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Evening star., 1950-11-19
Crime and
Mystery
By Miriom Gutenberg

Man With a Calico Face, by Shell
ley Smith. (Harper g. Bros;
$2.50D
This is one of those tales where
the body sprawls on the stairs in
the first paragraph and the re-
naming 200 pages are given over
to events leading up to the
tragedy interspersed with events
after the tragedy. 1t is concerned
more with why the lovely Linda
died than how the detectives are
going to put the finger on the cul-
prit. Actually the deductions of
the sleuth serve mainly to pro-
duce the final irony in this somber
saga of disintegrating marriage.
x X
The Congo Venus, by Matthew
Head. (Simon & Schuster, Inc. !;
$2.50D
To the ingrown white popula-
ton of Leopoldville, Belgian
Congo. blond. full-blown, uncon-
ventional Liliane Morelli came as
a distinct shock. Her death would
never have been investigated if
DR.. Mary Finney, the Kansas
spinster, hadn't been asked to help
the diSreputable fellow practi-
toner who, the gossips whispered,
should have cured Liliane. Abet-
ting the gossip, DR.. Finney dis
covered, was the implacable enemy
of the disgraced doctor-the So
cially ambitious, semipathetic
sister of Liliane's husbands first
wife. All the facets of an isolated
white colony in darkest Africa
are explored in this expert yarn
by a story-teller who knows his
Congo.
Career For the Baron, by Anthony
Morton. Duell, Sloan g. Pearce,
Inc; $2.50D
Every time the baron-now the
respectable John Mannering-at-
tempts to help a damsel in dis
tress, he runs the risk of reveal
ing his robber past to suspicious
Scotland Yard. This time, how
ever, the Scotland Yard sleuths
virtually let him conceal the evil
dence against himself, just so he'll
lead them to the character with
a penchant for knife murders.
Blackmail and smuggling are
among the lesser evils in this
hectic adventure of the recon-
verted Robin Hood.
Evening star., 1950-11-19

The goth District Of Columbia
championships sponsored by the
Washington Bridge League, helc
last week end at the Shorehan
Hotel, will long be remembered BY
several hundred local fans. They
successfully withstood the chal-
lenge of out-of -toWners, many o1
them high-ranking life masters
and win all six silver trophies.
Outstanding performance. wa:
the twin victory of Mrs. Marianne
Boschan and Mrs. Daisy Mott, new
open pair and women's champions
Qualifying top of the 72-pair felc
with a 66 per cent game last Sat
urday, the Boschan-Mott due
scored 267 for the combined ses-
sions to retain possession of the
Woodward Cup for Washington
Runnerup awards fell to AL Good
win and Norman Kay, both o1
Philadelphia. David Murray anc
E. G.. Harris, jr., nine points be-
hind the winners, finished third
Defenders Mrs. r. H. Skinner anC
Lewis G. Tubbs were sixth. Col
R. H. Skinner James G. Stone
ended in eighth place, last of the
master point awards.
A day earlier, Mrs. Boschan and
Mrs. Mott, by topping the final
matinee session of the women's
pair match, totaled 416 points fol
the combined Thursday and Fri
day sessions to share the title anc
the Columbia Trophy with Mrs
E. P. Cotter-Kathleen McNutt anc
Mrs. j. r. McGhee- Mrs. Margaret
L. Fisher. This triple tie for first
place in a championship event
establishes a local record.
In the one-session mems mat.
inee, H. G. Neebe of Alexandra
formed a last-minute partnership
with Charles Wolpert of Baltimore
that clicked smoothly enough tx
win the title. Their names go OF
the Presidents Cup. Runnerur
awards to Dayid Murray and vii.
liam WoodSon, the latter a newl,
honored life master from Sails.
bury, N. c. C. E. Richter-Marvir
Woofsey and William Dempsey.
c. E. Thompson finished t;-lrd ane
fourth.
Topping their section in botf
Thursday and Friday sessions
with a 6l12 average was the Ike,
to winning the mixed pair title fo
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter OLoughli,
of Arlington. Their prize is tn,
Capitol Cup, their first major
local tournament victory. The,
led the veteran life master duo
DR.. and Mrs. A. j. Steinberg, b,
one match point for the com.
blned sessions. Show honors tt
Mrs. Stanley Beasley and Wallace
Ashby. Mrs. Margaret L. Fishe.
and David Murray, leading the 6.
pair field in the first session
dropped to fourth in the fina
count. Mrs. Mary Ruth White.
Martin May, fifth, and Mrs. E. j
Fleming-Gary Arkoian, sixth, alst
shared in the master point divi
sion.
On Sunday, the Steinbergs
whose bridge triumphs have beel
predominantly in team-of- -fou
play. assured Washington's CLAIM
to the Eynon Bowl for anothe
Evening star., 1950-11-19

