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Evening star., 1959-10-25
The Battle That Broke
The German Backbone

and the reader can almost
feel the chill of the snowy
Ardennes as Mr.. Toland's
talented pen traces the move
ments of those caught up in
the battle.
A CT Victory
There were heroes and
towards, there were atroci-
ties and acts of great nobility
in the battle. and neither
side had a monopoly on vii
lains. Mr.. Toland'S words
imply that British Field
Marshal Montgomery might
have done more than he did.
Gen. Bradley fumed while
Monty prepared for an Of
fensive he delivered rather
late.
But it was the GIs, not the
generals, who won for the
Allies in the ArdenneS and
all the flavor Of their speech
and talent for survival ap-
pears in this excellent &C
count Of the battle that
broke the Boche in World
War II. L
JERRY oLEARY. Jr.
Evening star., 1959-10-25
Aviation History
Was Written by
This Great Plane
GRAND OLD LADY. BY

GRAND OLD LADY. By.
Lieut.. Coils. Carroll v.
GlineS and Wendell F.
Moseley. bennington Press:
$3.50
With reverence that only
men who have flown it thou
sands of hours, Coils. Glines
and Moseley have just about
defined the only load the ven-
Grated DC 3 can't carry: All
the praise which has been
heaped upon it.
In this short (250 pages),
well-illustrated book (includ-
ing one photo by The Stars
Arnold Taylor) the authors
have gathered many of the
prodigious feats of the Doug
las transport-m ore than
1000 of which are still in
service.
They tell of one refugee
evacuation mission in World
War II, when SO passengers
and a crew of four made the
trip. On landing they found
eight, uncounted stowaways.
They revitalize a story al
ready told of the war-beaten
DC-3 which was finally
grounded when its wing was
shot off. No replacement
for the wing was available,
so they put on a shorter
wing from an old DC-2.
They called it the DC-21a.
-CHARLESYARBROUGH.
Evening star., 1959-10-25
The Robot-Murderer
Who Killed Trotsky

steadfastly denies any con-
nection with a Stalinist plot,
Soviet intrigue, or the Mer-
cader family, despite copious
evidence to the contrary.
Men like Mercader, de-
clares Mr.. Levine Ca biog-
rapher of Stalin), are killers
without a passion for JUS
tice or for freedom.
Such a man is a ''trained
political assassin who takes
pride in his proficiency. He
is a martinez of the new or
der, a Kamikazi in the serv-
ice of the Divine Dictator +.
the product of the age Of
reason at it's dead end {.
a scientist of the kind to
whom all life is matter"
In his detailed and fasci-
mating analysis, Mr.. Levine
has corraled much that
should be common knowledge
about a crime and a criminal
of increasing Importance to
our times.
"A. L. SINGLETON.
Evening star., 1959-10-25

In the spring of 1854 the
City of Glasgow sailed from
Liverpool for Philadelphia
with 399 persons. She never
arrived and what happened
to her Is still a mystery.
There were no known sur
viYorS.
There are many other ac-
counts of disasters at sea or
on rivers Zone on the Missis-
sippD, including such better
known catastrophes as those
that befell the General Slo-
cum and the Eastland. There
are illustrations,
Mr.. Hoehling is an in
teresting and careful his
torian. He formerly was a
reporter on The Star, has
written a number Of books,
historical studies, and now
lives in Cape Elizabeth
Maine. &C. B. j.
Evening star., 1959-10-25

In HAVE PEN, WILL AU-
TOGRAPH Doubleday;
$500 Harnett T. Kane, the
popular biographer of histor-
ical figures, describes anus
ingly his adventures in help
ing sell his books.
AS illustrating how thor
oughly he has gone ION the
road" with his books, Mr..
Kane recalls a bookseller in
his home town, New Orleans,
who informed him: There's
a woman here with a rare
item to sell. One of your
books, unautographed."
Mr.. Kane adds: For me,
as for most authors I know,
the incest kind Of writer's
Evening star., 1959-10-25

