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Eastern Connecticut news., 1946-12-07
GEL Declares in FaUOr of Lenient Imn,i grafton Ld,Us

Early admission of fair share of the 850O00 European displaced persons to this country advocated by Joseph M Rouke of the Connecticut Fedora ton of Labo in statement in which he expressed the be-
 lief that through effective screening by the State Depart ment the Department of Justice and the Army there that only desirable persons favorable to the Amer ican form of would be permitted to enter
Eastern Connecticut news., 1946-12-07
Timothy Collins, President of Conn. Federation of Labor, Gets Red Feather Appointment

Timothy M Collins, president of the Connecticut Fed eraon of Labor has accepted invitation rendered by Mr. A. Roberts, president of Community Chests and Coun cs Inc to become member of the Advisory Committee of the Participation Department 1t was an" nounced at GEL headquarters in Bridgeport.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1946-12-07
Quite Sol

''The average woman has vo- cabulary of only eighteen hund- red words" It Is a small stock, but think of the turnover.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
A Britisher Tells
About the English
HOW TO LIKE
AN ENGLISHMAN
By C. v. R. Thompson. &C. p.
Pnfnana's Sons; ST.

Do you like Englishmen? Perhaps
you don't. If the reason is that you
don't quite understand what makes
an E,npliShman chat Way," then
Evening star., 1946-12-15
HISTORY OF
WORLD WAR III
By Francis Trevelyan Miller.
Universal Book and Bible
House,.
Reviewed by
JOHN G.. HENRY.

! This 1,000-page book on the origin
and course of the recent war is one
of the first and should stand as one
of the finest historical treatments OF
the conflict. It represents an ex-
haustive analysis of the official
communicates and the news cover
age, with the author drawing upon
a well-qualified board OF historical
and military authorities in his task
of culling the great mass Of material
to its final reduction into q lucid
chronology.
After four preliminary chapters
sketching the dramatic termination
OF the struggle on both sides OF the
world, DR.. Miller turns to the genesis
of the Nazi movement in Germany
and the Fascist movement in Italy.
Later he accords somewhat briefer
but equally competent treatment to
the development of the japanese
program of conquest. While there
is no uncertainty as to the intensity
of DR.. Miller's disapprovaY of the
principles and the actions of these
totalitarian cancers, he applies cold
logic and. a reasonable degree of
objectivity to his study of their
causes and their growths.
This objectivity is continued In
his critical tracing of the hesitant
and sometimes shortsighted policies
of wishful thinking applied by the
western powers in meeting the plain
threats to world peace. Wisely the
author and his advisers seem to feel
that the events speak eloquently
enough to require no personal casti-
cation of those who failed.
In dealing with the actual mill
tary exploits after September l.,
1889, the book combines the broad
implementation of Allied and enemy
strategy with sufficient fine detail
OF tactics to provide graphic and
Illuminating reading.
A wealth of pictures, some never
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Public Library
CHRISTMAS STORIES.
By AIetheu T. Anderson
:hief, Fiction Division. washinstor

Public Library
The return of Christmas always
revives interest in reading about it
and stories of Christmas past as
well as contemporary tales are al
ways in demand.
Most famous Of all is "A Christ
mas Carol" by Charles Dickens, writ
ten in 1843, at the age of 81, when
according to his biographer, Forster,
"i1is genius was in its highest mood,
his energy unwearied in good work,
and his capacity for enjoyment
without limit" This story has
everything, including the ghost
story element, to enhance its claim
as the greatest Christmas story in
English literature.
Two well-known American tales
of Christmas are 1.-THE Story of the
Other Wise Man." by Henry Van
Dyke, and "The Birds Christmas
Carol" by Kate D. Wiggin. Two
books, new this month. are Mary
and the Spinners," by Elizabeth II.
Frost, story of the Virgin Mary as
seen by five friends; and Christmas
Story" by H. L. Mencken, tale Of
a Baltimore Christmas party, which
became, when the guests began to
furnish their own program, some-
thing different from what the host
had planned. AL of these titles
are available at the Public Library
and its various branches.
Evening star., 1946-12-15

through long association with the
bright boys of the newspaper world.
New York has wound its web around
this Englishman but, web or no web,
it is as an unreconstructed Britisher
that he has tackled his subject. It is
interesting, incidentally, that Mr..
Thompson deals almost entirely
with the problem of liking the male
Of the English-after making it
clear that his personal preference
on the distaff side is for the Amer
lean cousins"
Not content in his comparisons
with generalizations, the author
takes random shots at few Of his
better known American newspaper
contemporaries, but he is good hu-
mored still. Perhaps somebody
should make answer to Mr.. Thomp-
son.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
All in the Life
OF d Mammoth
Train Station
GRAND CENTRAL
By David Marshall. (WhiffIe-
sey House; $780,.