dCG typical VI lIlG OTSdulZdUlOu.
The sheriff could engineer an as
sault or a piece of vandalism, to
freighten somebody, and then pre-
tend to investigate the outrage.
When John Caliph, who ran
away from home at IT, returned
after 20 years and took over the
long-vacant mansion, called the
Castle, which his late father had
owned, the trio did not approve.
For one thing, John wore beard
to hide scar, though he did
not bother to explain-and for an
other, he was accompanied by a
young married couple, cultured
Poles, whom he had rescued from
the Wreckage of Europe. Dis
placed persons were suspect; they
must be Commies or something as
bad. When John and Ellen, a
reporter for the paper, on whom
the married owner had designs,
fell in love, that was too much.
John was warned to leave town
and take his displaced persons. A
courageous man, he was defiant.
Things began to happen to the
new residents of the Castle.
1t Seems Plausible.
Mr.. Tallant has written a pene-
trating novel around this situa-
ton. The story. eliminating in
a tragedy, may be overdrawn, but
Evening star., 1950-11-19
Tremendous Panorama of the Civil War

the CONFLICT are represented equal
ly in the quoted material, and it
is arranged to make an eyewitness
chronology Of the four years. The
comments of privates and civilians
are interspersed with the dis
patches of generals, including
Grant and Lee, to give a rounded
picture. The editor frequently
heads a description with a fore
word sketching in the general sit
uation at the time. THE Blue
and the Gray" is a remarkable
achievement.
CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Evening star., 1950-11-19

mJuStlce Win raCner CrlCe mes
sage many times repeated, is
difficult to understand in the
light Of the fact that Europe
has had superior political fan
tastes of the caliber of George
Orwells 1884" What makes II
unnerving for American readers
however. is its vitriolic anti
Americanisn.
OF us, Mr.. Gheorghiu, who was
imprisoned by Americans, says:
when they come into contact
with the flesh of man, their
touch is lethal. like that of poi
soned arrows" He excoriates the
Nazis for their mechanical bru-
tally, the Soviets somewhat less
But we, who commit the unfor-
givable crime Of regarding the
individual as IAN infinitesimal
fraction Of a category" appear
In his eyes as culpable as any
because we sin In the name of
wanting to save the world.
Wincing Agreement.
From the first page, Mr.. Gheor-
ghiu's savage fable induces in
the reader a sense of wincing
agreement that such things can be
His hero, Johann Moritz. a simple
Rumanian farmer, is the archie
type of non-political man of good
will who is crushed to atoms by
the criminal idiocy Of monstrous
organizations. Johann's ordeal
begins when a sergeant who covets
his wife has him declared a Jew
and shipped of to a labor camp.
He escapes to Hungary. is interned
as a foreigner, beaten and tor
tured as a matter Of course, then
sold into slavery in a German war
factory.
The only two people who at
tempt to help him out of this
nightmare are his village priest
and the priests son. a novelist
named Traian Koruga, whose ex-
periences are exactly those Of the
author, except for death. Traian,
married to a Jewess, fees with
her from the Soviets and is clap
ped into q camp by the Ameri-
cans. While Johann accepts each
new indignity and outrage as a
condition Of life, Traian protests
volubly with many quotations
from modern intellectuals.
The story of Johann is deeply
affecting. His only crime is to
be alive and he is punished
mercilessly for it. Traian's hands
are less clean, for he has been
an official in Nazi regime, even
though only to save his wife.
MIR. Gheorghiu has been ac-
cused of anti-Semitism because of
the unsympathetic Jewish char
acters in the book. The answer
he is said to have given a French
countess who charged him with
this indicates his ferocious irony
and the tone Of his book. He
said he had never been in a
Jewish concentration camp, and
added. forgive me for not hav-
ing lived in a Nazi camp. I am
perfectly aware that this fact
constitutes an act of anti
Semitisrn."
Evening star., 1950-11-19
Bridge Players
By Margaret L. Fisher

