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Evening star., 1944-03-05

taking a heavy toll from United
Nations shipping, she had a brief
occasion to interview as reporter
a number Of crews which had been
rescued from torpedoings. She saw
thus perhaps $50 seamen of diff
ferent ranks, nationalities and de-
grees OF intelligence. They had all
been through experiences of monu-
mental adventurousness. And she
thought at the time, There is stuff
in any of these mems lives for the
most heroic kind of writing, but
If you wrote that stuff into heroic
literature you would lose the men
themselves" For they were not
cast in the mold which the world
recognizes as heroic. They were
quiet, meek, withdrawn and en-
tirely lacking in what is known
as color" They were almost timid
In telling of the great scenes
through which they had lived. Vet
erans among them were embarrassed
by the questions Of young reporters
Well, the present book is an at
tempt to get their stories into fiction
without making fiction of the men
themselves.
1t is series of scenes in a water
front saloon. The time is the peak
Of the sub successes. The sailors
talk about what they have seer
and what has befallen their chums
They do not nightly lie." They
utter brief sentences and give mono.
syllable replies. They speak of boil.
ers exploding and tankers set afirt
and sharks following ifeboats ant
ships blown into instant extinction
They speak of men giving theil
lives to save their comrades. They
speak in terms of life and death
altogether. But they do so quietly
For chapter after chapter Miss
Dixon carries on this sort of slow
mumbling talk and there is prac-
tically no development to her story
no value beyond the constant con-
trast of the heroic action with the
humble actor. The reviewer, had
she not seen such men herself
would have said the book was dreary
But she submits that it is COM
pletely realistic presentation of a
certain kind of life. 1t merely fol-
lows that it violates the rules OF
realistic writing. She will sum up
by saying that it is not good
novel, but is a true one-a critical
profundity which the paper shortage
will not allow her to elaborate for
the present,
Evening star., 1944-03-05

HLtLtutD
One of Americas best-known
churchmen here supports the Allied
Nations war. The church is no re-
cruiting agency, but when holy
things are attacked the forces Of
evil must be destroyed Such is his
thesis.
|, Let the church have no blessing
for war" DR.. Polling writes, but
shame upon us as churchmen If we
have no blessing for our sons and
no blessing for our governments,
who in the presence Of war defend
with their very lives our holy
things" ..-.
Here is no mere cleric laundering
from the pulpit. AS a chaplain In
the last war DR.. Polling moved among
death and suffering. His son. Clark
Polling. a chaplain with the Amer
ican forces in North Africa, was
reported missing in action. Amer
ica, he feels, did not try to win the
peace. America. as a result. is now
paying bitter price What is
needed? A revived faith in the con-
stitutional origins of our country.
which were closely knit with re-
ligion.
In eloquent prose Dr. Polling main
tains that human personality and
freedom are holy. Robert E. Sher-
wood, in preface. says of the au-
thor: He is looking far beyond the
present battle lines and the casualty
lists. He is fighting for the ultimate
detectives of all embattled human
ity-the realization of a just and
durable peace"
"A Preacher Looks at War" is a
powerful document. 1t will strength
en- the weakened and rout the
appeasers. Its author is willing to
forgive our enemies, but only after
they have been punished. Militant
for justice, he remains a disciple
OF the Prince of Peace.
R C HAPpEP
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Breathe Upon These
By LudDig Le,Dissohn. (Bobbs-
Merrill }

Though presented as q novel, this
book Is really sermon. 1t is a very
eloquent sermon, and the reviewer
doubts that any one can read it
unmoved. But that is its form. The
fictional devices which are made to
surround it only emphasize its un-
fictional quality.
A Jewish scientist, a refugee and
sufferer from Naziism, is rescued
from a French prison camp and
brought to America by an American
manufacturer of gun sights who
realizes that the scientists knowl-
edge will lead to the improvement OF
our military equipment. At the
manufacturers home, the scientist
tells Of the suffering which Naziism
has brought to the Jewish people
To this dreadful story, he adds the
grave accusation that the ruling
class of Great Britain Is passively, Il
not actively, abetting the antisemitic
attitude. The evidence Of this is
that Great Britain has repeatedly
refused to allow Jews who had es-
capped from Germany to enter the
Jewish community in Palestine, thus
virtually condemning such Jews to
death. Mr.. Lewissohn's earnestness
and fervor in telling this story is
profoundly moving.
One could wish, however, that he
had given the tale a more harmoni-
GUS setting. AS it is, he puts his
very convincing sermon down in a
highly unconvincing situation. To
hear the scientists story, he assem-
bles a group of educated and pros
porous Americans. two of whom are
in the Army-and the year is 1912.
But, as Mr.. Lewissohn presents
them, these people, until they are
confronted by the scientist, have
never heard of NaI methods, and
are blandly unaware Of the horrible
conditions in occupied Europe. They
listen google-eyed and cry out in
astonishment. This, the reviewer
contends, is hardly a realistic pres
entation.
That apart. however, the book is a
vyAr1y conl %hir~
Evening star., 1944-03-05
The Devil and the Deep

