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ceal the fact that the level
of personal consumption had
declined. The unheard of
padding of production fig
ures has been recently con-
firmed and the subsequent
wave of purges and demo-
tions of local party bosses.
Five Year Plans
An important feature of
Mr.. Jasny's book is that he
does not accept the official
subdivision Of the Soviet in
naturalization drive into
five-year-plan periods. and he
regroups the years of indus
tralization into six periods
based on a political and eco
nomic ANALYSIS of the relevant
developments. BY doing so,
Mr.. Jasny convincingly proves
that the Soviet economy did
not develop smoothly accord
ing to five-year-plans, as
communist propaganda af-
firms.
Mr.. JaSny's book is an in
estimable contribution to the
armory of Western research
on the Soviet economy. De-
spite, or even because of, the
scholarly nature of Mr..
Jasny's book, it carries a mes
sage to the leaders of the
economically less-developed
countries who are sometimes
inclined to adopt the Soviet
way of induStrialization. The
message is that the well-be-
ing of the population cannot
be achieved by Soviet-style
socialization of the national
economy.
In the preface the author
mentioned that he is almost
n years of age and has only
his pencil as an assistant" "
This might be the reason for
some mispellings of names
such a "Dugashvili" instead
of "Dzhugashvili" or "Tsury-
upa" instead OF "Tsyurupa, "
and some others. These err
ors could be eliminated, Of
course, in a second printing,
which, let us hope, will be
forthcoming.
-LAZAR PISTRAK.
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SOVIET NDUSTRIALIZA-
TION 1S2S-1952. BY Naum
Jasny. University Of Chi
aA4A YS,.a1n. hfAN

ONLG AINOO0 y ANSAfNAAAIfAN
TION 1S2S-1952. BY Naum
Jasny. University Of Chi
cago Press; 800
In July, 1928, Stain phi
losophized that, for the sake
of promoting industry, Soviet
peasantry must pay a super
tax or, as he called it. a
tribute" which meant, and
still means, that they must
overpay for manufactured
goods and must be underpaid
for their produce. The speech
in which Stain made this
pronouncement was kept
secret from the Soviet people
for more than two decades.
Mr.. Jasny's book provides the
answer to the question why
the Soviet people were kept
uninformed as to what Stain
had in store for them in 1898
when he launched his indus
trialization drive.
A painstaking and highly
scholarly analysis Of the his
tory of Soviet industrializa- =
tion from 1928-1952 brings
Mr.. JaSny to the conslusion
that the most striking event
Of all was that industrialiZa-
ton was accomplished with
out it's normal concomitant--
the improvement Of the liv-
ing standards of the popu-
lation." The high rates OF
industrialization and the
transformation Of the USSR
into one Of the best armed
states of the world were
achieved by "strangulation
of consumption"
A few figures make this
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Living Standards Are Secondary

point clear. From 1928-1952
private incomes increased only
by one-third, while the funds
in the hands of the state,
in terms of real value, grew
almost eight-fold. During the
same period funds earmarked
for expenditures OH the armed
forces increased about
for expenditures on the armed
26 times. Taking into con-
sideration the increase Of the
population, the growth Of
the total personal income
by one-third actually repre-
sented a decline of about Is
per cent in real per capita
income for the wage-earn-
ing population and about 40
per cent for the rural popu-
lation. Since Stains death
there has been improvement
in personal incomes. but ac-
cording to Mr.. Jasny's cal
culations, real wages did not
regain their 1928 level until
1858, and the peasants per
capita real incomes were still
below the level in 1858.
Another feature Of the So
Wet industrialization Is the
heavy emphasis on heavy in
dustry. The production of cot
ton fabrics, for instance. was
only doubled from 1928 to
1856 while the output Of steel
during the same period in
creased almost eleven-fold.
Income Decline
These are only a few fig
ures based on Mr.. Jasny's cal
ulations. Their correctness
can hardly be disputed since
the decline of the income of
the Soviet population calcu-
lated by Mr.. Jasny in the
past turned out to be even
greater than he had expected,
if compared with Soviet sta
tiStical data made available
after Stalin's death. How
ever, Soviet statistics are less
reliable than it is generally
assumed in the West. Mr..
Jasny maintains that the
Justification of statistics was
resorted to in order to make
the rates of growth seem
much bigger than they really
were and especially to con-
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bid is both compassionate
and comic.
One of the finest chapters
in the book is a discussion on
the split personality of the
Republican Party, and a sus-
penseful account of the in
credible negotiations between
the Nixon and Rockefeller
camps which ended in the
compact Of Madison avenue
and the furious Illustration Of
the old guard members Of the
Platform Committee in Chi
cago.
Rich and Lively
Mr.. White has put down all
the charitable and unchart-
able elements which 60 into
what he calls "the primitive
and barbaric trial" of an
election campaign. His book
Is rich and lively. 1t is also
full Of footnotes, in which
various key figures in the
Kennedy campaign are iden-
titled as holding high office
in the administration they
so vigorously strove to bring
about.
Evening star., 1961-07-09

