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Evening star., 1950-12-10

announced, that the Forrestal
diaries will be published in March.
The Viking Press outbid four
other publishers for the 2,800-
page journal of one of our most
literate and tragic contemporary
public officials
THE Dukes Story" by H. r. H.,
the Duke of Windsor, which was
postponed from November. will
definitely appear in January. Put
nam's, his publishers, take a de-
tached interest in the many stories
which have circulated about rea-
sons for the delay. The plain
fact, they say, is that around
deadline time. the ducal hand,
like many a lesser one, faltered.
The ex-King Is q most meticulous
Evening star., 1950-12-10
TV Will Not Dim Nations Reading Lights, Say Publisher

writer, according to his editors, a
dotter of every /, q crosser Of
every t. The finished volume has
200 per cent more material than
the Life series.
George Santayana's DONNA
tions and Powers" en- route from
Scribner's in March will sum-
marize the venerable philosophers
lifetime of thought.
Korean War Memoirs
Are in the Making
In 1.-THE Hell Bomb" william L.
Laurence will blueprint the most
dreaded weapon Of our time.
Knopf will bring it out in jan
uary. Unite or Perish" by Paul
Reynaud (Simon & Schuster), Is
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By Normum A. Kohl

Commager Random House).
This book meets the revival Of
interest in Howells by present.
ing four complete works. In
cluding 1.-THE Rise Of Silas lap
ham" and "A Modern Instance"
Also still riding its crest is the
renewed popularity Of Henry
James. Available now is another
new volume Of his writings,
Eight Uncollected Tales Of
Iienry James," edited by Edna
Kenton (Rutgers University
Press). The stories here are taken
from his work between 1865 and
1874.
An ideal gift. Years Mid
Century Edition: 1900 1850" CYear.
Inc.), unfolds a thrilling pano-
rama of the half century and will
no doubt appeal not only to those
seeking to avoid repetition Of the
past, but especially to those who
wish to relieve it. (See Review,
Page g.
An old favorite. ''U. S. Camera
Annual" presents it's American
International 1851 edition, most
interesting collection representing
all phases of photography.
Animal Lovers Will
Appreciate These
If your friends have a civil
regard for animals you'd better
make sure of that frst), you can
easily delight their hearts by
placing under their Christmas
tree some of the fine new books
.yauable on this subject.
One of these is Animal T. c."
by Vance Packard DiaD. dedi-
Gated to proving that beasts are
as smart as human beings
smarter sometimes. Another, is
Don't Call a Man a Dog" by Will
Judy (Judy Publishing Coz. Here
the editor of Dog World magazine
undertakes to establish the same
premise-that dogs usually deserve
better treatment than being COM
pared with people.
Cats, naturally, get the usual
attention. THE Book of Cats"
edited by Brant House (Wyn) is
a collection of good photographs.
most of which cat-lovers will re-
gard as cute. Might and the
Cat" by Elizabeth Coatsworth
(Macmillan) takes different tack.
Miss Coatsworth thinks so highly
of cats that she has composed a
whole volume of verse about them,
interspersed with the fine-line
Evening star., 1950-12-10
. THROUGHOUT this special
book supplement you will
find hundreds Of titles,

- under a variety Of CLASH
fications, any of which would
make an excellent gift. Of course.
But scores of books are published
each year that are designed par
ticularly as gift books, and these
are so exactly suited for Christ
mas that they deserve special men
ton. The books dealt with here
are that kind. No effort is made
to catalog all Of them. Instead.
this is merely a sampling Of the
wide selection of volumes you will
find in any book store in town.
AS usual, reissues of the classics,
many of them in particularly
charming editions, will attract
gift-buyers. One of the most
handsome series is that put out
under the name OF Rainbow
Classics (World Publishing Coz.
Each book comes separately boxed.
It is durably bound and superbly
illustrated in watercolor and ink.
Available now are King
Arthur" by Mary Macleod, IL
lustrated by Alexander Dobkin;
"Black Beauty" by Helen Sewen,
illustrated by Wesley Dennis. and
"Sherlock Holmes" by Arthur
Conan Doyle, Illustrated by Char
lotte Ross. This last volume con-
tains six of the finest Holmes
stories.
Designed for the layman is "The
Greek Reader" compiled and
edited by Arthur L. Whall Duen,
Sloan and Pearce). This substan-
tial volume contains selections
from virtually every ancient Greek
who took the trouble to leave his
reflections for posterity. Among
them are. of course. Plato, Aris-
totle, Sappho. Aristophanes,
Homer, Pindar, Sophocles, Euri-
pides and Aeschylus.
The Worlds Greatest
Christmas Stories
In "The Worlds Greatest
Christmas Stories" a beautifully
bound volume, many heart-Warm-
ing moods of Christmas are de-
picted in masterpieces of literary
art. 1t is a carefully chosen col
lection of the best loved stories
of the world written by 80 famous
authors and makes perfect pres
ent, especially for that "hard-to-
please" person whose gift you
may have been worrying about.
Another compilation is "Se-
lacted Writings of William Dean
HoWells." edited by Henry Steele
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Gift Books For Your Christmas List
u many koadso~se VOL
--Ssor StuH fhoto.