By c. M. DIXON. (Scribner's.) }
The reviewer will be guilty of
little special pleading for this
strange-seeming novel. In the spring
OF 1912, when enemy subs were
Evening star., 1944-03-05
The Neev Books
The Long Balkan NIGHT
By Leigh White. (Scrtbne,

By Leigh White. (Scrtbner'sJ
In the spring Of 1910 Leigh White
sailed for Europe, ostensibly a re-
porter for the New York Post. Ac-
tually he was employed by the Over
seas News Agency, an organization
interested in the situation Of the
Jews in Central Europe. Since Ger
many was in control in most Of that
area and was censoring news of
atrocities very severely, and also
since the vice president Of the ONA
was publisher Of the Post, it was
decided that Mr.. White should have
Post credentials and pose as an
ordinary reporter. He went to Italy,
Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria, Yugo-
slavia and Greece This book is the
story OF his journey. It follows the
usual distracted pattern of the cor
respondents memoirs, mixing re-
ports on European conditions and
intensely personal material about
equally.
OF the various Balkan peoples Mr..
White reports dishearteningly. Ha-
tired was the law of life which he
found there-hatred of any one
group for all others and hatred of
the Jews everywhere. Nationalistic
history is behind 1t all, he observes,
and urges a federation to follow the
peace and put an end to national
ism in the whole region.
He opposes alike Louis Adamic's
plan for Balkan sovietization, under
Russian influence, and our State
Departments apparent intention to
return the exiled governments to
power. He believes the Balkans
should be left free to federate and
set up a constitutional government
according to their own desires. They
must not, he says, be made a
sphere of influence" for either Rus
sia or the western powers.
This, however. raises a question.
If the Balkan peoples hate one an
other when separated into national
groups, is it certain that they will
become friends on being Jumped to-
gether? Mr.. White seems to think
so, but his logic is, one fears, con-
trary to human nature.
AS for the Jews, his solution Is
assimilation. He says that Zionism
cannot bring the scattered people
togther and that If 1t could Palestine
belongs to the Arabs according to
the only standard which counts
the chronological one.
He writes with a hard headed OBJ
jectivity. but, one notes, this desir-
able quality is more often expended
on warnings than solutions. He is,
however, still on the low side of 80.
One should not expect everything.
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Liberty Street

0y i. v. MOFfS. tHu pcf' '
We have here another refugee
novel, conforming in all essentials to
the prevailing pattern of this kind
of fiction. We are given group Of
expatriates. all of the most noble
qualities, waiting for visas to enter
the United States. They engage in
the usual fictional activities-a
lovely heroine finds handsome
husband, an unfortunate who has
suffered too long breaks down. the
Nazis reach out for a hitherto in
corruptible German and so on. 1t
is all familiar to any one who has
read as many as half a dozen of
the similar works which have ap-
peared in past years.
It is perhaps worth mentioning,
however, that the villain in this
piece is the local representative of
the American State Department. He
delays the visas because, we are
given to understand, he dislikes ref
ugees. Just why he is allowed to
act on his individual whim is not
made clear. The author seems to
fall into some contradiction on the
point-he is at great pains to de-
lineate the personal bias and at the
same time he represents the wicked
minister as an extremely correct
onhcial. The State Department, he
seems to say, would do better to do
away with all correct officials and
install welcoming committees in
their places.
Mr. Morris has lived much of his
Life In Europe. and q reader will
feel that he knows Europeans bet
ter than he does Americans. At the
same time, his European back
ground, at least in literature, seems
also to have its uncertainties. It is
odd, for instance, to find him trag-
ically referring to Heine, "the
non -Aryan, the expatriate," as COM
poser Of the song "Roslein auf der
Heide." Schubert wrote the music
and the words are by Goethe.
A slip on so elementary q point
seems somewhat hard to under
stand.
Evening star., 1944-03-05
The Big Time
By Alfred Hayes. Illustrated
by Beatrice Tobias. (Hopell,

