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Evening star., 1947-12-07
Literature in Latin America

Erico Verissino. one of the
most popular Brazilian nopelists.
has published many books in his
o,On country, t,uo of Which,
"Musica 40 Longo" and "Camin-
hos Cruz1dos," 1Don for him the
MactddO de ASSis and the Graca
ATanha Prizes. He has done
much to tan,iliarize his country
men 1Dit1l American and English
letters, translating Steinbeck.
Hilton and Hurley into Portu-
guese and ,Uriting books of his
ODn about the United States. A
translation from the Portuguese
of his book "Consider the Lilies
OF the Field" 1DdS published this
year by Macmillan. As guest
of the State Department he has
Lectured on Brazilian literature
at the University of California
and ods ON the staff Of the Casa
Pdndn,ericdna at Mills College.
The following story wds written
exclusively for The Star.
PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL.
r DO NOT think I am being pes
simLtic when I state that, the
1S47 harvest in the Latin Amer
lean literary field has been a
very meager one. I know of no ma
jor work published this year that
can compare with Freyre's THE
Master and the Slaves La Cunha s
Rebellion in the Backlands," Ri
&c c.
'Facundo." For this reason, in this
article, I shall stick to generalities
rather than mention authors names
and book titles. Several years ago.
I wrote a book on Brazilian litera-
ture. When I had finished the
chapter on modern writer's, I dis
covered, to my great embarrassment,
that it contained too Inany authors
names, making the whole thing look
like a page from telephone di-
rectory.
Let us shun all pretense and
frankly admit that the intellectual
world of Latin America has always
been a kind of mirror turned to-
ward Europe. the art and literature
of which it has reflected sometimes
with fidelity but more often with
distortions. Here and there at
tempts have been made to create a
with roots in the native
soil. with the Indian, the Negro or
the gaucho as protoganist. CA few
tried nationalism, went historical.
and eventually hystericaD. Only a
few of these regional works had
enough stature to be considered real
Evening star., 1947-12-07

stories of gangsters, bootlegging and
dark scenes of the Great Depres-
sion. BY this time one thing was
certain. Italian pictures had COM
pletely disappeared from Latin
American movie houses, and the in
vanishing,
The frontiersman., 1947-01-29
zAW'STCWSKl,HF HERR WIN AT PINOCHlE

Last Fr idayis pinochle vim CTS were Mr s. Winnie ZaWi2s tow ski. and Earl Herr. Mr :, and, Mrs. J. VI. Thompson shared the clean up chores as the even in,g's H How score holder s.
The frontiersman., 1947-01-29
Sundays s

Sundays trip, which had b zen delay ed fr on Thur sday as the result of wind and cold weather, was repor ted a rough one by mai linen Steve Zaw- is tow ski and Gene WadsWor tn. A great deal of ice has piled up in the area sur rounding the Homer dock, and boats can- not any longer get near the struc ture.
 Sundays mail was picked up at Homer at the outs ide beach.
The frontiersman., 1947-01-29
The Frontiersman

DELIVERED SUNDAY
 Mailboat- pass en- gers on Sundays tr ip to Homer included Ralph Ander son : and Mrs. Shirley Jentz of Homer
 There were no pas sengers on the re turn trip for the boat was heavily loaded wi. tn 2, ,5OO pounds of mail. There were 6 pouches of second-class mail alone, much of it long delayed Chr i 8 t. mas mail for Seldov- ians.
 1loWO S4 SI OC volume of newspaper and magazine mail still is to be re- ceived here, accor- ding to pos tmi s tress s Mrs. Susan English. This type of mail, which pile ed up on Seattle docks dur ing the str ike, has not yet reached Seldovia since steamships be- gan running again.
The frontiersman., 1947-01-29
Page Five

