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Ing in European affairs can lead
only to failure in the future as it
has in the past. We demand
that foreign nations refrain from
interfering in our hemisphere, yet
We constantly interfere in theirs.
We have been doing to England
and France what they did in Abys-
sna, to Czechoslovakia, to Poland,
% Finland, and to Norway-we
nave encouraged them to hope for
nelp we cannot send"
he contended that it was ''use.
less to talk of sending American
troops to Europe now, for we would
leeo months of preparation before
We could train and equip even a
small army"
,, Il Germany WINS, he argued.
Europe y. would be dominated by
,., ne strongest military nation the
avrla has ever known and if we
s .u'erea the war we must be pre-
psrea to attack that nation"
ne charged that an "organized
ul. MINORITY IN this country is flooding
Sm congress and our press with
h1opaganda 1ssl for war;" spending
.las se sums, pushing us closer and
'iSSer VS. to the edge.'
s.n la's nation, he said, stands to-
Hss Ss V. where the road divides, at
Ns q Slgnpost of war and peace"
t. 'uould u. it choose war, he added,
o,, "Ouia W s mortgage 'the lives of
And AN enlldren and grandchildren"
va,,, S every family in the land
dsss Ju y nave its wounded and its
Of W." W. that we have become one
sb.r Iie worlds greatest nations,
dent 4 we we throw away the indepen-
torst,nal M american destiny which our
sn9s s9s'ners gave their lives to
serr ne asked. Shall we SUBJ
War; se :. our future in the endless
builS VI tne old world? Or shall we
E,,raauou ouf own defenses and leave
tjss5p'es tjvpean war to European coun-
ton rsloN, June 15-tRLThe Bos-
by s;ail s;v,ilinlttee 10 Defend America
Sst Aalng n1g the Allies said tonight
lormaSs Solonel Henry Breckenridge,
chsr,al personal counsel to Colonel
sver les "A A. Lindbergh, would an
aier ~ soillght's radio talk by the
snaos, statement for statement" in
nsss speeeh before a Boston , common IN
meeting tomorrow. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-16

National League
Chicago at Boston (2).
Cincinnati at Brooklyn (2).
Pittsburgh at New York (2).
st. Louis at Philadelphia (2).
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-16
STANDINGg
AmNAriNan Y.AaruI

TODAY'S GAMES
American League
Boston at Chicago (2).
New York at st. Louis (2).
Washington at Detroit.
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-16

Palm trees put forth a branch
every month.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-16

COMMERCIAL LEAGUE
The Standings
Evening star., 1940-10-06
Public Library Has Many
Good Autobiographies

ate memoir of his childhood with
his scientist father. contemporary
and opponent Of Darwin.
At the close of his long life, 4
brilliant member OF the distin-
guished Adams family of Massachu-
setts looks back to the forces which
nodded his life and formed his edu-
cation. The Education of Henry
Adams" is one Of the great auto
biographies Of our time.
In Clarence Darrow's THE Story
Of My Life" the great criminal trial
lawyer states his credo. Nodded by
10Th century determinism, an agnos-
tic and 10th to form or pass moral
judgments. he nevertheless had in
finite compassion for the notorious
criminals he chose to defend 50
brilliantly.
Paul Cohen-Portheim, author Of
Time Stood Still; My Internment
in England. 19l4-18." was an artist.
Austrian by birth. but with family
connections and ties of sympathy in
ScVciaA GuiOPcdh SOuiitiicS. 11lS
story Of his imprisonment in a
typical internment camp in Eng
lanad In the last war shows poig-
nantly the sitting and manning
effects Of enforced hard life on the
human spirit.
In Personal History" Vincent
Sheean, a gifted journalist, tells his
experiences in the Riff war. in Rus
sia, in China. Persia and Palestine
during the l920s. At each OF these
places he was present as a keen and
intelligent observer during dramatic
moments Of political action. His
book, however, contains another
story, the story OF his own intellec-
tual and spiritual growth
Evening star., 1940-10-06


