Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 May 1946 — Page 17

THE FIRST READER . . . By Harry Hansen, Eisenhower Measures Up To Job in Friendly Diary

= : - : ’ ° By Personal Assistant “MY THREE YEARS WITH EISENHOWER." By Capt. Harry C. Butcher, U. 5. N. R. New York, Simon & Schuster. $5.

IF YOU HAVE sworn to redd no more books about '. the war, recant at once and run to the nearest bookstore

b for a copy of “My Three Years With Eisenhower.” It’s the personal diary of Capt. Harry C. Butcher, U.S. N. R., who got his salary fromthe navy and his expense money from the army and was actually “personal assistant” to the commanding of-| # & = ficer. |3 It draws a superb picture of i Gen. Eisenhower and explains in|! huma# terms the extraordinary job | & Offic he had in co-ordinating the actions! o Building of a half dozen military bulldogs, |: rarin’ to go; standing off the tear- | ful demands of “the Prime,” wine ston. Churchill, that American] troops .be sent to rush into the $ Balkans and to speed Montgomery ‘ into Berlin; keeping up a steady et 3501 pressure on the Germans with the tes least possible loss of lives; smooth- | pporiunities ing out misunderstandings created CIPAL by false reports in Washington, and

watching the welfare of the G. L's.| It's the portrait of an astute, careful commander, a citizen in| uniform, a fit representative of al |

democracy.

” ” » . OF COURSE it's a portrait drawn by a friend of 19 years standing, personally chosen for his job by Gen. “Ike”; a man who played bridge and talked his troubles over| with him. . 4 But it offers chapters and verse SO simple. : for any dealings Gen. “Ike” had|- Gen. “Tke"

Eisenhower,

didn’t agree

“Eisenhower is the best general the €lsewhere. 4 British have’—which is echoed in| J A Ralph Ingersoll's attempt to show to Churchill's

, . "American help. everybody except Montgomery get ting across the Rhine. Gen. Eisenhower

> told In fact, says Capt. Butcher, while]

gomery north and had allocated the 1st airborne division to him, the troops to the south, who were cleaning up the Germans west of the Rhine, had, in the words of Gen. Eisen- : | hower, “one order, over and above everything else, they got a chance to jump a bridge ‘across the Rhine, or, failing to get| southern France.

strategy.”

channel push, was forming,

little boats or swimming or any| French troops we were equipping “othey way they could get across, to do it and do it quickly.” ss, CT mB CAPT BUTCHER was at dinner in Gen. Eisenhower's house in Promised to Rheims when Gen. “Ike” was callgg Tehran. to the phone. His first words were “Brad, that's wonderful. Sure, get right on]

the Russians ‘a

” ss = 8 THIS BEING a book of abou

650,000 words, weighing 2's pound

It's the best break we've had. To half .of it. hell with the planners.. Sure, go on,

we got to hold that bridgehead. . ..”| press relations, the. delicate matte

alternating grave news with thei care Eisenhower took to let criti

|GOOD READING. ©

‘| diana family back in 1910.

Cameron children,

“A true American” , . . Gen. |

| battle,” said Ike, “it would be all

that with the French and British in| “Monty” had made a boner at hea Africa, .in England and in France Caen, as the ‘British said: he deand confutes the slander that cir-|clared that every foot lost by the culaied: among Patton's men that| Germans was equal to 10 miles

| Nor did he want to divert men|stupid girl. ” plan for sending reputation to save Rose from Dick ©f an American correspondent had

that the general tried to .hinder Alexander into the Balkans with| Breen, alias Ace Latshaw.

Butcher that tears rolled down| . Eisenhower hoped. to get Mont-| Churchill's cheeks as he argued Gen aCTOSS pe in the| ‘the Americans. were adopting a, welcome change {bullying attitude against the Brit-|novels, a story without neurosis ‘is! {ish in failing to accept their, mean- | ing primarily his, ideas as to grand a few unpleasant characters, like

While operation Overlord, the big! and while Mrs. Nolan does not hes the | itate to be-frank where frankness| that at any time British wanted to reduce prepara-| seems necessary, there is no stress-| {tions for operation Anvil, to enter|ing.of the morbid. Gen. “Ike” held

a bridge, jump a bridgehead with|out for Anvil and the. use of the

| without an entry into France from |the south large forces would have!say, the late Henry Bellamann did cer and his Continental dilettante been locked in the Mediterranean. in “King’s Row." The ‘Anvil operation had been!has more power,

across with everything you've got.|s copy, I can't begin to discuss the What prettified picture of its

s I- could’ write a whole article| Brad, and I'll give you everything apout Capt. Butcher's comment on

