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Evening star., 1949-06-19
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NEwsPAPERwOAiAN

w kA &SAt w &AtA<A4s
BY Agness Underwood. fRarps'
q Brothers: $780,
Agness Underwood Amt no lady
Shes . newspaperwoman. the
rough. tough. scrappy kind who
would be more at home In From,
Page" than. say. the Boston Eve
ming Transcript. In Il yesrs OF
covering general assignment In
sensation rich Los Angeles, Agness
was fast with wits. feet and some
times nsts In her efforts TO get
that story and hit that phone.
She's very mstter-of fact in
these rowdy. but strangly i'm
personal. memoirs. but she must
have been q city editors dream oi
o reporter. Nothing stopped her
Sights that caused strong men "a
blanch Agness took In stride. shs
met headlines and beat eompeti-
ton time after time for the seven
edition Hearst Evening Herald and
Express. until her paper sznashec
precedent by making her the first
woman city editor ever 20 hand
out assignments On q metropolitan
daily.
BY all the rules. Asness should
have been q screaming neurotsc
by the time she was al. Her
childhood makes Oliver Twist d
seem idyllie by comparison. But
she turned around and kicked
back. After marrying In her teens
and bearing two children. she
went TO work ~ temporary
Q telephone operator on the Los
Angeles Record. She inched her
way over TO the city-side and
ever after managed 10 be on top
Of every big story that broke In
the area. Floods. fires. explo-
sions. crashes. celebrities and sud,
den death we're her daily routine.
Agness became especially prof.
cient In the handling OF murders.
followed cases from unorgue TO
prison cell TO courtroom and
sometimes beyond 10 penitentiary.
She was definitely not starry
eyed about the stars who crossed
her path and gives the back Of
her hand TO the iikes OF Mickey
Rooney, Constance Bennett and
others who were snippy or slip
perry with the press. She judges
people only by whether they were
cooperative or not. That's the
slide-ruie and Agness Ia stiIl In
the business.
A. the story Of . woman who
made good with every mans hand
Against her. 'Newspaperwoman
Ia more enspsritinR than inspiring
The net effect on other women
win be 10 make them feel lazy and
useless.
Agness has little 10 say about
the battle Of the SEXES In the
newsroom. She hands out bou-
quets 10 her hard workins sisters
and makes . few weli-ehosen re-
marks about 'wiri wonders" which
indicate where her synpa,hies lie,
M. Me0.
Evening star., 1949-06-19

written in the middle Of Of World
War II by a couple Of opportunis-
tic Stars and Stripes staffers.
This novel begins to make up
for the omission. The hero here
Is o tail gunner on a B-26 based
on the Island of Corsica. His
name is Steve Thompson and he
is a modest. college bred man
with a wife who is about to have
q child. He Is q statistician by
occupation. He has rs missions
to sweat out and with his actu-
arial mind he figures he has one
chance in four of completing his
tour of operations.
He lives in a tent with crew.
mates. all possessed Of an inordi-
nate degree Of rough-and-readi-
ness. All are mindful Of what to-
morrow's mission may bring. but
Steve, q sensitive type and fam
lily man, is more mindful than the
rest. Through q fiuke. he escapes
the fate OF his crewmates whose
plane. hit by fax. dashes itself
against q mountain top. Steve
takes 1t hard.
A three-day pass to Rome
brings him new pals, new expert
ences. and new perspective: he
comes back to fly again, to watch
the grim ticking of of each mis-
sion against the fateful goal of rs.
Where there is an enlisted man
there are officers. In this book
most Of the officers are churls. an
other Of the same stripe Is q
civilian war correspondent. Ap-
parently the author Is getting
something of his chest, although
heaven knows he probably didn't
have to think back very far for
prototypes.
This isn't the best war book by
any means. but It's highly read
able, maintains an exciting pace.
and is no whit disserviced by O
number Of sensitive scenes Of q
gulp- -provoking nature,
Evening star., 1949-06-19

