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Evening star., 1950-12-03
ISRAEL WITHOUT TEARS

1ORAEL WI f1OO1 1EAHS
By Ruth Gruber. (Wyn;; s3.J
It is o relief to read q book on
Israel which stresses the lighter,
gayer side Of life In the new
nation. Most writer's have dwelt
on the tragedies Of Israels birth
and early years amid war with the
Arabs.
Miss Gruber is a foreign corre-
spondent and author Of several
books. She calls Israel q pres
sure cooker" rather than a melt
ing pot, where Jews from all over
the world, of many racial strains
and speaking a score of languages,
have been absorbed quickly into
the common enterprises of the
homeland. She devotes a chapter
to some Of the popular gags with
which the people have lightened
the rigors of rationing and other
austerities. Her report on the
language difficulty, with the effort
to get emigres to learn Hebrew
(Which is not Yiddish. but the
ancient language) is interesting.
One language spoken. she ex-
plains, is called "Pinglish." which
is English translated from Yid-
dish, German and Hebrew tdioms.
One butcher placed this sign on
his shop: II am killing myself
twice a day"
Miss Gruber breezes through
chapters on the various cities. the
collective farms and other activ-
tiles. One might question whether
the people are romping through
their hardships, such as trying to
turn q desert into fertile land. as
happily as she indicates. The
Evening star., 1950-12-03

Foggy, Foggy Death, by Richard
and Frances Lockridge. q. B.
Lippincott Co.; $2.50)
Twas a foggy day when incan-
descent Marta Bromwell took a
stroll to the kennels of the great
estate and didn't come back. At
that point, no one thought about
Marta. 1t was her small son they
we're hunting in the fog. That's
how Marta's body happened to be
found. lying down in a brook. The
redoubtable Capt. Heinrich Of the
State police operated on the
theory that even If her husband
didn't kill her, he certainly
wanted to. But the captain had to
sort out q couple of Marta's other
admirers before reaching the in
evitable conclusion.
Night Of the Jabberwock, by
Fredric Brown. &c. P. Dutton g.
Co.; $2.50)
This could be titled Lewis Car
roll revisited. On one side of the
looking glass are lunatics. bank
robbers and murderers. Figuring
prominently on the other side are
Vorpal Blades, Jabberwocks and
Bandersnatches. Sashaying on
both sides is a small town editor,
Evening star., 1950-12-03

curate memory and brought up
cases he remembered through the
years. We see homes Of poverty,
of ignorance, superstition and
filth; patients and their families
suspicious and and afraid because
they are in a new land, whose
language and ways they do not
know.
We watch the doctor, sometimes
flying into an inward rage at the
stupidity of those interfering,
blocking what he must do, but
always going ahead quietly. ex-
planning patiently, stillipg their
fears. So often the patients are
women at childbirth or children
with various complaints, for DR..
Williams later specialized in OBJ
stetrics and in diseases of chill
dren. 1t is obvious how deeply
he sympathized with children and
how easily he won their confidence.
Sometimes he writes of other doc
tors, as in the memorable story
called "Old Doc Rivers" about a
brilliant surgeon who took to
dope.
Those who can forget for a
while the formula story, written
to certain specifications, with a
beginning. middle and a climax,
will like these stark portraits.
They are of people we seem to
have known even if we've never
encountered them. Never mind
whether this is realism or natural
ism or both. We can forget lit
erary pedantry; DR.. Williams has.
His writing is imbued with honesty
and verify, for 1t is as close to
iife-and death-as you can get.
The Later Collected Poems" of
DR.. Williams are being published
at the same time. (New Direc-
tions; $50
Evening star., 1950-12-03

