davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1948-08-09

and Baseball, from February
to May and Cricket from June
to October.
Rules governing the conduct
Of players have also been
adopted and will be published
at a latter date.
The Commission solicts the
cooperation of all athletic
clubs in the planning and car
rying out of a program for the
development of parks and
Fairgrounds throughout the
island.
Clubs in the Frederiksted
district may register with
Alexander Henderson, vice
chairman of the commission
or with John Brown, Secre-
tary Of the Commission.
, 1948-08-09
BIGGEST FLOATING DOCK
TO BE BUILT

Approval has been given for
the building of the largest
floating dock with flush deck,
estimated at $4,000 tons. In adj
dition, two anti-sub cruisers,
four destroyers and six anti
submarine submarine.
, 1948-08-09
Athletes Must Register By August IS

49, Ef&
All athletic clubs in the Is
land who make use of public
Fairgrounds are requested to
register with the Parks and
Fairgrounds Commission, not
later than Monday, August Is.
This decision was reached at
a recent meeting of the Conn
mission.
A schedule has been drafted
and approved after discussions
with members of the several
clubs present. Following is
the schedule of seasons for
games agreed upon and adopt
ed:
Football from October to
January; Basketball from No
vember to March; Volley Ball
from April to June; Softball
, 1948-08-09
Or, Mrs. Anduze Return
From Mainland

DR.. and Mrs. Aubrey An
DUE returned from the main
land where they had gone for
a short visit. DR.. Anduze took
a refresher course at Howard
University; Mrs. Anduze visit
ed her parents.
The couple arrived on Fri
day.
Evening star., 1948-08-08
Might as Well Stop Worrying Over Atomic
Bombs in the Face of This New Threat
ROAD TO SURVIVAL --e.
BY William Vogt. William Sloane Associates 50
Reviewd by CHALMERS ROBERTS.
ROAD TO SURVIVAL

This is a book which calls the
freedom from want" goal "a mon
strous deception" which declares
that the high living standards We
nave set for our farm and urban
populations cannot be realized in
the long pull" and which presents
the world with the choice of two
things-a lower living standard or
a cut in the worlds rapidly growing
populations.
The reason for these conclusions
by Mr.. Vogt, Pan American Union
official, who writes with verve and
conviction, is that we are violating
the formula C=B:E.
The formula means simply that
the carrying capacity of the worlds
land is equal only to the ability of
the land to produce plants for food,
clothing and shelter divided by the
limitations of any environment, Gin
cluding the part of it contrived and
complicated by man." placed on the
lands productive ability. The whole
formula Mr.. Vogt calls the biotic
principle.
At length, Mr.. Vogt demonstrates
beyond doubt that we are destroying
our land-washing it away in ero-
sion, running it by lowering our
water tables, destroying it by the
plow and by overgrazing, overcut-
ting and overcultivating. FN makes
a case on every continent and for
practically every nation. The great
est contributor to the worlds misery
Evening star., 1948-08-08

ON BEING AN AUTHOR
BY Vera Britain. macmillan
Co.; $780,
Other manuals have given more
detailed instructions about the tech
niques of writing. The chief In
terest and value of Miss Brittain's
book is it's high-minded, if slightly
high pitched, presentation OF the
proper professional attitude and its
statement of the writer's response
bility to his own ideals and to his
generation. She is particularly
qualified in this respect since the
integrity and sincerity OF her novels
and autobiography are OF a notably
high order.
Miss Britain does not exactly
take the aspirant's talent for grant,
ed. But she deals less with the
actual creative phase of authorship
than she does with the proper pro-
cedure with a finished manuscript
and the proper behavior after the
acceptance of book. She makes
suggestions about the publisher
author relationship, the advisablllty
of journalism and lecturing as side
lines, building up immunity to vlo-
lently adverse reviews and keeping
ones head in the event of having
produced a best-seller.
A wife and mother herself, Miss
Britain dwells on the Importance OF
discipline and routine in domestic
authorship, since the feminine con-
science, trained by centuries OF ira
dition, is particularly sensitive to
family claims" Her structures are
supplemented by a professional au-
TOPOGRAPHY, and she describes very
frankly hef early mistakes and dis
appointments. She is somewhat
hortatory in telling Of the exorcism
motif in writing and speaks vividly
of the spiritual torments which led
her to write her memorable remlnls-
cences, Testament of Youth" and
which receded after the book was
written.
Her book is really shop-ta on
high level. The notes for this Amer
ican edition by DR.. George Savage
of the University of Washington,
which augment and in some cases
contradict her conclusions, when
they apply to the American scene,
are specific, detailed and most val
liable. M. McG'
Evening star., 1948-08-08

