davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1960-09-25

AT Cne moment, IN the late
summer, he is busy running
for reelection. AS a political
measure he has persuaded
Congress to create a Secre-
tary for Humanity, a second
ary cabinet post like Secre-
tary of the Army.
Madison Avenue Type
The Presidents appointee
to the new post, Arnold T.
Elkins, an associate professor
of history in an Iowa college,
arrives in Washington with
his wife and two adolescent
daughters. Radovan Wells,
who is to be Secretary Elkins'
aide, a Madison Avenue type.
meets the family at the air.
port and shows them to the
apartment he has engaged.
1t is a second-rate, run
down apartment, and RADIO
van explains that it has been
decided to make the new job
austere, without ostentation
or lavish trappingS, Indeed,
Arnold. when taken to his
new Office in "the Triangle"
finds it the least desirable of
all the resplendent Offices;
even the furniture is second
hand.
But the professor is even
more surprised (he is not in
terested in luxury. since he is
an idealist) to discover that
his boss is Secretary of De-
fense Eversledge.
Military Strength
Naturally Arnold knows the
cold war has gone on and
been intensified since 1860.
But, even so. he is a little
astonished as the Defense
Secretary tells him: When
our delegates sit down at a
conference at any level,
they're only as effective as
their country is strong mill
tary-wise. We put it this
way: Military capability is
the launching pad of diplo-
macy"
Arnold is eager to work for
peace, but the country is en-
gagged in building a vast
number of bomb shelters. It
is assumed the people will
have to dive into them some
day before long-those, per-
haps half the populace if
We are lucky. who survive the
first missiles.
Space Stations
The country's favorite
evangelist has his great audi
ences sing his favorite new
hymn: Take God Under
ground with You"
The space stations which
have been set up by Russia
and the United States are
used to store nuclear missiles.
The beauty queen who Wis
its our troops in Japan,
where Arnold has gone for a
concilliatory speech at Hiro-
Shima, is called Miss Massive
Retaliation.
Arnold finds at the. United
Nations a bewildered unlis-
Evening star., 1960-09-25
Other Books in Brief

is divided into functional
shares.
THE PROCESS OF EDUCA-
TION. BY Jerome S.
Bruner. Harvard, $2.750
A discussion of school edu-
cation opening new paths
to learning and teaching.
THE FATE BEHIND THE
FETE. BY Mary deForest
Geary. (Dorrance. So.
The story of the Spoleto
Festival of Two Worlds"
FOLLOW THE NORTH
STAR. BY Tay Thomas.
Doubleday. $500 A
young family's Alaskan
adventure.
SUMMER IN GALILEE. BY
Juliette de Bairacli Levy.
Duell, Sloan & Pearce,
1885. A tale of travel and
exploration.
THE GOVERNMENT OF
GOD. BY Arnold E. Lemke,
ST.. vantage. $2.50.0 Au-
thor sets forth his convic-
ton that the promised
kingdom of God is the
democratic form of govern
ment.
RIGHTS AND WRITER'S. BY
Harriet Pilpel and Theo-
dora Gavin. Dutton.
$7.50D A handbook of
literary and entertainment
law.
ARTHRITIS AND FOLK
MEDICINE. BY D. C. Jar
Wis, MD. (Holt, Rinehart
& Winston, $2.95J A new
book on honey and vinegar
and other simple treat
ments practiced in Vermont
Folk Medicine.
BEEF. BY Herrell DeGraff.
university of Oklahoma,
So The production and
distribution angles.
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY
LADY ON A DONKEY. BY
Beth Prim Howell. (Dut-
ton. $3.950 The story of
Lillian Trasher and her so
years of missionary work
with the orphan children
of Egypt.
SALVATOR ROSA. BY Of
title G. Boetzkes. Van
tage, $3.50 Biography of
a 18th century painter,
poet and patriot.
Evening star., 1960-09-25
Forthcoming

A how-it-happened book on
the generally unintelligible
rituals that have been raging
through the land since last
January is promised for the
spring of 1861. Theodore H.
White, the distinguished cor
reSpondent-turned novelist,
has turned back again to re-
construct the events leading
up to the great canvass of
November 8. It will be called
THE MAKING OF A PRES
IDENT-196O.
A man who has banned a
book or two in his time has
now. written one. Postmaster
General Arthur Summerfleld,
the enemy of Lady Chatter
ly's Lover" becomes an au-
thor with ~. S. Mall" a his
tory, in which he has had
the help Of Charles Hurd.
A book with a short but
possibly happy life makes its
appearance next week. Ar
thur Schlesinger, jr., between
bouts with his giant history
of the Roosevelt Administra-
ton, has dashed off KEN
NEDY OR NIXON: Does It
Make Any Difference?"
Patrick Skene Catling,
whose dispatches used to
brighten the pages of The
Baltimore Sun, is tie author
of BETTER THAN WORK
ING, an informal history
of his first ten years within
sound of the roll of the
presses. Mr.. Catling, lost to
us. is now an assistant edi-
tor of Punch"
Evening star., 1960-09-25
CYRUS THE GREAT.

