Reviews of Recent Books by Bullitt Fish and Sitwell
The literary guidepost surveys William C. Bullitt and Hamilton Fish on World Communism and anti Communist stance, plus Edith Sitwell's FANFARE FOR ELIZABETH and Masterworks of Philosophy edited by Frost. It notes Bullitt and Fish as rivals in critique of Soviet power and discusses Sitwell’s portrait of Elizabeth I with vivid period detail.
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W. G. Rogers
William C. Bullitt
Scribner’s
Hamilton Fish
Bruce
Bullitt
U. S
Russia
Fish
House
Defense League of Democratic States
Soviet Union
Churchill
Pius VI
Fulton J. Sheen
Reus
Edmund A. Walsh
Edward Lodge An
Knights of Columbus
Roosevelt
Finland
Fieh
Stalin
Lenin
S. Ge. Frost
Dry
Masterworks
Doubleday
Plato
Aristotle
Bacon
Descartes
Spinoza
Locke
Kant
Schopenhauer
Nietzsche James
Bergson
Socrates
Nietzsche
James
Antiquarian C Tors and Button Collecting Reviews
A light mixed bag of book notices reviewing FIRST RE FOR ANTIQUE C TORS by Carl W. Drepperd and MAIN CHARM STRING by Eli nor Graham, with brief mentions of HOMELAND by Georges Lurdez and GRANDFATHER OBJECTS by Walter Becie Wilder. The critic pokes at appeal, gender taste, and comic or satirical elements, noting the works as light summer reading and questioning publisher hype.
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Carl W. Drepperd
Doubleday
Hepplewhite
Windsor
Chippendale
Elinor Graham
MacMillan
Grant
Rogers
Byrnes Heads to Paris Peace Conference Flight
Secretary of State James Byrnes departed Washington for Paris on President Truman’s plane to attend the 21 nation peace conference set to open in Paris. Truman hailed Byrnes work and wished him luck as he pursues a just postwar settlement with Hungary Italy Bulgaria Romania and Finland. Japan and the United Nations Charter referenced in remarks.
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Washington
Byrnes
Paris
Truman
Hungary
Italy
Bulgaria
Romania
Finland
United States
United Nations
Five Year Old Paul Gurley Nets 43 Fish at Secret Spot
The boy, fishing with his father, drew 43 fish but had to quit as rivals crowded in. He was helped from five feet of water when pulled under by the crowd. The scene shows a thriving fishing day tied to a tale of luck and crowding.
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Moline
Iul
Paul Gurley
Paul
Father
Food and Ruhr Big Interests of Bavarians AUGSBURG
Bavarian civilians in Augsburg discuss food shortages and the Ruhr's internationalization. They fear potato stores and meat sugar bread ration cuts while urging quick Allied action to secure Ruhr coal for Germany's survival.
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Food and
Ruhr
Augsburg
INS
Railroad Union
Bavaria
Reich
Edgerton to Lead UNRRA China Office
Maj. Gen. Glen E. Edgerton, a top Army supply administrator, will leave for Shanghai in mid August to become director of the UNRRA office in China. He succeeds A. Hpee Kizer who resigned in May, as UNRRA protests to Chiang Kai-shek about inefficiencies and irregularities delay relief shipments. Edgerton previously led Army service forces admin and ran lend-lease operations from 1944 to 1945 and served as Panama Canal governor.
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Washington
Glen E. Edgerton
UNRRA
China
Edgerton
War Assets
Shanghai
Hpee Kizer
F. H. LaGuardia
Dipe
Gener
Chiang Kai-Shek
Army Service Forces
Panama Canal
Wasps Avoid High Nests Signal Hard Winter Belief
The piece notes a popular superstition across the country that wasp nests built high indicate a harsh winter, while nests lower down are seen as safer from snowdrifts. The belief ties insect behavior to seasonal severity.
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