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Evening star., 1948-06-06
DuIeCurneqie
LsLetting In
The eSunshine

HOW TO STOP WORRYING
AND START LIVING
BY Dale Carnegie. fSimon &
Shuster; $2.95J
Reviewed by
IRVING r. LASH.
If Mr.. Carnegie has really solved
this one, then he rates top call for
the greatest invention of modern
times and becomes a hot favorite
for the Nobel Prize.
His formula for banishing worry
and letting in the sunlight is far
too intricate to be briefed here.
Many mixtures are involved before
the reader can become expert at the
sure and unbreakable grip for the
particular dilemma that keeps
throwing him.
MIR. Carnegie put in seven years
assembling many tried and true
techniques. They come in all sizes
and shapes and there is one for
every personal problem.
Some of the chapters have inter-
esting titles, such as: Don't Let
the Beetles Get You Down." If
You Have a Lemon, Make Lemon
ade." Remember That No One Ever
Kicks a Dead Dog"
Success stories cited, many of them
Evening star., 1948-06-06
Morkoosho Fishers Novel of Russia
Is a Heavy Weapon in the Cold War
Reviewed by MARY McGRORY.

because of long passages of ideolog-
ical introspection, which alternate
with heavy dialogue sequences, is
very slow.
Mrs. Fischer has centered her
story on Natasha, granddaughter of
the comfortable bourgeois Nazarovs,
who symbolizes the spirit Of the
revolution and also the dilemma of
the new Soviet woman.
Through other members of the
family Mrs. Fischer depicts other
aspects of the betrayal of the Boil
shevik ideal. the agony of terror
during the purges which replaced
the stern, sacrificial Joy which ami
mated the young revolutionaries in
the drab first years of their struggle
She depicts the subservience of the
arts to Kremlin dictates and the
contrast between material progress
apparent in new schools and hous-
ing and the steady rise of fear
which accompanied it. The story
closes with a description of the re-
vival of an age-old patriotism
brought about by the Nazi on
slaught.
While 1t Is more political pam
phlet than novel, THE Nazorovs" is
heavy weapon in the cold war
for its narrowing picture Of the
bitter dregs of the Soviet revo-
luton. M. Meg.
Evening star., 1948-06-06
Scottish Romance. .
CONTRARY WINDS

CONTRARY WINDS
BY Creighton Sellars. Double
day; 49,
A romantic novel that blankets
major events from 1750 to post
Revolutionary times. this book
makes the hero q rival Of Mandrake,
so happily does he arrive at the
right place at the right time. Per-
force the plot is trivial compared
to the mass Of contemporary mat
ter, all OF which is authoritatively
presented. Chief charm is the au-
thor's descriptions of Edinburgh
and his treatment Of the stage and
its personnel in Scotland, England
and America. While the transition
passages are stilted, as though a
history professor Of vast knowledge
were trying to tell q romantic story
for the first time, the book offers
excellent script material for a film.
H. A. L.
Evening star., 1948-06-06
When Florida
by Indians
THE FLAMES OF TIME

THE FLAMES OF TIME
BY Baynard Kendrick. fScrib-
ners; $3J
When Dan McKetch. onetime
Revolutionary War colonel, now
feared raider in Spanish-held Flor
ida and owner of a fortified planta-
ton, heard firing in the distance
that Christmas eve OF 1887, he set
out, with his inseparable companion,
DR.. Buckhart, to see what was up.
They found a wagon. its oxen miss
ing, a man shot dead nearby, a
woman dead inside and beside her a
newborn baby alive. The baby's
parents presumably were victims of
marauding Greeks.
They took the infant back to the
compound. They named him Artil-
lery Armes, for his father had worn
the insignia of British major OF
artillery. The boy grew up on the
plantation. He absorbed culture and
languages from the erudite doctor
and the ways of muskets, swords,
the woods and streams from Nc
Ketch and from some Seminoles who
became his lifelong friends.
Artillery grew up without coun-
try. Then the Spanish governor
through a ruse, captured McKetch
and, charging him with failure to
pay taxes and other tribute, had him
thrown into Moro Castle in Havana
Artillery, at the Threshold of man
hood, had a chance to serve the new
republic to the north as conflden-
tial agent. He accepted, and then
his adventures began.
If you like historical novels, don't
miss this one. 1t is a vivid recrea-
ton of the turbulent Florida of that
day, with a swift, dramatic story
that never falters. Somehow Mr.
Kendrick manages to develop all the
action and romance you could want
without ever seeming to lug these
expected elements in by the ears
His characters, too, are much more
than stuffed figures out of re-
search library. They are plausible
persons Whom you might have
known.
THE Flames of Time" is the July
selection of the Literary Guild.
C B. ].
Evening star., 1948-06-06
The Movies Miss
The Fine Detail
THE IRON CURTAIN
BY Igor Gouzenko. (Dutton; So
FLETCHER F. ISBELL.