Packed with personal asides and of getting the right news out, the

Nolan-Novel ® ji tt Virtue—It Has| No Message "GATHER YE ROSEBUDS." A . Novel. - By Jeannette Covert Nolan. New York, D. Appleton€entury. "$2.50. ra ‘By HENRY BUTLER ‘Times Book Repotter WHEN Jeannette Covert Nolan, Indiandpolis writer first discussed|. with a literary agent her plan-for “Gather ¥e Rosebuds,” the agent

Lasked: Has .it social significance?” ‘Mrs. Nolan replied that the novel

no ax-grinding. That, it seems to me, is orie of the book's virtues. » ” ” HERE 18 a pleasing, sometimes| (poignant, story of a small-city In-

You get to know “Major” Cameron, pompous but naive Virginian; his wife, whom he formally addresses as “Miss Amy,” and the!

The- major, still an ardent Con-| federate, has an aristocratic disdain | {for his job as traveling salesman | | for Spunky Mule plug tobacco. His! lack of enterprise and effort keeps the family always on the edge of’ poverty.

| # | WHEN-A fl

{heel. Jeff, the older son, wants to | be a. commercial artist. - Hannah, the youngest daughter, has .night-

mares of anxiety = (she { Halley's comet will destroy earth).

ded Sidney, the middle daugh- | ter, to act sensibly. td ” » { SIDNEY indirectly saves Jeff | from marrying a clinging, neurotic, | She jeopardizes her,

And she eventually breaks down “her

business college. | If a story without a message is a| from problem!

equally welcome. While there are

| -| | | | |

Dr. Tarpin, “the People's dentist,

o » » : | Mrs. Nolan gets a clearer picture

across to the reader—clearer than, “King's

t the proportion and balance “Gather Ye Rosebuds.” For while readers who were unt happy as children may regard s! “Gather Ye Rosebuds” as a someera, I think Mrs. Nolan has admirably | caught the spirit of 1910. | Like the experienced writer she is, Mrs. Nolan sticks to her subject and doesn't bother with matters extraneous to the Cameron family's

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frivia of daily living, Capt. Butch-|sism go through uncensored, the|C core The result” makes good er's book gives us-an intimate 100K ynallayed ire of Gen. Patton at reading. YEAR _ into the conflicting business ‘of Bill Mauldin, whose ‘cartoons he ero AANTEE running an army and invading thought hurt morale, and the Company to Publish foreign territory. {frankness of Gen. “Ike” with the ao, . * It shows Gen: “Ike” learning his| correspondents. | Six New Titles

Job the hard way in Africa and reaping ‘the reward in France.

ert Murphy to put pressure on Dar-| American. lan to liberalize the decrees against

» » . the Jews without starting Arab, IT WAS lucky that “Ike's” casua

{ in, him and for us.

paign and speed the removal of pro-German French officials. ow a “IF I could. just get command of a battalion and get ifito a billet] one-seventh of it. :

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| My admiration” for Eisenhower ] i grows on reading this book. The In Africa “Ike” had to “wait for| general who didn’t mind a hole in|

rampaging of an energetic but diffi-|to be done and who read “Cartridge | cult general like Patton, get Rob-| carnival” for relaxatidn is, a true

reprisals, deny Gen. Giraud com- remark to Gen. Marshall that hej plete control of our Tunisian cam-| didn't relish desk work in Wash- | gton led to his shift abroad—for| This is a book of the Month. The Saturday Evening Post serialized approximately

- |by Bliss Lomax, and “Johnnie,” by from the complicated lives of an. her |: attractive traveling companion cn | sympathy for all the distorted vica tour through Europe, and becomes | tims of a bad environment and no

The World Publishing Co., Cleve{land, announces: the publication lof six new title in two of its series]

‘other people to produce,” curb the his socks when there w.s a big job|

|of reprints. | Two non-fiction titles added to | the $1.49 series.are {New England: | Indian Summer,” by Van Wyck] Brooks, and “A. Woollcott, His Life | {and His World,” by Samuel Hopkins

Adams.

