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"THE VICTORY." A novel. By Vincent McHugh. New York, Random House, $3.50. i “THE VICTORY,” by Vincent {McHugh, I have enjoyed no end.

- THE FIRST READER ...By Harry Hansen Adm. Halsey's Own Story Vivid Account of His Part In Victory Over Japanese furious vrune o's

"ADMIRAL HALSEY'S STORY." By Adm. William F. Halsey and judgment, partly because it is a Lt. Cmdr, J. Bryan Ill. New York, Whittlesey House, $4. promise of better writing to come,

ADMIRAL OF FLEET WILLIAM F. HALSEY, the Yhen authors work harder at their

commander with “the rabow jaw and eyebrows that flail up no gaunt Vincent McHugh has and down,” tosses naval stuffiness overboard to tell the Amer- been strongly influenced: by Joseph ican peoplé exactly how their sons rose from the defeatism Conrad, but he has not imitated

4 Conrad, He has written the story of Pearl Harbor and swept the Jap ships from the seas. ‘of comradeship on a ship, of a deep

Frank and democratic, exulting in victories. and ac- searching of souls for fundamental ; . is beliefs in a shaky world, of generosknow ledging mistakes, Adm 2 nih A, Gara ao Halsey prov ides some o the The ship is the Hopi Victory, finest reading of the war in bearing munitions to a far port “Admiral Halsey's Story,” written In the Pacific. The time is the with the help of Lt. Cmdr, J. Bryan war, but this is not the sort of 111, a well-known journalist and sun

of the admiral’s former college muie John Stewart Bryan, Richmond bewspaper publisher, As commander of the famous Task Force 8 which was at sea on the day of Pearl Harbor, after delivering planes secretly to Wake Island, Adm. Halsey, on board the Enterprise. had put his squadron on A war basis, in response to Adm Husband E. Kimmel's order, “Use your common sense!” Adm. Halsey ordered war heads on torpedoes, bombs on planes and firing on any shipping and planes encountered. His operations officer, Cmdr, Willam H. Buracker, read the order and sald, “Admiral, did you orde:

ARTIST'S EYE VIEW

There is war talk In it, but prin-

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” ~ ~ ON THE ISLAND of Matam, Mc- pn (1dren. ri he

Hallan runs into a cowboy named Jase, who has become a sort of

ros. Jase is the practical Ameri. Virginia,” the story of situation,

there are Japs to be cleared out of selection ($2.50),

% the brush. McHallan gets his fill “Writs KIMMEL — Adm, Th

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for the Pearl Harbor disaster. "DAMMIT, admiral, you CARL) ree OO : All affected by

start a private war of your own! our troops on Bataan, Unobstructed, Ing toward Who's going to take the responsi- the enemy would have driven south, Ng | »” |eut our supply lines to New Zealand | 308 the impression that *he “I'l take it. If anything gets In and Australia and enveloped them." author has worked on this stor my way we'll shoot first and argue] Oapt. Harold E. Stassen, flag sec- With a humble attitude toward his J*Net Lambert, former afterwards.” . {retary, recalls the admirals re- Wn ability and a deep respect tor fordsville, continues the

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eneration at the hands of Adm, was wearing khaki, “The depart. drama. Halsey. Adm. Kimmel did not de- ment is absolutely right,” he said. serve any of the blame for the Pearl “Officers and chiefs in my command WISE AND WITTY — Harbor disaster, says Adm. Halsey, are wholly at liberty to wear the who italicizes this statement: {damn things, if they are so lacking Reply Po ned 4 “In all my “experience, I have in naval courtesy and have such a. ; me a J GREE OE integer i rer To JY a Reb bs Rd ae fet 3 “any Dniud sess EY ERNE QATeEQREIL 150, Th, ovis ol A TOM A Sl mbinahon iden. «HA Hse * worked harder And URC mare ad-iyp icine gr te TorE rs von TE RENRY BUTLER TENSWORR, 18 "a novel about a verses circumstances, to increase fis s dn : " efficiency and to prepare it for war;| WHEN asked in Australia “What! MA further, I know of no officer who do you expect Japan's next move Color Blind" and other books, has of future romance, ($2.25.) ~ might have been in command at will be? ‘Adm. Halsey replied: Written a wise and witty reply to that time who could have done “Japan's next move will be to re- Louis Bromfield’s recent attack on more than Kimmel did.” He adds'treat. A start has been made to ' » eurrent successful that Adm. Kimmel and Gen. Short make them retreat. They will not fiotion, would not give Pearl Harbor adequate be able to stop going back." With the title protection because Congress did not! He wishes he hadn't sald any- “Mammon's Little