DRAWINGS Of some one known
tersely o. Foutita.
Also about animals. but obvious
ly with o different view. II Hunt
ing American Bears" by Frank c.
Hfbben. illustrated by Paul Bran
som Oippincott). Vigorous in
the Teddy Roosevelt fashion. this
book follows Prof. Hibben, in his
quest for bears. from the Admiral
ty Island OF Alaska to Chihuahua,
Mexico.
Two Fine Bird Books
OF Exceptional Value
For bird-watchers there Is
"Menaboni's Birds" by Athos and
Sara Menaboni (Rinehart). q
beautiful volume. Illustrated with
paintings by the artist Athos
Menaboni Of Atlanta. whose work
has been compared by critics to
that of the world-famous John
James Audubon.
South Carolina Bird Life" by
Alexander Sprunt. jr.. and e.
Burnham Chamberlain, is a hand
some, authoritative, and compre-
hensive account of the birds of q
State which probably deserves first
rank in the history of American
ornithology. The book may be
ordered directly from the Uni
versity of South Carolina Press.
Animal addicts may find some
interest in Animal Drawings of
Eight Centuries" with an intro
duction and notes by Anna Maria
Cetto (Harper). This volume is
likely to have a far larger ap-
peal, however, to art students.
The reproductions range from
one of three dogs, taken from
a 18th Century English bestiary.
to a pencil sketch of a racing
greyhound, drawn by Henri de-
Toulouse-Lautrec in the 1880s.
One of the most ambitious vol
umes for the art-lover is 1.-THE
History Of Modern Painting from
Picasso to Surrealism." This
directed and published by Albert
: Skira, of Geneva. Switzerland.
Even If your friends aren't
sophisticated enough to appre-
ciate the text. they probably will
enjoy the high quality of the
reproductions, which are detach-
able and, therefore, can be
framed.
A few OF the other books that
will please anyone with flair
for the arts or crafts might be
mentioned here:
300 Projects for Home Deco
Continued ON Page g.
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less ana less Cdilcu uPoA w PAS
vide a book a night for the lonely
reader. Popular" novels just
weren't popular in 1850.
But the novel of entertainment,
in view of Harold Guinzburg, pres
ident of Viking Press, was an OBJ
vious casualty in the battle for
Americas leisure-hour attention.
Trash Will Be Knocked Off
Shelves, Says Bennett Cert
Says Bennett Cert. head Of
Random House, a constitutionally
buoyant man made more so by the
spectacular success of his big fall
novel, "The Disenchanted": I'm,
not worried about TV. It will
knock the trash off the shelves.
1t will end up being a good thing
for the trade"
Ken Mccormick, editor in chief
of Doubleday & Co., is another
optimist. THE history of the arts
is that they do not destroy each
other. Radio was supposed to kill
the phonograph business, but in
stead it worked for it. Radio edu-
Gated listeners to better music.
and they began to want records so
they could hear it when they
wanted to-"
Doubleday's most distinguished
author, w. Somerset Vaughan,
is now also TFV star. He hasn't
been on long enough for any one
to tell for sure whether TV
watchers, having seen one of his
silken narratives unwind in the
living room, go out and ask for
a volume of the same. Mr.. Nc
Cormick does not consider this
entirely outside the realm of pos
sibility, though.
1--WE are a hopeful breed, for
ever complaining" says Cass
Garfield. chairman of the board
of Harper & Bros. We're
still watching TV very closely,
but so far we've certainly held
our own"
Keeping Book Prices Down
Still Major Problem
Melville Minton, president of
G. P. Putnam's Sons, points out
that the trade as a whole is still
graphing with the far more
tangible problem of keeping book
prices down in the face OF ever
rising manufacturing costs.
So, you see, nobody is crying
havoc along publishers row. al
though they all were pierced to
the heart by a recent television
add which foretold "a deep bruise
inside" for the children Of TV-
less homes.
Come what may, the publishers
still have their hopes and their
dreams. In 1851 they are pub
fishing many first novels by young
unknowns who, they trust, may
turn out to be the Hemingways
and the Faulkners of tomorrow.
Despite the 1850 book buyers
overwhelming preference for nom
fiction, they refuse to believe that
America is in the grip of mania
for information or that, given the
chance, it spurns good novels.
They call attention to the fact
that non-fiction best-seller lists
contained items of rather freak
ish nature like Flying SaucerS"
and Worlds in Collision"
Lists for next year are studded
with new faces. They are not
overcrowded with sure-f1re items.
In fact, one sour little jest making
the rounds in Manhattan has it
that when publisher meets pub
Usher he says, IN trade you our
spring list for yours. sight un-
seem"
This tart levity does not take
into account several striking books
in the non-fiction field at least
which will unquestionably COM
mand the respectful attention of
any number of readers.
OF paramount interest to Wash
ington is the news. Just recently
Evening star., 1950-12-10
By Mary McGrory
T A time when many a
melancholy soul wonders
If the reading lights are


