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Evening star., 1948-11-07
ALVEY Novel
OF Britoin's
Naval Prowess
CAPTAIN FOR ELIZABETH
BY Jan Wescott. (CroDn; So
Reviewed by


CAPTAIN FOR ELIZABETH
BY Jan Wescott. (Cro1pn; $3.)
Reviewed by
NINA PEMBERTON
Few British sovereigns have beer
served with greater loyalty than was
Queen Elizabeth. Among the galaxy
of faithful and victorious sea cap
tains was Tom Cavendish. The ad-
venturous two-year voyage of the
flagship Desire, under the COM
mand Of Capt. Cavendish, forms the
stage for this healthy and lively
novel.
Britain and Spain were locked in
deadly warfare at sea. The re-
doubtable Spanish armada was caus-
ing all England to shudder in fear,
and it was up to the courage and
astuteness of Good Queen Bess'
captains to outwit and Outright that
menace. The voyage of the Desire
was one of grim determination. It's
purpose was to sink and plunder
all ships that showed the Spanish
flag, and to make maps and charts
of foreign waters to plot the course
of Britain's future stakes in the
world.
The high light of events was the
capture and crippling of the great
spanish galleon, the Santa Anna, at
Cape st. Lucas, of the northern tip
Of California, 1t was not only the
capture of this dread monster of
the seas that filled Tom Cavendish
with joy and pride, but the beauti-
full passenger that he found on
board her, Catherine de Montoro.
Philadelphia-born Jan Wescott
has succeeded in bringing to life
the feeling of great loyalty, courage
and determination that so helped to
lay the foundations of what was to
become the greatest empire in the
world.
Evening star., 1948-11-07
Andre Mourois
.Populoriizes
FrenchHist
THE MIRACLE OF FRANCE
BY Andre Maurois. Harper 4
Bros: So

THE MIRACLE OF FRANCE
BY Andre Maurois. Harper G.
Bros; So
Reviewed by
FRANCIS DOUGLAS.
One way to popularize the study
OF history would be to get Mr.. Maui
rois to write more histories.
Not only is he a talented his
torian but he makes history inter-
esting-eyen exciting-in the Car
lyle tradition rather than the ira
dition of'scholarship. g.,
What does history tell us of
France today? Mr.. Maurois states
his, judgment clearly. It is that in
the past there has been usually a
third force to save the country
from the excesses of the right and
of the left.
Several times in the course of
her history France has seemed
bankrupt, now by invasion, now by
civil war" he writes. "Ofter other
peoples have thought that she was
lost, but she has always driven the
invader out promptly, and always
a middle party has finally rebuilt
French unity long enough to make
reconstruction possible"
Mr.. Maurois gives life to the great
cavalcade which has moved across
the stage Of France: Charlemagne,
st. Louis, st. Joan, Henry of Ma
varre, Louis XIV, Napoleon and
others.
The nation has been crushed
tragically. But blessed with a fer
tile land and a people who work,
she has risen again. She has had
a full quota of military glories. But
they have been surpassed by her
glories of peace which have been
contributions of incalculable value
to the world.
All this Mr.. Maurois tells us again
in his most readable style.
Evening star., 1948-11-07
Morrison Records the Novy's
Darkest Days, in Volume iii
iUN IN THE PACIFIC

THE RISING SUN IN THE PACIFIC
BY Samuel Eliot Boston Atlantic Little Bron $6J
Reviewed by REX COLLIER
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When the British
Rallied to the Cry,
ON to Virginia.
ROANOKE HUNDRED
BY 1nglis Fletcher. (Bobbs- -Mer-
riH;; $780,
Reviewed BY
COURTENAY PLASKITT,