CYRUS THE GREAT. BY
Harold Lamb. Doubleday;
$4.50.)
Cyrus reign, peaceful in
the main and almost COM
mitted to the idea that rulers
should strive to serve their
subjects, is undocumented by
history reaching back to the
sixth century before Christ.
But Mr.. Lambs scholarly
book, worthy Of his other
works, establishes the fact
that Darius splendor rested
squarely on his great prede-
ceSsor. The West did, in fact,
borrow and inherit, and the
culture of the outlander
Greeks could never have
reached its pinnacle without
Evening star., 1960-09-25
DE GAULLE'S REPUBLIC

10y IlAIAP IVA w 444AoAAAo nAA0
Martin Harrison. (Long-
mans, Green, So
The title of their excellent
book states in essence what
the authors believe is the
flaw in the Fifth Republic:
No one except Charles de
Gaulle could make it work.
and there is a fair chance he
will fail.
THE Fifth Republic" they
say, lis a benevolent despot-
ism partially tempered by
republican democracy. Be-
hind the screen of secrecy
around the making of deci-
sionS, courtiers are intriguing
for the ear of a sovereign
whose attentions are uneven
ly divided. Those who have
his blessing prosper; some
lesser figures work in fruit
full independence; others
Evening star., 1960-09-25

the public services it needs
without running itself. A
great people like ours, trained
in democratic traditions, can
make the powers of govern
ment accomplish almost any
end they have in mind"
PHILIP H. LOVE.
Evening star., 1960-09-25

tened-to-man of 90, who q
few years ago was a famous
miSSionary-p -physician-philoSo-
pher on the Amazon (obvi-
ously DR.. Schweitzer is the
prototype), who is consid-
cred senile. This old man is
trying to persuade us to take
the initiative in disarming.
Arnold and his family are
sent on a croSs-country tour
to reach the people at the
grass-roots and, incidentally,
collect votes for President
Harringer. They travel by
bus and stay at cheap hotels.
Disarmament Doomed
But Arnold's hope of per-
suading the two great rival
powers to reconsider disarm-
ament and to ban nuclear
weapons is doomed from the
start.
So is the Office of Secretary
for Humanity.
There are no bombs ex-
ploded in this story. There
are no ruined cities and life
less stretches Of earth. But
the scene of impending deso-
lation, of imminent dissolu-
ton, is more powerful than if
the author had described an
Armageddon.
1t all could we'll happen
unless the whole pattern of
diplomacy is changed.
This is Gina Berriault's
first novel. She is a Cali
fornian and has won a num-
ber of awards for short
stories.
Evening star., 1960-09-25
GENERAL

gerated, and that most of the
official foreign aid programs
are wasted. The United Ma
tions, he believes, works
against our. interests. These
are all controversial points,
and Mr.. Campaigne states
his case well. There are
others. however, who would
find much to debate with
him.
BERNARD GWERTZMAN
Evening star., 1960-09-25
UNDERGROUND IN 1864
Lifein the u. S.
4Yeors Hence
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES
Star Book Critic

THE DESCENT BY Gina Berrault (Atheneum $500
While this book is the form of nove-the characters
fictitious. the time projected forward four years-t could
be called realistic prophecy, acua commentary in which
fiction is only framework
1t is parable of era.
1t is too close to the truth comfort compacency
We find, in 1864. President called Harmon Harrnger.
Evening star., 1960-09-25
READING AND WRITING
British Author
Praises America
By MARY McGRORY
Star Stan Writer

Mr.. Martin Green is 32-year-old Angry Young Man
with Cambridge accent and he has tried to wipe out in
one stroke all the harsh things that Engshmen have been
saying about since Charles Dickens visited century ago
and pronounced us all Savages
MIRROR FOR ANGLO -SAXONS (Harper g. Bros
Evening star., 1960-09-25

Brief reviews Of poperboek books
which usually appear on this pose
moy be found in the tobIoid book
supplement CD.
Evening star., 1960-09-25
FICTION

