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JOHN II. NEUBECK, Attorney, 1888
National Press Bldg.

DIETRICH COURT OF THE UNITED
States. for the District Of Colum-
81 Eta 4. .crove. peeessed.MNo. .s755s.
Administration Docket DISQUALIFICATION
the last VIM and testament Of said de-
said estate. By John n, Neubeck II is or
dered this 18th dag. Of Ausust. A. p. 194S.
Mary Billingsley, Pearl Baker. Thomas e.
Rogers and Elizabeth Cosby and all others
Sag ths szeh DAY N Of aai septembeT On
1946. at 1000 O'clock A. M. to show
sranted notice hereof Be SIS
n the "Washington Law Reporter and
The . Evening Star" once II each Of three
herein mentioned. the nrst publication to be
not less than thirty days before said re-
LITHA j.. LAWS. Chief Justice Of said
Court. this, 18th day Of August. a. p.
WELL, Register OF wills for the District
OF Columbia. Clerk Of the Probate Court.
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SAMUEL W, McCART. Attorney,
Q13 lHfh 81 n w

DISTRICT Court Of THE UNITED
States for the District Of Columbia.
Holding Probate Court.---No 81 ,43l. Ad-
is to Give Notice:
Columbia has obtained from the Probate
Court Of the District of Columbia, Letters
of Administration on the estate of
OF Columbia. deceased. All persons hav-
ing claims against the deceased are
hereby warned to exhibit the same. with
the vouchers thereof, legally authenti-
Gated, to the subscriber, on or before the
14th day Of June. AID. 1947; otherwise
they may BY law be excluded from all
benefit Of said estate. Given under my
hand this 10th day Of August. 1916.
MARTHA A. FEDERLNE, 1925 9th st.
NV. (seal3 Attest. MELVIN J. MARQUES.
Deputy Register Of Wills for the District
Of Columbia. Clerk Of the Probate Court
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JOS. G. BUTTS. Jr., Attorney,
QAasthapv. RiAH

DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
Holding Probate court.-No 81 ,O6s. Ad-
ministration.---This is to. Give Notice:
That the subscriber, Of the District Of
Columbia, has obtained from the Probate
Court Of the District Of Columbia, Letters
Testamentary on the estate Of Irving
Columbia, deceased. All persons having
CLAIMS against the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with the
the subscriber. on or before the 9Th day
Of August, AID. 1947; otherwise they may
said estate. Given under my hand this
9th day Of August. 1916. SALLY HOLMES
CAMP, 1873 34th St. NV. lSeal)
Register Of wills for the District of CO.
lumbia, Clerk of the Probate Court.
au1 K Co %
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SOL ROTHBARD. Attorney.
National Press Bldg.
vnYrr rNYYnr an CI1E TIM

DISTRICT COURT OF The UNITED
States for the District Of Columbia.
ministration.-This Is to Give Notice:
That the subscriber, OF the District Of
Columbia, has obtained from the Probate
Court Of the District Of Columbia, Letters
of Administration on the estate OF Rollin
Patrick late Ct the District v, q cSiI IN
against the deceased are hereby warned
to exhibit the same. with the vouchers
thereof. legally authenticated. to. the sub
scriber, on or before the gard day Of
August, AID. 1947. otherwise they may by
law be excluded from all benefit Of said
day Of August. 1916. ESTHER PATRICK.
KELVIN NJ j MxRouEs, Deputy Si Register s. Of
Wills for the District of Columbia. Clerk
Of the Probate Court. au29.se5,1
D. EDWARD CLARKE. Attorney.
Bank Of Commerce and Savings BLDG.
DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
Ho sinsss Probate ros enc coursN s ssss ad
That the subscriber, of the District Of
Columbia, has obtained from the Probate
Court Of the District OF Columbia, Letters
Testamentary on the estate OF Emmett
claims against. the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with the
vouchers thereof. legally authenticated. to
the subscriber. on Of before the 23rd day
Of August, AID. 1947; otherwise they may
BY law be excluded from oil benefit OF said
s a., & A oss 1a s4s N Yyrs a;na s ah
test: MELVIN J. MARQUES. Dep. y Reg
lister Of wills for the District Of columbia,
Clerk Of the PTobats Court. au2e,ss6,12.
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PROPOSALS.

