davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1950-03-26

be more interested in selling their
service to newspapers in those
countries than in getting the
news. They are first statesmen,
afterward correspondents. Their
organization is strictly CONNER
cial.
A Complete Phony.
The Paris bureau manager of
"The Kansas City Milkman" is a
clever, incredibly fast salesman
reporter-editor and complete
phony. He never hesitates to beat
the gun or to fake if he can get
away with it. and he generally can
The European manager, Rockwell,
is no less a product of the whambo-
zambo beat the competition
school. with its subtle dishonesty
The president of Up comes from
New York for a flying visit; he is
the phoniest of all. Veteran news
papermen will recognize a certain
service as prototype of Interworld
Press: most of them will realize
sadly that the story is more truth
full than satirical. The narrator
is Brewster. the competent. kicked
around, ground-under "Interpres-
SER" There is considerable sex, a
certain amount of rough talk, a
lot of Paris atmosphere in the
story.
Mr.. Packard is a foreign corre-
spondent of wide-ranging expert
ence. He knows what he's de-
scribing. This is not to contend
that all press associations and all
foreign correspondents are like
those he levels his sights on. He
does not so maintain in the story.
But there is the element he blasts,
and it looms fairly large in the
world news report. The Kansas
City milkp1an? Oh, he's the aver
age reader who is supposed to
understand everything these char
acters write-such is a standing
instruction from the head Office in
New York.
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ton to a company that includes
Frank O'Connor. Sean O'Faolain
and Michael McLaverty.
Mr.. Corkery's themes are per-
fectly simple. The plots of his
stories scarcely bear repeating. He
is q great story-teller. whose chief
interest is characters who have
been fashioned by their land. His
stories are full of irony and harsh
ness, peasant vindictiveness and
cramping superstition. Yet they
are not bitter. because Mr.. Cork
cry accepts these qualities. just
as he has accepted the bleak and
f1inty wind-sWept soil from which
they sprang.
He is particularly concerned
here with age. He has portrayed
its boastings, vanitieS and loneli-
ness. He tells of an old farmer
whose blood at some terrible mo-
ment of his life stood still, stood
still and never afterward re-
gained it's quiet, old-time ebb and
flow He tells of another old
man who begs his son for a death
notice in the paper. But he can
write with great vigor and bite
of youth, as he demonstrates in
three stirring stories of the re-
bellion.
The lucidity and power of the
stories come from Mr.. Cookery
rhythmic, spare prose, which has
not a single extra syllable. AS
for his dialogue-it is so perfect
you never even notice it.
MARY McGRORY.
Evening star., 1950-03-26
A Somber Psychological Narrative
Reminiscent of Poe or Moupussont
THE SPECTER OF ALEXANDER WOLF
BY Cato Gazdanov. (Dutton; S2.75J

nance came to the writing man
whose name. incidentally. we
never 1earn-and he was drawn
into bizarre adventure which in
volved his old enemy.
But this is not the sort OF story
you can outline. Nor can it be
held within a framework of logic
and plausibility. It belongs in the
unpredictable areas OF the mind
And it is a relief to read, even
though that dreadful label, OLD
fashioned. might be pinned on it
THE Specter of Alexander Wolf
is an antidote for the effects of
too many naturalistic novels. 1t S
also pleasant to read 4 story by
Russian which is neither a
paean for the Red dictatorship
nor an account of how somebody
escaped it. If the smooth trans
lation by Nicholas Wreden is a
fair indication, Mr.. Gazdanoy
writes very we'll.
Evening star., 1950-03-26
Motoring MiIeposts
THE STORY OF THE AMER

THE STORY OF THE AMER
IICAN AUTOMOBILE
BY Rudolph E. Anderson. pub
Tic Affairs Press; S3.75J
Rudolph Anderson's detailed
and carefully illustrated story of
the rapid maturing Of the auto
mobile from a novelty to ne
cessity is a volume which, at first
glance, appears to be slated only
for the lobbyists shelf, or as a
collectors item. However. for
many readers the chapters in
THE Story of the American
Automobile" will be the most
clearly remembered signposts Of
the last half century, for there is
perhaps no one single element
more closely interviewer with
these vanished years than the
family car, with it's unique posi-
ton as a barometer of the family's
financial status quo, and as a
symbol of the rosy future during
the American aspirin age"
The author, District resident.
has also told the story of the men
who were pioneers in this industry,
and of the glamorization of the
automobile through advertising.
SAM EASTMAN.
Evening star., 1950-03-26

