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Gilbert Wright * Harold 801 l Wright, the author, i must be very happy because he had the assistance of his son, j Gilbert, in writing “The Devils j Highway.” Just published by Ap- \ pleton. Gilbert writes under the name of "John Lcbar.” x x x BY WALTER f). HIC KMAN ONE of the chief reasons that I like Richard Boleslavski s "Way pf The Lancer,” written in collaboration with Helen Woodward, is that he made me feel that he ac- 1 tually saw and experienced every- i thing of which he writes. x . Boleslavski, who is quite a person Jn the modern theater, served for % number of years as a Polish Lancer in the army of the Czar. His position was different than the regular Russian soldier as the Polish soldier believed that he was a volunteer Ik the services of Poland. The author is not so much concerned with the movements of the armies of Russia or the enemy as Os the personal actions of the generals, the men, women, prisoners and others with whom he came in .contact. In my own little way I have tried te> picture just how an arrogant, cruel and big headed officer of the Russian army felt when he was addressed as “citizen” by the leaders of the first, government following the abdication of the Czar. x x x Boleslavski was so close to certain officers and men and was such a good showman himself that he caught the drama of this tragedy in the lives of millions of Russians ! were a part of the army and "civil life of old Russia. He has drawn a picture of the terrible confusion, the insane actions on part of the Revolutionists as well as the Russian officer and aristocrat that I will never forget. I got more intimate detail and experiences out of this book than any other five books of the World war that I have read. “Way of the Lancer” is published by Bobbs-Merrill of this city and is the Literary Guild selection for March. Be sure and read this one. X X X As predicted in this department, "Thirteen Women” by Tiffany Thayer is one of the six best sellers in fiction all over the country, according to the American News Company •which basis its report on the sales of the entire country. XXX Julia Peterkin, author of “Bright Skin,” published by Bobbs-Merrill, has this to say of herself; “I am really not a writer. I am a housekeeper, a mother. I like to work with my hands, in the kitchen, in piy garden. I like to ride and hunt. I like to play poker, I like to talk.” XXX -qpONIGHT WE IMPROVISE,” X Luigi Pirandello's new play, Is a satiric tragedy in which the actors evolve into characters, the characters into living persons, loving, hating, fighting, dying, a play in which the drama, as we know it In the theater evolves into life. In short Pirandello's characters In "Tonight We Improvise” get away from the playwright, step out of his play and go off on their own aearch of life. Samuel Putnam,' Pirandello's translator, regards "Tonight We Improvise,” as Luigi Pirandello's ••most important play.” Mr. Putnam says, "Tonight We Improvise,” has the importance of summing up In creative form what Pirandello has to say on the subject of life and art, as viewed through the art that is his own, the theater." XXX "Detective,” Mr. Vance's latest adventure story, “Francis I: Prince ' ‘of the Renaissance,” a biography by Jehanne d’Orliac, and “The Z-Ray,” a story full of romance and thrills, by Edmund Snell, will be published the last of March and early in April by the J. B. Lippincott company. XXX Robert W. Chambers has written anew book, “Whistling Cat.” which is a story of the Civil war. It is an Appleton book and sells for $2.50. XXX WHETHER inspired by the depression, or an urge to popularize many books hitherto obtainable only in expensive bindings and sets, & few publishers have been issuing well-known works in excellent bindings and type at $1 a volume. Included in these lists is a revised single volume edition of H. G. Wells’ “Outline of History," with concluding chapters rewritten to include such recent events as the abolition of the gold standard by Great , Britain and the rise of the Spanish Republican government over the monarchy. * Some recent best-seller titles, as well as several semi-classical works, are being reprinted in these dollar editions. Titles like "Anna Kare- , nina,” by Tolstoy; "Penguin Island,” >by Prance; "Os Human Bondage," bv Maugham, and “The Oxford Book of American Verse.” are examples of scm of the better books.