Reviewed by
FLETCHER F. ISBELL.
This is the individual story of the
head cipher clerk at the Soviet
Embassy in Ottawa who, having
discovered a free world, decamped
with incontrovertible documents.
The fact that the outlines of the
great Red espionage system have
been told before, through official
Canadian investigation of Mr.. Gou-
zenko's revelations, does not lessen
the impact of his account, nor can
the motion picture made from it
cover its details.
Mr.. Guezenko was, of course, a
find OF the first water. He knew,
and was willing to tell. the methods
by which secret information is OBJ
tanned and transferred to Moscow
under cover of diplomatic immu-
nifty. Worth. reading by every
American are the ways by which
ordinary, honest citizens are con-
vinced they should aid the progress
of the world. then developed in
Communist thinking to the point
where the end justifies the means
and they become full-fledged agents
'or the Soviet.
Evening star., 1948-06-06
AN APPROVED HISTORY OF
THE OLYMPIC GAMES
enry. Putnam. So

Bill Henry's history Of the Olym-
pics gives a brief, readable back
ground of the international games,
plus the names of all winning teams
and individuals to date. 1t is timely
and Mr.. Henry is to be commended
for breaking ground in field where
much more material will be spaded
up In the future. All royalties from
the book 60 to the support of the
games. L. F. A.
Evening star., 1948-06-06

i ! d 1 . " IL OlutCl
with the British
during his ca
reer with the
Navy, evidently
conceived a great
admiration for
the sophisticated
way In which
they ope ra t e.
Those old hands
leave nothing to
chance, not even
the romantic di-
versions of their
X e y m e n He
also picked up
Evening star., 1948-06-06
Crime and
Mystery
By Miriom Ottenberq
Murder One, by Eleazar Lipsky.
o.

Murder One, by Eleazar Lipsky.
doubleday & Co., Inc; So
Crime Club.
At first glance, Alice Williston ap-
peared to be just another floater
who killed her lover In a drunken
brawl. But Assistant District At
torney Esau Frost wasn't satisfied.
Why wouldn't Alice take the lesser
plea offered her when the electric
chair threatened? And why was
she so ready to clear others of pos
sible guilt? Frost found more an
swers in Alice's childhood than at
the murder scene. The author. an
assistant district attorney himself.
develops high-tension story out of
the strange case of a girl warped
by fear of being deserted in an an
tagonistic world
The Dove, by Wilson Tucker. (Rine-
hart g. Co., Inc; $2)
Murray Hill Mystery.
In the days of the silent pictures,
Leila Dove was the darling of the
Westerns. A quarter century later,
Pvt. Detective Charles Horne found
her convalescing in small-town
hospital, too broke to pay her bill.
THE Dove" insisted she had other
resources hidden in a cigar box in
Hollywood. Would Horne help her?
Horne would-much to his regret.
Murder. mayhem and blackmail are
all snarled in this bizarre item.
The Blood Of the Lion, by Elizabeth
Daily. (Rinehart & Co., So
Murray Hill.
OF course, there might have been
lost Chaucerian manuscript re-
covered after these many years, but
Henry Gamadge doubts it-just as
he doubts that a late and unla-
mented poet-playwright left behind
valuable set of letters, Gamadge's
reason for getting into the case.
Forgery does play a part in the
intricate plotting of this one, but
not where its likely to be suspected.
Gamadge's curiosity leads to three
deaths, only one of which is the
least regrettable
Evening star., 1948-06-06