CIe DCSC Ol UUIll CEd1IS W 1l1S
account. Despite the recent
vintage and familiarity Of the
events he describes, the book
is fresh because of his almost
poetic appreciation Of the
political processes of a de-
mocracy and his zest for what
he calls "the local folklore
that lies below the threshold
Of public report"
Kennedy'S Success
The Kennedys whose ap-
proach was one Of gripping
realism" succeeded, he thinks,
because while Mr.. Nixon was
graphing with the intangibles
Of his image" and the other
Democratic hopefuls were
building Greenhouses out Of
deadlocks, the Kennedy men.
who always knew the answer
to the root question who's
the Man to SeeO were going
around in their insistent
fashion buttonholing the men
with the muscle. It was
hardly q contest at all.
Nor was the campaign it.
self a real contest of ideas.
Rarely in American history"
writes Mr.. White, has there
been a political campaign
that discussed issues less or
clarified them less"
Contrasting Styles
1t came down to a question
of contrasting styles, and the
first television debate gave
Kennedy all the advantage
there. That historic event,
says the author was "a liv-
ing portrait of the man under
stress (which let the voters
decide, by instinct and emo
ton, which style and pattern
of behavior under stress they
preferred in their leader"
Readers may find that Ken
nedy has more pages in the
book than Nixon. There is q
simple explanation for this
All along the trail, Mr.. White
had intimate glimpses OF
and confidential chats with
the Democratic contender
Mr.. Nixon never granted him
an interview. Mr.. White is
charitable to both. He calls
Mr.. Nixon "a man of major
talent, but q man of solitary
uncertain impulse" In MI
Kennedy he sees a man OF
grace, elegance and style, a
man to whom ideas are i'm
portant, but one who none
theless, all too frequently
deputies and subcontractS
ideas to other men.
Early Meetings
The book begins with the
end-the long tense night Of
the election. 1t goes back
then to the beginnings of al
the groupings towards the
prize on both sides. thosc
critical early meetings. wher
each man shaped his strategy
and counted his blessings
Each is allowed to speak
in soliloquoy, Stevenson, Sym
ington, Humphrey, but un'
accountably not johnson. Mr.
White does not know how tht
johnson candidacy began, Of
how it ended in his accept
ance Of the second spot. Tht
description Of the Humphrey
Evening star., 1961-07-09
Life in Prison
AS Mr.. Soruci
Recalls 1t
THE CONVICT AND THE
STAINED GLASS WIN
DOWS. By Carmelo Soraci.
Tx. N~,,, "a EA \