despite the demands Of his medi-
cal practice in a small New Jersey
town, it became apparent that he
had qualities few of the avant-
garde writer's displayed. He was
coherent, which most OF them
avoided being az any cost, and
much of his work, especially his
prose, had a honey. hand-hewn
look which had a wide appeal.
Through the years he accumulated
prizes and distinctions. He was
made a fellow of the Library OF
Congress in 1949 and this year he
won the National Book Award and
was elected to the National 1nst1-
tute of Arts and Letters. He is
better known as poet, but he has
written novels and a good many
short stories. MAKE Light Of II"
is a collection of stories.
These stories are close to the
life DR.. Williams observed as he
went his rounds in the town and
In the country for more than 40
years. They are mellowed with
the wisdom of a doctor who knew
more than medicine, who could
size up people and situations as
quickly as he could diagnose their
ills. These are. perhaps, vignettes
of life rather than stories. They
are characters flashing before our
eyes for a moment, clearly, then
vanishing. They are themes
stated rather than developed. The
author never twists his tale around
to give it an unexpected turn or
a dramatic impact. But there is
drama inherent in many of the
scenes he describes in such a mat
ter-of-fact way.
Most Of the stories are con-
eerned with a doctor and his pa
tients. At times 1t is as If the
author had merely dug up an old
notebook or delved into an ac-
Evening star., 1950-12-03
Liqhter Side of Life in Israel
Told in Newspoperwomon's Book

Arabs she brushes aside as a sort
of anachronism as For the first
time in 1000 years the gates have
been thrown open for progress to
march into the Middle East" She
does concede the tragedy Of Arab
refugees but insists that the Israeli
are respecting the rights Of the
10000 Arabs still living in Israel.
Evening star., 1950-12-03
Book; In Review,
Collection of Stories by Doctor
Shows Why He Won Fame as Writer
MAKE LIGHT OF 1T
BY William Carlos Williams. (Random House; $500
Reviewed BY Carter Brooke Jones
Reviewed by Carter Brooke Jones

Back the 2o before that Dr. Williams taken up by
became its favored poets The
him
appeared transition and in other little
magazines.
write his and occasional story
Evening star., 1950-12-03
First-Rote Mystery

BY Margaret Millar. (Ra1don1
House; $2.50.J
AS a reputable doctor. Charlotte
Keating couldn't help the girl in
trouble but there was something
about the girls terror that led
Charlotte to go looking for her.
She didn't find the girl. but she
did step into a pack Of trouble
Evening star., 1950-12-03
RII|1

,. world savers and damn
fools e;o,. Meocken's Mercury, .oo' we
..t. had the Cult of the Happy lne'e sas
have mao .sortsse S,s today. A man can't hna
.aoneh rs paper to wrap up s00a ot. e, ,h,,
e 81 wb;sky because Of all the oooAs soGe. @
S,ve been printed telling folks how 10 ~
Happy. :. onposed to Happi'
Mss: the happiese creatures /"
are pigs lying in wallow. .a IN manners,
I'VE ~ ~ ~. .rts than in politics but We
% 1sot avoid politics because it IS hs.e s;. most w
M ,he individual man is suffering hao,. III and
al. appalling defeats. We can ''ssn a;1 DI, bureau.
censors only BY inVaoe
cratic fastnessess x.u,.v., are in
, .,m.or ''.No. s Every little pressure group
= me goh S;,sl;nes who are reading copy, sty leauy
Il has nsa.a niIsn and boycoet The new Mercury
n will be a magazine which can enu @snsors.
,sors-can tell goVeli" ,.o,s
n;essuls group advertising sin ,ssm asns' all
as p'ss,.b pre-" subscriber eensors-ean tell them '
II y. 90 censor themselves and
in' TO 80 surely, with taxes as they are. ans
the -. ,se atomic cloud lowering ose, ,.s,. u.
be s. e. meo m should not be denied susn n.;.
tree ,l;aa. men ' as giving hot feet to pomp0'''
ss a: :ss ss: +, a: se: VII ' ss sss:
the ,...z;ne. We believe that we may a a,s oo :,
So see the banner Of freedom unlal,su asv. u sha
cans ms IL IJr.l mounrain-t0p. And we Dtne ,ss vice .
young ss.s thinking, will, like Nh Dos rss,u 50
come sr. 1o, 70 understand that this eoun'i, oe'
men eone ~ IL - furnish glamorous oni>'
5, and not " .S:.,. or 20 produce goods Al
u dare fof ,.lo,,,s Of easy money. Ah
- country eouotly was founded to make men s, A|'
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Evening star., 1950-12-03

