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Public Library
! Book Pointers
BY Marjorie Vesfa Wilkins.

Advisory stan. Washington Public Library
The deep golden tans of the many
people asking at the Public Library
for material on boating indicate
that Washingtonians have found
the most pleasant way to spend q
summer at home-on the Potomac
AS an aid to the boat builder. the
technology division has an indie,
OF practical boat plans found ir
Yachting, Motor Boat, Rudder anc
other favorite magazines of boat
enthusiasts. bodybuilding" by
Howard I. Chapelle, and How te
Build Your Own Canoe, Kayak o,
ISurfboard," published by Popular
Mechanics, are two books giyina
detailed plans and simple instruc-
tions.
Trim lines and q cleaning tor
deck must be matched with a SPOT
less galley and quarters below, and
"Seamanship Below Deck" by Ruth
Brindze, and The Ships Husband, ,
by Harold A. Callahan, offer valuable
suggestions. OF course, THE Boat.
mans Manual" by Carl D. Lane, /.
indispensable for boat handling
operation, maintenance and sea.
manship."
For those who take advantage OF
every breeze trare as they may
seemD, The Pleasures of Sailing ;
by Alfred B. Stamford. is delightful
reading, with no attempt at in.
struction.
The leisurely canoeist finds pleas.
ure in the natural beauty along the
river banks and on the historic
Chesapeake Il Ohio Canal with
such = handy pocket guide q,
Birds You Should Know" by
Thornton w. Burgess, illustrated ir
color. And, Of course, there Is nj
more romantic way to listen Il
IThchAikoWskv n the Watar HStA1
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states within one of which, Lithu-
ania, uprisings against the enemy
were occurring at many points.
So serious is the Nazis situation
becoming on the eastern front. re-
serves are being tossed into the So
far fruitless efforts to stem the Rus
sian advance which is moving west
ward steadily along 35o-mile bat
tie line.
BY Monday of last week the COL
lapse of the defense line before the
approaches to the Baltic states and
to Poland had become so extensive
the Russians described 1t as whole
sale rout. Indecision was declared
apparent everywhere as isolated di-
vision commanders failed to cope
with their problems.
So rapid was the Russian advance
that in "a hours, Minsk, which was
10 miles away Monday. was captured
and passed bv Tuesday with the
Russians pointing toward Warsaw
and East Prussia, only $50 miles
away.
Polotsk, gateway to Latvia and
Lithuania, was mopped up Tuesday
and all along the front the drive
pushed ahead BY yesterday, the
Russians had reached what Russia
now considers the border of the
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
although the prewar border was
about Is miles west of Wilno.
Only in Italy were the Germans
at all successful. There a bitter de-
fensive has slowed and in some
places halted the Allied advance.
American troops driving up the coast
have come to standstill at Rosig-
nano, ruined village l3 miles south
OF Livorno or Leghorn, the important
naval base.
In the Pacific developments were
encouraging with Saipan almost en-
tirely mopped up and with new
bases obtained by the occupation of
the island of Noemfoor off the
coast OF New Guinea Tuesday. The
latest occupation moves the Allies
100 miles nearer the Philippines and
places three excellent air fields at
the disposal of the American flyers.
A task force of unknown strength
steamed in close to the BONN Is
lands, around 500 miles from Japan,
during the week nd gave it a rather
long-drawn out going-over both by
carrier-based planes and by shelline
from the ships. There was little or
no opposition.
Guam and other islands received
Fsimilar trea tment.
Japanese success in the drive
down the railline linking Hankow
and Canton which went along with
out halt for some days was sud-
denly broken Friday when the
Chinese, striking with great power,
lifted the siege of Hengyang, i'm
portant rail center. and then moved
forward to push the Japanese back
Is miles. 1t was said that this VIC
tory had removed the japanese
threat to split China in half for
some time to come.
1t was announced Wednesday
that American submarines had sunk
II more ships including q light
cruiser and . destroyer.
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Alaska and the Canadian
Northwest

