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Evening star., 1939-07-30

analyses of the motivations of the
last World War or at least an ex-
pose of the nefarious workings of
some propaganda bureau Actually
it is no more than a factual report
ing of the events which took place
on the political and civilian fronts
of the belligerent nations imme-
diately prior to and during the con-
f1ict. 1t has a distinct value, there
fore, in the book-of-reference sense.
You can find in its pages a state
ment of what was going on in the
warning countries at almost any
moment of the war. At least, you
can do this to quite a considerable
extent.
The author has used a chronology
ical and national method of report
ing: he has taken each country-or
sometimes group of related coun-
tries-and outlined the happenings
which took place therein during
each year of the war. Within this
outline he has subdivided his ma
terial under such headings as for
eign policy, political changes. civil
ian reactions, labor troubles, food
supplies, economic situation and so
on. Thus he contrives to place be-
fore his readers a sort of year-by-
year chart Of the worlds condition
during the four years His discus
sions are necessarily brief for the
material to be included is naturally
enormous, but the treatment is still
detailed enough to serve the needs
of the ordinary seeker for refer
ence-and it is obviously for such a
one that the work is intended. On
the whole, the book seems a very
good thing Of its kind.
But, when one ponders over the
labor which has gone into the COM
pilation Of this 500-page work one
cannot put wonder that anybody
should care enough about the ar
rangement Of facts to undertake
the job What mountains of rec
ords, indeed. have been studied in
order that half a thousand pages
should be written! And how little
that Is creditable to human history
stands in those pages-once the job
Is done.
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Best Sellers
Washington.

Fction-"The Grapes Of
WRATH" John Steinbeck; 1.-The
Web and the Rock" Thomas
Wolfe; THE Brandons," Angela
Thirkell; Teller of Tales" edit
ed by Somerset Vaughan;
Capt. Horatio Hornblower," c.
s. Forester: Next to Valor,"
John Jennings.
-flction-"Inside Asia"
John Gunther; Wind, Sand
and Stars" Antoine de st.
Exupery; America in Midpas-
sage" Charles and Mary Beard;
Reaching for the Stars" Nora
VAIN: Days of Our Years."
Pierre Van Paassen; The Hud-
son." Carl GARNER.
Boston.
Fiction-"The Grapes of
Wrath" Next to Valour,"
capt. Horatio Hornblower,"
The Web and the Rock" The
Brandons.'
Non-flction-"Inside Asia"
Autobiography With Letters"
William Lyon Phelps; Reach
ing for the Stars" Wind, Sand
and Stars" Days of Our
Years"
Chicago.
Fiction-"The Grapes of
Wrath" The Web and the
Rock" Next to Valour," Capt.
Horatio Hornblower," The
Brandons."
Non -fiction-"Inside Asia"
Reaching for the Stars" "Ad-
ventures in Good Eating" Dun
can Hines; Wind. Sand and
Stars" "Huntsman. What Quar-
ryT Edna st. Vincent Millay.
New York.
Fiction THE Grapes of
Wrath" The Web and the
Rock" "Next to Valour," THE
BrandonS." Capt. HoratiO
Hornblower."
n-f1ction-"Inside Asia
Days Of Our Years." Wind,
Sand and Stars" Reaching for
the Stars" America in Mid
passage
San Francisco.
Fiction-"The Grapes of
Wrath" The Web and the
Rock" Teller of Tales" Capt.
Horatio Hornblower. "A Book
of Miracles" Ben Hecht.
Non -f1ction-"Inside Asia"
"Tintypes in Gold" Joseph
Henry Jackson: Wind. Sand
and Stars" Days of Our
Years." Designs in Scarlet"
Courtney Riley Cooper.
Evening star., 1939-07-30
By NC. r.
Road to Empire