herself-blackmail, murder and
more murder. Shrewd juggling Of
the clues puts this in the class
of first-rate mysteries.
MIRIAM GUTENBERG.
Evening star., 1950-12-03
cREDo from the First Issue

ru MERCURY will offer battle
~ ne aosr a Of Mencken's old advefsa,'es
= ,''s,, ~ as 10 some new ones. Menehsa sa
as ;s,asled s few; but others have pfosps l'an.
and proliferated The oo00s S.eome NV. com.
h'-esucrars; tr the eensors have oee0n's s.ss,ed
Dus. 0s;.s.r.: the yahoos have been malsnAo Meo
into pressure groups: The ne 'bo.s Ses who .ps.
nav: '':,. IN millenia; and these armies ', al.
e.all1s :aa ~ rhe individual man wherever
he Hox. %a.s' perhaps even more than in ,.n< .ne
wv !. the time for those who Vaiue
the human personality 70 ,. assam .DJs sIsves 50
would persuade men to oeeon. s..r closets
that they may sooner enjoy ~A'''
o,d burial insurance. . has
'l's Since Meneken's Mercury '@e.r Canmoo non
.r;,en this massive Cult OF the on S men
,l ,aso. and this cult has sedueed young me-
Man. a o,no writer's with its matet'a
s,snd,sbmenes @ Men are now reVen"s m :. .
ooness-it is suPPoseo
vlf''s... .o;o.t this cult we shall array
many young authors as we re Can ,',orld n' asai
.h.r. is to be hope in the ~ol's s.@ :,
there +. new realization that q
busines. of man is 10 ''p
q exceptional ..cv among men:
.,;,toeraey Of will, work. intelligence n'ss,hs,
ahsrse,er. On them depends ~ns'ns, eas,<
enala.,er saa r,oeession advances OF retreats retreats
nr ;"stead q Of encouraging young Am.ls
, ~ ,elsx and enjoy their e0mmonne'''
snan ". sball encourage men to Dee
different again We shall urge races =.
TO TO. .as .hau hope that individual men Will
70 10 become Characters again. of II
We shall cry a new crusade o, II. :.
.oce Not racial intolerance no1 No.. M
ersnee Of difference, but the 'n'0's''
Evening star., 1950-12-03

SOME HiCHLlCHTs OF THE DECEMBER ISSUE
DON oUNoTEs WITHOUT WINDMIlls
Where are the glorious lost of yesteryear! Where
are the hopeless battles into which young men could
secretly cherished minority opinion? Today everyone IS
for the things and who would go underground
can find nothing worth burrowng for Is the curse OF re-
spectable conformity damn whole generation? Here
is sparkling, stimulating discussion by Robert Lowry,
noted young author.
UNTOLD FACTS ON the FoRREsTA CASE
article reveals of the tragic life and death OF
Jim Forresta Here for the first time the OF how
Forrestal used brbemoney in Europe to beat the Com
munss Here, too, pointed questions never before
asked Why have Forrestaps papers, and the official nve
tgaors report his DEATH been kept was
he held virtual prisoner Bethesda Naval Hospital.
why, despite his repeated requests he permitted
see his priest?
LIFE IN THE EUROPEAN JUNGLE
To lie stea cheat, and-if you lucky enough
to be q give you're elf for food police pro-
lection for years these the order of the day
of Europe In many places the order has
changed this moment Alexandra Orme Polish born
and bred best seller author spent the and postwar
years in Eastern Europe absorbing comes
Of her personal experiences and observations.
And Is More Sparkling ArieIss Stories and Departments
Cen Truman Be EdneSted?...Tbe characterization of
Ensly 7iibsstions of War To Europe
for $100.We Are Kidding Ourselves in Japan. "a Plan
for UN Police Force. the Fingersn.b S1d to tbs
GIge ..Antoboties Hit tbs Doctors Wallet. PLUS short
stories and departments: Books, Movies, TV-Radio
Theatre Down Earth, and Draughts Of Old Bourbon
Evening star., 1950-12-03