~ if the reading lights are
- going out all over America,
publishers are keeping a still up
per lip. -.
They are not necessarily just
whistling in the dark, either. De-
spite the presence of TV sets In
some 4 million homes, book sales
are up to prewar levels.
And, now that the first, t1ne
careless rapture of video has
passed, publishers feel they still
have the hard core Of their con-
slant readers, who will read good
books as long and as fast as they
are published.
There are unmistakable signs,
however, that the inconstant read
er has deserted the printed page
for the family size screen. Book
club memberships have slumped
notably. Circulating libraries are
less and less called upon to pro-
vide a book a night for the lonely
reader. Popular" novels just
weren't popular in 1850.
But the novel Of entertainment,
in view of Harold Guinzburg, pres
ident of Viking Press, was an OBJ
vious casualty in the battle for
Americas leisure-hour attention.
Evening star., 1950-12-10

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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-21
Secret Gifts Left
By St. Nicholas

The story Of how ST. Nicholas be-
came associated with secret gift
giving, and even today comes CO.
verify at night to leave his pres
ents, is one of the most important
in the history Of his life.
Once upon time there was a
man with three daughters, all OF
them wishing to marry, but with no
dowry forthcoming. Sorry, indeed,
was their plight. Their father had
about decided to sell them as slaves,
but the good st. Nicholas heard of
it, and filing a purse with gold,
went quietly by night to their home
Seeing window open, he threw in
the bag Of gold and then stole away
in the night. This money enabled
the eldest daughter to marry. A
second and a third time st. Mich
olas made the trip and finally all
three daughters we're married.
After the saints third trip, the
girls father. who had been watch
ing to see who brought the gifts,
ran after st. Nicholas and thanked
him for his kindness. st. Nicholas
made him promise not to divulge
his gift-giving and after that he al
ways deposited his presents so Sc
creuy that no one ever saw him.
Yet people knew, somehow, that it
was he who brought gifts during the
night, and so whenever they found
a package mysteriously delivered
they instantly exclaimed, "St. Mich
olaS has brought i'll"
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-21
Gift Suggestions

Christmas always brings the prob
lem of what to give him or her.
The best way to solve this problem
is TO first think of the things he or
she likes to do. Then, buy a gift
that will be suitable for the per-
sons activities.
Here are some suggestions. Even
If the person has one of these items
he'll not mind having another one.
FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE
GAMES-cards, chess or checkers,
ash trays, score pads and pencils.
a card table cover, a book about d
favorite game.
If SHE LIKES TO SEW-em-
broidery package of stamped ma
terial complete with threads and
directions, pinking shears, a sweat
er stretcher, press cloth and tailor S
cushions, workbag, dress or blouse
material, wool and needles.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-21
Tradition OF Poppy