ny 1IiSIlS letCIlcT. f6OOOS-MST-
rtH;; $780,
Reviewed BY
COURTENAY PLASKITT.
""To Virginia! On to Virginia =
became a rallying cry in the shires.
So great was the enthusiasm that
the Queen became alarmed. Who
will be left to guard our shores if
the Spaniards Gomez she cried to
Raleigh. That Unsuitable Grenville
will absorb all my men and all my
ships. Have done, Raleigh Be-
cause of this, Sir Walter Raleigh
wrote to Sir. Richard Grenville, who
was to be admiral Of the voyage
BE content with a hundred men,
my cousin, a hundred for Roanoke
Or shall we say the Roanoke
Hundred?"
Mrs. Fletcher's excellent novel Is
a luminous picture of life in Eng
lands shires in the late 1500s; of the
sea voyage under command of Sir
Richard Grenville, a man of heroic
stature, and Of the difficulties in
volved in this first English attempt
to plant permanent colony in the
New World.
No less an opponent than the
wilderness to it's success were the
personal jealousies and other char
acter deficiencies of some of the
men who numbered in the Roanoke
hundred. Few Of the characters are
fictitious-few such are needed
when the subject is as intriguing
as this and the author as skilled,
Evening star., 1948-11-07
Hector BoIitho
Does New Book
On Victoria

THE REIGN OF QUEEN VIC
TORIA
BY Hector Bolitho. (The Mac
milan Co.; $5)
This excellent biography of
Queen Victoria is more than an
acute, If affectionate, study of a
strong-willed woman who is q
symbol of formidable respecta-
bility." It is equally absorbing
as a meticulous history of the criss-
crossed European affairs in which
she was involved through her FAM
lily connections, during the 67 years
OF her reign. which saw unparalleled
expansion in the British Empire.
Mr.. Bolitho has already written a
biography of this matriarch whose
longevity and stubborness made her
a legend in her lifetime. But the
availability of new land, he feels,
vindicating) letters relating to Vic
toria's father, the Duke of Kent,
whose remuneration of his mistress
changed the course of English his
tory. and also recently unearthed
correspondence between the Prince
Consort and his tutor justifies an
other volume. Even without these
revelations, THE Reign of Victoria" /"
would be worthwhile, for she is
fascinating, not so much for quail
ties Of heart and mind, but for the
consistency with which she kept
strict tabs on her nine children and
on her far-fiung imperial possess
sions.
The Queens Marriage.
The marriage of Queen Victoria,
who was madly in love with her
husband, is extremely well done.
Despite his wife's alteration, the
German Prince Consort had uphill
work to make a place of his own in
her country. At first she refused
him any share in her political bur-
dens. He had further. at that time,
to contend with the ubiquitous
Baroness Lehzen, his wife's gov
erness. Gradually. however, the
Queen began to lean on his judg-
ment, and through his own un-
remitting industry and devotion to
duty he came to be respected and
even loved by the English. Mr..
Bolitho takes particular pains to
show that Albert's moderation of
the protest sent by Britain to Amer
lea in 1861 during the Trent affair
may we'll have averted the threat
of war between England and the
north.
On the delicate question of
whether Albert returned his wife's
love for him, Mr..
Bolitho is automatically silent.
Victoria's long widowhood, spent
largely at Windsor, and her almost
wilful refusal of any comfort in her
loss is sympathetically treated.
During those a. years she reverted,
unchecked to the strong g-headedness
of her girlhood. She enjoyed to
oAASAA DCyOllO-1lCf
royal prerogatives. Her plain, Oft
aversions to the Liberals,
her detestation of such measures as
the Irish home-rule bill and the
reorganization of the House Of
Lords, her panied acceptance of the
recurring ministries of Gladstone,
her delight in those of Disraeli,
are interesting instances of her sub
jective approach to government.
She had one notable lack of success
in management: her handling of
her son "Bertie," later Edward VII.
The restricted measures imposed by
his father and slavishly followed by
her were the cause of grave mis-
understandings between the pair.
Despite all the detail of wars and
continental diplomacy. Mr.. Bolitho
keeps the dumpy. authoritative fig
ure of the Queen in the foreground
where she belongs. M. Meg.
Evening star., 1948-11-07
UnexpIoited Fiction Source