THE CONVICT AND THE
STAINED GLASS WIN
DOWS. BY Carmelo Soraci.
(John Day; $4.50)
This Is Carmelo (Carlo)
Soraci's own story Of his
life.
Carlo Soraci had from boy
hood q gift for drawing and
painting. He always wanted
to be an artist, and his first
crime, forging a check for
$50, was impelled by his de-
sire to buy a beautiful paint
ing outfit which he saw in q
store window. He had come
from parents who were able
to give him few advantages
but were rigidly honest. But
he Strayed with tough boys
on New York's lower East
Side and got into trouble.
Actually his crimes were
few and never involved vio-
lence, but, after q fourth fell
only, he found himself serv-
ing from is years to life in
Sing Sing. The warden Of
fered him q chance to resume
his art work If he would con-
sent to q transfer to Clinton
Prison at Donnemora. This
was reputed to be the tough
est prison in the State, but
the warden there turned Sor-
aci over to the Catholic chap
lain, who was building with
prison labor the Chapel Of
the Good Thief. Soraci not
only painted the figure of
st. Dismas (the thief who
died beside Christi over the
altar, but made all the Sta
tions Of the Cross in strik-
ingly lovely stained glass
windows. Later he did more
stained glass windows for the
Catholic and Protestant chap
els at Sing Sing.
This work eventually led
to Soraci's release at the age
of So.
His story is absorbing and
instructive. 1t reflects no
credit on certain police and
prosecuting authorities, who
stretched out minor crimes
into major sentences, so that
he served half his life in
prisons for forging sums not
exceeding $75. There was no
effort to reclaim this tai
ented man until finally a
compassionate Judge, an un-
derstanding prosecutor and
an alert defense lawyer COM
bined to find legal flaws in
previous convictions and the
means of making Soraci elig-
ible for immediate parole.
There are many interest
ing episodes in the book, such
as the generosity of Lucky
Luciano, a prisonmate al
Donnemora, in helping other
convicts and in building the
Chapel Of the Good Thief
Luciano, reputed onetime
ruler of New York rackets
was finally released and de-
ported to Italy.
CARTER BROOKE JONES
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Other Books
In Brief
Fiction

Fiction
THE BATTLE OF THE WILD
TURKEY AND OTHER
TALES. BY Alvin johnson.
(Atheneum, $4.50.) Short
stories from plain and
prairie country.
THE HORNS OF FEAR. BY
Angel Maria DeLera. Dut-
ton, $3.50 An untried
matador begins his career
in a provincial Spanish
town.
History and Biography
SHOW ME A MIRACLE. BY
The Rev. j. Jerry Caco-
pardo and Don Weldon.
(Dutton, $3.50 The story
of a man who went from
prison to the pulpit.
U. S. ARMY IN THE
KOREAN WAR. BY Roye
E. Appleman. Department
of the Army South to the
Naktong, North to the Yalu.
General
FIELD ADMINISTRATION
IN THE UNITED NATIONS
SYSTEM. BY Walter r.
Sharp. (Stevens and Sons.)
Technical assistance in
1859.
STRESS AND YOUR HEART.
BY Fred Kerner. (Haw-
thorn, $4.95.) How to deal
with everyday tensions
which can shorten your life.
Poperbscks
THE LEGENDS OF THE
JEWS. BY Louis Ginzberg
(Simon and Schuster,
$2.45.) Variations on the
scriptures.
FREEDOM OR DEATH. BY
Nikos Kazantzakis. (Simon
and Schuster, $1.750 A
highly praised epic Of the
Greek Christians rebelling
on Crete by a contemporary
author.
Evening star., 1961-07-09
HEMINGWAY REMAINS A LIVING FIGURE

trived language and the
Self-conscious gestures,
for the sake of the mo-
rality and social didac-
ticiSfn of "For Whom the
Bell Tolls" and the neo--
Christian "The Old Man
and the Sea-"
ALI unite in a pervad-
ing sense of loss. A very
great individual has left
us, and the man to take
his place is not known.
ID. T:
Evening star., 1961-07-09

never-to-recur position
of having had no con-
Germ for the reputation
but only for each book
as it has appeared. For
many of us the incom-
parable Hemingway is
the writer of "The Sun
Also Rises" "a Fare
we'll to Arms" and the
early short stories.
Others will excuse the
more. inflated style of
the later works, the con-
Evening star., 1961-07-09
BOOKS IN REVIEW
Science and Art
Of Soothsoying
By DAY THORPE
Star Book Critic

