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Evening star., 1949-11-13
Robert Graves Seems
At Home in Story
OfSponish Conquest

THE ISLANDS OF UNWISDOM
BY Robert Graves. Doubleday
& Co.; $500
Robert Graves, who prefers
other centuries to his own. is
completely at home in this lusty
episode of Spanish imperial con-
guest. In fact. this tale (Which
is based on history Of an ILL
fated expedition to the Solomons
in 1895 for gold and souls, gives
him an almost unequaled op-
portunity to display his fair for
archaic dialogue. matter Of fact
violence and expert, If sardonic,
storytelling.
Disunification was a problem
even then, and the bloody evils
which beset the venture arise pri-
marily from the much exploited
tension between the soldiers and
the sailors on board. The general,
pious and Intellectual leader, nerv-
ously mediates the disputes, but
he is as a willow in the wind be-
tween the fiery trigger-happy
colonel and the competent, right
eous chief pilot. He is further
goaded by a beautiful. unsatisfied
wife Ysabel, who stirs up such a
witches brew Of intrigue in the
convoy that the narrator. the gen.
erals prim, effeminate secretary,
cannot keep track OF all the fac
tions.
When the hotilla at last lands in
the MarQuesas. the general claims
them in the name OF God and his
men Immediately begin christian
izing the natives through murder,
rape and pillage. An Ysabel-in-
spired massacre fells the colonel,
and she dispatches her husband
through witchcraft. With its men,
bers much reduced through strife
and starvation, the expedition
takes to the sea once more headed
for Manila. Mr.. Graves wonder
fully readable story reaches its
high point with this magnificent
account Of a perilous voyage,
guided by the brutal Ysabel. and
calling forth miracles of naviga-
ton, cruelty and endurance. And
to prove that he is being guided
by life and not art. he ends his
story with an ironic recital OF
Ysabel's later years. which is
rather a discouraging contradic-
ton Of the theory that the wicked
can't prosper. M. Meg.
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with palatable and. indeed, habit
forming doses of an intellec-
tual vitamin combining history,
sociology, economics and a dash
of geology. This book is in the ira
dition.
Mr.. Gutheim, who lives not far
from the Potomac at Dickerson,
Md. is loyal to the river. He does
not admit that all its days of
glory are behind it. And his
writing shows a tinge of contempt
for those who work and dwell near
it but ignore the river, or take it
for granted.
The National Capital should ex-
pand in line with interjurisdic-
tional planning taking the natural
of the Potomac basin
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language. The most abiding or
nament of the pre-Raphaellte
movement, she took little notice
of its struggles and feuds. A prig
who pasted pieces of paper over
Swinburne's more outspoken lines,
she herself wrote with passionate
simplicity that has never been
matched by any other English
woman poet.
The young Christina grew up
in a high-minded Italian house.
hold which came to be dominated
by her spectacular brother. Dante
Gabriel. At Is she was writing
lyrics that showed an amazing
skill and mastery. She fell in
love twice in her life and COM
memorated the second occasion
with the immortal my Heart
Is Like a Singing Bird" but she
sent both suitors away because
of religious differences. AS a
girl she gave up the theater; in
spite Of stern self discipline. she
was never quite able to conquer
her jealousy of her sister-in-law,
Elizabeth Siddall, Dante Gaprisl's
Blessed Damozel." Her religious
ferver grew until she became
known as a Victorian saint, some
say a disagreeable one.
Poetry of Austere Splendor.
Yet. according to her present
biographer, Marya Zaturenska.
this uneyentful life was one of
fierce inner struggle. Much that
was sensuous passionate and de-
lightful in her nature, her love
of color and warmth and beauty
was self-slain." And she traces
from the evidence In the poetry
the Saxon conquest Of the Latin,
for the richly embroidered lyrics
of her youth gave way in time
to devotional poetry Of an austere
splendor.
In the f1amboyant, self-con.
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~ S5.15J
turbulent story. Angela is the
brilliant, disturbing daughter in a
modest Italian family In Massa-
chusetts. One brother. a saint,
dies in boyhood. The other
brother, Guido, is suspiciously
close to Angela. Later. Angela be-
comes a labor leader a radical
agitator. She marries a worker
who becomes a sculptor in cera-
mics. But an evil tide Of
events engulfs the girl and her
husband. More than that, diabol-
ism literally comes into her life,
and a priest struggles to exercise
the black spirit that possesses her.
Whatever may be said for the
story-and it is pretty hard to
take at times-Miss Peckham dis
plays a scope Of imagination and
a gift for writing which should
carry her far.
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Planes landed and left quickly at
that only foothold north of the
Australian continent. Jap planes
bombed almost at will, for our
fighters and anti-aircraft were
wretchedly ineffective.
Operations orders were not pre-
pared at air headquarters but by
the Office Of Gen. Richard K. Suth-
erland. the chief of staff; missions
were assigned by the director Of
bombardment at Brisbane. who
passed the word to the air COM
mand at Townsville. which passed
1t further to the airdrome at Ma
reeba, after which the planes took
of. not infrequently to find that
the target had disappeared.
There was q desperate shortage
Of ammunition, spare parts and
supplies Of all kinds at the front,
and vast quantities Of these things
in a great depot at Melbourne
with an officer in charge who re-
turned requisitions on the ground
that they were improperly made
out.
Gen. Macarthur told Gen. Ken
ney fatty when he reported that
his new command was Ineffective
in combat and that he had no use
for its top officers.
This book is bristle- haired,
scar-cheeked, little 6 feet 6
inches) Gen. Kenney's report on
how he changed all that. He rid
himself Of incompetent brass and
those he considered incompetent
he calls by name. He retrained
his flyers and lifted them to lethal
effectiveness in few short weeks.
cleaned the Japs out Of the South
Pacific and completely sold him
self to Gen. Macarthur.
The pilots get q lot Of the credit
and they deserve it. but the book
also is a reminder that headquar-
ters deserves some credit, too. It
was Gen. Kenney himself who
thought Of parachute fragmenta-
ton bombing which ruined so
many Japanese planes on the
ground; it was headquarters
which thought Of the skip bomb
ing Of shipping.
Readers will not find high-level
inside stuff on the Pacific war
but they will be impressed by
the writer's almost worship
for Gen. Macarthur "a trait that
has shown up among others close
around the generaD and the man
ner In which he days the Mac
Arthur staff members repeatedly
and by name.
Hardest hit Is Gen. Sutherland,
now retired. But 1t. Gen. George
H. Brett is reported not having
known how many planes he had
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Long in the Making,
Biography Of Broun
Is Well Rounded
HEYWOOD BROUN
By Dale Kramer. a. A. WIN,
$780,
Reviewed by
QUENTIN r. MOTT,