year. They won 321a matches
out of 48 in the two sessions.
Second honors among the 25
foursomes ended in two-Way tie
between defending ampions
William Poissant, David Murray.
Col. R. H. Skinner and tourney
chairman James G. Stone and the
team composed of Mrs. Jennie
Bryant, Mrs. E. P. Cotter, Mrs.
r. H. Skinner, Richard Freeman.
Robert Jordan Each team won
3112 m a t hes. Representative
John C. Kunkel of Pennsylvania
and his Philadelphia teammates
receive a quarter of the master
point awards, Israel Cohen, Sam
Cohn, Fred Karpin and J. S.
Machlin tying Mrs. Freda Bentley,
Lew Levenson, Kathleen McNutt
and John Olson for fifth awards.
The Evening Star trophy for in
termediate pairs once again goes
on the road. This time it was won
by Capt. and Mrs. Joseph L.
Herlihy, former Washingtonians
who returned from their new
home on Long Island just to par
ticipate in the Metropolitan event.
Among the 36 pairs entered. Mr..
and Mrs. w. D. Snyder of War
renton, Va, finished second. Third
awards to Lynn Carrier Harry
Siegel, fourth to Jack Perry-Lt.
Col. R. B. Carleton and fifth to
Sue Gantt-Frieda Kenyon who
topped their section in the eve
ming finals.
Additional master points were
won by localities finishing in first
and second position in the two
large consolation-special pair
games. Tops to the Carrier-Siegel
duo and Mrs. Harry Siegel-Al
Roth and Daniel Goalwin- Julian
Series; seconds to Mrs. Jennie
Bryant-Charles Johnson, Mrs.
Sandra Fox-Robert Bierly, Mrs.
M. L. Fisher Charles Lovenberg
and Mrs. A. j. Steinberg-
DR.. Gerald Steinberg.
other Washingtonians who
added to their master point total
but failed to finish in overall
honor positions were Mrs. Flor
ence Millspaugh-Mrs. c. w. Zim-
mer who led the opening session
of the women's game; Mr.. and
Mrs. James Lazard in the mixed
pairs; Cohen-Jordan and A. E.
Camire-Paul Kalavski in the open
qualifying round.
The Washington Bridge Leagues
third Wednesday" master point
meet winners included Mary
Ruhl-Dr. c. C. Mcdonnell, Ver-
non Dunn-Mark Lake in Section
A; the j. D. Boyds, Mrs. Mar
garet Myrtle-Charles Lovenberg
in Section B, and Mrs. Harold
Young-Julian Gilmour, Lewis and
Lloyd Tubbs in Section C.
Evening star., 1950-11-19
KNIGHT of Florence bv Maroer,

knight of Florence, by Margery
Evernden (Random; $3.50 -Pi-
ero Feruzzi's ambition to become
a famous artist. and his adven-
lures while fighting his fathers
enemies, forms an unusual story
about life in medieval Italy for
boys and girls just below teen
age
Evening star., 1950-11-19
Bridge CoIendor