and Brent Ashabranner.
Stories from the records of
those who work in foreign
fields for the mutual Sc
curity of free nations.
PHILOSOPHY FOR "A TIME
OF CRISIS. BY Adrienne
Koch. Dutton; $3.50 An
Interpretation with key writ
ings by is great modern
thinkers.
THE ENDURING PATTERN.
BY Hal Borland. (Simon &
Schuster; So One mans
search for answers to the
puzzle of existence.
BOOK OF MATHEMATICAL
PUZZLES AND DIVER
SIONS. BY Martin Gardner.
(Simon & Schuster: $3.50,
Games and diversions.
PEANUTS REVISITED. BY
Charles M. Schultz. (Rine-
hart; $2.95D Cartoons.
MIDDLE EASTERN CAPITAL
ISM. BY A. j. Meyer. (Har-
ward; $3.950- Nine essays.
THE PERENNIAL ALMANAC.
By Thad Stem. jr. (Heri-
tage: So The life story
of the almanac.
COMPLETE BACKGAMMON.
BY Walter L. Richard.
mckay; $3.50. Guide to
the game.
BIRD IN THE BUSH. BY Ken
meth Rexroth. New Direc-
Evening star., 1959-10-25

"Ivanhoe" and Treasure Is
land" BY the time he was is
the boy was ready for the
University of North Carolina,
which he entered precariously.
since his parents had no
money and certainly he
hadn't. This precociouSness
is all very well - there are
such boys-but as it turned
out, there wasn't much in his
next 10 years to indicate bril-
lance. He did eventually
show a flair for financial OPP
erations, scrupulouS and un-
scrupulous. that paid of
handsomely.
An Eventful Contract
Craig never got through
the university, but he made a
contact that led to the be-
ginning of wealth. He was
taken up by the fat, boozy
owner of some cotton mills.
Evening star., 1959-10-25
FICTION
THE COVETED LAND.

THE COVETED LAND. BY
Florence P1antz Goch-
nauer. (Dorrance; $500
A love Story!s
b. BULL, BASTARD. BY
Charles Cortis. CVantage;
$685. A story Of po-
litical corruption.
so WILD THE HEART. BY
Geoffrey Trease. (Van-
guard; $685. A novel
based on Byron and
Shelley.
THE SOLDIERS PEACHES.
BY Stuart Cloete. (Hough-
ton Mif1in; $3.50J A COL
lection of adventure short
stories,
GENERAL
FAMILY ALBUM OF FA-
VORITE POEMS. Edited
by P. Edward Ernest.
(Grosset & Dunlap; $4.95)
WORLD AFFAIRS AND THE
COLLEGE CURRICULUM.
BY Richard N. Swift,
(American Council on Edu-
cation; $500
PHOTOGRAPHY FOR EV-
ERYONE. BY Fritz Henle
and H. M. Kinzer. (Vikirlg;
$4.95.) A textbook.
POINT FOUR ASSIGN
MENT. BY Russell Davis
Evening star., 1959-10-25
Spanish Armudu's S
Defeat Diagnosed
THE ARMADA. BY Garrett

THE ARMADA. BY Garrett
Mattingly. (Houghton-
Mifflin; So
Debunking history is fun
for the author of a praise
worthy book. To learn from
him is enlightening and salts
flying to the reader.
The Spanish armada's
defeat" is diagnosed hour
by hour in this great dis
course that tells the story
in its true perspective, giving
due weight to political and
social trends on dry land.
The author is professor Of
European History at Column
bia University and no mean
authority on naval vessels Of
the era of Elizabeth and
Philip. He wrote Catherine
of Aragon" and Renaissance
Diplomacy."-H. A. LYON.
Evening star., 1959-10-25
r-Choreogropher
Paints Self Portrait

A TOUCH OF INNO-
CENCE, by Katherin Dun
ham (Harcourt. Brace; $4.95)
is a beautiful book about
an unhappy childhood.
Miss Dunham-d ancer,
choreographer, anthropolo-
gist-tells the story of her
first 10 years. She was born
into a happy family that
would score rock-bottom on
any Of the rate-your-mar-
riage polls so popular today.
Her account says her father
was an ambitious young man
of predominately Negro ex-
traction and her mother,
many years his senior, she
claims was mainly white.
The m other died when
Katherine was about 31a
and, after a time of shutting,
along with various relations,
Katherine and her older
brother went home to live
with her father and his Sec
Evening star., 1959-10-25

