The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-17
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There is a lesson for all Amer.
cans in Capt. w. E. Fairbanks
Get Tough" (Appleton-Cen-
fury: SD, little paper-back
that packs as much punch as
the Commands who follow it's
Get Tough" out
lines the technique of rough
and tumble, hand to hand
It's methods are not
pretty, but effective.
It's importance, however, lies
not so much in what it teaches
in so many words but in the fact
that every reader must finish
it, convinced that this is def
nitely not a gentleman's war.
The old days of chivalry on the
battlefield are gone. This is an
fight and the rules Of
war have been thrown away.
The winner will be the nation
with the toughest fighters.
Get Tough" Is more than a
treatise on mayhem. 1t is a COM
mand for every one of us.
WARTIME AIDS
Recommended for special at
tention of feminine readers are
two small war" books. "The
Army Woman's Yearbook"
(Whittlesey House: $l25) con-
tains all the information an Ar
my wife needs. If she remains
at home, or accompanies her
husband to his station in the
States, this book will answer
all her questions--from allot-
ment of pay, insurance and NOV
ing household goods to rules OF
etiquet, military courtesy.
Preservation of the Home
Front is vital in these times and
many a mother is having diff
Guilty finding ideas and projects
to keep the youngsters busy. Va
cations are restricted and bud
gets limited. But THE Bright
Idea Book" (Dutton: $2.50) IS
an invectment in keeping child.
rem occupied and happy. Hob
bies, handcraft, magic, dog
training, and ways to make
money are only few Of the
topics covered.
HITLER'S NEMESIS
No second guesser, Gerhard
Schacher speaks with authori-
ty when he predicts in HE
Wanted to Sleep in the Kremlin"
(Reynal and Hitchcock: $2.50)
that Russia will fight Hitler to
the bitter end-and that end
will be Hitler's.
Schacher it was who went on
the radio when the Soviet first
was invaded and, in the face Of
almost unanimous expert" pre-
dictions to the contrary, declared
Hitler would live to regret his
action.
In this heartening book, the
former Czechoslovakian author
and journalist explains why he
was able TO make that predic-
ton and why he is certain to-
day, though there may be more
reverses, Russia will fight on
and eventually will defeat the
Nazis. Schacher also tells why
Germany must be completely
and Enthusiastically defeated If
there is to be peace in this world.
The Rivers of America ser.
les adds another important IT,
tie to its growing list in "The
Allegheny" by Frederick
Way, Jr. (Farrar and Rine-
hart: S2.50) a stream impor-
tant in America since the first
white men came to western
Pennsylvania. Ways chronicle
reads like a novel.
JAPAN A TIGER
Willard Price gives you the
who where-what and why of
Japan in Japan Rides the Tt
ger" John Day: S2.50), which
takes its title from an old Chi
nese proverb: HE who rides q
tiger is afraid to dismount."
You will have better un-
derstanding of the japanese and
a greater appreciation of the
struggle ahead before Japan is
driven from occupied territories
Japan's attack was sudden,
but her moves to gain domino.
ton of the Pacific took root CEN
turtles ago. The Pacific campaign
was well planned, expertly exc
cuted. japan is striving for
world rule and will be satisfied
with nothing less.
Americans who intend Wis
iting the ruins of Tokyo after
the war might take note Of
Prof. william NJ. McGovern's
"Colloquial Japanese" Out
ton: $3.50. 1t is designed
however. for instruction Of
Army and Navy officers.