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Club, 1921 K; dup
licate game for members only, 8. F.
Arthur Walker Club, 1911 N. Quincy,
Arlington; first session open pair cham
pionship. s. Regency Club, Hotel Cor
don; duplicate game for members
only. s.
TOMORROW - Federal Bridge League.
1900 New Hampshire; team-of-four and
| open rating point. g. La Sale Studio,
1923 Connecticut; open master point g..
TUESDAY-Cavendish Club; open master
point, s.. Agriculture Club. 1855 Euclid:
| open rating point, 7:45. Andrews Air
| Force Base officers Bridge Club rating
| point. 7:45. Chess Club, Hotel Gordon;
| first session individual championsh ship,
| 7:45. Count Club, 1914 Seventeenth;
| open rating point. s.
WEDNESDAY-steph Studio 1855 Eu-
| cid: open rating point, /. Washington
Bridge League, Hotel Roosevelt; team.
of-four and open rating point. 7:45.
THuRSDAY-Chess Club, rating point.
| 7:45
FRIDAY-Arlington Farms Club, 1911 N.
Quincy; rating point 6. Army Navy
Duplicate Club, Army Navy Country
Club, Arlington: rating point, s. Ste
phan Studio; open rating point. 8.
SATURDAY-StephanS Studio; open master
point, l. Chess Club; rating point. 7:45.
Walsh Club, Twenty-second and P: mas
ter point, 7:45.
Evening star., 1950-11-19
Marian King Tells
Story of Joseph
THE COAT OF MANY COLORS
BY Marian King. IL. B. Ltppin-
colt Co.; $2.50.J
Reviewed by Elmer Louis Koyser
Dean of University Students.
George Washington University

Dean Of University Students.
George Washington University
Marian King has done far more
than retell the story of Joseph
With infinite care and exacting
research she has reconstructed
this exciting Old Testament ac-
count through each of its shifting
scenes. Yet so great is her artistry
that never once does the scholar
ship obtrude itself. With details
of fauna and flora, of geography
and contemporary history, of the
differing mores of the various
peoples, moving and authentic
picture is given. The average
reader will Immediately find in il
irresistible narrative charm. The
scholar will marvel that SC
much sound archaeology can be
packed in a small book. Any
reader will be pleased by a mar.
velously told story, without realiz.
ing that he is getting, unawares
an authoritative lesson in the his
tory of the ancient Near East.
Evening star., 1950-11-19
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY

BY Henry Steele Commager
(Bobbs-Merrill;: 2 uols., $12J
This is a tremendous panorama
Of the Civil War, gathered from
hundreds of sources-excerpts
from books, diaries and letters
written by persons who witnessed
the fateful sequence of events
The work was edited by Henry
Steele Commager, professor OF
American history at Columbia
University and author of "The
American Mind" Both sides In
Evening star., 1950-11-19
ITALIAN ROUNDABOUT

BY Agnes Rothery. (Dodd, Mead
& Co.: $2.75.)
Agnes Rothery has added an
other volume to her delightful
Roundabout" series of travel books
for younger readers. This volume
on Italy, the fruit of wide reading
and numerous trips to Italy, is a
happy combination of present
conditions and historical and cul-
tural background.
Evening star., 1950-11-19
Books In Review
Robert TuIIunt Gives Us q Fine Satire
About q Mythical Town Down South
A STATE IN MIMOSA
BY Robert Tallant. doubleday: $3) ~
Reviewed by Corter Brooke Jones

They had set little oalaran state within this mythical
Southern ownthe publisher druggist
They unofficial ran town.
decided what wrong
DEGREES their The publisher
denouncng the Ku Kux Kan and then
Evening star., 1950-11-19
Virgil Gheorghiu's Novel, a Sensation
In Europe, Is Violently Anti-Americon
TWENIY-F1F'TH
BY C. Virgil Gheorghu. fAltred A. Knopt Inc; $500
Reviewed BY Mary McGroy

The most remarkable thing about "The Twenty
its reception in France Since publication in 949
sold 100000 copies and the author Rumanan survivor
OF dozens OF labor and concentration
thing OF national hero The book the subject
innumerable meetings. military conferences and
Such acclaim for q which
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1950-10-28
Miss nsconab Hits
McCorrnocks Record

'The present John w. McCor.
mack is not the John w. Nc
Cormack we once knew. He has
changed, Miss Florence Lus-
comb asserted as she launched an
attack upon McCormack's Con-
gressional record.
She charged that the House
Republican Leader killed action
on FEPC January %, 1850 by
moving that the House adjourn,
Just when the REAL FEPC Bill
was to be taken up. Adam Clay
ton Powell and other supporters
of FEPC tried to have the phony
Bill sent back to committee,
where teeth could be put into it.
Mccormack voted against send
ing it back to committee. and
then voted for the phony law.
Mccormack fought American
cooperation in world organiza-
ton after World War /, and ever
since has enthusiastically sup
ported militarism; and supported
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1950-10-28
HOUSE LOT
MADE PLAY SPOT