The poppy loaf, traditiOnaily
a part Of Christmas Eve supper
in Lithuania, is a small loaf
made Of bread dough and baked
hard in a bread pan. When
cool, the loaves are dipped in a
solution made of water and
sugar and ground poppy seed
which is also used as a tradi-
tiOnaI holiday beverage.
Tradition prescribes that the
poppy seed should be ground in
an iron kettle using an ak ham
die as a mallet, and no Lithu-
anian would think of grinding
seeds for the Christmas poppy
lOaves by any other method.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-21

FOR TRAVELLERS - luggage,
compact mending or cleaning kit,
a camera, film, portable radio,
travel iron, fashlight-tipped pencil
or key holder, compact shaving kit.
THE OUTDOOR TYPE-hand-
tied flies, tennis balls in tins, golf
balls, nylon fish lines, ski wax,
wool socks, new set of mittens for
the golf clubs, bright caps and
Jackets.
THE GARDENER-garden gloves,
shears, picking basket, set OF
stakes, new book about garden
ing, hand sprayer, a peaked cap.
THE YOUNGER SET-her first
permanent, watches, crazy sports
shirts, his first shaving kit, dancing
lessons, their first piece of luggage
with their names on it, start her on
a set of silver, books about his
hobby or some equipment for il.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-21

How Brightly Beams the Morn.
ing Star" was composed by Bach
and his Christmas Oratorio" con.
tains the themes of several other
popular chorales.
In almost every town and village
in America this Christmas church
choir will render at least portion
of George Frederick HandePS the
Messiah. When carolers sing
Joy to the World they'll be sing
iug part of the Messiah" too, for
that carol comes from themes found
In the great oratorio. Handel also
composed the musical theme Of
while Shepherds Watched Their
Flocks"
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-21

Christmas Music
BY Bach, Handel

For great many people the mu-
sic of Bach and Handel make diff
cult listening until Christmas
comes around. Then, suddenly, ev-
erybody starts singing and humming
tunes by the two old masters.
The reason for this is that both
Bach and Handel were church mu.
sicians. One of their tasks was to
compose songs for church congrega-
tions TO sing They proved them
selves masters of beautiful, easily
followed melodies in their Christmas
music. Our most famous Christmas
oratories and carols came from
Bach and Handel.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-12-21

There is too much said at New
Years about turning over new
leaf. Are the old leaves all so badly
written that we must hasten to for
get them? Is the blank whitenesS Of
the untouched page more pleasant
TO the eye or more fortifying to the
will than those closely written, un-
derlined, untidy, but familiar pages
which make up the story Of ones
?"-Bliss Perry.
, 1950-09-12
Notice Of Sale Of
Property Of the Saint
Croix Power Authority

Sealed bids, in quadrupli-
cate, will be received at the
Department of Finance, Chris
tiansted, VI, until 200 o'clock
PM. September u, 1850, and
then publicly opened, for the
purchase and removal of the
following property Of the ST.
Croix Power Authority, viz:
Located at the Christiansted
Power Plant. No. SsC Strand
Street.
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closed cab, " ton.
Engine No. B44816, IS HIP,
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, 1950-09-12
cooPERs

Washington, DC, to complete
his studies in Civil Engineer
ing; Edna, who was formerly
a teacher in the Princesse Ru-
raj School, will enter the Har-
lem School Of Nursing.
Both are graduates of the
Christiansted High School.
, 1950-09-12
NOBODY o
ABOUT THE FUTURE

Four years ago no one be-
lieved that the Virgin Is
lands would have a native
governor. And four years
ago no one believed that
St. Croix would have a plant
for pasteurizing milk, nor
that the pasteurized milk Of
st. Croix would be the best
in the Antilles and one of
the best of the world. This
statement might surprise
you, but we have the evil
dence of it. 1t is only neces-
sary for you to drink the
milk to convince yourself Of
the truth.
Now at last hotel man
ayers and business men of
the island can tell the tour
lists and the world that the
island of st. Croix produces
its own pasteurized milk.
ROMANS DAIRY
, 1950-09-12

c0NoUERoR OF the English Chan
mel, Florence Chadwick, OF San
Diego, Calf, waves happily to adj
mirers gathered to honor her as she
steps from a Transatlantic plane
in New York. Her father, Richard
Chadwick, stands proudly behind
Florence, who shattered the worn-
ems record for swimming the tur-
bulent Channel. [InternationdI)
Evening star., 1950-11-16