The Life and Times of Bona
parte the General. By Fletcher
Pratt. Ne1D York.: Doubleday
Doran & Co.
So, it would appear, there is room
for another book about Napoleon.
The 10000 volumes now on the IL
brary shelves allotted to the hero
must move over and make room for
one more. The inexhaustible man
could exhaust nations and continents
but not the authors. And no more
can they, apparently, exhaust the
productivity of his career.
For, though it Is admittedly i'm
probable, Mr.. Pratt has written
freshly entertaining book on this
most hackneyed of all biographical
subjects. To be sure, there are Ger
tainly those who will quarrel with
the subtitle "The Life I" d" of Bona
parte," pointing out that this book
contains very little indeed of Ma
poleon's life; what it contains about
his times, however, is so much more
interesting than the ceaselessly re-
hashed facts of his career that the
misleading emphasis can be easily
forgiven.
What Mr.. Pratt has undertaken to
do is to show the background of
political society against which Ma
poleon moved in his march from the
post of obscure captain of artillery
to the illustrious one of First Consul.
In those years Napoleon was gen.
eral and that alone; he had no polit-
ical title of any kind. 1t was a brief
period, taking in only the italian
and Egyptian campaigns. Yet it was
also crucial period in the history
Of France. It was the aftermath of
the revolution, when the revolution
ary principles had to meet the test OF
peace or 60 by the board. They did
not meet the test and they did 60 by
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husband so that she can run of with
the little nurses boy friend. There
is the scarcely less customary Ger
man Jewish exile-a physician; there
is poor coolie tossed in to represent
China's seething (no doubt millions,
there is wandering German INTEL
lectual and-not to neglect Japan
a little Jap journalist, who does odd
jobs of espionage on the side. All
these, as said. troop into the hotel
on the Fateful Day and plop-just
like that-a bomb falls on them and
chucks them into oblivion.
Well it is a Baum novel and the
pun, though awful, is not too dreary
for the occasion. The thing has the
occasional f1ashily readable quality
which this Spirit of Popular Litera-
ture gives to her deathless works,
and it also has her customary COM
plete lack of taste or sincerity. It
ought to sell, and so may be consid-
cred likely success, for that is Ger
tainly what it was written for. Mrs.
Baum, like her great countryman,
Herr Ludwig, knows the value of
good relations with America-that
great, big hearted land of the un-
regimented cash customer, the movie
rights and the sky-hitting royalties.
Evening star., 1939-07-30
Selected Short Stories of 1899
NeD York.. The Pyramid Press.

Ne1D York: The Pyramid Press.
This collection of short stories is
announced by its publishers as an
attempt to depart from the con
ventional pathways of the antholo-
gist," which is, on it's face value, a
praiseworthy undertaking indeed.
The direction which the anonymous
editors have taken in following out
their project would, however, seem
to be less rewarding. They have
proceeded by rejecting all previously
published works and giving us
volume of tales which, prior to
their appearance here, have been
quite innocent of printers ink. 1t
might have been a good idea, but it
is not necessarily so.
Heaven knows, the works which do
see light in the magazines are not
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futed without careful checking,
they sound false
This book belongs to the growing
group of recently published volumes
which specialize in advising the
world how to live. how to dress, eat,
entertain. travel, breathe and do
the many other things that the
world seems to have been doing
with reasonable amount of sue
cess for several thousand years
without benefit of advisers.
r. r. T,
Evening star., 1939-07-30
Our Federal Government How 1t Functions

Bv the Federal Writers ProjeH York Hastings House
developed indulges
hppanes Deal and presents
little information that is not generally known -
operation historic background that ghened
of when established that the first incumbent In
Washington supplies
Agriculture the world
that
fought dry
British stranded and helpless of the
in
the lie the charge inactivity made
academy itself reported
National Sciences do? received the
write obituaries other
do
buildings points
which they and direction by which they reached
good reference work.. A. F.
Pensions or Penuy
By Do,ney United from California
Ne1p York: Harper &
the phenomena decade weedke
psychology belief
and must take the responsibility assuring Nations
difficult theory beginning
not difficult identify
apolethe smaltown California doctor
the glib personable Sheridan
and versatile of affairs.
has served Mr. Downey well aed the fact that he
junior Senator from California elected platform
foes unsccu attempted sink rdcule
the slogan OF ham and eggs every Thursday
Once in the Senate princpls
OF bigger and better pensions
Penury he has defined this devotion conpuous Of
system
Naturally his effort eouaulets
it might proataby be added to the opinion which
exists this subject. J. O. n
Evening star., 1939-07-30
CALIFORNIA; Feudalism
Indicted as Ruthless
Official Bears Out Conditions
Exposed in Best.Selling
Grapes of Wrath
Factories in the Field