~SGAN 4AN ~. NM l.
Almost 10 years since the death
Of Haywood Broun have served to
mellow the crudities in his char
acteristic iconoclasm so that, In
retrospect, Dale Kramer's bio
graphical portrait attains a form
and balance which must have been
problematica1 when he started 1t
a decade ago, when his subject
was living.
OF all Broun's friends, fair
weather and otherwise, none had
been inspired to do a biography
and Kramer, himself, was ad-
monished by Broun regarding his
devious character. The war inter:
rupted the work. Mr.. Kramer was
on Yank Magazine through the
Jap surrender aboard the Mis-
souri,. But he persevered in the
task Of research. inquiry, inter-
view and selection Of material and
has come up with a well-rounded.
moving description Of Broun and
also the hectic days of his career.
Broun was variously known as q
sports writer, drama critic, news
paper columnist, author Of novels
and founder and first president Of
the American Newspaper Guild.
To wrap up all of these identities
and rationalize them without re-
verting to the normal excuse
"newspapermen are newspaper
men"-was no mean job.
/ The elders will rejoice in tales
of Christy Mathewson. Contem-
poraries will find sympathetic
recollection of the antics Of the
literati in the '20s and the rebel
and liberal side of Broun. The
younger, to whom Broun is a
Legendary figure. will get a new
insight on the circumstances un-
der which he wrote, "' the fact
that newspaper editors and owners
are genial folk should hardly
stand in the way Of the organiza-
ton of a newspaper writer's union.
There should be one. Beginning
at 8 o'clock on the morning Of
October /. I am going to do the
best I can to help in getting one
NM ="
The biography has sufficient ir-
reverence to keep 1t from being
disciplelike. There is no post
mortem or eulogy. Kramer's con-
cluding line is, "At $50 Haywood
Broun died."
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JEST WHAT THE DOCTOR
ORDERED

BY DR.. Francis Leo Golden.
fFredertck Fsll, Inc.;; $685.
The author has produced here
q book Of the same nature as his
earlier and popular For Doc
tors Only"a collection OF jokes.
stories and anecdotes Of q medi-
cal nature. Arranged under ap-
propriate chapter headings. the
material should please those read
ers who like their humor in large
and easily accessible doses.
Evening star., 1949-11-13