Administrations will be held at
$50 pm.
DR.. F. Ernest johnson, executive
secretary of the department of
research and education. Federal
Council Of Churches, and Rabbi
Ira Eisenstein Of New York, will
address the $3.50 o'clock general
session tonight.
Mr.. Rothstein told the opening
session last night that religion Is
largely responsible for world ef-
forts Ito establish a permanent
peace for all humanity"
Religious Precepts Hailed.
1.-THE leaders responsible for
this change are all religious men, !"
he declared. "They believe in the
principles Of religion and Of the
brotherhood Of man. It can
not be said that any particular
branch of religion has been re-
sponsible for this cr,ange, but it
is important to note that 1t has
been brought about by religious
precepts and teachings"
DR.. Solomon Goldman of Chi
cago called on the Jewish congre-
cations Of the country to unite
into a national body.
IF Judaism tomorrow is to be
less confusing, controversial, COM
petitive and wasteful. then the
Evening star., 1950-11-16

President Truman was presented
today with a scroll of greetings
from the United Synagogue OF
America. which extols his courage
in giving reality to America &
faith in the Fatherhood Of God
by establishing upon earth the
Brotherhood OF Man."
The scroll. presented to the
President at the White House,
cites Mr.. Truman's actions in
striving for betterment of the
world.
These include his "determina-
ton to make the United Nations
an effective agency for the ad-
vancement and preservation of
universal peace" his policy Of aid
to economically and culturally re-
tarded areas of the world" and
his readiness" in placing "the
resources of the United States at
the disposal of the United Nations
to oppose military aggression in
Korea"
Praises Aid to Israel.
1t also praises President Tru-
mans encouragement" to Israel
during and since the trying days
which brought it into being" and
his persistent advocacy of every
proposal that would extend the
blessings Of equality of oppor-
tunity and freedom from want
in larger measure to the very
humblest citizen of the land"
The scroll expresses hope that
the United States will find the
means to extend to Israel the as
sistance that it SO urgently needs
to defend itself against aggressors
and, above all. to provide eco
nomic opportunities to the hun
dreds of thousands of victims of
ruthless prosecutions who have
come to Israel to rebuild their
lives"
The scroll is signed by Samuel
Evening star., 1950-11-16

Rothstein. president Of the organ
ization. and Simon Greenberg. its
executive director.
General Session Today.
The 800 delegates Of the United
Synagogue Of America, a national
organization of Conservative He
brew laymen, were to hold their
first general session at 2:30 pm.
today. The five-day meeting,
which opened yesterday, Will close
with an election of officers Sun
day. All meetings are in the VIII
lard Hotel.
Two seminars, one on rabbi
and Congregation" and the other
on Financing Your Congrega-
tion," were to be held at 4 pm.
today. A dinner meeting Of the
National Association of Synagogue
Evening star., 1950-11-16

United Synagogue and other syn
agogal bodies in the land will have
to regain and reclaim their right
full place in the community"
To do this he suggested that
"our several thousand congrega-
tional units. or, to begin with, our
own several hundred, be co-ordi-
mated and merged into a national
synagogue.
Judge Simon H. Rifkind, chair
man of the national convention
committee, presided.
Evening star., 1950-11-16

predicament, the association last
night asked the Federation to
change its bylaws to accept those
groups that can muster at least
Is members.
Fred w. Midgley, president,
conducted the meeting in the
Noyes School, Tenth and Franklin
streets NE.
Evening star., 1950-11-16
Citizens Ask Federation
To Waive Member Limit

The Dahlgren Terrace Citizens
Association no longer can meet
the requirement of a membership
Of so to continue it's affiliation
with the Federation of Citizens
Associations.
Because it feels that about 20
other groups are in the same
Evening star., 1950-11-16
Driver-PoIicemen?

Following a narrow escape from
death from a road hog" a
Queenstown. South Africa. min
lister has written authorities urg-
ing that laymen be appointed
honary traffic officers.
Evening star., 1950-11-16

ETERNAL LIGHT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Rothsen president
of the United Synagogue Of America ~ Eternal
Light" to Col James Cole commanding officer of Myer
while Army Chief of Chaplans Roy Parker looks
light for the Fort Myer Chapel dedicated Ito the eternal
God" sectarian gift An Eternal Light hangs every
before the Ark Of the The
made yesterday at the post chapel Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1950-11-16

Germany pioneered in the con-
version of Ignite into gas before
World War II.