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Reviewing | he New Books
By Wary.Carfe Robe
Mentor Graham


By Kunigunde Duncan and
D. F. Nichols. University of
Chicago Press. $375J
There were rather formidable OBJ
stacles in the way of writing this
book, the biography of William
Mentor Graham, the man who gave
Abraham Lincoln the only advanced
schooling which he ever received.
For one thing, only 20 statements
concerning Graham exist and many
of these are duplicative. For an
other, Graham's own papers and
records were destroyed by fire. But
the two authors, both specialists in
Midwestern history, were deter
mined that the book should be done
Their will found its way when one
of them, Kunigunde Duncan, dis
covered that she was distant cous-
in of the surviving Graham fam
lily. The Grahams, it seemed, had
Scotch distaste for letting the
world in on their private history,
but they did not object to confiding
in one of their own clan. They
had, among their various members,
rich fund Of information about
William Mentor They put this ma
terial at the biographers' disposal.
The result is an extraordinary
book.
William Mentor Graham came of
q line Of Scotch Baptists Under
James I they were deported to
Ulster for their opposition to royal
tyranny. There they ran into more
persecution and so moved on, this
time of their own accord, to Amer
lea. From Massachusetts to New
Jersey to Virginia to North Caro-
lima they journeyed, looking for tol-
erance. Finally they heard of Ken
lucky. They followed the Boone
trail into the Brush Creek district
of Green County, and there, in 1900
q baby was born whose father want
ed him to be teacher. So the in
fant got the name of Mentor be-
cause the father said that that was
q fancy word for a member of the
teaching profession Never was a |
name more completely fulfilled
The story of Mentor Graham is
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Until They Eat Stones
By Russell Brines. IL. B. LIP
pinc0tt Co. $3J

ptHcOLt 20. $J1
Reviewed by THOMAS r. HENRY.
AS member of the Toxic Bureau
Of the Associated Press Mr.. Brines
served as a war correspondent with
the Japanese Army in Manchuria.
After Pearl Harbor he was with the
American-Filipino forces at the time
of the Japanese invasion. With ris
family he was interned as a civilian
in Manila. Afterwards he was q
political prisoner in Shanghai.
This Is his background Of expert
ence for one of the most vivid war
books which has appeared to date.
1t is in two sections. The first deals
largely with the authors personal
experiences in the Philippines. 1t In
not intended primarily as q per-
sonal narrative, but as an answer
to the thousands of questions on
events and living conditions which
have been asked Mr.. Brines since
his return to the United States.
He tells an extremely interesting
and moving story of the ways Amer
ican civilians in Manila adjusted
their lives to the conditions of their
internment camp-the petty jeal-
ousies, the politics, the ingenuity
and inventiveness, the growth and
integration of a community. 1t Is a
story which may well become basic
document for sociologists.
The second section of the book Is
a vivid picture, based largely on
flrst-hand observations of Japans
bid for empire-of Manchuria, occu-
pied China, Siam, Burma and the
Dutch East Indies From these it
turns to Japan itself and pictures
the growth of that imperialism up
to the tragic and disastrous chal-
lenge to the Allied world at Pearl
Earbor. 1t is sober, colorful, WELL
balanced account of events in which
the author himself lived and moved.
Mr.. Brines writes effectively. De-
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Notre Dame OF
Paris. In other
words, the book
begins at about
the d a W n of
our knowledge
of mankind in
Europe, for in
it's ope n i n g
chapters it deals
with the pagan
predecessors Of
t he Christian
cathedral, t h e
Druid altar and
t he r o m a n
t e m p ! e. And,
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Pointers

particularly those sciences most ac-
tive in the war effort: Physics,
mathematics, chemistry, biology and
psychology.
Victories of Army Medicine" by
Col. Edgar Erskine Hume, is primar-
lily a history of the scientific accom-
plishments of the medical depart
ment of the United States Army
since its creation in ITS. Col. Hume
furnishes an excellent understand
ing of "one department of the Army
whose victories are as great In peace
as in time Of war"
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Brief Reviews
THE SEA.

