The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21

Marshall is % boyish pilot of q fipe-man Wellington bomber whc has 55 missions over Germany tt his credit. Both are restrained bS unwritten codes which prevent the mixing of officers in any way but business.
 But business. the grim business of preparing for raids on Na1- land. doesn't take all their time and certainly cannot prevent hu- mnn. vibrant emotion Of youth tt yua their course
 Gevase and Pete: are soon bicycling and fishing together al- though they must Of necessity leave the post Independently to obgiate any petty criticism and desultory talk on the part of their fellow of- iicers.
 All that doesn't do their blossom ing romance any good, and m the age-old manner of obstacle-be' Destrewn romantic paths, Peter and Gcrvase come to the fork in the road and part.
 Plight Lieutenant Marshall be' comes listless and sloppy in his flying, sharp hammered with his loyal crew. Section Officer Robert son gets a taste of sleepless nights and nightmares dealing with Peter's death over Germany.
 How the two make up tneir dif- ferenees- while Peter is in his 1ak- rid6led plane over Germany and Geryase is in the control tower at Harley-is is thrill.
 The story is as simple as that but what makes it swell reading Is the way it's told. Adding to the pleasant, tender story are the word pictures of the English countryside and the factual, gripping accounts of the bombings
 Neyil Shute knows hls stuff, whether he has Peter and GerYase holding hands on river bank, or whether he has the reader plough ing through flax clouds oyer Ger many.
 ROOSEVELT THE MAN
 NOEL r. BUSCH undertakes a large and thankless task in What Manner of Man2" lIjarners. s2). He attempts to praent dispas- siOnate picture of Franklin D. Roosevelt But he does an admirable job Whether one likes Roosevelt or not, Busch has given . picture that Is convincing He sticks to facts and leaves politics outside
 Starting with childhood, school ing and college, he presents the President's background, He dis ousses his political career from his campaign for New York state sen' aloF to the third presidential term, He draws a partial conclusion;
 That Roosevelt Is an eDigma seems To be fairly gell-folDded impression, although h certainly nOntradiets assumption of present author, who announced Q teY pages haGk that human eharaeter as a whole, moi RN0seyelts only, is enT tirely simple and as easy i0 solve Rs the problem 0l two times tY0, So far however, this author, m hls efforts t0 solve the problem, has used np l67 pages, In ihe course 0l these pages he has called the PTasldAnt a seal, whlppersnappel, David, 4t, Ga0rge, the eaplaln 0f what seems t0 be no more than that ancient tug, the ship Of kstate, an oral personality, shark, aD Arabian Rmir, and q good many 0iheT things, lle has used adlees tiVes from deyl0ns 10 eonrageons, and he has had the president d0lDg Hyevylhing from exhibiting 1y0pla tO firing metaphysical pellets thnOnRh an eleeiFleal device"
 And this Is just . sample Of lhe naeHs Of good Teading, Busch Is fOrmRF staff member of Time magaElne and Is nov q l5le waf HorTespleni m ibe paeltIf
 WILD WEsg .,.
 You W0uldnl think il l0 read about him in the first Of the book by Nelson Q, bye, but Wild Horse shorty Is q T00tinrlAolin gent of tllA wild west, ene flt lO take his place with the hest Of the llelional hel.ass nf tliR purple Fange,
 Nlld Horse is the top kick in the hook published by MaeMlllan lelThl, and ODe Of the first westerns i0 hll the stands ln q long time,