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Evening star., 1947-08-03
LAND THE GOOD
By NeUil Shute.

BY writing in the form. of full
film treatment-a photodramatic
idea replete with dialogue-Mr.
Shute has succeeded in recount
ing the shining adventure of Left
Ericsson and the discovery of
America with greater vigor and
freshness than this reader has
experienced in all his history
learning days, either in or out of
school. Those who have wondered
how a movie is conceived will get
a good idea of it here.
AS this saga unwinds, one is
compelled to dismiss the raging
issue that it is impossible for
creative art to be historically &C
curate and to retain at the same
time full dramatic values. AS a
matter of fact, Mr. Shute's story
of Left would be much the less
entertaining had he deviated
from the legendary facts on
which he impressed me as hav-
ing spent considerable research
and attention.
"Vinland the Good" Geif the
Lucky's name for America) will
leave pleasant afterthoughts for
every American who clings to the
phrase America the Beautiful. 1t
may even impress those who do
motif they are fortunate enough
to read it.
Come and stand with Left and
Evening star., 1947-08-03

his first mate" Tyrker, who,
through the preceding suspense,
have Just stepped ashore on the
American continent. You over
hear Left say thoughtfully:
The happyland-I heard once
of the happyland which some
men call Hy Breasil. No thief,
no robber, and no enemy pursues
one there; there is no violence
and no winter snow. In that
place it is always spring. No
flower or lily is wanting, no rose
or violet but you will find them
there. There apple trees bear
flowers and fruit on the same
branch, all the year round.
There young men live in quiet
happiness with their girls; there
is no old age and no sickness and
no sorrow there. All is full of
joy"
Tyrker says: Lord, do you
think that this place is Hy
Breasil?"
And Left again speaks: Il don't
know. I know only this: it is SO
beautiful that it might well be we
have found the happyland. :"
I have felt bound to let Mr..
Shute do some talking for him
self, and there it is.
Be sure to read "Vinland the
Good" and hope that some day
you shall see it on the screen.
Evening star., 1947-08-03
Humor
Continued From Page 100

I misspelled the name of Professor
Earnest Hooton-but I let it ride
through a dozen editions. DR..
Hooton himself never complained.
/ suppose people are still writing
me about Hooton-but nowadays
I wouldn't know.
Every author likes a good word
from his constituency. Some, in
Guiding myself, even enjoy a
knock down argument with critics
If they have the time for it. But
nobody likes to have around his
head a cloud of mosquitoes OFF,
ciously bent on trampling him to
death.
Evening star., 1947-08-03
ChiIdren's S Books
Continued From Page g.

Christmas books is fare of nom
sense and magic.
In Freddy the Pied Piper"
Walter Brooks clever pig busies
himself earning money to help
the animals of an abandoned cir
Gus. They have been turned out
to forage for themselves and find
"this wild, free life isn't all it's
cracked up to be-"
The sagebrush and cactus Of
the American desert is far from
the Bay of Fundy, home of Nip
and Tuck. Nevertheless in "Mr.
Nip and Mr.. Tuck in the Air" it
is here Caroline Emerson lands
them after certain parachuting
experiences. Tuck is the resource
full one.
Glenn Blough's Snick is re-
sourceful too-and mischievous.
In Monkey With a Notion" Snick
gets the pet shop in state and
Miss Peasley all confused, thing
she doesn't like.
Harriet of Charles McKinley's
Harriet" would never be mis-
chievous. She is the engaging
horse who delivers parcels for
Mr.. Sedgerow, Ltd. How she en-
joys beautiful hats!
Quite a different horse is
Michael Joseph of Eileen OFao-
lain's Miss Pennyfeather and the
Pooka." He gallops after fairy
horns and has to be rescued by
mortals, for he is held captive by
the White Knight and trained
relentlessly for Queen Cliona's
races.
The magic wand which the chill
dren buy in Maurice Dolbier's
Magic Shop" does the most amaz-
ing things. The shop itself is sur
prising with Puck, laughing and
peering over the edge of rug
floating high above their heads.
The magic of r. H. Whites Mis-
tress Masham's Repose" lies in its
power to take possession of the
reader. It's charm is for any age
that delights. in Pamela Traver's
Mary Poppins." ]. r. r. Tolkien' s
"Hobbit," w. w. Tarn's Treasure
of the Isle of Mist" or Thackeray's
Rose in the Ring" The bespecta-
cled l0-year -old would be pirate, its
heroine, is convincingly drawn.
Evening star., 1947-08-03
France
Continued From Page III