in England the habit of understate-
ment, which he uses to great
effect here. In all, with its lterate
style and its character based sus-
pense, 1t Is what the lads at the
Admiralty would call "a good show"
M MEG.
Evening star., 1948-06-06
BOOK FANS, ATTENTION! Don't

BOOK FANS, ATTENTION! Don't
let your books gather dust. II you
are q versatile reader, here Is .
plan which will interest you. Send
US from one to five books which
you no longer desire to possess. In
return, you will receive an equal
number Of different titles selected
from those which we received from
our readers. Your cost is only
$3.50, payable upon arrival of your
books. Please do not submit text
or vocational books. The Guild re-
serves the right to return undesir-
able or damaged material.
THE BOOK EXCHANGE GUILD
20. Box 1857, Preston King Siotion;
5s55 N. Washington Blvd. Arlington Va.
Evening star., 1948-06-06
Washington Man Writes Slick Thriller
OF q Suspect Hero on q Dubious Errond
little, Bro,Un g. Co.: $2.75J

fDit w w., @SHoI
against the Prinz Won Blucher. an
chored in the Bale des Capuchins.
The discovery of spies in the neigh
borhood, who are apprehended
through their very un-English
treatment of dogs, adds to Bills
about Geoffrey's loyalty.
So does the introduction of spec
tacular Mayfair beauty, who steals
Geoffrey away from a wistful Wren,
in residence for whom Bill is pining
and attempted murder also
act as curtain -raisers for the main
show, when Geof1rey sets off in the
Stinger on this dubious errand.
Mr.. Wilkinson, who served as q
Evening star., 1948-06-06
New Lincoln Book Tells How He Saved
The Republican Porty-ond the Union
LINCOLN AND THE WAR GOVERNORS
BY William B Hesseltine. fKnopf;; $4.50J
Reviewed by PERCY C. POWELL.

REVIEWED by PERCY e. POWELL
Specialist Historical Manuscripts at the
Library OF Congress-
the book the
struggle
Of States rights The struggle personhed by the Gov
readily expands include
the Western victory the
doctrine supremacy Nation
Evening star., 1948-06-06
Henry MiIIer's Latest, a Gentle Fable,
LikeIy TO Confound Fans and Critics

THE SMILE AT THE FOOT OF THE LADDER
BY Henry Miller. (Dueu Sloan & Pearce; So
Valley frontiersman., 1948-09-29

considering the penalties to be fixed against members who fail to fulfill their food assignment for Saturdays dinner. Drastic measures, not to be made public at this time, will be taken at the dinner, they decided. However they left loophole for the luck less sportsman who failed in his game assignment-anyone who finds it absolutely impossible to fulfill his assignment may call upon Clare Stock at the Palmer Fountain for an alternate.
 Saturdays dinner is to begin promptly at 2 o'clock and will conclude early enough so that the local club can drive to Wa silla to attend the dance being sponsored by the Wasilla Rod and Gun Club.
 At the conclusion of the busi- ness meeting, board members inspected the basement beneath the Rec Hall to determine it's possible use as a small arms range.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-09-29
Fair Board
 Pays Its Bills