By Harold Griffin. (Norton.)
The Northwestern section of our
continent is in for a tremendous
postwar boom, forecasts the author
OF this book, a Canadian newspaper
man who recently returned from a
trip up the Alaskan highway. He
mas done a competent Job of re-
porting the wartime development
OF the area, superimposing on this
outline a colorful picture of what
those familiar with the Far North"
see ahead
/ He stresses the fact that this vast
unoccupied area is in the same cI-
matte zone as Finland and Sweden.
ernmerating the factors which make
1t capable of supporting a potential
population of millions. 1t has un-
told mineral wealth, including vast
Oil deposits, a highly lucrative
coastal fishing industry and a rich
interior zone as large as several
Midwestern States together and
more productive.
Equally important he feels. is the
sections role in postwar aviation.
The great circle route to the
Orient from the Central United
States passes through Edmonton,
Alberta and Fairbanks, Alaska.
From Chicago through these cities
to Singapore it is shorter by 1,540
miles than via the trans-Pacifio
route through San Francisco.
! All the authors information bears
out the prophetic words of an old
prospector quoted in the first chap
ter: Forget all this nonsense about
the frozen wastes of the North. The
North isn't a barren land; it's Just
empty, waiting for roads and rail-
roads, and people to build the coun.
try j. K. VAN DENBURG, Jr.
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Brief Reviews
COUNTRIES.

The Netherlands, edited by Bar.
tholomew Landheer University Of
California)-A survey of the history
and modern development of the
Netherlands by 81 experts, mostly
Netherlanders. Valuable.
The Contribution of Holland to the
Sciences, by A. j. Barnouw and B.
Landheer (Querido)-A survey of
the work done by Hollanders in the
exact sciences, the arts and humani-
ties. Valuable.
Introduction to India, by F. r.
Moraes and Robert Stimson COxford
Unlversity)-A small handbook of
information, including a section on
how to behave according to Indian
customs Useful.
Indian Crisis. by John S. Hoyland
tMacmillan)-A short study Of In
dia today, her religious and political
groups and leaders and her rela-
ton to Great Britain. Informative.
An American Looks at Australia.
by Warren G. Harding. I'd CReviev
Il Herald)-A pleasant volume on
the characteristics of our ally.
Introducing Africa, by Carveth
Wells tPutnam)-The famous ex.
plorer writer's a convenient hand.
book.
A Literary Journey Through War
time Britain, by A. C. Ward (Oxford
University Pleasant volume sur
veying spots of literary association
as they are in wartime conditions.
The French Colonies, Past and
Future, by Jacques Stern Didier)-
A history of the French colonial
empire and a defense of its con.
tinued existence.
The Lion Rampant, by L. de Jong
and Joseph w. F. Stoppelman
(Querido) - The story Of Holland
under Nazi domination.
China Handbook, 1887 -1943, com.
piled by Chinese Ministry of Infor-
nation (Macmillan)-A huge vol
ume of information and statistics.
Valuable work of reference.
The People Of India, by Kumar
Goshal tSheridanD-A text on
India's history intended to break
down western prejudice.
Voiceless India, by Gertrude
Emerson CDay)-A revised edition
OF the earlier work, which won wide
recognition for its perceptivenesx
The author lived many years in a
little Indian village and devoted
herself to study of the Indian peo-
pie.
WAR.
The Black Record Of Germany.
Past and Present, by Lord vansit.
tart (Avon)-Series of papers in.
dieting Germany for historic var
madness and recommending her dis.
armament
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Russia and the Peace
By Bernard Pdres. I'M,