SCIENCE, PROPHECY AND PREDICTION. BY Richard
Iewinsohn. Translated from the German by Arnold j.
PomeranS. Harper & Brothers; $495)
title Of the original German edition OF this book Is
"Unveing the Future" phrase that perhaps gives more
precise Of its subject than dominated by science
The author collects great number Of human attempts at
neutrality-suspicious. which be divided into two main cate
gores Scientific prediction includes indications Of the barom
eter probability tables medical diagnosis while
Evening star., 1961-07-09

A reader in his 40S
has grown up with
Ernest Hemingway the
author and the man,
and he knows that Hem
ingway's death is a part
of himself. Whether
Hemingway's reputa-
ton as one of the great
est of Americas writer's
will last is in the hands
of disintereSted poster
ity; we have been in the
Evening star., 1961-07-09

poet, novelist and playwright:
he gets a foundation grant
in the best academic style of
1861; he is involved in a con-
gressional Red hunt; he has
an amorous episode with an
actress who never seems to
get around to acting; in
short, all the appurtenances
of the present-day success
full author are present.
EDWIN TREBLE.
Evening star., 1961-07-09

with a delight similar in in
tensity and in quality to that
I experience when hearing
Mozart's Jupiter Symphony.
Exploring Mathematics on
Your Own" is a well-written
and well-organized book. 1t
does not matter that it covers
no new ground, for the anna
teur in mathematics wants
to hear the old stories re-
told in new words, Just as for
q child the old fairy tales
are best. ID. T.
Evening star., 1961-07-09
Nixon's Book

Doubleday & Co. announces
that former Vice President
Nixon has signed a contract
for q book about his expert
ences during the two Eisen-
hover administrations. AS yet
untitled, Mr.. NiXon's book
will be published early in
1862.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-12-14
Caithersburg Washington Grove
Churches Prepare For Christmas
By Sylvia Tate Koran

Twenty-one members of the
Washington Grove Homemak-
ers' Club met at the home of
Mrs. Carl Franck last Thurs
day. Mrs. Lillian Cryer and Miss
Marie Stang were assisting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Will,
jr. announce the birth of a son.
The young man was born last
Thursday at Suburban.
On Saturday night, the young
people of the Washington Grove
Methodist Church will hold a
square dance at McCathran Hall
for all. Admission will be Doc
and will be given to Boys
Town, Korea.
The Wa-ke.ko Campfire Girls
held a ceremonial on Monday.
Honor. beads were presented to
Jill Allison, Jane Blood, Patty
Blood, Kitty Cooper, Jean Cart
ner, Sonia Mainhart, Debbie
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-12-14
Newport Mill
Music Program
Scheduled Friday

Orchestra and chorus of New
port Mill Junior High School
win present their third annual
music concert in the school audi
torium December Is at 8 pm.
Theme for the program is,
Music for a Holiday"
Mrs. Rose Hornyak, chairman
Of the school music department,
Is director of the 75-voice cho-
rus; John Stephens, director of
the schools instrumental pro-
gram, conducts the 82-piece or
chestra.
Abigail Ritz, Amanda Cooper
and Joan Lowe are student &C.
companists for the program.
Orchestral numbers will in.
cIude azure Mist" "A Trum-
peters Lullaby" "Beguine for
Flutes" and Sleigh Ride"
Choral selections are "Jingle
Bells" "Troika," Noel, Noel"
"Christmas Song" 20 Come All
Ye Faithful" "Hark, the Herald
Angels Sing and White Christ.
mas
The audience will participate
IN community singing.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-12-14
Ellen Bridges to Make Yule
Trip to South America

Miss Ellen Bridges, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert w.
Bridges of 207 Upton ST., Rock
vile, will leave New York De-
cember q on a Varig Air Lines
jetliner for a 6,000-mile flight to
Montevideo, Uruguay.
During a three.week trip, FL
len will be visiting Miss Margar-
ct Kuter, who attended Richard
Montgomery High School during
the 1960-61 school year. Margar-
ct, who was an exchange stu
dent here in the nationwide pro-
gram operated by the American
Field Service, lived with the
Bridges family during her stay
here, and made many friends in
Rockville.
Ellen, who has never travell-
ed by air before, admits to some
qualms at the thought of flying
for six hours over the trackless
Brazilian jungles. However, she
is looking forward to an unus-
ual Christmas vacation basking
in the sun on Montevideo's
beautiful beaches, since it is
summer now in Uruguay.
The Kuster family has pro-
missed to take Ellen into the
countryside to see the famous
"gauchos", and to Buenos Aires
and Rio de Janeiro. In Rio, Ell
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-12-14
AAUW to Hear
Drama Reading

