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Evening star., 1946-05-19

seems to say, everybody knows this.
Everybody does not know this. Ex-
cept for Dickens, the general public
on this side of the Atlantic has had
few instructors in the intricate
mechaniSms by which Britain has
historically tormented her poor "
We know that Betty Higden pre-
ferred starvation to British welfare,
that oliver was nearly fayed alive
when he asked for more and that
10 had always to be movin on. But
from that period to our later aware
ness of the depressed areas" and
the dole, there is a gap. Although
Beatrice Webb's labors cover the
years of that gap, Mrs Cole stu
diously refrains from writing any
thing which would make the situa-
ton understandable to the unschol-
arly mentality.
This is the more regrettable be-
cause she makes it clear that she
could have written more popularly
if she had wished. Very rarely does
she choose to tighten her record with
any human quality, but, when she
does, she is effective Her picture
of the social gatherings at the home
of the Webbs, where no one except
the host and hostess ever had a
chance to speak, her reminiscence
of snubbing delivered by Beatrice
to herself for youthful frivolity in
the sacred Fabian precincts, her
very brief revelation of Beatrice S
invincible snobbery through refer
ence to the wives of Labor party pol
iticians as "dreadfully unpresent-
able'-these glimpses are memo
rable. But they are small patches
of color on an iron-gray ground of
facts and legalities.
About the final adventure of the
Webbs-their conversion to Soviet
communism-Mrs. Cole is kind The
rigidly conducted tour on which the
Russian authorities led the aged
couple and the strictly official
sources of their information were
the source of merriment among
journalists at the time 1t is appar-
ent to the reader that Mrs. Cole
regrets the gullibility of the pair
grown old in socialism, but she
makes the best of it. They studied
masses of material, she says, and
they were accustomed to govern
ment reports which were reliable.
Moreover. there was, in the COM
pletely theoretical nature of the
communist state, in its utter disre-
gard for human values, something
satisfactory to two people whose
own labors had so often come to
nought because of human incon-
sistencies. They rounded up at the
socialists inevitable platform-if
the human race could be suppressed
experiments for it's good could be
carried out with proper method
The Webbs would not have liked to
see anything so drastic happen in
their own land but, in distant and,
to them, fundamentally barbarous
country, it was a satisfactory
process.
Evening star., 1946-05-19
1T Is Dark

By Loo Pin-tei.

= S2.75.l
The author of this book, a young
Chinese now in this country, claims
to have been one of the originators
of powerful underground move
ment directed against the japanese
invaders Of China. He was a men,
ber of student army corps. His
outfit was disbanded in 1887 in or
der that the educated young men
might be spared to work for China S
future With a fellow student he
set out to organize clandeStine re-
sistance
The youths had neither money
nor weapons. They had no power
full friends. They were just two
17-year-old boys. Mr.. Loos story
is that, within a year, they ha
built up a powerful group number
ing several hundred students ant
they spread such terror by then
executions of traitors and incendi-
aarism of enemy stores that they
were dubbed the Fire Gods by the
Japs themselves. They presently
attracted the notice of the Central
Government which gave them a
subsidy for their work.
1T Is Dark Underground" tells
the story of what they did in the
two cities of Peiping and Tientsin
OF how traitors betrayed them, of
what they suffered and of the way
IN which they rebuilt their organ
ization. 1t is fascinating narra-
tive. NC. r.
Evening star., 1946-05-19
of Politics
By Lo,OeH Mellett. Penguin
Reviewed by
JOHN G.. HENRY

This little volume modestly pro-
fesses to be a handbook on how to
get rid of a Congressman who has
turned out to be a mistake"
Evening star., 1946-05-19
SEE THE PHILIPPINES RISE
Reviewed by
CRESTON B. MULLINS.

