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Evening star., 1942-07-19

Home Craftsmanship and w. Ben
Hunts Rustic Construction" Prac-
tically every one loves the appear
ance of things built of rustic ma
terials. and they have the advantage
of withstanding the ravages of
weather and rough handling.
Written for the average gardener
of small experience, Walter Brett's
Book Of Garden improvements"
has over 1000 ideas, many illus
trated in color. Two books of the
same general makeup are the Pop
ular Mechanics Craftman's Guide,
1910 edition. What to Make and
How to Make It." and Fawcett Pub
lications' How to Build It." Here
are plans for weatherproof garden
furniture, fireplaces, pools, weather
vanes, lunch tables and seats and
other distinctive garden woodwork
All are simply explained and re-
quire simple tools.
The summer issues of many pop
ular magazines have excellent arti-
cles for lawn and garden improve
ment. House beautiful, June, 1912
in THE Back Yard as Your Sum-
mer Home" offers plans for build
ing barbecue, converting your
backyard space into a place to loaf
and play and to cook and eat, with
ideas for outdoor meals. Parents
Magazine, June, 1912, has ideas fol
| furniture to make your yard livable
This Summer, Enjoy Your Yard
Another article of interest is az
Ways to Get More Outdoor Life
found in American Home for July
1910. 1t tells how to light your
yard, build fireplaces, pools, tables
and make unusual garden orna-
ments. In the same issue we find
how to utilize junk furniture to
make the yard an attractive living
space: Building the Party Yard
There are very simple designs for
the home mechanic In Popular
Science for July, 1941, Furniture
for Sunny outdoor Living Room. y
These books, pamphlets and peri
odicals are all available at the Pub
lie Library, Eighth and K streets
| NV, and at manv of its branches.
Evening star., 1942-07-19
For the Mystery Fans
Brief Revie1Ds of Current De.
tectiUe Fiction.


tectiUe Fiction.
The Man Who Slept All Day, by
Michael Venning (Coward-McCann)
The man who has been sleeping
all day is dead, but several people
have their own good reasons for not
saying SO. The scene is an estate
near New York. the occasion a week
end party the sleeper" man who
is disliked by every one. the story
good.
Enter a Murderer. by Magic
Marsh Observation-Disclosures is COM
mitted on the stage of a theater,
and the audience thinks it part of
the show. Fair.
Evening star., 1942-07-19
Victory on West Hill

By Robert L. Dufus Macmillan.
New England birthplace
has us with yet another for speculation the anci-
ful events set R. L. Dufus his third,
Adbur Vt as late 1912 still village and doesn't look
though Will
to go places Indeed at time the center of
that employed
down and no bothered replace them So while the
OF country moved AdebuIy behind
population now is the same as it was during the Civil War
Washington Hendricks all
except the period of the Civil when fought the
North Almost retired
farm, which he no longer cutivates.
his birthday
that he not far from death wishes to give his children
and geatgrandchldren understanding
has found profitable in the American of life He realizes that he
rambunciou
Of the village doctor who successfully administers treatment
fortify the old mans mind.
through the Of the doctor that the reunion Of
family extraordinary There beautiful
Bonita beloved by her she fond calls him. there the
ideaist Perhng looking something
The older generations Of Hndrickses represented by stern business
finally the birthday party into cases OF ptomaine poison
And there Lincoln throwback the West
seek their fortunes who always looking for some new speculation
characters all symbolic American life different
national development the the details
the alegory.
Mr. Dufus has set himself most dcu task that Of having
fluid and
amusing that the likely
EUGENE ERI1CH.
Evening star., 1942-07-19
The Just and the Unjust
(Harcourt, BrGce.)

BIZ James Gould CossenS. fHdrcOurt, BrGceJ
within
a American city all the factors which
influence the Of justice day and country 1t will be
for the lawyers say whether he has made technical success OF the
work fiction however his book decidedly successful
tt s yeade vo ann ass @ court p
pedder whom they have previously and held for They
the slightest genius They are tried in small community Of native
placid population
decade The politics of this place the usual smatown machine
atornehp soon be open and the who does most
married and needs job descendant three generations
of legal dea he does not job with political strings it.
which
of the which and lawyer he follows through these
As Mr. Cozens justice through
results coming from the recognition
e @ no ns ] o ff less than the
law devised The
situation 'A'' ''''0' ''D'' l"A'
His BOOK hoWeye1 is by no means the thesis which this analysis
procedure OF the trial coorfu defense
haracter and the courtroom atmos
The great merit the the M with o My oz1ns
has large number OF problems into single story
Shooting the Russian War
Written and photographed BY Margaret tsmon
March s4l Margaret Russia by way
China take some pictures She reached
war at the front and behind it She accompanied
passed her and Mr. the e @ @ OF i the sn
photographer Miss Bourke a
colleagues to shoot at As writer she is naive
greatness then
to of book have revealed themselves immature beings
creative artist of the dance the century writing her life history
hess pioneer the scientific study Of Wild fe setting down her pro-
Evening star., 1942-07-19
Attack
By F. o. Miksche. (Random House.