og DcfHuIU FQTeS. fMUcmi[-
LAM
This is another of those con.
clllatory volumes on Russia, de.
signed to make dwellers in non-
communist countries understand
that the Russians are quite possible
members of a civilized world com.
munity. 1t Is, to be sure. a good
deal less blatant than most books
Of its type: its author, Sir Bernard
Pares, has had long interest in
Russian affairs and deserves atten-
ton for his knowledge of his subject
matter. But, however profound
that knowledge may be, he has put
1t to an extremely simplifled usage
here. He wants to soothe the pre-
sumably alarmed American citizen
who, In his naivete, still believes
that the Red Army is out to take
over the entire worfld. It is a wish
based on a commendable good will,
but not showing much faith in
American intelligence.
According to Sir Bernard, then
Russia is not going to try to take
over China or India or GERMANY
She will probably want to keep part
OF Poland and part of Finland. as
well as the little Baltic states which
she gobbled up, but. after all, she
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Campaign
Continued From Page C-lD

ton support for the presidential
nomination, can also give aid and
comfort to the so-called nation
alists" Republicans who want as
little postwar cooperation with
other 2ations as possible under their
own Interpretation of the MackinaC
declaration and the foreign policy
plank.
! The platform seeks to attract the
maximum number OF voters regard
less of their conflicting interests
Dewey, at his Chicago press con-
ference, admitted that it was a COM
promise document and at several
points seemingly contradictory. He
promised to clear up the antiquities
and conflicts What he will say will
be more important than the plat
form.
The campaign, as now fore
shadowed, will make it's principal
appeals to three groups--women
farmers and Negroes. AS to women
voters, the Republicans have already
drawn counterattack from Demo-
cratic headquarters. To match the
scheduled speech of Representative
Glare Booth Luce, the Democrats
have scheduled Mrs. Charles w.
Tillett, chairman of the women's
division, and Mrs. Helen Gahagan
Douglas, wife of Movie Actor MELVIN
Douglas and a candidate for the
House, to address their convention
They have also announced that an
equal number of men and women
will be on their National Executive
Committee.
The Republicans apparently have
little hope of breaking into the Solid
South as Hoover did in 1928. The
planks on Negroes were definitely
drafted to appeal to the Northern
States, particularly New York, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana
where the Negroes, as a bloc, could
determine the balance OF power
The planks on segregation in the
military forces, for a permanent
Fair Employment Practices Com
mission, again poll taxes and for
anti-lynching legislation may give
pause to the anti-Roosevelt South
ern Democrats to whom white
supremacy" is the be-all and end
all of politics.
The farmers, who led the way
from Roosevelt in 1896 and 1910
were promised about everything in
the book except subsidies, which
many farmers oppose anyway. In
stead, they were offered support
prices, commodity loans, or a COM
bination thereof.
A practical political question Is
whether Dewey's personality and
promises will appeal to many farm
ers. Some grass-roots political OBJ
servers predict they will not. Him
self gentleman farmer, he can
speak the technical agricultural Ian
guage but at Governors confer
ence last year he infuriated the
Middle Westerners by what was in
terpreted as plea for his own
Eastern Atlantic region.
Dewey will have a personal prob
lem with the soldier vote, which ap-
parently will be the most unpre-
dictable factor in the campaign
The platform promises nothing
Roosevelt has not promised to vet
erans as such. Dewey was too young
to be in the First World War and
was nearing 40 at the time of Pearl
Harbor. Will the soldiers vote for q
presidential candidate who has not
had military service? President
Roosevelt has told friends that his
lack of a military record, despite his
service as Assistant Secretary Of the
Navy, handicapped him In his New
Evening star., 1944-07-09
By Mary-Carfer Roberts.