CRESTON B. MULLINS.
By Carlos P. Romulo. (Dou-
bleday & Co., Inc; $2.75)
The American way of life has
perpetuated itself in many monu-
ments in the Philippines, but none
more lasting than the quality of
the native Filipino leaders which
our governmental and educational
system has developed, Carlos P
Romulo is one of those leaders. His
gratitude to America is so deep
that he has enshrined it in several
books of which this-the sequel
to Il Saw the Fall of the Philip
pines'-is the latest.
Brig Gen. Romulo-he received
his star from Gen Macarthur
| is resident commissioner of the
Philippines and before he was
caught in the tolls of war was a
Pulitzer prize = winning editor in
Manila and the father of four sons
Gen. Romulo's present work, pub
lished appropriately on the eve of
the birth of the republic, describes
the islands resurrection from the
fire Of war as it is typified in his
,Wn experiences.
Separated from his mother. wife
md four sons by the fall of Manila
Gen. Romulo was the last man off
Evening star., 1946-05-19
Paul Fox Presents
IFourLfe Stories
7oProve aPoint
E0IIR MEN
FOUR MEN

By Paul For. (ScritnerS; S3J
Ideally, narrative and its
significance are inseparable. There
are narratives, however, which are
all narrative, and there is also a
school of writing which bears down
SO heavily on significance that it
crushes narrative out. In the case
OF -Four Men," the author, I think,
aimed at the ideal condition; he
told his story and left the story
to speak for itself. I, for one,
however, was a little puzzled as to
what the story was supposed to
say.
1t is really four stories-not one.
1t gives us four young sailors of
World War I accidentally brought
together through their service on
submarine, has them separate
after the peace and tells us of
their subsequent careers which are
quite independent. All four of the
young men fail: all end up deplor-
ably. Each, says Paul Fox, was
guilty of self-betrayal. And he
shows us that each really was so
guilty. But, when we have the
four reports, we are apt to ask
ourselves What of it?" 1t is, of
course, very sad that four lives
should come to bad ends but Mr.
Fox, if 1 am not mistaken, has
meant his story to be something
more than saddening. He has
meant it to have a general sig
nificance. The significance is
elusive.
There seems to be no reason be-
yond individual weakness of charac-
ter for any of the failures.
One of the young men is talented
painter and the son of great wealth
He finishes as a drunkard.
One Is a poor youth with intense
ambition to become a doctor. He
achieves the end but abandons
medicine because a practical career
is too hard for him and becomes
the swami Of a pseudoreligious cult
A third begins as a young political
radical. He gives up his radicalism
when he makes a wealthy marriage
He becomes hypochondriac.
The fourth has been reared to
enter the ministry. He has revolted
against religion but yields to
superstitious gratitude on being
rescued from an accident to the
submarine and follows out the min
isterial career. He is. of course, un-
happy and ends by abandoning his
church and family when he is too
old to begin & new way of life
AS said, the four life stories are
quite independent. The young men
scarcely meet after their discharge
from naval service. They exert no
influence on one another and share
no common influences. AS we'll as
one can conclude, therefore. Mr.
Fox's novel is merely a statement
multiplied by four-to the effect
that the self betrayed are doomed
The narratives themselves are
told with conviction-though also
prose that sometimes lags. NC R.
Evening star., 1946-05-19
OfLfe in England
And Its Absorption
By the Webbs
BEATRICE WEBB