Thousands of people hurry
through 1t every day. Few, I dare
say, stop to think about 1t. To the
average train catcher. the great sta
ton Is something you walk across.
But, OF course, it did not just grow
it has a history. David Marshall,
veteran writer for the New York
Sun and collector of railroad lore,
has undertaken here to set that his
tory down. II you can be interested
In q book about railroad station,
you ought to be interested IN the
one which he has produced.
He covers about every aspect Of
the famous terminal-the history OF
its origin, the architectural problems
posed by New York's granite ter
rain, the organization Of the person.
mel from red caps to dispatchers to
ticket sellers to clock winders, the
ebb and flow of the daily crowds, the
information service, the merchants
who have stalls within the gates. He
gives interviews with veteran en-
ployes and records typical bits OF
commuters conversation. He CON-
tributes picturesque pieces OF lore, as
for instance, that the station organ
LIST is the only musician in the city
who is forbidden to play "Star
Spangled Banner".it seems that
she played 1t in the middle Of the
evening rush following Pearl Har-
bor and, while everybody patrioti-
cally stood at attention. the trains
pulled out practically empty. He
gives us a chapter on the kissing
gallery. And so on and so on.
As he puts ali this solid informa-
ton before us conversationaliy,
through the words Of q CHEEKY stooge
OF his invitation. he makes it lively.
NC. r.
Evening star., 1946-12-15

took without reservation the re-
sponsibility of being commander
and chief" (for he altered the
customary Commander in chief
to that form) of the armies and
hence assumed not only the ap-
pointment of officers but also the
ordering of campaigns. For his
cabinet members and govern
ment departments, except as
they affected the clash of arms
in the field, he had almost total
indifference.
In short, in Mr.. Dowdey's esti-
nation, the Civil War in Jeffer-
son Davis eyes was a knightly
encounter in which he merely
used men and guns to express
himself-as a knight might use
his lance. The attitude did not
make for happy relationships
with the other Southern patriots.
Through Davis Eyes.
The movement Of the book is
carried along through Davis re-
action to the events of the war
as he expressed those reactions
to his cabinet members and gem
erals. Among the former, Mr..
Dowdey singles out Judah Benja-
min for his most detailed por-
trait. Among the latter, Joseph
E. Johnston and Robert E. Lee
are the chief figures. There are.
however, many other portrait
size figures in the book, including
those of emissaries to foreign
governments, secret agents and
men and women prominent in
Richmond society.
Judah Benjamin Mr.. Dowdey
calls "the official mistress. -
Evening star., 1946-12-15
IA Vindicotion
OF BeIgium's
Maritime Role
AND THE BRAVEST


AND THE BRAVEST
OF THESE
By Katharine Roberts. DOn.
bIeday; $2.75.j
Belgium, although 1t was the
No. / hero among the martyred
little nations of World War H.
did not come out Of World War II
with any particular halo. Its sudden
offended many people;
there was a suspicion that it had
sold out and bought immunity for
itself by deserting its Allies. Not so,
says Katharine Roberts, American
correspondent. who visited the coun-
try shortly after the peace. Bel
gums King, not Belgium's people.
surrendered, she writes, and Bel
gums people were never for a min
ute pro-Nazi. They had 20 Inn
They suffered, as did the
people of other occupied countries,
and they kept up a vigorous under
ground resistance movement, too.
Taking her title from the SEN
tence in Caesars Commentaries
where the Roman conqueror says OF
the Northwestern European tribes
that, "the bravest of these are the
Belgians," Miss Roberts writes q
record Of Belgian reconstruction ef-
forts which is, in effect. vindica-
ton Of the Belgian nation. The
government in exile, she says, called
all citizens of fighting age, wherever
they were in the world, to join the
military forces In England. In con-
sequence, there were all-Belgian
units in the British Army and sev-
eral all-Belgian squadrons in the
Raj. The Belgian merchant ma
arine carried troops and supplies
for the Allies and the Belgian Congo
furnished many strategic materials,
including the uranium which was
used in the early atomic bomb ex-
periments. Moreover, observes Miss
Roberts, the Belgian government
paid as 1t went-for everything.
1t paid for every plane which its
flyers used and for every ship which
1t had on the sea. It had the unique
distinction OF finishing the lease
lend period on the credit end, for
it had furnished England and the
United States more materiel than
it received. It Is, after all, just
about the size of Maryland, Miss
Roberts notes, and concludes that
its record, on the whole, is pretty
good. In just the same quiet way
that 1t accomplished all this, it is
now digging into its. ruins to start
life over again. She describes a
number Of its reconstruction efforts.
She says that the little country
has laid out q 20-year plan for re-
building and that its aims are not
merely to re-establish the past but
to move with the most progressive
aspects Of the present. During the
war commissions studied American
industrial and scientific methods
and their findings are now to be
put into effect. Town planning, food
supply. health, development of ma
trral resources employment prac-
tices - Miss Roberts goes into all
these avenues Of future growth. She
also gives q detailed analysis of
the problem of the reinstatement of
the King, including the arguments
OF the parties for and against.
Belgium may not be particularly
near your heart, but, so earnest Is
her presentment Of its trials and
courage, II you read her book you
will certainly feel stir Of sympathy.
NC. r.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Angelo Ran Away
From, Everything
PRIVATE ANGELO
By Eric Linklater. (Macmil-
Tnn - *