technique Of suppression he de-
scribes has some counterpart
either In Nax; Germany or Com
munis; Russia, Some Of the symp-
toms are not unknown in Socialist
England-or even here.
Mr.. Orwell's power and skill Is
an opponent Of absolutism was re-
vealed In Animal Farm." But
here he presents his warning
against RECOMMENDATION without
any bedttme-story Establishments.
This is the naked truth about q
regime committed 10 the hourly
massacre Of truth and the extinc-
ton Of the human spirit Its eiiec-
tiveness as anti-totalitarian prop
aganda should prove that revela-
ton rather than insulation Is the
way TO combat what We fear most.
Hatred for All.
Fear Is the principle condition
Of this drab. dreary dictatorship
OF tomorrow. which advances
backward under the triple bar
relied slogan. War Is Peace. Slav-
cry Is Freedom. Ignorance Is
Strength" The scene Is London.
capital Of Oceanis. one OF three
world superstates which wage
warfare. not for world
conquest, but as Q means Of max
ing the rule Of q small military
caste seem necessary for survival.
The state retains its iron grip on
the people through the telescreen.
an obscene two-way television ap-
paratus which makes 1t possible
for the Thought Police to watch
Evening star., 1949-06-19
New Collections
Rev asNrsa by
EDWIN TRInniK

A TREASURY or RUSSIAN
VERSE
Edited by Avrahn YaFFnosinaGy
Aacws titas. IS
A century and q halt q Russian
poetry Ia sampled nsEw Presurn.
ably, the dlfreuitaes Of Iransiatirs
from the Russian arv great That.
perhaps. explains why - much os
this verse sounds dertvttiss There
10 q surrsislns lack ef apparent
party line propaganda in the lines
written In The Stain era ot pei
haps poets dsSguiss II hsttsf The
poems, - offered In these trans
iations. seem nondeserIpi, even q
little vague,
Evening star., 1949-06-19

the famed Mindsxenty case "a q
struggle for power over land and
education.
During his quick tour. except
for O few. rather furtiye conver-
sations with private citizens. Mr.
Gunther interviewed heads OF
communized states. several Of
whom were Jewish. some OF whom
were non-Communists.
Many Of them who had fought
their way up through the revo-
lutionary ranks and spent long
years In jail. were not particularly
sensitive to civil liberties. Nor
are the new citizens Of the Soviet
too concerned with political free
dom. according to Mr.. 0unther.
having known little or none un-
der previous feudalistic rulers or
Nazl occupation forces. Despond-
ent Czechoslovakia. remembering
its brief life Of democracy. was
the exception.
Orders From Moscow.
The typical set-up u . coalition
government In which non-Com-
munists may participate. bossed
by orders from Moscow. Land
reform Is being speedily accom-
plished- How far behind is the
Soviet ideal OF collectivixation he
does NOT say. In connection with
this. Mr.. Gunther warns that our
narrow shave In Italy cannot be
maintained with bread and cash
alone. Internal reform Is the only
prop that can really sustain that
poor and confused country.
American dominated Athens he
found the most chaotic Of the Eu-
ropean capitals. warsaw. surpris-
ingiy.j the liveliest. Vienna with
Its fourscountry rule proves that
1t Ii possible to get along with
Russia. and suggests TO him that
the future OF Western Europe
probably depends in the last
analysis on the merging Of demo-
cratic socialists and temperate
Catholic groups" In Berlin he
deplores the "sublimely shocking
favors and concessions
to present-day Germans known to
have been prominent Nazis." In
London he contrasts favorably the
British calm with our own hys-
terra.
The temperate tone OF Mr.. Cum
theirs report viii probably cause
1t to be furiously debated. 1t will
not please the panic stricken.
What happens there IL pretty
much up to US.
Evening star., 1949-06-19
A CYCLE or THE WEST