Santa Anna'S army out Of
Texas.
DIR. IDA. BY Dorothy Clarke
Wilson. (McGraw = Hill,
$3.50. Biography of a
medical missionary in In
dia.
ADVENTURE ON WHEELS.
BY John Fitch. (Putnam's,
$4.50). Autobiography of
an auto road racing cham
pion.
THE MEL OFT STORY. BY
Milton j. Shapiro. Mess
ner, $2.95). Biography of a
baseball great.
THE WORLD OF WERNER
BISCHOF. BY Manuel Gas
ser. (Dutton, $3.50. A
photographers odyssey.
LAND OF THE HIGH SKY.
BY John Howard Griffin.
(Cokesbury, $4.750 A
chronological history of the
Midland country OF West
Texas.
Evening star., 1959-10-25
Author Hornett Kane
Meets His Public

cramp is the one that comes
from placing my signature
on books for people who will
presumably take them home
to read. Perhaps it is a fall
ing, a sign of immaturity;
nevertheless, I like to think
of others reading what I
write"
One of the most familiar
phenomena he has epcount-
cred rambling over the coun-
try, addressing women's clubs
and autographing in book
stores, is the would-like-to-
be writer, who insists on tell
ing him all about his or her
project and often is even
ready to let him do the lac-
tual writing. &C. B. j.
Evening star., 1959-10-25
LIFE IN THE CRYSTAL
PALACE, by Alan Harring-
ton. (Knopf; S4.50O

fALACE, py Alan harrlng-
ton. (Knopf; $4.500
Mr.. Harrington'S report on
his career in the Crys-
tai Palace, the headquarters
of a great corporation, is a
cross between The Organiza- =
ton Man and a psychological
horror story.
The Crystal Palace provides
the ultimate in security for
its inhabitants. There is no
tension and little RESPONSE
bility, and the music is by
Muzak. Personal credit and
blame are vestigial, since the
Crystal Palace is thoroughly
committed to management by
committee. A well-adjusted,
reasonably intelligent en-
ploye can expect to move up
through the ranks, slowly
but comfortably, and happily
retire at age 65. He is, says
Mr.. Harrington, like a man
in an electrically-cooled suit
or in winter an electrically
heated suit, wondering why
others are perspiring and
shivering and why they are
running around and about
and joStling each other in
animated dispute"
Bed Too Soft
But Mr.. Harrington wanted
out. He found the pleasant
air of the Crystal Palace suf-
locating. Like a person in an
uncomfortably soft bed, he
Evening star., 1959-10-25
Quebec's Capture
Is Viewed From
Anew Angle
WOLFE AT QUEBEC. BY
Christopher Hibmert.
World; $4.50.)

WILT Il A4 NOGDLOs oy
Christopher Hibmert.
World; $4.50)
Christopher Hilbert, a
lively and thorough portrayer
of 18th century England,
"The Road to Tyburn" and
("King Mob") crosses the At
lantic this time with Gen.
James Wolfe, to tell of the
capture of Quebec by the
English from the French in
1859.
HILBERT shows the gang
ling, red-haired Wolfe as ill
but ambitious. Beset with
chronic kidney trouble, in
frequent pain, neurotic, and
subject to fits of depression
he nevertheless considered
himself one of the best Off
GERS in the British Army.
And he probably was. An
ensign at Is, he studied mill
tary affairs constantly,
worked feverishly, and fought
well against the French in
Europe.
Yet at 80, as major-gen-
eral in command of the
Quebec expedition, Wolfe
almost failed. While he
sought a route up the cliffs
to the city, his army of 5000
dwindled through diseases,
skirmish, and Indian war;
fare to half that size. It's
commanders industry was
endless, but he was in con-
slant pain, barely on speak,
ing terms with his fellow
officers, and-in moments Of
crisis-seemingly indecisive.
Finally, as ice was forming
at the mouth of st. Law
renee, Wolfe found a weak
spot in the French defenses
and stormed the cliffs in the
dark. BY noon the next day
victory and death were his
on the Plains of Abra-
ham. Immediately clad in
a new uniform, he died COM
forted by the belief he had
once written that "those who
perish in their duty and in
the service of their country,
died honorably."
ROBERT PELL
Evening star., 1959-10-25