through destruction of the soils fer
tility is corn, an even greater curse,
he says. than that other great gift
Of the Americas, syphilis"
The answer? A conservation pro-
gram of research, education and ac-
tion. But that is not enough. We are
wasting our resources too fast, we
are violating the Hydrologic cycle,
the return to the heavens of the
waters which give life to the earth.
The real answer which Mr.. Vogt
proposes is the limitation of tine
worlds population growth-up, in
the 100 years from 1840 to 1910, from
/ 000,0O0,0 900 to 100000, 900, far be-
yond the lands capacity to sustain
by our present use of it.
The United States, says Mr.. Vogt,
should bargain" with Europe. In
exchange for our present aid pro-
gram I'VE should insist on freedom
of contraception as we insist on
freedom of the press" Before you
can say "but," Mr.. Vogt declares
that the Catholic church, for one,
has approved the principle of popu-
lation control despite its well-known
attitude on contraceptives.
Unless we take these steps, warns
Mr.. Vogt, I'VE may as well give up
all hope of continued civilized life"
Here, then. is book to make the
reader stop Worrying over the atomic
bomb and start worrying whether
there will betany world for the bomb
to destroy.
Evening star., 1948-08-08

REFLECI1ONS OF "A REVENUl
merce Clearing House, Inc; $2J
Reviewed by FRAr
Here is a book about income taxes
which probably will be read by most
of the practitioners of law and &C
counting who are concerned with
the income tax the year around in
stead of just the first two weeks OF
March.
Mr.. Mars, an attorney, has been
with the Internal Revenue Bureau
a quarter of a century and is head
of the bureaus technical staff. He
has laid bare the multitude OF
methods by which the public tries
to dodge tax payments. And he
wishes the courts would call an
evasion an evasion and not by some
euphemism.
"One is impressed" he writes, "by
the refined language by which the
courts today speak of tax-saving
devices. A delicate choice of words
is made between tax avoidance and
tax evasion. In the good old days
when there were nd woman judges
things were more bluntly described" :"
"By Any Other Name"
He quotes a Supreme Court de-
cision-one of the many court rul-
ings cited in the book-which blunt
ly held that a tax dodge was an
evasion and discreditable one
Early decisions on income tax
matters, he says, were remarkably
free from the influence of the moral
code.
Mr.. Mars holds that while the
legal principles of income taxation
have become pretty well established,
collection has Jagged. Narrowing
this gap is of prime Importance, he
holds.
For the next decade, at least,
it is believed that our main battles
will occur on the collection front.
he writes. He also points out that
Evening star., 1948-08-08

for those OF his fellow men VINO
were not his political adversaries.
He was indispensable to the pa
triotic cause in Massachusetts,, sur
rounding it with the respectability
of his great wealth. He was the
first signer of the Declaration OF
independence and risked his neck
when he fixed to that document a
signature as bold as the deed.
Unlike some patriots, he continued
to serve after the Revolution was
won. He was elected II times to
yearly terms as Governor of Massa-
chusetts. And more than any other
man he was responsible for Massa-
chusetts ratifying the Constitution.
All these achievements are made
clear by Mr.. Allen in a not-too-par-
tisan delineation of his subject.
Much research has gone into the
work and the careful Recommendation
has. perhaps, slowed the pace OF
the story.
Mr.. Allen, too, has broken the
slate of those New England his
torians who, for the greater glory OF
the calendar of saints they have
chosen, have painted others in less
favorable colors. F. P. D.
Evening star., 1948-08-08
Nonfction Takes Big
Lead in Local Bookstores

Heat or not, Washingtonians are
not the kind, according to their
booksellers, to 90 bury themselves
In the nearest hammock with frothy
time-killers of murder or romance.
They're sternly buying nonfiction,
these hot days, and in such quantity
that several local bookstores report
that their usual midsummer slump
is not so low as last year. winston
Churchilrs memoirs, one of the
heftiest. most expensive items on
the market, is way out in front as
best-seller.
Novel buying, however. has fallen
off very much in the last six months,
a casualty, it is said, of the high cost
of living. While fiction has not
taken jump in price comparable
to that of beefsteak, it is still by
passed by customers who feel that
it is luxury and should be rented
rather than bought.
Most booksellers agree that the
tremendous interest in nonfiction
which began during the war has in
creased steadily with the publica-
ton of memoirs of war leaders. Tho
fact that it is campaign year, they
feel, may have something to do with
their popularity.
Evening star., 1948-08-08
With Suspension
OF Disbelief
FAMILY AFFAIR
BY Mary Fassett Hunt. (Harper
& Bros; $2.75.J