by John q NelhArdt. kaesHa-
ian, S.
Mr.. Nelhard,. former literary
editor Of the es Louis Fnsi Dis
patch. has Ions been admired for
his sometimes singing. always
ringing serse about the opentns es
the West. The story was told In
Ave volumes, The aonx al Three
Friends" The Sons Of HsaKh
olass. The soIE Of Jed Smith, "
The song Of TIE iuaian Wars"
and The sons al tiss ktesaiah
Now eli these are collected under
the title. ~ Cycle In the West,
There's been nothing like thls verse
history for any other part Of the
country and II has much Of The
free air, open read mood al q good
cowboy sonE.
Evening star., 1949-06-19
To Love, to Lose
To Stort Again
A CAT AND A KING
BY Diana Forbes Robertson
Random House; S2.75.J

by OldIla FOEDeS ftOOeE LSOfl
Random House; S275.J
Reviewed by
NINA PEMBERTON.
Diana Forbes Robertson Is q
member Of q famous theatrical
family. That is why she has se
astutely and yet sympathetically
woven her novel not 20 much
around a plot with O theatrical
background as around the char
acters who play the parts.
The plot itself is simple
enough. Gill Marriott. an at
tractive and ambitious girl. trie,
her hand at combining love and
work. Her job as costume super
visor for Luke Gregory ut the
Regencys Theater was one thing
Her position in the Gregory
household was another. A third
element. and almost the hardest
to deal with. was the cross cur
rent of friction that ran up and
down and around the four walls
that housed the Gregory family.
Jon. the alcoholic son; Mrs. Greg
ory. that gray and lifeless woman
whose superior claim on her
dashing husband iwas an ever
present warning TO all young
women who sailed into the orbit
OF her husbands life: Hilda. ths
old professional standby and
friend. who steered Luke through
the many rough passages in the
amoroNs side Of his life. Perhaps
he had broken her heart. too. at
one time. No one knew and
Hilda wasn't talking.
For Gill Marriott. the whole
thing turned out to be q very
good lesson In life. She learned
to love. to lose. TO shake free
again and 10 get going on a fresh
start.
Evening star., 1949-06-19
Gogster Wilson
Is at 1t Again

LET EN- EAT CEEESE-CAKE
By Earl Wilson. doubleday;
$685.
Mr.. Wilson, qualified best, per-
haps. by the fact that he Ii saloon
editor Of the New York Post, has
compiled book Of funny gags
from all parts Of the country. A
host Of well-knowns either are
telling them or getting on the
receiving end. H. A, L,
Evening star., 1949-06-19
Guston
Of OfGeorgetown
WILLIAM GAS 1ON,
CAROLINIAN
BY J. Herman Schauinger
Bruce Publishing Co.; $3.50
Reviewed by
ROBERT K. WALSH.

Georgetown University's first
student. in 1871. now has his first
full-length biography. So meri-
torious o character and 20 useful
. public career. highly recognized
in his own generation and still
renowned In his native North Car
olina. deserved such a study long
before this.
In Congress he often outshone
Clay, Calhoun and Webster. Brief
ly he was Speaker Of the House
and could have gone to the Senate.
II the hope Of Chief Justice Mar
shall had prevailed he would have
gone on the Supreme Court. He
preferred the State Legislature and
State Supreme Court. Moreover.
he was . Southern FederAlist. an
outspoken enemy Of slavery and q
defender Of religious liberty ut a
time and place when such con-
siderations often hindered politi-
cal advancement.
Mr.. Schauinger, q historian and
professor in Minnesota, was work
ing for his doctorate at George
town University when he became
interested in william CASTOR. III
has done well with O difncult task
CASTOR. despite great brillianc.
and q dramatic personal life. wa
too much Of the sturdy. steady
consistent citizen to guarantee Z
popular biography.
That. however. Is Q good reason
for reading about the exemplary
statesman and jurist. Washing.
tonians have special cause to know
more about him. Washington
might not have existed today Il
he had not battled TO keep thu
Capital here after the town had
been pretty well burned up In
1914,
Evening star., 1949-06-19
BEHIND THE CURTAIN
BY John dunther. fHarper d Brothers; 81.

