The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-24

they are fighting Americans.
 New heroes are made daily. New names are being added to that long list that have become by-words since Pearl Harbor Wermuth, wheless, Bulkeley, o'Hare, Kelly.
 These are all well known. But do you know about Harley Olson, Lieutenant Alexander Ninninger and the men of Patwing Ten? Have you heard of Lieutenants McDon- aid and Eatchett and Hook, U. s. Army nurses2 And Doris Miller first Negro to win the Navy Crossp
 Stewart Holbrook tells of Amer ica's new generation of heroes in None More Courageous tMac- milan: S2.50) a book to remem- Der, a book to keep handy. When yo uare sore at the ration board and complaining about the short ages of coffee and butter -- just read couple of chapters.
 Ninninger didn't worry about coffee. All he wanted to do was kill JapS. That was his way to 1 win a war.
 BEST PICTURES OF 1942
 WAR is the theme of "u. s. w Comera, i942" tDuell, Sloan and Pearce $4.5o) a collection of the outstanding pictures of the year by the nations top newspn- per. professional and amateur cameraman.
 The global conflict is traced from farm and f1reside to front line. But not all of the volume is military some of the most ap- pealing feature and human interest photos of the year are reproduced The collection is edited by T. J, Maloney, with Lieutenant -Comman. der Edward Steichen, U. s. N. R., as photo judge.
 Particularly interesting to the average camera fan Is the tech nical data given with most Of the pictures, showing exposure, type of film, camera and lighting.
 CHRISTMAS STORY
 THE Shining Tree Macmillan: .l $2) is a modern Christmas carol, repeating the promise that Chris tian kindness still lives where 1t is least expected. Into New York City comes tiny blind girl, war refugee from bombed Luzon. Half starved, lonely and bewildered, her arrival changes the lives of strange as- sortment of people-from a ragged newsboy to a wealthy gentleman. And of course, the happy Christmas Day ending is guaranteed. Recom- mended for holiday reading. RULE BY DEATH
 TTNQUESTIONABJY one of the U most important of the many recent books on Japan, Hugh Byas' Government by ASsassina- tion" (Knopf: $3) throws the spot light on the military heirarchy which has taken over the Nippo- nese government and at the same time manages to interpret the ort- ental mind to the occidental. It is difficult to realize that Byas' title means exactly what it says - but that is the case.
 Government by Assassination" traces the history of thuggery gangsterism and murder by which the warlords of Japan have gained control. Here is the true background of the famed Black Dragon Society and countless other patriotic so- cieties" which exist for blackmail, piilage and footing. Here, too, is the picture of Hirohito as he really it-as a man, as symbol, as a god and as an emperor.
 TIME FOR PRAYER
 TN times of stress and suffering | man seeks help of his Maker. So it is that "The Best Loved Hymns and Prayers of the American Peo- ple' (Garden City: S1.60 becomes particularly important today. There are prayers for every need to bring comfort and peace to men of all faiths.
 BIOGRAPHICAL BITS
 TN "victor Hugo" Doubleday ! Doran: $S.50) Matthew Joseph son tops all previous lives of the French atriot-litteratuer. Hugo was an almost fabulous personality: literary success at 15, later ack- nowledged leader of French intel lectual circles. happy husband and democratic zealot. His fearlessness, his brilliance and his very human sides are revealed with vitality and warmth.
 As a boy, Louis Verneuil idol ized Sarah Bernhardt and his ad- miration for her lives on in The Fabulous Life of Sarah Bern hardt' tHarper: $3.50) an account ing not based upon gossip or hear say but upon La Bernhardt's own story, related to Verneuil with ut- most frankness.
 Safe Deliverance" (Houghton Mifflin: $3) fourth in the Life-in- America prize winners. is three part chronicle: it is the autobiog- raphy of pr. Frederick c. Irving, the history of Boston Lying-In Hospital and report on the prog ress of obstetrical care in Amer ica. Dr. Irving writes with bril- liant dexterity and sard0nic hu- IL. IL