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by other high-ranking writer's
in the short story field.
O'Hara writes about little peo-
pie. Nov We Know" is the love
story of a Queens bus driver and
a stenographer. He's married,
hates his wife. She's his morn
ing passenger, and irritation at
his practical jokes soon takes
turn for something else. There
is nothing they can do about the
situation, but, Nov We Know"
Free is the vignette OF a
lady on a vacation trip to New
York, who dreams of a brief
love affair with a man. the man.
who never materializes and
never will.
FAMILY on the Hill," by
Ambrose Flack (Crowell: $2.5O)
has enough characters in 1t for
Two novels. The poverty-strickea
Otter family has 16 children,
but they're not so hard to keep
Strengthened out as you might
think. Furthermore they're a
real JOY, as the ex-Flying Tiger,
invalided out Of the Air Force,
found when he and his wife
lnoved to Red Naples, a house
with a history in upper New
York State.
He soon became very much
aware of the Offers, who lived in
the house on the nearby hill,
found himself spending more
and more time there, enjoying
their company, and lending a
helpful hand in their many pro-
blems. (What family with 10
children wouldn't have problems
even without poverty, a tornado.
and q fire?)
As the book opens, one OF the
elder boys has run away. and
when his brother, sent In search
for him, comes back with an ex-
uuisitely lovely girl named Lena
instead, complications set in at
once. There is bit of mystery
about Lena, as there is about the
old man who complains Of "a
BEETLE crawling around inside his
head" whatever he gets excited.
The mystery is tied up with
Red Maples-but don't let his
convey the idea that this Is a
detective story. It's a charming
meeting with some people who
had such a salubrious effect on
the wounded airman that they
and the rural outdoor life
brought about his cure.
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QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS .
O-What is the flag of tn,

Q-What is the flag of the
United Nations?
A-The flag, unofficial, con-
sists of four vertical red bars on
a white field. 1t also is called the
Four Freedoms flag.
Q-How was the 1914 World
Series money shared?
A-The st. Louis Cardinals
got $4626 each and the st. Louis
Browns $2743 each.
On what year did "Gone
With the Wind" win the oscar"
Of the Academy of Motion Pic
-ture Arts and Sciences?
AIN 1899. =
Q-What is meant by lab
solute zero" in reference to tenn
Lerature?
A-Absolute zero Is the point
ct which, theoretically, all mole
clar activity ceases. 1t exists at
459.6 degrees below the Fahren-
heit zero.
Q-What was the first steam
ship crossing of the Atlantic?
A-The Rising Sum-" built in
Britain by Lord Cochrane, cross
ed the Atlantic to South Amer
lea in 1918.
Q-What is a lycanthropist?
"A person who thinks he Is
wolf. It's a form Of insanity.
Q-How much coal Is required
to make enough coke to smell,
one ton of a pig iron?
About a ton and a half.
Q-What is a "concertina" IN
the Army?
"A coil OF very hard
springy barbed wire. 1t Is held
compact by clips, and when they
are released the wire springs out
to form a barricade.
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STILL THE CHAMPION

Invariably it hos happened in the post, when
new weapons have made their appearance in naval
worfore that there have been some to insist that the
death kneII Of the bottIeshp had been sounded so
il was inevitable thot the atomic bomb would eod
to similar predictions.
And it may be true thot this most terrifying
weapon in history will reeeote the old bottlewo9on
to the scropheop One might be inclined to accept
such predictions as truth if many similar forecasts
in the post had not been proved SO wholly in error
For example, there we're those who sold thot the
submarine meant the end Of the bottesh'P. 'here
we're those who sold that few small and inexpensive
boots with torpedoes ended the ero OF The mighty
bottIewooon The evolution Of the orPone, the or
pone corrier and the bottle-eruser brought similar
predictions All Of these have proved tremendously
powerful weapons which ore indispensable in MOD
ern wor But none hos succeeded in dispocing or Sc
r;ouslv challenging the botteship os the heavyweight
champion Of the fleet. No weapon OF war ever mas
been desioned which give take os much os the
bottlewooon.
certoinIy It may be that the atomic bomb con
hit too hard even for bottIeshp On the other hand
Il e foct that man never hos been able to design
q weapon for which men have not been able to cre-
ote a defense Thot nnoy or noy not happen in con-
nectjon will, the otoc bomb But until it is proved
Fthot there is no defense for the otomic weapon it
MIL be just as we'll to hang on to the botteship.
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the sjko.sovIET TREATY

