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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15

SMALL FURNISHED Apartments
for year around occupancy at
Wrightsville Beach: also large
furnished apartments until May
1st, 1948. Orrell Realty Co.. Dial
2-33O6,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15
80-Houses For Sale

WE HANDLE all kinds OF beach
property. Business, residential,
sales, rentals. Open all year.
Tucker Real Estate Co. Phone
1886 Carolina Beach. Glenn M.
Tucker. Realtor.
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so-Houses For Sale
70 R SA L E

i 1V
2o4 WRIGHTSV1LLE AVE.
a nice six room home. A
good investment.
sos SUNSET AVE-, a nice
six room home. This is one
of the best locations.
1O7 CENTRAL BLVD, a nice
two story home with four
bedrooms, living room, din
ing room, kitchen and
breakfast nook. FURNACE
HEAT.
8O3 CENTRAL BLVD, a five
room home with a garage
apartment in rear.
1904 WOOLCOTT AVE-, S
room home with an extra
lot.
WE HAVE several good
buys on the beaches that
we know will interest you.
you.
FARMS, R OR SMALL,
WE GOT JUST WHAT YOU
WANT.
Let our salesman help you
select a lot for your future
home.
FOR BETTER VALUES AND
QUICK SALES DEAL WITH
LEWIS co
(Cape Fear Hotel Bldg.)
203 N. Second st. Dial 2-854t
J. M. SIMPKINS and DONALD
E. GORE, Statesmen
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UNFURNISHED 5 and 3 room
apartments with bath. Paul Am
brosiano. Tailoring, 100 IL Prin-
cess,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15

WE REPAIR. install and service
gas appliance and oil circulators
for prompt and guaranteed SER
vlce-Call Gas Appliance Ser
vice Co. 1924 So. Front-Dial
2-3633 Or 1884.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15
7o-for Sale Miscellaneous

ANTIQUES. NICE Christmas selec-
ton. See sign. Six Miles. High
way II. North.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-15

UNFURNISHED Apartment, up
stairs, five rooms, private bath,
100 North 9th st. Dial 2-3227. w.
Albert Brown.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
26 Cities Invited
To Select Pair For
Strawberry Festival
SneciaI To The Star

CHADBOURN, May 81 = Invita-
tons have been extended to rs
nearby cities and towns to desig-
nate a young lady and her escort
as their official representatives
at the 18th annual Strawberry
Festival to be held here on June
8, according to an announcement
by William E. Edwunds, chairman
of the Festival publicity commit
tee.
The couple selected will serve
on the Strawberry Queens court
and will be guests of the Civilian
club, sponsoring the Festival,
The Queen Of the Festival will
be selected from a list of eligible
local girls by a committee ap-
pointed to make the selection.
Members of the Queens court
are requested to dress formally.
Their escorts will be dressed
either in tuxedos or tails. The
dance will get underway at 9
p. m. June 5 with a grand march
by the Queen and her court.
Invitations have been mailed to
the mayor Or president of a lead
ing civic club in each of the 26
towns.
Johnny Long and his orchestra
will play for the Festival dance
this year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
THIRTEEN BABIES
BORN In CNSLOW
COUNTY HOSPITAL
Special To The Star

JACKSONVILLE, May 21-Ons-
low county hospital today looked
forward to a lot of luck despite 10
births registered there between
May Is and yesterday.
Whether there we're any other
ISIS included in the activities at
the hospital. was not known i'm
medlately, but attendants said
there definitely were not any Is
pound babies among the number.
A baby girl to Mr.. and Mrs. l..
I. Horne, Richards: a girl to Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Edwin Sullivan.
Maysville: a boy to M. and Mrs.
Roy Romsey, Jacksonville, and a
boy to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank E.
Hubert, Midway Park.
Included in the roster of births
were the following:
Others included we're: a bov to
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence V. 9th
way, Holly Ridge; a boy to Mr..
and Mrs. Franklin Cowan, Jack
sonville; a girl to Mr.. and Mrs.
Marvin Hatsell. SWansboro; a coy
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
Seeks Coal