NlfSche. fRGndOm House,
This civilians on
IN technical the
cnnqle as that method
stage the Spanish civil not
copete beyond the understanding of going slowly
and hard YOU get used to the
ana enor the material is extremely interesting
1he author was for Army
ne served as an artillery staff republican armv
SPAN ana at present with
He obviously
aoe TO regard pattern entirely
dlctabe In its 1t
DooK despite Its ruggedne for
dissection OF the bkeg dspe the
current belief bz nvncibty to take
the bogeyman - ~
he anayzes the division
PUNK ana point and rolngou
Ie al nodmg that greatest
defense ne and only Of secondary
range poog OF military objectives
pest defense against bzkeg defense DEPTH
consists not In meeting attack by swallowing
columns up and cutting them of from their following
down down And 50 on through the caao step
oemg illustrated by elaborate charts and diagrams
BOOKS such this
by the German method in the assault
tn United Nations longer be taken
which their military
Maj Mlksches view, determine the
organization
one hand and tradition the Armies
hVe those that adopt slowly
-
Evening star., 1942-07-19
The Submarine at War
BuA. M. Lou. (Sheridan House.)

A NJ.
prof low has achieved title of his might
describe the an implement OF
detailed of It's history and its
concerned with 1t in the past In the present
well submarine
His explanations OF modern submarine strategy
particularly informative.
highly complex modern submarine the result
more
this evolution beginning with
the subject admiral Queen
significance this book today obvious The section modern
submarine warfare will give the reader much enghment the critical
underwater craft playing the
details the
major equally informative.
The Submarine at War" Is readable instructive being
with the extraordinary
from its curious beginnings down and including
MALCOLM LANfBORNE,
Evening star., 1942-07-19
Background for a Novel
Prisoners Diary Reveals Source of
Material Used IN Earlier Work
By Mary.Carter Roberts.
DIALOGUE With Death
Dialogue With Death
By Arthur Koestler. (MacmillanJ

n. % o yesfs k sae v 5 ss the M
Tne scene that work was political prison
m hs n by xn and M y oW are ms %
isg Hi HIS r esossr sse entirely " diary which he
the fascist forces during the civil Spain
him
his cell that he had been en- s the death death
os @ eemssat OF hs books a :q @ for d % GRIM % s s out his mortal
had been engaged in the civil He was in
se Ssa ass the the s' 5s
in oas e the .st F op s h he a s
X IKE ms dog h got @ @ ssm ay By
M arrest M only thing
es hs e 'sss S:s s 's
mental anguish might
administered to prisoners powerful and vivid
M Ker @ us
mforgettable conditions which though they
peculiar Spain sand and an snS 91 m he poad M
~ " Borrows Books From Prison Library
Writing the horror Of being arbitrarily imprisoned and cut on
e@ sa with
only slight in the & sum OF his ne ~as p
iss a nas Ne
ans se 1stons s he 0m e
He not only heard nightly the ~ oy voice. Of the wv warden noting
be shot he only heard the shots
taly turning into prisoners mentality
sty that even he were spared death he might spend
life hundred and two days
retrospect Koeser concerned
Likelihood Of dns the
of q second by-second vvidness
the violent contrasts which he sneredo times
his cell resoded with shots and death OF times
a G % ni sombqe
the which he makes the nation
os En BEFORE he was taken prisoner he had
the contradictions of Spanish In Malaga the
city lay waiting the Fascist ATTACK ia ne found oeerf % and men men % m
realized perfectly of the desperation their posi-
ton Lassude and unea seemed to them lne were ooua
national and their personal knowledge could not shake
of it. In the concentration Of the prison similar con-
tradictions multiplied before his eyes Incredibly
Killing Mechanical Chore.
malice toward the condemned on the
part pity The herding killing Of their
read it, nines toward Sadls and SO mas
least % .T. give vs. % ne es aes ny fnd
reached level of objecy they all pne
he would courteous he would be
he would kill without emotion killing was ex
pected Koeler they in him who had been
captured therefore going to be
that all there to it. They expected him to nave the
the conditions When they treated him with
kindness did, indicated change whatever
their minds The kd Of them would have
Justice something which out Of their minds
It existence to them in the first place
eraes forced conclude that shaped to accept
authority devoid capacity but for obedience destined to
Fascist necessarily
at least know it, could have stirred little them
M Kosss est picture IS Of Of only Hae OF tn the se
republican sympah he hated ssm But his estimate the Spanish
initiative spoaney by
keep freedom alive anywhere were completely lacking IN the
Spanish civil from
Considering what the fight has led TO- the cyncis is almost
endurable.
Evening star., 1942-07-19
Furnishing Your Yard
By Della p. Oakes,