Su Won, by Virginia Fairfax
Dutton; $2.50)-A story Of Ko-
rean life today and of Su Won,
who is able to obtain her educa-
ton by winning the grand prize
in the Korean Exhibition for silk
weaving. Illustrated.
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Portrait of Christina Rossetti,
The Woman and the Artist
CHRISTINA ROSSETTI

CHRISTINA ROSSETW
Portrait With Background BY Marya zaturenska The Mac
milan Co.; 81
Rossett first last and always poet and one
personality proud and correc.
woman youth retiring and recluse she had
little knowledge sympathy She has left
Transforming her experiences
the most piercingy beautiful in the
Evening star., 1949-11-13
Frederick Gutheim Views the CoIorfuI
PAGEANT of the Historic Potomac
|y Frederick Gutheim. (Rinehart; $4)
Reviewed by CHRIS MATH

. Reviewed by CHRIS MATHISEN
Here is wistful of minute in rivers
3a of the white mans acquaintance with the
series Of pansaking studies OF Amer
lean edited by Heey Carl GARNER has
of conscientious scholarship
Evening star., 1949-11-13
The Full Disclosure of What Happened
At the Trial of Cardinal Mindszenty
STORY

BY Stephen K. Swift. fMacmilll
This is the most painstaking
and heavily documented account
of the trial and conviction Of
Hungary's primate, Joseph Cardi-
nal Mindszenty. yet published.
If even a substantial portion Of
It is authentic, the cardinal is the
victim of a monstrous injustice
one of the most cruel prosecutions
of modern times.
Hungarian-born Mr.. Swift, who
became a noted foreign corre-
spondent for American newspa-
pers and magazines. now lives in
New York and is ruling elder Of
the Presbyterian Church. He
made trip to Europe last year to
investigate the case of the car
dinal. Mr.. Swift travelled 10000
miles and interviewed scores OF
witnesses, in and out of Hun
gary, including eyewitnesses OF the
trial and two persons who saw the
cardinal In prison. Documentary
evidence totaling 100000 words
was digested.
The story of the prelate's arrest
and Interrogation" and trial is
told as straight narrative. based
On personal interviews and docu-
ments. The cardinals examina-
tion at the trial is quoted verba-
tim, including constant interrupt
tions when he attempted to an
swer and the twisting OF his
words to suit the court. The two
foreign correspondents permitted
1T the trial-with the exception of
those representing Moscow's pup
pet states-did not know the
language and had to rely on Of
hcial translators.
Torture and Drugs.
Mr.. Swift has no doubt, from
his research, that the cardinal
was subjected to physical and
psychological torture and drugs
and forced to write the alleged
confession with which the govern
ment convicted" him before the
trial. It was all, he points out,
directed by men trained in the
Moscow technic of liquidating en-
emies.' He gives a complete ac-
count of this technic as it was ap-
Piled to Mindszenty.
OF the cardinal, the author
lays there were few who fought
70 courageuosly against Commu-
mist power, gave such vigorous ex-
preston to the concept of the
freedom of the soul, pleaded so
sloquently the cause of Christian
civilization" Wouldtsuch a man
have surrendered ANONYMOUSLY? :?
The cardinal came from peas
Int stock, and all his life he was
unpretentious, ascetic, frugal,
sharing what little he had with
the poor and the stricken. MIR.
Swift gives a clear account Of
the cardinals early life and his
witt rise in the church.
Even with all the Red govern
nent of Hungary pretended to
prove against the cardinal, the
luthor says, most of the people
law no crime in anything he was
alleged to have done. They felt:
The cardinal had not been per-
nitted to call any witnesses of his
Iwn; he had not been given the
opportunity to defend himself; he
vas being crucif1ed because he
had defended the interests of the
tommon man, because he had
stood in the way of the Commu-
nists, because he had fought the
Anti-C Christ.
* ~
PROUD ANGELA
BY Virginia Peckham. (DueU,
Sloan & Pe1rce; $780,
In her first novel, the 24-year-
Nd author has written a strange,
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The First Who S Who
Of Federal Workers
AMERICAN MEN IN

