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his i'll luck however be in ONCE
naonasm and the OF his
program readjustments hopelessy blocked
Throws Light
Personal
Economic Conference
could be brought to do
ANYTHING effective the result his decision to
accomplish possible regional basis in the Western
brought his secreasp
popular fame out OF this decision under
economic regionas recognized method Economic national
ism however peace which abroad In
also political isoaonm The combination was
Is OF
war that the gains made its eve have become
nothing
light the personal factors which have
public affairs during the recent past 1t discusses at
length My the London Conference
Roosevelt and the League OF Women
public of the Nye Committee investigate
the munitions industry OF the various conferences are
given The work downright formidable
in O.
often
history of the recent decade IN our
rather history Coden Hull it can be heartily
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Book Of Days
BIZ william. Beebe, Hdrconyt,

oVOh VI Ho/S
By William, Beebe. Hdrconrt,
Brace.
William Beebe, father Of the pres
ent school Of popular science writ
ing, has devoted this new book OF
MS to a cruise which he took in the
company of fellow scientists down
the west coast Of the continent, be-
ginning in Lower California and
continuing to- Panama. In every in
dentation of the shore that was
visible on chart or to the eye in all
that distance, Mr.. Beebe and his
friends stopped and passed the time
of day with the inhabitants.
The inhabitants were everything
from sea elephants TO ghost crabs,
but In the eyes of Mr. Beebe they
were all delightful fellows. With
his characteristic enthusiasm for
odd species he took them all to his
heart, and with his usual wicked
writing skill he has made the
shelled, scaled. filmed and feathered
creatures fascinating to the reader.
In other words, he has written one
more of the kind of books which he
writes. For its type, the reviewer
cannot think Of any higher praise to
give.
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AH-Out on the Road to Smoiensk

BIZ Erskine CdldUeH DueH Sloan & Pedrce.
Caldwell the when Hitler turned his Russian
heaviest bombing attacks Moscow. He
gathering
chiefly afraid
soldiers afraid of his armies
other nations the
propaganda Against the Soviet these
powers deepated for Germany
them hurled back
with all fire o a
the beginning that the Germans
thing Stain Line along the
the Lengd
line they
held their mid counter
offensive
picture the Soviet at waro
determination that recognizes
no possibility c. BELMONT FAIRIES
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finally his life
novel, but he used by the
author cosmopolitan nationalist
his history is criticized by another
Of Jewish feelings to be truly
truly national In his search
reject
a traitor he sycophant.
writing If it tells anything about
those problems always existed
and have always dehed
Fuctwangers In ad
n1ti It.
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point of sighting JoSephus. At any
rate, he has let his villain surpass his
hero in color and vitality. 80
Nationalists Foment 90
Hopeless Rebellion. oa
The book is essentially a novel Of
politics. Josephus, member of a
conquered minority, represents the
school of thought which holds that
conquered peoples best serve then
own interests by adopting the cuI-
ture of their conqueror. He would
have the Jews live in harmony with
the Romans. Against his rationalism
is set group Of fanatical nationaf-
lists who foment rebellion even
though their cause is manifestly
hopeless. Over the two parties Domi-
tian casts his amused and calculat-
ing eye.
His character is that of the dicta-
tor He Is concerned only with hold
ing his power. He plays one faction
of against another, he orders
purges, he rules through secret po-
lice, he stages dramatic trials. And,
personally he Is fascinating neu-
rotic. Through the course of the
story he plays an elaborate cat-and-
mouse game with Josephus, the pur-
pose of which is to destroy the lead
ership of the Jewish people.
The interviewer plots are far too
elaborate to be related simply. In
sofar as they are carried out in terms
of action, however. one can say that
they are brilliantly realistic. On the
other hand, the resolution which
Is reached in the mind of Domitlan
seems somewhat arbitrarily ordered.
For, though the Emperor triumphs
in his material conquest Of the Jews,
Mr.. Feuchtwanger would have 1t ap-
pear that fear of the Jewish religion
rules his later years, and that terror
OF the vengeance of Jehovah finally
becomes his motivation. The con-
cept does not fit the character
which has been established for
Domitian to that point.
Josephus. for his part, is shown
r,par+ir, l,ie attitude of ro riop lisY,
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Hull Biography Is History
OF u. S. Foreign Policy
Harold Hinton Presents Vast
Amount of Information in
Well. Organized Work
CordeII Hull: A Biography
By Harold Hinton. Doubleday, Doran.