Washington is an unexploited
source of much good fiction. in the
opinion of Frederick Reinstein, di-
rector of the National Literary
Agency at 1719 Eye street NV, the
Capitals first full time literary
agency. Mr.. Reinstein, a former
New England feature writer and
book reviewer. who is being assisted
by Beatrice M. Murphy, editor of
Ebony Rhythm" is particularly on
the lookout for new young writers.
The National Literary Agency Is
one Of q chain which has Offices in
Baltimore, New York and Boston.
Evening star., 1948-11-07
By Mary McGroY

had thought Of marking his grave
herself, then decided that it was
only the privilege Of the country.
She thinks a bill to correct the mat
ter should be introduced in Con-
gress. So far she has not been
able to prevail upon her husband
to make the move. But any one
who has met Mrs. Murdock and
glimpsed her perseverance and in
dustry will probably feel safe in
predicting that it will surely come
about some day.
Evening star., 1948-11-07
Crime and
Mystery
BY Miriom Ottenbero

The ID. A. Takes a Chance, by Erie
Stanley Gardner. Morrow & Co.;
s2.50D
Doug Selby, fearless prosecutor,
and Sylvia Martin, helpful girl re-
porter. occupy roles played in other
Gardner classics by Perry Mason
and his faithful Della, but the
formula is otherwise the same.
Selby, according to the booksellers,
is less popular than Mason with
Gardner devotees, but there is no
perceptible reason for this, as can
be seen by the current effort. This
one involves a mysterious pistol
shot, blond who might have COM
mitted hari-kari, but probably was
murdered, and a lot of political
maneuvering to install a new park
ing device ingeniously called Kar-
park. Selby, aided by Sylvia and
the county sheriff, copes with a
politico's unsavory brother in law,
the cool character who owns Kar-
park and a smoothly villainous
lawyer.
The Inconvenient Bride. by James
M. Fox. (Coward-McCann, Inc;
$2D
John and Suzy Marshall, an at
tractive detective team, are asked to
help solve the problems of British
war bride whose wounded American
husband seems singularly uninter-
ested in ever seeing her again. The
young husband is obviously ill, but
could that alone account for his
mothers determination to keep his
wife from his side? A somewhat
funny badger game attempt and a
cllmactic scene where our hero gets
stabbed with morphine needle
highlight an otherwise pedestrian
effort that isn't on a par with the
earlier adventures of the Marshalls.
Voice Out Of Darkness, by Ursula
Curtiss. (Dodd, Mead g. Co.;
$2.50)
The author of this $1,000 Red
Badge Prize mystery comes from a
writing family. Her mother is
Helen Reilly, a craftsman in the
mystery field, and her uncle is John
Kieran of Information Please"
Her first novel indicates talent can
be inherited. It has a parcel of
likely suspects, more than its fair
share of suspense and romance to
boot. Problem is who is sending
those nasty anonymous notes to
Katy accusing her of numbering her
stepsister dozen years earlier. And
how are those notes mixed up with
the accidental" deaths of the vii
lage gossip and an unpleasant
sculptress? The denouement is not
a total surprise, but you can't have
everything.
The Queens Awards, 194s, edited by
Ellery Queen. Little, Brown g.
Co.; 49,
Best Detective Stories of the Year
lS4S. edited by David c. Cooke.
E. P. Dutton g. Co., Inc; $2.5O.)
Criticism of last years awards for
the best stories in Ellery Queens
mystery magazine should be laid to
rest with this years top prize win
ner, a picturesque short story by
Alfredo Segre about the chain of
events after beheaded mans body
is found outside a small italian
town. Fifteen other prize stories
are a happy blending of the sensa-
tional with the intellectual, stories
OF suspense and the locked-room
formula and variety of detective
types. They provide more sur
prises than the Cooke collection, but
the latter has some first-rate puz-
zlers from such professionals as @.
Patrick, Anthony Boucher, Hugh
Pentecost, Lawrence G. Blochman
and the ubiquitous Ellery Queen.
Evening star., 1948-11-07