MEET ME TONIGHT. BY
Martha Albrand. (Random.
$3.50. A novel of intrigue
and suspense.
HIJACKED HARVEST. BY
Charles S. Strong. (Chil-
ton, $2.95). Adventure set
against the background of
Minnesota's wild rice coun-
try.
THE LOST CONVOY. BY
Charles S. Strong. (Chif-
ton, $2.95). Adventure with
the Norwegian under
ground.
THE RANGER AND OTHER
STORIES. BY Zane Grey.
(Harper, $3.50. This IA
nous writer of Westerns
lives again in these stories.
HOW COME .. AGAIN? By
Agnes Rogers and Richard
G. Sheehan. Doubleday,
$2). A new riddle book.
THE ZONE BEYOND. BY C.
Henry Bridgew ter.
Comet, $3.75). A novel
which involved the new
tinder box created in Ber-
lin.
ALASKA SNOWTRAPPED.
BY Bailey E. Bell. Wan
tage, $3.50. The story of
a girls battle against the
Arctic. General.
GENERAL
THEORIES OF AGGRE-
GATE INCOME DISTRI-
BUTTON. BY Paul David
son. RutgerS, So. His
story of the various theories
which have been formu-
lated to explain and de-
scribe the way in which a
nations aggregate income
Evening star., 1960-09-25

so much for the general read
er, being a rather far "in"
and the points not always
well defined.
Generally. however, his
book is balm for those who
have been despairing about
hearing a kind word about
America, especially from an
Englishman who doesn't
think we're ugly at all,
Evening star., 1960-09-25

.rper & Bros.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-07

NToULD you MOVE your child to the city for
Wv his own good?
One mother who recently took this drastic step
explains her thinking, and in no uncertain terms
AT tremendous personal expense, and against
my children's resistance she reports, Il fed from
paradise. fed not from the country, but from the
filtered experience which had been providing
for my children. We went to where the children
could be tempted to join Street-comer society,
where they could see brute poverty and vice and
exultation and the bewilderment of the rejected
immigrant: where they could be exposed to bad
English and despicable music. took them where
they could meet taste that had not been labeled
good or bad, SO they could make their own de-
cisions about it; where their associates had not
been implicitly preselected and prelabeled as
desirable
After period of Discrimination and anguish"
she concludes, my children were all glad Of the
move"
These are fighting words. If you have read this
far you must want to ask:
"How much experience does child gain by be-
ing exposed to brute poverty that-luckiy for
him-is not his lot? And how can you look on
'street-comer society as device for broadening
sheltered suburban children
1t is easy to take issue with details, but it is more
important to know that this mother who took her
children back to the city is Dorothy Lee, profess
sional anthropologist scientist trained to observe
human behavior and gauge the consequences.
From observation and learning and personal ex-
perience she reasons that suburban upbringing
today win tend to soften child and hold him back.
In her view, what she calls the filtered ex-
perience" of the suburbs deprives a child of the
opportunity to meet discomfort His natural enter
prise and curiosity become stunted in an orderly,
unadventurous life where he does what everyone
else does and makes friends only with people like
himself There is not enough opportunity to ex-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-01-07
BY MARION LOWNDES

pertinent and learn and broaden himself in the
process.
DIR. Lee is not alone in her misgivings Dr.
Leonard Dull of the National Institute of Mental
Health in Washington also warns against the shell
tered life
1T is the responsibility Of parents to do every
thing to expose their children to different expe-
riences, he says. Il sometimes think parents liv-
ing in particularly exclusive suburbs would be wise
to make regular visits to the city during certain
parts Of child's growing up"
Along with the scientists, plain laymen with
common sense-parents included -have begun to
question whether an upbringing in an ideal suburb
is the ideal thing.
AS in any paradise since the days of Adam and
Eve" says one young father, "a closer inspection
reveals certain drawbacks"
But you can't, as they say, have everything
always an irritating thought especially where your
children concerned So isn't it enough to raise
child in pleasant neighborhood where he can
grow up with congenial companions and 20 to
good school? The answer, it appears, is no.
TN pleasant suburb called Crestwood Heights
i careful tests were made on the children by three
sociologists, John r. Seeley, r. Alexander Sim,
and E. W. Loosely The houses these children lived
in were charming, and much the same, with TV
room, terrace, and barbecue. Their fathers earned
about the same amount of money, their families
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-29
Funeral Rites For
J. T. Bruce, so,
Friday Afternoon