ond wife, a mainly-Negro
woman also older than he.
In time the fathers am
bition turned into driving tyr
amy and ultimately he
drove each member of his
family from him. But the
daughter realized that nei-
ther she nor her brother,
whom she adored, nor her
beloved second mother" was
blameleSS in the breakup.
In spite of the grimness Of
the story, Miss Dunham's
book is made beautiful by the
way she tells it. 1t is a SEN
Sual book-her descriptions
of the lovely Sunday picnics,
the paralyzing cold Of Chi
cago in the winter, the smell
Of the uncleaned kitchen in
her fathers fiat are so real
that the reader feels himself
right plunk in the middle of
the scene on the page, with
all the attendant sensations.
Well-Written
In a predatory note, Miss
Dunham insists her book is
not an autobiography. Use
of the third person strength
ems her point and at the same
time eliminates that peeping-
into-windowS embarrassment
that often assailS readers Of
autobiographies as frank as
this. Instead of the excited
confidante leaning too close
to rasp, This is what hap
pened to mel" the author is
a collected Storyteller who
speaks in a soft voice Of
things that happened to "the
girl"
All Of 1.-THE known accom-
plishments of the grown
woman, the suspense-sus-
pected ending and, most Of
all, the quality of the writ
ing-add up to an awfully
good reason for Miss Dun
ham to tell us what happened
next.
ADELE CHIDAKEL.
Evening star., 1959-10-25
Contemporary American Scene
Bockoround of New Ruork Novel

who undertook to educate the
boy but unfortunately died Of
a heart attack before this
plan was we'll started. Later,
after a rough year at sea as
an ordinary sailor, Craig
went back to KenSington.
His parents and grandpar-
ents were dead by then, and
the millowner's widow had
lost her mind, but the daugh-
ter, Maybelle, not had look
ing in an diversified way, oc-
cupied the mansion alone.
She threw herself at the
youth, and 1t soon became
necessary for him to marry
her II he was. as the say
ing goes, to do the right
thing. He thought it right,
because it meant getting his
hands on the mills.
We see Craig over the next
20 years, through two mar
riagNS, each ending in di-
vorce; various affairs out Of
wedlock; q vast fortune,
which he lost in part through
overreaching himself and
disregarding the new laws Of
financing; his picture on the
cover Of Time; many adven-
lures.
He Keeps it Moving
This overstuffed novel runs
to long descriptions of even
minor characters and over
developed dialogue. Mr..
Ruark has followed an I'M
fortunate trend Of over
writing which seems to pre-
vail, especially among sue
ceSsful writer's. There are
enough bawdy words and epi-
sodeS to satisfy those who
enjoy such things.
The author can keep q
story moving despite his pro-
lixity. The characters are
clear enough and yet there's
something synthetic about
Craig Price-he never quite
lives and breathes - and
about some of the other
characters, particularly the
Amos-and-Andy typed Ne
groeS.
Poor No More" may be as
successful in sales as Some
thing Of Value" but I'm
afraid it adds little to Mr..
Ruark's literary reputation.
Evening star., 1959-10-25
THE MIND OF AN ASSAS-

ne MIMI Or AN AOOASS
SIN. BY Isaac Don Le-
vine. (Farrar. Straus g.
Cudahy; $4.50)
Lovers of science fiction
thrillers are familiar with
stories about robots becom-
ing the perfect assassins-
conscienceless and Skillful-
in some future society. Now
Mr.. Levine comes. along with
the chilling suggestion that
this vision, minus the manu-
factured monsters, is coming
to pass.
Robot-killers in human
form already walk among us,
he proposes, and their pro-
totype is Ramon Mercader,
who butchered Leon Trosky
in Mexico 19 years ago.
Mr.. Levine delves deep into
the why's and wherefores of
this murder, and tells as
much as he can about the
murderer. He is limited in
this pursuit because the con-
victed and imprisoned slayer
Evening star., 1959-10-25