Fair finances were still unset tied, when the board of directors met recently. That meeting was primarily a bill-paying party, and by the evenings close, board members had okayed payment of approximately S3,500 in bills with still more to come, before a final accounting could be made.
 AS was anticipated, the fair took heavy loss on the car this year. Incomplete returns indicate that the ticket sales did not gross over S2,500, while the automobile cost $500.
 It was decided at Tuesdays meeting that the board would plan a banquet for all depart ment superintendents and board members, so that final finan- cial statement could be present. ed, and recommendations and criticisms could be voiced, with a view toward building a better fair next year.
 Board president Parker Lester named Don Irwin, M. D. Snod- grass, Paul Martin and himself to a committee to plan details of the affair.
 Banquet plans now are com plete, according to announce ment from Don Irwin. Members of the Ladies' Aid of St. Johns
 Continued on Page 1O)
Valley frontiersman., 1948-09-29
Power Project Ready For Approval
BOY IS SHOT
 BY BROTHER

Robin Richardson became the second Valley victim to gunshot wounds this fall, when he recent ly was shot in the leg. The acci- dent happened at the Richard son home near the MatanuSka Glacier.
 Robins brother picked up a gun inside the Richardson home. It discharged as he raised it and the shot pierced the walls of the room and shattered the leg of 12-year-old Robin standing out side in the yard.
 The boy was brought to the Valley Hospital, where doctors later were forced to amputate the injured leg.
 Earlier in the year, Verne Donelson suffered a similar in- jury during the caribou season. MT. DonelSon was shot in the knee by a fellow hunter. He, too, is now recovering in the Valley Hospital.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-09-29
Food Assignments Completed, Penalties Fixed, For Game Dinner

Final plans for Saturdays game dinner were outlined at last weeks meeting of the board of directors of the Matanuska Valley Sportsmen. The board met with Mrs. L. c. Stock, and Mrs. F. R. Sims, who with Mrs. Will liam Roark, make up the con- mittee in charge of the dinner.
 The group reviewed food as- Signments for the dinner and added several names. Bud Lach- CT was asked to bring a goose, Jerry Smith a duck and Charles Schaefer is to supply celery. All food is to be brought to the kitchen of Palmer school ready for serving, it was decided. Boasts may be carved just before Serv- ing begins, but other than that, food must be ready to eat.
 Members each will be allowed to bring one guest only. There will be a $1 assessment of the membership to cover the cost of the dinner.
 The board spent much time in
Valley frontiersman., 1948-09-29
SHAMROCKS TO MEET

A fall organization meeting of Shamrock basketball players has been called for tomorrow eve- ming, according to Emil Waldahl, team business manager. All men interested in playing basketball this winter are asked to meet at the Rec Hall at 7::30 p. m. to- morrow.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-09-29
Soil Surveys Concluded For Season

Soil conservation surveys to determine the economic agricul- tural possibilities of land in the Kenai and Dunbar areas have been ended for this season, it was announced this week by Charles Wilson, territorial con- servationist. The survey in the Dunbar area is about 20 per cent complete, and that in the Kenai about 10 per cent finished, ac- cording to MT. Wilson.
 We are right on schedule with these surveys" Mir. Wilson stat ed We expect to take this in- formation, together with the economic information gathered by others, and compile them in a report this winter. The field work will get under way again as soon as weather permits in the spring. and will continue until the surveys are complete"
 Asked about the condition of the land surveyed, the conserva- tionist stated that judging on the basis of the area already covered, land on the Kenai ap- pears to be equally as good agri- culturally as the land of the Matanuska Valley.
 James Hurley of the Palmer district office of the Soil Con- Servation Service is still busy on field work. Soil scientists Henry Fox, John Thompson and Rudy Mayko already have completed their jobs for the year and have returned to their homes.
 Meanwhile the work of the Soil Conservation Service con- tinues to progress in Alaska. A Sub-diStrict was established in Fairbanks at the recent semi annual meeting held there. A pe- tition for the creation of a sub district at Wasilla has been filed. A hearing is to be scheduled within the next few days.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-09-29
Brooks Have Girl

Mir. and Mrs. Alba Brooks of Palmer became the parents of a seven pound, two ounce baby daughter on Sept. 20. The little girl, the couples first child, has been named Lizbeth Jean. She was born at the Valley Hospital.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-09-29
WOULD GIVE
 WHOLE VALLEY BETTER POWER

