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eralissimo got was while in Cairo
when the wife Of Tang WI, Chinese
Charge d'Affaires, did the cooking.
Never before had Gen. Chang such
steady western diet, but caterers
said he was not hard to please as
his tastes were very American"
Late in the afternoons the gen.
eralissimo and Nine. Chang Kci-
shek, who interpreted for him dur
ing the conversations with Mr..
Roosevelt and Mr.. Churchill, would
walk for half an hour in the garden
exchanging views on the latest
problems. Nine. Chang was in rcor
health when she arrived, but quietly
improved under the stimulus of TIE
African sun.
Because Of restrictions on What
actually occurred, the most gar
king points reported to correscc1d-
ents were social. One was tflet "A
pounds Of caviar had been received
for the conference dining t-h,c. ut
an official spokesman sdded TT
there was no political significance
in that.
Mr.. Churchill alone among the
"big three" came to the conference
by sea. President Roosevelt and
Generalissimo Chang flew.
Accompanied by United States
Ambassador John G. Winant, Mr..
Churchill stopped at Gibraltar,
AlgierS and Malta. He was almost
mobbed by cheering Maltese, as he
drove around the island on his first
visit there, since the war started,
While there he conferred with Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Sir
Harold Alexander.
Throughout the journey the Prime
Minister was in contact with Londor
and a special radio staff was aboard
to handle the communications prob
lens.
Gen. Eisenhower was personally
decorated with the Legion of Merit
by President Roosevelt during the
conference. The long citation by
the President praised Gen. Eisen.
howers preparatory work in train.
ing American forces in the United
States and Britain, and his out
standing contributions to the Allied
cause and to the successes now be.
ing realized"
Allied security officers had their
biggest headache during the three.
power talks.
Omen and experts Of the Chinese,
British and American security de-
partments toured the social centers,
hotels and bars Of this city, a babel
OF many languages seething with
rumors.
The detectives watched for any
attempt to get out information, and
| it was impossible for civilians or
unauthorized military personnel to
approach the conference zone.
AL persons were challenged at
least twice before reaching the inner
ring of guards.
At the height Of the discussions
on the afternoon OF November 26,
American Marine guards were
standing at the entrances to the
great conference room, and received
repeated orders that no one must
interrupt the chiefs Of staff.
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lasf-Minute Ban
Killed Reams Of Copy
Turned Out at Cairo
BY the Associated Press.


CAIRO, Dec. 2.-The consensus
of the IT newsmen, mostly veteran
war correspondents, who fretted and
grumbled during the American
British Chinese North African con-
ference, was that this story was one
Of the toughest of their careers.
1t was not a case OF too much
news, but too little, plus ma jor con-
fusion as to what could be reported
and when.
Four non-newspaper observers
were allowed within the heavily bar
ricaded conference area and, on the
basis OF their reports on who was
present and who met whom, the
newsmen wrote more than 300, 1000
words Of background.
The only trouble was that CEN
sorship placed last-minute ban on
naming the site Of the conference,
so most Of the wordage was useless,
in addition to which the special
planes on which 1t was sent to Lon
don and New York failed to arrive
by the time the story finally was re-
leased.
For security reasons, wireless
transmission. could not be used.
Gable facilities were limited so each
newspaper and press association
was allowed only 500 words initially
in which to report the news and
color OF this. extraordinary meeting.
Later each was given an additional
allotment Of 200 and then 500 words
more until the general outline could
be told.
Howevef,-the actual news of the
entire conference was confined to q
brief communique and correspond
ents were not permitted to talk to
the heads Of states or to any of the
huge collection Of generals, admir-
ais and diplomats from the three
nations, so they found difficulty in
following an Official request to
make this "as big a story as pos
sible."
But what really caused the news
men to consider date lining their
stories "Heartbreak House, Some
where in North Africa" was the fact
that, after getting the rounded pic
ture in a smoke-fl filled press confer
ence room where the windows were
kept closed for security reasons,
they learned that the final story
broke virtually all over the world
before it was released officially.
The fact that the big conference
was to be held here was known for
more than a week before Generals
simo Chang Kai-shek arrived No.
vember 81. But even that night.
hours after Prime Minister Churchill
arrived at tea time, officials in charge
OF press relations declined to admit
to newsmen, who were accredited to
the American and British armies
and who had carried dozens of i'm
portant military secrets without vio-
lation, that the conference was being
held. Thus no advance press ar
rangments were made, although no.
tice of the meeting had been printed
in many countries and carried by the
Axis radio.
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AIorming Screeches
Only Gen. Marshall
Shifting His Bed
By the Associated Press.