BY Mary Fassett Hunt. (Harper
& Bros; $275.)
Reviewed by
MARGARET BLAIR SHUMAKER.
Nineteenth century critics talked
about the necessity of reading some
things with "a willing suspension of
disbelief" In discussing Family
Affair."" the phrase is a handy one.
If you were to 60 through this
book trying to see If it mirrored life
you would be sadly disappointed. If
you go at it with the idea of being
entertained by attractive people
who do implausible things. then you
will derive good deal OF satisfac-
ton from it.
This is the story of . woman who
has devoted herself SO much to her
own interests that she suddenly dis
covers her husband, of whom she
had always felt sure, in love with
the wife of their next-door neighbor,
a woman with little to recommend
her other than superabundance
of femininity. The lengths to which
the wife goes to get him back, the
actions of their 14-year-old son,
the husbands behavior, in short the
behavior of every one in the novel
seems completely unrealistic. If you
can achieve "a willing suspension of
disbelief" however, the novel is in
teresting, the characters attractive
and the plot unusual and full, al
though completely remote from life.
Evening star., 1948-08-08
Reviewed by
EDWIN TREBLE.

Admirers of Mr.. CONN (and there
are many will welcome this book
which includes all his verse to date
which he feels should be preserved.
One of our most widely published
poets, Mr.. Coffin expresses his
pleasant sentiments in easy, grace
full lines without taxing the imagi-
nation of the reader. In form he is
traditional-buti it is in the best ira
dition of lyric verse.
Evening star., 1948-08-08

CTS P. DOUGLAS.
no useful purpose is served when
the collector wins tax case but is
unable to put the tax revenue In
the Treasury.
The book is dedicated to Mr.
Mars fellow revenuers. His service,
he said, has left him with the be-
lief they probably value tax dollar
higher than any other person does.
He expresses amazement, too, that
the average citizen does not recog-
nize the direct connection between
governmental activities. govern
mental expenditures and the tax
burden. -.-...
Where Does. the Money Go?
It is o serious matter, he says,
to take, sometimes by summary pro-
ceedings, portion Of mans prop
erty with no direct or visible COM
pensation. The tax payers reaction
seems to depend not only on his
own personal situation but also on
how the tax money is to be used,
whether for revenue alone or for
redistribution of wealth, whether
governmental activities are along
orthodox lines. and whether the
money collected Is to be spent at
home or 'aboad.
Even an imperfect revenue law. Il
wisely administered and with a
reasonable attitude on the part of
the taxpayers, will produce salts
factory results, Mr.. Marrs says,
adding: THE secret Of success in
revenue administration is not legal
perfection but impartiality and
flnality of determinations"
Evening star., 1948-08-08

pere." as he was always called,
exerted an overpowering, confusing
and lasting influence on the girl.
But Georgiana's psychological state
from time to time Is described with
self-conscious verbal virtuosity
which runs to clever phrases, highly
involved figures of speech and SEN
tences that go on and on. 1t Is
satire, but never quite clear.
Maude Phelps Hutchins, early
married to Robert Maynard Hutch
ms, who became president of the
University of Chicago, is a sculptor
of international reputation. Perhaps
she could have expressed Georgiana
better in clay.
x&
THE SCENIC ART
BY Henry James. (Rutgers Uni
Uersity;; s4.50J
The current resurgence of interest
in the novelist has brought this COL
lection of dramatic criticisms which
he contributed to magazines and
newspapers between 1872 and 1901.
His opinion of the French stage was
high. He wrote of the London thea
ter in less flattering terms, and
said, On at least one occasion, that
the drama at large in America"
was neither artistic nor fine" Some
of the articles are evaluations of
playwrights or of leading actors and
actresses.
Evening star., 1948-08-08
ThHty-Four Top
News Stories
STAR REPORTERS
BY Ward Greene. (Random
House.: S3.)
Reviewed by
PHILIP H. LOVE.