If proposed plans for the de- velopment of the Eklutna power site are approved by the Depart ment of the Interior, resulting installations will make for a greatly improved power program in the Matanuska Valley. ac- cording to H. G. Bryan of the Rural Identification Adminis- tration.
 If the report just finished is accepted, and we have every reason to believe it will be, it will make possible many improve ments in the Valley" MT. Bryan declared. Valley farmers will be able to have hay drierS, to pump water for irrigation, to make use of soil heating equipment, will have cheaper power for farm and home, and will be able to make extensive improvements in their dairies in the way of addi-s tional equipment" MT. Bryan continued
 The report to which he re- ferred is the survey and report on the Eklutna site which was compiled by the Bureau of Land Reclamation this summer. MT. Bryan and Don Irwin of the Agricultural Research Adminis- tration collaborated in the com- piling of the report.
 Two plans were developed in the report. Under the first, 22,5O0 kiloWattS can be generated and under the second. about 3O,0OO.
 The Eklutna project has pri- ority in the Alaskan power pro- gram, Mir. Bryan stated. How ever it represents only fifth of the proposed power develop ment scheduled for Alaska. The Eklutna project is one of seven to be undertaken in the territory.
 The just-completed rep ort goes to Washington, D. C., there to await approval of officials of the Department of the Interior. Once it is okayed by them, Con- gress will be asked for an ap- propriation for the project. It is estimated that the Eklutna de- velopment will cost between fif- teen and eighteen million dol lars. The entire territorial pro- gram is expected to reach a cost of two hundred million dollars.
 Once the project is approved and an appropriation is made, work is scheduled to begin next April. The entire Eklutna project
 Continued on Page 10
Valley frontiersman., 1948-09-29
VACATIONS WITH SON

WASILLA-MrS. Mary Harvey, mother of Rev. Wenter Harvey, has arrived from California to visit her son. She plans a stay of indefinite length.
Evening star., 1948-04-15
III. S. Soldier to Hang
For SIoying Four Jops
By the Asseeiofsd Press

TOKYO, April 15.-An American
soldier was sentenced today to hang
for the hammer staying Of four jap
anese last October.
Pvt. Stratman Armistead, 81, COL
ored, of Thomasville, Ala, was con-
victed by an American Sth Army
court martial of killing An 8-year-
old girl, q 9-year-old boy and two
adults and injuring seriously two
women and another boy.
Evening star., 1948-04-15
ID. {. Drive Launched
To Sell u Million in
Bonds 10 Save Peace

District campaign leaders today
launched q drive to sell $22 SOC, ,06C
worth Of Government bonds, backed
by President Truman's appeal to
put dollars working to save the
peace"
The Nationwide security loan
campaign, to run through June 80,
was called to sponsor savings and
to ease inf1ationary pressures. There
is no specific Nationwide quota, but
Mr.. Truman said in a radio address
last night:
I'VE are fighting imitation which
is still our greatest economic dan
ger. Every dollar that family puts
into Savings Bonds now will be a
dollar fighting against imitation and
high prices. It will be dollar
working to win the peace"
1000 to Lead Solicitation.
AT q time such as this" he de-
clared, "all of us can serve both
ourselves and our country by saving
all we can against the day when
we can spend our dollars to better
advantage"
The drive, called the most I'M
portant since the 1945 Victory Loan
Drive, will be conducted along the
same lines as the wartime bond
campaigns, spearheaded by volun-
teer workers.
| District Chairman Thomas j.
Groom said 1000 war-trained bond
selling reserves will lead the So
licitation. The drive, he said, will
emphasize sale of Series E Bonds,
which have a goal here Of $14, ,180,-
000
More than 5000 Minute Men,"
meanwhile, will solicit all of the
$1,000 Federal workers here. in a
program directed by Edward F.
Bartlett, fiscal assistant Secretary
of the Treasury.
Banks will center on the bond
month" plan. supported by the
Washington Women's Bond-a-
Month League, whose 800 members
will promote sales among Wash
ington clubwomen.
In q special proclamation, the
Commissioners said the drive repre-
sents "a citizens opportunity to dc
something to help himself, his coun.
try and the peace of the world.
The proclamation said that "the
stability of our economy depends or
the productive effort of each either
and the thrift of each individua,
and family"
House Speaker Martin issued &
statement saying the bond drive
gives every citizen "a chance te
stand up and be counted for the
American voluntary way of life"
Snyder Cites Dual Aims.
In another statement, Treasury
Secretary Snyder said the dual pur-
poses of checking imitation ane
building individual reserves "are in
terlocking; one serves the other, anc
both serve the Nation"
i Vernon Clark, director Of the
Treasury's Savings Bond Division
said efforts will be made during thu
11-week drive to solicit every po
tential buyer in the country"
District campaign leaders for th'
drive include:
Francis G. Addison, jr.; Carter 7
Barron, w. H. Colston. Edward M
Curran, Francis j. Fabrizio, W
Marion Falls, Robert V. Fleming
E. c. Giddings, Granville GUIDE, Car
! F. Hansen, Mrs. Nathan HurWitz
Milton w. King, Frank La Falce
A. w. Lee, Mrs. Howard. S. Leroy
Harry L. Merrick, Edgar Morris
Randolph E. Myers, Mrs. Howard 6
Nichols, John J. Payette, Charles 7
Penn, Clement r. Preller. John A
Evening star., 1948-04-15
New Dental Technology
School to Open Here

