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Evening star., 1944-05-28

a total OF 5000 British and Ameri-
can planes bombed 81 rail centers
and Is airfields behind the. West
Wall. Toulon and Lyon in Southern
France were bombed by Italian
based planes.
Delayed "a hours by bad weather,
the Allied flyers resumed the cam
paign yesterday and Dusseldorf
and Cologne areas were apparent
targets in Germany while Lyon re-
lceived another going-ov
The raids yesterday brought to
$4,000 the number of planes striking
at the enemy and to 5000 tons the
amount of explosives dropped. 1t
was busy week for the enemy who
had been told by Goering that mo
bomb will drop in the Rhineland.
I promise it,"
Start of a new offensive by the
Russians in the East was rumored as
the week closed.
Task Force Hits Marcus.
An American task force, taxing
the war uncomfortably close to
Tokyo, spent considerable time a
week or so ago carryong on an air as
sault on Marcus Island which is only
1,200 miles from Tokyo.
The japanese radio made first
announcement of the raid which
was the third on the island, the
others occurring in March, 1912, and
September, 1943. The Japs claimed
that 80 raiding planes were shot
down, though acknowledging some
damage
The Navy confirmed the raid
Thursday, declaring that it had oc-
Cured Friday night and Saturday
Of the week before, and that enemy
airdrome installations were de-
stroyed. The same task force raidec
Wake last Tuesday, smashing 2(
buildings and doing other damage
to airdrome facilities. Instead Of
80 planes being lost, the Navy
placed the loss in both operation.
at four planes and three men.
Berlin started the week on g
ludicrous note by publishing Japan,
peace terms to the United States
which included surrender of tn,
entire American Navy which wa
reported yesterday to have 65 air.
craft carriers and 20 battleships
with proper proportions of Other
craft. In case any ships are scut-
tied, the United States is to reim-
burSe. Japan to the extent of II
times the value of the ships. Cos
of transfer of the American Nav,
to Japan would be at the expens,
of the United States.
Action in the Pacific was ligh
during the week, although force
under Gen. Macarthur made fur
ther progress in New Guinea anc
the Wakde airstrips were put intc
service forecasting air actor
against the Philippines before much
longer
III India considerable success ha
met Allied efforts to clear Nortl
Burma of the Japanese and reoper
an overland route into China. TIL,
foothold in the important suppl,
base of Myitkyina has been ex
panded and all japanese efforts t.
supply and reinforce the garrison
have been foiled. More than a thirt
OF the city is in Allied hands. TIL
Chinese forces moving on afte
their crossing of the SalWeen Rive
are seeking to clear the path for tn,
linking of the Ledo and Burma
| roads.
1C was reported that in the fight
: ing in India, especially around tn,
Manlpur area. the japanese hav'
: lost $500 in killed alone.
In China the Japanese claim cap
ture Of Loyang which the Chimes,
are inclined to admit is true but {
, spearpoint aimed at Central Chin;
has been bent back by a heav,
Chinese counteroffensive In Honal
Province.
= A sobering tabulation made Fri.
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trusted to family judgment. They
are the scene of the genuine abiding
interests of many mature men and
women. The Office family is, indeed,
a real entity involving much more
than sharing of duties. It is such
an entity which Harvey Smith un-
dertakes to portray in this novel.
He gives us an average sized busi-
ness house with Offices in New York
and carries us through the inter-
woven lives of the white-collar and
executive personnel for a year. Be-
cause the American Office is SO large
and important factor in American
life, one feels that he has done a
worthwhile thing. At the same time
one also feels that his types are oc-
casionally exaggerated and that he
lapses into sentiment rather weakly
But, as piece Of rather striking
photography Of vital subject, his
book can be commended.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
By Mary.Carfer Roberts.