RICE. April % James
Thomas Bruce, 80, of Rice. died
Wednesday in a Richmond hos
ptal A retired dairyman. he was
born il Prince Edward County.
August 4. 1879. Mr.. Bruce was
a member of Sharon Baptist
Church.
He is survived by six daugh-
ter, Mrs. Frank Morgan. of Hen
derson, N. c., Mrs. Albert Hills
man, Jetersville, Mrs. Lacy
Hunt, Whiteville, N. O., Mrs.
Paul Wheeler, Berryville, and
Mrs William Clawson and Mrs.
L. s. Woodward, both of Rich
nond: two sons, Frank Bruce.
of Rice. and James Thomas
Bruce. il, of Richmond; a sis
ter, Mrs. Writ Motley. of Rich
mond; brother, George Bruce,
of Bluefield, W Va, II grand
:s:::: :. e. :. .,'' ). ...
Friday at z pm. at Sharon Bap-
fist Church with inter1nent in the
Fisgah Church Cemetery at Rice.
The Rev. 7. o. Herndon and the
Rev. H. N. Soyars will officiate.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-29
SCI ool Journalists
To Attend Press
Convention,

CUMBERLAND, April % =
Over LOG hiqh school io''--e'
SIS and faculty advisors will be-
~ res.s tr2tlon al Wasaneeo.
and Lee University Thursday
for The 3lst annual convention
Of the Southern Interscholastic
Press Association, April % 30
They VIII represent some l53
preparatory and high schools
from nine southern states and
the District OF Columbia. Par
ticipating schools have entered
DEG publications in annual COM
petition for awards and recogni-
tion. and the highlight OF the
two-day convention will be the
awarding of trophies to first
place winners at the concluding
awards luncheon Saturday.
among delegates from Cumb-
erland High School will be-.
faculty advisor, Miss Bessie Lou
Parker, Jack Blanton, Margaret
Whitlock, Bill Anderson. Joyce
Martin and Phil Franck.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-29
NO COMMENT
BY JAMES ". DoUTHA1

| WASHINGTON, April z0-The
holly contested congressional
battle over the growth of big
government - or the growth o.
! the American economy is
being intensified in Washington
Advocates Of bigger and big.
ger Federal Bureaucracy =
are waging a determined cam
paign for enactment Of series
f budget-busting legislative pro.
posals.
Those who believe that an ex-
banding economy is essential fol
the Nations development ano
defense are vigorously opposing
unessential Federal spending SC
that the people can retain more
funds for finarcing vital econo-
mic growth.
Prospects for obtaining tax re-
form legislation also will be af
fected to a major extent by the
outcome of the controversy.
1t is obvious that politically.
minded Legislators are mo e
likely to vote for tax reduction
if there is a substantial budget
surplus. It is equally obvious
that the more unessential spend
ing that is eliminated the more
surplus there is likely to be.
Tax reform advocates contend
that enactment of the desired
legislation would produce many
benefits for the nation, includ-
ing new and expanded business
more and better jobs, advanced
living standards. higher econo-
mic grow tn, initiation control
through greater production and
productivity, more confidence at
home in the nations economic
sy e m. and strengthening
abroad of its position and pres
tige.
They are urging congressional
approval of the Herlong Baker
Bill which would lower personal
and corporation income taxes to
a maximum Of AZ per cent by a
series OF annual reductions
spread over five years. The
basic personal income tax would
be lowered from 20 per cent to
Is per cent and there would be
reductions in all brackets.
There is strong opposition,
however, from many members
OF Congress, who are high
priests of what Rep. Hallect of
Indiana, the House Republican
leader, calls political payola. ;
In other words. they want to
vote everything possible for the
people - and let the taxpayer.
foot the bill = in the hope of
gathering votes from those re-
celvlng mama from Washing
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-29
Grange Hall Released To Abilene
Community Club; Elections May 6

Thomas Slayton Sunday night
were Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Nelson
and family and Mr.. and Mrs,
Meredith Chappell and family,
Rev. and Mrs. Vernon E.
Banks were callers of Mr. and
Mrs Garland Clark and MIR. and
Mrs, M O. Chappell, Sunday.
Al Farmer spent Wednesday
with Eddie Clark
Mr., and Mrs. Garland Clark
and family were dinner guests
on Easter Sunday OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Dave Farmer. of Charlotte
c. H.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whorley iris
kill spent the week end with Ed
nriskill. They attended services
at Beulah Church. Sunday.
Sgt. and Mrs. Arnold Throck-
morton and children visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne
Gryder, over the week end.
Mrs. Vernon Bailey and daugh-
ter, Brenda, visited the M. O.
ChappellS. Saturday.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-29
Question OF Spraying Or busting
Now Faces The Home Gardener

method wastes materials and
does not cover the under side OF
the leaves.
Peery says there are four fun
damental rules in spraying OF
busting. all of which are impor-
tant for successful disease con
troll.
Start early. Don't wait until
serious damage has been done
Use the right material. The
material must control the dis
ease without injury to the plant
Keep at it. Spray or dust often
enough for good control.
Apply chemicals before dis
ease appears. Sprays and dusts
are preventives. Spraying and
busting will usually not cure a
plant disease after infection.
The new carbamates, such as
maneb and zineb, and the in
soluble copper compounds are
usually preferred to sulphur fol-
use on vegetables. Always follow
the directions given on the labe,
of the product you use.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-29