S0skin.)
This is book of poems written
on the city streets. It carries the
grit and grind Of the city in it very
truthfully and is as devoid OF gentler
ingredients as zero. The poems jolt
roughly to their conclusions like
streetcars with . nat wheel. There
is some poetry in them, nohetheless.
1t Is an interesting volume. The IL
lustadons are appropriately hide
otlA
Evening star., 1944-03-05
A Preacher Looks at War

By Daniel A. Polling. Mac
milldn.)
Evening star., 1944-03-05

At the beginning of the week
revised figures set Japan's shipping
loss in the attack on Truk at %
ships sunk, 6 probably sunk and IL
damaged. To this was added the
loss to army flyers in the Bismarck
Sea when seven ships were sunk and
seven others damaged.
The Toxic radio claimed that the
action against the Marianas which
followed the blow at Truk cost the
United States one aircraft carrier
and three big warships out of
task force which included eight bat
tleships and more than 10 carriers.
There was no confirmation here.
One carrier was sunk during the
week, however, but 1t was Japanese
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-30
By ROBERT A. HEREFORD


NNEHEN the chimpanzce
w troupe at the St Louis
w Zoo begins its summer
show it will present a new
child star She is Margaret,
20-wecks-old female chimp,
whose mother is Alice, featured
in "Motkeyshines of 1913"
Zoo Director George p. Vier-
heller says the baby ape will be
ried onto the stage by its mo
Utter, the father, also a star OF
chimp troupe, will accompany
mother and child and pass out eli
Margaret weighed two pounds \
she was born February Is. She
gained Hte any healthy baby
now tips the scales at more than
pounds. Margaret is the second CT
10 be born at the st. Louis Zoo
only other one born there d
shortly after its birth in 1912
Alice appears to be as fond OF
offspring as any human mother.
carries it on her shoulder, trit
il how to walk, and Claps her p
vide amusement.
The st. Louis Zoo chimp she
duced acknowledgements actors.
Sammy and Billy, boxers, and
Scribed by Director Vierheller as
best chimpan2ee performers.
there was Yonnah, the gorilla, W
bungling antics evoked laughter
the zoos many audiences.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12

schoolroom window and howl jibes at Buck
This relieved the tedum for the rest of u.s. except
possibly our revered principal who was so upset
by these interruptions he was continually biting
himself.
The most wonderful afternoon when
"Bloke" climbed half through the window and
waved pair of lady's pink boomers at our dis
tressed educator.
Ill Buck" he shouted. Did you lose these?'
This proved too much. The academic restraint
snapped. Facing us gravely. Buck said;
let this be lesson to you, Without educa.
ton person grows up Ignorant"
Well. it made such deep impression that,
from then on, we all strove to grow up ignorant
and most of us made il!
In the succeeding years. however. often
thought of Buck" and his great words OF wisdom
Occasion after occasion arose in which l wished
] had learned something. But II wasn't until just
the other day that really came to full apprecia.
ton of the value Of an education.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12

Philosophy, Doctors oil Law. aAeD
Doctors of Juridical Science
the college features law school
were almost worried out OF
their LIDS by laundry seekers
In fact, one wet.wash client went
so far as to barge into a class
room bowling:
Il don't care what place this
isl want back my laundry"
The upshot was that half a
dozen professors, versed in ORR
entail lore. were detailed 10 the
laundry in attempts to decipher
and sort the laundry bundles.
They made fair headway--par.
ticularly when one got the pc
dantic inspiration OF letting the
laundry.seekers open the pack.
ages and pick out their own stuff.
The process Is stiIl going on
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12

J.
National University here is currently celebrat
ing its diamond jubilee. II is also making plans
for expansion as soon as 1t get priorities for
building materials
AS part OF the expansion program II purchased
a lot at 1927 New York Ave. on which stands
small Chinese laundry The university wished
to tear down the laundry but the occupant refused
TO vacate
The board OF governors pleaded with the
laundryman. but he continued adamant Then
one day recently-for some mysterious reason
he just locked up his place and disappeared
The only trouble was that he left his shelves
loaded with laundry-packages Of shirts, lingerie
and whatnot
Owners Of these articles came around to claim
them. They learned the place had been taken
over by National University
So. to National University they went demand
ing their property.
1t got so bad that distinguished Doctors o.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12
By GEORGE DIXON