By Margaret Cole. (Harcourt,
Brace; So
When it appeared in England this
book received considerable praise
Bernard Shaw, lifelong friend of
Beatrice Webb, commended the
work highly. The American reader
who gets the volume expecting to
read biography of a woman should,
however, be warned. The book is
the story of the work which Mrs.
Webb did and the conditions in
which she did it. There is almost
nothing in it of characterization or
what We call personal history.
There are considerable success
sions of pages, indeed, where Mrs.
Webb is not mentioned at all, where
the subjects of the sentences are
the London County Council, the
poor law, local government boards
and similar austere entities. The
author admits that her book is not
a definitive biography but a mere
account for the present generation
of Beatrice Webb's life and times.
1t would be even more exact, how
ever, If she had said times and
work" The life hardly appears ex-
cept as a series of dates indicating
that, in these years, Mrs. Webb did
thus and SO.
II this treatment of the subject
were justified by assurance that the
Webbs had no personal life worth
describing, that their famous ab-
sorption in their public labors was
complete, reader might more cas-
lily accept the omission. The evil
dence of Beatrice Webb's vivid per-
sonal quality is, however, we'll eStab-
lished Even without undertaking
a defnitive biography Mrs. Cole
should have given it its due, a
reader will feel. Beatrice Webbs
work was formidable. One must be
a social historian to appreciate it
properly. An ordinary reader who
could never cherish a passionate in
terest in the London County Coun-
Gil might still feel some wistful ad-
miration for the great, severe, driv-
ing woman who could bring such
ponderous labors off. But in Mrs.
Coles work the labors swamp the
woman almost completely.
Furthermore, the account of the
labors is obviously written for read
ers who have a good basic knoWl
edge of them to begin with. 1t is
Evening star., 1946-05-19
Carlos P. RomuIo Analyses the Hopes
And Problems of the Philippines

Bataan, where he says the blood
tie between American and Filipino
was forged. He accompanied Gen
Macarthur to Australia and there
received the promise that they
would return to the Philippines to-
gether. More than two years went
by before Gen. Romulo received
the momentous call to join Gen
Macarthur in the Leyte invasion
His feelings on landing again or
Philippine soil are UNDERSTANDABLE
exuberant. Il was not being a
Christian that morning I was
gloating over every bomb burst and
every flame that rose from the
palms on shore"
1t was pitifully ruined common
wealth to which he returned anG
Evening star., 1946-05-19
"A Book About
A Thousand Thinqs
By George Simpson. (Har,
per & Bros; $780,
Reviewed by
QUENTIN MOTT

Curiosity may have killed a cat.
but it never hurt me as far as
know, although it has cost me some
Sleep" writes George Simpson. vet
eran Washington newspaper corre-
spondent and author. His latest is
a collection of random facts about
unclassifed subjects, the result of
Is years browsing in the paths
curiosity has led him.
1t was accomplished by judiciously
discarding enough material for sew
eral more volumes of equal length
and using that which, on account
of the originality and individual
appeal of the question, made it of
interest. The book, therefore, COW
ers every imaginable field and
should do much to bolster the posi-
tiveness of the pedantic and to set
tie many an argument which arises
in the course of normal conversa-
Jion.
Evening star., 1946-05-19
Best Sellers
NATION WIDE

according to Publishers Weekly)
FICTION.
1st-The Snake Pit, Mary Jane Word.
2d--Arch of Triumph, Erich Maria
Remarque.
3d-This Side Of Innocence, Taylor
4th-David the King, Gladys schmitt
5th-The Kings General Daphne
Du Maurier.
NONFICTION.
1st-The Erg and 1, Betty MacDon-
ed-Top Secret, Ralph 1neersou.
3d-StarIing Of the white House,
Thomas Sugrue and Col.
Edmund Startling.
4th-The Autobiography of William
Allen White.
5th-Peace Of Mind, Joshua L. Lieb-
man.
In WASHINGTON
FICTION.
lst-This Side Of Innocence, Taylor
Caldwell
2d-The Snake Pit. Mary Jane Ward
3d-The Kings General, Daphne Du
Maurler
4th--Arch of Triumph, Erich Maria
Remaroue
5th-David the King. Gladys Schmitt
-NONFICTION.
1st-rhe .Es Esx and l. Betty MacDon-
2d-Top Secret, Ralph Ingersoll
3d-My Three Years With Eisen-
hower. Capt. Harry C. But
4th-Peace of Mind, Joshua 10th
Lehman.
5th-Starling Of the White House. as
told to Thomas Sugrue.
Evening star., 1946-05-19

