The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-01

rise, and, in the confident opinion
of the author the fall of the Luft-
waite, barked by the dismal failure
of Axis aircraft in the Tunisian
victory.
The fact that the great air ma
chine faltered and has Topped is
attributed by Hermann to Goering
and his stoogeS' contempt for the
heavy bomber. He seems to have
something there; the Ruhr has been
and still is taking pulverizing
treatment from Allied bombers-the
big fellows. the FortreSseS and Lii
berators, the Wellingtons and Ian
casters, the type Goering sneered
at, and today doubtless has bad
dreams about.
THE story of Germany's planning
l. for the present war and parti-
cularly for the conquest of Norway
and Denmark is told in dramatic
fashion in Kurt Singers Duel fol-
the Northland' Mcbride: $2.75
Even before Hitler came into
power his agents we're at work
Traitors such as Vidkun Quisline
were enlisted for espionage ir
Scandinavia long before the gov.
ernments were aware that the rist
of NaM power would threaten theil
independence. Singer mentions thu
spies by name, tells their connec'
tons and how they worked.
The conquest of Greenland ant
Iceland was on Hitler's schedule a.
well as that of Scandinavia. Thu
intervention of Britain and thu
United States in those island
effectively knocked weapon agains
America from the hands of thu
Nazis, he asserts.
NOVEL NOVELS
YOU'LL read a lot of books be-
l. fore you come across three
novels that are as Interesting a
Havoc by Accident" "Withou
Passport and Heaven is Wind.
swept Hill
First, by Georges Simenon liar
court, Brace: $2), is a translation
of two of that famous French au-
thors best yarns. First in the boob
is best-"Talatala" Remarkable plo
one you might expect to see in thu
movies. Deals with a coffee planter
in Africa. English nobleWoman j!
forced down near his plantation af'
ter a plane flight. Amorous relations
blighted love, enter the flancee, ane
disillusioned man finds his true
love after a series of adventure!
that are extremely interesting.
without Passport by Joar
Coons (John Day: so, is a strik
ing parallel of two lives. Both ART
temperamental; one subdued ant
the other ELUSIVE. Both are must
cians-Lena a pianist, finds an out
let for her temperament in raising
a family, primarily, and playing hel
instrument Secondarily; David,
violinist, is the other, who put!
career ahead of everything, break!
the heart and health of his wifi
through devotion to his career, ane
only at the end of the book finds
that all is not gold that glitters.
Hardships and Unborn love of the
land are portrayed in vivid sage
of the lowlands of the Mississippi
in Heaven Is WindsWept Hill,
by Earl Guy MACMILLAN: $3.50
You wonder why the farmers in the
flood swept lands of the Big Rivel
drainage can take terrific licking
year after year from the ravages Of
the Mississippi floods and yet come
back to wrest living from the sol
and help feed the hungry mouth!
of tbs vast nation. The story /!
wildly characteristic of the courage.
Gus BOTTOM landers" who have tx
, take to households when the angry
Fathers of Waters overflowS, who
live a perilous life while the food!
inundate their farms, and ther
have the faith and hope to 60 bacl
and till their soil and raise theiI
families. You get the idea that
there must be an easier way tt
make a living"