The Daily Nonpareil from Council Bluffs, Iowa • 4

aPAGE OUR COUNCIL BLUS IOWA JULY 3 1948 i New in Books that mogt of the almost any and CARNIVAL By Dick Turner Mtn Shipload of Refugees in Dramatic Situation THE SHIP AND THE LAME by Jerre Mangione (Wyn: S3) A shipload of refugees Polish Italian German rench Austr ian is a day or so out of Vera cruz when this novel opens Some of them in fleeing Europe saved their lives and all of them have escaped from the stricken con nazi overlords But with the sweet air of the new secure world in their nos tirls they mull over the rumor that their visas for which they paid good money to a Mexican consul are fraudulent They mis trust the captain and suspect his friend a fellow passenger Bishop Shuns Bid to State Beauty Pageant MOUNDSVILLE Va A The Most Rev John Swint Catholic bishop of the Wheeling Va diocese riday declined an invitation to the West beauty pageant next month one of you gentlemen please run out and drpp 4 another nickel in the parking meter for me?" Authoritarianism In the German amily ATHER LAND A STUDY AUTHORITARIANISM IN THE GERMAN AMILY by Bertram While Joe Katelman may be a little bit ahead of himself in regard to the proposed viaduct over the tracks on West Broadway we think it can do no harm for a committee to check with the highway commission to determine what the via present status Is If the city is ever to dnjoy free passage from one end of the town to the other it will be THE AA AGAINST JAPAN by Vern Haugland (Harpers $5) One of the comforts you lack when fighting a war is the knowledge that the enemy is probably even more scared than you are The myth of Japanese super iority over fear is exploded by the testimony of a naval officer for Hirohito the emperor the Japanese fliers were supposed to be ever willing to die for This officer navy commander Ryo sukq Nomura is quoted as testi fying that Japanese morale sank rapidly after repeated air strikes against their Rabaul base: pilots become convinced they were flying inferior planes and developed a horror of Ameri can fighters Several times pi lots were found to be guilty of gross exaggeration of the dam age inflicted upon the enemy It finally became necessary to sta tion watches at several points to verify pilot This is one of the many hu man sidelights given in this first full authoritative account of the role played by the seven AA air forces in the conquest of Japan It is one of a series of glone forces our attention by dint of pumping the breath of life into them I believe in Renner's death Tereza's sacrifice misery the garrulous and queru lous Mme Brasson the conniving captain and mate the promiscu ous Simone or Mangione is a real writer In addition to having a point of view about the dilemma of the liberal and the plight of the radical in our muddled world he makes people talk so that you hear and heed their voices (WGR) If the city council is still in earnest about sending busses down West Broadway to Omaha it had better take some quick atcion about the traffic on Broadway We are not prepared to say that the city should stand for the entire cost of the proposed to clear the situation at the new amusement park Neither are we prepared to say that the park management should pay a share We know what the legal require ments of the situation may be But we do know that if something done about it at once a bus ride to Omaha is going to be an adventure in slow motion time Personally we believe it will be bad enough to send busses down Broadway at time of the day Certainly unless some immedi ate action is taken it is going to be very bad business to resort to busses during the heavy traffic times of the day Vern Haugland collected the material for AA Against during the war years while he covered the American air operations in the en tire Pacific for The Associated Press Twice awarded the Headlin ers club medal of valor he was also honored with the Silver star pinned on him by Gen Mac Arthur for his harrowing 42 days in the New Guinea jungle to which he parachuted from a damaged plane Born in Litchfield Minn in 1908 he studied at the Univer sity of Washington was gradu ated from Montana State univer sity worked on some Montana papers and joined Salt Lake City bureau in 1936 After working in Boise and Los Angeles he volunteered to re port the war and a month after Pearl Harbor he was on his way to Australia He vyrote his book with the aid of a $2500 Air Power league fellowship during a leave of absence He is now In the Associated Press Washington bu reau Tereza Lenska though her ac knowledged lover Josef Renner has proven his anti fascist zeal at the risk of his neck The Lenska Renner affair the only one in which the hap less voyagers keyed up by the excitement of ship life and by the dangers from which they long to escape are involved Stiano Ar gento an Italian liberal loves Tereza too though he is accom panied by his devout wife Mar garita Paul Kalipka is swept off his feet by his passion for Simone Brasson