ny Eric Llnkiater. Iu0CWH.
Ian; 52.z5.J
Eric Linklater's talent for revers-
ing ordinary logic and for gravely
turning accepted notions into non-
sense Is put to use again in this new
novel. It is the story of Angelo, q
little italian soldier who does not
like to fight.
He runs away whenever he gets
a chance. He runs from the Italian
Army and, on hearing that peace
has arrived, feels happy for the first
time since war began. But present.
iy he is taken over by the Germans
and his troubles begin again, IN
worse form, too, for the Germans
are not SO easy to run away from.
Angeles little comedy of despera-
tion Is played out In terms of num-
ber Of picturesque supporting char
acters-his wife Lucrezia, his patron
the count, his comrades in arms,
his fellow villagers. It makes an
amusing book which Is not amusing
only. Mr.. Linklater can put things
backward In . way which gives
them more significance than you, in
your innocence, supposed they had.
NC. r.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
EXPERIMENT IN
REBELLION
By Clifford Dowdey. (Doa-
bIeday; S3.75.J
Reviewed by
MARY-CARTER ROBERTS.

<sAAA@S - 0&@As = @-~s SSOA~>~As ~~s
A popular history OF the gov
ernment of the Confederacy-
that is the best phrase which
occurs to me as a description of
this book. The manner is Philip
Guedella, though somewhat
watered down. The matter Is
the personalities of the men who
made up the Confederate gov
ernment and, since the Confed-
eracy was at war during its en-
tire existence, the Confederate
armies. Clifford Dowdey holds
to the modern school of his
torical writing which considers
the personal element the domi-
nant one in the determination
of events and SO, by giving his
readers a series of psychological
portraits of Confederate leaders,
he interprets the whole Southern
experiment in rebellion"
His chief subject for this por-
traiture is Jefferson Davis, OF
whom he makes the contention
that he was curious kind of
dictator. The psychological
basis for the claim is that Davis
identified the secession move
ment with certain type of man
the planter-gentleman OF ro-
nance whose. code was the code
of incorruptible honor-and that
he further identified the type
with himself. Thus Davis was,
in his own eyes, the Confederacy,
its personif1cation. In govern
ment, says Mr.. Dowdey, Davis
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Fine Historical Document Traces Origin
And Course of the Recent GIoboI War

before published widely If at all,
from both news and Government
services, add substantially to the
value of the work.
Both political and military his
torians might profltably include this
book in the fast-growing library Of
records of our greatest world con-
f1ict.
Evening star., 1946-12-15