much more serious works were writ.
ten which attacked our country on
the very points which Mr.. Benet
chose to glorify and we're received
with cries Of appreciation for their
realism" and honesty" from critics
who today will certainly praise this
present America"
The reviewer, by no means lonely
in a minority of one, is not able
to see how this Topping about helps
anything. Better, 1t seems to her,
not to wait until there Is a war To
be proud OF the country which.
whatever its faults, has for its
recommendation that 1t has afforded
the best life for the most people
that has been seen in human his.
tory.
The Cabin
By Marquis W. Childs. (Har-
per-
In his second novel, the newspa-
per columnist has undertaken a
study of 13-year-old boy isolated
equally from the childish Joys Of
his younger brother and cousin and
from the querulous unhappiness Of
the "ancients" his grandparents
and Aunt Stella.
The boy Rob's first delight In re-
turning to the farm cabin for the
summer soon gives way to this feel
ing of isolation, wondering, uncer-
tainty and indecision. He makes
decisions-about boat trip and 60
ing away to school-that don't seem
to come from himself. He also in
dulges in childish tricks equally out
Of harmony with his nature.
Paralleling the story of Rob is
that of his Aunt Stella. Where he
is growing into life, she Is growing
away from it. Aunt Stella is a meek
slave to her parents, dying of dia-
betes, but held to life mainly by her
devotion to Rob. Although close to
each other, Aunt Stella and Rob are
wordless to express their nearness.
With the death of Aunt Stella,
Rob feels he is entering the adult
world.
MIR. Childs has set himself diff
cult task in explaining the facets
of an adolescent boys nature. He
Is, for the most part, successful,
although he is inclined to exaggerate
the characteristics of the young and
old surrounding his youthful hero to
make Rob emerge more clearly. On
the whole, however, he Is skillful
In portraying the conflict of a half.
child, half-man.
MIRIAM GUTENBERG.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Best Sellers

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The Robe, by Lloyd G. Doug
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The Apostle, by Sholem
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Ten Years in Japan, by Jo-
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The Ghost Talks, by Charles
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Yankee From Olympus, by
Catherine Drinker Bowen.
The Loan of Language, by
Frederick Bodmer.
Evening star., 1944-05-28

day placed total American casual.
ties in the war up to May 6 at 2o6,.
|22I OF these the Army lost 1905!
killed, 65,779 wounded, IS, ,496 miss.
ing and 31,779 prisoners. Nav,
losses were 1886 dead, 1908!
wounded. 9,026 missing and AS;
prisoners.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
The Neqv Books
Limit Of Darkness

BY HoDard Hunt. Random
House,
This novel can be added to the
small number of books of literary
merit which, so far, have come out
of the war. The author, still un-
der 80, is now a correspondent, but
he first served his bit as fighting
man. He went into the Naval Re-
serve in 1910, was commissioned
an ensign and did turn of convoy
duty in the North Atlantic In
1912, he was discharged as medi-
cally unfit. His novel, about the
life and death of American flyers
on Guadalcanal, Is based on knowl-
edge. He reported the fighting on
that famous island and shared the
existence of the pilot, even to
accompanying them on bombing
flights. Yet his book is something
more than Photographic reporting.
There is an emotion in it which will
survive the present.
What it conveys is the emptiness
of soul which comes to pass among
group of young men and boys to
whom life has become virtual GER
tainty of death. It gives us Gay
in the routine of five pilots engaged
in making nightly bombing trips
against Japanese positions, weather
permitting. The day in question is
good; the flyers know they will
go up that night. They tidy up,
play cards, write letters, look for
the mail, have a drink or two, go
to the movies, get their instruc-
tions, think their thoughts and
take off. The youngest is 10; all
are very young. One returns. 1t
has been an average successful
raid.
The picture has been shown
number of times before. There is
nothing new about Mr.. Hunts plan.
What is uncommon is that, in de-
lineating the mems mood, he paints
despair, a desiccation of spirit, an
annulment of hope, all quiet, all
uncommenting all inclusive. He
shows no enthusiasm in his doomed
young men for the wars aims.
"The Four Freedoms" he has one
of them say, What the hell does
that mean to me?" "To me?" re-
plies another, Nothing" The boys
see themselves as instruments Of
battle, cut off from life, and that
is all. The mood is presented with
memorable strength. No one who
reads 1t will soon forget it.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
This Days Madness
By Mercedes Roseberry. Mac
milan

btSktsSfk.
This is one Of those "kaleido-
scopic" things, an effort to recap
ture the flavor Of America going to
war by putting together, in ran
dom pattern. brief scenes and re-
ports of the going. 1t takes us
through wartime Washington
through the hectic days of getting
used to coupons, collecting Scrap
saving fats, doing without expert
enced help, cutting down on driving
seeing the men go off to camp anc
the rest Of it,. 1T is as amusing a.
any of the synthetic efforts of it.
type and, in its way, a genuine
record Of what recently took place
among us.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Small Town Tyront
By Heinrich Mann. (Credtipe
Ace PreSS.)