for newspaper work. I am
always reminded, although I
don't admit it, of Louis Arm
strong's answer when some
one asked him to explain
jazz: If you have to ask
you never get to know.
There are many illustra-
tions, scenes from news
paper offices-and the cover
picture is a glimpse of the
city room in The Stars new
building-and informal shots
of the contributing editors.
&C. B. j.
Evening star., 1959-10-25
Noted Editors Explore
Careers on Newspapers

In DO YOU BELONG IN
JOURNALISM? (Appleton-
Century -Crofts: $3) 10 edi-
tors tell how you can explore
the opportunities for a career
on newspapers.
Kenneth Macdonald, editor
of the Des Moines Register
and Tribune, remarks at one
point in his analysis of what
journalism offers: II don't
know what to say to a young
man who asks how he can
tell whether he is qualified
Evening star., 1959-10-25
MARK OF SHAME. BY Will
Heinrich. (Farrar, Straus
and Cudahy; $4.50).


Heinrich. (Farrar, Straus
and Cudahy; $4.5O).
Will Heinrich is Germany's
representative TO the angry
young-men school Of writing.
A product Of the Hitler
youth generation, he pre-
viously produced two bitter
war novels-"Crack Of Doom"
and Gross Of Iron"
Now in his third work,
MARK Of Shame" Mr.. Hein-
rich unleashes some venom
on the new, postwar pros
perity Of German society.
His attack would be more
effective If his people weren't
so much heroes and Williams,
the one so good, the other
so bad.
Unfortunate View
But still. the reader gets
a lucid picture Of Germany
today. And as Mr.. Heinrich
portrays it, 1t is an unfor-
tunate one.
The new democratic So
ciety of the defeated nation
is in many ways like the old
tyrannical bureaucracy. Only
the political leaders are diff
ferent.
Evening star., 1959-10-25
A Prodigy

Mr.. Ruark's 700-pager starts
with Craig Price a little boy
in a Carolina seaport town
called Kensington. His color
full grandfather. who never
liked work but loved to roam
the Texas wilds looking for
gold, managed to make a fair
living. The boys father was
doing quite well, but the de-
preston came along and the
family lost everything.
We are asked to believe
that Craig at the age Of 6
had read and understood
Evening star., 1959-10-25
POOR NO MORE, by Robert

Ruark, (Holt; $3.50
The author Of the best
seller Something of Value"
a gruesome but powerful
novel of the Mau Mau up
rising in Africa, appears with
another long novel.
Poor No More" is Ameri-
can in setting, starting with
the depression years in the
early SOS and coming UP
to contemporary times.
It's a too-familiar story
Mr.. Ruark tells, about a boy
from a family plagued by
poverty who transforms him.
self into a financial colossus.
The author has given this
Horatio Alger saga a twist
by having the hero get his
start by marrying a mill
owners daughter in the
Carolinas. Craig Price Is a
manipulation, a buyer-and-
seller, a contriver Of big deals
in finance rather than a
thrifty builder. There have
been such men, many Of
them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01