SPRING BRIN6S DARK CRISIS TO NEEDY OF U. S. Relief Budgets of Score of Cities Drained; Actual Starvation Faced. (Cootright. 1932 br Uniter! Pres*) CHICAGO, March 25.—Spring , which annually heralds release from winter's bondage of cold and suffering has brought a dark crisis to America's needy snd unemployed, an extensive United Press survey showed today. City after city reported terrific burdenß have drained emergency funds appropriated from state and city treasuries or raised by popular subscription. Now, though heaviest demands of the year have been met, little money remains to furnish food and clothing for thousands who will need aid during warmer months. A score of metropolitan cities reported unemployment budgets j empty. An equal group said total J funds would be expended soon. Many planned new drives to replenish relief finances, while others in dull despair feared starvation and want will take toll in the homes of unfortunate citizens. Chicago Set Until Fall Chicago is comparatively fortu- ; nate. Frank D. Loomis, secretary of Chicago’s joint emergency relief I committee, said 140,000 families are being fed and cared for daily. Fimds were exhausted Feb. 1, but $10,000,000 voted by the state legislature will tide the city over until fall. The President's committee at Washington reported twelve key cities virtually without funds to continue relief. These cities are located in every section of the country. New York City, like Chicago, has been aided by sale of state bonds. The five boroughs of greater New York have contributed $4,500,000 to home relief and $6,250,000 to work relief. New York City expects its emergency relief funds to last through May. After that no plan has been laid. Crisis Facing Pittsburgh Allegheny county. Pittsburgh, reports “the greatest crisis in history." Relief funds have run out. There are 160,000 individuals in this district destitute. Ten thousand persons face actual starvation in New Orleans, Mayor T. Walmsley has called a special election for May 3 to vote issuance of $750,000 bonds to supply the needy for one year. Cleveland. Detroit, Toledo, Columbus. Cincinnati and Akron face dire need. The recent cold spell increased suffering. In Ohio a special session of the legislature is considered to bring relief to destitute thousands. Boston and Philadelphia both face critical ! conditions. Report Rome Bright Spots Salt Lake City reported all relief organzations in good shape. Its community chest was oversubscribed. In Kansas City, Mo., a charity fund of $1,525,00(1 is almost gone. Jesse Wellborn, head of Denver’s unemployment relief fund, said that city faced no immediate suffering. Buffalo. N. Y., has $1,500,000 already subscribed for next year’s relief fund and no privations. In the southwest conditions are better generally than elsewhere. St. Louis, finding relief funds exhausted in February, immediately made a successful $600,000 emergency drive. Now enough has been raised to care for needy for the remainder of 1932. Little Privation in South Dallas. Ft. Worth and Austin. Tex., reported relief affairs in good shape. The far northwest is just “getting by,” according to reports from Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma, Wash., Butte, Mont., and Portland, Ore. Emergency drives in these cities recently have raised sufficient, funds to carry on immediate relief work. The southern key cities report little or no actual piivation. Atlanta, Memphis, Nashville. Mobile, Birmingham, Jacksonville, Miami and other important Dixie centers find a growing need for funds, but in no case have budgets been actually exhausted. COLLEGE GIVEN $13,000 Indiana Central Is Beneficiary of Mrs. Taeie Ann Buxton. An endowment fund of $13,000 has been created for Indiana CenI tral college by Mrs. Tacie Ann Buxton, it has been revealed through the First United Brethren church lin Anderson. Mrs. Buxton, widow of the late Dr. A. J. Buxton, now lives in Illinois. Dr. I. J. Good. Central president, said today the college will receive half the interest on the fund during the life of Mrs. Buxton. Upon her death, the fund •will become the property of the college. CAPTURE PANTHER CUBS Two Taken by Hunters After Desperate Fight With Mother Animal. By United Prest COLUSA, Cal., March 25.—John Ossenbriggenn, former county treasurer, and Pat McDaniel, veteran trapper, are proud huntsmen. They recently captured two live | panther cubs after a desperate battle with the mother, which they killed. Panthers are rarely found in California. It still is more rare to •capture them alive. town suspends Taxes Cass City, Mich.. Eliminates 1932 Collection; Doesn't Need Money, By United Prraa CASS CITY, Mich., March 25. j Village life has its compensations. The council here has voted to eliminate the collection of village taxes j for the year 1932. With $19,503.36 in the treasury, the village has enough to cover normal expenses for several years. Bandits’ Loot Is Box of Matches By United Preta DETROIT, March 25.—Match this one. Two armed street bandits held up Homer Babb. They found no money or valuables In his pockets. Bo they took a penny box of matches and fled.

‘Scotch’ Flag By United Preee EVANSTON, HI., March 25 - No longer will a “Scotch” flag fly over Haven grade school. Pupils’ contributions supplied anew banner when it was discovered the flag was so frayed it had only twelve stripes and forty-two stars.

Cops In Show; Rob Box Office By United Pre* CROCKETT, Tex, March 25. Three policemen and a deputy sheriff laughed heartily at a comedy moving picture inside the Auditorium theater while three bandits held up Miss Anna Belle Smith, ticket seller, and obtained $75.

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ROM BOAT CASE WITNESS FOUND AFTEHYEARS Wife’s Tip Ends Search for Key Figure in Row Over I’m Alone Sinking. By United Pre*s WASHINGTON, March 25.—The state department's three-year search for an important witness in the famous I’m Alone rum-running case,

has been ended successfully by an unintentional "tip-off" from the hunted man's wife, officials said today. Jim Clark, alleged “p?y-off” agent for a syndicate of rum-runners, is the man whom the state department sought as a possible witness in its effort to prove that the I’m Alone was American-owned. He now’ is being held by Louisiana authorities on a smuggling charge. The I’m Alone, a rum-runner sailing under the Canadian flag, was sunk by the coast guard cutter Dex- | ter in the Gulf of Mexico, March 22, 1929. Canada protested, and the case n ok is being arthtrated. American authorities have labored several years to build up support for a claim that the ship, although sailing under the Canadian flag, actually was owned and operated by a group of American rum-runners, and

that, because of this. Canada has no cause for complaint. Clark was arrested last December | by customs officers in a swamp near New Orleans. They found a quantity of liquor near his camp. The arresting officers, however, did not know Clark's real name or his importance to the state department in the I’m Alone case. •Then Clark’s wife, hearing of his arrest, walked into the American customs office in Montreal, Canada, and asked what the American government was doing with her husband. The customs officials asked the Ameican consulate. It telephoned the state department. Soon at Shreveport, the man held admitted he was Jim Clark. Since founding of the United States. 54,136 public and private laws have been passed in congress.

CROWDS WATCH LASHING‘PARTY’ Delaware Throng Demands Sightseeing Privilege. By United Prean WILMINGTON, Del.. March 25. Delaware Is a state with two whipping posts, one in New Castle county, the northermost of Sussex county, the southermoet county. And the folks down in Sussex want to see those whippings, and see them badly. The most recent whipping in Sussex was witnessed by 2.000 men and women, who were afraid at first Sheriff Lorenzo Brit-

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tingham would deny them their rights. The affair took place in Georgetown. the county seat, and five Negroes were lashed for chicken theft. It had first been decided to stretch a canvas about the post so that the j crowd would not have a chance to ! see the lasfiings, or take photo- | graphs. When this became known, the crowds gathered quickly and Sheriff ; Brittingham was informed his plans were in violation of the revised code of Delaware. Sheriff Brittingham went into conference with his aids j and submitted to the crowd. The five prisoners were conducted into the prison yard and lashed while the crowxl looked on silently. Some of the spectators were women with babies in their arms.