COMMISSIONERS, D. C., washington, Au-
gust %, 1946.-Sealed proposals will be
received at Room sos, District Building,
until ZOO pm, September 8, 1916, and
then publicly opened for the construction
OF sanitary sewer in the vicinity OF 18th
street and Emerson street ne. Proposals,
plans and specifications may be obtained
at Room AT, District Building.
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Rents in Costa Rica are more
than double those of 1886.
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ARTHUR c. KEEPER, ARTHUR c. ELGIN

Masn1nstSn r1 nSrn an rnd THE 1NTrED
: States for the District Of Columbia.
HoldinS Probate Court.--No. 81 ,63s, Ad-
ministra tion.---This is to Give Notice:
That the subscriber, of the District OF
Columbia, has obtained from the Probate
Court Of the District Of Columbia, Letters
Testanentary. on the estate of Pearl Cole
bia.. deceased. All persons having claims
against the deceased are hereby warned
to exhibit the same. with the vouchers
scriber, on or before the Gath day Of
July, AID. 1947: otherwise, they may BY
Law be excluded from al beneht Of said
TIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON. By:
tsss attest: S THEo1oRE sce cod IsSt;fnI
Register Of Wills for the District Of Column
bia, Clerk OF the Probate Court.
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ARTHUR II. FORD, Attorney,
Woodward Bldg.

DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
States for the District of Columbia.
Holding Probate court-No. 81 800. AID
ministration.-This is to Give Notice:
That the subscribers, OF. the District Of
Columbia, have obtained from the Probate
Court OF the District Of Columbia. Letters
Testamentary On the estate of william F.
late Of the District S.S Of
against the deceased are hereby warned
to exhibit the same. with the vouchers
scribers, on or before the 10th day of
July, AID 1947; otherwise they may by
law be excluded from all benefit, Of said
estate Given under our hands this 18th
day Of August, 1916 MARTHA THACK-
FRAY. CHARLES w. THACKERAY. (SeaD
Attest: THEODORE COGSWEIL, REGISTER
OF Wills for the District of Columbia,
Clerk OF the Probate Court. au15,22,29.
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Portrait Of a Dying and OutciviIized
Set ofVoIues in Prewdr Rural ENGLAND
THE FAIR FIELD
By John Moore. (Simon 8
Schnsfer; S2.7S.)
NINA PEMBERToN.


So alive are the characters Of
the inhabitants OF Elmsbury that it
hardly seems possible that such
people and the existence they led
are rapidly becoming thing OF the
past. The Boer War left its mark,
the war of 1914-1918 made another
cash and the rigors and differences
in tempo from 1939-1945 succeeded
in dealing the final blow to the
minds and bodies of many Of the
Elmbury mainstays.
1.-The Fair Field" is not war book
nor psychological study of English
rural types. 1t is an intimate and
first hand insight into the English
way of life as seen and lived by the
author. John Moore was brought
up in the small market town OF
Elmbury. His family background,
one of solid respectability. He takes
his readers from childhood in the
last world war until the time, as a
member of the invasion forces he
surveys the burning of Caen in the
summer of 1914.
Poachers, pub keepers, his old
school teacher. the three ne'er do
wells, Pistol. Bardolph and Nym;
the inevitable colonel, Minnie and
Effie, the even more inevitable bar
maids and many others, are all fit-
ted into this pattern of life in Elm
bury.
The England as seen through this
Evening star., 1946-12-22
An Artist and Her Girl Friend Engage
In Head d-Hunting' Among the Connibols
NEW GUINEA HEAD-HUNTERS
By Caroline Mytinger. (Macmillan; s4.)

Several years ago, Caroline N.Y.
finger wrote book, sHead-Hunting
in the Solomon Islands," which de-
scribed her adventures as painter
in search of material among various
cannibal or otherwise antisocial
tribes. Like many artists Miss My
finger had acquired an interest in
primitive peoples and primitive en-
vironments. To satisfy the feeling,
she took off for the banker reaches
of the Pacific island jungles, ac-
companied only by friend, a
woman who, like herself, was young
and attractive. The two girls then
roamed about among the stone-age
citizens for a couple of years. They
hunted heads-that is, subjects for
portraits-and in the process were
quite often the guests of individuals
who also made an art of head-hunt-
ing but did it with axes rather than
with paints. In her current book,
Miss Mytinger tells how she and her
friend carried on for another year
after they had shifted their base
from the Solomons to New Guinea.
ALI this happened, perhaps I~should
say, in the 1930s, before World War
II had begun.
They Like the Taste.
The New Guinea islanders were
head-hunters and cannibals, too.
And Miss Mytinger rather scouts the
scientific theory that cannibalism
is predominantly a superstitious OBJ
servance, carried out to give the
eater possession of the virtue Of the
Evening star., 1946-12-22
gbe Sunday Star
Weekly Book Survey