Death by Richard just wants to put out
and Frances Lockridge exciting the Clarion
Iippincott $250) Mr. Brown manages to jugge tn
Evening star., 1950-07-27
Senate Votes $4,000
To Injured Ex-Hostess

A one-time airline hostess ano
former resident of Washington
has been awarded $25 1000 by the
Senate for injuries she suffered
when an American soldier at
tempted to kill her in Germany
in 1948.
The Senate bill, increased from
the original claim of $4,000 by
the Judiciary Committee, now
goes to the White House for pres
idential signature.
Miss Karen r. MeAndrews, 27
former hostess with Colonial. Uni
versal and Caribbean airlines, who
now lives in Philadelphia, lost a
thumb and two fingers on her left
hand when the love-lorn soldier
exploded a had grenade while
holding her in his grasp.
The soldier, Griff M. Leach, 20
was wounded fatally.
Miss McAndrews was serving as
social hostess for the occupation
troops in Straubing, Germany
In her claim, and in visits to the
House and Senate Judiciary Com
mittees. she said she has been un-
able to resume her work as an
airline hostess and professional
model.
The Department of the Army
said Miss McAndrews' original
claim "is clearly not excessive" "
The Senate Judiciary Committee
raising it to $4,000. said that "in
this way, justice, fairness and
equity" would be served.
Evening star., 1950-07-27
BarkIey Talks at Graduation
OF Boys Nation Citizens

The 86 members of Boys Nation
today heard an address by Vice
President Barkley during grad
uation" exercises at the Senate
Office Building.
After the exercises, in which the
boy Governors of Al States were
to receive certificates signifying
completion of a course in citizen
ship. most were due to leave the
city.
Boys Nation is sponsored by
the American Legion as part of
its citizenship program. The boys
have completed a week of study
tours, visits to Congress, and
election of their own president
and vice president.
Highlight of yesterdays pro-
gram was a visit to President Tru-
man. The President reminded
the youths they would have to
take over after the old fellows
like myself pass on"
Evening star., 1950-07-27
Trial Of IS in ShoII Case
Resumes Before Quinn

The disorderly conduct trial OF
Is whites and Negroes who tried
to obtain service in Scholl's Cafe
terra was to resume this after
noon after a three-hour session
last night.
Judge Thomas D. Quinn ordered
the night session in an effort to
wind up testimony which began
Tuesday in Municipal Court.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Clark King is trying to prove the
defendants, men and women
members of the Interracial Work
shop, conducted themselves in a
diSorderly manner by allegedly
blocking the counter service line
on July II.
Alfred A. McGarraghy, owner,
has testified that all the defend
ants refused to bulge when he
informed the Negroes among them
that they would not be served.
Mr.. McGarraghy said the white
members of the workshop stood
fast in the line although he Of
fered to serve them alone.
Evening star., 1950-07-27
|GI Services Group
Asks $4,000 Budget

The Washington-area Associ-
ated Services for the Armed
Forces, successor to the USO, to-
day asked the Community Chest
Federation for $4,000 to run its
Iexpanded, post Korea program
This was an increase of $25 900
over an original 1851 budget re-
quest of $4,000.
Joseph D. kaufman, chairman
of the ASAF citizens committee
here, said the increase was based
on $1.3 million Nation wide
boost in the ASAF's budget re-
quest for September, 1850, to
December, 1851. ASAF headquar-
ters in New York, Mr.. kaufman
said, raised the amount being
sought from the Chest and other
sources from $2.6 million to $3.e
million in view of the Korean wal
and consequent enlargement of
the armed forces.
The Washington quota-2 per
cent Of the National totals fixed
by the National Community Chest
and Council.
Evening star., 1950-07-27
Miss Helen Gardner, 80,
Native Of WASHINGTON, Dies