LONDON, May 21-(P-The pre-
Britain applied today for a share
of the coal the United States is
exporting to Europe. This posed
a problem for the European Coal
organization ECO), a l%7-nation
group which has been a%llocatlng
scarce fuel supplies since 1915.
After a day-long meeting. ECO
secretary-general Basil Aicard
said no agreement had been reach
ed on the United Kingdom re-
quest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
REALTY TRANSFERS


C. H. Sultan to Arthur Lee
Switzerland, lots 80, 40, Al, AZ,
Avondale.
Mrs. F. A. Johnson to Theodore
Bloch, part lot 16 and adjoining
lot, Slocum.
C.. E, Brown Jr., to Mrs. Retha
Lutes, pa2t lot 107, Oleander sub
division extension.
James A. Dixon to Mae Jetts
Dixon George, 80 acres on Gum
Branch.
James Dixon to Maggie Dixon,
181 acres on Barren Inlet creek.
James D. Dixon to Idella Dixon,
1887 acres on highland and Is
marshland acres in Middle Sound.
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W F D
TODAY


6:30-Daybreak in the Barnyard
7:15-Top of the Morning
7:3o-Zeke Manners
7:45-Musical Clock
7:oo-North Carolina Highlighs
8:0O-NeWs with Martin Agronsky
S:l5-Round the Town Reporter
8:2o-Musical Clock
8:55-UP News
s;oo-The Breakfast Club with Don
Mcneil
1O:00-My True Story
10 :25-Betty Crocker's Magazine of The
10 :45-The Listening Post
II :000Breakfast in Hollywood Tom
11:30-The Hollywood Story
11:45-Ted Malone
IL :00-Gulfspray Program
12:15-Noon Day Musical
12:30-At your request
1:0O-Baukhage Talking
1:55-Black and White
l:25-Round the Town Reporter
1:3u-WMFD Concert of the Air
2:oO-Walter Herman - News
2:15-Ethel and Albert
2:30-Bride and Groom
3:00-Laoies be Seeted
3:30-Army Air Force
3:45-The Best Things in Life
4~:00-Skip Farrell
4:1rHol]ywood Studio Tour
4:30EFred Robbins Record Shop
5:00-Terry and the Pirates
5:15-Sky King
5:30NBoogie Wood S~ymphonetts
5:45-Flit Frolics
6:00-Orean Serenade
-6:15-Round The Town Reporter
6~:20-Sports
6:25-North Carolina Highlights
6:30-So Proudly We Hail
6:45-Little Show
7:G0-Headline Edition
7:l5-Singing Sam
7:30-Bands of the Land
S:30-Town Meeting of the Air
9:30-Those Sensational Years
l0:0G-World Security Workshop
10:30-Fantasy in Melody
10 :45-Earl Godwin-News
11:00-News of Tomorrow
IL :15-Joe Hassel
IL :30-Gems for Thought
~l1:35-Hotel Biltmore Orchestra
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job was turned in at Raleigh by
the Ballenger Paving company,
Greenville, S. c. The firm bid
$294.35 for the project.
In Hatteras today at the Hon.
orary Tar Heels reunion, Cover
nor Cherry said, 1.-The project here
is an educational me-. The need
for the paved road to the outer
bank is great, in order that school
students may commute to and
from school easier"
A total of 203 miles of road
work will be done at a cost of ST.
857, 682. Sc. the report said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
CHICAGO PRODUCE

CHICAGO, May q - W.H - Pro
duce: Poultry: IA trucks; easy to
firm: hens 20; Leghorn hens %;
Plymouth Rock springs 40.
Cheese: Twins 81 1872; single
daises 33 1-2-34; Swiss 1918.
Butter: 558, $50 lbs; unsettled;
SO score 60; 90 score 59-1-2; ~
score 56-1-2; SO score SIP.
Eggs: 2O,303 cases: irregular;
extras !, 44-l-2-45; extras 2.
"A; 3 and 4. 42-1-2; standards
and 2, 41-1-2; 3 and 4, 40-1-2;
current receipts 39-1-2; dirties
37-1-2; checks 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
OVER THE NETWORKS