By HuTOEd DOHUeudy,
biography applied this Secretary
State Hull with limited meaning The work history Of Mr. us
personality
the stuff which biography item reading Unless
that history foreign policy during the
dubious honor.
thought being chapters
which
economic problems thorough the technique practical
the
Departments conduct the major issues which
Huns considerable
the authors familiarity
public but
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The New Day

BIZ Jules Romans Translated from the French by Gerard
Hopkins Alfred A. Knopt.
addition his Men of Good VIII novel series Mr
that doctrine
cvd bv the European 2 He first shows postwar
PARIS toward Russia mingled
the Soviet Republic and
us qalor repression which ned that
Both complicated With tne
Mr. Romans cast OF
and the individual histories
Indeed this of novels longer and longer
certainty that the form happy Ine
fusing history into related body
alternating pssages world
then the adues of cast OF cona
and feel that Mr. Romans would
his materials.
fciona wants tc
novel" colevism 1t
better its theory than in its practical execution
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have lain DenlnQ Jne scenes. Mr.
Hinton, a correspondent for the New
York Times, covered the State De-
partment for nine years and ac-
companied Mr.. Hull on all his Latin
American conferences.
Sees Hull as
Economic Thinker.
He obviously has an excellent pic
ture of the whole situation of our
foreign relations during recent years,
and he is able to present that situa-
ton lucidly. But what the lucid
presentation brings out is chiefly
confusion. The complications be-
tween domestic politics and foreign
policy, between election tactics and
international relations, between Mr..
Hulls personal sense of what was
desirable and his political sense OF
what was possible-these are In con-
slant play, and 1t Is tribute to Mr..
Hinton's ability that he has been
able to marshal them in such a way
that a reader can follow the devel-
opment without getting lost. His own
complaint is that the New Deal con-
centrated its attention on 1.-The
Immediate and unimportant, as op-
posed to the permanent and valu-
able" until the hour had passed
when any effective thing might be
done. He does not put the blame
for this on MI Hull. however, but on
the whole state Of politics and pub
lie opinion.
His estimate Of Mr.. Hull is that ne
Is primarily an economic thinker.
From his early championing OF the
income tax law in the administration
of Theodore Roosevelt to his assump-
ton of the duties Of the State secre-
taryship, he has shown a conviction
that economic readjustment IS the
way toward social improvement. An
old fashioned Southern Democrat, he
had as part of his political heritage
faith in low tariffs. From this some
what elemental concept he gradual
ly developed political philosophy
in which the necessity for a more
er11it a b1e distribItion of the worlds
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he was rated a recruit 1lrSt petty
officer. In october Mr.. Heflin mar
ried Miss Frances Fixes, Naches.
Miss, who is employed by the War
Department. The petty officer de-
clares that he joined the Navy be-
cause II got tired of talking to
people who thought they could win
the war with words about something
they know nothing about"
At Camp Polk, La.
Pvt. William C. Slevin, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene Slevin, 840l Con-
necticut avenue, Chevy Chase. Md,
recently arrived here for duty with
the 1lth Armored Division.
John H. Ontrich, jr., technician
fifth grade, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John H. Ontrich, 620l Brookville
road, Chevy Chase, Md, was recently
promoted to the rank of technician
fourth grade. Mr. Ontrich is a men,
ber Of the Service Company, 11th
Armed Division. here. Prior to his
entering the Army. he was a sales
man employed by the P. Lorillard Co.
Pvt. Carlton w. Wedding. son of
Mr.. and Mrs Coy E. Wedding, Port
Tobacco. Md. recently arrived here
for duty with the 11th Armored
Division and has been assigned to
the 492d Battalion.
Second 1t. Philip j. Pagan. son of
Philip J. Fagan. ST.. 1910 Seventeenth
street NV. has just been assigned
to duty here with the 55th Armored
Infantry Regiment. 1t. Pagan was
commissioned at the Armored Force
School. Fort Knox, KY, and later
attended an officers orientation
school here. He entered the Army
a year ago as a private and was
stationed as company clerk here
before being selected to attend the
Ofi1cer Candidate School.
At Monroe, La.
Springs Reid Moore. jr., son Of
Springs Reid Moore, Bethesda, Md,
Is now enrolled in the Army Air
Forces Pre-Flight Navigation School
here. Cadet Moore attended Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School and
George Washington University. Be-
fore joining the armed forces he was
employed by the Bureau of Internal
Revenue.
At Edgewood Arsenal, Md.
Five men from the Washington
area were recently graduated from
the Chemical Warfare Service Of
ficer Candidate School here and
were commissioned second lieuten-
ants. They are: Frederick 3. Brady,
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Russell Rowell, Ii. Paul W. Kicker.