that in it's general effect Russian
literature has been disappoint-
ing. The French people did not
find among the Soviet writer's
those stimulating qualities which
in their eyes have made the
greatness of Tolstoy and Dosto-
evSky.
In France the writer's of other
countries are translated less, al
though as a matter of fact there
are hardly any foreign languages
from which one or two books are
not offered each year. The re-
markable fact since the Liberia
ton is the absence of a similar
exchange with England. The
American book has taken the
place which the British book pre-
viously held in France. An essay
by Aldous Huxley has recently
been published without a great
response. It has been the same
with the last novel by Charles
Morgan, The Voyage" which did
not find the large public OF
"Sparkenbroke" and "The Foun-
tain" On the other hand, the
play by the same author, THE
Flashing Stream" enjoyed a good
run in the theaters where 1t was
presented.
Furthermore, during period
of spiritual and material recon-
struction like the one in which
we are living, the preoccupations
of a literary nature cannot pe
isolated, without running the
risk of sterility, from the pre-
occupations of a social and philo-
sophical nature. In the same
way that the intellectual year OF
1s45 has been stamped by great
dispute about existentialism, the
year 1916 has experienced the
rise of an important question,
that of the responsibility of the
writer.
Concerning this question.
French writer's have formed
groups with two tendencies, but
the one prevalent at this time.
with regard to the number and
the quality of its supporters, is
that in behalf of liberty.
While recognizing that the
artist shares the vicissitudes OF
his time, and ought not to be
without interest in the society in
which he lives, the writers have
indicated clearly that they do
not intend to subordinate their
work to any state doctrine nor
to any pressure which is imposed.
The freedom of art is the es-
sential for its existence.
From all this may be cleaned
an impression of vitality which Is
a better omen for the literary fu-
ture Of France. A few gloomy"
novels, inspired by similar Amer
lean fiction, a few works of de-
spair Cmany of which are the
result of fashion, will not pre-
vail against the potential OF
energy which is apparent in the
last generation. 1t is sympto-
matte that one of the most re-
spected leaders of the younger
literary groups, Albert. Camus, in
founding a book series with the
view of examining the modern
world as distant from the opti-
mism as from the pessimism Of
the foregoing, has chosen as its
title: Hope" (Espoir).
Evening star., 1947-08-03
For Homemokers

A HANDBOOK OF POPULAR
ANTIQUES, by Katharine Nor
rison McClinton. Gran d m
House: $295.) A most helpful
book on how to collect. Wen
illustrated.
Evening star., 1947-08-03
New Book Reviews
Continued From Page 10

Pleasant Afterthoughts for Every One
Who Loves America the Beautiful
VINLAND THE GOOD
By NeOH Shute William Marrotc G. Co.: s25O)
Reviewed by HOWARD /. WALLS
Curator Motion Picture Dipision Librarv of conoress
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05