level than that of animal satisfaction Deprive them this
1t Is worth living. ."
giou tribal religion. tribes
the Germans Hitler; the Italians Mussoini the Stain Ts
has transformed the passive barbaans of three nations into active
barbarans.
fostering devotion and LOYALTY and commanding sacrifice For religion
vitality;
subdue this vitality another people head off and its
br,.s omnror;ses No sttar how s tho st cod
the religion tend toward universally
brotherhood peace
servile brotherhood those whom has
On the basis of these remarks one would expect
call rehabilitation of Christianity the religion which having
fosered should be able the fervor needed
Living call reduced
studiedy Chris
taniy by his repeated references founder myth
political of against
Mr. Mumford ord says; ;, uoo,,, ooos . . + ,sa ,
Fascist poFacst speaker of the air DENYING the use O.
mails Fascist Observation-Disclosures to Fascist
Censorship every item given by the
Italy Russia Japan any of their Fascist allies and finally putting
sending exiehe ringeaders OF Fasm
which would make the pousal Fm itself an act of treason
Such measures retort
Mumfod disposes of that objectonto his
Abraham Lincoln
Emancipao points
suspend the writ of habea far ancient than
imperative"
the Mumod limitations will not permit the
summary all the ingredients but typical Of the spirit of
to enlist at least for years every boy
His argument Every citizen should have condition OF his holding
the full privileges Of citizenship spell Of collective work.
piece literary craftsmanship. Faith for Living" is superb
Munfords books But
again something every appra
vaccination against certain the body generally recognized
applies to induced
vaccination will create immunity to serious attack but the dead
Fascim introduced the and Tor the same good
purpose might have just the opposite result.
Evening star., 1940-10-06
Brief Reviews
Poetry.

Poetry.
THE SPIRIT WATCHES. BY Ruth
Pitter. New York: Macmillan.
A collection Of short poems Of
still subtle beauty.
THE GAP OF BRIGHTNESS. BY
=. r. Higgins. New York: Mac
milan.
A collection Of short poems COM
bining . mordant temper with fine
craftsmanship.
CALEB, THE DEGENERATE. BY
Joseph 8. Cotter, sr. New York !:
Henry Harrison.
A blank verse drama in which
all the characters are Negroes. Sub
stantial but somewhat academic.
THE HUMAN TOUCH. BY Judge
Henry Jackson Hunt, ID. New
York: Avon House.
The first published collection Of
the works of . Rockville ND poet.
POEMS ABOUT MAINE. Edited
by Sheldon Christian. New York:
Henry Harrison.
Anthology Of very uneven quail
ity, some doggerel and some excel
lent verse,
COLLECTED POEMS. BY Edward
Dawson. New York: Harper.
The poets work from 1917 to 1899.
Very fine.
AGAINST THE SUN. BY Ada Jack
son. New York: Macmillan.
Short poems, sometimes excellent
ly witty, sometimes trite.
WAIT FOR THESE THINGS. BY
George Able. New York: Henry
Holt.
Short poems of sound craftsman
ship and thought.
COSMOPOLITAN DANCE. BY
Winthrop Bushnell Palmer. New
York: Fortuny's.
Short poems. mostly trite.
THE MAN COMING TOWARD
YOU. BY Oscar williams. New
York: Oxford University Press.
Poems of revolt against the age,
previously modern and turgid.
POEMS. ESSAYS, LETTERS. BY
Joyce Kilmer Edited by Roberts
Cortes Holiday. New York:
Dodd, Mead.
The complete poetry and prose
OF the popular writer. Collected for
the first time.
Evening star., 1940-10-06