by occasional other pages of "Oh,
how I love France!" (or, more spe-
cifically. Pors Gwen. Both her
Loric and her France seem we'll
worth loving, and she is certainly
very charming and often poetic
about the whole thing; but no mat
ter how sympathetic one may be to
her preoccups lions. they are hardly
enough to carry a whole novel unas-
sisted in this manner, which Is what
they try to do.
Other characters are hustled in
and out, lest they get in the way.
For example, an American boy hard
ly utters a sentence before he is
smitten with appendicitis and carted
OH to an out-of-town hospital, where
he and Minoche's sister fall In love
we'll out of range Of the reader, who
Is left always with Minoche and her
tenderness. A nice tenderness. to
be sure, but monotonous in such un.
relieved doses.
Nine. Meyneng has a fine COM
mand OF English; one is never con-
scious OF any difiiculby of express
sion. LUCY McCLENON.
Leave Her to Heaven
By Ben Ames Williams.
(Houghton, Mi69in.)
In jacket explanation. Ben Araes
Williams says of this novel that, as
younger man, he had thought that
stark drama rarely touched normal
llves, but that as he grew older, he
discovered his mistake. So in this
novel. "the most extreme dramatic
situations found a place"
| They do, indeed. After a two.
week courtship. Ellen marries Rich
ard Harland. Her mother pre-
diets disaster, but all goes we'll until
Ellen, tortured by her husbands af-
lection for his crippled brother, let's
tne child drown. She forces her
husband to hide her crime by tell
ing him she is to have a baby. She
later kills her unborn child. FINALLY.
when she finds her charms unable to
entice her husband back to her she
commits suicide, but manages to
throw the blame on her sister. who
becomes the second Mrs Harland.
Much of this is told through
nashbacks and through the process
OF repeating scenes twice as seen
through different eyes. The latter
method becomes annoying when the
author merely repeats action with
out adding to the characterizations.
AT one point. however, the method
is very effective. That is when Mr.,
Williams winds up his novel with
the same scene as his introduce
ton, leaving exactly opposite i'm
pressions and giving the reader hope
for Harland's future without Ellen.
MTpyAM nTTrArnrr~
Evening star., 1944-07-09
Best Sellers
FICTION.

A Bell for Adano, by John
Hersey.
Strange Fruit, by Lillian
Smith.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by
Betty Smith.
Bedford Village, by Hervey
Allen.
The Razor's Edge, by w. Som
erset Vaughan.
NONFICTION.
Yankee From Olympus, by
Cathrine Drinker Bowen.
Here Is Your War, oy Ernie
Pyle.
Ten Years In Japan, by Joseph
c. Grew.
The Curtain Rises, by Quen-
tin Reynolds.
1 Never Left Home, by Bob
Hope.
Evening star., 1944-07-09
Lord HoIifox's Ghost Book
|Didier.)

This is collection of tales of the
supernatural made by the late
Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax,
father of the present British Am
bassador to our country. In FORE
word to the volume, the Ambassa-
dor states that the gathering of
such stories was a hobby of his
fathers. The first condition nv
father required of any ghost story"
he writes. was that it should carry
some assurance of authenticity
though, If such guarantee were
lacking, he would not always refuse
admission to tale with those at
tributes of mystery which appealed
so strongly to his imaginative sense" "
The distinguished sponsoring of the
collection undoubtedly adds to it's
interest, but, even so, one is obliged
to state that assurances of authen-
ITCHY are not the most helpful con-
dition to thrilling ghost yarns. The
fictional spirit is apt to be much
more lively than the one bolstered
up by affldavits.
And so it is in Lord Halifax's book.
The great number of the tales are
of apparitions and portents encoun-
tered in old English houses and fall
pretty much into routine accounts
of knockings, shrieks, footsteps and
banging doors. There are quite a
few accounts of ghosts seen, to be
sure. but the visible spirits seldom
did much. They merely appeared
and vanished in random fashion
and seemed to get little joy out of
their haunting. One sadly misses in
these ghosts of reality the good old
rousing horror which appertains to
the ghost of Imagination.
OF all the tales, the reviewer rates
most highly that called The Pas
senger With the Bag" because in it
there is an evidence Of purpose. 1t
is the story Of murdered man who
reached back into life and avenged
himself. If true, it is tremendous,
but note appended states that Lord
Halifax "mislaid his authority" for it.
The Broken Arc
By Mayette Meyneng. (Har-
per-
In her first piece of fiction young
Nine. Meyneng has needed the Oft
prodered advice, Write what you
know" to such an extent that her
story has a strongly autobiography
cal ring. Its heroine, like the author,
Is q French girl who loves a young
French soldier hero.
There Is no denying either the
simple beauty or the heart-rending
sincerity Of the story, but it has a
sameness that makes it a little tire
some. The lovely Minoche, who
writes In the first person. pens pages
and pages on the theme. "Oh, how
I love Loric!" and this Is varied only
Evening star., 1944-07-09