Mr.. Orwell's book Is the fiction
Of the future. and Mr.. Gunther' d
is the fast Of the present. Here
Ii his report on Europe today
with particular emphasis on the
hundred million people behind the
Iron Curtain who are ruled By
the men with the stainless steel
teeth.
Like Mr.. Gunther's famous "in-
side" books, this one Is chatty. and
spotty. dotted with instructions
to the reader and primer simple
generalizations. 1t Ia also highly
entertaining and informative. Dis
armingly unauthoritative. Mr..
Gunther knows only what people
tell him. Evidently he travelled
without any intellectual baggage
Of violent anti Communist preju-
dice. His report is the coolest one
yet on the cold war.
From the impressive grab bag
Of facts. figures. impressions and
personalities which Mr.. Gunther
collected. his testimony Of the pos
sibilities Of war is the most vital.
It Is not. he believes. inevitable.
The Russians would rather see US
founder In depression induced by
top-heavy military budges than
fight US. Inhabitants Of satellite
countries have been induced to
fear an attack from the West.
The only people he met who want
war are the reactionary anti
Communist elements who are to-
tally impotent without western In
tervention. Says he. "The only
time We thought that war was In
evitable was when we Travelled In
American domains"
On Yusoslavia.
His chapters on Yugoslayia are
perhaps the most significant since
that fractions country illustrates
best his contention that "the
theological split represented by
the Tito-Cominform break. be-
tween national and international
conceptions Of Communist society
may in the long run turn out to
be the decisive factor In the fu-
ture Of all these (satellite) coun-
tries" He considers the break
genuine. suggests we exploit It by
economic aid which would not
cause Tito to lose face theological
ly. He found no evidence OF cur
tailment Of religious freedom even
In the most completely Sovietized
countries, subsequent events have
proved him wrong. reconstructs
Evening star., 1949-06-19

old clothes line from the time
of the Crusades up to the present
Windsor Castle regalia." A jealous
Philadelphia society columnist
wrote Of San Francisco etiquette
in 1884: IF you shoot q man
by mistake for some one else, 1t
Is positively required that you call
on the family Immediately after
the funeral and apologize"
THIS WAS AMERICA
Compiled by Oscar Handlin.
(Hdrudrd University Press; So
This Is an Informative and
often absorbing anthology Of
writings about America by for
eign visitors. The excerpts ex-
tend from the middle of thes 18th
century. while this country was
still British possession, to Andre
Marois' impression Of the United
States in 1899.
The earlier examples of alien
opinion seem more interesting,
perhaps because these are rarer
and In more recent years 80
many foreigners have published
books about us.
Pehr Kahn, q Swedish natural
LIST. found from his stay here
(1753-176D: '"The freedom Of the
country enables many people Of
different language and religion to
live peacefully together"
Moreau de Saint Merry was
president Of the Paris Commune
early In the French Revolution.
He was driven into exile by Robe
spierre's accession to power and
took refuge in the United States,
1703-9S. He didn't think so much
of 1t.
In Norfolk. Va. with . popula-
ton Of 5000. "one often sees q
surprising number Of men wasting
their time. Frequently 10 or 10
people can be found chatting on
the corners"
OF Americans In general he
said: Notwithstanding an os-
tensible hatred for them, they
really love and fear the English.
Despite their pride. the Americans
have o vague feeling that they
are somehow inferior to the Brit
ons."
1t is rather surprising to find, as
Saint-Mery did. that there was In
those early years compulsory edu-
cation in America. All children
were required to learn reading
writing and arithmetic.
Another Frenchman, Francois
Andre Michaux, a scientist, ex-
plored at the beginning of the 10Th
century the forests Of the Western
frontier of that day. He remarked
on the discovery Of coal in Penn
sylvania and Virginia, but added
"as the country Is nothing but one
continuous forest and the popula-
ton Is scarce, these mines are of
no account" Even then. Kentuck-
ians had taken to rearing and
training horses" a lucrative trade.
Isadore Lowenstern, q Viennese,
who toured America in 1887, COM
ments: 1.-THE stranger will always
be surprised by the place occupied |
by women in American society, by
the respect and difference Of which |
they are the objects"
Later chapters contain OBJ
servations on the more complex |
rural and urban societies and the
growing industrialization Of the
country. A better title might have |
been something like This Was
Their Idea of America" The &C
curacy and Justice of their con-
clusions vary with individual
prejudice and experience.
Evening star., 1949-06-19
Tales Of TrqveI and Adventure
To Be Read on Your Vocation
PLAYT1ME Is OVER
BY Clyde Brion Davis. (Lipptncott; $350J

