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oe WOR gan

thor Fog Paints ‘Vivid Picture

Of a Boy's Life

"THROUGH THE FIRST GATE."

JOHN

“Through the First Gate,” recovers with great tenderness, _ baffling, v7

and to a considerable degree

man.

“and a measure -of tragedy. But there are also large slices of humor; so that one com-' pletes it with the feeling he has been reading something authentic!

and, which is more; something’ "I WAS THERE." By Fleet Adm.’ " New York,

altogether appealing. Moreover, If such a phrase as “the emerging new South” has) previously seemed somewhat vague, I think it will no longer

material strongly supporting the contention that there is an en-

lightened South, and that a great on Japan, because he considered — many intelligent Southerners look it both inhuman and unnecessary. he reaall sorts with a sense of humilia-| oo ned - because Japan was only a whisper from surrender anyway. The story is that of Tom Mac- And, as a weapon of war, he| Allen, an adolescent boy, of his considered it in the same class as « parents, and of their home on a poison gas and bacteria, neither) SHE WAS MURDERED."

upon racial abuses and bigotry of|

tion and disgust.

with exactness,

the

There will be found in this book a good deal of pathos, | %

A novel. By John Craig Stewart.) | New York, Dodd, Mead, $2.75. Sis By EMERSON PRICE

‘CRAIG STEWART, in a first novel titled:

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Adm. Leahy Pens Book

William D. Leahy. Whittlesey House, $5.

By TOM BOARDMAN

THE wartime chief of staff to seem so when you have com-/the commander in chief, Fleet pleted this novel. For it contains , 44 wWiniam D. Léahy,

It was unnecessary,

cotton plantation near ‘a small of which was used. .

town in the Deep South.

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The author recovers with re- hook,

markable fidelity the inchoate Leahy’s record of his wartime yearnings of such a boy, reciting! service as ambassador to Vichy! Philo Vance, Perry Mason, and|

This is revealed in Leahy’s. Adm.

“lI Was There,”

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PE on

Among the Dutch 17th Century etchings owned by the John counseled the Horses by Nicolaes Berchem, la against dropping the atomic bomb, [620 to 1683.

ndscape artist of Haarlem

by Herron Art Museum

Herron Art Museum is "Watering and Amsterdam, who lived from

Professional

mystery. By Richard Starnes.

Philadelphia, Lippincott, $2.50.

By Scripps-Howard Newspapers

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WE AMERICANS

First Novel Is Book on Mexican War

Le rt. 4 o "Saves Face' for America AND WHEN SHE WAS BAD "THE STORY OF THE MEXICAN WAR." By Robert Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill,. $4.50. By BODINE PIPER have never liked the idea of picking a fight

Sink Henry.

with a little guy—or a little nation.

That is why we long have had a shame-faced attitude toward

in vivid details the circumstances France and as chief of staff to{Nero Wolfe have a new compan- our war with Mexico. While it satisfied our craving for continental

of his first date and Interpreting Presidents Roosevelt and Tru-/{on in the roster of memorable boundaries, it nevertheless made us feel like a Great Dane that had /now being carried on by Sen. Jo-

the imagery evoked by the boy's man.

secret love for his pretty school|

teacher. : : » . n

HIS teacher is, of course, quite unaware of this, but it is all very| real fo the boy, whose day-dream-| ing places him always in a heroic position with respect to the little

” . ”

cord that he himself made little history—he only carried out the|a rq Starnes, orders of those who did. But ati... {the conference tables of Yalta, gcripps-Howard new Potsdam, Quebec, Cairo and in| pp Bpaper. ithe White House, Adm. Leahy . we gat the eThow oT “HIStory, and If these circumstances result In his notes, which form the basis a curious mingling of humor and of his book, are among the most | pathos, they also become an ac-|guthoritative records of the war loose and lovely doll

curate interpretation of the mind | years,

of an intelligent and imaginative adolescent. <° i

to his son; and of Charlie Neal, score and lend authority ‘to, re-| a Negro, who Is working on the ports of Russian disre plantation, is ultimately forced the agreement of Yalta.

to flee the South because of the!