Everything happens to Stephen
Fermoyle, and everything, it
would seem, happens for the best.
He must choose between the life
of his sister and her baby; he
must conquer his forbidden pas
sion for a noble Roman beauty.
We are treated to intimate inter-
views with two Popes, with AL
Smith and with Mussolini. The
supporting cast is large enough to
insure roles for every character
actor in Hollywood. And every
body talks the same lofty f1gura-
tive language. Even Din. the
downshouter, Stephens fine old
Irish conductor father, yields to
the pompous verbosity in the air
Says he to the cardinal in speak
ing of his son, HE sees my teach
ing magnified in you"
Further, Mr.. Robinson has
stirred in great Jumps of informa-
ton about church administration
and vatican diplomacy. The mix
ture is very rich, but Mr.. Robin
does not know what to make of it.
He needs to be referred to Villa
Gathers indisputable maxim about
the writing of books: In novels,
the facts are nothing, the feeling
is everything"
Evening star., 1950-03-26
New Books
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on trial for murder defends his own
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biography of master Of cross
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$3.50. April g.
ROOF OF THE WORLD. By Amaury
de Riencourt. Rinehart. THE
story Of Tibet. key to Asia. $3.50.
Evening star., 1950-03-26
Crime and Mystery
By Miriom Gutenberg

ecstatically about Miranda-and
besides, Jane didn't see Miranda
till she was dead. 1t was then
the sleuthing Dagobert and his
faithful Jane began to discover
why lots of people had solid mo-
tiveS for numbering Miranda. AS
in their first appearance. Jane
and Dagobert combine airy humor
with sound deduction. The re-
suit is pleasure.
X X =
Time for Tea. by John Coates.
macmillan Co.; S2.50.)
An invitation to a country home
fits in perfectly with James Ether
idge's plans to act out murder
up to the point of actual killing.
He collects his weapons and even
finds two perfect victims. Their
sudden deaths naturally lead the
reader to wonder if James hand
slipped. Besides a neat job of
plotting, Mr.. Coates, newcomer
w lily SISly liCGlO1l, Ol1CIo q 81
phisticated romance, fresh dia-
logue and some fine satire on self
styled geniuses.
x X x x
Eye Witness, by George Harmon
Coke. (Alfred A. Knopf; S2.50.)
Ace Photographer Kent Muir
dock, eXiled from his hotel room
by belligerent drunk, returns in
the morning to find the man dead
and the police assuming the vic
tim is Murdock. Soon as he
straightenS them out, he becomes
prime suspect. Trust Murdoch,
however, to trot out half dozen
others who knew who was actually
occupying his room on the fatal
night. Mr.. Coxe's latest semi
annual product is as competently
done as usual but hardly breath
taking.
Evening star., 1950-03-26

passant a n d
m Or e recently
with c er t a i n
tales of Arthur
Machen. It is a
somber S t u d y
of two men who
met in W h a /
they supposed
was a duel to
the death dur
ing the Russian
civil war a n c
we're fated to
m e e t a G a i n
m a n y y e a + S
later in Paris.
Evening star., 1950-03-26

A new book of interest to bridge
players. championship Bridge:
AS Played by the Experts" has
recently been published. Co-au-
thors are j. Patrick Dunno and
Albert A. Ostrom. Capital fans
well remember Mr.. Dunno when
he played at the Washington
Bridge League on several occa-
sions. They marveled at his abil-
ity to cope with the experts
with the use of Braille cards, as
he is totally blind.
Evening star., 1950-03-26

One of tkem. who tells the story,
is an emigre journalist. He had
been obsessed all these years with
the man he thought he killed, and
when he discovered certain evi-
dence that the man whose name
he didn't know was alive, the
narrator felt compelled to track
him down and talk to him. Mean
while curious, overpowering ro-
Evening star., 1950-03-26