Time is eastern standard. For central
standard subtract one hour, for noun
tain standard subtract two hours. Some
local stations change hour of relay to fit
local schedules. Last minute program
changes cannot be included.
THURSDAY, MAY 22
5:00-News Report, Is Mins.-nbc
Eric Sevareid and News-cbs
Network Silent q hr.) mbs-east
Riddles Serial Hour repeated hour
later)-mbs-west
o:l5-America Serenade; Sports-nbc
In My Opinion Talks-cbs
5:3o-Red Barber and Sports-cbs
o:45-Lowell Thomas Newscast-nbc
World News & Commentary-cbs
6:0o-Radio Supper Club-nbc-basic
Mystery Drama of Week-ebs
Fulton Lewis, Jr. West repeat hour
later)-mbs
6:15-News and Comment-nbc
Jack Smith Song Series-cbs
Dance Music Time-mbs-basic
6:30-Grand Marquee Drama-nbc
Mr.. Keen's Drama-cbs-basic
Arthur Hale Comment-mbs-basic
6:45-kaltenborn Comment-nbc-west
Sports Repeat 80 m later)-mbs
7:00-Aldrich Family, Drama-nbc
Suspense Mystery Drama-cbs
Lawyer Q. Quiz-mbs-basic
7:30-Burns & Allen Comedy-nbc
FBl in Peace g. War-cbs
Count of Monte Cristo-mbs
7:55-Five Minutes News-cbs
8:N-Musis Hall and Eddie Foy-nbc
The Dick Haynes Show-cbs
Gabriel Heater Commentaries
3:15-Real Life Drama-mbs
8:20-Jack Haley
Crime Photographer, Drama-cbs
The Antonini Concert-mbs
e:00-Abtott and Costello-nbc
Magazine Theater Guests-cbs
Family Theater, Drama-mbs
9:30-Eddie Cantor's Comedy-nbc
Man Called x. Drama-cbs
l Was a Convict, -Crime-mbs
lo:Oo-News & Variety 3 hrs.-nbc
News, Variety, Dance 3 hrs.-cbs
News, Dance Band, 2 hrs.-mbs
Abe programs-Times fit either East
ern daylight or Eastern standard.
6:00-Network Silent-1 hr. east
Riddles Serial Hour-wes repeat
7:00-News and Commentary
7:15-Elmer Davis Commentary
7:30-Studs Terkel Music Show
Sodium and Abner Comedy
8:15-News Views Is Minutes
8;30-America's Town Meeting
9:30-To Be Announced
10:00-To Be Announced
10:30-Fantasy Melody Concert
10:45-Earl Goodwin Comment
l1:00-News & Dance Band Hour
12:00-Dance Band Hr.-West only
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
Lords Approve

LONDON, May 21-(P-The pre-
dominantly conservative House of
Lords approved in principal to-
night the labor governments bill
to nationalize railroads, inland
waterways and long-distant truck
ing.
The bill was read for the second
time and there was no vote. After
a third reading the legislation be-
comes law with the Kings assent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
lv~0N-HATTERAS
HIGHWAY 0KEHED
Cherry Says 1t Will Be
First Paved Road On
Outer Banks
snecial To The Star

cApE HATTERAS, May 81 -
csIarnor R. Gregg Cherry today
o WV the proposed highway from
sai4 to Avon, which will be
% first paved road on the oute-
'0,u and the easternmost paw
Da%D in North Carolina, would be
lAs aertaken to aid stucents in the
. .aas in their school attendance.
A. the same time, in Raleigh
~n+ractors were awaiting a green
Gu, ro+t' On this project before start
~" work on 27 highway programs
~ ow bid for the Hatteras paving
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to Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Lanier,
Maysville; a boy to Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Coles, Sr., Maysville: a
girl to Mr.. and Mrs. Linwood
Weston, Jacksonville; a girl 10
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincet c. Smith,
Jacksonville; a boy to Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Deal, Midway Park
and a boy to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Cummings, Richards.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
QUITS POST

BUCHAREST, May 81 - (P-
Burton Y. Berry U. S. political
representative to Romania since
1914, relinquished his Romanlan
assignment today and left by
plane for Washington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22

The first typewriters, invented
by Christopher Sholes, cost $3.50
apiece to make. Not many were
sold until precision and accuracy
In making parts increased produc-
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
NAVAL STORES

