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ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-01-14

ma Kunce, koji je umro naglom
smrcu (od kljenuti srca) ma IA.
septembra 1858, ciju sliku ovdje
donosimo.
Pokojni brat bio je clanom HBZ
cd djetinjstva. Roditelji su ga upi-
sail u gnijezdo broj Ill cim je isto
bilo osnovano, a u odsjek broj 1
stupio je vet 1919. godine. U od-
sjeku ostavlja brata Josipa, mai
ka mu je clanica odsjeka broj 20
q u odsjeku / kao Bracni Drug
Rodjen je 26. decembra 1902.
godine u N. S. Pittsburgh, gdje je
sproveo clio svoj zivot. Namjesten
je bio kod dnevne novine pitts
burgh Press" cd godine 1887. u
svojstvu "Pressman" kao takav
bio je clanom Pressman's Union
broj 8. f#
Mrtvo tijelo pokojnika bilo je IL
lozeno kod p. c. Stephens ma
Lockhart Street, gdje mu je odar
bio okicen mnogim vijencima cvi-
jeta, medju kojima je bio i vie
nae nasega odsjeka, polozen u znak
zadnje pocasti.
Misa zadusnica odsluzena je u
crkvi sv. Nikole u N. S., mrtvo
tijelo pokopano ma groblju iste cr-
kve. ..
Pokojni brat ostavlja liza sebe
ozaloscenu majku, kojom je "a
jedno - buduci nezenja = sproveo
cijeli svoj zivot. Osim make ostav-
liza diva brata, Josipa / Frank je-
dnu sestru, Mrs. Barbara Leech,
dvije polusestre, Mrs. Emma Te-
zak Mrs. Mary Dieter, polubra-
ia Nikolu Sutulovic, netake / ne
cakinje.
Tebi brate Ivane neka bude Ia
ka zemlja u kojoj pocivas, a tvojoj
dragoj i tuznoj majci, brati Sc
strama nase bratsko / iskreno sa-
ucesce.
Zlata Kranjcich, tajnica.
Zahvala. - Ovime Sc zelimo "a
hvaliti svima prijateljima, znanci-
ma clanovima HBZ., koji su ma
seg milog nezaboravnog pokojni-
ka dosli pogledati, koji su mu odar
okitili cvijecem i koji su ga is
pratili ma vjecni pocinak. Hvala
svima onima koji su dali automo-
bile "a sprovod, kao onima koji
su nam ma bilo koji nacin bill nd
pomoc i utjehu u nasoj velikoj tu-
ri l zalosti. JOS jednom svima cd
srca hvala.
Tugujuca majka, Barbara Sutu-
lovic Kunce, brata, sestre
sva ostala rOdbina.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-01-14

rRAzE Sc - Martin Il. Borich,
Clan odsjeka 877. kojemu 1e do
zrio certifikat sada je potrs-
bno da 81 izabere pogodnost ko-
ia mu Sc certifikatu pruza. On
moze dobiti isplatu certifikata
u gotovom iii uplaceni certifikat.
Molimo ga da 50 jaH ma glavni
ured HBZ.
Joseph Bella, 81. tatnilk.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-01-14

POTRAGA. Trazim sestricnu,
rodjena Anka Lovricevic, a sa-
dasnje prezime Anka Babic, koja
live u Montreal. Ako vidi ovu
potragu, neka Sc javi ma owl ad-
resu:
SlavkO Grosman Bratic, r. Kon-
cara 1873, Zagreb, Hrvatska, Ju-
goslavija, Iii ma Ivan Hrastov-
cak, 81 Kensington Avenue n,
Hamilton, Ont, Canada.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-01-14

Odsjek ITO, Cooksville, Ont,
Can. - Prema zakljucku nase pro-
Sic redovite sjednice, poziva Sc sve-
ukupno clanstvo da nefaljeno dodje
ma redovitu, tromjesecnu godi-
snju sjednicu, koje &c sc odrzazvati
u nedjelju, 1S. januara 1859, u
prostorijama brata Mije Bradice u
Cooksvillu, tocno 1 sat poslije
podne.
Poslije ovih dviju sjednica po-
Gina godisnja ma kojoj &c Sc BIZ
rati nova uprava "a ovu godinu,
to stvarati zakljucci "a dobrobit
odsjeka 1 HBZ.
Braco I sestre, naSe redoWte
sjednime Sc jako slabo pohadjaju
ovih zadnjih par godina. Pc nasim
pravilima sH clanovi, koji nisu
udaljeni wise cd sest milja, duzni
su da prisustvlju ovoj vaznoj go
disnjoj sjednici.
Stoga nefaljeno svi ma sjednicu.
v. Fabijanic, tajnik.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-01-14