oy tnc hScOSlAleO FIeSS.
CAIRO, Dec. 2.-Soldiers as
signed to guard the quarters of
Gen. George c. Marshall. United
States Army Chief Of Staff,
during the North African con-
ference. were alarmed to hear
violent screeching noises coming
from the generals room one
night after he had retired.
Guns ready for action, they
rushed inside to find the gen.
eral calmly engaged in pushing
his bed from one side of the
room to the other. The bed, he
explained. wasn't placed right,
so he had decided to shift it to
a more desirable position.
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they are now stated for the disposal
Of Japan"
The influential Manchester Guar
dian said 1.-The grand assault on ia
pan will come only when the United
States and Britain are free from the
demands in Europe and can concen-
trate their strength in the Pacific.
The News Chronicle called the
conference lone of the outstanding
events of the Second World War"
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RooseveItondC Churchill, Two Of Wor|ds Greatest
Public Speakers, Met Match in Guide at Sphinx

Red-robed Hadu All No. 1 is no
newcomer to the big Time" but
1t was the proudest day Of his life
He boasts Of having carried the golf
clubs Of the Prince of Wales, now
the Duke Of Windsor, when the lat
ter climbed the Giant Cheops Pyra-
mid to to see how far he could drive
a golf ball.
After leaving the Sphinx, which
they inspected for half an hour,
Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Churchill
drove up the sandy hill crowned by
the three Giza pyramids. of which
big Cheops Is the king. The sun was
setting as they reached the hilltop,
and they stopped the car twice to
admire the magnificent desert view
before inspecting the time-worn
crumbling structures themselves.
Two days later Gen. Chang Kali
shek followed suit in visiting the
pyramids. He was dressed in blue
Chinese robe, with khaki trousers
showing underneath. o.
Probably the earliest riser at the
conference was Gen. Chang, who
got up at S am. daily, as at home,
and prayed half an hour before
breakfast-which was the same
English fare as the other dele
gates ate.
The prayers Of the devout Metho-
dist generalissimo had nothing to dc
with the English breakfast, accord
ing to defenders of British cooking
who maintained he thrived on the
fare. The prayers and meditation
are part of Gen. Chiang's daily
routine, in keeping with Eastern
philosophy.
: The only Chinese food the gen.
Evening star., 1943-12-02
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated PreSS,
Fulfillment of the pledges made
at Cairo by President Roosevelt,
Prime Minister Churchill and Cen
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek will
mean stripping Japan of one of the
greatest empires ever put together.
In half a century of ruthless mill
tary aggression the Japanese have
brought under their dominion near
ly a quarter of the human race. They
really began spilling out of their
native islands, then a community
of some 10000 900 persons inhabit-
ing some $4,000 square miles, In
1894, when they attacked China.
Before the stripping process got
we'll under way they had overrun a
total of about 100000 square miles
embracing approximately 10000, 900
persons. These domains included
Oriental possessions of the United
States, Britain, The Netherlands and
France. When the Cairo pledges
are implemented they will be re-
duced to little more than the orig
inal $4,000 square miles Of Japan,
now supporting about 100000 in
habitants.
The 1894 war against China re-
suited on April II, 1895, in the
treaty of Shimonoseki, which rec
ognized the independence of Korea
and ceded to Japan Formosa, the
Prescadores Islands and the south
ern part of Manchuria, now Man
chukuo.
= Declared War on Russia.
Japan encountered no effective
opposition in moving into the is
lands she had taken from China,
but was temporarily blocked from
taking physical control of any ter
ritory on the mainland of Asia by
a stern note from Russia, Germany
and France which warned the Jap
anese not to undertake any perma-
nent occupation in Manchuria or
Korea.
This Illustration by the European
powers ranked in Japan until, In
1904, the japanese declared war
against Russia largely because of
Korea, into which Russian influ-
ence had been infiltrating.
Contributing causes were Russia's
failure to remove her troops from
Manchuria on specified dates after
the Boxer Rebellion and Russia S
seizure of Port Arthur on the
Kwantung Peninsula as a terminus
for the trans-Siberian railway.
In this conflict Japan established
herself as a naval power by ami
hilating the Russian fleet. In
treaty signed August 8, 1905, at
Portsmouth, N. H., through the
mediation of President Theodore
Roosevelt, she was given recognition
of her paramount political, mill
tary and economic interests" in
Korea.
Japan also regained the southern
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secretary; DR.. Hollington Tong,
vice minister Of information, and
Wang Chung hui, secretary general
Of the National Defense Council.
Evening star., 1943-05-02