By Carey McW1tams. Boston: Little Brown & Co.
This book should be required reading all
be required reading for all feel intelligent
about the future OF America politically economically
For Carey McW1ams California State commissioner
tells
written into fiction
after another the time
bestowed their dubious continents
the
days when the Associated
by modern vgantism that makes the Kx
small landowners and developers Of the early
dpossessed by the udas wholly
and wmakng bodies And these holders among
Southern Pacific Railroad
the point of deong their domains farming
the author traces their utilization of floating supplies
One after another they exploited racial
Filipino
indicated
arrived today at the exploitation
small farmers former
Organized
Action.
With their interests organized for
anoments
turned their
and destroying organization supply
have been established night riding
manifestation OF Amecanm ordinary
law and order have semi-mitary
That should be the that currently endeavorng
the farm labor this territory relatively
tactics of
Communist the Federation
pendent but potentially powerful organizing instruments
the
McWillamS declares:
opinion Farmers and their allies will
labor under the c. O. 1t for
forna matter of national precisely
that the drive toward probably
California
Immediately
mpends will likely require Federal intervention
California"
1t hoped prove Mcwllam to be overly
history past and present. has returned against the Golden State
Evening star., 1939-07-30
The Mexican ChoIIende

By Frank Kluckhohn NeD York: Doubleday -DOrdn Co.
Six months Kluckhohn
which objected
Mexico City correspondent for the
ting of Washington composed his book Interpretation
policies initiated
dent Cardenas Mr. Kckhohn feels the most imposing figure in all
today all his nobility
lot
holm view The author
What really happened date is that the Mexican
land
taken place of the and position than his
socialism
developed has gone far already and the end not in sight
the American, the interesting those
Italian influence nebo the Rio
"As controlled by the Anglo
interests Mexican shipments Germany going to
Of deals with
commercial friendship with the
although still period of CESSATION becoming definitely men
a American viewpoint"
which the totaltaran intrigue
wells appropriated last March from II and
financial
Kluckhohn
significance American oil
writes:
maintaining and operating the oil
industries Mexico including will
will bulwark order.
Mexican Official policies OF the
mast three decades must be altered
Evening star., 1939-07-30
The War Behind the War
7914-1918

By Frank P. Chambers. NeD
York: Harcourt-Brdce & Co.
The title of this book is q trifle
misleading. It could make q weary
reader decide In advance that the
work must be one more Of those
Evening star., 1939-07-30
News and Reviews Of Fiction and Books Theories
Sheean Says a World War
Is Absolutely Certain
His Latest Book Is Intensely
Bitter and Beautifully
Written
Bv Marv.C arfer Roberts,
By Mary.Carter Roberts.
Not Peace, but q Sword
Ri Vincent Shee1n.

Not Peace, but Sword
By Vincent Sheean. York: Douoleday-Doran & Co.
Chamberlain Minister Great
book form s9 Of his his & In this %
Europe sailed his Peace Now
to m the title of fer "A And what he says
brought to the worldut sword Another world coming says
m and n Re- nS o this sssa he m
M n % he s doS Of m an S e
the oBs f ss m ns g % % ns n bsen % ss with
from March, 1888 to March,
b e'
hopes and democracy betrayed
prose rns
his From MADRID and from from 0d and the RI
these points
3D. as tbs Il has st.
peoples period under Fascist
@ na oean an M snn d it,
Consists Co raas Of s1;s,ss Series
book for ws series m M Of os e sDan se ie
velvemonh of which he writes There which which
deals with There one takes up ne a PLIGHT
describe plot of the
CARLSBAD an
m @ 5e aho ] manner "nn '"eSe
The n m pon m o % h
o law treaties or even % ha policies the
japanese alliance in the East as in the West that the democratic
Of Fsscn could depended upon to hesitate until was too late to
warfare or wall
we n % a make ha na @ As @ of M onn
guess there will other
that they defend their
This hopeessn and expectation of another war repeated again
aRen asa he our oSn will
and England and we Will go IN once
GS'fss,.y G, Rsassnns in Some of
the swastka trinphs however
the time admits that the nation arbitrarily built and
He that the
comprised
set nav, m ner
neyitabity Yet having thus admitted that
tanning favorable balance he that
h r for st. when it, even to the extent
Legally treaty
obligations
that there would have been moral superiority in sue @ the
m f into sea blood to order which is
readers succeeded shaking the
late August late a sep sp
u.s. he clear en- ENGLAND
could certainty
s M pesb
e dsspsnsly
TT There similar Of logic into which falls
sn % m Ss sn M on H. dned as hi
on democratic peoples calling for
obstrcng action from the nations which still
question why 1t not for the sake of SPAIN the
Czehs the
the sake OF the principles human freedom which
everywhere Yet commenting Egand policy
datly says that 1t has
The book however
questions contains much narrative particularly in describing
authors visits to the Spanish front incidentally
given over the story OF the enlistment and
army OF Jim ardn the of Ring
Spain correspondent but decided remain soldier
accordance with DR. Negrns promise
Then shortly before the end the
vestated and here that
killed.
But in spite of these narrative nterudes essentially
men over the passing OF the freedom nations
iound unhappy of hope
held
effective hour passed Munich
Shanghai 81 husband 90 +,.+ ~, -, -...
6y Vck1 BduW TRANSLATED the little friend
from the German by Basil the scarcely less customary
Creighton NeW York: Dou man ee-a tnere
beday-Doran Co. China,s eehno sno do,ntl M al,an
In her latest novel, there
unrelated together
OF the earth Fateful
confronting them with calamity like hata bomb falls them
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partment has operated with this
slogan on the desks of leading of
ficials:
Our job: To appraise the indus
trial forces of the nation and mea-
sure the war load they are able to
carry"
Another objective is that outlin-
ed by Louis Johnson, assistant sec
retary of war:
THE provision of an adequate
coordinated and integrated pro-
gram of wartime procurement
adaptable to the American system
of government and industry which
will function effectively in case of
war"
The products to be provided from
Delaware industrial plants have
been divided by the ALLEGATION divi-
sion into six general groups.
They are: Airplanes and parts,
powder and explosives, chloroform,
tetrachloride, sulphuric acid, and
sodium silicate.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
Lost 6 Cents Revealed
With Buildings Razinq