THE REIGN OF QUEEN VIC
TORIA
BY Hector Bolitho. (The Mac
milan Co.; $5)
Evening star., 1948-11-07

Reviewed by r
As the title OF the third volume
Of Prof. Morison's naval history
series indicates, this is the story Of
the decline Of American seapower-
and prestige-to its lowest level. It
Is the story Of the Allies disarming
while Japan secretly built q formi-
dable navy. developed island bases
and started her southwark expan-
sion via China; Of Pearl Harbor,
Wake, the Philippines, Singapore
and the Dutch Indies; Of our grim
reverses, our mistakes, our heroic
resistance against overwhelming
odds in the dark days of December,
1941, and through April of ~.
The first two volumes of this his
tory Of United States naval opera
tons In World War II covered the
battle Of the Atlantic from 1899 to
1943 and the naval aspects Of the
North African invasion. Prof. Mori-
son has maintained, If not exceeded
the high standard of reliability and
authenticity set in the earlier works.
Although Defense Secretary For
restal reminds the reader that the
Morrison series is not to be consid-
cred Official" the fact remains that
Prof. Morrison was commissioned by
the late Secretary Frank Knox to
write this well-documented account
of the Navy's fortunes and misfor-
tunes and that he was given access
to all the information needed to do
the job. It is well that Mr.. Knox
and Mr.. Forrestal permitted Capt.
Morrison to forget Official format
and follow his own free-fowing
style.
From Both Sides.
This book contains what undoubt-
edly is the most complete, objective
narrative Of the Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor and of the events lead
ing up to it, both from the American
and Japanese standpoints. Prof.
Morrison deliberately delayed writing
this account until he and his staff
had done a thorough research task
not only at the Navy Department
here but in Japanese naval archives
in Tokyo. The organization of the
task force and the progress of the
operation from start to finish are
related in Illuminating detail. No
less detailed are the descriptions of
shortcomings and grim courage of
our own forces at our main Pacific
base.
incidentally, Prof. Morrison has
some kind words to say about Ad-
miral Kimmel. He believes his sum-
mary removal from command Of the
Pacific Fleet was an error which led
to failure of the Nays later at
tempt to relieve beleaguered Wake
Island.
Tragedy and Devotion.
The bitter but glorious rear-guard
operations Of the remnants OF Ad-
miral Hart's Asiatic Fleet during
the invasion of the Philippines and
in the subsequent actions south
ward, as the triumphant JapsI
pushed inexorably toward the Malay
Peninsula and Java, are described
In a manner to arouse mixed emo
tions. These chapters are replete
with stark tragedy and selfiess de-
votion to duty by men who realized
they did not have q chance.
Fortunately, volume III ends on
an optimistic and inspiring note.
Evening star., 1948-11-07

the nnaI chapter recOuntS the tuII
story Of the Doolittle raid until the
moment of takeoff of Gen. Dooi4t-
ties valiant flyers. The same note
will be evident in the fourth vol.
ume, for it will be devoted to the
first American victories In the Pa
cific, including the decisive defeat
of the japanese feet at Midway.
That should be book well worth
waiting for.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-10-14
County Legion
Council Planned

Temporary officers for a Noble
county legion council were
elected Tuesday evening at a
meeting of Caldwell post No. 252
legionaires.
The new council is being Or
ganized by Jack McCrea, field
director of the American legion.
Mr.. McCrea was present at the
Tuesday evening meeting and as
sisted in forming temporary plans
for the group.
The first meeting of the coun-
Gil will be held Wednesday eve
ming, November 10, at 7:30 p. m.
in the legion hall at Caldwell
All members of county legion
posts are cordially invited to at
tend. At the meeting bylaws and
the constitution for the new
council will be discussed.
Temporary officers elected
Tuesday evening include: Dwight
Barlow, county legion comman-
der; Clyde Stevens, first vice
commander and Dwight Wiley,
adjutant.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-10-14
Walter HutchinS Is
Injured In Accident