Congressman who has turned out
to be a mistake" by the principles
which he has so long espoused. BY
accepting or at least realizing that
viewpoint, readers seeking political
guidance might we'll find the stand
ards for their own judgment of their
congressional representatives in the
compact record here presented on
the significant roll call votes of the
House and Senate.
The early chapters likewise offer
valuable generalized comment on
the sources of political strength,
means of measuring it and ways
either to achieve it or defeat it.
Evening star., 1946-05-19

In appralSlng
its value to the
individual voter
i t S h ould b e
borne in mind
that the author
is a frank and
avowed spokes-
man for the lib
eral causes and
worked effective
ly for several
years in a New
D e a | admins
trative capacity.
Just as frankly,
In this book he
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Evening star., 1946-05-19
Public Library
Bv Sroee Ouimbv
Readers Adviser, Washington Public
Library

Library
This is citizenship day. 1t calls
for sober thought. OF what do you
want to be citizen? Consider it
carefully, as you would a vocation:
although you will find it is not
merely a matter of selection, like a
multiple answer quiz For you are
not an architect until you-with
others-have designed and produced
a useful structure. You are no
citizen until you have planned and
built useful state-the state you
chose. Granted you are by birth
citizen of this "one world" we seek:
you are by papers citizen of 3
constitutional U. S. A.; you are by
dwelling citizen of a neighborhood
community. But, are these-are
you-such that you say with pride
and dignity "Of this I am citizen?
No? Then build!
Evening star., 1946-05-19

an initiates re-
port for other
initiates. Mrs.
G lie assumes
something more
t h an an ele-
mentary under
S t a n d ling o +
English politico-
economic h is
tory on the part
of her public
When she con-
descends to elu-
cidate, it is on
t h e more OBJ
scure mysteries.
Not11f:allN c b q
Browning chief., 1946-04-19
Military Funeral
Held For Pfc. James
Johnson TUESDAY,

Military funeral services, with
a firing squad from the East Air
Base of Great Falls giving the
formal soldiers farewell, were
conducted in the Glacier Park
school building for the late Pfc.
James Johnson, Jr. Tuesday af-
ternoon. The Rev. Fr. M. ]. Hal
ligan officiated and burial was in
the Magee cometery, with the
Beck Funeral Home in chaage.
The deceased, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James johnson, ST.. of Gla-
cier Park, lost his life in an acci-
dent last Saturday at 2 a. m.
when his car left U. S. Highway
No. 2 at DEVILS Elbow near
Nyack and plunged off a cliff,
dropping almost vertically a dis
tance of nearly $50 feet.
Other occupants o f the car
were Quentin Gilham and VIM.
White of Browning. While the
two latter escaped with minor in
juries, Johnson, driver of the car,
was less fortunate. All we're
thrown free of the oar when it
landed in a snowbank at the foot
of the cliff.
Johnson, however, was n o t
killed outright. When Sol Cat.
ron. whose ambulance took the
three to Wbitefish several hours
later, arrived at the scene found
Johnson dead, having succombed
while attempting to crawl up the
canyon side.
With a fine military record in
the European war theater. having
served with the 9th Division, he
arrived back in the United States
last July a n d had reenlisted
March 7 of this year.
He was holder of the ETO
Ribbon, with one battle star
symbolizing participation in a
major military engagement; good
conduct medal and other citations
in tribute to his fine soldiery.
Browning chief., 1946-04-19
Funeral Services
For Duane Tr0mbleV

Funeral services for the late
Duane Trombley. Is. son of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Trombley, were
conducted at the Little Flower
Church Wednesday at 10 a. M.
with the Rev. Fr. M, J. Halligan
officiating. Burial was in the Ho-
ly Family Mission cemetery at IL
noon, with the Rev, FIR. ERan
Mailman in charge of grave COM
initial.
The youth died at the family
home last Sunday, following a
brief illness.
Besides his parents, the de-
ceased is survived By six broth
ers, Melvin. Joseph. Ross, Law.
renee, George and Floyd. three
sisters, Mrs. Irene Guardipee and
Rita and Ethel at home.
Browning chief., 1946-04-19
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Sgt. Kinkaid Here On Visit