FINAL PL ANS MADE FOR DIMES DANCE
 Latest plans /. for the March of Dimes dane G. to be held in Linwood Hall this .:Sa turday. even ing, in c1ude a Or and March and a floor show, it was revealed yester- day.
 The Mapoh is. plan ned for 10 o'c1 o,ck, an hour >af ter the. dance begins. It will be led, by Mayor and Mrs. Simon Josef sen. <I;
 De tails, of. the floor show! progr am will not be announced until Saturdays is- sue of The Fron tiers- man.
 The movie usually held in LinWood Hall on Saturday evening, has been postponed by Carl Linds tedt un- til Sunday evening.
 Food solicitor s are calling in Seldo- via homes today and tomorrow to ask for dona tions of cakes, pies, cookies and candy to be raffled on the Wheel of Chance during the evening.
 Ticket sell CTS be- gan making their rounds on Monday and will cont inue to push the carly sale of
Evening star., 1947-09-28
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington. D. C.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1917

TO De reserved for preferred CONVEX
sions. Debenture and preferred
stock proceeds will be used to pay
an 100000 dividend to Reynolds
Metals Co.
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.
received SEC permission to sell
81, 500, 900 of 1&To promissory notes
to banks to finance construction.
Long Island Lighting Co. received
SEC permission to sell $1,000 900 of
1l-month IL % notes to four banks
to finance construction.
Atchison, Topeka g. Santa Fe
Railway earned $2s, ,240,587 or $13.18
a share in eight months of 1947 VS..
SIS, 779 ,683 or 1892 a year earlier.
Pennsylvania Railroad reported a
deficit of $4,666 ,689 in eight months
ended August 81 VS.. a loss of $l8.-
383,861 in the same 1916 period
August net income was $3,423, ,589 VS..
81, ,766 ,684 in August, 1916.
Anderson, Clayton g. Co. earned
$19,787 ,829 or $1318 in u months
ended July 81 VS.. 14,O06 1893 or &c. SO
In the previous year.
Timken-Detroit Axle Co. profit for
IL months ended June 80 was
s6,284,774 or 1921 VS.. s2,966, ,59l or
s1.37 in the preceding year when
sl,o34,l12 was returned from post
war reserves.
Western Maryland Railway earned
$3,3l6,658 in eight months ended
August 81 VS.. S1,352143 a year
earlier.
+; Julius Kayser & Co. profit for -
months ended June 80 was $2,587,-
325 or $3.50 VS.. $1,553,258 or s2.1o
in the preceding fiscal period.
Lukens Steel Co. declared an extra
dividend of go cents and a regular
quarterly of 10 cents, both payable
November IS. This is the first extra
in several years.
Pitney- Bowes, Inc, has purchased
Tickometer Co. of Cleveland and
will operate 1t as a subsidiary.
Gardner-Denver Co. declared a
quarterly dividend of IS cents a
common share, payable October 20.
Previous payments were Is cents.
Evening star., 1947-09-28
Business Briefs
Industrial Production hi,

Industrial Production turned up-
ward in August after declining for
four months Federal Reserve
Board. The boards index stood at
1927 Of the 1859 average in Au-
gust, gain of points from July.
The index declined after a postwar
peak of 100 in March.
Veterans Home Loans made by
life insurance companies under the
GI Bill of Rights have risen to
$547,000, 900, of which 1903 900, ,O0C
was advanced in the first seven
months of 1947-Institute of Life
Insurance. Real estate mortgages
held by the companies on August !
totaled s7.829 ,000, 900, a new record
and gain of more than $1,000
000, 900 from year earlier.
Newspaper Advertising Lineage in
81 cities in August totaled 157, $780,
152, 2 gain of $50 from the same
1s46 month-Media Records. Line
age for eight months totaled 1884,
464,211, rise of 1917.
Mexico's Final Payment for United
States owned oil properties expro-
priated March 18. 1888, will be made
here Tuesday when a check for
s4500,000 will complete the s23 $685.
e91 settlement with interest.
Duke Power Co. registered with
the SEC 252.512 shares of no par
common stock to be offered present
holders at $3.50 a share on the
basis OF one new share for each four
held.
Spartan Tool & Service Co. regis
tered s1,200,0o0 of ~ debentures
and 100000 shares Of 81 par COM
mon stock for provide part of the
plan, equipment and working capi-
tai needed to start operations.
Robertshaw-Fulton Control Co.
registered with the SEC 12O 900
shares of Az %o cumulative converti-
BILE preferred stock and $4,000 COM
mon shares. The firm registered
100000 additional common share
Evening star., 1947-09-28
Capital Securities