THE SEA.
Clipper Ship Men, by Alexander
Laing. (Duell Sloan & Pearce) The
history of the development Of the
famous sailing ship. Fascinatingly
told.
HISTORY.
Westward the Women, by Nancy
Wilson Ross. (Knopf) The story OF
American women as westward bound
immigrants, not only the pioneer
mothers, but school teachers. nuns,
missionaries, feminists. entertainers
and so on.
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Haynes. 1t was the first automobile
in town, a brassy awesome monster,
and it was shocked family which
drove 18 miles to dinner and were
home in time for supper. Grand
mother Wiles lived in the city, next
door to the Benjamin Harrisons, and
her experiences with the garden hose
and the furnace are sheer fun Emf
ly went to Atlantic City and was
amazed to find town so backward
as still to have wooden walks! It's
all told here very pleasantly.
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To daily newspaper readers this book fills
many gaps. 1t supplies details that Navy secrecy
and the absence of information made unavailable
to the news writers on the spot or interpreting
Navy communicates From the intimate picture
of what went on aboard the old fourpiper de-
stroyer Ward whose Naval Reservist crew sighted
and sunk two-man sub Off Pearl Harbor sew
eral hours before the began, down to the last
radio sent from Corrigdor, the book teens with
personal incidents and descriptions of Navy
fighting what seemed to be a losing battle against
heavy odds. with never enough of anything at
the right time. 1t brings up for review names
that were plastered in the headlines of yesterday,
but which SO old and long ago-Java
Sea. Macassar Strait Madeira Strait, the
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BIOGRAPHY.

Going Away With O'Malley. by M
OMalley Knott with Page Cooper.
Illustrated by Paul Brown. CDou-
bleday-Dran) A great lover OF
horses, veterinarian who did much
to improve animal life, tells his
story with the help of a veteran
writer. Lively and picturesque.
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Best Sellers
FICTION.

C1S l1ON.
Forever Amber, by Kathleen
Winsor.
Green Dolphin Street, by
Elizabeth Goudge.
The Razor's Edge, by w.
Somerset Vaughan.
The Green Years, by A. j.
Cronin.
The Robe, by Lloyd c. Doug
las.
NONFICTION.
The Time for Decision, by
Sumner Welles.
Yankee From Olympus, by
Catherine Drinker Bowen.
Lees Lieutenants, Vol. III, by
Douglas Southall Freeman.
Ranger Mosby, by Virgil Car
rington Jones.
China to Me, by Emily Hahn.
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Ai3A SiiP iii Z bSth
any ones. 1t
is smalltown.
Middle Western
and at the turn
of the century,
when an opu-
lent machine
a 6 e began t o
crowd an older
idea into t h e
background.
Life W e n I
along smoothly
for Emily's fam
lily until Grand
t a t her Kim
hro,1ph bought. a
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Reviewed by BEN McKELWAY.
those black followed
attack Pearl Harbo the
the islands of the Pacific with nothing stop
this all world bitterly the
question Where the Navy? this
gallant should should
Battle Report" something the making available
the lay public official least semiofa
Navy 1t is emneny successful should
repeated Shortly before his death the
officers which
tell the of the Nays the Tell the whole
nontechnica readable form the bad
the
the Navy 1t Webon Kelley former chief writer
and before that for News Service They
between
and the writing 1t Kelley doing The Navy
available
They turned the
about the
The authors about their good Their
straighaway the
Harbor
before Coral
editoriaze They do attempt explain why certain things
happened certain things might have They
not find fault or criticize That not their job But their reporting
of and the this book
evidence him,
the concerned
ptinp
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Public Library
BY Lenore McNinch
Takoma Park Branch.

Washington Public Library
The scientifically curious will find
an abundance of enlightening ma
terial at the Public Library, Eighth
and K streets NV, or its branches.
One book which leaves you with
the feeling of having delved into
many unfathomable fields and still
with the desire to pursue each one
more fully is Science at War;" by
George w. Gray. He shows the ef-
feet of science on the war as well
as the effect of the war on science,
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Mabehead the Houston
Wales raid
Islands Butch Wassel Corrgido,
there fresh almost
Fulfilling the of the book 125 of its
devoted of the Nays r. 3 action casua71
the District of Columbia the first months of the
comparable list of citations and awards The book exceny
illustrated with action photographs battle
that will be followed by two dealing with the Navy
Atlantic taking
Coral Sea- Only $1,000 copies of this first printing made avail
Additional prntings
a paper the publisher in 1945
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through the centuries, it moves with
leisurely pace, telling the story OF
the great church in terms OF Eu-
ropes history, making pass before
the reader the huge interlocking
structure Of medieval Christendom.
One cannot even begin to name the
factors and personalities involved.
One can, and does, however, OBJ
serve that the method is an effective
one. One can hardly suggest more
direct approach to the history of the
period than through the growth of
a great national shrine. 1t is re-
grettable that Robert Gordon An
derson has fallen occasionally into
overwriting, has let his zeal for his
subject lead him into overeloquence.
But the solid value of his book can
not be challenged. NC. R.
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The BoIinvors