8031 Eastern avenue NV; William
A. Reutemann, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William A. Reutemann, ST., 660l
Summit avenue, Chevy Chase, and
Bernard L. Shelton, 2015 Fulton
place NE, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lynn c. Shelton.
At Roosevelt Field, N. Y.
Sergt Walter Stogner, son of Mrs.
w. H. Sellers, 1409 Potomac avenue
Sc, has been assigned to Head
quarters at Headquarters Detach-
ment, Technical Training Com
mand, here at the New York Army
Air Forces Civilian School, where he
is sergeant major. Prior to his
induction September 10, 1941, Sergt.
Stogner was manager of the Henry
Clay Restaurant on Minnesota and
Pennsylvania avenues NV.
At Camp Davis, N. c.
Three Washington men recently
graduated from the Anti-Aircraft
Artillery Offlcer Candidate School
here and were commissioned second
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Department.: Jack baltimore, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. baltimore,
5521 Colorado avenue NV, and
former cost accounting clerk with
the Federal Works Agency; Ralph
L. Cohen, former accountant with
the Sinrod & Tash C. P. AS, and
Henry Levin, son of Mrs. Amelia L.
Kendel, 726 Fern place NV, and
former senior purchasing clerk with
the United States Public Health
Service.
At Fort Sheridan, Ill.
Two men from Washington re-
Gently received promotions here.
They are Clarence Langley, 1913 B
street Sc, who was promoted from
the rankeO1 private first class to that
of technician fourth grade, and
Alton r. Wittig, 312 A street S.W.,
who was promoted from the grade
OF private first class to that of tech
nician fifth grade.
At Scott Field, Ill.
Roland Given, son of William H.
Given, 1419 r street NV, last week
was commissioned second lieuten-
ant in the Army Air Forces upon
graduation from the parent radio
school here at the Army Air Forces
Technical Training Command.
At Great Lakes, Ill.
William Edward Heflin. %, for
merly Of Washington, was recently
promoted to the rank of a petty
officer in the Security Watch here
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which is quite the nuts. We haven't
been paid for three months and
don't know when we will be. Gig
arettes and candy, soap, towels.
toothbrushes, etc, are issued to us
free incidentally hunting here is
wonderful-lots Of Japs and I've
gotten my share.
Cuts Beard.
II cut off my beard. I did 1t for
two reasons. One, it was contin-
ually getting in my coffee which we
get occasionally during the night
and can't see. The coffee itself is
terrible and the beard gave it
peculiar seasoning. Two, it was hard
to keep clean, seemed gray from
the dust most of the time and the
sugar in the coffee proved appetiz-
ing to the flies. resulting in several
nests and large numbers of fly
specks. Twas just too much"
November S:
Il remember once somebody said
this-'You, as a leader of men,
have something in your hands that,
if destroyed, canont be replaced
the lives of every man under you I
lost some of my men the other day.
1t was not my fault but just the idea
of my men one day and Gods the
next sort of has me down. If I am
not grown up after this sort of thing
I never will be. I hate to fall back
on my age but this is an awful lot OF
responsibility for 10 years. If only
We could have a war without any
one getting hurt. This sure isn't
the way for soldier to feel but III
probably be over it tomorrow.
Soldiers FavOrite Sport.
"One of our favorite sports over
here is to imagine how we will arrive
at home. The other night I dreamed
was in Frisco on the way home. I
reserved the Shoreham pool and
then sent unsigned invitations to
every one 1 knew for a swimming
party there. Everybody was sitting
around the side when all of a sud-
den a door burst open and 1 dived
into the pool and when 1 came up.
everybody tainted, fell in and
drowned. How's that for a grand
entry"
Sometime in November:
Il write under extremely difficult
conditions, so please forgive every
thing. We are on the eve of our
greatest fight. Many of us will never
live through it but I shall. I'm fine
and happy. If I win this I'll be
happy to fight more. If I die, and
I won't, Ill be happy to have died
for my country
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dress, was formerly employed by the
Washington Navy Yard as an ap-
prentice machinist. In civilian life
Pvt. Moye was employed by the War
Department as messenger. Pvt.
Key, son of Mrs. Bertha F. Key of
the o street address, was formerly
employed at the United States Navy
Yard. Pvts. Makell and Cunning
ham have been on duty here since
october % of this year.
Three otner men from the WASH
ington area have also recently ar
rived here at the Army Air Forces
BOmbardment Base and have been
assigned to an engineering battalion
as clerks. They are: Pvts. McThard
E. Haynes, 1888 Irving street, former
Government employe; Harry C.
Wheeler, husband of Mrs. Inez v.