The following bid and asked quotations
on Washington securities traded over the
counter represent prices at which one or
sociation OF Securities Dealers, Inc, would
trade with the general public at the time
Star, as of FRIDAY noon
Evening star., 1947-09-28
New York Cotton

NEW YORK. Sept. 27 R.-Cotten fu-
lures dropped in late trading today and
closed at the days lowest levels.
Hedging sales dominated activity with
trade and commission house buying limited
to purchases as prices declined.
Crop advices from the South we're favor
able and dealers reported = taperinR In
demand for spot cotton.
Futures closed s5 cents TO s1.lo bale
Evening star., 1947-09-28

tUnit Of trading, 10 shares. 'Ip bankruptcy re-
being reorsanzed under the Bankruptcy
Of dividends in the foregoing table are annual dis,
declaration Unless otherwise noted. special or extra
dividends are not included xE dividend xr e
Cash stock Paid last year fPaya5ls in 1 stock
paid after stock dividend Or stock spiit-up Aeeum
ulAted dividends paid OF declared this yeAf.
Evening star., 1947-11-20

Room Furniture, Sixth Floor
Evening star., 1947-11-20
Rome Party Husky
Gains His Freedom

ROME ANTARCTIC BASE,
STONINGTON ISLAND, Nov. 16
Delayed (N.ANA0.-Latest report
from the field by the Weddell Coast
sledge party shows that dogs are
surprisingly like humans-or didn't
you know?
Snowshoe Is an Alaskan malemute
with yen for freedom. One night
he chewed through his neck trace
and got away from the tethering
line. He prowled about for a while
without attracting attention. Free
dom was the thing he wanted, not
the wilds.
But freedom isn't much good with
Evening star., 1947-11-20
Miss National Guard
Contest Postponed

The contest to find Miss D. G.
National Guard" originally sched-
uled to be held next week, has been
postponed until spring, 1t has been
announced.
The Thanksgiving Victory Carni-
val, an annual event Of the District
National Guard, will be held as
scheduled on November 20 in the
armory.
Evening star., 1947-11-20
Art NeedIework Reduced

"a Organdy Dresser Scarfs with machine
embroidered design. 14xs4. Were $1.65.
1 Model Rayon Carriage Robe in white with
colored embroidery. 26x38. Was $40. Now
$3.50
Model Rayon Baby Kimono in white with
blue trim and colored embroidery. Was $3.50.
I Model Cotton Luncheon Cloth in white with
conventional design in colored embroidery.
5Ox64. Was $18. Now $12
Model Cotton Bridge Cloths in yellow and
blue with colored embroidery. 35x35 Were
S. Now $500
Model Wool Nursery Rug in cross-stitch
design. Blue ground. 23x34. Was SIS. Now,
$3.50
Model Wool Rug in cross-stitch design. Red
and green design on beige ground. Fringe
edge 25x38. Was $18. Now -- '$12
2 F1owered Cotton Knitting Bags with strap
handles and rayon lining. In blue and rose.
Were $3.50. 30
Evening star., 1947-11-20