Perhaps no other medium In lit
erature Is such q natural vehicle Of
self-expression as autobiography.
Provided the author has the great
ness OF soul to make him worth
reading, his autobiography. of nee
essity a revelation Of his heart and
mind, Is bound to be rewarding.
Through the autobiography Of an
intelligent man, one can sense the
mental climate Of an age, the beliefs
which warmed 1t, the ideas which
lighted 1t. The Public Library,
Eighth and K streets NV, and its
branches contain a variety Of titles
that have proved interesting to
many readers.
In Benvenuto Cellini's "Autobio-
graphy," the golden days OF the
Renaissance reappear. Cellini was
a fine artist and skilled craftsman:
he was also a quarrelsome braggart
whose peccadilloes are perennially
entertaining. Through his jaundiced
eve, one sees the turbulent life Of
the Italian courts.
Ernest Renan was a student at the
seminary of St. Sulpice, a brilliant
Orientalist whose biblical researches
caused him to lose his faith. In
"Recollections Of My Youth" he sets
down his dreamlike memories Of q
happy childhood In Brittany and his
youth in the seminary before he
came to his painful decision.
Maxim Gorky's MY Childhood" is
simple. moving story which con-
tains an unforgetable character
sketch OF the Russian authors won-
derful old grandmother. In Sir
Edmund Gosse's Father and Son, -
the author has written an Affection
Evening star., 1940-10-06
Literary WordRevews of Current Publications Varou
Best Sellers

The following list Of best sell
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information obtained In WASH
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New York. Boston, Chicago and
San Francisco by the North
American Newspaper Alliance:
Fiction.
THE Beloved Returns,"
Thomas Mann: Mrs. Miniver,"
Jan struther; Foundation
Stone" Leila Warren; You
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Wolfe: How Green Was My
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"stars on the Sea-" r. Van
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Indies" c. s. Forester; The
Family" Nina Fedorova;
"Whiteoak Heritage" Mazo de
la Roche.
Non-Fiction.
Country Squire In the White
House" John T. Flynn: New
England: Indian Summer" Van
Wyck Brooks; BET It's . Boy"
Betty Bacon Blunt; "As I Re-
member Him." Hans Zinnser;
Europe in the Spring" Clare
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Buchan; "Bottlenecks Of Busi-
ness" Thurman Arnold; II
Married Adventure" Osa john
son; They Wanted War" Otto
D. Tolischus; "J'Accuse," Andre
Simone.
Evening star., 1940-10-06
Final Edition


The autobiography Of this weknown
triumph
before anything else triumph Of style could
example Of how the trivial incidental casual
ed satisfying onnciatng author
thoroughly understands the art of transformation
Mr. Benson writing his life has undertaken personal
history
novelist and that his
social activities
various English Switzerland
regularity The only serious
where the world war he eab-
shed home-the famous
Yet this responsibility lightly
about
the people things liked
which they expressed themselves.
His deliberate charm to
entertain without beneath
probably much the same
Placed beside the nakd sereveag
18th
find the description is
s in finely distilled perfection expression of that Vctoranis which
concerned itself deliberately with the
whatever ungracefuness might lie beneath them
This attitude OF limited privileged
lived within that class his
never looked beyond its limits He found
with it, for in
perfect picture kind Of life of
marks on the development Of world today.
He writes Of his brother
master at Eton and Fellow Cambridge He writes
Catholic priest He Maggie spiner
followed Of dylke intellectual
the present Lord Halifax wife who was
daughter the Rohsids
banker Of Philip Kpng Stanley Badwn is
only their amusements their wcsms
worldly
things the reader will hnd for himself between the
separately trivial But the accumulation Of given
history its
Of these affair. sbundsnty evident " '
NC r.
Evening star., 1940-10-06
Mr.. LittIejohn
By Martin FldUin.
York. Harper q Bros.