A new school Of dental tech
nology, approved for CT training,
has been established at $40 Seventh
street NV. by the Kerpel School
Of Dental Technology which has its
main school in New York City.
The school here has a capacity OF
500 students. and the two-year
course covers the complete dental
chronological fleld, according to DR..
George B. Morris, director. An in
ter-racial policy has been estab-
lished DR.. Morris added.
Evening star., 1948-04-15

/ Reilly, H. L. Rust, IT,: Victor v.
Skinner, F. Mickey Smith, Marcy l..
Calhoun Stirling, Oliver M. Walker.
Wilmer j. Waller, Marion X. Wilber-
ding and Mrs. Lindsey P. Rawley.
Evening star., 1948-04-15

Another sovines event for Thursday Fridoy and
Saturday ONLY! copito Fur Shops exquisite
dyed squirrel Joekets eopes and stoes, formerly
$3.50, drostieoIIy reduced in price. Buy now
sovs Now .. Enjoy them for years to come!
Evening star., 1948-03-26

Juniors Bniefer is shirt co'Iored
and bright buttoned. Black, mildly
beige, Saliva red or En-
.roId. Size. 7 to 15----s s49.75
Evening star., 1948-03-26
OOdtS seem to fill Eveybodys fashion need ;,

Juniors Misses Nenooe their
smart comfort their ghts skies onyou
eets Of Little Coots lengths styles
Evening star., 1948-02-20
4 False Fire Alarms
Jam Rush-Hour Traffic

Four false alarms in ii minutes
sent % pieces of fire equipment
racing through rush-hour traffic
this morning.
Sixteen pieces jammed the streets
around Eleventh and G streets NV
when Fire Department headquarters
set off a box for that location after
a highly excited woman's voice at
8:19 reported a fire in the main
building of Woodward & Lothrop
Co, then one minute later called
back to tell of a fire on G street
She seemed too excited to give the
full address the second time, off,
cials said.
Unable to find any sign of fire. in
buildings in the Eleventh and G
streets area while hundreds of work
bound spectators looked on, au-
thorities dispatched an additionaI
company to the Woodward Building
Fifteenth and H streets NV.
Eleven minutes after the first
alarm, while firemen still hunted fol
location of the first reported fire
two more excited calls sent equip
ment to Fourth street and Rhode
Island avenue NV. and to the same
address in the Northeast. No fire
was found in either place.
Officials at Fire Department head.
quarters said a playback of the
records of the telephoned alarm.
convinced them the two sets of call.
came from different women.