Readers Adviser Mount Peasant Branch Public Library
Evening star., 1942-07-19
Windword Passage
By Hamilton Cochran. (Bobbs-MerriH

By HdnlHt0n COcNrdn fbOOOS-WeTT1I
of the Spanish Main but he has
imagination
written the OF
Mogans that
which
lieutenant of Jamaica
Vital to the storys Lady Judith Lacy passenger
ship captured by Morgan This to be Mogan
Modyod OF colony OF
while sending
Thomas Morgan
captain particularly unhoy manner
scheming Lady judith
she talks him into her hostage to get sufficient sn
men From here the STORY
with love violence plot and counterpart ao
necessitam.
dealing with the conquest
at let reader
sets the
ingredients. MIRIAM oliENoEfse'
Evening star., 1942-07-19
Americas War Problems
Pearl Buck Urges Laying Aside of
Prejudices to Overcome Disunity
American Unity ond Asia
BIZ Pearl S. Buck. John Day.

BIZ Pearl S. (John Day.
This speeches
written the problems
Most of deal problem of
disunty disuny means ALL dsuniy
grounds prejudice
prejudice
poentty Consequently variety of appeals to
Of the whole Nation.
one paper she appeals to the white population New York to
fair to the
themselves with dignity
gaining fact the legal equality guaranteed them under the con
tuition She also asks the of the Union Now With Britain
ea in M ps a m wa he he u
She CHINA and India
different ourselves says ought
days be nice hem Those ae some Of the angles
from o ~h attacks ss sne the e s 6s m out the
aq a her ST The s s sTs
xhls there s1oup IN
of at
' s"H s %
educate themselves primarily human beings and not
o nnhsy M m ' wes M y m % o
ed e % M n e m yea but @ m ohsr s fife not
for points the
that theoretically she perfect grounds Human beings no
nothing against the reonabene this distinguished writer's
the final Of the book however Miss Buck
question
US form
in in effect.
fight war the
subject freedom Of speech the right criticize the
said these that comfort to
en M M let @ the ns hsgs @ that m @ matter Wbs what e ns
se o Of ~sf
as have freedom taken from us at ,s thin.
that Miss Buck has brought the issue out into the NC
With Jopon's Leaders
By Frederick Moore (ScrbnerJ
Leaders, and there anomaly which obvious that reader
Japanese employ up although
he was war was inevitable for more than year before that day.
the changing policies of the should be
These srategsts will also think for Mr. Moos decision
to remain with the japanese 1t could have been that he reported on the
side to our Observation-Disclosures there no hint OF definite arrange
poyed through years up
s en ns s G s snd
Mr. Moore convinced that Japanese
nese in this country that he right.
by the mtar Mr. Moore knew what happening long
adviser" subtle
campaigns
which tn the D ~o S down m about @ her her 70 m
United States and least saio Nomua
good deal Of peion in WITH Sanan Leaders but it st the Kind
Of book one should read word for word JOHN sELBY
Gen. Nicholas Longwoh Anderson Letters and Journals
Edited by Isabel Anderson. (ReuelJ
day when washngtons hustle the worlds capital never
worth Anderson wrote placid washington
Simple SIN pie indeed , were the pleasures which he describes in this letter to
The circus has arrived in all its glitter and pageany In many
Bonapr bought seats.
which she has allowed her friends to purchase.
the English Legation Greek road Monday
Falls excursion"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-25
MEN NEEDED TO OPERATE
AIRCRAFT LOCATOR DEVICE