urged both pulpit and press to unite
in a crusade of righteousness. The
hour has struck, she indicated, "for
the Church to dare to be a David"
To "the harassed employer and
the dissatisfied worker" and to ma
tions generally, the Directors and the
President of the Church held out
the hope of harmony, not as a mir
acle, but rather as a simple witness
ing to the fact that amity springs
naturally from the application of
spiritual power.
Not only improved industrial re-
lations and better government, but
also the health of the individual can
be attained through spiritual under
standing, the Directors commended.
Continuing in this theme, Mrs. Ell
well said: There are those who see
little hope for amity among the ma
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05
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from the antitrust laws, calling II
the badly needed Bulwinkle bill"
Hearings before the senate and
house agricultural committees on a
long-range farm program which
likely will not be enacted into law
until next year. indicate the policy
TO be followed largely will parallel
the recommendation Of Secretary
of Agriculture Anderson based on a
program OF abundance and full pro-
duction.
Such a program win necessitate,
according TO the testimony Of many
witnesses, expanded markets at
home and abroad, continued sub
sidlzation TO take care of surpluses,
such as school lunches and other
similar measures and on foreign
sales TO meet a demand for lower
priced food; extension Of the sup
port price program 10 stabilize farm
income and continued production
curbs on certain crops.
Governors from ten states west of
the Mississippi and the senators and
representatives from these states are
urging restoration of the cuts made
in the department of interior bud
gets, particularly for self-liquidating
reclamation projects. Senator Morse
of Oregon took the floor of the SEN
ate TO object TO the cuts as one Of
the serious mistakes"
Said Senator Morse: ut is because
of my devotion to the basic prin-
ciples of the Republican party,
which / think need TO be revived
and put into practice, that / feel so
badly regarding the many mistakes
which my party Is making in the
eightieth congress. This is another
serious one. Earlier today we helped
TO scuttle the effective administra-
ton of the National Labor Relations
Act to the great detriment of free
workers in the United States; and If
we go through with this fiscal pro-
gram think the party will do great
damage to hundreds of thousands of
people who have the right to be
protected from the type Of damage
which would be inflicted upon them
If the appropriations program of the
party thus far advanced in the Goth
congress we're consummated :. / in
tend to continue TO try to point out
what / think are the sad mistakes
which the Republican majority is
making in connection with both the
labor program and now the fiscal
policy =. I hope that even yet such
effective and constructive action
will be taken by the congress, that,
in spite of mistakes, can still make
an honest plea for Republican adj
minlstration.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05
Annual Meeting of The First Church of
Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass, June 2,

tons, who even despair of estab-
fishing harmony, peace, or even
friendliness among the families of
the earth. Their world is dark, in
deed"
Beyond that, there are many per-
sons who despair of coping with the
unleashed material forces of an
atomic age, she pointed out. "Such
thinkers" the speaker added, 'need
to learn the immanence of heaven,
the omnipotence, omniscience, and
omnipresence of the infinite God,
good. :"
The Directors and The Mother
Church Presidents remarks high
lighted one of the largest annual
meetings in years, with members of
the Church in session from various
parts of the world. From Californ-
ia, England, Europe, Australia, New
Zealand, and South Africa came re-
ports of a growing resurgence in re-
ligious activities.
Gordon " Conner, Clerk of The
Mother Church, disclosed a substan-
tial increase in church membership
in 1916. His report covered the wide
fields of postwar activities, literature
distribution, Sunday School Divis-
ion, and the Department of Branches
and Practitioners, all of which at
tested to the general revival of re-
ligious progress throughout the post
war world.
His report disclosed that more than
100000 food parcels were sent to
Christian Scientists in Is hunger
ridden countries during 1916, that
food parcels were also transported
directly to churches and societies in
IL European countries, and that a
gift of II tons of books and periodi-
Gals was forwarded to German
churches the moment shipping chan
nels were reopened.
In conclusion, Mr.. Conner echoed
the keynote of the annual meeting
in these terms: To-day the world is
confronted with tremendously i'm
portant problems. 1t is time when
the peoples of the world must begin
to see that they can no longer lean
upon man-made things and theories,
but must lean more and more upon
divine Principle-upon God"
"This desired state" he said, must
come through an awakening to
higher concept of spiritual values
and of true brotherhood"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05
SUNDAY SERVICES AT THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

The annual Children's Day Ser
vice will be held at the Presbyterian
Church, Washington and Prospect
Streets, on Sunday morning at HOO
o'clock, taking the place of the reg
ular morning worship. The program
will be presented under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Norman S. Snively, with
all the departments of the Church
School participating. The minister,
the Rev. G. Aubrey Young, will give
a brief story sermon, and the senior
choir will sing an anthem entitled,
"Children's Prayer"
The Baltimore Synod-Synodical
of the Presbyterian Church will
meet at Hood College, Frederick,
June is to 20. Reservations may be
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05
SERVICE AT FIRST CHURCH
OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST

God the Only Cause and Creator
will be the subject of the Lesson
Sermon at the First Church of Christ,
Scientist, 235 North Potomac Street
on Sunday.
The Golden Text will be from He
brews 11:3-"Through faith we un-
derstand that the worlds were
framed by the word of God, so that
things which are seen were not
made of things which do appear"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from the Bible-Neh. 60
Thou, even thou, art God alone;
thou hast made heaven, the heaven
of heavens with all their host, the
earth, and all things that are there
in, and thou preservest them all;
and the host of heaven worshipeth
thee"
The Lesson-Sermon also will in
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary Baker Eddy, among which
is the following, page 275 = ''To
grasp the reality and order of being
in its Science, you must begin by
reckoning God as the divine Princi-
pie of all that really is"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05

Boston, Mass, June 2-Afflrming
that God rules the affairs of man,
The Christian Science Board of Di-
rectors told the annual meeting of
The Mother Church, The First
Church of Christ, Scientist, in Bos-
ton, Massachusetts, that neither fear
nor animality can give evil power
to boast itself over good
Supporting this challenge, Mrs
Helen Chaffee Elwell, newly elected
President of The Mother Church,
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05
ST. PAUL'S EV. LUTHERAN
CHURCH, JAMESTOWN

Children's Day will be observed in
st. PauPs Lutheran Church, Funks-
town, this Sunday at $50 a. m. The
program will consist of exercises,
recitations and songs by the children
of the Sunday School. The Junior
Choir will sing number by John
Holler, There's A Song For Little
Children" The Pastor, Rev. R. M.
Miller, will give Children's Day
Message on the theme, Beware of
the Hydrangea."
Sunday School will be held at
10:40 a. m. A Cordial welcome
awaits the visitor.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05
Declining Economy

Cumberland and Allegany county
officials are seeking means TO bolster
the economic situation there on the
heels Of a sharp warning that the
area represents "a declining econ
omy on the way down-hill'' and that
the Federal Housing Administration
is reluctant to promote large scale
rental housing projects there under
current industrial conditions. At
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05
Church NelUs
MORNING DEVOTIONS TO
BE HEARD OVER WEI

The following ministers will con-
duct the Morning Devotions over
Radio Station WEI Q0:15) for the
ensuing week: Friday, Rev. Walter
A. Lepp, Grace Brethren Church;
Saturday, Rev. G. Aubrey Young
The Presbyterian Church; Monday
Rev. Paul E. Holdcraft, Emmanuel
Ev. U. B. Church; Tuesday, Rev. Paul
B. Warrington, First Baptist Church.
Wednesday, Rev. Cyril Hoover, Will
Transport Methodist; Thursday
Father Kenny, of st. Mary's Cath
Ollie Church.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05

least 5000 persons are now regis
tered as unemployed in the county
show you that the new hands are
far more than ornamental append
ages, young Bob is already able to
do such things as write his name,
dial the telephone and even eat
with them.
and the number is expected to rise
in the near future.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05
Eastern Livestock Show

The 19-year-old Baltimore Live
stock Show - newly named the
Eastern National Livestock Show
will be held at the Timonium Fair
grounds, Baltimore, starting Novem-
Der II, with prize money totaling
$4,000, according to an announce
ment by j. Whitney Shirley, Jr., man
ager. In addition to fat steers, hogs
and lambs, the show will be expand
ed to include classes for breeding
cattle of three beef breeds, Shirley
stated.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05

Columbus. Ohio, is an outstanding
commercial and manufacturing CEN
ter. In addition it is the capital of
the state of Ohio.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05

Experts with data at their finger
tips are no substitute for leaders
with God in their hearts.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05

The most important zinc mines in
the world are located in the states
of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05

Atomic defense is not to drop the
first bomb but to change the other
fellows mind before he does.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05

Great men are often those who
think well of matters others hold
ridiculous.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05