The theme of this novel is the
action of malice on human charac-
ter, and a thorough-going job it is,
too. In its entire scope, there is no
motive which is not destructive,
mean or petty. 1t is sort of ash
bin of the soul, and the reader, fin
ishing it, will feel like giving him
self q good brisk dusting.
It deals with the adventures of
an elderly professor whose whole
life has been embittered by the ac-
cident Of his surname. "Gaubage"
is what he is legally called. Gar
bage," naturally, is what his pupils
make of it. Years of being thus re-
pulsively nicknamed turn the pro-
fessor into living drive for ven-
geance. He gets his chance when
he encounters young variety ac-
tress He has an affair with her
which results in his being driven out
of the teaching profession, then
marries her and sets out to cor
rupt the town, through her instru-
mentality, turning to account his
own well-learned lessons of humilia-
tion in seeking out the vulnerable
spots in the moral armor of his fell
low citizens. The pair makes de-
plorable team, but those whom they
attack are little better. The scene
of the story is a small town in pre-
war Germany, and In this whole
community there is no one who Is
not meanly and cruelty malicious.
In the dusty, ugly medium, Mr..
Mann works we'll There is g. de-
liberate exaggeration about his
character, a luridness which points
the horridness of the whole tale of
disintegration.
Evening star., 1944-05-28
Nine to Five
By Harpeu Smith. (Scribner'S.


There has probably never been in
history a set of relationships like
those which obtain in the average
American business office today. Ger
tainly, the business offices of other
countries offer no close parallel. We
are thought of as the masters of
business efficiency in our time, true
enough. But this concept of us as a
people given to a single-minded
prosecution of whatever we under
take becomes curious when one looks
at the real conditions under which
most of our enterprises are carried
out. Our Offices are certainly centers
of much more than the business
concern whose name is on the door.
They are the place to which a
hose of young women look as hunt
ing grounds for husbands. They are
the basis of the social life of innu-
merable employees, They provide the
audience before which boys and
young men look forward to trying
out wisecracks, practical jokes and
great ideas too delicate to be in
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-19
Frank Discussion Needed

Until very recently, a majority Of peo-
pie gave little heed to public spending.
Everybody from chambers to commerce
to soap box orators devoted large share
of their time figuring out how to get
bigger cut in Federal handouts. The
trend for years has been toward bigger
and bigger peacetime Federal budgets and
more and more debt. AS war loomed
on the horizon, prosperity spread
through the land on the wings of Dor
rowed money.
Today the lid is off, with hundred
billion dollar budgets and 50-billion-dol-
lar deficits. The country has borrowed
its way into an unprecedented war
boom. AS a sesult, taxes are now max
ing people realize that the government
must collect money as well as spend it,
and that it must eliminate peacetime
prodigality, the same as an individual.
Politicians, Republicans and Demo-
Gratis alike, have SHE'D away from
frank discussion of the nations financial
problem, either because the pay envelope
of every wage Garner is involved, or be-
cause they honestly don't know the
answers. That is inexcuSable when the
Solvency of the country and the savings
of every individual are at stake. 1t is
futile to claim that we have done our
"tax" best to meet the cost of the war.
We have not. If we had, we would not
now be riding the crest of individual
prosperity.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-19
Hungarian Resistance

Reports from Hungary, by way of
Switzerland, indicate a surprising resist
ance to German invasion by the citizens
Of satellite country. Hitler had to in
stall a Hungarian minister to Ber-
lin as puppet premier Forming and
keeping cabinet has been formidable
task. Many present and former cabinet
ministers have been arrested, and the
Gestapo have seized the national chief of
police, even though they still issue DEGREES
in his name.
Though organized army resistance has
ceased, many soldiers and civilians have
repeatedly gone over to Marshal Tito's
Yugoslavian Partisans. The Democrat,
Social Democrat and Peasant parties,
numbering millions, are openly hostile.
Hungary, though it's government has
aped Axis practices, is demonstrating
that popular feeling is far removed from
hole-hearted nazism.
Accordingly, it seems pointless of some
American radio commentators to refer
to the Eungarians, as they have, as a
egangster" and "jackal" nation. These
wholesale indictments OF an entire people
are not supported by fact. 1t serves no
useful purpose to stir up popular feeling
acre against them. We know who the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-19
Burbank to Newark