to whom freedom is largely a matter of evading her suspicious mother riter Away Time faith In telligence as Tereza defines them are the de pendable virtues in this odd as sortment of people Mostly they Schaffner MD (Columbia $325) fritter away tneir time tn maKing love drinking and hoping fop the best instead of preparing for it The situation is dramatic enough and quite credible but it is the actors on whom Man until the investigation is completed Tucker shut down operations in his $170000000 former bomber engine plant Thursday He said the SEQ had a pre emp tory demand for literally truck loads of our files and records to be delivered to' their office in Tying up such rec Bishop Swint announced he ords he added make it im possible tp continue However in federal court ri day Thomas Hartv regional SEC director said he want to step production by having the records removed On three occasions he added told Tucker we would be willing to investigate his records at the What maflces the German click? What makes him click his heels before his superiors so carefully yanked in the hierarchies of church military and state? And what are our chances of making a democrat out of him? These vital questions are con sidered here by a neuropsychia trist who on a US government as signment screened a lot of Ger mans and examined what sifted through One of the persons in vestigated was a lawyer who had pn several crucial occasions in his life sacrificed his dearest in' plination for his duty: He gave up the study of philosophy and turned to law so that he could support his family then gave up law to carry on his busi ness and though he was in love at 21 postponed marriage 15 years $ense of Obligation This sense of obligation this restriction upon a indivi duality begins in childhood The father is the lawmaker and dis ciplinarian the mother and chil dren are his subjects aqd defeatn the war had the effect of cast ing these unprepared people adrift so that at this time they express a decided lack of con fidence in any intelligence in the mass of their fellow country men and feel so helpless indeed that they hope occupation continues many years In other words denazification Schaffner is powhere near enough many anti nazis are im bued with the ideas which are the fundamental characteristics of authoritarianism He would be gin education back in the cradle and the kindergarten What makes a good German makes a bad internationalist and needs Award Contract far Spraying ISC Court AMES A Iowa State college has awarded a contract to dust ing firm to spray Pammel court from the air in a fly contrpl pro gram About 1000 families are hous ed in the cpurt Hawkeye Dusting service of Ames received the contract pending approval of the low flight by the civil aeronautics administration Bus Catches ire Passengers Escape WAUKEGAN Ill A1 Twenty three Greyhound bus passengers escaped through aq emergency door riday when the vehicle caught fire after colliding with an automobile our persons were injured in the accident The bus was en route from Rockford Ill to Chicago Most seriously injured were 'the auto mobile occupants Mr and Mrs Avery Cramer of laqupketa la He suffered back and possible head injuries and his wife suf fered fractures of both legs arm Injuries and head cuts HANDLESS TROMBONIST WINS Using a specially de signed trombone which permits him to use the hooks that replace his right hand Ralph Nelson Hoar 18 of Emden Ill skillfully manipulates his trombone with the Egyptian Music Camp band at DuQupin III Ralph lost his left arm and right hand in a mow ing machine five years ago but learned to play so well that he won a two week scholarship to the camp would excommunicate any Cath olic girl who participated In an elimination contest at Wheeling Two girls dropped out but IS year old 'Mariruth ord a Cath olic stayed In the contest won it CoWCIlCTQNPAREIL is only possible among a peo ple intelligent enough to demand it apd strong enough to enforce NEW NONPAREIL CO PUBLISHERS OUNDED 1857 Publish'd ATery vanlng and Sunday at 117 Pearl 8t Council Blurts Iowa Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Council Bluffs under act of March 1879 Subscription mailt 87 a rear in flrt and gecgng aone: all other sones 810 MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news print ed in this newspaper as well as all AP news dispatches Telephones: Council Bluffs: 4061 Omaha: Jackson 2121 Public Library Adds Variety of Books to Lending Shelves By Germgine Krettek (Librarian ree Public Library) No matter how often it gap pens always an exciting mo ment at the Public library when a box of new books arrives Bright fresh covers uncut pages new titles are a joy to the eye a 'stimulus to the Imagination And such variety! The latest shipment for In stance included these titles: the by Dumas Malone' This is the first of a projected four volume study of Thgmas Jefferson and covers the first 40 years of his life Professor Malone is an able his torian and has written