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China when Japan collapsed.
The story Of the divisions string
Of victories has been told before
told in books by trained histo-
rians, naval and ground warfare
experts. Sergt. Mcmillan has
done q more intimate. searching
work, making 1t possible TO see
just how these men differed, not
only from other servicemen, but
from other Marines. He has writ
ten q social, as well as a military,
history.
Tradition-and discipline-are
the heart and core of the Marine
Corps.
The LeatherneckS.
The 1st Division, formed around
a cadre Of hard-bitten Marines
stepped In tradition. "crochety
cantankerous, prideful and intol-
erent," was the prototype Of the
word Leatherneck. They have
been described as "the old breed
of American regular, regarding
the service as home and war an
occupation, and they transmitted
their temper and character to
the high-hearted volunteer mass. y
AS the only Marine division In
existence when the Japs attacked
Pearl Harbor, and indeed one OF
few American divisions anywhere,
the Old One was of key Importance
to the national defense. The men
knew they were elite, that they
were skilled in the science Of am
phibious warfare and that they
alone were ready.
Elements of the division were
on their way to the Pacific by
April. 1942 and. through miracles
|of preparation, the 1st Division
attacked Guadalcanal on August
z, 1912.
That was cleaned up by De-
cember with 621 killed and 1917
wounded. More than 5000 men
contracted malaria and practically
every one had jungle rot. When
Guadalcanal was finished, there
were fewer OF the old breed but
the recruits had absorbed the
tough, to-hell-with-it spirit.
The division was reorganized In
Australia and In the fall OF 1913
returned north to the islands to
rive battle again. It fought I
winning four-month campaign IN
New Britain, under the aegis Of
Macarthur. It rested and re-
grouped In the muddy, sinking
Russell Islands and then attacked
IPeleliu-a coral rabbit-warren de-
Tended by 10000 Japanese.
The Peleliu Japs were sxtef-
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Crime and Nystery
By Miriom Gutenberg

big blond blackmailer doesn't
solve a thing. Saturnin Dax. the
Gallo sleuth, must find the gang
that hijacked the incriminating
letters. His clues-a covered mir
ror and a pair Of spectacles. Dax
fans will find their imperturbable
detective at his best In this COM
plex puzzle.
X r. y r
The Bass Derby Murder, by Kath-
leen Moore knight. doubleday
& Co., Inc; $2.25.)
Luc:us Amsdon was so sure
some one wanted to kill him that
he drew up a list Of ss,en suspects.
When he actually was murdered.
Elisha Macomber found the list
wasn't long enough. Lucius, it
developed, was hated alike by the
natives and the sportsmen who
came up for the annual bass fish,
ing derby. Elisha's easygoing hui
NOR and the New England fishing
background help. but the tale il
still fairly routine.
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narrower, his material StanQaro
of living notably lower. his pos
sible recreations far fewer and
+ less diversified" The author takes
an optimistic view Of cataclysmic
inventions and social upheavals.
The Transforming instruments. "
he says, "have brought within
range a multiplication Of oppor-
tunity apparently limited only by
the insight. wisdom and good
will Of men,"
Maybe so.
The Movies.
Mr., Morris history OF the
movies is particularly interesting.
While he is not unaware Of the
mediocrity of the average Holly
wood production Of today. he feels
that over the years its output has
shown "a long roster Of Aims that
dealt honestly with problems OF
American life. and that even un-
dertook to portray the seamier
aspects of the American scene"
The automobile. of course. has
changed life more radically than
any other invention. Mr.. Morris
traces its gradual domination and
the results, good and otherwise.
Now that television threatens to
supplant radio, he tries to think
of the symphonies, the informa-
tive discussions and the news
we've picked out Of the air, and
not to dwell too much on the soap
operas, the crooners and the COM
mercials. ....
In his immensely entertaining
book, DR.. Enrich explains some
of the gaudier, more memorable
aspects Of life in the old West.
These include gathering at that
perfect example Of democracy, the
saloon; rushing into mine-boom-
ing towns and leaving them as
quickly; prospecting, dying with
ones boots on (if necessary, tell
ing tall tales. giving everybody
Ia nickname, gambling on any
thing. quieting the dogies with
songs, admiring "the ladies'" deal
ing with malefactors vigilante-
style.
It was nothing, in those days,
for an exhilarated cowboy to ride
into q saloon and take a hand
in the poker game from the
saddle. One horseman started up
the grand staircase Of q hotel,
promised to ride into every room,
and no doubt would have done 50
had he not been deferred by IA
shots from the outraged pro-
prietor.
DR.. Enrich suggests that some
Western ghost town be restored as
a historical museum. Surely such
a project is as justified as our
Eastern craze for Colonial restora-
ton.
Both books are well illustrated.
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Twelve State
Taken Apart