anything, an understatement. He
was not only pioneer; he was a
trail blazer.
Recognition he achieved early in
his career. He was given the chair
of Egyptology at the University of
Chicago on his completion of his
doctorate and scholars everywhere
acclaimed his books. More sub
stantial rewards, however, were
slower coming When, for example,
the distinguished historian was in
vited by the German Emperor to
make copies of the Egyptian in
scriptions in Europe for his forth
coming encyclopedia, he was obliged
to "barnstorm" on lecture tour to
finance himself. His friends were
the enlightened and illustrious in
most of the civilized countries. But
for years he struggled on white
collar pay to carry out the vision
which inspired him. His story,
however, has triumphant quality.
There was an unconquerableness
about him which is perceptible in
all his words.
His history is told here by his son,
but wherever possible his own writ
ing has been used. Letters and
journals are drawn on freely, with
parenthetic notes by the author en-
larging and explaining. The book
is one Of the most vivid and un-
usual biographies which the re-
viewer has read in years and she
commends it with the utmost en-
thuSlasrn. NC. r.
Evening star., 1943-05-02

for Moderns," perfectly sound
scientifically, should be read pri-
marily for its literary beauty.
If the world is too much with you
the hubbub and the shouting
there is W.. H. Hudson's immortal
myth, Green Mansions" the story
OF the almost unearthly girl, Rima,
in who stirred the happy harmony
of the spirit of the universe. His
Purple Land" "Tales of the Pam
pas" and Far Away and Long Ago"
are also vibrant with the romance
of the tropical forests.
Lovers of far places will be carried
to what were once strange ports of
the world in David Fairchilds "Ex-
ploring for Plants" (He goes to
Algiers, Morocco, Sumatra, Ceylon
and JavaD And for thrilling ex-
perience IL company of this Green
Society one can find no better books
than William Beebe's Edge of the
Jungle" Jungle Days." or jungle
Peace"
Odd Information.
For the amateur student inter-
ested in the mysteries of nature
lore, the flowers of the fields and
woods, or the ogres of the boss, there
is Mrs. Comstock's Handbook of
Nature Study" or E. R. Downings's
Our Living World" Tlsese inter-
ested in odd bits of information
about wild life or hints for camping
and fishing may turn to Iroquois
Dahls "One Thousand and One
Outdoor Questions
If you wish to know how to rec
ognize the wild flowers, the trees,
the moses, the ferns, or read in
teresting legends and anecdotes
about them, consult the many we'll
written and illustrated guides
which may be obtained from the
Public Library. Or if you wish to
develop an outdoor hobby, be it
trees, birds, reptiles, microscopy. or
fossil hunting, Edwin w. TealSs
"Byways to Adventure will offer
many valuable suggestion.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Pioneer to the Past
By Charles Breasted. {

By Charles Breasted. (Scrib-
ner'S.)
This is the biography of the late
James Henry Breasted, Americas S
great Egyptologist. If ever a life
history deserved the so-commonly
used name adventure" it is this.
It is the story of one of those pure
intellectual passions which, in their
intensity, reach the heights of
genius. James Henry Breasted, who
began his life as Midwest small
town lad, was in his youth attracted
to the ministry, and from his sub
seouent study of Hebrew discovered
his destiny-to investigate the his
tory of the past. He was of a poor
but cultured family; his parents un-
derstood his desire. Great sacrifices
were made and he achieved his
training-work at Yale and a doc
torate at the University of Berlin,
then the unsurpassed center of
Orientalist learning. In Berlin, he
married. With SO much, the per-
sonal side of his history is disposed
of The rest of the book relates to
his work. but is, nonetheless, one Of
the most fascinating biographies to
appear in long time.
1t takes its reader into two worlds,
both unknown to most of us-the
Egypt of the late 10Th and early
Goth century, when archaeology had
| developed little as a science and the
great discoveries we're still to be
made, and the ancient world which,
to DR.. Breasted, had obviously more
reality than the one in which he
actually lived. 1t is hard to visual
ize today the disorder and lack of
stabilized method which attended
the work of the early excavators,
when political violence. casual loot
ing and terrible hygienic conditions
made archaeology in Egypt dan
gerous occupation, and lack of
knowledge added the quality of q
gamble to the other hazards. To
read the record of the doctors ad-
ventures in the wild physical and
the unexplored historical is to realize
that the title of the book is, if
Evening star., 1943-05-02
The Kingdom of the Plants
BY Mary Louise Smith,
Macarthur Boulevard Branch, Public Library,