Because men are needed urgently to
operate the L. :. Nir~y's secret air
craft locator deyince. there are great
opportunities for rapid advancement
among Navy radio ttchnicians.
This was announced today by Lieut.
Byron f.. Flechtner. officer in charge
of Navy recruiting for this area. En-
liStment in this radio branch of the
service is open 10 men from Il TO 5u
years old. inclusive. and actual work
ing knowledge of radio is not neces-
Sarily required. knowledge of electri-
city. mathematics ar physics may be
acceptable rs a substitute.
Men with sufficient experience in
various phases of radio may qualify
as radio technicianS. second class. as
soon as they enlist and have OppOrtun-
ity To rise to the rank of chief petty
officer eight months later. The month
ly base pay is $50 for second ella IS
petty officers and 1926 for chief petty
officers. There are additional monthly
cash allowances for dependents.
Lieut.. F1echtner pointed out that
Navy training fits men for high-pay wing
positions later in private industry.
Information about the aircraft To-
Gator branch Of the Navy may be Oh
tanned at any Navy recruiting station.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-25
English Pot Hole and
Cave District Discovery

Altnougn the pot hole and cave
district around Cheddar and Priddy
had been sensationally advertised to
the foreign delegations which recent
ly attended the conference of the
British Sociological associations
international conference at Bristol,
England, special show was staged
for the visitors by w. F. Rankine,
Q schoolmaster of Aldershot, who
had guarded his secret until the
eleventh hour.
Five thousand years ago, when
the British cave man emerged from
his cavern into the open air-just
preceding the age of tents of pelts
and huts-he dug holes in the earth
OF basin shape and covered them
with the boughs. of trees. Last
spring Mr.. Rankine discovered q
number Of these holes in a field at
Farnham. DR.. Graham Clark of
Cambridge university was called in
and excavations were quietly begun.
The doctor soon laid bare what
appeared to be the abode Of the
headman Of the colony. The earliest
type Of artificial dwelling in the
world, he told the conference at
Bristol - an announcement which
started rush for Farnham. At
the same time it was revealed to
the News Chronicle of London. that
In one Of the pits had been found a
fire-blackened hearth and many
fiints which the ancient Britons used
in heating water and cooking.
They obtained water from a near
by spring, which is still in existence,
and heated it in skins by dropping
hot flints into them.
Hundreds of delicately fashioned
flint implements used for catching
fish and for making spearheads
were also found.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-25
Michigan Bell Sets
installation Record

Detroit. Sept. 24.-The largest mi
tiaI telephone switchboard installation
of IFS kind ever, completed in Michigan
the new automatic branch exchange
in the Unin Guardian building here
for the national headquarters Of the
T.. =. War Departments ordnance
tank and automotive center-has just
been completed by the Michigan Bell
Telephone Company.
The installation also set new speed
record for similar work in this terri
tory. the SpOsitiOn switchboard and
associated equipment going into Oper-
atiOn lust 81 days after the Army
made known its telephone require
mepts in the 36-stOry skyscraper. Nor
maliy, the job would require 26 weeks.
All the resources Of the supply arm
of the nationwide Bell System were
called upon to rush the job through.
Switchboard cable was rounded up
from all parts Of Michigan Bell terri
tory. The Western Electric Company
dipped into equipment earmarked for
less important jobs 10 supply the De
trOit project, and 400 men at its Chi
cago factory worked night and day
to furnish additional equipment that
was out Of stock. EOrty-twO Western
Electric installers were marshalled
from all parts of Michigan. Equipment
was rushed here by plane.
The new switchboard is equipped
with 500 lines. $50 central office
trunks. and 30 private lines. A cable
carrying 3.f34 pairs Of wires TO the
Army center was installed and $4,000
feet of switchboard cable was used,
together with $1,000 lbs of switches.
fine wire. lamps. batteries, and other
electrical gadgetS.
Engineered for tremendous expan-
sion, the switchboard ultimately will
lss%e ~ positions. 100 lines, 400
tpunlas and 10 private lines. Fourteen
Of The positions and 1900 lines are
scheduled for service by December /.
When completed 10 its ultimate ex-
panSiOn. the installation will exceed
that at the Ford River Rouge plant.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-25
LEAGUE OF CATHOLIC WOMEN