OUR SOVEREIGN STATE
Edited by Robert S. Allen. (Van-
guard; IS
Reviewed by
FLETCHER F. ISBEIL.
Twelve writer's take a look at
IL State governments, and
find them bad, with possibly one
exception. Mr.. Allen remarks in
an introduction that the whole
system is "moribund, corrosive.
and deadening," lis riddled with
senescence, incompetence, medioc-
rity. ineffectiveness, corruption
and tawdriness," and from this
start his contributors work up
steam. States described are Mas
sachusetts, New York. Pennsyl-
vania, Georgia, Ohio. Illinois, Wis
consin, Louisiana, Nebraska, Tex
as, Utah and California. Written
more to prove a point than to dis
sect informatively. the pieces are
uniformly horror stricken except
the one on Nebraska. It seems to
reflect some hope, either because
matters are not too bad there or
because it was found impossible
to maintain a shrek for IL chap
terS.
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A Diory Of Darkness

IN BEAUTY LIKE THE NIGHT
By Lewis Arnold. (Bobbs, Mer-
fiH Co.; 49,
This novel in diary form is the
story young blind man tells OF
his adjustment to darkness and
of his love for young woman
pianist-composer. The ingredients
of this story could have been as
sembled into something of a pow
erful document on blindness and
the adjustments it demands, for
Lewis Arnold. although not blind
himself. has conveyed the sense
of darkness and Illustration very
we'll. Cloying sentimentalism so
prevades this book, however. that
the blind hero appears cheap
rather than heroic and his testa-
ment so lacks dignity that it en-
barrasses the reader.-M. B. S.
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JuSu kAuy "&VAA
words; he mauls them. His
whimsey is jet-propelled. His style
is full of knots and tangles. OF
puns, parentheses and paradoxes.
"The good reader collaborates
with the author" says Mr.. Morley,
thus forestalling criticism. And
the diligent reader will be re-
warded with much that Is stim-
ulating, reviving or merely anus
ing in this collection of 26
occasional pieces devoted vari-
ously to literary appreciation.
personal experience, fantasies and
parodies. The title was provided
by the authors ironing board,
bought for a bar and converted
to a file. "An ironing board is
where burning metal goose
passes over the crumpled linen Of
daily life"
OF this assemblage the finest
and warmest is Notes on an
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the face of the conservatism Of
the military mind on both sides
Most noteworthy were the intro
ductions of bombing and strafins
planes and Of tanks.
The five years that followed
witnessed the Introduction o1
fantastic and terrible new weapon!
the proximity fuse, jet fighters
guided missiles, the snorkel sub.
marine and many others. Almost
the total reservoir of scientific
data accumulated for a quarter
of q century was drained as the
worlds best minds labored for new
means Of destruction. It al
reached a climax in the holocaust
Of the atomic bomb.
Some Of these weapons still
were in their infancy when tht
war ended. Some hardly hae
gone beyond the blueprint stage
They are the heritage Of the ma
tions for the next war. Theil
existence colors all thinking IL
these war-threatened days. Need
less to say. much Of this thinking
is superficial and misinformed-
certainly 50 far as laymen ar'
concerned and, in all probability
in professional military circles
also.
The director Of Americas scien.
tific war effort, out Of which came
some of the most notable Of tn.
new weapons, was the presiden
Of the Carnegie Institution O
Washington. In this highl,
thought provoking book DR.. Busf
injects, first Of all. a big dose O.
common sense into speculation
about the efficacy Of this heri'
tage. It is, in a sense. q com
forting book. There is little rea'
son to believe. for instance, tha
there will be, another Hiroshima
either here or elsewhere. Therl
Is unlikely to be much destruction
of cities or major Industries b!
bombing Of any kind. for radar
guided missiles and the like vii
make any attempt far too ex'
pensive.
Atomic bombs will not be tosset
shout loosely for one simple rea'
son-they cost too much. Battle
ships probably are out Of the pic
ture. Guided missiles seem des
tined to q role of defense rathe
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LIVING WISELY AND WELL