oy w uf yucf TIC L. oUyttoo' tLAotI'
So
Hound and horn men are advised
to read this book 1t Is novel in
which fox hunt is the hero, hero
inc and theme, a heroic hunt which
began in Virginia, continued across
Maryland and Pennsylvania and
ended up finally in New Jersey. The
date is the early 18th century and.
for the benefit of sceptics, the pub
Usher says that such run was
actually made.
The epic chase is, as the reviewer
has said, the heart and center of
the novel. There are, however,
other novel properties in it; there
are, in fact, such properties in an
abundance--a melodramatic plot of
villains to deprive a young Virginia
gentleman of his birthright and sell
him into slavery, a couple of love
stories, plantation idylls, scenes of
English court and country life. in
deed rich romantic lot of trap
pings. But the reviewer maintains
that all this is just an excuse to
build up that hunt. AS if hunt like
that needed building! Well, read
it and Vicariously ride. 1t is diff
ferent anyway. You won't find an
other novel like it in a month of
Sundays.
MIC r
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Battle Report-PeorI Horbor to Coral Sea

Prepared from official by Comdr Walter Karie
U. S. N. r., and 1t. Welbourn Kelley U. S. N. r.
(Farrar G Rinehart, Inc $500
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ly a mystery in the United States.
Every reader will get much clearer
understanding of it from reading Mr..
Brines's vivid account of the visit
of an old peasant and his grand
child to the great Yasukuni war
shrine at Tokyo. The little boy had
come to report to his dead soldier
father on the progress he was max
ing toward becoming soldier him.
self. 1t explains pretty clearly what
makes a japanese the kind of man
he has proved himself.
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The Biography
OF q Cathedral
BIZ Robert Gordon

By Robert Gordon Anderson.
(Longman's. 81
1t is impossible to give in ordinary
space any resume of this book, which
has for its subject no less monu-
mental record than the history of
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Reviewed by
ARD D. MONTGOMERY.

How Dear to My Heart" were the
scenes of my childhood writes Miss
Kimbrough and the recollection is
a touching and realistic one which
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How Dear to Ny Heart

By Emily Kimbrough. (Dodd,
Mead. S2.50J
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SCIENCE.
The Aztec and Maya Papermakers,
by Victor Wolfgang Won Hagen.
(Augustin) A history of paper
making in prediscovery America. A
scientific work Interestingly written
and presented in a beautiful volume.
Evening star., 1944-11-27
Night Club Runs
On Food Raised
On Boss Farm
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK.
Mike Larsen owns one night club,
5000 chickens, 400 ducks, 1876 pigs, 10
cows. IA calves and three horses II
The night club is Iceland" on
Broadway. The livestock is in Pres
ton, Conn.,, IS miles away Mike
commutes both ways to his farm
the livestock make only a one-way
trip and that only when they are ali
dressed and ready for cooking.
Larsen says he bought the farm
Jew years ago because he wanted
to lose some weight and get back
to his normal displacement OF 260
pounds. Anyway, his urge for ex-
ercise has paid off handsomely.
He supplies all his own vegetables
at Iceland-cabbages, potatoes, tur-
nips. onions, carrots, cauliflower,
beets. He uses only his own chickens,
makes his own salamis, bolognas
and sausages, hams and bacon;
serves only his own eggs.
Went Broke in 1880.
Mike, who Is 81, came alone to
America from Denmark when he
was 13, was a sailor for a couple of
years. At Is, he was big enough to
convince an employer he was 81,
whereby he became a streetcar con-
ductor. From there he went into the
restaurant business, and in 1929 ne
owned five restaurants, all in Brook
lyn.
In 1880 he lost all five, was so
broke that he borrowed a half dol
lar one morning to get to Green
point for an $8-a-week dishwashing
job in a cafeteria.
Mike. being patiently placid
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Purple Heart" Dragon Seed
Watch on the Rhine" COX Bow
Incident, Madame Curie" and
Hail the Conquering Hero" Also
included will be "Casablanca," pic
ture made in 1912, and one which
is generally regarded as one of the
most nearly perfect jobs of screen
writing.
Inclusion of COX Bow Incident"
in the list reminds this commen-
tator once more that he overlooked
1t when selecting his top 10 pic
lures in 1913.
The single demurrer to the choice
of Gassner and Nichols which this
commentator would make is their
accolade to Dragon Seed" A quail
ity of pretentiousness diminished
the dramatic effectiveness of that
item in this reviewers estimation.
If the compilers of the Crown COM
pany's book saw it otherwise, how
ever, it is all right with us. They
are performing very worthy serv-
ice for screen literature and for
those followers of the movies whose
interest in the art is deeper than
sense of reverence for Lana
Turner's last picture.
X X X X
The "10 Little Indians" which
will come out of Hollywood within
the next several months, will not be
the 40 Little Indians" which Lee
Shubert and Alfred De Courville
offered at the National last summer
and which managed to survive di-
vided notices for a goodly run in
New York and on the road. The
script which Dudley Nichols fash
ioned for Rene Clair's direction has
an entirely new murderer among
the 10 guest at that strange party
which first bloomed in the imagina-
ton of Agatha Christie. The Clair
picture, incidentally, will have one
of the most impressive casts assem-
bled in many year in Hollywood.
A few of its members are Charles
Bickford, Louis Hayward and Barry
Fitzgerald.
They are the sort of players whose
salaries run a pictures cost to a
pretty figure, indeed, but Mr.. Clair
and his associates calculate that
they have something very special
in this tale of mass murder at
what starts out to be a gay house
party.
Universal Studio, the one with
Deanna Durbin and a conviction
that horror pictures are wonder
fully profitable, a point currently
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being proved by "The Climax" at
Keith's. has IN idea for new series
of such wares. Having exhausted
Frankenstein and several other
monster types, Universal has in
mind embarking upon a serial fea-
turing THE Creeper."
THE Creeper," as you may have
gathered, is crawling human, or
semihuman, whose deeds are ar
restingly foul.
Universal has the idea that he
will be popular enough to outlast
even Andy Hardy.
Speaking of Andy Hardy, whose
screen saga stopped abruptly with
the disappearance of Mickey Rooney
into the Army, one Metro executive
who refuses to give UP on the series
is Producer Carey Wilson.
American family life generally has
become much more dramatic through
the absence of those of its members
who have gone into the service,
Wilson feels, and he can see no rea-
son why the Hardys should be an
exception to that rule. At the mo-
ment, he has two authors of ma
tional reputation-he does not care
to name them-working on an Andy
Hardy script in which the central
character will be absent.
For all the accent of the series
upon the character of Andy" Wilson
says, "the other Hardys have been
interesting people. They typify the
American home, than which there
is no more interesting institution.
1t is an institution that is domi-
mated today by its absent members.
| see no reason why we could not
find one of the best of the Hardy
pictures in the situation. I've found
a couple of writer's who agree with
me and I'm pretty sure something
will come out of their thinking"
He is a convincing man as he
SAWS IL
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McC Crea's Fans Back His Mutiny