The recentIy sioned 3O-yeor treaty between Chi
m md Russio holds every promise Of becoming an
other miohty buIwork for peoce and security both in
the Far East and in the world as q whole.
It was highly significant and most mportont
document for greet nonp reasons. bur II mere IS
ony one foct in connection with the treaty tno' IS
more sionifcont than any other, it wos RUSSO &C.
tion in conducting the negotiations and IN signing
the treaty with the Central Chinese government heoo-
ed bv Genero|issmo Chang Ko-shek instead OF with
Communist elements which dominate O large Por-
ton Of North China.
Thus, an immediate result Of the treaty appears
70 have been termination Of condition opproxi-
motno civil war between the Central Chinese gov
eminent and the Communist elements in thot nation
Deprived Of the support they may have expected
from the Soviet. the Chinese Communists immediate
" ooreed to 90 to Chunekne to confer with the Gen.
eroissimo thus accepting an nvitoton they had re-
iected fIotly on at least two previous occasions.
On the whole, the treaty seems to reflect broad
and generous otttude by the Soviet toward Chino
The Russions could have taken just about anything
thew nioht have wanted in Chino and it is unlikely
that anyone would or could have stopped Them
As one example. they might have taken Monehu-
ria Insteod the Soviet recognized Chnos full SOW
ereionty over that huge and tremendously rich oreo
The Russions might have taken possession OF barren
and Port Arthur. nsteod, Dorien was made tree
bort open to all notions for the next 30 years and
Port Arthur will be operated jointly by the two no.
lions as naval base.
Everything considered, Russia seems to have DEM
onstroted and oced upon the sort Of foresight which
should make for on enduring peoce in the Far tost
The Russians could have taken q greet deol more
than they did, but If they had done so, they might
have sowed the seeds Of another war in the future
The treoty oppeors to have created the sort OF
atmosphere between Chino and Russia in which peace
ard good will can thrive There is nothing IN first re-
octions to the treaty to indicate that the agreement
is distosteful to either notion
It holds every promise Of being the sort OF found
otion upon which real peace can be built - q
peoce not alone between Russia and China, but TOR
every ntion which might be effected by suspicion and
closhino between these two dominant powers OF the
Asiotic continent.
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By ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff Correspondent

Open letter to Allan j. Tall
wood, president of the Leg Fan
ciers' Association of America:
Dear Allan:
You probably never heard of
me and l never heard of you
or your association. But be-
ing one of those gents who still
believe in Santa Claus, I'm going
to believe you do exist. And
just like the kids who write to
Santa Claus, I'm going to drop
this letter into a mailbox and |
know you'll get it. But don't
send me pair Of legs for Christ
mas unless the body is attached.
But all that is beside the point.
The reason I'm writing to you,
Allan, is that l think you should
hop a train or plane, wherever
you are, and get out to Holly
wood in a hurry.
A sung lady named LARAMIE
Day, who also believes in Santa
Claus, wants to give you a great
big kiss for giving her the title
"The- Best Legged Lady in the
Land"
And after collecting the kiss,
you can prove to Hollywood that
you and your association do ex-
list. That's very important, Allan.
Confidentially, there are disbe-
levers.
You see, Allan we read in the
newspapers about the Leg Fan
ciers' Association Of America
awarding Laraine the title-after
a four-year search. So we had
luncheon with the lady, took a
good look at her legs and agreed
with you. They are beautiful.
MORAL SUPPORT NEEDED
But before LARAMIE has lunch
with any more inquisitive re-
porters, you should arrange to be
present. She needs your moral
support. She tried to get it from
her press agent, her business
manager and her stand-in, who
had LUNCH with us. but they let
her down.
The press agent, whom you
probably knAH very well, tried
very hard, Allan, but we tripped
him up so often his knees are
black and blue. You should
have sent him detailed instruc-
tons for handling columnists
along with the title.
He didn't know anything
about you, Allan, except that you
were an ex-vaudeville hoofer
who was a connoisseur of legs.
He even called you Avery a
couple OF times. He said you
lived in a suite at hotel in
Chicago.
And LARAMIE was being such
good actress, too. She said studio
executives she hadn't seen for SC
long she thought they were dead
were coming down to the set tc
look at her legs. They thought
III walked on my hands until MIR
Tallwood came along" she
said.
The p. a. was mad at you, too
Allan. He said you released
the wrong picture of LARAMIE!
legs TO the newspapers. The
other one, he said, was mucf
pretticr.
Even LARAMIE tripped on thai
one, Allan. What other one?'
she said.
Then Laraine's stand-in, Hor
tense Robinson, tried to whis
per to us that those were no
Laraine's legs you saw in the
movie Bride BY Mistake"
They were Miss Robinson!
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. BARBS