LIVING WISELY AND WELL
by DR.. William B. Terhune, edi-
tor, and Drs. Douglas A. Thorn,
Kenneth E. Appel and Winfred
Overholser. (E. P. Dutton & Co.,
Inc; ST.
The problem Of living is one
continuing process Of the individ-
ual's adjustment to his environ
ment, external and internal. With
that thought as the base. these
four distinguished psychiatrists
discuss simply some principles OF
good mental hygiene as they apply
to childhood, the adult and the
aged. g. 3.
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CEcaNQ " LIle
Caribbean. It
took them. for
fight, frolic or
recuperation. to
N e W Zealand.
G u a d alcanal,
Australia, New
G uin ca, New
B r in, the
Russell Islands,
G u ad a lcanal
again, Peleliu,
back to the
Solom on Is
lands, Okinawa
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key job Of clearing invasion ports
in North Africa to keep ammuni-
ton and food supplies running to
our troops ashore. They not only
opened the way for the bridge Of
ships that brought victory to the
Allied cause but took time off. in
emergencies, to save vital ships
and their cargoes after enemy at
tacks in the Mediterranean area.
And frequently they had to work
under the constant threat Of fall
ing bombs or enemy torpedoes.
Capt. Ellsberg, who gained
worldwide fame for his sub
marine salvage and rescue work
during the S-51 and S-4 disasters
before the war. was called back
into the Navy soon after Pearl
Harbor. AS principal salvage
officer under Gen. Eisenhower
he was given the heavy respon-
sibility of opening North African
ports, which had been blocked
by scuttled or bombed craft. For
his task he had grossly made
quate equipment and few trained
men, yet he achieved veritable
miracles
While Allied troops were closing
In on Rommel, Capt. Ellsberg's
men were waging their own
peculiar kind of warfare beneath
the waters Of the Mediterranean
"a hazardous warfare against
natural terrors Of the deep and
mechanical perils which might
mean instant death at any time.
For diversion these hardy men OF
the sea fought raging fires and
inpouring floods aboard the
British troop ship. Strathallen.
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minated, but 1,121 Of the old breed
died and 5,142 were wounded in

minated, but 1,l2l OF the old breed
died and 5,142 were wounded In
the campaign-bloodiest action OF
World War II man-for-man in
volved. ...
Fighting side by side with Army
troops, the 1st Division helped
slug out the victory at Okinawa
in l945. It was still there, train
ing new recruits how to be men,
bers of the Fighting 1st when
Japan surrendered.
First to enter the Pacific. the
division was the last Marine di-
vision to leave it. Its last ele-
ments did not leave China occu-
patton duty until year ago.
Mr.. McMillan's history is
superbly written. It is proof that
a division Is men," not an in
animate thing. It has the power
and drama Of great fiction but
every line is drawn from brave
and bitter fact.
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Monica Martin CoIorfuI Book on India
Leaves Many Questions Unanswered

OUT IN THE MIDDAY SUN
BY Monica Martin. little, Brol
With interest in India stirred
to it's highest point by the recent
visit of Pandit Nehru, it is rather
disappointing that Monica Mar
tin has chosen to dwell on the
picturesque and well-known as
poets of life in the infant repub-
lie. The wife Of a British civil
servant, Mrs. Martin was whisked
off to India as bride and lived
for 20 years amid incredible peril
and isolation in several northern
provinces. Her unadorned ac-
count. which has the inevitable
interest Of all stories Of house
keeping under impossible condi-
tions. tells mostly Of her trans
formation into an ardent big
game hunter. Unfortunately. the
current curiosity passes beyond
the snakes in the spareroom and
tigers on the lawn. Mrs. Martin,
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Island" an account OF England
revisited which is .aglow with
hearty appreciation for a tradi-
tional people. In fact. in all the
musings which refer to his
grandmother England" he is at
his most straightforward and
felicitous. What is the simple
Yank to think of a nation whose
Prime Minister is so evidently
part bulldog and part elf?" he
asks when writing Of Churchill.
His fantastic, mildly ribald
stories of Dove Dulcet, the literary
detective, seem trifle thin. his
tributes to Sherlock Holmes for
devotees only. But when he is
pushed out Of quiddities by sheer
admiration, as for Whitman, "the
atom splitter" or for Bacon, "the
dark angel Of English prose-" he
writes with lucidity and COM
manding enthusiasm.
Mr.. Morley's reverence Is re-
served for literature. He is almost
fierce in his regard for it. In
discussing the applications Of
"The Tempest" to the storm
tossed year of 1941, he asks in
dignantly, "1s it fair to dope a
great and innocent work of art
with the drugs and poisons Of our
momentary needs?" He writes
lovingly Of his heroes, Conrad,
Beerhohm and Simeon Strunsky.
Usually when reading the So
called familiar essay, the reaction
is, How true" But with Mr.. Nor
ley it is more apt to be "How
strange" Doubtless he would have
no objection. He is a man who
obviously revels in his own mind
and shares it charity with the
general public.
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ey for building a barn, and Pres,
who was illiterate and not toe
well versed in the law. could see
no other way Of collecting. But
Pres had left his wife and child
he couldn't get along with her
people-and taken up with an
other woman, and it did seem that
after that everything went wrong
Most OF the narrative is taken ur
with the talk, dreams and frus-
trations OF half a dozen prisoners
awaiting trial or serving time.
Mr.. Wilson begins his story al
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eSSaylSt W n O
writes Of un-
familiar s u b -
jects in unfa-
niliar phrases.
N o &c n I'll e
Lamb, no quiz
Zical stroller
through we'll
k n o W n by
paths, he gam
b OILS through
private refer
ences and OBJ
scure illusions.
He oe s n o t
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and aboard other victims Of
Hitler's U-boats. Capt. Ellsberg.
whose previous books have estab-
lished him as a master story
teller, has given the public .
gripping, first-hand account Of .
tle-publicized phase Of the late
war. It is an account In colorful
detail that is needed to complete
the history Of the North African
adventure.
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DardaneIles Derelict, by Van Wyck
Mason. Doubleday & Co., lnc.;