Mrs. David Holmes, who has
starred in a number of Rock
vile Little Theater productions,
will give a dramatic reading
for the Rockville Branch, Amer
lean Association of University
Women, at Z o'clock tonight at
Rockville Civic Center.
The entertainment will be a
feature of an informal pot-luck
supper which the group is hold
ing in place of the usual Decem.
Der meeting. In charge of the
entertainment and arrange
ments are Mrs. James Gaffey,
Mrs. Nolan Rasnick and Mrs.
Fred Frayser. Mrs. Donald
Spencer and Mrs. Nicholas
Grossman are co-hostesses.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-12-14
WSSC Film
Featured by
Magazine

The Washington Suburbana
Sanitary Commissions recent
ly completed motion picture on
sewage disposal in the subur-
ban Maryland area is the sub
ject of a feature article in this
months edition of 1.-THE Ameri-
can City" magazine.
Under the title, "This Movie
Stars A Commission" the mag
azine describes the development
and use of the new Commute
WSSC film, Investment With
A Future"
American City points out
more than half of the movie
narration is provided by mem
bers of the commission and its
staff, offering a personal APP
proach aimed at emphasizing
vitality and sincerity" -
According to the magazine,
the film features the history
of the system, the operation of
facilities and maintenance pro-
cedures. These include the ra-
Uncontrolled fleet of mainte-
nance crews and the money-sav-
ing closed-circuit television cam
eras for sewer inspection"
The movie is available for
booking at meetings of subur-
ban Maryland civic, service,
business and school groups
through the WSSCs Public In
formation Office, 4017 Hamil-
ton SITS, Hyattsville, Appleton
7-7700, Extension 224.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-12-14
Moose Schedule
Christmas Party

Children of members and
guests of Wheaton Chapter 1435
Women of the Moose and
Wheaton Moose Lodge IT'S will
be entertained at a Christmas
party December IL.
The party will be held from 2
to 6 pm. at the lodge. A visit
from Santa, gifts, a movie,
Christmas songs and refresh
ments will be featured.
Women and men of the Moose,
the FLOWING week will fill and
deliver Christmas baskets to
needy families in the Wheaton
area.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-12-14

len and Margaret hope to renew
friendship with Miss Maria
Barbossa-da Sousa, a Brazilian
ATS exchange student who at
tended Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School last year and lived
with the ]. ]. Harris family in
Chevy Chase.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-12-14