Wv yASHINGTON-Baek in the old days, when
w was studying to be hobbledchoy, oaf
we had principal in school known to
everybody-except himself-as Buck"
This nickname had been bestowed upon him
by his doting pupils because he had very pro-
nounced outdoor crockery. His teeth could be
seen minutes before the rest Of him appeared
over the horizon.
Prominent In the student body was ex
tremely soiledlooking Cockney kid called "Bloke."
He may have had another name, but that's the
only one ever remember hearing. Anyway he
shouldn't have had another name; "Bloke' fitted
him perfectly.
One day, after health inspection visit, "Boke"
was suspended account Of not washing He
was given note to his parents informing them
that unless at least six years of CRIME was re.
moved, "Bloke" could seek elsewhere for his
formal education.
Neither "Bloke" his begetters apparently
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12

resented the school boards nar.
row attitude. Anyway they man.
ifested no indignation, Instead
they adopted laissez.faire policy,
which is State Department French
for Let well enough alone"
I mean they neither bathed
"Bloke" nor attempted TO send
him back to school.
He rapidly became the envy
Of all us effete kids who got
scrubbed practically every Satur.
day night. He seemed to be com.
plete master Of his fate. The
truant officer would round him
up, but the school wouldn't take
him in unbathed, so he always
had to be sprung.
One of "Bloke's" favorite
ways Of Willing away his suspen'
sion was to stick his head in the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-12

Copyrsht. 1894 King pes,s~s synd'es,. ine-
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-03-15

TT~HERE are some wounds no drugs
Il. can heal, some longngs that can be
answered only by a mothers touch.
Vet now, when your boy needs you
more than ever. you cannot be at his side.
But wait -.
There is one way in which you reach
him, reach him when he needs you most.
That way is through the Red Cross
your Red Cross, still the Greatest Mother
in the World. In strange town he will
always find the helping, smiling Red
Cross worker. And by his bed should
he be hit-she'll sit and do mothers lob
write letters for him. =. read to him :.
bring him flowers -. the little honey"
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-03-15
MAKE THE ENEMY GUESS

= ANYBODY who has to make 4
guess may guess wrong. That Is
";hy Is it frequently good bridge
to throw an opponent into the
lead in the middle ot 1 hand. II
there Is some suit which You are
able TO play IN any OF several uIt-
ferent ways. Il may tc that the
opponent who gets the lead ws,.
decide to return the Goubt... sa.s.
thus ending your worries. I. bic
doesn't, you S,.!l have u change ~
make your CwG guess.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-03-15

Giving to the Red Cross has always been
great proud habit Of thirty million
American families :. proud that thcy
cant" give -. proud Of Red Cross lhat
made the giving worthwhile.
but this year the need is greater than
1t has ever been in the past. This year we
serve more than eleven milionAmericans
on every fighting front the whole world
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-03-15

West put the weight on South
al The outset by taking his SPADE
a and shifting 10 the heart s See.
ing The danger of club losers and
therefore the necessity of prevent
ing them. South decided TO try
setting up diamonds for discards
instead Of fincssing against a pos.
sible o. of clubs held by East
Doing that would necesstta,c
probably three entries TO the DUN.
my which would require a trump
guess. If 1t failed. he then could
try the club fncssc play.
lie put In the heart 10. count.
ing West-for the ]. and il won,
'rhen came the diamond A. for
discard of the club 3, the diamond
d rafed by the heart 7. the heart
Distributed BY King !
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-03-15

things that make great difference.
Rest easy, mother, when YOU think Of
him. Always remember that wherever he
may be your Red Cross is by his side.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-03-15

over. SO this year give once
again give frcely-givc to
.1oHr ouu Red Cross and to
.1oHr o'tN sons in the service.
This year dig deep and be
glad you can give and be
at his side when he needs
you. For wherever nc is
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1944-03-15

You have given your sons.
You have done the cxtr,
work-donatcd your blood
and bought your bonds.
Yes, and you have helped
the Red Cross bcforc-gen-
erously and with glad, will
ing heart.
Evening star., 1944-10-27