100 Balls Of Dritz Sports Wool in light and
dark colors. 2-oz. balls. Were s5c. Now SEC
ESQ Skeins Of Bernat Colorstyle Wool in light
and dark colors. 2-ounce skeins. Were 60c.
Now $50
Model Straw Handbag and Hat Set with
gold -colored metallic trim on navy. The bag
was $18. Now $3.50. The hat was So. Now "a
1 Model Straw Underarm Handbag with slide
fastener. Navy with white trim. Was S18.
Now $3.50
Model Shoulder strap Straw Handbag with
slide fastener and hat to match. Red with
gray trim The bag was $18 Now, $3.50.
The hat was &c. Now - "a
1 Model Straw Underarm Handbag and Hat
Set Bag with slide fastener. Fuchsia. The bag
was $18 Now $3.50. The hat was $6. Now $S
Rayon Taffeta Lingerie Sets with hand
quilted designs. Pink and white. 3-piece
SETS Were $895. IS
Prices include 202o tax where applicable
Evening star., 1947-11-20
Ponzer to Talk on Atom

Irving Panzer, general counsel OF
the National Federation of Atomic
Scientists, will discuss atomic energy
legislation at $40 o'clock tonight in
the assembly hall of National Uni
versity. The talk is sponsored by the
Charles Evans Houghes senate OF
Delta Theta Phi Fraternity.
Evening star., 1947-11-20
Living Room, Dinette Chairs, Tables, Mis-
ceIloneous Pieces, Reduced " and More

l Simulated Leather Cellarette with black
glass top. Less than n price. Now, $50
l Butternut End Table by Tomlinson,
was $98. Now ow------------ $4S
1 Round Mahogany Lamp Table with
brass uprights. Was $35. Now - $3.50
2 Small Lounge Chairs with cotton print
covering Were 500. Now $50
2 Modern Armless Chairs with floral
chintz cover. Were $163. Now $3.50
l Bleached Hardwood finished Coffee
Table. Less than u price Now -. $40
Peter Hunt Coffee Table, hand-dec-
Grated. Was $50. Now--------------$25
Evening star., 1947-11-20

1 Modern Sofa in yellow and gray cotton.
Less than n price. Now-----------$1 $187
Restocrat Chairs with cotton tapestry
covers. Less than u price. Now $50
10 DUAL Chairs of simulated leather with
bleached hardwood legs. Were $3.50.
Now " $11.25
1 Oak Dinette Chair less than Y price
8 Ficks Reed Pine Chairs with cotton web
bing seat and back and simulated leather
nads. Were S24.5O Now $12.25
Maple finished Book Cases. Were $93:
Now $46.50
W&L-Mving Room Furniture, Sixth Flo<
Evening star., 1947-11-20
Electric Heaters, Light
Bulbs and Electric Irons
Reduced

"a Aratherm Electric Heaters. convection
type 1920 watts. Less than price Now.
$3.50
1s Thermador Electric Heaters, upright style
to conserve space. Less than " price. Now.
$4S5
Airette Air Conditioner and Heater Com
binations. Less than " price. Now -- $2S95
Electric Electro-Aire for dispensing house.
hold odors. Less than Y price. Now - S5.S5
4 Eureka Upright Cleaners, used as floor DEM
onstrators Were $3.50. Now $3975
1 CaIcinator Gas Disposal Unit. Used as q
floor sample Less than Y price. Now $50
"a Stern Brown Hot Plates with one burner.
Were $432 $2.16
Walton Electric Humidifiers for most any
size room. Were $780, Now $24.S5
3 Comfort Air Humidifiers were $51.ss. Now.
s3s.s5
1 westinghouse Electric Water Cooler with
5-gallon capacity. Was $239.50 Now, $17S.sS
1 Greyhound Travel Iron, less than u price.
Now $295
l Steam o -matic Iron used as demonstratcr.
Was $16e5 Now $11.95,
6 Mat-Matic Electric Irons used as demon
strators. Were $685. Now $2S5
W&-Electric Appliances, Eighth Floor
Express Elevator Service
Evening star., 1947-11-20

out company, without some one to
say "how clever!" Snowshoe dis
covered. So he began gnawing on
a tent line. OF course the treated
rope might have just tasted good
but, being philosophers, we prefer to
feel that companionable access was
in the furry fellows mind.
Now the sound Of gnawing in the
middle of the night is disturbing,
It is also alarming when you're in
the country. The two occupants Of
the tent were soon awake. A corner
of their tent was beginning to sag,
they noticed.
Minutes later, Snowshoe's freedom
was only a memory.
Evening star., 1947-11-20