CHILDRESS, TEXAS.-It took a
crew of workmen demolishing a
building couple of thousand miles
away to find it, but If J. D. Warden
still wants the letter containing the
six cents in stamps he mailed in
1926 it's here for him now.
The story is this: In November,
1926, a newspaper addressed to War
den arrived at the Childress post
office. Warden had moved to Los
Angeles, and had left a forwarding
address. A post Office employee here
sent card instructing him to send
six cents to the postmaster if he
wanted the newspaper forwarded.
The six cents didn't arrive and
the paper eventually was thrown
away.
Recently the letter containing the
stamps and the card was found
lodged in mail chute In the Henne
building in Los Angeles by work
men who were wrecking the build
ing. The letter was sent to the post
master here. It has not been de-
ternined if the old Los Angeles ad-
dress still will reach Warden.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
Inquest Into MuIIikin Death

Miss Isabella Mullikin, 50, of
Trappe. Md, came to her death as
the result of failure to bring her
car to a stop at marked intersec-
tion was the verdict Of a coroner's
jury at Milford last week. The
Mullikin machine collided with a
car driven by Barnard Rainey, of
West New York, N. J., on Wednes-
day at the Georgetown-Bridgeville
road intersection. Others injured
were Mrs. Florence DeGruchy, of
Trappe, and Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Le-
Compte, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
Easier for Blind Man to
Find His Wayin a Town

PARlS.-Profess at an insti-
tute for blind boys and girls have
been telling the public how the blind
get about.
It is easy for the blind man to
find his way in town, but he is
wholly at loss in the country. for
there is nothing to guide him
In town he can hear the shoe
makers hammer. butcher at his
chopping block, the tap of a type
writer, an automobile with the en-
gine left running, a horse paving
the pavement, or the call of a news
boy. He knows his bearings by the
smell Of bakery, drug store or
perhaps by the perfumes of hair
dressing parlor.
He never wears gloves, for they
take away from his keenness of
touch. He touches someone and
says Pardon, Madame" /" to her sur
prise. He has felt her fur and Judged
accordingly.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
Water Tunnel to Extend
13 Miles Under Rockies

GRAND LAKE, COLO.-Colorado
will have the longest tunnel of its
kind in the world when east meets
west in a 1871 mile rock bore
through the heart Of the Continental
Divide.
Bids on the tunnel, major unit of
the $4,000, 900 Colorado-Big Thomp-
son trans-mountain water diversion
project, will be received at the bu-
reau of reclamation in Denver un-
til June 2.
Engineers have estimated the
work would cost at least $1,000. 900.
The tunnel will pass under Rocky
Mountain National park from Grand
Lake to point six miles southwest
of Estes park. Through it will gush
water from the western slope of
Colorado to farm lands in the north
ern section of the state. Three res
ervoirs on the western side of the
divide will store the water until
needed.
1t is at this point Of the Cont
tinental Divide that streams twist
crafty down either side Of the rocky
hogback intersecting the Rocky
mountain region.
Boring Of the tunnel viii be one
of the most difficult feats ever I'M
dertaken in the state. Because it
will be bored from only two head
ings. haulage, ventilation and drain
age will be major barriers.
Approximately four years will be
required to complete the entire Col
orado-Big Thompson project.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
RIGHT FOOD FOR
GOOD HEALTH
Your Health and Vitality De.
pends on Proper Food
and Right Amount
BY CHARLOTTE SPENCER