The main thing today and tomorrow
is and will be speed Whether or not it is
all-important remains to be seen. A few
years back the steam and motor ship
record to cross the ocean was something
over five days. Then came the ships OF
the air to negotiate the miles in about
day, and this week our headlines told us
this: Airliner Crosses Country in Seven
Hours.
This seems to be the travel record of
all times. The giant of the air, TWA-
Lockhead Transport, did not cross the
ocean, but did cross the continent, and
the speed to effect this was S55 miles an
hour. The previous record was some
thing over seven hours.
When you figure your fastest speed to
Chicago or Detroit by train this is some
going. Do these few hours mean enough
in the general scheme of things today
and tomorrow? Evidently they do, or so
much work would not go into the man.
ufacture of the engines.
From Burbank to Newark introduces
new epic in air travel. You might call 1t
this weeks fastest story and indicative OF
many story to follow.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-19
Servants, Not Rulers

From 1920 to 1910, state spending in
Maryland increased 500 per cent. Since
then things have been different. In 1943
the original budget was reduced almost
third. State income tax reductions
saved taxpayers II million dollars; state
property taxes were lowered three million
dollars; other savings amounted to
million and half.
Howe come? Well, three years ago
Maryland citizens organized Public
Expenditure Council. Members keep an
eye on public spending, and meet with
state, county and municipal officers to
talk over budgets and taxes. 1t takes
time and attention, but it pays off in
lower taxes, a more alert, responsible
government.
Public-spirited citizens of any state can
Go the same if they will take the trouble.
When they do SO, they exercise not the
Americans great privilege of choosing
his rulers" as Justice Reed rather care
lessly said in the recent Supreme Court
polltax decision, but the great privilege
of selecting his public servants and hold
ing them strictly accountable for their
stewardship.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-19

New York City's Theater Guild is
twenty-five years old today. It hardly
seems that long since Jacinto Benevente's
Bonds of Interest" played the boards and
the Guild boosted of less than one hundred
and fifty members. And today it's sub
scribers in fifteen cities number about 3d.
900 and the present season has three Guild
plays doing good box office, not the least
of these the musical comedy version OF
"Green Grows the Lilacs," better known as
the show that has "The Surrey with the
Fringe on Top" among its catchy num-
bers. The Theater Guild has had six
Pulitzer prize winning plays. That's
something We would not venture to say
il they will get that award this season
but "Jacobowsky and the Colonel" is
proving very popular.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-19
Emphasis on Artillery

Disappointing as the Italian campaign
may have been, it is very likely serving as
sort of "pilot plant" in which lessons
are learned and mistakes are corrected
which will avert losses and disappoint-
mentS in the continental invasion. An
indication of this is the new War Pro-
duction Board order which places heavy
artillery on par with landing craft, at
the top of the production list. This does
not mean that the Army is giving up on
combat aviation. 1t indicates, rather,
that the airplane's limitations as well as
its possibilities are more evident than they
were before the landings at Salerno and
AnZio. It also appears from the produ-
ton emphasis that the bigger weapons,
such as 15-mm. and 8-inch guns, and
240-mm and 8-inch howitzers, have been
found increasingly effective. Artillery
cannot compete with the airplane in
many operations. Obviously it cannot
bomb factories and transportation and
supply centers 500 miles behind the
lines. It connot strafe columns of troops
and vehicles with a planes terrific speed
and whitening fire. Artillery mounted on
ships cannot hunt enemy warships and
submarines as quickly or deceptively as
when it is installed in aircraft. But the
big guns can operate In any weather. They
have repeated chances to correct their
aim on target. Several of them can
concentrate on one area and blast it with
devastating effect They can operate
closely with infantry in clearing out
troublesome spots that bombs cannot
reach = even such pulverizing weight
Of bombs as hit Casino.
The new production emphasis on artil-
1ery points to more versatile, better bal
anced and co-ordinated striking force for
the assault on Europe. The Army's call
for younger men is aimed at the same
result. Both give reinsurance of con-
tinuing effort by our military and indus
trial planners to plug every chink in the
armor before the initial blow at Hitler'S
fortress and the hard weeks of fighting
that will follow it.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-19
MacARTHUR'S REPLY
(Hartford Courant)