Miss Helen Wilson Gardner, 80,
a native of Washington and mem
ber of one of the city's oldest
families, died July 10 in Oakland,
Calf, relatives here learned today.
She was the granddaughter of
Col. Charles K. Gardner, early
Washington resident who at one
time was adjutant general of the
Army and assistant Postmaster
General. Miss Gardner was one of
the first women to graduate from
the Garfield Hospital nurses
training school.
About 20 years ago, Miss Gard
ner left Washington to live with
friends in Oakland.
Her only immediate survivor is
sister, Miss Almy Gardner OF
1921 Massachusetts, avenue NV
Her body will be brought here fol-
burial later.
Evening star., 1950-07-27
Of Polio Victims
Die in Wythe County,;
81 Cases in DC. Area

An outbreak of polio which has
killed almost Is per cent of those
who contracted the disease, con-
tinued today in the Southwest Vir.
ginia County of Wythe. The nor
NAL death rate is 4 per cent.
Wytheville, with a population
of 5000, has had SO cases. Wythe
County as a whole population
%, 900. including Wytheville) has
had rs cases with II deaths. The
entire State has had only il
deaths in 166 cases. - ssy
In the Washington area. four
more cases were reported today,
bringing the seasons total to 81.
District Total Is 33.
Three of the new cases are from
the District, and one is from Sill
yer Spring. The Districts total
is now 33, compared with II at
this time last year.
The Montgomery County Health
Department listed a 6-year- old
boy from the 500 block of Mar
garet drive, Silver Spring, as its
fifth polio victim. He is in Chill
dren's Hospital.
The new District cases are a boy,
3. of the 400 block of Seventh
street NE, at Children's; a
woman. 81, of the 1900 block of S
street NV, at Gallinger Hospital,
and a man, "a, of the 3100 block
of G street Sc, at Mount Alto
Hospital.
Two other polio victims-sol-
diers-were. admitted to Walter
Reed Hospital from Honolulu yes
terday, but the District Health
Department said they would not
be counted in the Washington
tabulation. It was explained that
these patients were "post-polio, ~
or beyond the contagious stage.
S14 in u. S. i'm Week.
On a Nation-w basis, there
were 814 new polio cases reported
last week, $50 more than the
week before. Texas, with Ill, led
the States last week, and Virginia
was second, reporting 76 cases.
So far in the current disease
year-which began last March
a total of 1859 cases have been
reported in the country, 1,121 be-
low the figure at this time last
year.
Evening star., 1950-07-27
House Probe Counse
On Crime. in District
Faces Quiz Himself

Hyman I. Fischbach, counsel fol
the House District crime investi-
eating subcommittee, today faces
subcommittee questioning himself
Mr.. Fischbach has been under
investigation by request of the
House Administration Committee
which proposed an inquiry into his
background while approving $20,-
900 more for the crime investiga-
tion.
Chairman Davis of the crime
group said the subcommittee
wants to question Mr.. Fischbach
about zone or two things that
have come up in the course of the
investigation of Mr.. Fischbach,
some things that still remain un-
settled" ,.s
Mr. Davis stressed, however,
that trip to New York by a COM
mittee member and a lawyer had
resulted in no specific charges
against the counsel, who practices
AaW al 1NCW 4O1h.
Representative league, Demo-
crat. of Texas, and J. Harry
WEIGH, who heads a District Bar
Association committee assigned to
work with the crime group, went
to New York early this week to
follow up leads" given the crime
committee by members of the
House Administration Committee,
Mr.. Davis said.
The two men reported yesterday
at a joint meeting of the crime
group and the House Administra-
tion'S accounts subcommittee. 1t
was at meeting of the latter
group that the proposal to in
vestigate Mr.. Fishbach first arose.
Chairman Stanley of the &C
counts subcommittee said he was
satisfied when he left the meet
ing. Mr.. Davis said that although
no charges had grown out of the
New York trip, 1--WE will make
some further inquiry before TAX
ing final action"
Although there has been con-
siderable talk about investigating
Mr.. FiSchbach, what would be in
vestigated-or why-has never
been disclosed publicly.
Evening star., 1950-07-27