The curb on Photographic film
has been lifted. My gosh, we still
may have to use up our obs
and "ahs" on vacation snaps.
Government experts predict a
big boom in Christmas shopping.
Why did they have to bring that
up?
Why Is il that most golf
courses have the rough where
the fairway ought to be?
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MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

WHEN Sgt. Phil Abramsohn.
one OF the country's outstand-
ing Life Masters who is now sta
toned at Grenier Field, Man
chester. N. H., teaching blind
flying in the Air Transport Com.
mand, was in town the other
day, he said: "Now West could
have beaten me on this hand.
However, ! think you will
agree with me 1t Is a beautiful
play to make the hand as long
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-04
ROSAMOND LEHMAN has

ROSAMOND LEHMANN mas
exercised a distinct and re-
markable talent in her novel.
THE Ballad and the Source
tReynal g. Hitchcock: $2.75). Her
prose is immaculate, polished,
beautifully con true e d, and
without a careless line or phrase.
1t touches a perfection in dia-
logue-or rather monologue,
since the bulk Of the book is
such-that defies efforts to i'm
agine anyone actually speaking
such lines. 1t is better to sue
cumb to the flow Of words and
forget realistic criticism.
Central figure in three gen.
erations of a strange English
family is Sybil Jardine, mother
of Ianthe, and grandmother OK
three children, Maisie, and Cher
nv. Mrs. Jardine, aesthetic, saint,
and devil, and one Of the most
memorable characters OF modern
literature, sun m ms Rebecca,
who lives on the adjoining estate,
and whose grandmother had
been a friend of Mrs. Jardine
prior to a violent quarrel. Re-
becca, who Is about 8 when the
book begins, becomes the mar
rator, reporting her one-sided
and at times almost intermin-
able conversations with Mrs
Jardine.
1T is utterly incredible tina!
a child should become the con-
fidante of Mrs. Jardine, old lilly
the nursemaid, and other adults
acquainted with the sordid de-
tails of a family degeneratins
into madness. Equally unbeliev.
able are the mnemonic feats Of
adult and child alike, repeating
without hesitation long mono
loguse, many of them dating
back years. This narrative meth
cd irritates. But these criticisms
actually are minor ones. and a.
the narrative unfolds the faults
of technic will be put from mind
The story emerges as one OF
sheer horror in its final stages
Madness has rarely been depict
ed with such realism. The scene!
at the old French chateau are
perhaps the finest in terms o.
imagery and atmosphere. ant
linger like q vivid dream whicr
borders on nightmare.
O'HARA SHORT STORIES
JOHN O'HARA, whose ZAP
continent in Samarra" was fol
lowed by a novel of lesser sta
ture which invoked review
with the classic heading, IBIS
appointment in O'Hara," come
back with his first book in fiv'
years. It's "Pipe Night (Duel!
Sloan and Pearce: S2.50), a col
lection of 81 short stories, mos
Of which have been published
end few of which will disap
point.
His stories are short, pungen'
and some of them endless IL
that they have no formula end
ing. with a large black period
But they suggest more than vii
be found in many longer storie
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seen a pair of legs that deserved
recognition. Between you and
me. and don't get mad, Allan,
don't you Leg Fanciers ever
leave your hotel?
Sincerely yours,
Erskine (amateur Leg
Fancier) Johnson.
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. IN HOLLYWOOD

legs. Trick photography. she
whispered. But she couldn't
fool us, Allan. We've seen La
raine's legs.
But just think, Allan, the
press agent couldn't explain
why, in its four-year history,
your organization had never
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-04
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN
NEA washington Correspondent