provide the means. “Congress is thing about riding Emperor Hiro- i Baby. , Miss| wlected ty the American people. And! hito's white horse. A toy horse, j Halsey's leading the blame for Pearl Harbor resisspurs, bridle, blanket and other y article in the Bat. |

of | ES rat ure for Oct, 18 answers Mr. Brom field's ¥ “A Case of Liter-

ary Sickness, Margaret Halsey leading article in

0 on a peopie ‘gifts TP: the Mistnd here ¢ . {souri, And aj. Gen, WilCe . aw {liam C. Chase of the Pirst Cavalry ™E zest with which Adm. Halsey led him to a white horse and made Jumped into battle is reflected in him ride it. "He was old and sway-

these pages. Far from making (hem backed and had only two speeds,

dull by observing naval reticence, Very slow and stop.” ,.. The Ades takes delight in re. miral vowed he'd get even. “L want ‘he Sept. 13 SRL.

cording when he was mad and when (0 take Bill across the North Sea = Mr, Bromfleld's complaint exultant. He makes no excuses for On a destroyer in midwinter." that big monetary returns tend lo} " : Thus on two counts — the serious ¢base values in current fiction,

his language when he gets tough He loves a good story on himself; he describes his own Jittery feel

record and the lighter human side, Miss Halsey remarks: “Taking large this is a fine, democratic book, for #Mounts of money is a sanctioned!

activity in our society, as Mr 4 ca 0 read-—now, d "se : ings under bombings and his uwn all Ameri ns { ly, Bromfield knows of his own ex-|

conduct when crossed: “I was as . . . | . | perience. stunned as if 1 had been siruck Novel on Alcoholism ~ in the face. I snatched off my . . . cap and threw it on the deck and Abridged n Omnibook shouted something I am ashamed

: .» . | “WRITERS take book club money because they are Americans, as well! “The Story of Mrs, Murphy.” as writers, and many Americans, to remember. , . . I was so mad I Natalie Anderson Scott's novel have a neurotic terror of poverty—| couldnt talk. The orders I now about alcoholism, heads the list of ayen or maybe especially, when they | gave, I gave in rage N abridgements in the November is- have never actually experienced it. | fon.» sue of Omnibook Americans depend on money, rather THAT explosion (nok place during Other books abridged In the cur. than on books, for the smooth opthe battle of the Leyte Gulf, What "Ont 1ssue are. “The Sleeper eration of their self-esteem, and) dilemmas have to be faced by a CN.” by David Davidson; "Modern writers can no more escape this cul-| commanding officer whose squad- ‘oman: The Lost Sex," by Ferd- tyra conditioning than can plum. rons are hundreds of miles apart Nand Lundberg and Marynin F. hers and real estate men.” are made plain in this detailed re- ® MMham, M, D.; "Natchez on the Miss Halsey's description of the! port from the man of the bridge—a Mississippi,” by Harnett T. Kane, american pursutt of money as a remarkable account of his own feel. "Nd “Benchley—Or Else!” a post- sypstitute for the earlier pursuit of ings as well as what was happening humous collection of humorous frontier freedom is worth careful Adm. Halsey thinks he turned south Pieces by the late Robert Benchley. pondering, I think. at the wrong time. but naval au- : ree

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acteristic that Adm. Halsey gives Despite the fact that the public, pyell, Sloan & Pearce has posts Jaf pres lo the commanders is guid not to be interested in war poned publication of the first under him than to his work, hooks, "Lucky Forward: The His- ; ? Sy . , ' nw YP od * But he reminds us that the Jap tory of the Third U, 8. Army," by promi Dt His Persutin History of Alphabet

p —y from this month to Nov. fleet was destroyed at Leyte in col Robert S. Allen, went Into’ A's mdited by Elliott Roosevelt, the. The Philosophical Spite of the fact that our power second large printing two weeks ;

was not co-ordinated under a singlé Book covers. ve authority—an invitation that dis- guard, its publisher. Vanguard has 5 through ,his years at Groton and ®lPhabet, written by the distinaster nearly accepted. He declares: ordered paper for a third printing yHervard. guished British archeologist, Prof. What bough us victory instead of 10,000 copies | a |David Diringer." The book is enwas simply this: All hands tho ght - (titled “The Alphabet: A Key to New Book Due Soon

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