The Black Record Of Germany,
Past and Present, by Lord Vansit.
tart tAvon)-Series OF papers in-
dieting Germany for historic var
madness and recommending her dis.
armament
Evening star., 1944-07-09

About year ago, the Germans
were launching long delayed sum-
mer offensive against the Russians
with the objective not entirely clear,
indications pointing either to an
other attempt at Moscow or a second
campaign to reach the Caucasian
oil fields. Yesterday, in contrast.
the Russians were battering forward
toward Wilno. gateway to the Baltic
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-14

Mailing BARLEY-range. sl.4i-
l.j2: barley needles. sl.26.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-14
Daily Market Report

Detroit, Mich. Mar. l4-CATTLE.
Short-ted native steers and year.
llngs predominated with good grade
mostly Sl4.50-l5.25, few best
$l5.5O-l5.75; common and medium
bulked at Sl2.00-13.50: Best mixed
yearlings reached Sl5 and straight
heifers $li. Good beef cows sold at
$ll.5O-12.50; bulk common and me-
dunn beef grades $9.00-ll.50; can.
ners and cutters mostly $6.50-S. so.
with few Gamers under 81. Some
very shelly Gamers dropped TO So.
Bulls were little changed; bulk sau
sage bulls S9.00-10.50; good heavies
$11.00-l1.25. Stockers and feeders
were scarce. firm.
CALVES: Salable receipts 600
Vealers were fully steady, practical
top and bulk good and choice
$3.50; common and medium maiu
ly sl2.00-15.00; culls S7.00-l1.00.
HOGS: Good and choice 200-500
lb. hogs bulked at S14.90. a few to
city butchers at $l4.30; extreme
top. Most 250-330 lbs made S14IO
and 10000 lbs. 1880. Good and
choice l40-160 lbs. brought s11.75.
1925; while l60-lS0 lbs. ranged
from $13.25-13.75. Medium to choice
sows of all weights bulked at Sl2.5G-
1900; stays at $10.25-10.50. Stocker
and feeder pigs ranged from $l0.5O
down.
SHEEP: Bulk good and choice
fed native and western lambs made
S16.00-16.50. latter price paid free.
ly early. but little passed $685. on
the close. Common and medium
grades turned at .S12.0O-1500; culls
S6.00-l1.00. Slaughter sheep sold un.
evenly strong to higher. A part deck
OF good and choice 115-lb fat ewes
reached $40. new high on the crop.
Other good and choice lots madu
SS.50-9.25; common and medium,
S6.50-S.00; culls s5.50-6.00.
Detroit Cash Grain
WHEAT-No. pa s1.702s.
OATS-No. .. white. 'S0-Slc.
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Victory
Gardens
BY II. {. Lalng