a pro foundly rich biography which is sound in Its interpretations am broad in scope Under his pen Jefferson comes alive by Herbert Hilscher The adventurous per son seeking a new way of life in Alaska will find a realistic appraisal of conditions and op portunities in this interesting book by a seasoned old timer Building a Cabin Cabins" by William El mer Swanson includes plans for various types of huts and cabins and also gives directions for building a satisfactory fireplace weaving a sapling fence and building a culvert It is intend ed for the man who is familiar with basic construction rather than the novice If your children are behaving badly it is probably all your fault At least that is the con tentlon of Rudolf Dreikurs who probes deeply into the problems of parent child relations in his book Challenge of Parent and places the responsi bility for educating the child squarely on the parent In ord er to give the child the courage confidence and desire to build a worthwhile and happy life he urges the development of a strong constructive relationship between parents and child Juvenile Delinquency In in Ralph Banay considers every pos sible cause of juvenile delin quency from left handedness to war The problem is vital and we need to know all the ele ments responsible in order to cope with adolescent crime and delinquencies A typically American success story is told by John Tebbel in Horace Lorimer and the Saturday Evening He gives a stimulating account of an era in American life during the 1898 to 1936 while Mr Lorimor was editor of the maga zine and was running up its cir culation from a few thousand past the million mark through a viaduct of some sort on West Broad way We think his suggestion for a check is a good one The announcement earlier in the week that the incinerator department is asking for no in crease in money in this budgef? is another feather tjie cap of Geojge Beilnett When a city department fails to ask for addl tional money it is probably as mqch news as when a man bites a dog In this case the excellent way in whichBen nett has managed his department is now tegin qing to pay or the second time this year we want to con gratulate George on the wray he has run his de partment We think the entire city owes him a heavy vote of thanks? We hold no brief for the street car company nor do we condemn any of the councilmen' for any of their actions but one little matter ip connection with Mr Cleveland's paving plan has us puzzled If the city votes the franchise to the new bus company and the $187000 worth of paving on Avenue A is voted how is the council going tQ persuade the street car company to put up $700QQ for the paving if it using the street We are merely askipg for informatign City Auditor Nels complaint the cost of witness fees in raids are too high is good business but apparently not good law Both the mayor and the judge who recently dismissed the charges against 36 persons taken in one raid examined the charges and declared that everything was in order One solution wgqld be for th? police tQ hold off on raids until they are Reasonably sure that they will have evidence No one can criticize the police for their at tempts to maintain law nor for raids where there is a legitimate reason to believe that such raids will result in conviction But just to be making raids without getting the evidence to convict is ticklish stuff and maybe too expensive for Council Bluffs sfs We know what the rules are but we have an idea that if you would like to learn just how much good is done by the money furn ished to the Girl Scouts the place to find out is at the camp now being held at the Girl Scout grounds near Prospect park Conditions are not ideal it is true The camp is young and funds must of necessity be con served to do the greatest good possible But the youngsters apparently like the place they go for their short vacation and they are having a good time It has been a hard job for the hard working women who have been doing the work of the eamP They have little help but they are ready at all times to do their best at the camp These women should receive a vote of thanks for the great work they are doing under great difficulties Vern Haugland author of the week volumes sponsored by the na tional air council to tell the Im portance of girpower in winning the war Receivers Silver Star The history of any war lies in the story of the meq and the machines who fought it And it can be told in propr perspec tive only by one who knew and lived with those men and theif machines in their hours of ac tion Haugland a tall gangling reporter now with the Associated Press in Washington was with the airforces in the Pacific all the way In August 1942 he himself had to bail out of a crippled bomber and spent 42 days working his way out of New Guinea General Mac Arthur awarded him the first silver star given a civilian Wars are never fought twice in exactly the same way There will never be again another air war such as that