Dardanelles Derelict, by Van Wyck
Mason. Doubleday & Co., Inc.;
$2.75l
Crime Club
The Russians are about to put
their hands on set OF plans to
perfect archaeological warfare
and the only man capable Of beat
ing them to the plans seems to be
on a prolonged toot IN some very
dubious company. Has Maj. Hugh
North, intelligence officer extraor.
binary, actually turned traitor?
Some important MVD agents are
convinced, but then, North Is a
man with a bagful Of tricks. Fancy
footwork across the Bulgarian
border climaxes this high-powered
spy yarn.
CONN Corner, by George Bagby.
Doubleday g. Co., Inc; $2.25.)
Crime Club
The onetime pigskin star fell,
jumped or was pushed to his
death with a shortage Of sugar in
his blood, cotton stuffed up his
nose, silk In his mouth, phony
candy in his pocket and Embrace
able busting powder all over his
seat. Inspector Schmitt, the one
with the tired feet, must learn
considerable about diabetes and
football farming to pick the guilty
party from collection of muscle
happy suspects.
** **
Sleep No More, by Sam S. Taylor.
(E. p. Dutton g. Co.; $2.50J
Gutlt-Edged s. .
An ailing doWager wants to
know who is raiding her heiress-
daughters handbook. Before Pri-
vate Detective Neal Gotten can
find out, he's looking for mur-
derer as well as a blackmailer.
The trail leads from a West Coast
mansion to a skid row hophouse,
from a canyon love-nest to a Ne
vada ranch, with lively action all
the way. This one is in the Ray
mond Chandler, tradition-com-
plete with stripped-down dialogue
and willing women.
4 \ X
The Man Who Covered Mirrors,
by Marten Cumberland. Double
day g. Co., Ine.; $2.25.)
Crime Club 4.
The French Minister Of Aerial
Transportation is being black
mailed but the murder of the
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has encouraged others to dig into
a field by no means exhausted.
The results have been both In
formative-we've learned a lot
about ourselves that we probably
should have known but didn't
and fascinating.
Some people are inclined to
sniff at this concern with the
past. to dismiss 1t patronizingly
as "the cult Of nostalgia" De-
tenders Of unforgotten genera
tions retort that our grandfather
may in their youth have lacked
the automobile and a great many
other scientific refinements, but at
least they were not harassed by
income-tax collectors and other
agents of mass conformity. were
more nearly individuals and had
a liberty of movement impossible
today.
Here are two books concerned
pleasantly and stimulatingly with
an America just behind the hori-
zon. Mr.. Morris mot So Long
Ago" considers the last so years In
the light of three revolutionary
inventions-the automobile. the
movies and the radio. DR.. Enrich,
who is chief of the folklore Sec
ton of the Library of Congress,
has described some of the quaint
and curious practices of the old
West-ways of doing things that
linger, to some extent. to this
day. His book is one OF the
American Customs series ("1t's
an Old New England Custom.
"It's an Old New Orleans Gus
tom," etc.
Looking Back.
Many Americans. Mr.. Morris
admits, look back wistfully to the
past. The era of their grand
parents holds a romantic charm
I'm that vanished. remote Arcadia
existence was simpler, more lei
surely, more gracious. For a
period of SO years the rhythm Of
life had continuously accelerated.
Day by day, the hours seemed to
have become more crowded. the
activities that filled them more
confusing. Had not the individ-
ual's available leisure. his margin
of personal freedom, steadily
diminished"
% But Mr.. Morris does not belong
to the cult. He feels that home
sickness for the past, while un-
derstandable, is almost certainly
misguided" He adds: The lost
Arcadia of 1900 was largely an
illusion. AS compared with his
descendant of 1850, the American
of that era had been time e-bound
and space bound. He had worked
harder, for longer hours, on more
days Of the week. His orbit was
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a fast pace that catches the in
terest at once. but allows 1t to bog
down to q standstill before 1t is
half over. The reflections Of the
inmates are amusing At first, but
soon become tiresomely repetitious.
The author has fair for char
acterization and should do q bet
ter novel. He is the son Of Harry
Leon Wilson, a popular novelist
of an earlier generation.
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Poetry and Bellies Lettres
Reviewed by EDWIN TRIBBLE.