The League Of Catholic Women held
its first meeting of the season OIL
Tuesday afternoon, September 10, at
the home OF Mrs. Harry Tucker, 3O4J
Van Alstyne boulevard, with Mrs.
Frederick j. RaubOlt, president, pre-
siding The work schedule for the com
ing year is heavy one with much
led Cross and war work to be done.
Mrs j. Russell Eberts, administrator
Of the local Red Cross and a member
of the league. addressed the group.
Mrs. James d. DOlan also spoke at
the meeting about the work of the
National Catholic Community Service
(NOCS), and the USO. She reported
that 40 junior NOES hOStesses have
been trained under the supervision of
Mrs. Edward Niece, and these host
esses have taken part in various par
ties and dances given for service men.
Now that the USO center is opening
on Crosse lie, the junior hOstesSes will
also assist there and all Of the various
OrganiZa tiOns under the MUS, of
which the League Of Catholic Women
is one, will be called upon TO furnish
senior hOsteSseS and sandwiches for
the snack bar. Mrs. DOlan requested
that the league sponsor dance for
service men, To be given in WyandOtte
at some future date. and Ii was voted
by the members present to do this in
the fall. the time and place TO be de-
cided later. Mrs Frederick J. RaubOlt
is, to represent the league on down
river Noes committee which will plan
the Noes USO program for the Crosse
lie center.
The Red Cross blood donors bank
was also a topic OF discussion and
Mrs. NJ. Clarence COnnOrs was APP
pointed chairman Of Red Cross work.
One of her duties is to procure blood
donors from the league membership.
Members were urged TO continue to go
to the blood donors unit on Cass ave
nue., Detroit, on the second WedneS-
day of each month, which is South
west Deanerry day. For those who
wish to donate blood but are unable
TO go to Detroit, the mobile unit will
be In wyand0tte on November Ii.
The purchase by the league OF an
$500 defense bond was announced by
the president.
The next meeting will be held Tues
day. October Is. at the home or Mrs.
N. +. Nichols, 2747 Biddle avenue.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-25
White Garden In Moonlight

White Garden In Moonlight
White flowers have so many uses
In the garden.
For aesthetic purposes, they serve
as peacemakers between colors that
might otherwise clash.
And for gardeners who get most
Of their enjoyment from their
grounds in the evening hours, white
flowers are very desirable. Viewed
by moonlight a green and white gar
den is indescribably beautiful. Elk
anime by moonlight or artificial
lighting a portion of your own or a
friends garden that is dominated by
white flowers and see how much
more effective the scene is than
where colors are used in the garden
scheme. If, in addition, your flow
ers are fragrant, your pleasure Is
doubled.
Another advantage Of white flow
ers is that in many instances they
have been found to have much high
er visibility to those with failing
sight. If you have an elderly per
son in your household whose sight
is impaired because Of age. or If a
member of your family has poor
vision because Of other causes, plant
small green and white garden es-
pecially for his enjoyment. Here.
too, fragrance is an added virtue.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-25
Fair Enough!

Pvt. Gimlet Grogan, columns OF
Camp VOTERS publication, in Te tas,
The Longhorn, has come forth nth
an idea to end the war. Il go an
idea," announced Private Gre, tan,
''for settling, all this fighting ovet. the
Pacific ocean. The idea would 81 to
divide the ocean on a $3.50 b Sis.
Japan could have the bottom b III"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-25
Chile,s Fashionable Resort

Just outside of Valparaisqais
Chile's most fashionable seaside :e-
sort Vina del Mar. The hillside OF
this aristocratic suburb are brill ant
with gardens, and the curving 8 ore
is lined with pavilions, handf 1me
houses and fine driveways. The IS
a bathing beach, but the waite OF
the Pacific at this point is decid dly
chilly, for the cold Antarctic cur ent
sweeps off the coast.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-25
Loved Horse More

YanSey Christmas, horse owner
and racer, loved his horse more
than he did $4,000 which an insur-
ance company offered to pay him
to shoot his horse, Rough Time,
which had broken'a bone in his leg.
He nursed the horse back to health
and Rough Time is now running and
winning races again.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-25
Indiana's Czpital

Although Indianapolis. has been
The capital of Indiana since 1925, two
other cities in the state had that
honor first. When Indiana was ter
ritory, the seat Of government was
located from 1900 to 1913 at Vim
cennes, and at Corydon from 1913 to
1916, the year statehood was grant
ed.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-25
INTELLIGENT Purchasing

Now more than ever before, u re
viii be inferior substitutes thrust or
the unsuspecting purchaser, and We
must be able to judge their J he
worth. In addition to changes ir
fabric standards, we will also b We
to become accustomed to differ nj
color standards - Of suitability al
well as NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ne
dye industry is also affected gre tly
by war manufacturing. Homen ak
ers should see in these new probit ms
q challenge to their ingenuity:
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-25
Art of WoOdcutting

The art of woodcutting consists in
drawing, or photographing, a de-
sign on the fiat surface of block of
wood, generally lockwood, and in cut
ting away all that portion of the
block upon which the design does
not appear. The part of the block
which is left in relief is covered with
ink and impressions of it are taken.