{Tower (49-cent) books are: “Mr.| and Mrs. Cugat,” by Isabel Scott] |Rorick; “The Norths Meet Murder,” by Frances and Richard Lock-| ridge; “Secrets of the Wastelands,”

Dorothy B. Hughes. |

For 12-Year-Olds |

McBride's May offerings include “Young People's Book of Atomic Energy,” by Robert D. Potter ($2).|

the book is described as profusely | illustrated. |

was just a novell With Tio message,

1t takes dashing, graceful, hard-|q b

Tow"

but, I think, lacks] ; of! eagle eye and keen perception, and |

at work . .

Researcher university history department, research this summer in the Northwest, Heritage,” Princeton University Press, 1942, Dr. Robbins is pla

another. book on conservation of our natural resources.

Dodd, Mead & Co. $2. By DONNA

A NEW who-dun-it that grabbed off a $1000 Red Badge mystery thinks prize, “Hangman's Hill" deals with murder in. the midst of a press | the! camp on the front lines of the French Alsace in world war II. From what looks like a tragic accident on an observation post near attle, a. shrewd mewshawk and'an intelligence officer develop a | murder. For motive the author goes into a “behind the soenes” expose lof a black market currency ring{-—— rentmm—— {that flourishes in inflation-stricken |p

France.

” ” ” THE SEARCH for the murderer

a good many sidelights. The timely theme and a generous

Capt.| father's opposition to her attending SPrinkling.of fast dialogue keep the

reader racing to the last page to discover the villain. A good night's | reading. : |

"THE HOUSE IN LORDSHIP LANE." A novel. By ALE. W. Mason. New York, Dodd, Mead & Co. $2.50.

ANOTHER prize-winner, this book

combinations, a French Surete offi-|

friend. ] Inspector Hanaud; complete with

Mr. Ricardo, given to blundering onto valuable items, make a well-

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES ____ Prepares History Book Researc

. Dr. Roy M. Robbins, head of Butler | is shown making

ystery Reigns inThree Novels Just Off Dodd-Mead Presses |

" . : " ki | er Aiton oy hogy aud. HANGMAN'S HILL." A novel. By Franklyn Pell. - New York,

balanced detective team. Between:

them they hawk-eye a “suicide” into an ingenious murder and hunt down the culprit—naturally: While the villains are committing the murder, Inspector Hanaud is busy slashing away at the King's English and murdering idioms. Even if the novel itself weren't a fast] moving mystery, it would be worth the purchase price to chuckle at] the French sleuth twisting his words around, 7

"MIRROR OF DELUSION." A

JUST TO keep up the record of ‘variety, this is a mystery with-| out a murder. Even with no bloodshed, “Mirror | of Delusion” maintains an aura

triangle that even your staid grandmother

{won't object. | time interest wavers| of the children’s court do not have | drifts away! the remedy for Her situation.

The only is when the novel

artist, his invalid wife and

a semi-travelogue,

| work

| heavy with facts. But “Lilly Crack-

| character, and her new story, “Mar-

Four reprint novels added to the| written book, it takes up the eternal | other girls. in such a delicate way only infuriate her, because they in-| | terrupt ‘her easy living.

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preparations for Author of “Our Landed nning

MIKELS |

Margaret’ | Honest Novel

"MARGARET." A novel. By Ceroline Slade. New York, Van-| quard, $3. . : |

DELINQUENCY in young people, has become such a burning prob-

memory. : For such a bitter, heart-breaking

citizen ‘to the enormity of the problem that affects us all. = Many a story about vice and crime is meant solely to entertain. But

that. . She had years of experience wi direct action when in child welfare in Saratoga Springs and working for protective legislation

[TODAY'S STACKUP— pg Best-Selling Indianapolis’ Ratings - | Ayres, Block's,” Capital, Meigs, Meridian, Sears -and Stewart's give the following

(titles current best-selling ratings; ”

{Donald. ©,”

(Dr. Gordon 8. Seagrave. By Joshua

Fowler, | “The American West.” Edited by | William Targ. “Book of Houses,” By John Dean and Simon Breines, “Indiana State Guide.” A WPA book. v

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“Starling of the White -House

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P ¥ - By DONNA MCEMENT MIXER" continued selling platter list in Indianapolis,

“Cement Mixer,” with recordings Bob Crosby all selling fast.