Nesbitt, Beth Nicols, Fran Mic.
OILS, Kathy Salliday, and Jean
Workinger.
The Lester Mckee family has
moved to Princess Ann County,
Virginia. Chief Mckee has been
stationed at National Naval
Medical Center and has now re-
ceived an assignment aboard
ship.
Mrs. Henry Walther of Wash
ington Grove is at home follow
ing her recent stay at Washing
ton Hospital Center.
On Sunday, December IL, a
group from Ascension Chapel
will entertain at the Armed
Forces Canteen, Epiphany
Church, in town. Mrs. Edward
Cram is chairman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin w. Noff-
singer have moved into the Ros-
anne Apartments.
Mrs. Clayton Hart enter
tanned some of the members of
the Washington Grove Wom-
ems Club at bridge on Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Stro-
snider entertained 10 members
of their family last Sunday. Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Cissel and
their sons, Mr.. and Mrs. Hamil.
ton Geisbert, and Mr.. and Mrs.
William Strosnider, jr. with
their sons were there.
The Robert Fields of Wash
ington Grove spent Thanksgiv-
ing in San Francisco with Mrs.
Fields parents.
The Boy Scouts held a Court
of Honor at McCathran Hall last
week. Andrew Bernatz and Fred
Averill received Tenderfoot;
Danny Ward, Second Class; Ste
phen Brooks, David Lashmit
and Douglas Lashmit, First
Class; Star award was granted
Bernard French, Gerry Niewen.
haus, James Schneider and Rob.
ert Strickler. Additional merit
badges were awarded Lee Pat.
ton and Garry Walker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rodney Thomp-
sons guests last week were Mr..
and Mrs. G.. T. Barnsley of To-
ledo. Mrs. Barnsley is Mrs.
Thompson's aunt.
The Washington Grove Meth
odist Church's Wesleyan Guild
meets this evening at the home
of Mrs. Everett Bean.
The young people of Epworth
Church are selling Christmas
ribbons. Tom German suggests
that those who would like to
purchase ribbon, call Mrs. Hair
viii at WA. 6-9254 or Anita Wat.
kins at WA. 6-1163.
The music department of
Gaithersburg Junior High pre-
sents the second annual Christ
mas concert on December 81.
The chorus will do "Hadia
Christus Nautas EST" "Once in
Royal David City" Presents
for the Child Jesus" and other
choral works. The band is doing
1.-THE Story of Christmas" can
Arab Dance, Tschaiskowsky
and '"The Eighteenth Psalm"
Marcello.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-12-14

THE Lost Christmas" will be
presented tonight at Epworth
Church. The pantomime will be
done by the junior MYF and is
directed by Mrs. Nancy Youdin.
The children will also sing. This
Is the annual Christmas meet
ing of the Women's Society.
The Christmas Candlelight
Service will be held on Sunday
evening at eight. The adults
and young people are partici-
pating. Mrs. William Bradley,
Mrs. James Gartner, Mrs. E. c.
Wayne. Mrs. Sam Neide, Mrs.
Malcolm Wright, and Mrs. John
Harvill are principals.
Grace Church's JOY. Circle
will present their annual Christ
mas program on Sunday eve
ming, December IL, at seven.
The children of the Sunday
school will do 1.-THE Story of
the Christmas Carols"
The Church of the Brethren
will hold their Youth Fellow
ship Christmas social at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Max
Myers on Sunday evening, De
cember IL.
The First Baptist Church's
annual Christmas program will
be presented at 6:15 on Sunday
evening. Following this, the
youth group will conduct the
service. Fred Ames, a seminar
ian, will speak. Linda Edwards,
a student at Frostburg, will also
speak. Special music will in
clude a solo by Patricia Mobley.
st. GATHERINGS Guild of As
cension Chapel holds their an
nual Christmas party on Friday
evening, December Is, at the
Parish Hall. Mrs. Julia Kirk
man and Mrs. Edward Cram are
co,hostesses.
Louis F. Sweadner has re-
signed as clerk-treasurer for
the town Of Gaithersburg. Mr..
Sweadner expects to open his
real estate office in the former
Fred Cushman Realty building
on North Frederick ave. Last
week. Mr.. and Mrs. Sweadner
moved into their new home on
Chestnut ave. In Washington
Grove.
The Young Women's Club of
Gaithersburg entertained the
Gaithersburg Women's Club at
the Washington Grove Metho-
dist Church on Thursday eve
ming. The program featured
music students with Mrs. Bette
Abbott.
The Senior Girl Scout troop
devoted Their troop meeting last
Tuesday to helping at the Chill
dren's Clothing Center.
The Gaithersburg Library Is
being decorated for the Christ
mas season by the Neighbor-
hood Garden Club. Arrange
ments are being furnished by
Mrs. Jack Schumacher, Mrs.
Conrad Aschenbach, and Mrs.
Thomas Bailey.
New arrivals in the book de-
partment include: "Interpreta-
ton of Dreams" Freud; "Best
Short Stories of Rudyard Kip
ling; Complete Book of Rug
Hooking; age of Churchill;
Origin and Meaning Of the In
diam; "Place Names of Mary
land" Hammel Kenny; Return
to Paradise" Mitchner; Insects,
Fact and Folklore; and killing