fought in the long wastes of the Pacific The machines that won it are out moded by newer and swifter planes now in the air or on the drawing boards In this documented account Haugland has put down in com plete detail a unique chapter in military history Those who know the air war only in a fragmentary way will find here many facts and figures that top secret in wartime They make exciting reading today (H B) While reading the sports page the other day we noticed an item about the Cleveland Indians a hiember of the team being quoted as sayingthat the Indians were happier to be playing away from home than on their own home diamond He gave the reason the fact that the home town folks were every ready with the at the smallest error on the part of the team which is currently leading the Ameri can league We cannot wholly agree with the Indian player People pay good money to go to the baseball park to see the games and a part of the pleasure' they get out of the game lies in the raucus bantering of the players either home town or opposing is a part of the game Players who ought tQ find some other line of endeavor But there is a limit to which such can go without becoming ridiculous Perhaps that is what the unnamed player was referring to in his diatribe against Cleveland home towners AU pf which merely reminds us of the some what similar situation which exists in Council Bluffs over the Cardinals Council Bluffs and Omaha fans have sup ported the Cardinals loyally from the time that team moved into American Legion park They are continuing to suppor them although the Cardinals have not been so successful as the fans would like to have them Consequently the complaints that the players have had against 'the crowds for the Bronx cheers that have beep directed against them are unwarranted The crowds pay their money to see a show and part of the show is the right to second guess the manager and every member of the team However in recent weeks there has been a great tendency to lay all of the blame for the slump of the team upon the Cardinal manager The sale or trade of three of last Cardinal players to Denver and subsequent sales and trades have aroused the ire of the home town fans We beg of the fan? however to remember that every move has ben made in an effort to strengthen the local team If some of the trades have backfired remember that the heads of the squad are still doing their best to bring the team back into the regular win column A little more cheers and fewer may make the local team a stronger contender in the Western league race And remember too that the Cards are only four and one half games from the lead right now State Looks Into Shenandoah ire DES MOINES The state fire office said riday Deputy Marshall Stebbins is investigating a the at the Shen andoah Country club at the re quest pf Page cgupty authorities Mosses are essential to many higher plants conserving mois ture and preventing erosion Tucker to Retain Records But SEC Probe to Continue CHICAGO The TucRer cor poration got permission riday to keep physical possession of its records but a company spokes man said the automobile manu facturing firm will abide by an earlier decision tg remain closed during a securities and exchange commission investigation Attorney Thomas Thomas rep resenting the corporation told newsmen President Preston will be jeopard Exciting Story of Air Battle Against Japan Id County and City Ml 'A Ihf 'Sir I 4 i CTl 8 i Lr s' Wk Jb Pi SIDE GLANCES By Gailbralth ar I XX pH Cf Il COHL 1M4 BY HtA MMVICt INC RIG ft PAT 73 WJI j1 uinmijHi m'm must apologize! In the two weeks been visiting gotten' so used to ycurbeing around that I forgot tp call you for to be rooted out But a change in political social and legal institu tions is not enough he feels the work must be done in the area of personal and family life if it is to be effective As an indication wf our slight accomplishment to date he be lieves German youth is even to day receptive tp a new totalitar ianism (WGR) American Way of Life 150 Years Aga PIONEER LIE IN KENTUCKY 1785 1800 by Daniel Drake D( Edited by Emmet ield Horine (Schuman $4) The American way of life 150 years ago now beyond recovery is not beyond recall thanks to voluminous memgirs and remin iscences but there are few rec ords so vivid evocative and gen uine so full of the tqste' color and sound of the good old days as these 10 letters by Dr Drake They were written 'just a cen tury ago when the doctor dis tinguished in his profession and an author and scientist of repute was about 60 They were ad dressed to his children their hus bands and wives and to a pa tient They concerned his youth and the doctor remarked modest ly as the series was drawing to a close: was pleasant tg fall back upon and mingle once more with the family and commune with father and mother and play with the little children and hear the babies Prominent As A Teacher Drake was born in Kentucky in 1785 studied with a doctor in Cincinnati and in Philadelphia