meemie victims behind it ‘today as jt crept toward the top of thy

The five discs most in demand around the. stores this week were:

to leave a trail |

by Slim Gaillard, Alvino Rey and

“Gypsy,” top selling honors go,

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» ” » . SLIM GAILLARD'S trio had the original ‘Cement Mixer” hit but later recordings by Alvino Rey (Capitol) and Crosby (ARA) are catching up in sales. - Other tunes which are 4 Splitting top selling honors among the record makers are “Gypsy” with a dreamy version by the Ink Spots (Decca) and a little snappier Victor waxing by Kaye, The Ink Bpots also are catching up with Como on his “Prisoner of Love” lead. There must not be anyone much “finah” than Dinah, in view of the way she's consistently staying in the top selling bracket. There's Ino doubt that hep “Shoe Fly Pie"

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Taylor-Caldwell. | “The Snake Pit” By Mary Jane | Ward.

“Proving - Ground.”

| Lowden, : “Gather Ye Rosebuds.” By Jean-'

nette. Covert Nolan.

Yerby, “The Street.” By Ann Petri.

By Leone hound, Kitty Carlisle \ : | Russ Morgan and vocalizes an ex. Wife observance of Religious Book

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By sion (Columbia).

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“Blood of the Land.” By Charles Cocoanut Water.” The flip is “The

H. Baker Jr.

“Arch of Triumph.” By Erich weren't enough out, Charlie Bas-

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Houston.

'ls South That Bad?'

Vociferous northern critics of the “reactionary” south may wind up

doing far more harm than good.

That's the conclusion of Virginius lem since the war began that even Dabney, editor of the Richmond a novel dealing honestly with it Times-Dispatch, writing in the Satmust leave its mark on the Teatier's|urday Review of Literature for April 13.

3 ; In the leading article of that |is.as chockful of puns and mala-| experience as the parents of young, issue, “Is The South That Bad?" | propisms as. it is of mystery. It immature girls undergo in Caroline | My, Dabney points, among other exI THINK largely for that reason, ,.... oc one of those indefatigable Slade’s new story, “Margaret,” isiamples to the liberalizing achievemore than entertainment; it is an ments of Georgia's Governor Ellis effort to arouse every responsible | armall as indications of political

and social progress down south.

Citing past harm done by norths ern extremists (New England abo- { post-Civil Mrs. Slade's intentions go beyond war reconstruction fanatics), Mr. | | Dabney concludes that southerners

{litionists in ‘the 1830s,

{can be persuaded, but not driven.

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for. women and children in Al-| o . bany, N.Y. She began writihg to will Be Published

reach a wider audience.

- » ” » MAYBE her first novel, “The Triumph of Willie Pond,” was fairly

ell” ‘showed the development of a

teen-age girl whose home environmerit is unbearable and whose moral fibers are weak, -

haired man who promises her money | and treats her gently, she is ready |

lof intrigue and suspense. A primly|to lie to her parents and procure half,

Attempts to rescue her |

The welfare officer and the judge

” ” » Vv MRS. SLADE has a deep fund of |

facile solution. “She ably portrays.

ders back onto the track, and the of girls whose homes are unbear-!

triangle again, A good bet for a rainy night. |

Issue 4 Reprints Four new titles in the Bantam Books reprints received by The Times book page are: “Was It Murder?” by James Hilton; “Citizen |

Buchan.

ra A Solo In Tom:Toms }{} Gene Fowler

$3.00 Lustre in the Sky

Countess, Waldeck

$2.16: |

Captain Grant Shirley Seifert

$3.00 Gather Ye Rosebuds

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from blues to Calypso beat. . .

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COLUMBIA—Get set for another Dinah Shore hit as soon as “Come the 13th anniversary of the date Rain or Come Bhine” hits all-the when the Nazis burned thousands | stands. ‘The reverse, “All That|of books repugnant to their deol Glitters Is -Not Gold,” a switch ogy,” says Ellen O'Gorman-Duffy, .|director of the observance. Jack Haskell “sings “In Love in| “Religious Book week is a project Vain” with Les Brown and Doris designed to stimulate laymen to Day does the vocal on “There's alread books of spiritual value. Tyre . + Here's anny does not long survive where

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“The Foxes of Yarrow.” By Frank| the reverse. . , . Following up “Rum'qav by -Dr. Everett R. Clichy 4s ’

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.| Christianity and Judaism are alive

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| Prominent Protestant, “Oatholic

“This year's observance will mark

ranging and free and their believers nour | Red Norvo ished by their sacred writings”