SAVANNAH, Ca, May 2l-(P)-
Turpentine, 70 cents; offerings and
sales, 1862; receipts, IA; ship
ments, 224; stocks. 1928.
Rosin: Offerings and sales,
none; receipts, 1853; shipments,
none; stocks, 6,780.
Quote: Unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
DUKE VISITS KING

LONDON, May q (P-The
Duke of Windsor called tonight on
his brother, King George, and his
Mother, Queen Mary. The Duchess
of Windsor did not go with him.
She has not been invited into an
English royal household since
her husband abdicated the throne.
The name Arctic is derived from
the Greek word for bear.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
Publisher DIES

ABERDEEN, Scotland, May q
-(P-Sir William Maxwell, direc-
tor and retired editor-ln-chlef OF
Aberdeen Journals, Ltd, died to-
day. He was IS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
ATHLETES FOOT ITCH
NOT HARD TO KILL.
In One HOUR,

go. oIeased, your 35c back a; any drug
Il no. TTT.OL. a STRONG fungicide, con-
s'9Ie on. alcohol. IT PENETRATES.
1!hs MORE germs to KILL the itch.
res.v at Saunders Drugs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
Radio Programs

2:30-HollyW God Melodies
2:45-Jackie Hill Show
~3:00-Erskine johnson
3:15-The johnson Family
3:30-TWo Ton Baker
3:45rAdventure Parade
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
W G N |

TODAY
6:30-News Summary
~6:33-Sunup Hoedown
7:001NeWs
7:05-Eye Opener
8:00-Today in Our Town
8:05-Fun at Breakfast
8:1o-Eye Opener
9:00-Organ Music
9:l5-Morning Devotional
9:3O-Say 1t With Music
10:00-Eleanor Watts
10:15-Tell Your Neighbor
1~0:30-Hearts Desire
11:00-Showcase
II :3oGU. S. Marine Band.
12:00-Cedric Foster
12:15-Bobby Norris and the Singing
Strings
IL :30-Merv Griffin
IL :45-Checkerboard Jamboree
1:00-Queen For a Day
1:30-Harlem Hospitality
2:00-NeWs
2:15-Bill Harrington Sings
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22

John David, son of a noted Phila-
delphia silversmith, was one of the
outstanding silver workers in that
city in the 18th century. He was
working there from 1853 into the
1905.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22
NEWS
INWARD BOUND

S. S. Abshire from Lake Charles,
L., with petroleum products. Caye
Fear Terminal, agent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22

CLEARED AND SAILED
Tanker
S. S. Trail Blazer, bound for
Aruba, Dutch West Indies, after
unloading petroleum products.
Heide and company, agent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-22

Dial 2-3311 For Newspaper Service
Evening star., 1947-08-03

the heroine with zeal for her art
struggling through money trou-
bles, hope and despair, achieving
success in the ballet she has
watched Douglas Gardiner and
Uncle Dimitri originate in a gust
of creative fervor.
Canoeing 80.
Canoeing, Canadian lakes and
islands is the setting for Silver
Strains" by Katherine Pinkerton.
Ann Jackman, her brother Philip
and their friend, Jerry, put up a
stiff fight when failure of the
fox farming experiment seems
inevitable.
In Ellen, of 1.-THE Wonderful
Year." Nancy Barnes character
ICES very individual girl. Her.
experiences and emotions are
those of girl entering her teens.
Mystery -.
Mystery turns up with 1.-THE
Beginning Was a Dutchman," by
ISla Mitchell. The Dutchman, a
sailing boat bought as a surprise
for Mark and his sister Bede, be-
comes the center of family vaca-
ton plans. It becomes also
center of international concern.
Where did the former owner, a
noted scientist, secret his formula
for a new and deadly explosive?
The period is 1898. Nazi Ger
many is interested.
Sports
Boys passing through the sports
story stage will find in Jackson
Evening star., 1947-08-03

book for z and 8 year olds, pub
hshed earlier in the season.
Slight books, all, but enjoyable.
~ r YOUR Christmas gleanings
are to be for the boy or girl
in the contemporary phase
and who does not pass
through it-you will want to ex-
anime THE Ayion My Uncle
Flew" Cyrus Fisher has written
a lively, exciting mystery, set in
postwar France, with a young
American boy as hero. Another.
vivid story of France, wartime
France, is 14-year-old MARITIME
Rouchard's Time of Our Lives"
From the title you will guess that
being refugee, living under the
uncertainties, the strains of the
occupation, foraging for each
days food had it's light side for
the zestful MARITIME and the
young of her household. Her in
innate chronicle was not written
for publication, but was assigned
a daily task by her journalist
mother when schooling had to
be abandoned. This is a unique
glimpse into French child life at
an historical period.
Dancing -. 5. ....
Young America Of today,
caught by the glamor of the
ballet, will find Gloria, Ballet
Dancer" by Gladys Malvern,
good follow up for Noel Streat-
fields Ballet Shoes" It shows
Evening star., 1947-08-03