Well nourished, healthy school
children have a better chance to
excel in their school work than
poorly fed, undernourished chill
dren.
Studies on groups of school chill
dren have shown that malnutrition
is often accompanied by a decrease
IN energy for school work, inabil-
ity to concentrate, poor memory,
Iinattention and irritability. Mis-
behaviour may be caused by rest
lessness and nervous instability of
poor nutrition.
German school teachers COM
planned after the last war that
their school children seemed to
have deteriorated mentally and
were much more difficult to discip-
line than before. A DR.. Blanton
was located with the army of oc-
cupation in Trier, Germany and he
undertook detailed study of the
situation
These German children had been
living for three and one-half years
on a rigidly restricted diet. The
teachers noticed their lack of en-
durance in games, their restless
ness and poor memory. The num-
ber of children who failed to pass
their grades was double the pre-
war figure. Only half as many
children were able to do superior
school work
Other studies show that physic-
ally superior children are more
likely to be mentally superior. An
individual child who is poorly fed
and underweight may be able to
stand at the head of his class but
the chances are that he would oe
able to do even better school work
if he were better fed.
Parents who are anxious for
their children to excel in school
work will do well to See that these
children are well fed. SO that they
may do the best work of which
they are capable.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
Milford Plant to Open

Remodeling has started on a
large building opposite the State
Armory, Milford, to prepare for its
use by garment company, which
will employ so operators when it
starts production early next month.
Ultimately, the management said,
between 100 and 200 workers will
be employed
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
% WAR ORDERS
FOR DELAWARE
40 Ready to Swing
Into Military Production
At Once
ORDERS COME SEALED

,,oped away in the safes OF 81
,1"nare industrial plants are
De arad orders of the War Depart
1,snt mar, for airplanes, explosives, ana
nowder ~, and chemicals OF all types
al the articles of war.
The Delaware plants are among
+,s nations thousands of industrial
s.tablishments =. that can swing INTO
srod,,ction of every conceivable
p.od of the army and navy at a
.ooroent's notice under a vast plan
nrepared by the War Department
p.oording TO an Associated Press
Si.natch from Washington.
INST how the orders would be
,,aced into effect if an emergency
should arise is not determined.
However, it probably would be in
one Of three ways, depending upon
me speed required at the time.
May Broadcast Release
Those possibilities are: Tele-
grams to plant owners, announce
ments through the press, or a gen
eral radio broadcast directing man
,facturers to put emergency or
ders into effect"
The manufacturers do not know
lust what they will be asked to
turn out under the sealed orders.
However, they are sure that the
products will be those for which
The plant is best equipped. Also,
thev know that the allocations
have been made in such manner
that production Of civilian needs
could be continued. Locations Of
the plants where the orders would
Be filed are not announced by the
war Department. But, it said, the
selection Of plants corresponds gen
erally to industrial Importance of
Individual localities.
Load Is Distributed
IN devising the vast plan, the al
location division of the War De
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
Report of Church Services Fol-
Next Sunday

Next Sunday
First Churcn of Christ, Scientist
Wilmington, at Park Place and
Van Buren Street: morning service
II a. m, Sunday School IL a. M,
Wednesday service at 8 p. m.
Christian Science Society, Milford,
meeting at Grange Hall: Morning
service IL a. m, also meets on first
Wednesday evening of each
month at s p. m. Subject for Sun
day, September 10: Substance"
Golden Text: John 6:27. Labour
not for the meat which perisheth,
but for that meat which endureth
unto everlasting life, which the Son
of man shall give unto you: for
him hath God the Father sealed. A
Bible Citation from the Lesson
Sermon: Hebrews Ill, 3. Now
faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things
not seen. 3. Through faith we un-
derstand that the worlds were
framed by the word of God, so
that the things which are seen
were not made of things which do
appear. Correlative fro mthe Text
book, Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures" by Mary
Baker Eddy: Substance is that
which is eternal and incapable of
discord and decay. Truth, Life,
and Love are substance, as the
Scriptures use this word in He
brews: THE substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things
not seen" Spirit, the synonym of
Mind, Soul, or God, is the only real
substance.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
Load Is Distributed

n devising the vast plan, the al
location division of the War De
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
Legs Broken in Accident

While Edwin Moore, Dover car
penter, was handling some lumber
at the Hartnett Lumber yard, a
large piece of timber slipped and
fell on him, breaking both legs. He
is recovering slowly at his home on
West Loockerman street.