Homicide House, by David FrOme
(Rinehart e. Co., Inc: S. 50D
Mr.. Pinkerton. timidest of souls,
returns to the whodunit scene
minus his domineering wife but
just as much a magnet for trouble
as ever. The trouble this time
comes from simply speaking to an
American. Results: Mr.. Pinker-
tons near-demise, at least two
murders, multiple complications
and trip to gaol for our cowed
hero. It's all very British and
battling.
Murder Begins at Home, by Delano
Ames. (Rinehart g. Co., Inc;
$2.50.)
Murray Hill Mystery
Miranda, every one sighed. was
a saint-beautiful, sympathetic
and so generous to her poor rela-
tions. If Jane Hamish. writing
wife of Dagobert Brown, was in
clined to disbelieve, it was perhaps
because Dagobert had murmured
Evening star., 1950-03-26

Be it said for Mr.. Robinson that
he starts out bravely with a long
overdue picture of the Irish Cath
olics of Boston, race apart much
neglected in American fiction.
These passages, drenched in local
color, have all the authoritative
gabbiness of long talk at an Irish
wake. But as he goes on. in his
indigestible prose. it becomes ap-
parent that he has thoughtfully
included something for everybody,
Evening star., 1950-03-26

drew a record
amount of mail,
as to the iden-
tity of the CEN
trail character.
w h a t matters
more is the fact
that while Mr..
r o b i n S o n
breathes heav-
lily on him for
579 p a 6 e S, he
c a n n OF make
his cardinal, q
paste-up char
acter, come to
1ifo
Evening star., 1950-03-26
Daniel Cookery, Another Eminent Irish
Story Teller, Is Introduced to America
THE WAGER
kerry. (The Depin- -Adair Co.; $275J

BY Daniel Cookery. (The DeDin
So many IriShmen have been
writing superior short stories in
recent years. that the presence
of an Irish name on such collec-
tions has come almost to be a
guarantee of excellence. 1t is GER
tainly so with the present writer,
Daniel Corkery, a 73-year-old ar
tist and scholar, who is introduced
to American audiences through
this collection of Is of his choicest
works. He is an eminent addi-
Evening star., 1950-03-26

b a n develop
ment 9th e r
novelists have
chosen to write
about.
News surely
has become too
impor t a n t to
the world for it
to concern only
those actually
engaged in cap
turing it. And
there is, be-
meath the swift
story told by a
diSilllISinn q d
Evening star., 1950-03-26
Tracing the Course
OF Treason Throuqh
American History
TREASON


fairs Press; $780,
Reviewed by
ROBERT K. WALSH.
This STORY of disloyalty and be-
trayal in American history" bun
dies yesterday, today and tomor-
row in an intriguing, informative
and intelligent package.
Mr.. Weyl, a onetime economist
in the Roosevelt and Truman ad-
ministrations and now a writer in
Washington, shows how the people
of the United States have copeo
with treason since the beginnings
of the Republic and how they must
meet it under even more dangerous
manifestations and Vaccinations
The accounts from Revolution
ary times to the recent Alger Hiss
and Judith Coplon cases involve
some persons not clearly classeo
| do u dlCOl D. oQU tllC val lCu lllOlF III
uals and incidents are properly in
cluded to fill out the picture ano
stress two points:
First, the unusual record of COM
batting treason in the United
States, the only country that de-
fines treason in it's Constitution to
protect mans right to political dis
sent, and the only country that
has never executed a traitor.
Second. the shrinking stature
and wider menace of the traitor
as an agent instead of a principal
in a totalitarian setup.
Mr.. Weyl does we'll also to en-
phasize that treason under our
Constitution is more than lack of
loyalty to the Government. 1t is
the BETRAYAL of a free society.
Evening star., 1950-03-26

WTltlIlS a o Q u I
Lincoln to writ
ing about the
man who as
S e m b ! e d the
most noted pri-
vate Ii &c o In
collection and
about his COL
lection which
gives him an
opportunity Of
writing m or e
about Lincoln.
The collector
is oliver R.
Barrett, C hi =
Evening star., 1950-03-26
|Mr. Robinson Cannot Make
His Cardinal Come to Life
THE CARDINAL
m Robinson. (Simon G. Schuster; $500


BY Henry Morton Robinson (Simon G. Schuster; $500
Reviewed by MARY McGRORY.
With much less and discrimination at ALL Henry
Morton Robinson told the Of the of Maiden ass
Streetcar conductor who becomes of the church.
Maiden we'll acquainted with the
history archdiocese he cunningy
fitted together the lives peates
his fustan epic A vast guessing
although much much for
the subscribers of one
where the sera Everything happens to Stephen
Evening star., 1950-03-26