The first real ife-boat was con-
structed in the middle of the 18th
century by a London coachmaker
who converted a Norway yawl into
a "unimmergible boat"
Evening star., 1947-11-20
shos -textured Wool Rugs

w&L-Rugs, Sixth Floor
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-17
Depression Ahead Unless Living Costs Hit Toboggan

WASHINGTON, (P) - Senator Pepper D.-Fla.) said yesterday there is no hope for any effort to check rising living costs and "the American people might just as well get ready for another reces- sion."
 The Florida lawmaker told re- porters the Republican-controlled Congress is to blame.
 But Senator Brewster R-Me) said that so far as food prices are concerned, they are high because the Truman administration is shipping, too much food to Europe and other areas.
 Pepper scoffed at this, saying:
 We've got to help those people more, not less. If we want to stop Communism, we've got to make the capitalism of Europe work" '"
 Senator Capehart R.-Ind) said he thinks high prices are linked to this country's foreign aid pro- gram but the basic answer to ris- ing living costs is increased pro- duction.
 eve ought to be working 48 hours a week instead of 40," the
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-17
Italians Strike Against High
 Cost Of Living
(By Frank Brutto)

ROME, (P) - Italian workers, some 100000 of them already on strike, prepared today for a coun- trywide demonstration next Sat urday against the high cost of liv- ing.
 Leaders said hundreds of thou sands of union members would move into city public squares throughout Italy. Rome newspa- pers variously dubbed the demon strations a ''march of hunger" and "prelude to revolution"
 Giuseppe di Vittorio, Commun- ist head of the 5,755, ,OOO-member Italian confederation of labor, and Pietro Neni, pro-communist lead CT of the Socialist party, publicly denied there would be a revolu- ton.
 In a statement, di Vittorio said present strikes and those that will follow" were brought about by misery and economic want among the people and were back ed "only by Italian laborers, of all parties"
 But he added that Saturdays demonstration had been organ ized by political parties support ing the campaign against high living costs and speculations. J Prices of some foods have more than doubled in the last six months.
 On strike today were about one million farm laborers in northern Italy, about 95O,OOO steel workers in Milan, Turin and other cities and bus and railroad office work CTS in some southern, central and northern localities.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-17
Tooth Anniversary U. $. Constitution Adoption

Statement by Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal on the oc- casion of the l60th Anniversary September IT, 1940 of the Adop- ton of the Constitution of the United States.
 Americans today can rely upon the principles of our American way of life-that of true democ- racy for free men. Its origin lies in the most ingenious instrument ever devised for governing free men, the Constitution of the United States, which was framed with wisdom and foresight. The principles established are so elas- tic that it functions as we'll today in a complex modern world as it did in the eighteenth century. We may profitably turn to it's basic guarantee of the fundamental hu- man rights as we seek to assist in restoration of peace to a war-torn world. This nation, guided by the fundamental principles of our Constitution, may provide a bea- con of hope to the world, that all mankind may live in a free soci- -A-
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-17
Marshall Gives
 Bristling Speech At U. N. Meeting
tBY John M. Hightowerl