While Adm. Leahy adds little ito the recorded diplomatic and There is a remarkable picture milita of Tom's father, a man unable does add a treasurer-chest of

to recover enough of his -own anecdotes about the men who di-| boyhood to become f companion rected it. And he does under-|

ry history of the. war, he|

{detective novel characters, | His name is Dr. St.

| Mr. Starnes’ first novel is

She Was Murdered.” :

who an old colonial mansion on the |waterfront of Alexandria, Va. | | China’s murder and that of two of her close male friends is|

{acter named Barney Forge.

esh and professional. |

hatred of members of the Ku Klux Klan. 1 n » . CHARLIE'S offense was this:| He was intelligent, and as every-! one knows, ignorance is the vio-| lent enemy of intelligence, It will be impossible to forget Rufus Ames, a boy somewhat older and physically stronger | than Tom: Rufus manages to! demonstrate this nearly every! time he meets Tom by giving the latter a sound beating — until Tom finally proves to him that! physical strength is not neces-| sarily courage. I Yet Rufus, at-last, equals Tom’s| courage—and loses his life. A! courageous boy, Rufus, whose life had been warped by ignorance and hatred. Indeed; this is a wise and gentle story that. should provide anyone who reads it a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction.

1 }

Hungary Yolumn Delayed

Alexandra Orme, originally sched. uled for publication by Morrow _on_Mar. 29, but now postponed to' May 17; is a chronicle of events

in a small village in Hungary! and placement sp

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(Of British Capitalism

| George| ADM. LEAHY is careful to re-| Peachy, and he's slightly bibulous| R.

{gobbled up a Chihuahua. But we need not be apologists

swung first.

is/the war on four fronts gives the international relations in an age {found nude and. quite dead in/'reader another strong -point in|that contains more change, trag-

defense of our actions. » = .

FAR from being a Great Dane solved by Dr. Peachy, with the mong nations in 1846, the United help of a young newspaper char- States was still struggling with [growing pains.

gard 2 pace, color and humor are. offensive abroad, it faced WAT and peace. Tan

In waging its

Detective story addicts are apt 80d surmounted problems. that to be disappointed only that the severely taxed both its courage

fand its ingenuity.

Although Mexico had two or

\Book Traces Decline [se times ‘as many soldiers|

in the field and was fighting on

‘home terrain, the task of beat-|

obert Salph Henry sets sits World Survey

but sagacious expert on criminal in “The Sto of the Mexican 1 |pathology. His creator is Rich-| War.” It tie double up an Book Revise makeup editor “of (fists and take a warlike stance, | [the Washington Daily News, a it was our neighbor to the south| Age of Conflict” by Frank P. {who refused our overtures and

A new revised edition of “This

Chambers, Christina Phelps Har- | ris, and Charles C. Bayley is com- |

This volume is a survey of |

|edy, and promise than any equal | pan of recorded time. ma Beginning at Sarajevo, the a} thors trace the great events of | the past 35 years in terms of the ‘nations, men, and motives that! have contributed to the world’s

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Robinson Novel | Tells of Priesthood

“The Cardinal,” by Henry Mor-! {ton Robinson, is a novel of a| young priest's rise in the Cath-|

Keith Hutchison, whose book,|Ing this enemy, Gen. Taylor|glc Church.

“The Decline and Fall of British Wrote, Capitalism,” was published this/Other problems encountered.

{month by Scribners, has not

changed his views despite the trolled all operations, a

(which. Washington officials He feels that even a Conserva- prone to forget.

{British election results.

tive victory would not

was less difficult than The question of supplies confact

the

in “the field and

platforms of both major parties authorities of the War Depart{in Britain are committed to the ment who were guilty of lack of {development of the welfare state. foresight and planning. 8

His book traces the decline of capitalism from events of 70 1 years ago. i

"The Third Man" Novel To Go on Sale in April

There were also baffling prob-| Nears Publication (dis- |

.| patches not written in code often!

ems of communications

and a host of relatively

{ Third Man,” will be published by quate arrangements for transfer

| Bantam Books in a 25 cent news- of money

[stand edition almost simultane- soldiers and obtain supplies.

rously-with its publication by Vik" [ing Press in a hardcover format iat $2 in April. 4 cm

t——}t-ts-beHeved-ta-he-the first tove-

in coin to pay the HOWEVER fumbling its ac-

ions, “this: country learned much

in the history of reprint publish- [TOM its experiences in Mexico, [ing that rights to a manuscript Where it staged its first amphi-

____ | were secured by the reprint house Plous landings and accomplished

‘tually did happen, according to.