Private Merante told newspa-
permen he was wounded by q
bomb from a Yak plane while de.
Tending an airport near Seoul or
the day he landed in Korea.
In Tokyo Same Day.
"They put me in a plane ano
I was back in Tokyo the same
day I left" he said.
Before anybody could talk tc
Thomas he telephoned his moth
er, Mrs. Dominick Merante, in
Hudson, N. Y: I'm back now"
His mother wanted to know
about the leg, and so did the
other members of the family. She
asked also about Thomas broth
er, Sergt. Antonio Merante, 20
who now is in Japan.
The conversation was sort OF
anti -climactic. because Thomas
had telephoned his mother a few
days ago from Hawaii, where his
Military Air Transport Service
evacuation plane had paused.
She really was worried then
knowing through his cable and a
letter that he was wounded and
coming home. But the dark
haired young soldier had reas-
sured her, and promised to cal
home on his arrival here.
The youth found it hard tt
smile. War can make anybody
grim, and it was on Thomas
mind.
Evening star., 1950-07-27

An American crocodile was
among a shipment of animals re-
ceived at the Zoo yesterday from
Panama,
Far more dangerous than the
alligator. according to the testi-
mony both of biologists and the
workers at the Zoo, the new ar
rival was handled with respect
although he is only two feet long.
1t was from justssuch a young
ster that the Zoo grew its 200
pound, 12-foot American crocodile
that has a pool to itself in the
reptile house. The zoo also has
four Old World crocodiles.
Another animal in the shipment
was a tiny squirrel from Panama,
loosely called banana squirrel.
It's exact species has not been de-
termined yet. Its mate died en-
route. It was an immediate favo-
rite with the children.
The other two items in the
shipment were birds. One was an
ariel toucan, the bird with the
Evening star., 1950-07-27

Amid the flowers and greenery
at Walter Reed Hospital, bullet
torn American youths today are
starting on the road back from
the horrors of WARRIOR the third
time in generation.
They came in last night-three
weary soldiers-and the great
sprawling Army hospital which
has been crowded beyond capacity
with casualties of World War
and II received its first victims
of the Korean conflict.
Sac Sun Kim, counselor of the
Korean Embassy. was at Boiling
Air Force Base when the wounded
soldiers were lifted from a MATS
air evacuation plane.
'It breaks my heart to see you"
Mr.. Sac told the boys. Myself
and all the Korean public will be
grateful to you as long as we live. ~
One Loses Left Leg.
Pvt. Paul Jackson. 20, of Shell
byville, Mich, who lost his left
leg in battle, clasped the hand
of the slightly built Korean and
smiled from his litter. Pfc. Thomas
Merante, 10. of Hudson, N. Y,
his leg torn by shrapnel. also
smiled. But Corpl. Joseph Chris
tian. "a, of Piedmont. Ala. stared
straight ahead. his eyes dull and
uncomprehending. The doctor ex-
Evening star., 1950-07-27
Free Star Movies
Playground Film
Proerom for Tonight
Washington. S.a0 PM

Stoddert, Thirty ninth and CAL
vert NV; Barnard, Fifth and
Decatur NV; Powell, Sixteenth
and Lamont NV; Sherwood.
Tenth and G NE; Garfield, Sec
ond and F Sc; Fort Greble.
Nichols avenue and Joliet S.W.:
Cook, North Capitol and P NV;
Rose Park, Twenty-seventh and
o NV; Kelly Miller, Forty-ninth
and Washington NE; Douglass
Dwellings, 1000 Alabama avenue
Sc.
Arlington, $3.50 PM.
Langston, 1854 Lee highway.
Alexandria.
(No movies scheduled-resume
tomorrow.
Montgomery, 8 PM.
JesSup Blair, Blair road and
Georgia avenue.
Prince Georges, 8 PM.
Berwyn Elementary School.
Greenbelt road and Forty-ninth
street, Berwyn.