This Is a first novel written, with
nice discrimination, on that Oldest
and best theme Of all novels-the
quest of a man along the roads OF
the world. Homer perceived the
beauty OF the idea; one does not
need to list his successors. Mr..
Flavin, starting out as a writer OF
fiction. has set In the old frame a
good and lively picture.
He has taken for his wanderer q
modern American, an ageing head
of a huge corporation. Mr.. Horatso
Littlejohn. Beset by government
interference in his business. by labor
troubles and family trials. Mr..
Littlejohn decides that he can bear
his life no longer; so. in a disguise
and a rented car. he sets out to
search the highways of the land
for q solution to existence's enigma.
He meets the usual odd assortment
of character types in his wander
ings-a pair OF young lovers, a Com
munist. a Negro wanted by the law.
q spiritualist. a bandit or two and a
faithful dog. There Is a great deal
of humor and high spirits in his
adventures, which are complicated
by the fact that his disguise makes
him the twin OF famous bank rob-
Der who Is. st the moment, the OBJ
ject Of a Nation wide search by the
F.BI. There is humor enough, in
deed. for a reader TO go through the
book for the sake OF entertainment
alone. But Mr.. Flavin's intention
has been bssically serious. He al
lows his here 70 solve the enigma
eff life isn't fun, what is it?'D and
end up in an insane asylum.
There is a great deal of fun poking
in the work at our current believers
in panaceas-in social security, in
Communism, in pacificism, in mass
or mob action generally. 1t is Mr..
Littlejof1n's conclusion that none Of
these things are Of any use-that the
world cannot be saved by any form
ula. or by anything else, but that
individuals can. If they will. save
themselves. This is. of course, an
idea which, even If humorously put,
could not have gained any publish
er's countenance a year and half
ago when-if you remember?-all
fiction had to have a panacea trend
Of some kind or other. The reviewer
hardly takes the appearance Of Mr..
Flavin's work as symptom of a
new fashion. Skirts are going down,
they say, and it may be that in
dividualism in fiction Is coming
back in much the same unreason-
ing manner. Anyhow, it seems
worth making the note Of the posi-
bility.
Evening star., 1940-10-06

be-researched and be-written Pc
riods in the history of our country
the period of the Civil War.
Mrs. Greenbie's volume is
biography of Anna Ella Carroll of
Maryland, written from the point
of view that Miss Carroll was one
of the great political figures on the
war period. Almost nothing has
been published concerning her since
her death, in 1893. Yet, according
to her present historian, she was
the major strategist of the War Be-
tween the States, was responsible
for the plan of military operation
which opened the Mississippi to the
Union, was the determining ,tnfiu-
ence which kept Maryland from
seeding, was instrumental in bring
ing about Lincoln's election. and
was a power in upholding the Presi-
dents hands by her brilliant propa-
ganda writing in every major issue
of the war period. Anna Ella Car
roll was, in fact, says Mrs. Greenbie,
q phenomenal genius.
She was, she tells us. possessed
of a sense of military possibilities
which outranked that of the best
- ~f - -
Evening star., 1940-10-06
Against the Cold
By Witter Bynner. Nep
York: Alfred A. Knopf.

1o'h. AJISu a. h"oPJ.
The latest progress Of this fine
poet, as set forth in his new collec-
ton of verse, seems to be levelly
along the high plateaus Of his old
excellence. For he only repeats those
thoughts which are the coin OF
lyricists in all times, and he repeats
them now with grave finality rather
than with fire and wonder. That all
things pass and that the human
heart will always deny that truth,
that there is no newness in the
world but, in the heart, an ever
lasting wonder-these are the songs
he sings. That . poet should sing
them beautifully Is all that one can
ask. And they are beautiful here
unbrokenly so. NC. r.
Evening star., 1940-10-06
Mumford Prescription to
Strengthen Democracy
Smacks of Fascism
Fine Literary Work Proposes
Measures More in Nature
OfVaccine Than Tonic
Rv Phifib H. Loye
Faith for LWino
By Philip II. Love.