Odsjek 149, Youngstown, Ohio.
- Ovim putem pozivaju Sc sve cla-
nice nasega odsjeka, da nefaljeno
prisustvuju godisnjoj sjednici, ko-
ia ce Sc odrzavati u nedJelju Is.
januara 1852, u sat poslije pod
ne, u Crkvenoj Dvorani ma 421
Covington Street.
Ma ovoj sjednici &c Sc rjesavati
vazni poslovi "a dobrobit nasega
odsjeka, te kao svake godine bi-
rati &c Sc noW odbor "a tekucu
godinu 1859.
Stoga, sestre, vasa je duznost,
da sve dodjete ma owl sjednicu, te
da vidite sto Sc radi 1 date svoje
misljenje svoj glas "a bolji ma
predak nasega odsjeka.
Katarina Sultan, perov.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-01-14
Odmah GIN svrsimo godisnju

Odmah cin svrsimo godisnju
sjednicu, nastavit cemo sa redovi-
tom sjednicom. Odsjecni odbor &c
dati izvjesce "a proslu godinu, pa
bi svi clanovi trebali biti prisutni
i upoznau Sc sa stanjem poslo-
vanjem svoga odsjeka. Takodjer
eemo ma ovoj sjednici poprimiti
pravilnik "a dobrobit nasega od-
sjeka kluba, te birah novu upra-
WI "a ovu 1859. godinu. Prema to-
me duznost je svakog clana da
prisustvuje ovoj vaznoj sjednici
da Sc odazove ovom pozivu, posto
je ovo zadnji poziv / nikome Sc ne
ce posebni pismeni pozivi slati.
Takodjer imati temo svoju Ia
bavicu nedjelju, rs. januara, ko-
ia ce poceti u 2 sata poslije podne,
ma kojoj cemo imati refresh
ments "a starije clanove 1 diecu
besplatno.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1959-01-14
Mike Kozar, tajnik.

Odsjek 146, Versailles, Pa. - O.
vine Sc poziva clanstvo ovog od-
sjeka, da nefaljeno bude prisutno
ma redovitoj / godisnjoj sjednici,
koja &c Sc obdrzavati nedjelju,
1Stog januara, diva sata poslije
podne.
Polag drugih vaznih poslova IT,
cuci Sc odsjeka, biti &c izbor Cd
bora "a godinu 1859. Stoga razlo-
ga je potrebno da clanstvo bude
cim wise prisutno ma sjednici. Gla-
sovanje "a odsjetnu upravu poci-
ma cd jedan sat poslije podne pax
do 4:30 poslije podne. Ia ovo vri-
jeme izborni suci &c biti stalno u
Dvorani.
Sa bratslsim / sestrinskim po-
zdravom,
Evening star., 1959-12-20
BY REX COLLIER
Star Staf Writer

THE LIBERATION OF THE
PHILIPPINES Vol. XIII,
History of Naval Operations
in World War III. BY Sam
uel Eliot Morrison. (Atlan-
tic-Little, Brown; $6.5OO
Admiral HalSey's powerful
Sd Fleet disposed of many
formidable enemies during
the liberation of the Philip
pines toward the end of the
Pacific war, but none dealt
it more vicious blows than the
two winds of late 1914. One
was man-made-the Divine
Wind of the Japanese Kami-
kaze corps. The other was
one of natures tempestuous
products-the great little ty-
phoon" of December 18, 1914.
historian Morrison, who is
a retired rear admiral of the
Naval Reserve, has set down,
in this neXt-to-last volume of
this official Navy story of the
war, a gripping and detailed
account of the damage in
f1icted on men and ships by
the twin but unrelated winds.
Much has been written in the
past about the suicidal Kami-
kazes that posed so great a
threat to our high-riding fleet
as our victory seemed certain.
Less has been written about
the sneak attack by an unpre-
dicted Pacific cyclone" that
sank three Of Halsey's de-
Evening star., 1959-12-20
Portrait Painter
With q Camera