q Washington and Lee English
professor who often was q visit
ing faculty member Of the Uni
Iversity Of Virginia. In 1855. he
married the former Miss
Eleanor Bosworth. who was
dean Of women at Southwest
ern University. Memphis. Tenn.
They have two daughters.
After the announcement Of
his appointment. chimes in the
University Chapel played col
lege songs to herald the new
president.
Mr.. Darden. who succeeded
DR.. John Lloyd Newcomb,
became the university's third
president in June, l947. For
the first rs years after the
school was founded 1t had no
president; the chairman Of
the faculty was the admins
trative head. The first presi-
dent was Edwin A. Alderman.
Keen On Hard Work
The outgoing president has
advocated somewhat Of a
Spartan approach to educa-
ton. He often said he was
more interested in hard work
from a student than in a
brilliant mind that has the
quiet habit Of loafing."
For years a member in good
standing Of the Byrd DEM
ocratic organization. Mr.. OAR
den never has hesitated to
walk alone when he thought
the occasion demanded 1t. He
campaigned throughout the
State for the old Gray COM
mission local option plan in
the school segregation crisis.
When State leaders junked
such a plan in favor of the
Inflated massive resistance
program. he told them they
were wrong.
Mr.. Darden, former men,
Der Of Congress, has said he
plans to retire from public life
and return to his home in
Norfolk.
Members of the nominating
committee making its final
recommendation to the board
were Rector Frank Talbot.
Representative Smith, Dem
ocrat of Va; Federal Judge
Albert v. Bryan Of Alexandria.
Henry E. McWane Of Lynch
burg, Herbert c. Pollock Of
Schenectady. N. Y. and Nor
borne Bereley of Bethlehem. |
Pennsylvania.
This group had assistance in
its search for a nine-man
faculty unit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01

filed against members OF the
press since the political crisis
in South Korea began late last
year over the new controversial
security law.
The law was bitterly at
tackled. 1t provided penalties
for newspaper criticism Of the
President and other high on
cials and broadened police pow
ers of investigation. The gov
eminent said the act was need
ed to combat communism.
A spokesman for the prosecu-
tors ONCE said the charges
against Mr.. Han and Mr.. Choo
were based on provisions Of the
criminal law. not the secu-
rity act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
SHANNON
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
only high academic standards,
but also challenges to the stu
dents here that will stimulate
them with the excitement of
developing the mind"
DR.. Shannon. who termed
himself an educator with a ira
ditional background. has an in
ternational reputation as q VIC
torian literature scholar. He
taught for six years at Harvard
University before joining the
University of Virginia faculty
three years ago as an associate
professor Of English.
University officials said DIR.
Shannon's salary will be about
$4,000 a year. Mr.. Darden's
salary was $4,000. which he
turned back to the State. The
university presidents salary
traditionally has been equal
to that Of the Governor.
Rhodes Scholar
A native Of Lexington. Va,
he holds degrees from Wash.
ington and Lee, Duke. Harvard
and oxford Universities. He at
tended Oxford as a Rhodes
Scholar after serving in the
Navy during World War II.
As a gunnery officer on the
cruiser Quincy he narrowly
escaped death when the vessel
was sunk by enemy gunf1re in
the battle of Savo Island in
1912.
In I953-54, DR.. Shannon held
FuIbright and Guggenheim Fell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01

lowshipS for research at Leeds
and London Universities, where
the papers Of Alfred Lord Ten
nySon we're put at his disposal
by the present Baron Tennyson.
The educator at present is
working on two books: A sequel
to his volume "Tennyson and
the Reviewers" published in
1882. and an edition of Tenny
sons letters which were made
available to him by the Tenny-
son family. Most of DR.. Shan
mons writings have been
critical works on the novel.
photographed studies and
works on the Teanyson era.
DR.. Shannon was Informed
of his selection at a luncheon
for the Board Of Visitors given
today by Mr.. Darden. After
the announcement. he was
greeted at a reception in the
historic Colonnade faculty
Club by the college deans and
other university officials.
Son Of Educator
DR.. Shannon specifically de-
clined to awe his views en- the
Virginia school segregation
problem. He also said he would
have to study present policies
regarding branches of the uni
versity before saying anything
about any expansion of that
program.
I'm just getting used to the
shock of being named to this
high position he said. Il only
heard about it a short while
before it was made public. "
The educator is the son of
the late DR.. Edgar r. Shannon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
Publisher, Writer
Indicted in Koreu

SEOUL. Feb. 20 (AP).--A
Seoul publisher and an editorial
writer Of the newspaper Kyung
Hyang Shinmoon. supporting
the minority Democratic Party,
have been indicted on charges
Of libel and advocating a re-
bellion.
The government prosecutor
fled charges yesterday against
publisher Han Chang Woo. who
Us q Democratic Party member
Of the National Assembly. and
Choo Yu Han. editorial writer.
These are the first charges