AMERICAN MEN IN
GOVERNMENT
Edited by Jerome M. Rosow,
with Lille Levine and Virginia
J. Miller. Foreword by Leonard
D. White. public Affairs Press,
$780,
Reviewed by
JOSEPH YOUNG.
Here is q book that should be
a great help for those persons
whose work brings them in con-
tact with the Federal Govern
ment.
It contains the biographies of
more than 5000 Government off,
cials, ranging from cabinet officers
at the top helm down to the little
known to the public, but never
theless important, Federal officials
in the administrative and person.
mel levels. who play an important
part in the day y-to-day operations
Of the Government.
AS far as is known, this is the
first time that the biographies OF
such a large and important group
of Federal employees has been as
sembled in one volume.
In his foreword to the book.
Prof. Leonard .. White of the
University Of Chicago, .one Of the
country's leading public admins
tration experts and a former
civil service commissioner, makes
the following penetrating COM
ment::
'The information included In
this volume provides gratifying
evidence Of the quality OF the
higher ranges Of the Federal serv-
ice. From some points Of view
1t Is better than the American
people deserve, for 1t is well known
that men and women Of talent
remain In the Federal service de-
spite handicaps Of salary and
some limitation Of professional
freedom. The. times challenge
creative effort to build on these
foundations"
Evening star., 1949-11-13
John Erskine Takes Time Out
For Another Climb Up Olympus
VENUS, THE LONELY GODDESS
BY John Erskine. (MorrotD: $2.75)

Reviewed by CARTER BROOKE JONES
It something that the versatile Dr. Eskine
middle of his autobiography to
the mood of that charming
of the Life of Helen of Troy"
Olympus, the wife Of Vulcan the god
where said
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Tell me story" Is one child.
ish demand that should hold nc
terrors for Washington parents
The Capital boasts large anc
diligent company Of children's
authors and the dawn of Chill
dren's Book Week finds them hard
at their typewriters turning out
tales about any number of things
from wayward animals to exem-
plary young people.
Paul Sorel of Sorel's Bookstore
reports that his Junior bookworms
some of them such addicts that
they devote whole allowances to
book purchases - are currently
crazy about horses. Marguerite
Henry's Misty Of Chincoteague''
is the fastest-moving item on his
lower shelves.
Another straw in the wind, &C.
cording to Mr.. Sorel. is the great
upsurge of interest in teen-age
novels. 1t just so happens that
one of the leading practitioners
of this particular art is a local
girl, Patricia O'Malley, who has
just seen publication Of "Faraway
Fields" the sixth in a series de-
voted to the proposition that a
working girl can be happy.
An attractive young woman, sill
ver-haired and fresh-faced, who
has drawn on the experiences of
20 years in the aviation field for
her stories, Miss O'Malley finds
that such authorship leads to a
certain amount of vocational
guidance. Hard put not to make
her stories Of airline hostesses
and publicity girls not too gla-
morous, she has to warn the young
girls who are influenced by her
books to work for the airlines
that every day of their lives may
not be quite so replete with ro-
nance as those Of her heroines.
The Great Change
In Teen.Age Fiction
A recent rereading of 1.-THE Lit
tie Colonel" stories brought home
to Miss O'Malley Gin private life
the wife of Harold Strickland,
author of "Juggernaut of the
Rangers") the great change in
teen-age fiction. That beloved
adolescent heroine of yesteryear
who led a charmed other-worldly
existence, touched by reality only
during genteel calls on the poor
has been replaced forever by the
up and = coming bread = winning
career girl.
Another Capitalize who sets
good examples before youthful
readers is Ruth Fox. a triple
threat girl who lectures on Latin
at Catholic University, writes
mysteries under the name Of Alex.
ander Irving and as herself, such
biographies as Great Men. Of
Medicine" While at work on he,
Forthcoming Weapons of Medi-
cine," she was also concoctine
clues for Symphony in Two.
Time" for the sudden-deatt
crowd. She never got her sig
nails mixed. but infinitely prefers
writing for a juvenile audience
being rewarded there with ''ar
enthusiasm that is almost ex'
hausting."
Another ambidextrous author
who prefers readers under 2t
is Catherine Gates Coblentz, whose
"Blue Cat Of Castletown" is one
of the most distinguished juve-
niles on current lists. Mrs. CO.
blentz is rather "rebelliously" fin
ishing up a biography for adults
on Matthew Fontaine Maury. who
was the first secretary of the Ma
val Observatory. With that, un-
congenial task out Of the way
Mrs. Coblentz will recast ths
story for children:
Girls Like Boy
Heroes Best
Catherine Best Bestermann. au-
thor Of the newly published "Tht
Extraordinary Education of John.
ny Longfoot," has discovered tina
girls like her hero better thar
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A Flying General Tells How He Cleared
The Air for Victory in the Pacific
KENNEY REPORTS

GENERAL KENNEY REPORTS :
BY George c. Henney, (DueH, Sloan & Pearce; $450J
Reviewed by JOHN A. GILES.
Gen. Kenneys brash and explanation Of how he
brought order out Of chaos South Pacific air operations should be
significance this particular time
unacation defense being aired public
For when called to head acArhrs air force mid
1872 the Allies cging Of Port Moresby
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Girls Like Boy
Heroes Best