When the happiness of mankind
is everywhere threatened and uncer-
tain in this day of tumult and
change, one universe yet maintains
steady permanence-the kingdom
of the plants. If you seek a magic
to restore some lost inward peace,
develop an awarness of this pulsat-
ing life around you. Your Public
Library, Eighth and K streets NV,
and its branches offer many a
fascinating book concerning the
miracles of existence.
One of the best known writer
naturalists was Henry David Tho
reau, a poet at heart and a truly
great philosopher. -. He believed in
the simpler ways of life as tonic
for mans ills. Walden" his best
known work, contains his philo-
sophical and moral reflections dur
ing the two years he spent a hermit
existence near Walden Pond at
Concord. Among other gifted writer's
who were also exact observers and
lovers of life in the woods we have
JOIln MulT, whose ouOTy Oh MY
Boyhood and Youth is we'll worth
reading; and John Burroughs, who,
perhaps, was the most popular of
the natural history writer's and the
one VINO has long stood for nature
in-America.
Biological Undertow.
Although these older naturalists
have decided charm and a decided
worth, for some they may too often
be rambling, too often casual. For
this reader, we have Donald Culross
Peattie-powerful, dynamic, real
who tries to express the deep bio
logical undertow beneath the shin
ing surface" In these harried times
of bursting bombs and marching
armies, one may derive real satis-
faction in contemplating the intan-
gible meanings of growth. In his
"Flowering Earth" Peattie shows
the story of plant life marshaled
from geologic ages His Almanac
Evening star., 1943-05-02
The World of Sho|om AIeichem
By Maurice Samuel. (Alj1

By Maurice Samuel (Altred A. KnoptJ
Shoom Aechem
meant Peace be
Jewh folklore Shom writings concerned
Settlement
chiefly section where
sort OF oseaureae of the Jewish peasant shoom Aei
among them
him bounty
which
surpassed But humor
situations
children interpretation
fullest
Shoom Aeichem apoog. In his writings he set
himself
with the Joyous the Disappointing with the promising Kasieevsky
the toWnlet OF
best-oved character
Others OF
life of
reveal much about the
the time take literary
Himself fortnight writer Mr.
carrying the reader pilgrimage
world The love of life the abiding faith people their uperstons
Tlbualon
shoom Aeichems world Modern
enjoy this book as preface to understanding
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of the Modern Navy

By Gordon Carpenter OGdrd princeton University PreSsJ
of this inferior
minutes
of this brief but actual book the American Navy
the that followed the
Roosevelt uphill
however Mi Roosevelt had to fight public apathy equally
When Roosevelt into office the American poor
world
achieving proved
such threat in times When Roosevelt left the White
Navy only to that of Britain,
firmly
Building the American Navy all the Roosevelt
big stick philosophy He knew the biggest stick OF all we'll
trained battle
naval which has stood stead in
Mr. OGaras book excellent
affairs
includes number helpful tables perhaps
MI OGara
He might have without general
LAMBORNE Jr
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Young Lady Randolph
By Rene KrauS. (Pntndm'S.)


osensibly biography Churchls
tells little
it remind Churchill
American
circumstance
does not it from being fascinating
Lady Randolph Churchill
against vivid backgrounds AS child her wealthy
OF postCvil
mother took her to Paris where she in the heart the
Napoleon III When Randolph
moved into English society in the great late Victorian Rene Kraus
getting together the facts OF finds
historic than he
with
times, he makes slip grammar.
devoted wife husband
his life he lived knowledge
himself English politics
his associates Randophs support
behavior
Pictures the
ana the adod OF the Prince Imperial descriptions of fabulous banquets
at Demonlcos OF hunting parties England
Wales seeking
Queen beowing decoration
the
this is the
approach society and its writing
as done for the movor children Randolph
princess who had
reviewer did R.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Airinq in a Closed Corrioqe
By Joseph Shearinq. (Harper.