Wheeler, 1919 Florida avenue NE,
former employe of the United States
Government Printing Office, and
Harold M. Jones. Manassas, Va, for
merly associated with the Prince
William County School Board as vo-
cational agriculture instructor and
farm manager.
At Fort Monmouth, N. J.
Five men from Washington re-
Gently graduated from the Officer
Candidate Department of the East
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the service last May He was for
merly eemployed by the Rural Elec-
trification Administration.
At Sacramento, Calf.
Corpl. Charles L. Scott. son OF
Lewis Scott, 1882 Massachusetts,
avenue NV, was recently promoted
to the rank of sergeant here at the
Signal Corps Replacement Training
Center, Camp Kohler.
At Gainesville, Fla.
Corpls. George w. Lynn, jr., 1870
Twenty-second street north, Ar
lington, Va. and Henry Rubin, Sc
Charming street NV, are now en-
rolled in the Army Administration
Ofilcer Candidate School here as
members of the third ofIicer can
didate class. Corpl. Lynn was for
merly stationed at Daniel Field
Augusta, Ca, and Corpl Rubin came
here from his post in Washington.
At Fort Harrison, Ind.
Six men from the District re-
Gently arrived here at the Finance
Replacement Training Center to
begin their basic training in finance
They are Pvts. Mike O,Reilly, for
mer employe of the War Depart
ment; Matthew Miller, former ac-
counting clerk with the Department
Of Justice; Arthur Wessberg. hus-
band Of Mrs. Lillian E. Wessberg,
8 Rock Creek Church road NV.
and former employe Of the War
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514 Oglethorpe street NV; Alonzo
P. Brown, jr., 825 Emerson street
NV; John H. label, jr. 1888 Adams
Mill road NV; George Seymore, jr.,
1921 Sligo parkway, Green Meadows.
Md, and George H. Milesell, 25l
Maple avenue, Takoma Park, Md.
At Fort Knox, Ky.
Corpl. Martin P. Learn, son Of
Mrs. Ruth r. Learn, GA Massa-
chusetts avenue NE, recently re-
ported to the communications de-
partment here at the Armored
Forces School for training.
Pvt. (First Class Joseph L. r.
Beaulieu, 1868 Minnesota avenue
Sc, recently reported to the Ar
mored Force School here for a spe-
cial course of instruction in the
clerical department.
John Gardiner. jr., son of Mr..
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He also grad Mai. H. d. Dodge.
uated from the University of Illinois
where he took advanced military
training.as a member of the Reserve
Officers Training Corps and became
major of that organization. Due to
his high military rating, he was one
of those selected by the War De-
partment under the ThomaSon Act
for one year active service in the
Regular Army with commission of
second lieutenant. He served with
the 18th Field Artillery at Fort
Myer, Va, and Fort Hoyle, Md. He
returned to active service with the
18th Field Artillery early in 194l
with the rank of first lieutenant.
At Fort BennIng, Ga.
Howard James Preston, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion r. Preston, 708
North Jackson street, Arlington. Va,
and Horace Alvin Lowe, jr., 8 Rhode
Island avenue NV, were among
those recently commissioned second
lieutenants upon graduation from
the officer candidate course here at
the infantry school, A graduate of
Washington-Lee High School, 1t.
Preston entered the service in March
of 1941 and served with the Office
of Strategic Services before going
to Officer Candidate School. He held
the rank of staff sergeant before
being commissioned. 1t Lowe is a
graduate of Mckinley High School
and Bucknell University, Lewisburg,
Pa. He received his commission Just
eight months following his induction
into the Army at Camp Lee, Va.
Capt. Isadore Rod, son of Samuel
Rod. 1859 Lanier place NV. has re-
ported for duty here with the l24th
Infantry Regiment. A member OF
the Reserve Corps since 1880 with
the rank of first lieutenant, Capt.
Rod was called to active duty last
November. Capt. Rod is a graduate
Of George Washington University
Medical School. His wife, Mrs. Isa-
dore Rod, resides at 4007 Connecti-
cut avenue NV.
At Athens, Ga.
Nine naval aviation cadets from
Washington recently arrived here at
the United States Navy Pre-f1ight
School to begin their preliminary
flight training. They include Rey-
burn Hicks Dennis, jr., 2529 Third
street NE; Chester Rawlings Fina-
gin, Anacostia; John Joseph Gal
lagher, jr., 1856 Richmond avenue,
Silver Spring. Md; Richard william
Israel, 1858 Butterworth place NV:
William King Reeve Kalbfus, 1919
Thirtieth street NV; Robert En-
nett O'Brien, jr, 1897 Twenty
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Cross. the Haitian Brevet of Merit,
the Haitian Legion of Honor, the
Good Conduct Medal with five bars
and the American Defense Medal.