Scholz's Batter Up" one of his
best baseball stories. They also
may enjoy Margery Miller's "Joe
Louis, American" with its excit-
ing account of the fight with
Schmelling.
For horse and riding fans, Anne
Mallory has done Shooting Star
Farm" The, farm is an expert
mental riding school where love
and devotion to horses is in the
air. There are worries, but the
children rise to responsibilities
with initiative and friendliness.
Eleanor Browns Golden Lady"
concerns itself with the hopes
and struggles of Jean and her
mother to make a winner of this
second filly Of Jeans registered
American saddle horse. Little
Champion" by Ida Riggs, is for
the somewhat younger reader.
The setting is cattle ranch in
Arizona. -
A DULT interest in biogra-
n ply has brought a wide
array of titles into the
field Of children's books
during the past few years. It re-
manned for Esther Forbes and
Lynn Ward. to do the one sure to
capture younger children. Amer
ica's Paul Revere" their colorful
picture-biography, is a contribu-
ton.
Older boys and girls will turn
to Frank and Cortelle Hutchins'
Thomas jefferson for their pic
Evening star., 1947-08-03

ture Of early America. It reads
like q story as Jefferson passes
from his boyhood dreams to
school years at Williamsburg, to
entrance into the wider world of
politics and social interests. Facts
have been carefully documented.
"Sequoya," by Catherine Cob,
1entz, is another excellent piece
of research. The years in which
Sequoya, caught by the power of
the white mans talking leaves"
was absorbed in evolving an al
phabet for his own nation, were
years in which the Indian, re-
sentful and bewildered, was being
pushed steadily westward. Mrs.
Coblentz pictures the situation
from the Indian viewpoint. She
has brought together widely scat
tered, colorful details of Chero-
kee history.
Evening star., 1947-08-03
ChiIdren's Books Bring Christmas Happiness

~ HRISTMAS and gay chill
drens books have been
~ associated In every ones
mind since the days when
q new Kate Greenaway, Walter
Crane and Randolph Caldecott,
printed in color by hand from
wood blocks, were the features
of each holiday season. This
year the book world has been
celebrating the Tooth anniver-
sary Of both Greenaway and
Caldecott. New editions of
Greenaway's Under the Win
dow" and "Marigold Garden"
are now adding their quaint
grace to Christmas tables beside
her dainty Mother Goose 1t
was in the fall of 1878 when
Edmund Evans, fascinated by
the sketches and verses, risked
an edition of 10000 copies of
Under the Window" Although
publishers ridiculed, the edition
sold out promptly and continued
to sell up to. the 10000 mark.
Randolph Caldecott's humorous
storytelling interpretations of
nursery rhymes fortunately con-
tinued in print through the re-
cent war years.
Evening star., 1947-08-03
Presenting the
Pastime-Hobbies

No Christmas review would be
complete without mention of new
pastime- hobby titles. The two
most interesting this year are
Otto Zoff's Riddles Around the
World" done in rebus form with
outstanding pictures by Fritz
Kredel and Opal Wheeler's adapt
alton of Gilbert and Sullivan's
III. M. S. Pinafore." Songs with
music intersperse the story which
is illustrated. Boys will enjoy
Joseph Jennings Fun With
Puzzles" 1t includes brain-twist-
ers and puzzles for the mathe-
matically minded. A perfect gift
for the child fortunate enough to
make visits to New York is Ruth
Loud's New York! New York;"
From such Christmas piles a
few books each year join the
ranks of permanent children's
books. Lucky the child who finds
these, too, under the Christmas
tree,
Evening star., 1947-08-03
The Bright Face
OF Danger