There is a strange, brooding
quality in this short psychologi-
cal novel which has been associ-
ated with stories OF Poe and Mau-
Evening star., 1950-03-26


The general reader should find Paris
bureau OF nlghenng
every neWspaperman who picks it undoubtedly will
While it is filled with Journalistic
argot peculiar to wire these breaking
the problems emotions essentially
Evening star., 1950-03-26

Funny Riddles and Rhymes
Chart; $l.25)-Another in the
Happy Hour Book" series, this
volume provides varied entertain
ment for boys and girls from Z
to IL.
Evening star., 1950-03-26
Carl Sondburg Finds
More About Lincoln
In Noted Collection
LINCOLN COLLECTOR
BY Carl Sandburg. (Harcourt
Brace & Co., $780,
Reviewed by
FRANCIS P. DOUGLAS

Here is a volume that no library
of Lincoln books should be with
out.
Mr.. Sandburg has turned from
Evening star., 1950-03-26

The same Whether men are day
laborerS, sculptors or bankers
The Paris bureau is world apart;
SO is the factory, bank or subur-
Evening star., 1950-03-26
The Party System
Our Main Barrier
To Dictatorship

THE PRICE OF UNION
BY Herbert Agar. (Houghton
Mi61in; So
Evening star., 1950-03-26

Bill and His Neighbors, by Lois
Fisher Houghton, Mifflin: S1.75)
The author gives a boy's-eye
view, with story and cartoons, OF
how race and religious prejudice
began in a small community and
how the young people coped
with it, -.
Evening star., 1950-03-26
Books In Review
Savage Satire About q Phony
Wire Service Bureau in Paris
THE KANSAS CITY MILKMAN
BY Reynolds Packard. (Dutton; S3.)

Reviewed by CARTER BROOKE Jc
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-05-15
SOLDERING HELP

z. A. E. writes: when soldering,
if the metal is difficult to stick, try
heating the material that is to be
soldered. You will get a much
smoother job, as the solder does not
cool so quickly and has time to imbed
itself in the joint on which you are
working"
Note by I. w. D.-The three i'm
portant factors in getting a smooth
workman-like job of soldering are
to have the right kind of solder, have
the surfaces to be joined chemically
clean, and to have the tool and the
material hot enough so that solder
will flow freely when it is applied to
the joint.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1950-05-15
Montana Memories.
Signs Show Slight
CONTINUED from page 29)


him, but the mother and the daugh-
ter, known as Mrs. Agnes Hitchcock,
were time residents of the
beautiful little city nesting at the
foot of Flathead lake.
Joseph Clark, brother of Sen. w.
A. Clark, carried the pony express
mail from Missoula by way of ST.
Ignatius to Plains. On his return
trip he often stayed overnight with
as. One bitterly cold evening we
heard a call. Father hurried to the
door. 1t was Joe, so chilled he was
unable to dismount. He and the prec-
ious mail bags were brought into the
house. His horse was stabbed. The
next morning he was able to con-
tinue his journey.
First Chinese
The Chinese pouring into the
United States by way of the golden
port of San Francisco were a SUBJ
ject of general interest. Mary and
had heard the yellow men of little
stature described so often that when,
one afternoon, 10 coolies in single
file came trotting toward the house,
we Immediately recognized them as
Cinnamon.
Childishly curious we ran out
doors. The line halted as one man.
Smiling broadly, the leader pointed
toward Missoula and inquired, mis-
soulee?" Mary gave an affirmative
nod, and we watched the first Chi
nese we ever saw, and the first to
enter Missoula, hasten onward to-
ward the Garden city.
What a picture the small orientals
presented upon the wild western
Landscapes: STOPPED by bullying packs;
their long black ques, topped by
skull caps, swinging free; trousers
legs stuffed into cowhide boots; shin
ing gold pans hanging from their
waists; coolie coats flowing in the
breeze; they hurried into the west
seeking their fortunes in the wild,
reckless era of placer mining in Mon
tana. These 10 Cinnamon had walked
| VVCl Tile N1Q110A4 1O00 AOAA4 w 04A0
Walla, Wash.
The Chinese worked the aband-
oned mines. Huge piles of waste ore
which had ceased to be "pay dirt" for
the white miner, were patiently
washed. Little of the gold dust went
10 waste. 1t is said that tweezers
were often used by them to extract
gold from the sluice boxes. That the
methodical orientals were rewarded
for their tedious labor was apparent
for the worked out mines at Alder
gulch once supported nearly 1000
Cinnamon. This colony, at one time
was the largest in the west.
Another method of mining prac-
ticed by some of them was to set up
laundry. In this business the
laundryman was doubly remuner-
ated for his labor. The white miner
paid to have his clothing washed and
afterwards the Chinaman PANIED out
the wash-water. Historians record
that in this way much gold was re-
covered.
Evening star., 1950-02-25
Red Korea GuardsFiire
AT U. n. Commission
BY the Asseeioted Press