NEh VSSnbu6 sVn OVAAVSPOuoCuS
WASHINGTON - The two
best news barometers in the ma
tons capital are the mornings
collection of handouts" and the
taxi drivers. From both of these
sources the forecast Is stormy
weather.
Cables In this town probably
make more money than 90 per
cent of the government employees
and more than IS per cent of the
newspapermen. AS a result this
lucrative occupation has attract
ed some pretty shrewd observers
of humanity and current affairs.
They have their finger on the
pulse of the towns population.
They know who's coming to
town and they know who's leav-
ing. With group riding in eff
feet, they hear the inside debates
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-04
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

on what's coming off during the
day when they drive their fares
to work and, on the trip home,
how it came off. They have
more inside information than
any touts at a race track.
More than one congressman
has been known to send his Sc
cretary out taxi riding to find
out what's really going on or
what the current thought is on
some subject.
CAR DRIVERS KEEP
EARS TO GROUND
Since the peace announcement
the drivers have kept an espe-
cially alert ear to the ground.
Fro mtheir trips back and forth
to Union Station they report
succinctly:
1.-THE business men are leaving
and the politicians are arriv-
ing"
Most group gossip" concerns:
Who is being fired first, and
will their apartment be avail
able? Will Washington win the
pennant this year? The rumor
that Ickes is going to stay at In
terror for some time. What
they're going to do with the
Pentagon Building. What Con-
gress will do.
"Handout" is the trade lingo
for a press release. Texas news
papermen have a different name
for it. They flood every city
editors desk each morning from
every branch of the government
pressure group down to the
League of Left Handed Dandruff
Scratchers. If ever a line from
one of these handouts gets into
print its author feels grateful.
But they are clue as to what's
coming up that can't be ignored.
Weeks and months before an
important issue flares up, the
various sides will begin bonn
harding news offices with slight
ly slanted background material
on the question. Not so much
designed to get into print, they
are to convince the news writer
by a process of ceaseless pound
ing that any action other than
what they propose would throw
the nation into complete chaos.
Some of the material is serious
and intelligent, representing the
wishes and aims of millions of
persons or millions of dollars.
Much is plain "crackpot" stuff.
Some is borderline. The govern
ment's handouts can be any
thing.
SCANNING THE
MORNINGS HANDOUTS
Here are examples from one
mornings haul of some of the
better material showing where
their sponsors interests lie re-
garding the postwar world.
The U. S. Chamber of Com
merce weekly report called
Business Action" headlines an
important story, TAX Reduc-
tons After Jan. Virtually AS
sured."
The CLIO headlines Its weekly
publication, See 10 Million Out
of Work by 1896"
A dupont news release says,
"Nylon has established itself in
an outstanding way In the field
of textiles and synthetic bris-
ties"
From the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars comes the statement: "The
VFW today challenged the grow
ing tendency of war-nutured
government agencies to perpet.
uate their activities and jobs in
the postwar era by cutting them.
selves q piece Of veteran pie. ;"
A news letter from the Allied
Liquor Industries, ms, tops 1t!
lead story with, Peace to Fur
Their East Beverage Spirits Stu
ation."
The Automobile Association
announces: welcoming the re
turn Of the full fuel tank aftel
four years of q gas shortage
AAA warned motorists that nei
Their their cars nor the rubber
On them ran Sfand hiQh Sneeds
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.Bl:,y,,.-WILLIAM FRYE

WITHATHE BRITISH SECOND
ARMY, March 25.-R-A lanclng
thrust by elements of the 18TH
Scottish Division drove Field Mar
shall Sir Bernard L. Montgomery S
bridgehead eight miles inland to-
day at point northwest OF We
sel-the deepest penetration on the
British front.
The spectacular thrust from the
Xanten crossing area bowled over
enemy opposition, including a
small tank detachment which got
in the way near a forest cross
roads.
It carried the fighting Scots
around high ground between the
Rhine and the Issel rivers. The
town Of Haminkeln was captured
and troops have advanced beyond
that place.
A linkup of Commands with
the U. S. Ninth Army's 3oth In
fantry Division near the Lippe
river south of Vessel gave the 21st
Army Group a continuous line as
masses Of men and equipment
poured across Rhine pontoon
bridges and ferries in the build-up
for the eastward lunge at the
heart of Germany.
Tall columns of smoke rose
over shattered Rees, II miles west
of Vessel, as units of the 51st
Highland Division slugged house
to house in the final close-in fight
ing to clear the last fanatically-
resisting enemy troops.
The roar Of guns shook the air
as the holdouts took a FASTING be-
fore the Highlanders began claw
ing through the burning, battered
streets.
Three miles northwest of Rees,
Canadians fought into the out
skirts Of Bienen, after wiping ous
the last enemy resistance in Spell
drop.
North of Rees, other units ran
into stiff fighting. Both there and
at Bienen, enemy troops were
units of the 18th Panzer Grenadier
| DIVISION.
Farther south, the Scots beat of
elements Of the German Seven ,
Parachute Division, and that sec
tor was beginning to loosen up a
bit
While gains elsewhere were not
spectacular today, headquarters
finally permitted disclosure that
the phenomenally successful air
borne attack yesterday carried
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Patton Gains ~ Miles,
Takes Bridge Over Mai1,