DAVIS, ne says, OHenQe0 anQ
alienated one after another OF
his cabinet by making it clear
to them that he, not they, was
the source of all plans they
were simply to suggest" Benja-
min, a British born Jew, who had
made an immense fortune In
Louisiana and easily taken on
the culture of the creole, was
not, like the others, troubled by
concepts Of patriotism. He was
la cosmopolitan and to him the
daily problem was to get along
comfortably. He perceived the
Presidents isolation and acted to
end it-he became the sympa-
thizer, what we would call today
the yes-man. The extent to
which Davis came to depend on
him for the drug of approval
was, in Mr.. Dowdey's view, dap
gerous. He does not underrate
Benjamin's activities in the three
cabinet posts which he held but
says that whatever he did was
planned for its effect on the
President rather than for the
benefit of the state.
Feuds Among the Generals.
Joe Johnston took precisely the
opposite view in dealing with
Davis, as Mr.. Dowdey sees it. He
was peppery and rank-conscious.
He and Davis frankly hated one
another. The debacle OF the
Confederate armies in the West
Mr.. Dowdey lays largely to feuds
among the generals which Davis
could have solved but, for per-
sonal reasons, would not. To Lee
he gives the usual estimate Of
history - greatness. He says,
however, that, while Lee submit-
ted to Davis dictation from
reasons of correctness rather
than self-interest, he also in
jured the Confederacy by his
submissions.
With all this, the picture of
the rebel President Is not un-
sympathetic. It is the picture OF
a man with a fixed idea and an
incapacity for growth, set in a
position which called for pro-
phetic foresight and change and
adaptation. Lincoln, when he
took Office, had no more expert
ence in governing than did Davis.
But, says Mr.. Dowdey, it was
Lincoln's genius that he could
grow with his problems. Davis
remained the same-the posses
sor of a romantic vision in the
midst of machinelike realities.
The book has a very readable
quality but suffers from hasty
writing, grammatical slips Of a
schoolboy variety and startling
unevennesS of style.
Evening star., 1946-12-15

Gle of attitudes through which, rs
she believes, Englishmen Of Henrys
class have passed.
(. We have him working his way up
In the textile industry, becoming
8 e II centered and unscrupulous.
Then, with the passing years, we
have him acquiring q broader un-
derstanding and social vision.
Finally we have him assuming his
place as leader whose ideal is the
good Of his fellow men, species at
the opposite pole from the laissez-
faire industrialist Of past genera
tions.
The changes in this particular
man are worked out through his
p personal experiences, largely
through his love affairs. An un-
happy marriage comedies with his
self f-centered period, the influence
Of q different kind OF woman with
his benevolence. The earnestness Of
Miss Bentley's purpose, however,
sometimes robs the characters Of
spontaneity. NC. R.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
Gift Books
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A pictorial history of Ernie from
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Art
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Evening star., 1946-12-15
A Thousand Operas
All CotoIogued
OPERAS AND
MUSICAL ODDITIES
By J. Walker McSpadden.
Thomas Y. CroweH Co...
$3.50.
Reviewed by
II. A, LYON.

Here is book that relates briefly
the stories of opera and musical
comedy, the casts, sketches Of the
composers and even bits Of the
scores. Act by act and scene by
scene, the principal business is set
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and under each the works are cata-
logued by nations and by composers.
A historical sketch Of the music OF
each country is enlightening. A
thousand operas are mentioned and
Of these, $50 are treated in story and
detail. A great reference work in
It's field.
J. Walker McSpadden is well
known for his Opera Synopses" and
other books.
Evening star., 1946-12-15

pick up this
book and get not
only a good ex-
pose of the Brit
isher and his
approach to life
but also get a
very good laugh.
Mr.. Thompson
is an English
man, q newspa-
pexman and the
owner of a keen
sense of humor.
He writes with
that sli g h tly
diabolical touch
1. h a + enno q G
Evening star., 1946-12-15

II e n T y Morcar,
waiting In his
London fiat for
the fall Of a
bomb; as the
missile, W h i c h
Sc e m S directly
aim e d q t h is
h o m Q q p =
proa c h s, h e
lives through q
series OF scenes
from his past.
Thus we have
his history. Miss
Bentley has OBJ
viously tried to
furifv In IL n cv.
Evening star., 1946-12-15
A Businessman
Looks Backward
THE RISE OF
HENRY MORGAN

By Phyllis Bentley. (W0cmil-
Ian; S3.)
In this serious and earnest novel,
Phyllis Bentley gives us the his
tory Of an English businessman.
The story begins with the hero,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-07-18
MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
Notice To Creditors

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that the Subscriber of Montgomery
County has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Montgomery
County, in Maryland, Letters of
Administration on the personal
Estate of
TITUS WASHINGTON DAY
late of Montgomery County, de-
ceased. All persons having Claims
against the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, wiz
vouchers thereof, legally authenti-
Gated to the subscriber on or be-
fore the 18th day of January next
they may otherwise by law be ex-
cluded from all benefit of said
Estate. All persons indebted to
said Estate are requested to make
immediate payment. >
Given under my hand this 9th
day of July in the year of our
Lord, one thousand nine h,Ndred
and forty-six.
TITUS DEETS DAY,
1885 Damascus, Md
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Order Nisi-