YOUSUF HARSH: POR-
TRAIT OF GREATNESS
(Thomas Nelson & Sons;
$l750) would make a gift
of permanent value.
Yousuf KarSh, a photo
graphic portraitist whose
work is represented in the
Museum Of Modern Art and
the Metropolitan Museum of
Art in New York, the Chi
cago Art Institute and other
leading museums, is consid-
cred one of the most gifted
men in his field. He was
born in Armenia, but has
lived in Canada since 1924.
He has a studio in Ottowa.
In this book he has studies
Of men and women he con-
siders great - and there
could be few arguments over
his Selections-in fields as
varied as religion, science,
painting and sculpture, lit
erature, music, industry. The
reproductions. made by the
printing house of Enschede
in HARLEM, Holland, which
has been turning out fine
printing for more than $50
years, are miraculouSly faith
full to Mr.. KarshS amazing
character studies.
&C. B. j.
Evening star., 1959-12-20

must be up at 4 am. daily
to supervise the roll call of
native workers. He found that
most of the minor officers got
fairly drunk every night to
endure the rigor and boredom
of the days. But, being a de-
cent and conscientious young
man, he behaved himself.
Even when the wife of a
French superior, bored to the
edge Of violence, fell for the
young man, he restrained
himself, at least until she
and her husband definitely
split up.
AS fine an account Of such
a company and its effect on
the lives Of its slaves as M.
Boulle has written, the story
lacks the dramatic impact of
The Bridge Over the River
Kwai." In Sophia, the
author unfortunately tends to
become enmeshed in petty
details. which well illustrate
the amazing capacity of the
company for unnecessary
paperwork and for inter-
ference in the efficiency it
pretends to promote, but fire.
quently slows the narrative to
crawl. Still, the book is ably
written and enlightening.
Evening star., 1959-12-20
Philippine Typhoon
Recalled by Morrison

StroyerS, damaged carriers,
cruisers and battleshipS and
cost the lives of more than
800 sailors. Never have wind
and water combined to in
fict so much injury and
confusion on a major battle
force.
The setting for the Kami-
kaze and typhoon blows was
arranged when Gen. MacAr-
thur won the top-level debate
over whether the Philippines
or Formosa should be the
next steppingstone to Tokyo.
Macarthur had promised to
return to Manila and he was
determined to carry out that
promise at the earliest fea-
sible date. Admiral King, on
the other hand, believed that
the taking of FormoSa was
the more logical military
move. A number of naval Off
GERS sided with the Army and
the liberation was begun un-
der cover of the Sd Fleet.
Despite the costly Kami-
kaze and typhoon attacks,
our naval forces finally man.
aged to land the support
which enabled Gen. MacAr-
thur to reconquer the Philip
pines and set the stage for
the climactic defeat of the
Japanese The last volume of
this definitive and profusely
illustrated series will be titled
THE Liquidation of the Jap
anese Empire"
Evening star., 1959-12-20
Other Books of the Week in Brief

Rowe Snow. Dodd, Mead,
$4.) Real adventure much
stranger than fiction.
FINANCING HIGHER EDU-
CATION. (McGraw Hill,
$2.)
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT
IN TRANSITION. BY Rob-
ert E. Scott. illinois,
$5.75D
AFRICA is ADVENTURE.
BY Attilio Gatti. (Messner,
$4.50D A journey through
the dark continent of to-
day.
WAR FISH. BY George Gri-
der as told to Lydel Sims.
pyramid: $35cD A first
hand account of submarine
warfare during World
War II.
PENSION FUNDS AND
ECONOMIC POWER. BY
Paul P. Harbrecht, S. J.
twentieth Century Fund,
$5.)
BROADWAY'S BEST 1859.
BY John Chapman. (Dou-
bleday, $4.50D A priced
annual selection.
THE PERMANENT Play
BOY. Edited by Ray Rus
Evening star., 1959-12-20

sell. Grown, $4.95J Choice
cartoons.
A CAVALCADE OF COL
LIER'S. Edited by Ken
meth McArdle. Barnes,
($100 A collection of stories
that appeared in the now
no longer issued Golfers
magazine.
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY
THE SUMMIT AND BE-
YOND. BY Margaret C.
and Ora M. Shand. (Cax-
ton, So The biography of
Davy and Margaret Shand,
who we're one of the first
to go to the Klondike in
1897.
JAZZ. BY Hentoff & Nc
Carthy. (Rinehart, $3.50
A history of this American
form of music.
EMERSON - A MODERN
ANTHOLOGY. Edited by
Alfred KAHN and Daniel
Aaron. CHoughton-Miff1in
S4.)
M A RK VAIN AND
SOUTHW ESTERN HU-
NOR. BY Kenneth S. Lynn.
Gittle, Brown, So
Evening star., 1959-12-20