in a picture, well, that's the last
straw. It's OUT
~ +
The real story back of Bob Hopes
suspension" of Paramount is that
he wants to make fewer pictures a
year and receive more money for
those he does make. He wants an
opportunity to do an, occasional
outside movie, but at the same
time he insists that producing on
his own is far from his mind.
Incidentally, you might note that
many of those stars who formed
their own companies during the
past year are gradually and quietly
making an exit. They want to get
back on studio contract lists again.
One taste of the responsibilities
was quite enough in most Of these
brave efforts. You can safely
gamble that another six months
will find all the boys and girls back
in the old groove, and very happy
about it.
1t. Robert Taylor may be placed
on the inactive list by the Navy
long enough to play star role with
Robert Montgomery in They Were
Expendable," at M-G-M. The Navy
Is all hepped up about this film, and
has relieved Comdr. John Ford of
duty so he can produce and, direct.
1t may be that several other stars
now in the service may get time out
to appear in it.
X X 4 4
Lloyd Nolan Is starring in Cir
cumstantial Evidence" at goth Gen.
tury-Fox. Fred MacMurray is star
ring in Where Do We Go From
Here" on the same lot. Nolan and
MacMurray eat lunch together in
the comnissary every noon and get
into serious discussions that some
times make them late for their
respective sets. They talk about
their business partnership-the Po-
lar Pantry Co., which supplies
freezing lockers for those lucky
enough to own meat,
Rsleased by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
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By HAROLD HEFFERNAN.