Whether to spray or dust is a
perennial question facing the
home gardener.
Faced with a vast array of
equipment and materials, the
novice and even the old-timer
sometimes has trouble making
up his mind.
Dudley L.. Peery, county agent
for Prince Edward county. says
there is really no definite an
swer. 1t depends largely on what
you Ike. Both spraying and dust
ing are effective. Spraying is
usually more effective and
cheaper than busting. On the
other hand, busting is usually
more veni lent and much
quicker. A good knapsack spray
er or hand buster Is essential in
the home garden. The rotary
type buster is best, but a cheap
plunger-type buster can be used
in the small garden.
Applying fungicides to the
plants by shaking dust from a
sack is not recommended. This
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-29

ton.
Since the November presiden-
tial and congressional elections
are drawing near, this aspect
Of Federal spending unfortunate
ly is receiving more and more
attention on Capitol Hill.
Leaders Of the economy forces
are hopeful that opponents Of I'M
essential spending throughout
the nation will rise up again and
demand that members of con-
grtss pay more attention to the
nations fiscal solvency - and
hence to its future economy
growth than to buying votes
and jeopardizing future eco
nomic growth and security.
Right now members Of t h 6
congressional economy bloc re-
port unhappily that the public
seems apathetic toward govern
ment spending They hope that
this attitude will change inmedi-
ately as important votes on mas
sive spending programs are APP
preaching
There is serious danger of en-
actment of some of these pro-
pOsals. The ones that evidence
the most life at the present time
are bills to increase government
salaries and of provide costly
Federal subsidies for school con-
struction, housing, and aid to
depressed areas.
T h ere are numerous other
spending bills pending in con-
gress. II passed, their combined
cost would greatly exceed the
$42 billion surplus which the adj
ministration forecasts for the
1861 fiscal year.
Thus. the nation would be
plunged again into red ink in
fla;ion creating financing.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-29
Dodsons Have Michigan Guests

MATTOAX. April % = Mrs.
Lote Williams, Of Jackson, Mich,
spent few days last week as
the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. E.
DodSon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Watkins
and children were supper guests
o. Saturday night Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Kerr.
Holmes r lston. editor Of
Earnest Worker, of the Presby-
terrain Committee Of Publication,
Richmond. filled the pulpit at
Mattoax Presbyterian Church.
Sunday.
Mrs. Vivian Hubbard ard boys,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-29
Sandy River

April % Mr.. and Mrs. Willis
Trip and Ronald Trip. Of Sill
Yer Spging, Nd. we're week end
guests sof Mr. and MIS-. Temple
jenkins. Others who spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. jenkins
were Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Jen-
l1irs and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Jenkins and family
and Leroy jenkins.
Mrs Mercer Gillian. Miss
Katie Mae Bolt. Mrs. Charlie
Gates and Mrs. James Gates at
tended the Bible School Clinic at
Liberty Church. Friday.
Danny Gaines yisite d his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
j. Gaines, in Charlotte county
last week.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Bruce Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Hartman and Patricia, of
Roanoke, Mrs. E. H. Poston. of
Farmville. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Clifford James ard daughters, of
Richmond.
Mrs. r ic h ard Pittman. of
Hampton, returned home Sunday
after a visit with her father, e.
] Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Hughes
attended the funeral of James A.
Clark in Buckingham Sunday
afternoon.
Thomas Crowder, of Rich
mond. visited in the community
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Juan Crofton and son,
Bobby. arrived Monday to spend
several days with her father, E.
j. Smith.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-04-29

Richard and jimmy. OF Rich
mOnd, were Sunday dinner
guests of Mrs. Earl Poore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earnest Cassell
and his son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Howard,
Of KOkomO. Ind, arrived Satur-
day to spend several days with
Mr. and Mrs. Payton Cassell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Cas-
sell. Of Ashland. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Steve Muslin and chill
dren. Of Cumberland, were
guests in the p. r. CaSSeil home
on Sunday.