that have never made
Pravda.
Far more important than
its entertainment value, how
ever, is The Secret Worlds
main message, coming as it
does in this atmosphere of
euphoria following the Camp
David talks:
No More Freedom
The Soviet Union has not
changed basically, or even
very much, under Khru-
Shchev. There is almost no
more personal freedom, de-
spite many recent visitors
surface impressions. There
are only smoother Cheka
methods. Thought control is
operating more successfully
than ever before. The wish
full thinkers who suggest
that Stalin's power has been
diffused significantly to low
er levels are wrong.
Deriabin reports Beria was
executed in December, 1858,
after extensive interrogation
Evening star., 1959-12-20
Blues Singers All
THE COUNTRY BLUES. BY

THE COUNTRY BLUES. BY
Samuel B. Charters. (Rine-
hart; $4.95O
The stories of the blues
singers from Blind Lemon to
Big Bill Broonzy are told in
this new book, The Coun-
try Blues" by Samuel B.
Charters. Concentrating on
the lyrical blues that devel-
oped from the old plantation
work cry to the modern Rock
n Roll rather than the more
sophisticated blues of the big
cities. Mr.. Charters has a
book well worth reading for
anyone interested in this
facet of American folk music.
"A. j. SCHMIDT.
Evening star., 1959-12-20
THE RIDDLE OF THE FLY
AND OTHER STORIES.


BY Eliza be t h Enright.
(Harcourt, Brace: S3.75)
If the short ory is a wan
ing form-the few magazines
that publish so few distinc-
tive examples and the small
number of collections and
anthologies that appear each
year make you fear So
writers like Elizabeth Enright
bring a pang of regret and
cause you to wonder why.
She not only is a superb
craftsman, but something
more-a creative writer who
prefers the form which Poe,
MaupaSsant, Chekhov and o.
Henry perfected. She not
only can weave a mood in a
few words, but she can draw
characters in this short space
much more difficult.
The aging life guard in
"The Morning of Diane" is as
clear as if 300 pages had
been used describing and il
Illustrating him. He had been
protecting a private beach on
the ocean 81 years, guiding
three generations of swim
mers, often saving the fool
1sh and indiscreet who
bucked a warned-against un-
dertow. Nobody knew what
he did in winter. Actually he
drove a taxi in Pittsburgh.
Evening star., 1959-12-20
River Kwoi Author Returns to Old
Asian Scene for Exotic New Novel
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES
Star Book Critic

a satire on the incredible
paternaliSm and tyranny of
such a company over the
well-educated young men sent
out from France and Eng
land and over the serf-like
ASiatics who performed the
manual labor and were serv-
ants to the white tuans.
Satire or True Picture?
But is it satire as much as
careful picture? I'm sure
there have been such figures
as Chaullette. the managing
director of Sophia in Malaga.
Perhaps Pierre Boulle knew
one.
Chaullette's life consisted
largely in nagging his assist
ants about the petty details
of organization and reports.
He was too adroit to shout
at them and openly insult
them, but he was a bully
none the less, in his more
subtle way. He would make
a major production over the
arrangements Of desks in
one of the offices. When
he decided to build a new
bungalow for one of his
directors, leveling off the top
of a mountain for it, the
resulting construction was a
monstrosity. the result of
meddling by a man who
knew nothing Of architec-
ture. But, seeing what it was,
Chaulette promptly blamed
his subordinates. Who could
ever have had such crazy
ideas? Certainly not the
managing director. And so
the bungalow had to be re-
modelled-b &C ause of the
dumbness of these subordi-
mates, who had only carried
out, with articulate reluc-
tance, their chiefs orders.
Strict Routine
When Maille, a young
French engineer, arrived in
Malaga, certain things were
impressed on him. He wasn't
to tamper with the Tamil
women. He must not drink
during working hours. He
Evening star., 1959-12-20
Ike Didn't See
This India
KRISHNA FLUTING.