His wife, Mrs. Louise H. Bolton, re-
sides in Eustis, Fla.
Selfridge Field, Mich.
Maj. John Henry King, jr., Med
lcal Corps, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Henry King, 1923 Thirty-sixth street
NV, recently reported here for
active duty. Maj King is a grad
uate Of the Dewitt Navy
Preparatory School and the George
town University Medical School.
He has been in the service since 1885
and has served at the Letterman
General Hospital, San Francicso
Calf; Washington Army Medical
School; Carlisle Barracks, Pa;
Walter Reed General Hospital; Fort
Lawton, Seattle, Wash, and the
Philippine Islands. His wife resides
at 8516 Irvington avenue, Bethesda,
Md.
Pvt. Thomas J. OHalloran, jr.,
1901 Ridge road Sc, was recently
promoted to the grade of corporal
here at the Army Air Base Corpl.
OHalloran has been in the Army
since August s.. a n
At Walla WaIIa, Wash.
First 1t. Orville T. Myers, son of
H. w. Myers, 5041 First street NV,
has been attached here at the Army
Air Base as company commander
since July of this year Prior to
his entry in the Quartermaster
Corps, 1t. layers, a graduate of
Mckinley High School and Benjamin
Franklin University, was employed
as cost accountant.
At Fort Sill, Okla.
Howard D. Dodge, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph N. Dodge, 4729 Forty
seventh street NV, was recently
promoted to the rank of major and
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y, lSfU, W II LII. JoHH ndTuihef' V'
the District National Guard.
At Fort Washington, Md.
Norman Fade Sims, jr.. technician
third grade, 2814 North Washington
boulevard, Arlington. Va, is now en-
rolled in the Officer Candidate
School, Adjutant Generals School
here. Following a 12-Week intensive
training course in administration, he
will be commissioned a second lieu
tenant.
At New York.
John Jones Smoot, 4340 Verplanck
place NV, was graduated last We'd
nesday from the United States
Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School
here and was commissioned an en-
sign following a four month VT
training course.
Four men from the Washington
area recently were graduated from
the United States Naval Reserve
Midshipmen's School here and were
commissioned ensigns. They are
George Henderson Sweet, jr., 6805
Meadow Lane, Chevy Chase, Md:
Robert Carr Doyle, $500 Thirty third
street NV; Donald Thomas Chalk
ley, 4609 Highland avenue, Be-
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English. One said, You American?
And I answered Yes He said,
Good, American number one.' My
legs and arms have become quite
muscular with all this walking and
they all wanted to feel the muscles.
They called me Big one-good.'
"The women all wore grass skirts
and nothing else. The women do all
the work. We noticed man and a
woman walking along the road The
woman carried about IS pounds of
wood and food and the man carried
a spear. What life! AS We were
leaving, the kids stayed on for a
while until finally We had to put
them off. One wouldn't get off so
we asked one of the older ones to
get him off. It's hot here as usual
and the flies are terrible.
We'll, I gotta go hunt a few Japs,
so I'll close"
All Hot Jungle.
October 25:
= ""I am fine and New Guinea Is
terrible 1T is most all hot Jungle,
rain every day, flies and mosquitoes.
No white women or civilians are on
the island, only natives. These ma
tives are really something The
women wear grass skirts and Moth
ing else. The men wear a cloth
around their hips and the little boys
run nude until they are about 15
The women have tattooed faces and
the men wear sticks in their hair
which stands straight up. Maybe,
this is all nightmare.
I'VE are now in a combat zone
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Mrs. John r. 1t. Z. J. Murphy, Jr.
Fitzgerald, 1924 Talbert street Sc.
1t. Schweizer was formerly an ac-
countant with the Monad Paint Il
Varnish Co. In civilian life, 1t.
Murphy was q student at George
town University. Prior to his enter
ing the service, 1t. Fitzgerald was q
census clerk employed by the Gov
ernment.
At Tinker Field, Okla.
Second 1t. Samuel v. Moore, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee v. Moore, 1410
Allison street NV, has been pro-
NOTED to the rank Of first lieutenant
here at the Oklahoma City Air
Depot. A graduate of Central High
School and the University OF Mary
land, 1t, Moore received his COM
mission In the Air Corps May 20.
He has been on duty here since
July IL and is the odicer in charge
OF the sub-depot control section.
Corpl. Robert E. Riechmann. for
merly Of the District, was recently