Incomparable Valley and Sequoia Photo Volumes Reviewed
Two companion volumes interpret the Sierra Nevada geology and scenery. Matthes's unfinished work, completed by Fryxell, explains how the mountains formed and highlights Yosemite Valley Sequoia National Park with Ansel Adams photographs. Books urge Californians to own them for outdoor study and enjoyment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yosmiite
Francois E. Fes
Fritiot
Fryxell
United States
Yosemite Valley
Sequoia National Park
Matthes
United States Geological Survey
Sierra Nevada
Fritiof Fryxell
Ansel Adams
Yosemite
The
California Outdoorsman
War Expert Tells How West Must Defend Itself
Liddell Hart argues the west must rely on smarter defense with underground facilities and civil defense, while smaller professional armies with advanced weapons and air cover are favored. He warns atomic war would be mutually devastating and expresses guarded hope for widespread rational restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Gin. Marshall
Africa
Russia
Liddell Hart
Hoe
Seventeen Reader to Publish Valentine Issue by Lippincott
A 20 page Valentine for Miss Teen age America titled The Seventeen Reader collects top stories and favorite Seventeen magazine articles and will be published in February by Lippincott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventeen
Lippincott
Thurber Tale Hits Jackpot
Garald Lagard reviews Thurber’s tale collection noting wit and wisdom, gothic fantasy, and a quest for Sara Findas’s warm hand aided by a Golux. The critic highlights vivid illustrations by Marc Simont and praises the book as a must read, urging readers to buy two copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarafinda
Golux
Zorn
Marc Siment
How Jews Live in U S A Representative collection
A representative collection of American Jewish short stories offers a continuous narrative of Jewish life in the United States. Writers include Howard Fast Joe Sinclair Yuti Suh Charles Angoff Michael SSide Frank Scheiner David Bernstein Alexander Klein Louis Borg Ludwig Lewisohn Jenny Machlowitz Klein Meyer Levin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawtheat Press, Inc
United States
Howard Fast
Joe Sinclair
Yuti Suh
Charles Angoff
Michael Sside
Frank Scheiner
David Bernstein
Alexander Klein
Louis Borg
Ludwig Lewisohn
Jenny Machlowitz Klein
Meyer Levin
Golden State Guide Ready CALIFORNIA travel book overview
A Corninte spite by Andrew Nephars promotes a comprehensive California guide in the American Travel Series. It details 187 towns 122 parks and forests 27 playgrounds plus current guidance on sightseeing fishing skiing and lodging. More than 73 maps and pictures accompany the 75 000 words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Andrew Nephars
Lew
York
Simon and
Erhuster
North America
F.T. K
Poems Sing of California
A poetess celebrates California and distant places in a suite of verses. The piece notes the author and her husband Frederick William Kellogg live at High Town in Altadena with a summer home in Latalia. Poems honor family friends and travel to Interlaken, Swiss chalets, Norway, Honolulu and Imperial Peking.
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Hellary
Ulwer
Mopray & Gee, Inc
Frederick William Kellogg
Altadena
Latalia
California
Interlaken
Norway
Honolulu
Imperial Peking
Unusual Esotes and Writers Explore Moral Vision in 1950s Works
A brisk roundup notes William Carlos Williams short stories in a collection praised for naïve freshness. Father James Keller’s Careers That Change Your World urges moral leadership. Herb Caen’s Baghdad 1951 shares San Francisco scribal charm. The Korn story Trailblazer to Television presents a warm portrait of innovation through family narration.
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James Keller
Christopher
Doubleday
Nobory
Father Keller
Herb Caen
San Francisco
Baghdad
Caen
Delicate Prey and Other Melodramas by Paul Bowles
Brokké Myles Faul Bowles authors a new collection from Andom House titled The Delicate Prey, with tales of intrigue and violence spanning Far East and Africa. William Carlos Williams, winner of the 1950 National Book Award, releases Make Light of It, a compact short story volume. Also noted are Rhymes for the Night Before and tributes to William Rose Benet as he passes, with commentary on Mercury Publications and its editors Spivak and Angoff.
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William Carlos Williams
Random House
Little
Andom House
Paul Bowles
Pau Bowles
Far East
Africa
Dr. Williams
Saturday Review of Literature
William Rose Benet
American Mercury
Messrs. Spivak
Angoff
Lawrence Spivak
Charles Angoff
Mercury Publications
United Nations Youth Partners Book Described
Mrs Roosevelt and Helen Ferris coauthored a well illustrated volume tracing the origins of United Nations youth programs. They gathered letters field reports and interviews to present stories of young people from many lands as integral to the UN vision.
