The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11

ship and cooperation in "Ambas- sadors in White" by Charles Mor. row Wilson (Holt: $3.50).
 Latin Americas public enemy number one Is neither Nazi nor Nip ponese," observes the author. Tt Is the instdIous and ubiquitous col- ulna of disease. The operations of this enemy are harder to check and will continue to be far more dan- gerous to Us of the north than any. thing out of Mein Kampf."
 Of 100000 people in Latin America, 50,000O0O are sick, suffer. ing from all the diseases common in the United States, plus many savage illnesses of which we know nothing. Wilson outlines the stag- gertng immensity of South Amer ica'S public health problem, and clearly indicates our responsibility in helping'to meet the situation.
 Ambassadors in White" is not dull, dry, or statistical. In his bi- ographieS of famous doctors and some who have never been head lined, Wilson finds much that is thrilling, adventuresonne, and TO- mantle.
 IF you like biography, here's one
 A that will keep you up past the
 famous midnight on the subject.
 BiOgraphers this year, will have to
 ride hard and far to beat Paul
 Revere and the World He Lived
 in" (HOughton MiMlin: $3.7S), by
 Esther Forbes.
 You will learn that Revere not
 only rode to warn of the Red.
 coats approach, but many times
 carried vital information frOm One
 colony to another during the
 critical Revolutionary times. Like.
 wise he wrote some of the most
 1nfEammatOFy anti- George III
 propaganda, helped establish
 needed powder mills, was OGElcial-
 ly chosen to write one of the Iet-
 ters of coincidence to Mrs. Wash-
 ington after the first President's
 death, sheathed "Old IrOmGides"
 with copper rolled in his mill, and
 was a mighty useful cltisen.
 Revere rode and worked to
 make America. To-day Americans
 may we'll be re-inspired by this
 very readable account of one of
 our great heroes. In this book he
 becomes a man, not . myth. THE silk stocking shortage is no A worry to Craig Rice's newest villain. In Rice's latest killer -chiller 'The Big Midget Murders" (Simon and Schuster: $2) the murderer hangs his victims with II unmatch- ed silk stockings. Murder of a midget, too, has its advantages-the body is easier to conceal, etc. It's 8 Craig Rice circus, with plenty of laughs. If you're not a mystery fan already, this may convert you. NAZI KNELL
 Y IKE bombshell on the book A stalls as thousands of tons of bombs blast Germany every night comes a new book from inside the land of the Nads, "Will Germany Crack?" (Harpers: 42.75). The au- thor, Austrian refugee Paul Hagen, believes that 1t will although 1t will take time and massed R.A.T. raids seem to bear him out.
 In a revealing account of how war has come home to Germany, Hagen gives us the inside story of the political crisis in Naziland fol- lowing the invasion of Russia. A member of the underground op- erating under Hitler's nose, he tells of the work of that organization, sheds new light or the revolt of the generals. the growing conflict be- tween Parry atd Army, and the Reichs farm, labor, and economic troubles.
 twill Germany Crack?" answers the question 1t asks with an abe sorbing roundup of facts and inci- dents that foreteiI the certainty that Nazidon is doomed. It pro- vides @ much-needed background for the coming crumbling of Ger many without inspiring over-op- timism, and suggests how the de- mocracies can most effectively bring to full bloom the seeds of disruption now sown.