Herbert Grant, SO Warwick st..
Roxbury, can justly be termed
a political humanitarian. He
himself never bares his friendly
acts.
Recently he put in several
days of hard labor to provide a
play area for the children of his
neighborhood. And indeed it re-
quired real toll to clear the heaps
of debris from a house lot or
Warwick ST., where the building
had been destroyed by fire.
Grant pitched into the tasl
with his usual thorough-g oinl
manner removed bricks, stones
and rubbish, constructed swing.
and see-saws, and with the he1r
of the City of Boston he added q
huge box of sand for the young
er tots-all this by him, single
handed and on his own initiative,
a purely volunteer service for
the benefit of the kids.
ut would be too dangerous for
the youngsters to cross fremont
st. and Columbus ave to get to
the Carter Playground; so I
figured out the need of a play
area near home and set myself
to the job" Grant said.
1t is a make-ship play spot, to
be sure, but the Kids are having
great fun there, thanks to large
hearted Mr.. Grant.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1950-10-28
Atty. Bullock On
Easter Seal Board

Atty. Matthew w. Bullock,
former head of the Massachu-
sets Parole Board, was elected
this week as a member of the
corporation of the Bay State
Society for the Crippled and
Handicapped, Inc, the Easter
Seal Agency.
Announcement was made at
the annual meeting of the So
ciety at his headquarters in Wor-
cester by Parker Trowbridge,
who was himself reelected to his
seventh term as president of the
Society which is engaged in fill
ing the UNMET needs of the
Grip pied and handicapped
throughout the state.
Atty. Bullock for several years
has served as a member of the
Society's Easter Seal Committee.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1950-10-28

aid to the corrupt, brutal, anti.
labor relationships in Greece
Turkey. China, Spain" Miss Lus.
comb said amid storms Of APP
plause at a rally in Ruggles Hall
last Sunday night.
Other speakers at the rally
were Atty. Charles P. Howard
of Des Moines, Iowa; DIR. r. A.
Simmons; also the Progressive
Party secretary, and the Rev.
Kenneth De P. Hughes, who pre-
sided. The Emancipation YPA
chorus sang several selections.
Atty Howard compared Paul
Robson with Frederick Doug
lass: both were at first mis-
understood but both always had
the welfare of their race close to
their hearts," he said.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1950-10-28
Cong. Dawson
On Speaking Tour

CHICAGO = Rep. William L.
Dawson, (Dem,, ILL.,, Vice Chair
man Of the Democratic National
Committee, will make twelve
speeches in eight states between
October 20 and November for
the Democratic Party: Oct. %,
San Francisco; Oct. %, Seattle;
Oct. "a, Is, Los Angeles; Oct. ~,
Hartford; Oct. 20, Chicago; Oct.
80, Boston; Nov. /, Kansas City;
Nov. 2, Canton, Ohio; Nov. 3,
Denver. Rep. Dawson will speak
on behalf of Democratic candi-
dates for the House of Represen-
tative in all eight states and for
Senatorial candidates in all but
Massachusetts, where no Senator
will be elected this year.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1950-10-28
In Bunche On
'N.C.C. Backing
&C. Campaign

Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, United
Nations Trusteeship chairman,
has been named a member of the
National Citize rs Committee
backing the current nation wide
campaign Of the Community
Chests of America, It was re-
yealed this week. On the Com
mittee with DR.. Bunche are:
Marshall Field, Harvey Fire
stone, Jr., Dorothy Garfield Fish
er, Henry Ford II, Lloyd X. Gar
rison. Eric Johnston. Harold E.
Stassen and others.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1950-10-28
Laurence Curtis Lashes At
"Couemn1ent for Politician"