(HarUIOrQ COuTdIlCJ
General Douglas Macarthur has
removed any doubt as to the pur-
pose of his letters replying to Con-
gresham A. L. Miller's praise OF
him as possible candidate for the
Presidency. I'm so far as my own
letters are concerned, they were
never intended for publication"
General Macarthur declares in a
special release from his headquar-
tiers. Obviously Congressman Miller,
Willingly or unwittingly, has vio-
lated a personal confidence. If Mr..
Miller published his corresponds
with General Macarthur with the
intention of placing him on record
as receptive candidate for the Re-
publican nomination, his action Is
all the more deplorable.
Nor did the Congressman accom-
plish his purpose. General Mac
Arthur reaftirms his frequent ex-
pressed sole ambition: That of
prosecuting the Pacific War to
successful conclusion. Concerning
the Presidency he says: II have not
sought the Office, nor do I seek it. ;"
He does not answer the questions
as to his acceptance should he be
drafted by the Republican Conven-
ton. In fairness to him there
should be no attempt to make any
deduction regarding his future
course not clearly warranted by the
straight language of his statement.
Overzealous friends of generals
and admirals among the American
high command who seek to make
political capital out of their friend
ships are performing a grave dis
service to such commanders. AS for
the Macarthur Miller exchange OF
letters, it is fortunate for Mac
Arthur that his conduct of opera
tons in the field removes any doubt
of his will to win. Otherwise, he
might be open to the charge of be-
ing the General George p. McClel-
Ian of this war-the Mcclellan who
sought to disparage President Lin
coin and opposed him in the cleo
ton of 1864.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-19
GRIFFENHAGEN.
New Haven Journal-Courier)

\NeW maven JOurudl-COurI2r)
In putting into effect the Grif-
fenhagen plan, the city Of New Ha-
ven has made an investment. First
of all, it has invested $4,000 to have
the original study made by the Grit
fenhagen experts. Then it has liz
vested many hours Of time by the
members of the Board uf Finance,
the Mayor, the Controller and by
the heads of city departments in
reviewing the plan and applying it
as wisely as possible to the posi-
tons covered. Finally, the city is
about to invest $55, 900 a year in in
creased salaries for those positions
deserving more adequate pay in
terms OF the duties performed. Now
the question arises: Should not the
city protect this investment to see
that full benefits are realized?
The sound way to safeguard this
investment is to place its function
ing in the hands Of a competent
personnel director. His job would
be to see that initial weaknesses in
the plan are corrected as speedily
as possible to see that both de-
partment heads and employees un-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-19

President Walalce's forthcoming
trip to China is that the Presi-
dent personally planned to an
nounce it. His announcement was
planned as an indirect presiden-
tial blessing to the Vice PreSi-
dent, and the politicos were ex-
pected to draw their own conclu-
Sions.
The fact that the White
House did not make the an
nOuncement was a pure fluke,
due in part to a newspaper
leak.
The leak got to British news
paper, the London Daily Mail,
which tried to file a story to
London. However, the story was
stopped by U. S. cenSors, because
1t is never permissible to publish
the movements of a U. S. Cabi-
net officer, the Vice President
or the President.
After the London Daily Mail
failed, R. T. Bowman of the Sou
than newspaper in Canada, at
temped to file the story to Can
ada. Once again, the censor in
tervened.
Only then did the story leak out
to U. S. newspapermen in the
State Department press room, who
Immediately called the Vice Presi-
dents office. There, his secre-
tary got worried by the many
phone calls and urged Wallace
to make an announcement. WAL
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-19
Optimism for All

The Supreme Court has invoked the
Sherman antitrust law against an OPP
tical company for fixing retail prices on
pink-tinted eyeglass lenses, for selling
them only to "licensed" retailers, and for
realizing more than 100 per cent profit
on the transactions
We applaud this wise and democratic
verdict. Postwar planning demands that
the opportunity of looking at the world
through rose-colored glasses be available
equally to all citizens of this free land.