Reviewed by CARTER BROOKE JONES.
survived the hazards Of strange
and stranger lands and that he no longer Is young now
that failed him at last faces the Life OF
quiet routine he has lodged since boyhood?
Mr. Davis starts soldier of fortune after most
such roances curtain takes
Evening star., 1949-06-19
MAKERS OF THE MODERN
MIND

BY Thomas p. NELL. lTHe BThce
Publishing Coz $3.75J
Eleven men, In history are
selected by the author as having
made major contributions to the
shaping Of the modern mind. Mr..
Neill studies each mans individual
contribution without losing sight
Of how his ideas fitted into the
larger picture. This Is . good COM
panion book to John Randall's
earlier. "The Making Of the Mod
ern Mind"
Evening star., 1949-06-19

The Of the aiman combat has been told time
since he emerged pampered glamor boy Whether
movie the plauds always seemed fall boys
who drove the ap the heroes the naturally
Only the enlisted gotten the lnelght
Of ohand book about air
Evening star., 1949-06-19
Views of Today and 7 Tomorrow
UnfoIded in Fact and Fable
NINETEEN EI0HTY-FOUR
BY George Orwell fHarccart. Brace d Co: -
Reviewed by MARY McGRoRy.

The dread horror story generally BE- cy~aec
after all only That ANAL
Nineteen EShyPooE oeorss ovvss
political about life 'o.ahtaE.an world
OF the details he introduces hs
santAy not fantasic familiar Alas;
Evening star., 1949-06-19
OUR NATIONAL DEBT

OUR NATIONAL DEBT
BY the Committee on Public
Debt Policy. (Harcourt, Brace;
s2.50J
A nontechnical study Of our
national debt and its meaning In
relation to the whole economy.
The committee finds no cause for
hysterical alarm at tts sise, sbut
stresses the need for . sound. II
politically unpopular. program Of
debt management. -B. r.
Evening star., 1949-06-19
New War Novel Throws q Bright Beam
On Long Neglected Heroes of the Air

TENT ON CUH5ICA
BY Martin Quigley. Il. B. Ltpptncott Co.; $27SJ
Reviewed by STANLEY BATTZ.
Evening star., 1949-06-19

BY Julia Cooley Altrocchi. fDut-
ton; $4.50J
San Ffanciscans always have
been o race apart-tolerant, gen.
erous. cosmopolitan. skilled In the
arts of living. Mrs. Altrocchi
has written q colorful history Of
society In the city by the Golden
Gate from its earliest days to the
present fantastic 40s." "The
caste influence is very strong to
this day among the old Spanish
families" she reports. quoting a
descendant as saying: "One
doesn't admit these distinctions,
but one governs ones life ac-
accordingly" There is gusty
humor In accounts Of the lavish
entertainment given by some Of
the new gold-apd-silver rich Ia
the '7os and sos. especially q
grand centennial bali In 1875 when
European court dress was re-
Euired. which meant anything Ia
Evening star., 1949-06-19

gulp-provoking nature.
Evening star., 1949-09-09

See blinded Veterans ON the job"
Demonstrate Of skill and ability BY
blinded workers. Tonight, 2 to $50.
An day tomorrow. Hotel Washington.
Pre- admission. Annual national con.
vsotion, blinded Veterans Assooistton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26
.SWV Auxiliaries
Seat New Officers