Order Nisi-
In the Matter of the Mortgage
from Robert Foucher, unmarried,
To
Farmers Banking and Trust Com
pany of Montgomery County.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AS
A COURT OF EQUITY.
No. 1882 Equity.
ORDERED, this End day of July
A. D. 1916, by the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County, as a Court
of Equity, that the Auditors Re-
port filed in the above entitled
cause, be ratified and confirmed,
unless cause to the contrary there
of be shown on or before the 9th
day of July next: Provided a copy
of this order be inserted in some
newspaper published in said Mont
gomery County, once in each of
three successive weeks before the
said 9th day of July, 1915.
CLAYTON K. WATKINS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County.
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
1916 Clerk.
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Order Nisi--
In the Matter of Esther B. Wat
kins, an incompetent.
Helen Watkins Wade, COMMITTEES
and Trustee.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AS
A COURT OF EQUITY.
No. 11,640 Equity.
ORDERED, this LIST day of July
A. d. 1916, by the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County, as q
Court of Equity, that the Auditors
Amended First Report filed In the
above entitled cause, be ratified
and confirmed, unless cause to the
contrary thereof be shown on or
before the 9th day of July next:
Provided a copy Of this order be
inserted in some newspaper pub
lished in said Montgomery County,
once in each Of three successive
weeks before the said 9th day
of July, 1916.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
Clerk Of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County.
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
1916 Clerk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-07-18
Donald D. Snyder, Attorney,
Gaithersburg, Md.
Order Nisi-.

In Re The Estate of
Amanda c. Sparrow. Deceased.
IN THE ORPHANS COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
ORDERED, this both day of
April, A. d. 1916; by the Orphans
Court for Montgomery County,
that the sale made by Clarence v.
Sparrow, Administrator c. T. A.
to George Dudley Ward and Lii
liam Wells Ward, his wife, and re-
ported in the obove entitled cause.
be ratified and confirmed, unless
cause to the contrary thereof be
shown on or before the Goth day
of May, next: Provided a copy of
this order be inserted in some
newspaper published in said Mont
gomery County, once in each of
three successive weeks before the
said goth day of May, 1916.
The Report states the amount of
the sale to be $7,300.00.
CAREY f. QUINN,
LEWIS F. HOBBS,
EUGENE E. RUPERT,
judges of the Orphans Court for
Montgomery County, Maryland.
True Copy-Test:
o. w. ROBY,
Register of Wills for Montgomery
County, Maryland. 1852
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Coming Events

July 20 = ANNUAL POTOMAC
BAND FRIED CHICKEN DIN
NER and DANCE, at Potomac
School. Dinner from 8 P. M.
Dancing from 10 P. M.
July 20-FRIED CHICKEN AND
HAM SUPPER sponsored by W.
S. C. S. and Mems Club. At
Burtonsville Church from s
P. M.
July % Aug. 8 - CARNIVAL
in Rockville sponsored by Izaak
Walton League and Lions Club,
July 25-RUMMAGE SALE in
Auditorium, Washington Grove.
,, Given by Woman's Club.
Saturday, Aug. 3-FRIED CHICK
EN-, HAM and HOT VEGETA-
BILE SUPPER given by the VS.
C.S. of the Clarksburg Church,
in the church hall, starting at a
p. M.
July 27-BASKET PICNIC at
Brookeville Hall for members
and friends of the Montgomery
Chapter of the Maryland Histori-
cal Society. 5 P. M. No charge
August II = FRIED CHICKEN
SUPPER at Wesley Grove
Church, Woodfield, sponsored by
w. S. C. S. From a P. M.
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enough freedom of movement and
still enough seam allowance to sew
it together properly. Or, an even
. better idea is to haste together an
inexpensive muslin pair of shorts cut
from your pattern and At them on
before making pattern adjustments.
Never attempt to put together a
pair of shorts or blouse without
knowing for certain that the pat
tern will fit. II may correspond
perfectly to the measurements of
waist and hips, for instance, but
think how much valuable material
and work would be wasted if the
shorts were not long enough to fit
over the abdomen to allow bending
and other exercises that are bound
to come in sports.
The best type Of seam for shorts
both from the point Of view of
the most comfort and also tailored
appearance, is the fat fell or French
seam. This is not at all difficult
) to make, and the shorts will ft cas-
ily together, hold well and permit
ease Of wear.
II there is a wide discrepancy be-
tween waist and hip Measurement
Gnore than seven inches), q good