Catherine Best Bestermann. au-
thor Of the newly published "The
Extraordinary Education of john
ny Longfoot," has discovered that
girls like her hero better than
Evening star., 1949-12-09
Potomac Methodists
Bequeathed $4,000
|By Mrs. Jeffress

Bequests amounting to about
$40, 900 each were left the Damon
Runyon Cancer Fund, a Method
list church in Potomac, Md. and
"a Christian Scientist Church in
Boston, Mass, by the recently de-
ceased widow of a railroad equip
ment businessman here. papers
filed in District Court disclosed
yesterday.
Mrs Charlotte Lee Jeffress,
about 60 at the time of her death
November 27, instructed that the
bequests be made from her estate
valued at $4,000. Mrs. Jeftress
lived at 1000 Connecticut avenue
NV. since the death in 1947 OF
her husband, w. Newton Jeffress.
They previously had resided at
Potomac, a small Montgomery
County community.
Under her will, an outright
$40, 900 grant was made to the
Methodist church for the speci-
fed purpose of installing a pipe
organ and air conditioning IN the
building. Mrs. Jeffress declared
| in her will that my husband and
I had a great affection for this
particular part Of Montgomery
County and this little church"
One-half of the remainder OF
the estate then was earmarked Tor
the First Church Of Christ Scien-
tist, Boston, while the second half
was bequeathed to the cancer
fund to be devoted entirely to re-
search in connection with Hodg-
kins disease, a cancer of the blood.
This was left ''in memory OF my
husband who was victim OF this
disease"
A $1,000 bequest was left to a
first cousin, Mrs. Maude Salsman
of Camarillo. Calf. named as her
only heir in papers filed by Attor-
ney Arthur G. Lambert.
A native woman at Dumasi,
Gold Coast, killed q 22-foot snake
with q cutlass.
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ministration said. represent the
bulk Of tho fall enrollments. but
the final figures will not be avail
able for another month or more.
As Of November 1, according to
preliminary figures. 10000 vet
erans were enrolled In the colleges
and universities. compared with
953 900 a year ago. In the other
schools the enrolment this year
was given as $4,000. compared
to the year-ago figure Of $4,000.
These figures are both for the GI
bill enrolles and the disabled.
The great increase in the be-
low college level schools was en-
tirely among CT bill enrollees.
There was a decline Of IL per
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naugh Of Holy Trinity High
School.
The first prize was $50, second
$25 and third SIS.
Honorable mention went to Miss
Joan Coyle, Sacred Heart Acad-
emy; Miss Anna Je6n Gosnell.
Anacostia High School; Miss
Joanie Greulich. Academy Of Holy
Names; Miss Ruby E. Hare. Gen.
tral High School; Miss Joan lie
Mense. Academy of Holy Cross;
Miss Shirley Lenard, Academy Of
Holy Names: Jacob Proser, Ana
costa High School: Miss Sybil
Speier, Western High School; Miss
Dorothy Lochte, Sacred Heart
High School.
Evening star., 1949-12-09
GI College Enrolment Drops
But Lower Schools SET Mark

Enrolment Of veterans In col
leges and universities declined this
fall, but those below college level,
mainly in trade and vocational
schools, went to an all-time high,
the Veterans Administration an
nounced today.
In the colleges veteran enroll
ments fell of II per cent as OF
November /. compared with q
year ago, while, on the other
hand, the others went up % per
cent. These, the Veterans Ad-
Evening star., 1949-12-09
; ParochiaI Students Win
Top Honors in SAR Contest

Three parochial students took
top honors in an essay contest
sponsored by the District Society
of the Sons of the American Rev.
olution, Orville H. Walburn, So
ciety president, announced today.
The winning essay was entitled,
"Our Debt to the American Pio-
neer," and was submitted by Miss
Jill Tisdale of the Academy Of
Notre Dame. Second place went
to Miss Joan Fitzgerald of the
Academy of Holy Names. and third
place to Miss Mary Alice Cava-
Evening star., 1949-12-09

During the last IL years, Brit
aims population under Is years
Of age has dropped from 23.8 per
cent to 21.9 per cent, while that
Of people over IS has risen from
IA per cent to 100 per cent.
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cent during the same period Of
enrollees under the provisions Of
the law for disabled veterans.
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A native woman at Dumasi,
Gold Coast, killed 4 22-foot snake
with q cutlaSS.
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