy sang and strummed her guitar. Chief Bender is dead at 71.
May 24 Lillian went over to Molly's.
May 25 Lil went over to see Molly again. We finally got Eugene out of the house by a severe talking-to by both of us.
May 26 Robert Capa was killed at 41. Lillian took the kids to Fordham and got them shoes, dresses, slacks, socks, etc.
May 27 One of the worst peacetime naval disasters in our history saw the aircraft carrier Bennington explode killing approx. 100 and injuring 2000. For the second time the racket ridden I.L.A. won an election from the new A.F.L. longshoreman's union by a close vote. A 5000 year old ship built by the Pharaoh Cheops was discovered near Cairo. Lionel Conacher is dead at 82.
May 28 Lillian took Mollie to Mr. Sinai Hospital today.
May 29 Eugene left early this morning on an "[????]" camping trip at Alpine. Only six boys are going with Charlie Jr. in charge. Sylvia went to the Kingsbridge with Susan Kaufman to see "Money From Home" with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis and "Alaskan [sic] Seas". McCarthy. in defiance of the gov't invited Federal employees to pass him classified information regardless of security regulations. Poultney Bigelow is dead at 98.
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