By JoSepH SHedT1Hg. 1Hd7peTJ
This another OF Mr. sharngs hctiona analyses of crime
tells the the trial of suspected
band and by the light of the modern shows
justice
morbid, the work ought to appeal to
May Beale nerries
class Engshman of almost twice
Manchester mercantile society repeent
life for eight Then husband dies
indicate her guilt She tried found guilty and
Thot which
His motive obviously point the abudies
OF justice Studied in the light
the trial Is from convincing
deciding the trial
only those with the taste should undertake work.
NC r.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Chicken Every Sunday
By Rosemary Taylor. whit
tleSey House,


Every once in while. book is
published that is fun to read. Such
a book is Chicken Every Sunday"
the story of Tucson woman who
loved to board people. Perhaps, it
would be truer to say that it is
the story of a woman who loved
people and showed it by providing
them with superlative board and
some of her own zest for living.
Mrs. Drachman started her career
as a clearinghouse keeper because
she needed steady income to tide
her over the times when her mer-
curial husbands finances were more
than ordinarily muddled She kept
it up not only because the income
was welcome, even though her hus-
bands muddling started to pay
handsome dividends, but because it
gave her an outlet for her home
making and business talents.
Mingled with incidents about
mining ventures in old Mexico su-
perstitious young matrons, money
making dinners for charitable Or
CARNATIONS, and a host of other
affairs, is sketchy but informative
story of the growth of Tucson from
a wide place in the road to a tourist
paradise. 1t pictures an interesting
side of the growth of the South
west. R. R. TAYNTON.
Evening star., 1943-05-02
Brief Reviews
NOVELS.

Ring Finger, by Louise Redfield
Peattie Observation-Disclosures of
dancer who runs away from a night
club and joins a USO troupe. En-
tertaining.
Dark Darragh, by Edith Rubel
Mapother (Appleton-Century) "A
woman and her three sons, and
their efforts to secure ownership of
an estate in Ireland supposed to
have belonged to their family for
several generations. Readable.
Spring Flight, by William Maier
(Duell, Sloan & Pearce)-Cape Cod
novel. Routine. ..
Ann Bartlett at Bataan, by Martha
johnson (CroWelD in the
late siege, Navy nurse story. Trade
performance.
Wider Wings, by Patricia O'Malley
(Dodd. Mead)-Chief hostess of
big airline is the heroine. Trade
performance.
White Ensigns, by Taffrail put
nam's)-An account, in novel form,
of Great Britain's war at sea.
Under Running Laughter, by David
j. Manners Dutton)-A girl who
has been taught to hate farmers
| falls in love with one.
Eddie and the Archangel Mike,
by Barry Benefeld (Reynal &
Observation-Disclosures story of a
newspaper copy-reader who meets
the Archangel in Brooklyn, which.
as the author says, is "a strange
and wondrous place"
JOBS.
Pre-service Course in Automotive
Mechanics, by James V. Frost
(Wiley)-A technical study of auto
motive vehicles used in military
service. Illustrated with photo
graphs and diagrams.
Pre-service Course in Shop Prac-
tice, by William j. Kennedy (Wiley)
"A technical study of the work of
the military mechanic. Illustrated
by photographs and diagrams.
When 1 Grow Up I'll Be Flyer,
by Lillian Rifkin Iothrop, Lee &
SheparO-Elementary description of
! lllC lCQull CllltIllS IlCCueQ lOE IlylQR.
For the very young
Women in War (Service)-A guide
to the jobs open to women in the
armed services and the war indus
tries. with lists of training centers.
Practical.
What You Should Know About
the Signal Corps, by Harry M. Davis
and F. G. Fassett, jr. CNorton) A
survey of the requirements and
training needed for Signal Corps
duty and a history of the corps,
THE WAR.
The Saga of San Demetrio, by F
Tennyson Jesse Knopf) Sixteen
British seamen fight fires and
bring home their ship and its vola-
tile cargo after being attacked by
Germans. A tale of high courage in
the face of great difficulties.
ART.
Rembrandt Paintings. (Phaidor
Edition, Oxford University Press
1l2 plates in photogravure and color
and notes by Prof. Tancred Boren-
lus. Another of the magnificent
Evening star., 1943-05-02
For the Mystery Fans
Brief Revie,DS of Current
DefpcfiDp Eicfjou

Brief ReUie1DS OF Current
DetectiUe Fiction.
/ Herself. by Elizabeth Jordan (Ap-
pleton- Century, - Mysterious cpl
demic threatens to wipe out nice
little village. Thwarted by noble
doctor. Average.
Do Not Disturb, by Helen McCloy
(Morrow)-Beautiful young woman
trying to make a living in New York
gets mixed up in the affairs of Nazi
secret agents and has some narrow
squeaks. Pretty good.
Ambush House, by Kurt Steel
(Harcourt, Brace)-The wisecrack-
ing Hank Hyer solves q kidnapping
with incidental violence. Good.