people that Eisenhower's headyuar-
tiers reported Approximately one
quarter of the Rhine's east bank
was in Allied hands, Owl report.
ed
The U. S. Ninth Army was head.
ed for a Knockout of the Ruhr,
without whose factories Germany
cannot longer wage war.
1t was tout in the OPEN in what
looked like decisive break.
through and was almost in SIGHT
OF a superhighway to Berlin.
The British Second Army with
Canadian elements had driven
eight miles north of the Rhine and
was across the Issel river - first
barrier on the north German plain.
The U. S. First Army likewise
was headed Berlinward through
Germany's scenic hills in an op-
Grafton of such scope that a front
dispatch likened it to the St. Lo
oreakthrough in Normandy.
The U. S. Third Army's Fourth
Armored Division was so deep into
Germany and travelling so fast that
tankmen were sending back urgent
calls TOR transportation for the
thousands Of prisoners captured.
Dozens Of towns were being swept
up by the Third Army against
scattered resistance, and even in
Darmstadt, with peacetime popu-
lation of $4,000, the Goth Infantry
encountered light opposition.
Farther South, the U. S. Sew
emit! Army drove up all along its
front to the Rhine, putting a firm
period to Gen. Eisenhower orders
to destroy every enemy soldier
west Of the. river by liquidating
the last German stand. Only enemy
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Lack Of Food Inside Reich Held
Vital Factor In Vars Duration

power the German people have
been used to the organized ration
ing of food. Heretofore food has
been adequate while strictly con-
trolled, but now supplies are de-
teriorating rapidly. The giant evac-
uation from the East was stoppe.
because of the shortage OF food
within the Reich proper.
After the Vistula retreat the first
thing done in Berlin was to stretts
eight weeks rations to nine.
The first serious breach OF the
rationing discipline occurred with
well-informed party men am
wholesalers informing one another
secretly of extra sales several
days before the public was mott
fled. AS a result when the PUBLIC
lined up all the best things were
gone.
This has become more and more
brazen in the past year and the
public has become aware of 1t.
When the Russians reached the
Oder and Berliners thought the
capital might be besieged within
hours they suddenly found trades
men no longer had anything to
sell.
On the following day goods re-
appeared. This was the most Sc
rious sign of disintegration on the
rationing front. When everything
begins to collapse and the people
of Berlin see nothing ahead but
siege or flight, then not even the
strictest measures by authorities
will prevent the remaining stocks
from vanishing among relatives,
friends and favorite customers.
The less fortunate faced with star
walton will take to the streets in
search of food.
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The American Legion Spring
Fiesta opens tonight at Legion
Field under the auspices of Will
mington Post No. 10, and will con-
tinue for six days and nights end
ing Saturday at midnight. Tonight S
program begins at 7 pm. when
the main gates open for the week.
"Selden, the SHAKESPEARE Man,"
the worlds greatest aerial dare
devil, the feature free act attrac-
ton, arrived yesterday from Chi
cago and will make his debut to-
night. This sensational act will be
staged tonight and every night at
II pm. in the center of the mid.
way at Legion Field. Selden per-
forms death defying stunts, on
slender steel apparatus actually 1873
feet in nidair, minus the use of
safety devices. Three other per-
formers have sacrificed their lives
attempting the same act, but Sell
den remains as the only success
full living artist in his line of pleas
ing the public.
The R and S Amusements will
present the midway attractions
with all new attractions including
several of the latest and greatest
rides. Jimmy Faftery, owner
manager, says that this week will
be the first real start of the 1915
tour. Among the rides are the Dive
Bomber, the Octopus, Tilt Whirl,
Ferris wheels, Shooter, Rocket, and
others.