By Leu0s Mumtord. New York: Harcourt Brace
begins eighth
the earlier work. Men Must Act he built strong
frequently
rejuvnate itself die In the volume his
scrpton for such rejuvenation.
reaction to that prescription will depend how
diagnosis
Munord evidently endangered
within its
scrpton however feeling principal
external then
considered
For what Mr. Mumord brand Of medicine that locks
smells like label
a will democracy
taR Rn, aH
Evening star., 1940-10-06


invasion of its blood stream by the
fascistic virus.
The trouble with the world. Mr..
Mumford argues, is that it has re-
verted to barbarism. Fascists-and
in this category Mr.. Mumford in
cludes the followers of Stain as
we'll as those of Hitler and MuSso-
lini-are one kind of barbarian; the
peoples Of the democracies are an
other kind. The only important
difference between the two groups
is that one is active, the other pas
sive. The passive barbarians wor-
ship money and the things it repre-
sents, especially the things it will
buy: the active barbarians, lacking
money, worship military power and
the things it may enable them to
buy with blood. Both forms of
worship represent what Mr.. Mum
ford calls "the cult Of the primitive"
I'm America" Mr.. Mumford
writes, I'VE have created new race,
with healthy physiques, sometimes
beautiful bodies, but empty minds.
Shopgirls and clerks, mil
lionaires and mechanics, share the
same underlying beliefs. engage in
Evening star., 1940-10-06


paph and of the Ana sw @
tn. best legal minds her time not been in
when s were barred from public e she might BY the mpe.
the Army the law Journalism AS she generally known
family.
And such scany remarkably
testimony the claims which Mrs Grenbe able beatedy to
In her preface Mrs Geenbie accidental glimpse
ne ~as csed ni at
a nn Of fT the
re- M nG to M ,e @ @ S M most Ts den S no o M
many loyal sutherne ruined by the Governments reconstruction
that decided
mentioned for She accordingly the heroine
plainly written
has many Of THE marks of an snd m h aS o
Is still has the armarks Of truth 1t rests not achieve
person biosrapher surviving
inda not unlikely that she could have done the things claimed
the family MARYLAND daughter
pendence
really Greenb
poles:
M Her u S With ahe Anne
m s s s @ ABLE ter plsss s .s R u
affairs through social contacts with statesmen and Their families and
She take which days was
where she announced proposed
M s M hes st up pe BE
Her work s she carried %
engaging activities
%
articles
ing fortnight After President
obviously understood that her immunity
of her most dependable resources
Of Lncoln candidacy.
and effectively that on his
arrival in all sr bss m M 5 hn
correspondence matter pension
cabinet
of work the highest terms She advised
the re
appointed survey the situation and make
Greenbie that she
Of
Doneson finally to the fall of Vicksburg.
According Greenbe Stanton appointed Secretary
explicit which it from the state Of being
in action Lincoln read it, she reports with
that there two practically
being execued- by civilian and
staff would consent Through the
Edward Bates however
general whlch anne lnocao 1oio"eo
instruction in detail
The Lincoln and the who
willing credit
responsibility
eo,n however and when mounes obliged
time to grow up efforts and opposition naturally
recognition AS secretary Stanon sao one
work that made others famous
extraordinarily interesting Although the
Carroll Greenbe
there awakening interest in her recently
association has formed to preserve her
home Maryland and the chapel where she
r.. A-Kannave Hnrrv IN
Evening star., 1940-10-06
The McKenneys Garry On

Bu Ruth Mckinney. York. Hdrcourt Brace.
conscien-
keep posted American humor And
she has read various critical
Anyhow she has usually found
question sogg and conversely that when she
being critical simply grand time the volume turned out to
that enjoy not
making living something like the
that involves kissing
pretty girls only In that 1t does not
happen overrequent But did happen last week while she
concerning bpous
childhood Eileen happened
b perhaps viii comment Of more profoundly
anayticaI
Evening star., 1940-10-06
Romantic Rebel: The Life and Times of George Sand