~ WING dangerously is a
phrase of today's coinage
IL but not new experience.
Recapture of such moments
from yesterday and today is the
material for tales of action.
West Lathrop has written such
a tale in BLACK River Captive"
The setting is New Hampshire in
1857. The hero, young Jethro,
over confident of Indian friendli-
ness and determined to hunt
down clues to his identity, is
carried captive into the dangerous
country north of Number 4.
Madeline Takes Command" by
Ethel Brill, tells the true and
thrilling story of 14-year-old
Madeline de Vercheres. With
garrison of only 7 she defended
her home, a seigneury on the up
per st. Lawrence, from a Mohawk
attack in 1892.
"Wild Waters" by Lewis Miner,
Is set on the Upper Mississippi
of rough keelboat days. Sam
Hawks rousing adventures teach
him self-reliance.
Miles Francis, schoolboy of st.
Paul's in Elizabethan England,
knows the danger and hardship
as he falls into the rascally hands
of a band of beggars in E. X.
Seth-Smith's "Vagabonds All"
Nat, Girls Marlowe's boy, and
Miles own passion for plays
began it.
Merrill Aliens Red Heritage"
is a tale of New York State in
the Revolution, of battling with
Indians as well as Tories. Der
rick, the young hero, filled with
hatred and revenge after seeing
his own family wiped out, joins
the troops at the fort.
Evening star., 1947-08-03
The Magic
Of Laughter

1t was the hardships of the
frontier that bred tall tales.
Grave or gay, nonsense comes a
burst of fresh air through daily
tensions. Much as boys and girls
love bravery, they love laughter.
too-and rightly so. Among the
ISee CHILDREN'S BOOKS. Pc. 35.)
Evening star., 1947-08-03
Picture Story Books
Are Childhood Favorits
HRISTMAS and gay chill
dren's books have been
associated In every ones

-
~ AMPERING conditions of
the postwar period are
nowhere more readily ap-
parent than in the num-
her and quality of picture books.
However, Ingri and Edgar
D'Aulaire have been able to
bring out a new book, "Poca-
hontas." II it does not rival
their "Ola," still it has merit
and fills real need. Rita Kissin
has tale of Cramps Desert
Chick" with crayon sketches by
Sari. Through its pages walk
pack rats, coyotes. horned toads
and lizards, as well as the chick
en- SO surprisingly haJched.
Knopf is publishing a new edi-
ton of Lovat Fraser's joyous,
vital Nursery Rhymes" It
should not be missed by children
though reproduction of the dis
tinguished formal and 18th CEN
tury broadside color is disap-
pointing. First published in
1919. this has long been coll
lector,s item.
Thor Gergely has made roll
licking, original pictures for
Nancy Byrd Turner's verses
when 1t Rained Cats and
Dogs" which must have par
ticularly caught his fancy. Les
lie Wood paints colorful coun-
tryside for Diana Ross Little
Red Engine" greeted each morn
ing by animals Of the farms and
fields. One can understand the
farmers wife in Dorothy and
Nils Hogner's "Winky, King of
the Garden" exclaiming, Good
nessi He looks so real he almost
Scares me-" In Leonard Weis-
CARDS fresh, clean color for
Golden MacDonald's Little
Island" the winds blow and the
birds fly; and Helen Sewells
lively line sketches for Louise
Seaman's Brave Bantam" fix
perfectly the character of that
small managing hen. Slight but
skillful crayon drawings tell
Albertine Deletaille's story "At
the Top of the House."
For the Children
Of Today's World
The Little Fire Engine" by
Louis Lenski, in which Fireman
Evening star., 1947-08-03
For the Children
OF T'oday's World

The Little Fire Engine" by
Louis Lenski, in which Fireman
Small slides down the pole to
answer an alarm, and Juniper
Sage's Man in the Manhole"
will be any small child's IA
vorites. Boys, yes, girls, too,
are endlessly curious, and How
Big Is Big" by Herman and
Nina Schneider, will be q boon
20 parents. second only to Let's
1ind Out" their picture science
Evening star., 1947-08-03
By M. Ethel Bubb

Assistant Director, Childrens Department. Public Library
Evening star., 1947-08-03

See CHILDREN'S BOOKS. Pg. 35.I