Sgt. Virgins Kinkaid, who is
in the WAC service. is here from
her station at Salini. Kansas,
visiting Miss Alice McClosky,
who formerly served with her,
Sgt. Kinksid is visiting this
section for the first time and is
determined to return for . longer
visit after she becomes civilian.
Browning chief., 1946-04-19
War Veteran Is New
Indian Chief Police

James H. Walters. with a long
experience in law enforcement
on Montana Indian reservations,
and a veteran with 1S months
experience in the Southwest Pa.
cific war zone, has been appoint
ed chief of police on the Black
sect Reservation, replacing Phil
lip Arrowtop. His wife has also
been appointed Jail matron.
Browning chief., 1946-04-19
Weaselhead Hole
Being Photographed

Pending photographing of the
bottom structure of the Weasel
head drilling with Slumberger
equipment. Kerlyn drillers are
not operating.
A core test of recent days is
understood to have revealed a
mixture of shale and sand, DOM
inantly shale, however. Maybe
this has a significance to the oil
geologist. To him certain things
in the Weaselhead operations are
more meaningful than they are
to persons not versed in the oil
game, for as q poet put it:
"A primrose by a rivers brim,
A yellow primrose was to him,
And it was nothing MORE"
Browning chief., 1946-04-19
Events In Brief....

geon of Helena, was here the
fore part Of the week, visiting
his son and daughter-in-Iaw, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Trerise.
Gentleman wishes apartment
or room in private home. Phone
20.
Bob Wilson, who has been
spending the last several months
in Kalispell, is here for a few
days. He said that Kalispell was
enjoying a residential building
boom as q reaction to the critical
housing situation existing there
as in every community at pres
ent.
| Cut flowers for Easter today
and tomorrow at the Sherburne
Mercantile Co.
Raincoats ia plastic and twill
at tho Economy Shop.
Pennsylvania motor oil, two
gallon can $l.96. at CANDLES,
Kenneth F. Roachen. U. S,
game agent, was in Browning
Monday in the interest of federal
wild life, including ducks.
Fire King dinnerware, complete
settings and replacement stock,
At CANDLES.
! Leo Kennerly Jr., aon of Mr..
and Mrs. Leo Kennerly, is at the
Cushman Hospital in Tacoma re.
ceiving treatment for a condition
in his right wrist that developed
from a fall from a latter several
months ago. He was taken there
by James W. Cross.
Bumper jacks, $3.50, at Gam
bles.
| ChiIdren's anklets, 4 to 6, at
the Economy Shop.
Spartan horns dual, price $500,
1t CANDLES.
A. M, Shannon returned home
from Minneapolis last Saturday.
where he had been called because
Of the illness of his mother. Her
condition had not improved when
he left. he said, her advanced age
being dominant cause of her
illness.
Agnes Devereaux and Patricia
Kipp, who are attending Ursa!ine
Academy at Great Falls. are here
with relatives to spend their Eas-
ter vacation.
Fan. Jane and Patricia Des
Roster are here from Spokane to
spend Easter with home folks.
Donald Wright, reservation
game warden, is busy tagging
beaver pslts at present, having
already handled over 100, repre-
tBenting q portion of those taken
BY trappers during the season.
New 32.volt motor, 4.h, D., at
CANDLES.
Mrs. Garnet Schrader and son,
Herman, arrived from Hobson,
Montana Monday. Mrs. Schrader
had been visiting a brother there
for the last several months. Her.
man. who had been with her fol-
lowing his release from military
service recently, suffered injur-
ies in an accident shortly after
arriving at Hobson. Since then
he has practically recovered. :.
Box spring and coil spring set,
$3.50, at CANDLES,
Lincoln Billedeaux is now in
charge of the Wells Street office
of the U. s. Employment Service
at Renton, Wash, according to
word received from i'm BY
friends this week. He resides
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Biiledeaux, " h o resided
there through wartime and who
purchased q home for their per-
manent residence.
Browning chief., 1946-04-19