Memorial services were held on
Sunday at st. PauPs Church and
The Blair's Valley Church, for the
soldiers buried at the two church
cemeteries. The Ladies Auxiliary
took part in the Blair's Valley SER
vice.
Guests at the home of Mr.. Charles
Corbett on Sunday, were his son,
George, and Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Bell, of Philadelphia.
Miss Dorothy Jean Irwin and par
ents, of Mercersburg, were Sunday
guests of Mrs. Jane Newkirk.
DR.. Mary Warner and Miss Joan
Warner, of Washington. D. c., spent
the Memorial Day week end with
their aunts, Miss Marie Warner and
Miss Josephine Higgins.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05

Every verse of the 136th Psalm
has the same ending.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05
Clear Spring News

Mr.. Samuel Hull is confined to his
home by serious illness.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05
Girl Scouts

Troop 8, sponsored by Broadway
PIT. A, Mrs. B. j. Hagedorn lead
er, and Mrs. Kieffer McElroy as
sistant leader, held a regular meet
ing on May % at Mrs. McElroy's
home. We had 20 girls, our leader
and assistant leader present. Eight
girls were in uniform.
Our meeting opened with the TAX
ing of dues and attendance. Most
of the girls paid their dues in full.
We met at Broadway School and
hiked in group to Mrs. McElroy's
home. In the yard we formed
Brownie Circle and discussed and
voted on the color of our necker-
chiefs. A brief discussion of plans
for Fall concluded the business meet
ing. The girls then had a peanut
scramble - Winner, Norma Jean
Wiles. Prizes were awarded to the
Gold star girls and pictures were
taken of the group.
InGIe Will DG uO luItIlGI ulG6L-
ings until announced. The average
per cent attendance for the year
was "a.
jeanne Mullendore, Scribe
Troop 3, sponsored by the Daugh-
tiers of Trinity Sunday School Class,
Mrs. Richard Crowther leader, Mrs.
James l. Dudley co-leader, held
regular meeting Thursday, May 90,
at Trinity Church. Eleven troop
members and the co-leader were
present. Two girls were in uniform.
Due to the storm we were unable
to start our meeting on time. The
meeting was used to discuss birds
and their habits and to discuss pos
sible activities the girls might follow
up this summer in order to complete
some badge and outdoor cooking.
The meeting adjourned at p. m.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05

The United State per-capita debt
by 1916 had reached $1,910.97
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05

TTOw nlgn priced Iarm ianu is
i playing its part in the initiation
airy picture was depicted by /. w
Duggan, governor of the Farm Cred
1t administration In testimony be-
fore the senate agricultural COM
mittee MIR. Duggan testified in
favor of permitting federal land
banks to make loans TO farmers. on
a similar plane as land bank COM
missioners
Many veterans and others are
buying farms today, the FCA official
said which win be worth less than
the loans granted for purchase in
ten years. He said that recently q
veteran purchased a farm for S25 900
paying $4,000 cash. Then he asked
for $4,000 loan. Three appraisers
were sent out TO look at the farm
by the government and reported
value of the farm not more than
$l0,500. He cited many other in
stances.
Is the action of President Truman
In approving the porta1-to-portal
pay bill any indication as to his &C
ton upon the labor bill which will
be presented to him, probably late
in June? Despite the fact that he
signed the portal-to-portal pay bill,
the odds here are that he may veto
the labor bill, particularly If the
conferees make 1t any tougher than
as 1t passed the senate.
The department Of justice has f.
nally started its antitrust suit pro-
ceedings against the Association of
American Railroads and other COM
binations of financial and industrial
railroad interests charging them
with the most far-reaching con-
centration of monopoly power known
to law" Defendants include AZ west
ern railroads, western association of
railway executives, ]. p. Morgan e.
Co., Kuhn, Loeb 81 Co., and 80 of
flcials of railroads and railway asso-
Citations. The government says these
groups maintain non-competitive
rate system and suppress competi-
tive transportation in the western
area and have prevented western
railroads from reducing rates and
improving services. Differentials in
class rate scales show a discrimina-
ton varying from 112 per cent to
100 per cent against the west in
favor of the east the government
charges. And in the meantime, the
United States Chamber of Com
merce presses for enactment of the
Bulwinkle bill to exempt railroads
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05

made with Miss Elizabeth Ehlers,
ZIG Wilson Blvd, Hagerstown.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-06-05

AS / am so is my nation.
Evening star., 1947-10-25
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