Arlington Counties, each 16 per cent.
Boiling Fields contribution to the
drive will be huge public carnival
dance at pm. Monday in the
Shoreham Hotel ballroom. Proceeds
$3.50 a ticket for officers and
civilian men, 81 a ticket for enlisted
personnel and women-will be given
to the War Fund Two Army Air
Forces bands will play. Entertainers
from both theaters and night clubs
are scheduled to appear.
Collections of $769ls in the Alex
andria Home and War Fund cam
paign were reported at last night S
meeting.
The drive has been extended to
Tuesday, and J. Paul Tribes. cam
paign director. expressed confidence
that the goal of sl18,701 would be
met by an intensive canvass over
the week end.
Mr.. Tribes said that only T,0le
persons had contributed and work
ers have been urged to contact every
one in the city before the final re-
port meeting Tuesday night at cam
paign headquarters, lis North
Washington street.
Special mention was made of the
successful drive in Parkfairfax
where $4,486 was collected by work
ers under the leadership of Talbot
Sinclair.
Evening star., 1944-10-27
War Fund
Continued From First Page)

or anything American and unmili-
tary.
The various civilian morale or
ganizations have the job-and it is
as important war job as any I can
imagine-of bridging the gulf be-
tween the two kinds of life-of
bringing to the soldier something of
the fragrance of the gardens and
the kitchens of home"
Mr.. Henry's talk featured another
report luncheon of the Community
War Fund in it's drive for $4,85O 900.
Contributions totaling $l,982, ,253,
about 40 per cent of the goal, We're
reported Wednesday.
Plea From China.
Another plea for support of United
Nations relief was relayed today by
Coleman Jennings, campaign chair
man, who received letter from
Dwight w. Edwards, veteran of 80
years of Young Mems Christian
Association service in China.
THE value of this aid cannot be
measured in dollars" Mr.. Edwards
| wrote.
A war fund contribution in Wash
ington, he wrote, will supply blood
plasma for Chinese soldiers, blankets
for soldiers and civilian victims of
bombings, schools for children, vo-
cational training for adults and food
and medicine.
War Prisoners Aid Headquarters
in New York reported to Mr.. Jen-
nings that boxes of Christmas dec
orations to make prison camps a
little more festive on Christmas
already have been dispatched to
Americans in both japanese and
German camps.
At Halfway Mark.
The report meeting today marks
the halfway point in the drive.
which has IL more days to run. The
Government division has collected
80 per cent of its quota. Showings
made by the other divisions are I.
Business, "a per cent: residential,
l28 per cent; Fairfax County, 26 per
cent; Prince Georges County, 90
per cent, and Montgomery and
Evening star., 1944-10-27
Roosevelt procIaims
Armistiee Day; Urges
Renewed War Effort
.y the Assoeiated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The White House today made pub
lie President Rooseyelt's 1914 Armi-
stice Day proclamation. in which the
Chief Executive calls on the people
to rededicate themselves to the tasks
Of winning the war and establishing
an enduring peace.
The text Of the proclamation fol-
lows:
Whereas the armistice of Noyem-
her II, 1918, marked the cessation
Of the battles OF the First World
War, and
Whereas the peace has again
been broken. and We and our Allies,
uniting to re-establish peace under
liberty, have deployed our forces by
land, sea and air, and are confident
of victory; and
Whereas under God we are re-
solved that the victories OF this Sec
ond World War shall produce not
merely an armistice, but also insti-
tutions capable of establishing 9
peace which shall endure; and
Whereas Senate concurrent reso-
luton 18 of the Sixty-ninth Con-
gress, passed June 4, 1926 "a Stat
1882, requests the President of the
United States to issue proclama-
.tion calling for the observance OF
November IL as Armistice Day:
Now, therefore, I Franklin D
Roosevelt, President of the United
States Of America, do hereby cal
upon the people of the United States
to observe November IL, 1914, a.
Armistice Day by rededicatins
themselves to the task. of wagine
this second World War to a vic
torious conclusion and establishing
an enduring peace; and I direct thai
the flag Of the United States be dis
played on all Government building!
on that day.
I'm witness whereof. I have here.
unto set my hand and caused the
seal OF the United States of America
to be afIixed.
Done at the City of Washington
this 26th day of October in the yea