married and achieved consider able prominence as a teacher as a brief preface relates But the fascinating letters which describe pioneering days with Shawnees and Wyandots threatening isolated settlers with ax ringing in the virgin for ests with soap to make and cow outside the door to milk (a job) and butter to churn (a and weddings and quilt ing parties for gaiety and straight whisky for refreshment The spelling was er ratic but he could turn a phrase Among the comments I liked most were his admission that his or gave "me some trouble and saved me from and his definition of competition as mother of cheating falsehood and (W R) Paints an Alluring Picture ef Iceland ICELAND NEW WORLD OUT POST by Agnes (Vi king $375) You get tanned in Ice land you find many fresh fruits and vegetables you buy beer above two and a half per cent alcoholic content you take a train or trolly ride But you probably get a cinder in your eye either you almost certainly be struck by lightning and what is even better you be deafened by your radio and you have to listen to commer cials if you want to About the size of Kentucky and with a population of 132000 Iceland apparently had np human beings oq it at all until some Irish priests sailed over in the early 9th century tg bg fol lowed in 874 by the first perman ent Norse settlers whg founded the first republic north of the Alps Icelanders lost their free dom in 1264 and it took them until four years ago to regain it Natural Wonders Among the natural wonders whjch in the past have meant disastrous floods earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are the Great Geysir which very oddly performs when a crowd gathers: rock formations mountains valleys and weather that changes quicker than you can raise or lower an umbrella Most of Reykjavik is heated by hot spring water travel is by bus plane or pony the average sum mer temperature is 52 degrees the sole broadcasting station is gqvernment owned There is ex tensive social insurance banks electricity vire services 'liquor and tobacco are national mon opolies Miss Rothery paints an allur ing picture Though she sus pects only a few of the thousands of young Americans there during the war will return she makes you wqqt to go (WGR) IELDING'S NEW TRAVEL GUIDE TO EUROPE by Templa ielding (Sloane $4) the most practical guidebook seen in many summers It lists what to take how to go what to pay how and where to have a good time with an occasional side glance at art public buildings and historical monuments Ralph Theory of Man EXISTENTIALISM: A THEORY MAN by Ralph Harper (Harvard S3) A Herbert Matter photograph of an Alexander Calder mobile provides the striking design for the jacket of this book and the unique individualistic picture illustrates more accurately than many book covers do: the nature of the contents Existentialism Harper claims is something more than a cur rent fad popular in Paris and publicized here in the writings of Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir He is aware that existentialists are a jealous crew each one reluctant to see much worth tn the attitudes taken by his fellow philosophers But it has a broader base he says than just Kierkegaard alpne or even Heidegger who was mas ter and certainly than Sartre and he adds to the common Con ception the contributions of Pierre Rousselot Hunter Guthrie and Martin Life a Reality The Greeks have a word for it They and the later clas sical philosophers of western Europe were concerned with man an abstraction not with the particular individual man The existentialalists are preoc cupied with the man of flesh and blood your flesh and blood and deal with you as a hostile critic charged the manner of a They think life is a problem to be solved but a reality to be Heidegger was acceptable to the nazls because he gave man the of dying and Sar tre to th? rench because in their defeat he gave them an out And both of them agreed that is a useless It is self conscious man who has pro duced much of the painting music movies novels and poetry of the last century and a half Harper thinks and he tests Birth of Trag with existential doctrine If the validity of an idea may be measured by the mere num ber of books it inspires existen tialism is most important today (W R) Authorize Headstones for Unmarked Graves WASHINGTON 2PA bill authorizing the army to supply headstones or markers for un marked graves of all members of the armed forces and honorably discharged former members has been signed by President Tru man The law also directs the army and navy to compile a list of all servicemen who have died over seas since September 3 1939 and whose bodies have not been iden tified or recovered or buried at sea The names will be inscrib ed oq the walls of chapels or other memorials erected by the army or the American battle monuments commission Easy to keep clean is a new clothes line made of rayon and coated with plastic It is said to have a veiy low stretch rate and can be tied easily.