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YNS Bank
United Nations
Roosevelt
Helen Ferris
Junior
Literary Guild
Edi al
Jeters
Palos Verdes Faculty Art Show Displays College Ties
Palos Verdes College faculty present an all faculty exhibition at Palos Verdes Art Gallery under Community Arts Association support. Watercolors by Art Adair from Death Valley and harbor studies reflect campus proximity to the Los Angeles Long Beach harbor. Ceramics by Frank Weir and sketches by Lillian Garrison mark the diverse display as Dr. Richard P. Saunders notes the cultural bond between college and community. Spectrum Club president Brubert Perigan leads a Jan 10 meeting, with officers and a permanent and mobile show venues noted, as Artists Equity marks its Pasadena exhibit through Jan 21.
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Palos Verdes College
Palos Verdes
Community Arts Association of
Palos Verdes Estates
Arts Association
Adair
Death Valley
Harbor
Weir
Lillian Garrison
Five Venezuelan Stamps Honor Birth of Patriot
Venezuela issues a five stamp set marking the bicentennial birth of Gen Francisco de Miranda with designs depicting the signing of the Venezuelan Act of Independence. Stamp values include 5, 10, 15, 80 and 1 bolivar in orange brown violet blue and green respectively. The article also notes Arason the last Roman Catholic bishop in Ice and has been honored with stamps and mentions 1850 date and 400th death anniversary. It references the 1951 Scott Catalogue changes including stamp numbers and price revisions and catalog updates affecting Portugal Finland and other issues.
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Venezuela
Francisco de Miranda
Arason
Iceand
Tereland
Portugal
Finland
Long Beach Best Sellers List Clipped by OCR
A garbled catalog of book titles and authors appears in a Long Beach best sellers list with numerous misreads and punctuation errors, including references to BISENCHANTED SPANISH GARDENER and other scattered names.
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Wallart
Walcis Rowe
Laature
Churs & Tous
Gile “LannEn
Bkinner
Taze
Golden Encyclopedia
Hed
Spy
Holiday photography tips and camera club notices
The piece urges family photo planning for Thanksgiving and Christmas with natural groupings and careful lighting. It previews camera clubs Long Beach Midway City Santa Ana and the Photographic Society of America Slides for Vets program, inviting memberships and slide donations amid holiday cheer.
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The
Photographic Society of America
Karl A. Baumgaertel
Gist Ave
San Francisco
Calif
Santa’s kin in 1695 remembered by Lummis fire tale
In December 1895 Charles F. Lummis wrote to Clara Sanborn Howes of Los Angeles whose home burned on Christmas Day. He described visiting the scene with his daughter, noting the child’s shock at the fire. The letter, kept at the Huntington Library, is part of A Century of California Literature exhibit.
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Los Angeles
Sante Claus
Southern California
Charles F. Lummis
King of the
Broncos
Clara Sanborn Howes
Huntington Library
San Marino
California
Lummis
Westminster Announces 7500 Dollar Fiction Award
PRESS announces the fourth Westminster Award for Fiction. Open to any writer worldwide with at least 75 000 words. Prize totals 7500 dollars with 5000 cash and 2500 advances. Manuscripts to Westminster Press Philadelphia by June 1, 1951. Further info by writing to the address.
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Westminster
PRESS
Westminster Press
Witherspoon
Philadelphia
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Simon and Schuster
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Yosemite and Sequoia
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Kraft Fress-Telegram
Model Weeks
B. M. Liddell Marl
New York
William Morrow & Co
Rere
China
Europe
Walker
Walker's Literary Guild Book Club
Pine
Carl's
St. Ph
Santa Fe
Garald Lagard the
Trinteen Cloc Thurber
New & Behusier
Jaren
Simon
U. S
Golden State Guide
Pine Avenue
Bredford Voight
Laguna Beach
Pacific Coast Club
Arthur Korn
Terry
Elizabeth Korn
Charles Scriber
Korn
Brokké, Myles
Faul Bowles
By Joseph Joel Keith
Hinsdale
Leighton
Richard Armour
Judith
France
Dick Armour
U.N. Youth
Li Gal Gindled Estates
Brubert Perigan
Spectrum Club
Organization of Men Painters
American Ave
Barton Hopkins
Ivan McMichael
Harold R. Bragg
E. Third St
Recreation Park
Recereation Park
Santa Ana
Juthern
Artists Equity Association
Pasadena Art Institute
N. Los Robles Ave
Pasadena
Long Beach
Gow Angle
Aqmatecr
Amateur Cinema League
Association
League
Amateur Cinema League, Inc
Lexington Ave
Long Beach Camera Guild
Miller's
Pacific Ave
C. H. Woodruff
City
Millidge C. Day
Wilson
Dresler
Ilse Stevens
Fred Kennedy
Elva Hayward
R. W. Lee
Donald P. Stevens
Donald Hayward
Floyd Williamson
Midway City Camera Club
Little Fellowship Hall
Midway City
Santa Ana Camera Guild
Nikki Greene
Club Bulletin
R. Foss
Arthur D. Jencks
Santa
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