The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-05

CUSStS III JlllS VOlulIlc CIlc 1lloNOly Ol some of the figures will astound you WAR FAVORITE AUTHORS :. |.
 For instance, he reports that the American .50-caliber Colt-Browning machine gun, employed in Yankee aircraft, fires bullet weighing only from 753 to 800 grains. Yet, it leaves the muzzle of the gun at rate of 250O feet a second and has striking force of 10,765 pounds! Imagine what that would do to the fuselage of Jap Zero!
 You begin to realize just what horror London and other bombed cities of Europe felt when those block busters fell in reading Capt Leyson's section on bombs. He ex- plains that even medium 500- pound bomb will develop a pressure of "A pounds to the square inch on exploding at distance of SC feet. At 100 feet, the pressure is about 21z pounds. A man standing at that distance would be subjected to a total force of 252O pounds ir 1-5OOO of a second. Exit man!
 If the pressure and shock didn't get him, the man would be sub- jected to a shower of 5000 frag- ments from 2O00-pound demolition bomb. And that ought to be enough
 Book, in addition to explaining guns and bombs, discusses power turrets, war gases, a planes per for nance under all conditions and generally gives you an idea of what crew of military plane must know in order to fight and live in this age of mechanical warfare.
 ANOTHER ON RUSSIA
 PUSSIA has been the subject of IL many books on the war, one of the most successful being Wendell Willkies "One World" A little more detailish, however, and probably a bit more interesting because of the sidelights that Larry Lesueur pick ed up over long stay is his book,
 I2 Months That Changed the World (Alfred A. Gnopf: $3).
 Lesueur, former newspaperman and radio news man, was war veteran even before he went to Russia the hard way. After seeing the rout of the French, he was as- signed to Russia by CBS. It was a tough trip from England over the ton of the world into Archangel Bombs dropped frequently. There were submarine scares. Weather was terribly cold. But he arrived safely with other American corre- spondents in time to-
 Cover the battles for Moscow and Leningrad, the heroic stand at Stalingrad; get a deep-down in- sight into the character Of the cos mopolitan Russian people and their form of government; bring back a surprising knowledge of Russian politics; and witness some Of the most heroic epics of the war. .
 Book closes with a warning we all should heed:
 Tn the future, Soviet Russia may rival even the United States in industrial production. Her nat ural resources and population ex- ceed ours. We cannot afford to lose Soviet Russia as friend If we are to avoid a third World War"
 AT WAR AT HOME
 tactics? They're old N stuff. Military intelligence? Ditto! Accurate shooting. physical toughness and mental alertness? Duck soup. All that, and more, are the characteristics of an F. 5. l. man.
 "Inside the F. B. IT, by John J. Floherty Lippincott: $2), IS treatise on that governmental agency that will surprise you. Of course, you've read of many Or the stirring deeds of this arm Of Uncle Sam: how it has captured gang sters unearthed espionage rings, shot 1t out with No. l pupIc enemies. But you've never been be- hind the scenes as far as Floherty takes congratulations. examina. tions, constant training, mental ana physical research, and hundred and one other things an agent mas to know. Book Is an interesting document on the man who keeps the home front safe for democracy CHINESE PHILOSOPHY
 rINHE invasion of Sicily has made
 | the vision of the Allied victory more vivid in the minds Of Amer jeans. Thoughts of the victory necessarily bring forth thoughts oi a lasting peace, and 1t becomes aparent that an understanding oi our Allies philosophy is necessary if the peace conference Will DC
 a.torr,inad upon justice.