The Sunday Star has arronoed Nth some Of the
leading booksellers Of Washtn0ton and suburban
areas to report each meek the books which sell
best as puide to yhat WGshinaton is reading
A title must be named By at least three stores to
appear on this chart.
This report is for the week ending December II
Evening star., 1946-12-22

sage on the rare and irregular lit
tie freight boats and getting an oc-
casional lift on a government cut
ter. She stayed with plantation
owners, with officials and other
white hosts. She had already caught
malaria and she added to it num-
ber of other disabilities common to
the tropics so that, finally, she
ended up in a nervous collapse. But
she painted a lot of natives and she
got number of good stories, too.
Caught In the Act.
The best parts of her book are
her descriptions of her acquaintance
with various of her models There
is a fine little story about witch
and her pretty daughter. There is
very touching bit about an old
islander who asked her what OF the
soul?-thinking that since white
people knew how to make airplanes
and similar wonders they would GER
tainly know the secret of the after
life. And there is realistically de-
pressing account of life in an up
river plantation in the rainy season
(Which, she says, is quite indistin-
guitable from the dry season, since
in New Guinea it rains all the
time), where mosquitoes had to be
shoveled out and fungi crawled in
the windows and everything smelled
and there was limited soap. And
we also have an excellent word por-
trait of a cannibal-beyond-questio
q handsome native caught in the
act. He was intelligent and polite
Evening star., 1946-12-22
A Portrait of
Titan in the
Modern Manner
TITAN THE MAGNIFI-
CENT.
By Arthur Stanley Riggs.
(Bobbs, Merrill; SIS.
v Reviewed by
WILLIAM H. HARRISON.

In this book, Arthur Stanley Riggs,
Washington resident and editor of
Art and Archaeology, has produced
the first new work on Titan to be
published in English since 1877. 1t
is monumental thing, based, as the
author says in his introduction, on
such elaborate research as mo lay
man reading for enjoyment and not
especially equipped as linguist and
student" could undertake. It's great
achievement Is that it has gathered
together between one set of covers
the existing significant material on
the great Venetian and that it has
presented this material in a thor
oughly modern manner. Mr.. Riggs
himself may not think the modern
manner of any great Importance,
but, to the reader, it is indispensable.
Our prevailing taste demands treat
rnent In terms which are familiar
to it. Mr.. Riggs has provided those
terms without sacrificing any of the
value OF his great scholarship.
MO. r.
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THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c.
SUNDAY. DECEMBER n, ]s4S.
.WoIcott Gibbs
Engages ina
.One-MonPurge
SEASON IN THE SUN
By Wolcott Gibbs. Random
House; S2z5.)
Reviewed by
IAv CAPMnT1V

+ As the New Workers. drama crltro
Mr.. Gibbs administers himself week
ly to the theater as kind of shock
treatment for It's mental ills. This
treatment obviously does nothing for
the drama, which has grown steadily
worse, but it makes the critic feel
better. 1t works out happily, too,
for Mr.. Gibbs audience, a group
which holds out small hope for the
human race, but relishes a bitter
laugh at its follies. There is no
quicker man with bitter laugh
than Mr.. Gibbs.
Random House was thinking of
this when it asked Gibbs to collect
enough of his work to fill fine
365-p page book to antedate the ex-
cess of good will literature which
society consumes at Christmas.
The author of Season in the Sun"
entered into the spirit of the project
with manifest enthusiasm. Ignor-
ing his drama surveys as emphemera
dealing with the overnight, or worse,
he has culled more assiduously
among his short stories, his editorial
meditations from the New Workers.
Notes and Comment corner, and
his parodies.
1t is as parodist that Mr.. Gibbs
works up the highest possible pleas
ure in his work, than which there is
no finer way Of showing what a
sound critic he is. He is at his
Iindisputable best in this function, a
kind of one-man purge of literary
Ipretentions which make authors
popular. Sinclair Lewis, John P.
Marquand and Erich Remarque are
three of major targets ON which Mr..
Gibbs scores bulls-eyes in Season
In the Sun" Even though it is des-
tined to be the most grossly, unpaid
debt in literary history, every one
who has read Lewis, Marquand and
Remarque owes 1t to himself to read
Gibbs in rebuttal.
Regular readers of the New Yorker
will have read most of the content
of Season in the Sum-" but even
they will be amazed at the re-
reliability of the man. If they still
demand something new, however,
| they will find a foreword from the
author which alone is worth the
price of many another man's whole
book. In just q couple of paragraphs
| in that preface, Mr. Gibbs disposes
once and for all the wild fallacy of
"a New Yorker style" Or he comes
closer to it than any one else who
ever tried.
Evening star., 1946-12-22
The eAncient Mariner
In Modern Dress
with Criticism
THE RIME OF THE
ANCIENT MARINER

By Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Illustrated by Alexander Cal
der. With an essay by Robert
Penn Warren. -(Reynal s.
Hitchcock; S3.75.)
Since there are Il assume) very
few adults who would read '"The
Ancient Mariner" who have not
already read it, the point of the
issuance of this new edition of the
immortal poem seems to be the
Calder Illustrations and Warren
essay. I will dispose Of the former
by saying that they are dreary.
Apparently Mr.. Calder has pro-
ceeded on the theory that the
'Rime" Is a naive form Of art and
that consequently naive drawings
will best express its spirit. The
"Rime' is not naive. It is one of the
most profoundly sophisticated poems
in the English tongue.
I can do little better for Mr..
Warren's essay, though not great
deal. 1t is piece of scholastic
criticism, and scholastic criticism to
me is just one of those things
which we seem to have always with
us. \ The essay is concerned, that
is to say, not with the poem but
with different theories, firstly, sec
ondly, thirdly, etc. Here, for In
stance, is choice bit.
"I would distinguish, tentatively,
the symbol of congruence from the
symbol of necessity by saying that
the former does not come to us
bearing within itself the reason for
its appeal to us but is validated
by the manipulation of the artist
in a special context" There are
56 pages of that. helped out by 48
pages of notes. AS against that
array, will tell you, in exactly
two words, how to enjoy "The Rhine
of Ancient Mariner'-read it.
NC. r.
Evening star., 1946-12-22

eaten. On the contrary, she thinks,
the New Guinea man-eaters Just
liked the taste. They enjoyed a
good meal of neighboring tribesmen
much as we break the monotony of
steak and chops with an occasional
lobster. And, she also says, they
particularly liked killing. For when
they went on raid, they always
killed great many more neighbors
than they could possibly consume.
1t was a sport with them, as hunt
ing or fishing trip is sport to a
tired businessman. She spent a
year among these exotic folk and
on the whole found that they had
many likable qualities.
She wandered about, taking pas
Evening star., 1946-12-22

without the least subservience, as
Miss Mytinger saw him, which was
only a few days after he had killed
and eaten his fellow men.
The book casts an Illuminating
light on life in the damp and pest
ridden tropics, in respect both Of
whites and natives. Miss Mytinger
has, too, a genuine wit; at times
she is reminiscent of the delightful
Margaret Halsey. But she forces
her gift occasionally and writes as
If being bright were duty with
her. Even SO her book is consistently
absorbing. 1t will be a strange
reader, indeed, who, having taken
it up, will put it down unfinished.
NC. r..
Evening star., 1946-12-22
As a Navy Chaplain
Views Religion
WHAT'S WRONG
WITH RELIGION?
BY the Rev. Karl B. Justus.
.fDneH, Sloan s. Pierce, Inc.;;
$780,
Reviewed by
9. A. LINTHICuM.

The author, who served as minis
ter of st. Paul's Methodist Church
at Sykesville, Md, before entering
the Navy as a chaplain, observes in
this book that no officer is closer
to servicemen than the chaplain
aboard ship. He explains he got
in that capacity that q
sense of practical unity existed
aboard ship that had never been
on the home front.
In his narrations he says he knows
that there are many who will dis
agree with his statements, especially
the clergy, but points out that the
"shipmates" of the Navy, Devil
Dogs" of the Marines and CT Joes
of the Army will say a fervent amen
to his words.
The book is dedicated "to the men
Of all faiths who fought with unity
of purpose on the battle fronts of
the world, that we might have peace
and live in brotherhood.
Evening star., 1946-12-22
Gift Book Suggestions

THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA,
by Franz Kafka. Translated from
the German by Villa and Edward
Muir. (Schocken Books; So A
volume of stories, fables and aphor-
isms. For the first time in an
American edition.
MARY AND THE SPINNERS, by
Elizabeth Hollister Frost. Coward,
McCann; $2.50.) A charming Christ
mas story.
Evening star., 1946-12-22
Farmers Almanac
Is as American
As Uncle Sam
THE OLD FARMERS
ALMANAC, 1947