Walter Hutchins, World War II
veteran and resident of the Dud-
ley community, was in st. Fran
els hospital, Cambridge, today
suffering from a gunshot wound
in his right leg following an ac-
cident at his home.
Mr.. Hutchins had been target
shooting with a revolver, Tues
day morning, and was placing the
weapon in its holster on his right
hip when the gun was accidental
ly discharged. The bullet entered
the right thigh and ranged down.
ward, just missing the bone.
The wounded man was re-
moved to St. Francis hospital.
According to reports he is recov-
ering nicely and expects to be
dismissed from the hospital, Fri
day. ~S
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-10-14
SO Years Old, But
He's Still Driving

Eliza Triplett, of Beaver town.
ship, who will observe his 88th
birthday next New Years day,
doesn't let little thing like age
bother him, when it comes to
driving an automobile.
When the operators licenses
first went on sale in Batesville,
Triplett was right up in the
front lines to get his 1949 permit
and he intends to use it.
Despite his age, Triplett re-
sides on a farm in Beaver town
ship and remains very active but
not only when it comes to auto
mobiles, for he is willing and
able to do just about anything
pertaining to farm work.
His many friends and neigh
bors in Beaver township are
hopeful that he will be first in
line for several years to come.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-10-14
First Set Of Tnplets, Tl0o Boys One Girl, Born
To Mr.: And Mrs. Louie Bro1On At Cambridge

was born at 1855 Thursday
evening followed five minutes
later by two pound, six
ounce boy and at sos, the sec
ond boy, weighing two pounds,
II ounces, arrived.
The two boys were placed
in an incubator at the hospital
but one of the boys died at
7:30 p. M, Friday ans the sec
ond died at Gas Saturday eve
ming. Names given to the two
sons were Daniel Morgan and
David Joseph, They had been
named for their grandfathers,
Joseph Brown, of Belle Valley,
and Morgan Tilton, of West
street.
Services were held at the
Murphy funeral home Sun
day at 200 p. m. for the in
fants. Rev. D. Hamilton Funk,
pastor of the First Presbyter-
ian church, officiated. Inter
ment was made in the Sharon
cemetery.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-10-14

in counting the ballots, after
the polls have been closed.
The presiding judge in each
of the "a precincts of the
county are of the same political
faith of the party which carried
the greatest number of votes in
that particular precinct on the
previous election.
Although only three weeks re-
main until the presidential ell
ection, it is very quiet in Noble
county, leading some observers
to believe that the voters have
already made up their mind,
with very little shouting.
The complete list of judges and
clerks for the Nov. 2 election
is as follows:
Beaver-Harry Stotts, presid-
ing judge; Richard Starr, Paul
Denius. Richard Wehr, judges;
Mildred Day, Doris Reed, clerks.
Batesville-George Hyett, pre-
siding judge; Ira Wehr, Glass
Powell, Homer Powell, judges;
Florence Goodhart, Margaret At
kinson, clerks.
Brookfield - Dewey Caldwell,
presiding judge; Audrey McEl-
roy, Doyle Teters, L. E. Hedge,
judges; Franz McNutt, E. r. Til
den, clerks.
Buffalo - Raymond Wheeler,
presiding judge; Thomas Gale,
haywood Lafollett, Mrs. Yea
Hops, judges; Blanche West,
Roy K. Davis, clerks.
East Center - Aaron Henry,
presiding judge; Ford Archer, Al
bert Craig, Amy Stevens, judges;
Marie Polling, Bonny Robinson,
clerks.
West Center-Mrs. Lena John,
son, presiding judge; Mrs. Fran
ces Kirkbride, Roy Thomas,
Owen Larrick, judges; E. o. Bond
Mrs. Sarah Highman, clerks.
Sarahsville - Almeda Stotts-
berry, presiding judge; Laura
Depew, Ocie Secrest, Roy Mellon,
Judges; Ruth Kirk, Rosella
Young, clerks.
Enoch-Elmer- L. Schott, pre-
siding judge; Moses Tonnous. Ma
dine Wickham. Joseph Ball,
judges; George Schockling, AL
bert Fogle, clerks.
Continued on Page Seven)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-10-14
Juf'ge Phillips To
Speak In Caldwell