An old-time reporter, now execu-
tive editor of a large newspaper
syndicate, here presents his selec-
ton of "a great news stories. Henry
Morton Stanley's account OF his
finding of DR.. David Livingstone
in Africa leads off the collection,
and other famous newspaper writer's
represented include Richard Hard
ing Davis, Frank Ward OMaley,
H. L. Mencken, Haywood Broun,
Irving S. Cobb Gene Fowler, Don
Marquis, Damon Runyon and Grant
land Rice. The volume should be
OF interest and value to editors,
reporters, writers and students OF
journalism and writing.
Evening star., 1948-08-08
Stage Settings
For Presidents
From,New York

POLITICS IN THE
EMPIRE STATE
BY Warren Moscow. (Altred A.
Knopf, Inc; $3.)
Reviewed by
j. A. OLEARY.
New York's Al electoral votes are
such a coveted prize in any Presi-
Dental election that politics in the
Empire State is always subject
of national interest. The difficulty
of entering the White House without
carrying New York should make the
political doings of that State timely
reading to the wheat farmer in
Kansas or an industrial worker in
Detroit.
In this book the author is not
dealing with the current issues and
candidates of 1913. But he is ready
to take those who open its pages
behind the scenes for an orderly
picture of the stage-settings that
usually enter into a political cam
paign in New York.
Such factors as the constant
struggle between Democratic New
York City and upstate Republi-
can areas; the part played by the
various racial groups who make up
the States cosmopolitan electorate,
and the Importance of the splinter
parties are all made clearer for the
rest of the Nation.
Those who read this book will
find it easier to follow and evaluate
the current political news from New
York this fall when the national
political campaign gets into full
swing.
Mr.. Moscow is a political writer
for the New York Times. Although
still a young man, he has f1rst-hand
knowledge of the political happen
lngs of the last twenty-odd years.
And he reliews the events of that
period with a clarity that only a
political reporter who was on the
scene could achieve.
He gives a bird's-eye view of the
career of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey,
but the book is not a comprehensive
biography of this years Republican
standard bearer. 1t recounts the
Dewey rise to power in the State,
along with a review of the careers
of AL Smith, Herbert H. Lehman,
La Guardia and others who have
made political history in the recent
past.
Evening star., 1948-08-08

do Oukllt AOdlllS
is said to have
put it at one
time. Mr.. Allen
has done a good
job of replacing
the straw with
flesh and blood.
According to
the author, van
ity pufed out
the frilled shirt
and white satin
waistcoat, b u t
the heart be-
meath beat for
his country and
with sympathy
Evening star., 1948-08-08
Reading and Writing
Author Noble ] ellis How He Discovered
His Hidden Heroine of the Civil War
By Mory McGroy

tional affairs called Star Of the
West and for many years contrib
|uted political articles to so news
papers. She was in constant corr
respondence with the political lead
ers of her day, whom she knew well.
thanks to her pre-eminent social
position and enterprising nature.
"She was way ahead of her time"
said Mr.. Noble, heavy-set man
with dark curly hair. Why, they
have a document of hers on civil
rights over here in the State De-
partment that sounds pretty strong
even today"
Mr.. and Mrs. Noble live in Sher-
man Oaks, Calf, where they went
to stay for four weeks 10 years ago.
Evening star., 1948-08-08
Collected Verse
Of an Old Fovorite

COLLECTED POEMS OF ROB-
ERT P. TRISTRAM COFFIN.
(The Macmillan Co., Ne,o York. ;
S5.)
Evening star., 1948-08-08
Here's hnHoncock
In Flesh and Blood

JOHN HANCOCK; PATRIOT
IN PURPLE
BY Herbert S. Allen. Macmillan
Co.; $6.)
The man whose name has come
to be used as synonym for sigma
ture has long been thought of as a
stuffed shirt-or an empty barrel"
Evening star., 1948-08-08
THE ECONOMIC REPORTS OF
THE PRESIDENT. (Reynal &

The PRESIDENT. TReyHuI q
Hitchcock: $780,
An analysis of current business
conditions in the United States and
a program "for promoting national
prosperity" as prepared and trans
mitted to Congress by President
Truman In three separate reports
M. S. B.
Evening star., 1948-08-08
Literary Notes
From Capitol Hill

Blinking into the light of a dozen
camera flash bulbs just before he
took the stand at the current Senate
committee hearings, Louis r. Bur-
denz, onetime managing editor of
the Daily Worker who renounced
communism and re-embraced Cath
olicism. disclosed that he was hard
at work on a sequel to his first book,
This Is My Story" 1t will be called
Men Without Faces" and disclose
Communist activities In the labor
movement.
1t is probably news. too. that Miss
Elizabeth Bentley, self-styled Soviet
spy, whose revelations on the stand
were considered more exciting than
Oppenheim has not yet decided
whether or not she will write her
according to reliable
sources. She doesn't, as a matter
of fact. know quite what she will
do, until the smoke has cleared"
Evening star., 1948-08-08
Things to Look Forward to:

Things to Look Forward to:
James Thur er's The Beast in
Me and Other Animals" which will
be published in September; Carl
Sandburg's first novel, "Remem-
brance Rock" coming in October,
and a uniform edition of four ia
nous novels by Virginia Woolf, to
wit: Mrs. Balloway," ITO the Light
house" The Waves" and Orlando"
promised for August,
Evening star., 1948-08-08
u. S. Income Tax Expert Uncovers Tricks
Tax Dodqers Use to Cheat Government