By Robert B. Thomas. (Yan.
kee, Inc; rs cents.)
Reviewed by
HUDSON GRUNEWALD.
The Old Farmers Almanac is
here. An honored friend, back for
the 155th consecutive year. AS Ger
tain now, as the sun and the moon
and the tides which it anticipates.
And as American as Uncle Sam.
Like the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, Webster's Dictionary, Mont
gomery Wards mail order cata-
logue, Mary Baker Eddy's Science
and Health" the Monroe Doctrine
and HaWthorne'S Twice Told
Tales" it is listed by the Grolier
Club of New York as one of One
Hundred American Books, printed
before 1900, remarkable for, their in
fuenee upon American life and
culture.
Abraham Lincoln is said to have
won the Armstrong murder case by
quoting the Old Farmers Almanac
on the particular whereabouts OF
the moon on a certain night.
Students and professors of astron-
omy keep copies of the Almanac
on hand. Many a skipper would
not set sail without it. Farmers
swear by it, and readers in crowded
cities give pause to its nostalgia
charm.
Listen.
Now before the real SHOWS have come
have our best skating. Nothing is more
an o qeo% Ta roaen nssf of Sns
and cut, and the rushing cold reddens our
checks an and waters our eyes; Familiar mil II
where we fish for hornpout on summer
Of the eagles nest still in it, the express
sones backs Ss Of the gaTe
the covered bridge and STOPPED at last BY
as we pause there for 2 ,breather' that
and clear and there is golden mist Of
clouds, wispy and faraway along the
southern horizon What better better time M
ing9 When you are IN the woodlot, plan
to cut some of that white birch into
Yule logs for your city friends. Tied
shal.tmss eth nsd afss 5ssen such logs make Ideal
Merry Christmas, Old Farmer
Apd come againl
Evening star., 1946-12-22
Bridge
By Frank B. Lord

Except for the program OF the
Federal Bridge League, the coming
holidays will not affect the local
bridge schedule. The Federals next
game will be played on January Z,
which viii be the second Of the three
sectional playof events Of the first
half Of the, seasons team-of- -four
series.
The December master point game
was played Tuesday night In two
sections. Leaders in the first were
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Obert, first,
las points, and Mr.. and Mrs. T. w.
Saylor, second, lbs points. North
and South. The East and West win
ners were Vessel Stewart and A. !.
Helm, 1231a points. In the second
section J. D. Boyd and David Muir
ray were the leaders with 1872
points, Miss M. Martin and D. E.
Thomas, second, 1891, North and
South. Miss M. Mari and Miss
Katherine Saupp were ahead, East
and West, with 1854.
La Sale Studio winners Monday
were Mrs. j. G. Seabourne and Wes-
sci Stewart, first; Miss Laura Hunt
er and Comdr. C. c. Humphreys,
second. The duplicate players Of
the National Press Club will play
for the clubs annual major tro-
phies on the regular session nights
during January. Heretofore, the
play for these prizes has been de-
ferred until the close of the season
in May.
Playing in the National Press
Club duplicate game against Dave
Sentner and Ralph Webber, recog-
nized as two Of Washingtons ex-
perts, Harry F. Shinnick placed his
partner, Mrs. Ida Terrant, In .
seven-heart contract and she made
it for q top on the board as no
other pair attempted the slam.
The distribution of the cards was
as follows:
Evening star., 1946-12-22
Palestine Under
The Miscroscope
PALESTINE: PROBLEM
AND PROMISE
By Robert r. Nathan, Oscar
Gass, Daniel Creamer. PUB
lie Affairs Press; So
Reviewed by
CRESTON a. MULLINS.


CRESTON B. MULLINS.
At time when Palestine Is one
of the hottest subjects of policy for
the British and American govern
ments this scholarly study will do
much to provide facts, badly needed
facts, based on expert economic
study.
The burden of the work is to
prove that Palestine can absorb
still a large number of Jews, and
the authors arrive at the figure OF
$4,000 as q low estimate Of possible
immigration for the next 10 years.
A figure of 1,125,ooo could be at
tanned, they insist. 1t would take
the higher estimate ultimately to
give the Jews 81 per cent of the
population.
This large volume-it has 661
pages-has chapters devoted to all
phases of Palestine's financial and
economic life as well as analyses of
future potentialities in agriculture,
manufacture, housing, trade, finance
and fiscal policies, water and power,
and immigration.
Evening star., 1946-12-22

book was a very real thing. There
are after all q few spots on that
small island fortress, whose person.
ality escaped the unsightly and un-
romantic defacements Of war. May
be they will live for q long time as
the seed Of that certain way Of life
which is way unto itself, way
Of life unknown in cities and to city
dwellers. "The Fair Field" Is q poig-
nant description of dying and out
civilized set Of values AND appreciaS
tions.
Evening star., 1946-12-22

IWISH HAD WRITTEN THAT,
edited by Eugene j. Woods. whit
tlesey House; $500 Thirty-three
American authors named their IA
yorite works, prose and poetry, to
make this anthology.