Judge Elmer T. Phillips, of
Youngstown, member of the
seventh court of appeals, which
serves Noble county, will be the
principal speaker, Tuesday eve
ming, Oct. 26, when the combin-
ed meeting of the Woman's Lit
erary club and the Parent Teach
ers association is held at the
Caldwell high school auditorium.
Judge Phillips has spoken in
Caldwell on several occasions
and recently filled the pulpit of
theGocal Methodist church.
At the Oct 26 meeting, Judge
Phillips will talk on the subject,
"Who Is Delinquent"
A cordial invitation has been
extended to the general public
to attend this meeting.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-10-14

The stork walked into st.
Francis hospital, Cambridge,
last Thursday evening and
when he left some ten minutes
later, he had supervised the
delivery of triplets, two boys
and a girl, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Louie w. Brown, of West
street.
Friday morning all of Noble
county was. buzzing about the
event and digging into the rec
ords to determine when the
last such event occurred.
This was the first set of
triplets to be born in Noble
county in thirty-four years.
The last known, according to
the records, were born to Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Spurgis, of near
Belle Valley in 1914. The
Spurgis triplets, also two boys
and a girl, are now living in
Chicago, Ill.
The first baby, a girl weigh
ing three pounds, Is ounces,
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-10-14
Veteran Returning
Home From France

Pvt. Donald G. Morrison, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gather Morrison,
Senecaville, route one, is among
the repatriated veterans, whose
bodies are being returned from
the European theatre on the U. S.
Carol Victory.
Pvt. Morrison was killed in
action, September IA, 1914, near
Brest and was buried in St,
James cemetery, France.
He entered the service from
Noble county, December %,
l943, and received his basic train
ing at Camp Blanding, Fla. He
went overseas from Ft. George G..
Meade, Md, August IL, 1914. The
young man was % years old on
September 7, 1914 and met his
death just seven days later.
He was a graduate of Sarahs-
vile high school, class of 1889.
The Meek funeral home in Sene-
caville will be in charge of the
military services and interment
will be made at Cambridge
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-10-14
Aathy Davis Named
Contest Winner

Little two year old Kathy
Davis, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ben Davis, Olive community, was
named first prize winner in the
picture contest, staged recently
by The Journal in conjunction
with the Woltz studios of Daven-
port, Iowa.
Stuart Kuntz, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ira Kuntz, Main street, won
second prize. Miss Janice Loop,
daughter of Mr.. and. Mrs. Gerald
Loop of the Olive community
was third prize winner and
Charles Cope, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Cope, now of Canton.
out formerly of Caldwell, re-
ceived fourth prize.
The four winning youngsters
were given a beautiful portrait
as prizes.
The pictures of all youngsters
are now appearing in The Jour-
nal from week to week.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1948-10-14
Mildred Day
Heads Home
Council Here
Annual Meeting
Held Thursday

A meeting of the home demon
stration council was held in the
common pleas court room of the
court house on Thursday, Octo-
Der 7, with fifteen members be-
ing present.
Mrs. Leila Stier, Ava, council
president, presided at the meet
ing and conducted the election of
officers for the coming year.
Newly elected officers include:
Mrs. Mildred Day, Quaker City,
president; Mrs. Floyd Parrish,
Sharon, vice president, and Mrs.
Mildred Smith, Jackson, secre-
tary.
Miss Alice King, state assistant
demonstration leader, presented
members of the council with the
"Counselors Handbook" and gave
an interesting talk on the "Value
of leadership"
Ada Gossage, local home de-
monstration agent, presented g
resume of projects for the com
ing year, which included furni-
ture arrangement and color ir
the home. Miss Gossage also sci
tentative dates for all lessons tc
be completed.
The first scheduled meeting OF
the group will be held in Brook
field township on Friday after.
noon, October %. Anna Be.
bricher, state home furnishing
specialist will be present to re-
view the projects.