“first, then by a trade publisher. Ford difficult feats of engineer-| n

'The Unkown Disciple’ |

was a proving ground for future|!s aP

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: [Translates 100 Poems

To Be Published Apr. 4

Francesco Perri, will be published |

e of Christ is the first of a “trilogy of the faith” planned

to depict the death of Rome and] 1 {the triumph of Christianity. Mr.|. | Perri, one of Italy's leading writ-| jers, is a winner of the Mondadori» Prize; co» SR 1

active part in the offensive below Maemilian. This novel, ine Rig Grande were Col. Jefferison Davis, future president of the

- Much as {Mexico has been overcast by i {later and greater wars, it still] “The Life and Times of Po affords color and drama when] {Chu-L"” by Arthur Waley, which/told as effortlessly as in this|' {Macmillan will publish Mar. 28, book, which is well indexed, with | {contains translations of 100 new full notes at the end of each|

commanders of both Union and!

| Confederacy; Capt. Robert E.|

#e, and Lts. Ulysses Grant; Stonewall” Jackson, McClellan

and many another destined to

ise to fame.

the

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poems. of the celebrated poet of | chapter and a synoptic table of onthe international situation, the |

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{years of her long struggle for in-|

+ Simon & Schuster will publish |

{it Mar, 27 as the first on their experimental book program this

spring. The experiment calls for|describes the book as a “curious | were the simultaneous release of a mixture of satire and sentimen-| causing much regular trade book at the usual tality.” indicate misunderstanding between a revival of capitalism, since the commanders

price and a dollar paper-bound version.

‘Worlds in Collision’

A startling new theory of our

The spectacular events de-| {scribed in the Old Testament —|

sun standing still, stones and|

Dr. Velikovsky.

Novel Due Apr. 14

Whittlesey House will publish state relations up through the Pearl Harbor” “Don Gaucho” by- Alyce Pollock Roosevelt-Spellman controversy, |

* Moreover, the Mexican War, 20d Ruth Goode on Apr. 14, which are due off the press May 10 by | propriately Pan-American Harper & Bros.

Day. “Don Gaucho” is an his-|

“ ,._|Confederate forces in the war torical novel, set in Argentina in| The Unknown Disciple,” by petween the states, Taking

the early 19th century during the]

'The Sunnier Side’

On Apr. 13 Farrar, Strauss will publish Charles Jackson's ‘Fhe. Sunnier ' Side,. Twelve. Arcadian! Tales.” Laid in the small upstate village of Arcadia, “The Sunnier Side” portrays “Hometown” seen | through the eyes of youth. {

| Peace or War’ The views of John Foster Dulles |

probability of war ‘and .the goal of peace will be released by Macmillan in April under the title “Peace or War.”

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{investigations out-of the mael-

{universe is presented by Imman-| Russian literature from the early fell into enemy hands), compll-iye] Velikovsky in “Worlds in 19th Century to the present, estab-

cations arising from the practice! collision,” which Macmillan will| lishing a sound basis on which to {of enlistening 12-month volun- publish Apr. 3.

teers, i Graham Greene's novel, «The minor difficulties such as inade-

__Church-State History

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"WASHINGTON STORY." By Jay Deiss. New York; Duell, Sioani & Pearce, $3. By STAN ANDERSON JAY DEISS' “Washington, i Story” is to the fiction market of {1950 what Merle Miller's “Sure Thing” was to that of 1949. Deiss’ first novel, however, undoubtedly will kick up more hot arguments than the milder-mannered Miller work, | “Washington Story” is a bold, attack on the type of campaign

seph McCarthy. I» ~ ” IT fakes the. position that an innocent person's life can be completely and irrevocably ruined by! {unsubstantiated ‘accusations. { We stand at a point today where we must. ferret out the Valentin, Gubitchevs, But it is equally im-|

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‘The Company of Men’ Portrays French Youth

Romain Gary, whose novel, “The Company of Men” (trans-| lated from the French by Joseph Barnes), to be published by Simon & Schuster Apr. 11, is virtually unknown in this country. “The Company of Men” is the story of a French youth, whose father was killed in the Maquis, and whose strange, wild adolescense was bounded on one side by the black market and on the other by a bizarre imitation of American movies. Joseph Barnes

New Book Surveys Russian Literature

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Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy.

_Three volumes titled “Church and’ State in the United States,”

documenting 160 years of church-

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