By Feizid Seyd NeD York: Viking Press.
S a a who understood. One
could wish that the of she had herself sen-
vindcaed nnumerable
unfortunately like who
genu she has survives personally
of history
be said
hvn~
understanding that
which always eluded her pursuit
shows George Sand she compound OF explo
explosive Her mother
father
iegtimate
maturity
romancsm which followed Napoleons downfall She
a intellectual
integrity times in which she spent her youth put false value
that welroundd
misfortune always to seek for the ultimate In
and not her work That she associated
with they her. had
o disappointment
Seyd this credtaby Her background material
pcturequey biography solid and
mertorious performance. NC r.
Evening star., 1940-10-06
Little Known Woman Held
Important Place Among
Civil War Strategists
Anna Carroll of Maryland Is
Revealed as Genius Behind
Many of Lincoln's Plans
By Mary.C arter Roberts.
Ny Deor Lady
By Mary.C arter Roberts.

By Marjorie Barsow Greenbie. New York: Whittlesey
would appear from this book that body of history
considered dependable thing will seemingly
material brought forward change the Of what has
already Ordinarily think of the huctuang and
the established that k of convention Actually
exists it; falsely
only then it exists falsely only in part For outside human
knowledge
previously seldom complete follows that toward
rational toward the
Such reflection these well to the reader OF Mrs eenbe
before public nor
nation which will throw light Of the most
Evening star., 1940-10-06
The Real Danger in Our Gold

By Harry Schermdn NeW YORK: SIMON q SchuSte7
gold buried in the hills Of Kentucky and stored elsewhere IN
the the United
stored Fort Knox has become source OF serious con-
wonder would happen this vast
Of the worlds supply the Naz should attempt
subst their barter system for free trade
author
Promises Men Live By identifies such fears an achievement
victorious
things they would would to return to gold the medium
Of international exchange
gold Scherman it, in its invitation
innaon BY tremendous affords the author
Government debt Such
OF
Evening star., 1940-10-06
Mr.. Sheridan Of Drury Lane
By Alice GLASGOW.

By Alice GLASGOW NeD York: Frederick A. Stokes
This pleasantly written life
sometimes considered the greatest the writer's English
Mr. Sheridan certainly natural for biosrapher
anything against
him. than this his choice dashing
remey well recorded.
With material
hardly other than produce lively
added
4
personal
writing political
outlines Of his e filling in her with sketches the London Of
portraits lightly his Perhaps
could h would be
little beginner considerable
able In q
Evening star., 1940-10-06
Consumers All

Dv Joseph Gaer. York: Hdrcourt, Brace
listen book for the In
description Of the problem whole sets
together with dos and dots tor Mr. and
dictionary Of
explanations Sadngs various articles projects
special problems outline
clear readable statement the problems confronting
given
elementary Most Of M But It does mark With danger
signs pitfalls In which many buyers hnd themselves .
BAnDAlDoE CRieT
Evening star., 1940-10-06

the conflicting interests Of all ele-.
ments In the population. The rem
edy the author proposes is to abolish
the Governments monopoly of gold
ownership and return to the full
convertibility Of paper money"
CECIL HOLLAND.
Evening star., 1940-04-09
jolly Polly
A Little Chat on English

BY JOS. J. FRISCH.
S. KIT could have been worse"
is the correct form, not TT could of
been worse" This error is chiefly
due to careless pronunciation. In
Evening star., 1940-04-09

I can fool him any day." Jerry
chuckled. He was thinking of how
he had fooled Farmer Browns boy
into thinking a big trout was on
his hook.
Slowly Jerry slid into the Smiling
Pool and swan over toward his
favorite log. Peter Rabbit stuck his
head over the edg of the bank.
Hi, Jerry" he shouted, "last night
I saw Farmer Browns boy coming
over this way with lot Of traps.
Better watch out!"
Go chase yourself, Peter Rabbit.
guess I can look out for myself" I"
replied Jerry, just . little Grossly.
Peter made . WY facs and