IMMORTAL DIAMOND:
Studies in Gerald Manley Hop
kinS.
Edited by Norman Weyland, 8. ].
(Sheed & Ward; So
It was not until after his death
that Hopkins became widely
known as q poet. Eleven priests,
members Of the Society Of Jesus,
have collaborated on this study
of Hopkins, who was himself q
priest. They have written about
him both as priest and poet. They
analyze carefully the relationship
between Hopkins famous Sprung
rhythm. so admired by modern
istic poets. and old English. There
is also exposition of the theory
that the poets religious beliefs
were completely compatible with
the often-secular tone Of his
much disputed verse.
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CHIEF CnaraC-
ters are an in
teresting as
sortnent OF
prisoners.
The S tory
starts with the
arrest of Pres
Cargile by two
FBI agents in
Alabama. Pres
didn't intend to
steal the car he
h a d t a K e n
across a State
line. The owner
owed him mon
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GOETHE THE POET
BY Karl Victor. (HdrDdrd; So


Goethe the complete man
dramatist. novelist. statesman,
scientist and painter-is censid-
cred here in what was perhaps his
greatest role: Poet. Mr.. Victor is
one Of the worlds leading Goethe
scholars and he has undertaken
to show the development OF
Goethe's personality as reflected
in his writing. It is his theory
that all Goethe wrote was essen
TALLY poetry, that all his work was
based on the eternal mystery
that was closing in upon him and
which he captured for all time IN
Faust, the poem Of thousands OF
lines and one question: What are
we striving for?" This Is a deeply
intellectual book, too crowded IN
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The Good Reader, Says Morley,
Co|Iuborutes With the Author
Reviewed by MARY McGRORY.
THE IRONING BOARD
Nv CHRISTOPHER Morley,

So uninhibited in the freedom
Of his associations, so waggishly
erudite and puckishly bookish,
Christopher Morley is a familiar
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First Novel Uses q County Jail
In Tennessee as Its Main Scene
SINNERS, COME AWAY

SINNERS, COME AWAY
BY Leon Wilson. (AtIdnttc-Littl
A county jail in Tennessee is
the main scene of Mr.. Wilson s
first novel. In addition to pudgy.
malevolent jailer called Jeff, the
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These Were the Marines Who Fought
Their Way to the Heart Of Jopon
THE OLD BREED


History 1s Marine Division War BY George
Mcmillan Infantry Journal Press; $6.50J
Reviewed by JERRY OLEARY. Jr.
This story infanrymen
the Axis the long of dirty rugged service that
followed the 1st Marine Divisions victory uadacana
Written those Sergt George Mcmillan the
outlines the character and style of the od breed of Marine
the chronological of how they fought their
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New Books About the America
Just Behind the Horizon
NTNr C0TNNG AGO
BY Lloyd Morris. (RGndom House; So
IT'S AN OLD WILD WEST CUSTOM
BY Duncan Enrich. Vanguard: $3)
Reviewed by CARTER BROOKE JONES

Reviewed by CARTER BROOKE JONES.
only recent that historians ana noVeasts
and in books the facts LEGENDS
uk about section OF the
what we Before that the collection OF sucn general
and regional saga haphaard matter to which little encour-
ageu1ent given
The of published recent distant past
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The Man Who Covered Mirrors,
BY Marten Cumberland. Double
day & Co., Inc; $2.25.)
Crime Club =
The French Minister of Aerial
The Unsung Heroes Of the European Ship
Salvage Command in World War II
NO BANNERS NO BUGLEs
BY Capt Edward Elsberg u fDodd Mead Co.; So
Reviewed by REX COLLIER.
Reviewed by REX COLLIER.

There In truth buge them banners to
acclaim their deeds the little of who
Esberg World War fighting battle
dangerous in its and vital to Allied victory fought
land in the the These
unsung European ship salvage command had the