NEW YORK, (P)-In a speech bristring with censure of Russia, secretary of state George C. Mar shall challenged the United Ma tions today to make a supreme effort" to break the worlds deep ening political and economic cri- sis" and save Greece from the "at- tackS" of it's Balkan Communist neighborS.
 With undiplomatic bluntness, Marshall accused Yugoslavia, Al bania and Bulgaria of hostile and aggressive" acts against Greece, told how three Russian vetoes had blocked security council action to protect the country, then flung this sharp warning to the 55-na- ton U. N. assembly:
 "This assembly cannot stand by as a mere spectator while a mem Der of the United Nations is en- dangered by attacks from abroad. If the United Nations should fail to protect the integrity of one small state, the security of all small states would be placed in jeopardy"
 Marshall laid before the assem- bly, a seven-point action program, dramatically reversing American policy on the veto issue and de- manding that the assembly set up it's own full-time security com mittee to backstop the veto-ridden security council.
 He announced that the United States now favors drastic Liberal ization" of the veto by eliminating it entirely from all security deci- sions on Pacific settlements of in- ternational disputes. The veto could then be used only on issues involving forceful action against aggressors.
 He also called for immediate creation by the assembly of a
 Continued on Page Three
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-17
NEWS IN BRIEF

SEATTLE. (P)-Planes of Pan American World Airways carried 3,56l laborers from Seattle to Alaska this spring and summer, in one of the largest mass movements of construction men by commer- cial air carrier. The construction workers flown to Alaska in the first eight months of this year would populate two cities the size of Nome. Pan American said.
 Men from every state in the na- ton have been recruited to work on military multi-million dollar construction in the Territory.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-17
Hurricane Nears Southern Coast Of Florida

NEW ORLEANS (P)-The New Orleans weather bureau reported today in it's II am. EST advis- ory:
 Communications in extreme south Florida have failed and no reports are available in that area.
 "The center of the hurricane is apparently very near the coast a short distance south of Palm Beach, moving westward to 10 miles per hour. It is attended by winds considerably above 100 miles per hour near the center and gales over a wide area.
 Before communication failed West Palm Beach reported winds 88 miles per hour and Miami Fl miles per hour.
 Hurricane warnings are dis played from north of the Florida Keys to the Titusville-T Tampa line and storm warnings on the Keys and over the peninsula from Jack ----:,,. A. C-i.-
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-17
CIO President
 Charges Waste

DETROIT, P)-President Wal ter Reuther of the CIO united au- to workers said today that fac tionalism within the union was nothing short of tragic" and ac- cused his political rivals of a "Scandalous waste" of $500,000 in dues.
 He also charged that his oppon- ents on the executive board of the union blocked enforcement of a constitutional provision against communists holding office in the UAW-CIO.
 Reuther's accusations were con- tained in a four-page "report to the membership" to appear Fri day in the United Automobile Worker, official union publica- ton.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-17
Russian WithdraWs Request For
 Speech To U. N.
(By Max Harrelson)

NEW YORK (P)-Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei Y. Wis hinsky today withdrew his re- quest to speak before the United Nations assembly this afternoon following the major U. s. policy speech of secretary of state George C. Marshall.
 The Soviet chief delegates move was not explained, but il appeared that Russia wanted time to study Marshall's speech and perhaps get new instructions from Moscow.
 There was no indication as tc when Vishinsky would make Rus. sia's opening policy declaration
 Vishinsky asked the U. N. yes. terday to put his name on today list of speakers. Since then, how. ecver, word leaked out that Mar. shall's speech would contain ( slashing attack on Russia.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-17
Buyers Strike Necessary To Cut Food Prices
CBY The Associated PressD


 The grain market at Chicago opened steady today and then slumped as selling pressure devel- oped, while protests against high food prices echoed across the na- ton.
 The grain market selling was believed caused by the possibility of an increase in margin require ments. Meanwhile, butter on the Chicago mercantile exchange was 34 of cent to 315 cents a pound lower, but live poultry was Un- changed to two cents higher.
 Directors of the Chicago board of trade will decide tomorrow on what action to take on a govern ment request for hike in mar gins on speculative transactions. As traders conjectured regarding the probable action of the board, wheat fell 119 to 21a cents, with the September contract quoted at
 Continued on Page Four)