When Joel McCrea rebeIled at
killing of his best friend in a piece
of movie fiction at Paramount q
couple of weeks ago, neither he nor
the studio looked for such substan-
tial support OF his stand by fans
throughout the country. Letters
have been pouring in assuring Nc
Crea that he Is on the right track.
And now Joel is more determined
than ever that q rewrite job must
be done on THE Virginian," so that
his cattle-rustling pal-h his name
was Steve in the Owen Wister novel
will be treated to some other form
of justice rather than hanging from
a tree.
The McCrea protest was extreme
ly interesting In view of overnight
type reversals on the part of many
Hollywood heroes noted for their
fine, brave, kindly deeds and Moth
ing else. Charles Boyer Is known to
be slightly aghast at the tone of
letters he's received since his 82-
minute persecution of Ingrid Berg
man in "Gaslight." Fred MacMur-
ray Is being soundly spanked in his
mail these days for entering into a
murderous plot with Barbara STAN
wyck via the popular Double In
demnity." Fred says he will think
long and hard before doing any
more celluloid dirty work.
In view of these kickbacks, Ray
Milland Is now apprehensive about
the reception he'll receive In "The
Lost Week End" In that one Ray
plays a psychopathic drunk and is
anything but a sympathetic char
acter.
All this may indicate that maybe
the average fan isn't so grown-up
or so sophisticated as the producers
believe. Apparently they still have
an appreciation for the old-fash-
ioned hero's nice qualities and don't
want him to fiaunt evil all over the
screen.
For solid, long lasting box office
success, the Western heroes have
the sure-fire recipe for winning and
holding their followings. Gene
Autry, Tex Ritter, Roy Rogers and
most sagebrush stalwarts refuse to
smoke cigarettes, drink hard nkker
or even kiss the girls in view Of
their audiences.
We can still remember how pop
ular late Tom Mix became with
parent-teacher groups when he
would stroll into a barroom and.
fianked by whisky drinking cow
hands, order-a glass of milk.
Mr.. McCrea, however, doesn't feel
he needs to go to such extremes.
I'll toss of quick drink of liquor
If the script demands" said Joel
but as for killing my best friend
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Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showino

National-"Rebecca":: $50 pm.
Catholic University-'Lute Song;
$3.50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"Maisie Goes to Reno;
II am, 1:40, 4:25. 7:10 and 9:55 pm.
Stage shows: 1885, $40, 6:25 and
9:l0 pm.
Columbia-"Marriage Is Private
Affair: HAS am, 2:10, 4:35, 7:05
and $50 pm.
Earle-"Doughgirls";; lilo am,
las, 4:25, 7:05 and $50 pm. Stage
shows: lilo, $50, $50 and 9:15 pm.
Keith's-"The Climax: 1850 m,
1:50, $50, $50, 7:50 and $50 pm.
Little-"48 Hours: II am, lis
$40, 5:25, 1885 and 9:45 pm.
Metropolitan berry
Blond: 11:l5 am, 1:20, 1925, $50,
7:35 and $40 pm.
Palace-"Mrs. Parkington"; ii :15
am. 1:50, 4:25. 7:o5 and $40 pm.
Pix-'"Trade Winds: 2:10, 4:55,
7:40 and 1920 pm.
Trans -Lux-News and shorts, con-
tinuous from 10 am.
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Patriotism Inspires
Prop Collection
By the Associated Press

HOLLYWOOD.
Patriotic gifts made by present.
day descendants of titled Victorian
ladies found ready purchaser in
the prop man assigned to get fur
nishings for Kitty" Paulette God
dard's film laid in the England of
100 years ago. Thirty-f1ve antique
fans, selected from a collection of
200 donated by patriotic British
women raising funds for a field am
bulance to be used in France, were
purchased. Some are of great rarity
and value, each has its attached
history. Handmade lace, painted
silk, paper, parchment, net lace and
sequins, make the dainty things,
once an indispensable part of q
woman's wardrobe.
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Betty Field to Take
Turtle Star Role
; the Associated Press

NEW YORK.
Betty Field, whose last Broadway
appearance was in "A New Life
written by her husband, Elmer Rice,
will take over the Margaret Sulla-
van role in Voice of the Turtle" on
December 18.
Miss Field has arrived in New York
after completing two films to be
released through United Artists
Tomorrow the World" adapted
from the Broadway production, and
Hold Autumn in Your Hand" =
"A New Life" generally was con-
sidered a well -intentioned flop. 1t
ran for SO performances, opening
September Is, 1943.
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Going Ny Way"
Morgan's Greek, I"
Merrier, !" THE
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T0DAY's NEIGHBoRHOoD MOVIES

All Time Schedules Given in Warner
Bros. Ads Indicate Time Feature Il
Presented
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fellow, saved his money again, bor-
rowed more and returned to the
restaurant business few years
later. His wife and two young
daughters live in Connecticut, and
as soon as he can feel reasonably
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include Wilson"
1.-The Miracle of
1.-THE More the
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Gassner and Nichols Repeat
Their Best Film Volume
Bv JAY CARMODY.

That bright idea of publishing Ihe 20 Best Film Plays" which
John Gassner and Dudley Nichols had last
this Even the two waiting for the Pub
selected worthy
honor of being published ground
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sure he won't have to worry about
the future of his children, he will
quit Broadway and stay perma-
nently on the farm.
And no one will ever get me back
to Times Square, either he insists.