Beamies. all colors, at the
Economy Shop.
Browning chief., 1946-04-19
RaiI Quiz
o . q Q u UC O6O d


How many meals are served on
Great Northern Railway dining
cars in year?
In 1945, year Of heaviest passenger
traffic in history on Great Northern,
more than 100000 meals were
served.
New Coronado coal and wood
stove. $64, so, at CANDLES,
Wanted-Someone to farm 400
acres in north farm country on
lease or shares basis. Write Box
153. Browning. Montana. 5-2tp.
Browning chief., 1946-04-19

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-12
Hospital
 Bulletins

William Henry, 73, of 32 Willow Street, a teller at the Waterbury Trust Company, was reported to be in good condition today at Water bury Hospital. He was admitted Wednesday after being struck by a car at West Main Street and Gen. tral Avenue
 The condition of Dennis Line weber, 39, of New Haven Road, Naugatuck, was reported to be good today at Waterbury Hospital. Line weber, an employe of the John A. E. Johnson Painting Company, sus- tained a fractured left ankle when scaffolding broke while he was en- gagged in painting the home of Bea- con Falls resident, Noble c. Fsssett.
 The condition of Charles Ahearn retired Superintendent of Fire Alarms, was reported to ge hood today at St. Mary's Hospital where he is recuperating from a recent operation. He was admitted April 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-12
Nine Drivers
 In Police Court
Three Charged Win Illegal Parking Forfeit Bonds

Judge Charles R. Summa in City Court this morning disposed of Il cases, nine of which were for motor vehicle violations.
 Bonds of $6 each were called in the following cases where drivers, charged with passing stop signs failed to appear: Peter criszkauc- kas, 4, of es Draher Avenue; Gudio Torrani, 24, of Simmons Avenue; James Carroll, 2l, of Naugatuck, and George Ranslow, %, of Carter Street, Wolcott.
 Three cases of illegal parking were brought before Judge Summa. Arthur Veradt, 35, of Bristol and Benjamin Swirsky, 5S, of p Railroad FIill Street failed to appear and forfeited bonds of $6 each. In the other case, Joseph Swiklas, 30, of Watertown received nolle on pay rnent of $6.
 Other cases: Edward Kuta, %, of Meriden, violation of the rules of the road; nolled for $6; Peter Hick- son, 4S, of 2l4 Warner Street, speed- ing: nolled for SIP; Clarence Boyle, 20, of 06 South Street, non-support; SIX months suspended sentence and ordered to pay $l5 weekly for the support of his wife and child, and Armand Santogatta, 70, of IA Bron- son Street, breach of the peace; nolled. ".
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-12
KiessIins's PEea Denied Effort Made 10
 ReaEgWe Previous
 Ruling

Superior Court Judge Edward J. Quinlan today denied a motion made in behalf of Elmer Kiessling, local manufacturing plant execu- tive, to permit rearguing Of a mat ter previously decided by the court.
 The motion was denied without prejudice, however, so as to permit Kiessling to take it before Judge Francis A. Pallotti, whose decision was involved.
 Kiessling had been ordered by Judge Pallotti to supply informa- tion requested by Mrs. Emma Kiesl- ling on the profits and stockholders of the American Fastener Com pany and the General Manufactur- ing Company of which he is an officer. Tn his motion for reargu- ment he claimed the information requested was confidential and would affect the rights of the stock holders.
 Attorney John H. Cassidy, coun- sel for Mrs. Kiessling, charged that the defendant was not satisfied with Judge Pallotti's ruling and came before Judge Quinlan in the hope it would be changed
 If you change it, he told Judge Quinlan," was may wait for the next judge to come here and have it changed back"
 Judge Quinlan said that as a matter of judicial courtesy it would be best to deny the motion.