travagant paid advertisements"
Meanwhile, Curtis in his own
campaign literature, has been
pfedging that he will do every
thing in his power to stop waste
of taxpayers money, stop politi-
cal favoritism, and promote fair
ness to all and the common good"
Massachusetts, citizens" Curtis
says, are being squeezed between
the high federal costs, resulting
in part from the war, and the
high cost of State government,
resulting from wasteful practices
and political favoritism."
1t is essential, Curtis argues, for,
Massachusetts voters to avoid this
double squeeze by placing in
Office in the Bay State men who
will regard public Office as pub
lie trust and who will put State
and country ahead of politics.
Curtis big vote in the Septen-
Der primary, in which he won the
Republican nomination handily,
was no great surprise to those
who study election returns. They
recalled that in his 1916 cam.
paign for State Treasurer, Curtis
won by 114,000 votes over an
established vote getter who was
then State Treasurer.
Curtis has shown himself to be
the type of man who grows on the
electorate. He does not believe ir
fiashy or spectacular campaigns
but has achieved a reputation fol
always doing a thorough anc
painstaking job in what he under
takes, including his campaigns
His quiet, unassuming methods
have an appeal which, in the lons
run, appear to be more effectiv'
than excessive zeal and partisan
ship.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1950-10-28
ScOttbOrO Boy
Stirs Prison
Reform In Ala.

TUSCALOOSA. Ala-(Atlas) :
Haywood Patterson's brutality
described In the book "Scottsboro
Boy" is sowing seeds of prison
reform.
Gov. elect Parsons in his
campaign speeches says he is go
ing to clean up Alabama's prison
system to eliminate brutality to
convicts. He said that criticism
of the prise ngystem by Haywood
Patterson, fugitive and author,
was true.
Il know" says Persons, GIVE
been in prisons myself" His
nomination is equivalent to ell
ection in Democratic Alabama.
Haywood Patterson is one OF
nine colored boys originally held
in Scottsboro case, in which two
white girls accused the group Of
raping them while all were
hoboing a freight train in 1881
He spent 16 years in prison after
his conviction and escaped in
1948.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1950-10-28

and sturdy. Brought to America,
out plant breeders have mingled
it with our less hardy varieties
with the result that a whole new
group of garden NUNS has been
created. Plants Of the original
Korean specials will be displayed
at the Show side by side with the
garden varieties developed from
it.
While largely a chrysanthe-
mum show NUNS in gardens
and in displays Of all kinds =
the Autumn Show also puts on
parade many other Of the flowers
of the season winter Towering
begoniaS, house plants, carna-
tons. African violets, nerines,
roses and orchids = to name a
few.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1950-10-28

Congressman Dowson
To Speak In Boston

on behalf of the Democratic vote
in Massachusetts,, DR.. Silas
"Shag" Taylor, chairman of the
Jordan Hall reception, predicted
that colored voters in the Com
monwealth would bring heavy
support to the Democratic party.
Dawson, always a Democrat,
and a strict party disciplinarian,
has becomeundiSputed kingpin
of colored politicians. His in
fluence has become so great
under the Truman administra-
ton that he is frequently re-
ferred to as individually COM
posing THE Black Cabinet"
Other invited guests on the
program will be Gov. Paul A.
Dever and whole Democratic
ticket; Majority Leader Cong.
John w. Mccormack; Secretary
of Labor, Maurice j. Tobin; the
Hon. James M. Curiey; and the
Hon. John B. Hynes, Mayor OF
Boston.
Dr.. SilaS F. Taylor, chairman
of the affair, has made addi-
tional plans to have an array
of talent and entertainment
from such local nightclubs as
Ali Lounge, Louis Lounge, Saw
oy, Wally's Paradise, and the
Silver Dollar.
The general public is invited
to attend this gala event and nc
charge is OF be made for adj
mission.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1950-10-28

mer State Treasurer Laurence
Curtis of Boston, Republican
nominee for acknowledgement,
who has been campaigning
throuhout the State on platform
which attacks payroll padding,
ballooning expenditures and po-
litical favoritism
In talk after talk, Curtis has
assailed the present State admin
istration for its broken promises,
reliance on fake issues, and ex-
travagant claims based on mis-
representation and half-truths
spread before the public in ex-