SEOUL, Korea, Feb. 25.-Com-
munist North Korean border
guards fired Is to 20 shots today
at the United Nations Commission
on Korea when it visited the 38th
parellel.
One shot struck within two
yards of Chairman Kasim Gulek
of Turkey. Gulek said the other
shots were wild. Members of the
commission sought cover behind
earth pillboxes. The North Ko-
reans' fire sounded like rifles and
tommy guns.
The commission had climbed a
hill so miles northeast of Seoul
during two-day field inspection.
Gulek said the trip was given
advance publicity and the COM
mission members were visible to
the northerners, who were on q
higher hill.
The commission is considering
whether to assign special OBJ
servers to report any threat OF
war in Korea. Commissioners
talked with refugees and deserters
from the north,
Gulek said he was told that
fariatical but ignorant guards
were assigned to the border and
that the northern army itself was
less opposed to the southern re-
public.
Evening star., 1950-02-25
Son Of Editor Of Fire Magazine
Held After FuIse-AIurm Chase

The son Of the editor of a ma
tional firemen's magazine was ar
rested last night on charges of
turning in 10 false alarms.
John M. Redmond. 10. and a
15-year-old companion, were ar.
rested after a i1igh-speed 6-r11ile
police chase into Bethesda. The
chase developed after a Washing
ton policeman sprang trap set
for persons who have been
plaguing the 9Th precinct with
false alarms.
In addition to the false alarm
charges. Redmond. who lives in
the 1900 block of Noyes drive, Sill
yer Spring, faces charges Of leav-
ing after colliding. speeding over
10 miles an hour, three counts Of
passing red lights. six counts of
passing stop signs and driving
without lights.
His father, John o. Redmond, is
editor of the International Fire
fighter, firemen's labor crganiza-
tion organ.
Montgomery County Policemen
c. A. Hawkins and L. r. Lynch,
who put their scout car into the
Evening star., 1950-02-25
Hunt Heads Unit 10 Study
Charge Against Michael Lee
BY the Asseciofed Press

Senator Hunt. Democrat. Of
Wyoming, was named chairman
today of a Senate Commerce sub
committee to consider a demand
for an investigation of the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce and Michael j. Lee, one Of
it's key officials.
Senator Malone, Republican, Of
New, is pressing for the inquiry
into his charges that Mr.. Lee
used his Government position to
prevent shipments of aviation gas
oline and other war supplies to
the Chinese Nationalists until
Communists had swept over
China.
Senator Malone told the Senate
that Mr.. Lee formerly known as
Ephraim zinovi Liberman' was
refused United States citizenship
three times until he married an
American-born woman. He urged
an inquiry into Mr.. Lees loyalty
and qualifications
Commerce Department officials
have said they welcome the in
quiry and that Senator Malone's
charges are old ones which have
been thoroughly investigated by
a loyalty board"
Committee Chairman Edwin c.
johnson named Senators O'Conor,
Democrat, of Maryland; Magnu-
son, Democrat, of Washington:
Capehart, Republican, of Indiana,
and Bricker. Republican, of Ohio,
along with Senator Hunt to sift
the charges.
Evening star., 1950-02-25
BY the Assoeiated Press

. HEIDELBERG, Feb. 25.-The
United States Army says a we'll
organized spy ring apparently has
been masterminding the theft of
secret papers from the homes of
high Army officers here over the
last seven months.
Authorities said thieves have en-
tered the homes Of 80 officers in
this United States Army head
quarters city and made off with
classified documents. usually ig-
noring jewelry, cash and other
.valuables.
Either foreign agents, Or some
one trying to peddle secret docu-
ments to a foreign power is re-
sponsible." one official commented
yesterday.
. He said the ring apparently re-
ceived tips from inside the Eu-
ropean Commands headquarters
about officers who, disregarding a
security warning, took secret or
other classified papers to their
homes.