BY n. {. lalng
Although we are assured by
seed growers that there is an am
pie supply of garden seeds for 1874
victory gardens. nevertheless We
are asked not to buy more seed
than we really need. Some varie-
ties will be higher in price than
they were last yeaF.-Ne are ad'
vised to grow the kinds and
amounts of vegetables that the fam
lily Will actually eat and put up for
winter, and no more. 1t is suggest
ed that we should plan our gardens
so as to provide for a continuous
harvest throughout the garden sea
son with a surplus to put up for
winter. We are advised to place
special emphasis on the protective
foods which are rich in those vita
mines that are especially needed to
avoid malnutrition. These pro-
tective foods are the greens, sal
ads. and fruits.
1t is too early to forecast the
quantities of grain, meat, milk and
eggs that will be produced in
America this year, but it appears
likely that the total amounts will
be less than in 1943 Therefore 1t
is wise to continue to give some at
tention TO the production OF energy
foods such as potatoes, shell-beans,
lima beans, and popcorn. Many
gardeners are now raising horti.
cultural varieties of soy beans.
One OF the most suitable varieties
70. this district is Bansei which
should be planted about May %.
The soybean seeds may be shelled
out when in the advanced green
stage like lima beans and eaten
raw or cooked, or they may be
canned. Part Of the crop may be
left to ripen. When ripe, tho
pods are filled and the yellow seeds
may be shelled out or threshed and
winnowed Farmers usually har
vest field soy beans by means OF
combines which pick and shell tho
beans in one operation. The ordin-
airy field varieties are suitable for
human food when processed IN
mills and factories but are some
what less palatable and are more
difficult to prepare by the ordin-
airy home kitchen and eaten raw
in the advanced green stage. They
do not have the bitterness OF com.
mon beans or raw peanuts, nor the
sweetness OF peas. but rather 3
sort OF nut-like flavor peculiarly
their own. The dry soy beans ma
be boiled or baked. They may
also be sprouted and eaten raw o,
cooked. Another favorite method
is to soak them all night in ordin
airy cold water or n shorter time
in warm water. then drain and
fry them in deep fat. after which
they are sailed. This method is
similar to the ones used for peanuts
and potato chips. and the resulting
product is so palatable that one Is
tempted to overeat. The effect OF
soy beans on the digestive system
is much milder than that OF navy
beans. II being somewhat similar
to that OF lima beans or peas.
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Ne,Us From BeIIepilLe

field. 1t. and Mrs. Vernon Porter.
Springfield. Mass, Dean Porter.
S &C Pensacola. Fla. Mrs. W. F.
Hoopingarner, Detroit. Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Wilson and family.
New Boston, were Sunday dinner
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Wilmer
Savage, Haggerty Highway
Mrs. Henry Murphy. Detroit,
spent a few days with Mr.. and
Mrs. Orrin X. Post. Liberty 81.
Mr.. and Ms. Albert II. Amrhein.
Ypsilanti Township. called on the
formers sister. Mrs. Joseph Spring.
Monday afternoon.
Miss Mary Budd has been i'll the
past week at the home OF her broth
er and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Lester
Budd, Chase Rd.
Miss Inez Ruthrun. Detroit.
spent Saturday and Sunday with
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-14

Dinner Guests
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Porter. Bliss
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-14

NAPLES-UP-Leaders Of three
leftist political parties were ex-
pected Monday to forward TO the Al
lied nations a resolution calling
for abdication OF King Victor En-
manuel and establishment OF "A
democratic Italian government. 4
mass meeting OF 1000 Neopolitans
adopted by reclamation Sunday
the resolution prepared by leaders
of the Communist, Socialist and ac-
ton parties calling for "purifica-
ton OF the state administration
beginning with the opponents of
monarchism and their collabora-
tors and fascist accomplices and
establishment of a democratic gov
eminent composed OF all political
parties
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-14
Pierre CIemenceau TO
Lecture Thursday Night

Ann Arbor, Mich, Mar. 14-Uni.
versity Oratorical Association
Thursday night will present Pierre
Clemenceau in d lecture in Hill
Auditorium at $50. The speaker is
the grandson Of Georges Clemen-
ceau, Frances World War one pre-
mier and he has selected as his
topic, France, Today and Tomor-
row"
He has been living IN Washing.
ton and is one Of the leaders in the
Free French movement.
II was necessary to obtain per.
mission OF the State apartment be.
fore NJ. Clemenceau could give his
lecture here.