REFLECTIONS OF A REVENUER BY Aubrey R. Marrs (Com
,nerce Clearing House, Inc; ST.
Reviewed by FRANCIS DOUGLAS.
Evening star., 1948-08-08
High-Level Shopto|k
About Writing

ON BEING AN AUTHOR
BY Vera Britain. fMdcmilldn
Co.: $780,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-10-28
JUDGE FELT HAS HAD
EXTENDED EXPERIENCE
IN STATE MATTERS

Judge Stanley f. Felt OF Billings
the Republican nominee for Attor-
ney Genera, was born on an Iowa
farm, educated in the public schools
of Iowa, and at the University OF
Iowa and the University of Mich
igan He came to Montana and
began the practice Of law at Glen
dive in 1910. practicing there until
World War l. during which time he
held the office of County Attorney
of Dawson County He served in
the Infantry for year and a half.
After returning to the State he
began practicing law at Terry He
was elected one of the judges of the
sixteenth judicial district, serving
for sixteen years, with his residence
and official headquarters at Baker
He was frequently called into the
other district of the State and pre-
sided occasionally in more than one
half of the counties of the State.
Since retiring from the bench. he
has engaged in the private practice
of law at Billings
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-10-28
Young Couple Toke
Marriage Vows

In the Presbyterian Manse on the
afternoon of October 81, at 100 p.
m, Miss Shirley Switzer, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Switzer of
Libby. became the bride of Edwin
Mason, son of Mrs. Edith Mason of
Troy, with Reverend Davidson read
ing the ring ceremony
The bride wore a grey dress with
wine accessories and carried a bou-
quet of yellow roses. Her maid of
honor, Miss Joan Kemp, wore a
black dress with green accessories
and carried a bouquet of pink and
white carnations. Walter Mason.
brother of the groom, acted as best
man
Following the marriage ceremony.
a reception was held at the home of
the brides parents for immediate
members of the families.
After the reception the couple left
on trip to Idaho where they visited
friends in Occur d'Alene, kellogg,
and Wallace. They returned to Lib
by Sunday October "a, where they
will make their home.
The bride is a graduate of Libby
High School and the groom is a
graduate of the Troy High.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-10-28
Deer Kill Light In
Lincoln County

Following is the report of the
number of deer bagged by hunters
as reported in at the various check
ing stations in Lincoln county the
report having been turned in by
AIDE Zaianc and Jack Schmautz who
are in charge of the county's check
ing station:
Stryker station, up to Oct 81
Eight Whitehall, two blacktail, and
at Wetzel's Service Station, Eureka,
two Whitehall; $50 hunters
Teepee Springs, on Yak River
Road, up to Oct. 27-Three black
two Whitehall at Makin's Service
Station, Troy; As hunters.
tail, two Whitehall, one black bear;
Lost Prairie Station-13 Whitehall,
six mule deer, two black bear; 274
hunters.
Station at intersection of Wolf
Creek road and No. 2.-Three mule
deer, one Whitehall; SO hunters.
Both Zajanc and Schmautz urge
all hunters to report their deer or
other game. They emphasize this
is merely game study and has no
enforcement features whatever.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-10-28
ENTERTAIN ETHEL KROGRESS
ASSEMBLY VICE-PRES.
MEDORA REBEKAH LODGE

Medora Rebekah Lodge enter
tanned Assembly Vice Pres. Ethel
KrogresS at the regular meeting OF
the Lodge held on Oct 10. Pre-
ceding the Lodge meeting deli
ciouS baked ham dinner was ser
we'd by the Moose ladies. Some 81
members and guests were seated at
tables beautifully decorted with
Autumn cOlors and native berry
spray.
After the opening welcome by
three members, Sister Krogress was
introduced, also sister Mary Barrett.
past pres of the Patriarchs Auxi-
liary. Each were presented with
an Orchid corsage. The group then
retired to the l. o. o. F. Hall where
initiation was conducted by the of
ficers of the Lodge under the lead
erShip of Captain Letha Sauer.
Sister Krogress gave a most in
spring talk and left many good
thoughts for our consideration. She
was presented with a gift.
At the close of this interesting
meeting, everyone retired to the
dining room for the social hour. We
were greeted by lovely decorations
Of Halloween, including black cats,
witches and pumpkin faces that
peered at US from stacks of corn
while we devoured the delicious re
freshmentS of ice cream, cookies.
and coffee.-Reporter.