kRlSHNA FLUTING. BY
John Berry. Macmillan;
$3.50
An India that President
Eisenhower did not see is de-
picted in this first novel by
John Berry, which won the
Macmillan Fiction Award.
OF course, young Mr.. Berry
is not really writing about
India in these hectic, self
conscious pages. 1t is hard to
know exactly what his theme
is. although it is bound up
with the hunt of a man
eating python who is ter
roriZing a Quaker school in
the hills. The chief hunter is
a fey fellow who is half
Quaker, half Hindu and
wholly in love with himself.
He has three other loves: A
wild and woolly Tibetan
woman, his cool Quaker
cousin and a melting Indian
maiden. Mr.. Berry, who is
quite full of himself, intro
duceS a number of minor
characters who usher in what
he calls, "a constellation of
antiquities" After some
rather high-pitched dialogue,
all is resolved on the big
night of the snake hunt,
which not only separates the
men from the boys, but the
loves of Peter Bruff. "KriShna
Fluting" is at once so pre-
tentious and absurd as to
appeal only to a very special
palate. M. Meg.
Evening star., 1959-12-20

blood-tingling safaris would
be enough to daunt all but
the boldeSt of CPAs. There
are few jungles comparable
to the advertising world
through which the would-be
hunter must thread his way
in search of sponsors to pay
for trailers and walkie-talkies,
not to mention guns and
cameras. Finally Comdr
Gatti is diSappointingly vague
about who coughs up and
why - why, for instance
should the Ford Motor Co.
suddenly need an African
film? Also, it may shatter the
illusions Of some to hear
that some Of the most terri
flying moments of the expe-
dition were all carefully
plotted in some wall-to-w wall
carpeted promotion Office.
Africa Always Obliges
Even before he sets out,
Comdr. Gatti knows he will
have to tell all on count
less lecture platforms when
he comes back. He also
presumably knew he would
have to write this book to
keep the Internal Revenue
at bay. One wonders what he
would have done if Africa
had produced no adventure.
But Africa, to judge from the
list of II previous titles, has
always obliged.
And his adventures were
Evening star., 1959-12-20

by his own police. He had
been arrested June 26, 1858,
the day before his own
planned coup, in the Prae-
sidium Offices after Marshal
Klimenti Voroshilov pre-
sented him with a warrant.
Secret Strategy
Beria's principal deputy,
Sergey Kruglov, was a key
conspirator against him,
Deriabin says, and had
plugged" Beria's Office to
learn his plans for taking
power from Malenkov by
sending scow military
units to Byelorussia on ma
neuvers. That would have left
Beria's own MVD military
forces in control until the
coup was completed. In
stead Kruglov passed the
word so that Marshals Bull
ganin and Zhukov could
send in another division to
checkmate Beria.
Evening star., 1959-12-20

most of the other American
leaders, too. He considered
Gen. Eisenhower quite lack
ing in any strategic sense,
General George C. Marshall
quite hopeless" and General
Douglas Macarthur, with
whom he had no dealings, as
the ablest commander pro-
duced by the war.
Many have differed al
ready and will differ in the
future about Lord Alan
brooke's conclusions and that
the war was prolonged by
the Eisenhower strategy in
Euorpe. But for anyone
wishing to approach some
understanding of the great
conflict, Lord Alanbrooke's
diaries and Historian Arthur
Bryant's incisive commen-
tary is must reading.
Evening star., 1959-12-20
FICTION
CHRISTMAS WITH ED
Sullivan I'll c,,1l;yno

CHRISTMAS WITH ED
SULLIVAN. Ed Sullivan
with Betty Precht. INC
Graw-Hill, $4.95). Christ
mas memories of the popu-
lar Snowman
NORTH FROM ROME. BY
Helen Machines. A reprint
of the 1858 best selling
novel of suspense.
SHAKE HANDS WITH THE
DEVIL. BY Rearden Con-
ner. Crest; 35c0 A novel
of the Irish Rebellion.
Based on the movie star
ring James Cagney.
GENERAL
CHILDREN NEED PAR
ENTS. BY Henry S. Mas
and Richard E. Engler,
jr. columbia, $7.5O0 A
study of child psychology
and child care.
DOCTORS AND PATIENTS.
Edited by Noah D. Gabri-
cant. (Grune & Stratton;
$3.50 Some case histories.
PIRACY, MUTINY AND
MURDER. BY Edward
Evening star., 1959-12-20

THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR
(Tey), novels; THE CASE
OF THE CRYING SWAL-
LOW Gardner, THE CASE
OF THE LATE PIG (Alling-
ham, and DIE LIKE A DOG
(Stout), noveletteS; and short
stories by Dorothy L. Sayers,
Ellery Queen, Daphne du
Maurier, William Irish Cor
nell WoolrichD and Agatha
Christie. Miss Christie's con-
tribution is THE WITNESS
FOR THE PROSECUTION.
The Queen and Sayers
stories are rooted in history
and very good. Also: The
type is readable.
&*
THE BELL ON LONELY
by Margaret Page Hood
Cow Cam, Inc,
$3.50. A Hood novel laid in
those imaginery islands in
Names Penobscot Bay is al
ways and simply a treat.
Deputy Sheriff Gil Donan in
yes t ig ateS the death of
troubled Dave Bracket, own
er of Lonely, the lovely is
land that has meant tragedy
to his family for years. Many
had reason to hate him, in
cluding his unloved wife and
childlike grown son. The
mystery is a sound one. But
best of all is the chance for
the reader to visit again the
islands and their people.
CLASH OF SHADOWS by
Howard Rigsby q. B. Ltppin-
colt Co.. $3.50. Gail Baird
knows she has only a few
hours to escape from her huS-
band, a theatrical producer,
and his partner brother, if
she is to save her own life
Evening star., 1959-12-20
WhistIer's Life and Art
Are AcuteIy Interpreted

Millais to Sargent, painted
on and on and sold and sold
in what was the best of all
worlds for artists.
This book is an objective
and acute Interpretation of
WhiStler's life and art rather
than a def1nitive biography.
Whistler was never dull lex
cept in his almost unread
able book The Gentle Art
of Making EnemiesD and Mr..
Gregory, a poet and an art
critic, is never dull in his
story of a not-so-proper Vic
torian age.
Evening star., 1959-12-20
Rank
Generals
Lombosted
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star Stan Writer

TRIUMPH IN THE WEST.
lS43-1946. BY Arthur Bry-
ant. Doubleday g. Co.;
$685.
AS other wars have proved,
old soldiers never die; they
write books or inspire them.
Through them they live over
again their moments of glory
and their hours of frustra-
ton. Thereby history is en-
riched and the flames of
controversy. left by every
war, are often replenished.
All this is abundantly true
OF this history based on the
intimate wartime diaries Of
Field Marshal Lord Alan
brooke, chief of the Imperial
General Staff and one of the
chlef British architects Of the
victory over Germany.
Unsparing Criticism
1t is one Of the most note
worthy books that has been
published on the war in
Europe. From it one obtains
a remarkable insight of the
difficulties of high command,
the differences over strategy,
and the personal conflicts.
Lord Alanbrooke's diaries
are unsparing in their criti-
ciSm Of General Eisenhower
as a field commander and
Evening star., 1959-12-20
s. o. p, H, I. A, BY Pierre

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Boulle. Vanguard; $685.
The French author of
that excellent war novel of
Burma, The Bridge Over
the River Kwai," goes back
to the East for his new novel.
But Sophia takes place in
the period just before the
outbreak of World War
II. The scene is Malaga
and the story concerns rub
ber plantations worked by a
French company in a British
possession. The title, by the
way, does not refer to a girl,
but to the company itself,
whose full name is Society
for the Overseas Promotion
of Horticulture, Industry and
Agricultural mouthful that
clamored for contraction.
M. Boulle knows the coun-
try and all about tapping
rubber trees. He also knows
from personal observation
how such a complex COM
pany as Sophia operates.
Trained as an engineer,
he went to Malaga as
a rubber planter in 1896.
With the outbreak of war, he
Joined the French forces in
Indo-China. His perilous ex-
perienceS include capture
and escape and service on a
dozen fronts.
Unlike The Bridge Over
the River Kwai," which dealt
with British soldiers held in
a japanese prison camp,
there's very little about the
war in Sophia. Most of the
story is laid in time of
peace, when the company was
all powerful and pervaded
the lives of its employees.
When the war came sudden
ly, for a year Sophia'S &C
tivitieS were carried on I'M
easily, with captive France
tapping rubber in the East
for the benefit of the Ger
mans. Then came Pearl Har-
Dor. and the sudden descent
of the Japanese on Singapore,
and the temporary end of
Sophia.
The novel could be called