Officers of the District Of Co.
lumbia Department. United Span
ish War Veterans. were installed
at the annual convention last
week.
They include:
President, Gretta w. Ludwig
senior vice president, Marie A.
Lucas; junior vice president. Lu-
cretia EichholtZ: parliamentarian
Margaret E. Burns: chief Of staff
Ella I. Ford; secretary. Edna r.
Summerfield. treasurer. Gertrude
E. Miles: chaplain, Anna L. Palm
er; patriotic instructor. Catherine
Shugrue; historian. Maud
Wright; conductor. Mary Hagan;
assistant conductor. <. Maude
Dudley; guard. Laura Sabins; as
sistant guard. Gussie Higgins;
musician, Hattie v. Ludwig; aide
to the president. Tillie May Roth,
and page, Kay Anne Bowen.
The convention endorsed the
present national historian. Edna
r. Summerfeld. for advancement
to the position Of National patri-
otto instructor. subject to the ma
tional convention which will be
held in Tampa. Fla. october 9-13,
inclusive.
Title May Roth. a past depart
ment president and past national
conductor, was the installing
officer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26
CONGRATULATIONS
Still Preserved as
Antique English Inn
Prize Cssf,ibsiiss
BY Jennifer DeolI. IS

Within q few minutes walking
distance OF Salisbury Market Place
situated in the center Of the
ancient city. visitors will And one
Of the antique gems OF Sarum.
Built in 1889, II Is known as the
ShoemAkers' Guild. At the time
Phillip Crewe. q sehoolmaster
lived In q house at the corner OF
Hogs Lane. now named Salt Lane
When he died he expressed In his
will = wish that his house and
garden should be made into a ball
for the company OF Shoemakers. "
and It was 10 be named "Crews
Hall"
This was fulfilled. and later an
other room was added where the
Shoemakers' Guild met and trans
acted their business, for upward OF
200 years.
Phillip Crewe's old timber framed
house is now the Pheasant Inn, q
beautifully preserved building.
1t has q buttery underneath and
a wide. solid staircase leading from
the courtyard to the hall.
A painting Of Phillip Crewe can
be seen hanging in the entrance
hall Of the City's Council Chamber
and bears this inscription:
My heirs as often you succeed
TO this hall.
Let brotherly love be present
In your minds"
~ you are attracted by old Eng
lish architecture. this Is where yol
can live again in the past. even Il
only in spirit. and take refuge
from the atomic age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-26
Natural Bridge Trip
Prise Contribution
By Betty Durruss, II


MOUNT vernon Elementary Sehoos
Our class took q trip to Natural
Bridge. Va. q few weeks ago.
On the way we stopped at
Washington and Lee University
and the Virginia Military Insti-
tute. The chapel and museum at
Washington and Lee were the FIRST
places we visited. In the chapel
we saw the recumbent statue OF
Robert z. Lee. and in the museum
We saw many Of his things and
the skeleton Of his horse. Traveller
At Virginia Military Institute
we saw the museum and q few
other things. Last of all We saw q
parade.
That night We saw the bridge
As soon as We were seated they
started telling the story OF the
creation. There was beautiful
singing and the bridge was lighted
in different colors. The next day
we saw the bridge. Salt Peter
Cave, Lost River. Lace Falls and
some very old trees. 1t was nearly
as pretty as the night before.
On our way back to Alexandria
we passed through some very
pretty country. We arrived in
Alexandria about $50. We had
had a very good time.