European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse Stateside bestsellers Poland betrayed and the Worth Woods examined score card on i shows that several new Cemers have managed to shoulder their Way into the ratified atmosphere the top of the As bees 4f Raintree county a immediate its now third in the fiction in first and second Are mania Davenport East West and Ben Ames Williams House their positions were reversed last in fourth place is Francis Parthia san Keyes came a Cavalier last by Agnes Sligh turn balls the Bishops Titt in fifth Thomas contains the in fourth place moot h and around the top of the list for Long As anyone can remember has hit the winding up in honorable mention across the Way in the nonfiction department there Are a couple of new Comers among the top five Rebecca wests the meaning of treason has in fifth place after a Stow and steady Cleveland Amory the proper Bost Ontas is now in fourth still in the 1 spot is John gathers inside in after dropping to fourth last is Joshua loth Liebmann perennial peace of allowed by James Byrnes speaking Down a notch from its Las months the two books displaced by the new the american by Roger and 1 remember Dis by Frederick Lewis alien and Agnes seem to be out of the naming for the last month they were in third and fifth f saw Poland by Arthur Bliss Lane 344 Bobbs Merrill former american ambassador to to Lane retired last March to Witt his report to the american people on the postwar status of that Ite started his ambassador ship with the in London in a year before there was actually a Poland go and in the first third of his Nook he Thiis now soviet political Domi nation followed on the heels of the soviet army daring that the Middle portion of his report is an account of the actual time he spent in he about the polish secret the underhanded work behind the scenes during the elections and also of Many diplomatic experiences he in she last part of the Book he sums Tif what has happened to Poland and states that it is the duty of the individual Cut Ian in every democratic nation to see that the same thing Doest Hay pin in any More countries than ims he asks that new elections be held under in supervision in Poland and in All other puppet Lane places much of the responsibility Fer what has happened on Roosevelt and Osu remm concessions to Stalin at the Yalta and Teheran and on the Many statesmen who believed in the Good intentions of item a the author does not my All into the political of Poland nor the country ton Mirin but he does give Leal of information about the of though be feel that a War with Russia is to put tilings he is Long Way from cheerful the situation of soviet Satel and the by Edward 223 Viking to Tossas by Hal Ancleto Century new world communism by Martin Whittlesey House new widely different books on Russia the expansion of an has written unbiased study of tie the the it is an unusual not Only in its being a Well written but also in its approach to the subject that is so often discussed with passion and hotheaded Ness rather than calmness and Simplic though the analyses Are just one mans As the statements that the open Plains Are responsible for much that has to the country and the Are so Well presented and thought out they cant fail to be in an entirely different Lehrmann purpose in russian Europe seems to be to stir up All the ant russian feeling in his readers that he possibly Basing his observations on a Decem trip through Yugo and he gives a firsthand account or what he saw plus a secondhand account of what the persons he talked to had Lehrman is an accurate reporter but seems inclined to be ried away by his own reaction to rus Sias apparently quite successful propaganda Campaign in that Section of world communism today is a remarkably Well indexed and readable collection of statistics and events concerning the organization of communist parties throughout the in addition to this great Quantity of detail Down to the membership of the smallest communist which is in the author also takes an Opportunity to Analyse communism in re lation to the world he believes the real problem is not the political party itself but the social and economic conditions faced by the Peoples who seem receptive to communist Dogma and the great by Ralph 308 Brace new the author of top secret and Fortner editor of the newspaper now tries his hand at writing a As it turns the is not Well written but does contain the Quality of being enter it in the Story of two Success Ful persons who get then soon after no Longcr love each other but stay there Are Many actual persons brought into the As Sally Ernest Sam Gold Many persons mentioned that the Reader will feel must be someone he has heard the great ones those who have been Able to amass a fair sized according to the author Arent very Happy but they do provide a rather fascinating tale of some things to spend Money on or invest it by Kay 152 Simon schuster new this is a Short novel about a Young aus Trian in the French Alps during the trying to decide if he should go Home to his family the anschluss or join the French the has been living with wife of French in a chalet he had built some six years be there is very Little action in the Story As miss Boyle deals with happen Ings inthe mind rather than on the author is an expert at making thoughts and and remembrances As exciting As any and Thunder Battle its greek to by Willie Snow 297 Vanguard new with All the sober reporting and writ ing on greek civil Ethridge account of her trip to that country last Spring and summer is rather shocking in its contrast she writes of wonderful cocktail Par ties and sightseeing As the Gay Femi nine tourist though not entirely unaware of the misery in she is honest enough to admit that it didst prevent he from having one Happy Jaunt Cache Lake country life in the North by John 270 Norton new Rowlands never says definitely just where Cache Lake country but As after Reading his Book there might be a mass migration to the the three men in the Story Are the a Cree Indian and Henry who illustrated the and that is the entire the three men live in their snowed in for half the and have a pretty wonderful the chapters Are named for each month of the year and the takes that method to Tell of the wild life and the Man life in his Kanes illustrations Are not Only Well drawn but Are versatile enough to take in everything from Birds to How to As semble a of tireless mostly murder Call for the by Leslie 190 crime club new two Short novels in one continuing the adventures of Simon tem the King of the beggars is filled with unpleasant characters of the Chi Cago and the masked Angel is filled with unpleasant Charr actors of the prize fighting fatal by Wade 215 Straus new hard boiled Max private is working on the Case of a Young David Lee worked in a san Diego amusement Park but is now and Max wants to prove Lee involved in a gambling Root of by Eaton Gold 218 Sloan Pearce a Laboratory blows up and a charred body is later the question is whether the body really that of the fellow who owned an worked in the Laboratory or int his wife a widow there Are some notes on the Fellows experiments that keep things moving mighty fast wayward by Verne 264 Knopf new this starts out with a murder and a being the fellow has to work fast to get some Money to defend he by finding some miscellaneous sleuthing to do on the the dark by Philip Mac Donald and Boyd Correll 256 William Morrow new an her ill an aristocratic gentleman who is slightly strange in and a murdering maniac add up to a nicely handled tale of one Corpse by 236 Bobb Merrill in ghost town the wife of a dead millionaire Miner Waits for the miners illegitimate children to claim their Trust the problem is whether there Are really any such one is murdered before he even gets a Chance to put in his blood on the bosom by Thomas 224 Lippincott a burlesque Queen is murdered just As inc curtain the local police raid squad happens to be on hand with Sam Best detective on the he finds the Arrow solves the Puzzle from thoughts thought on the approach of february 29 just round about this time of year the gals get very Caddy for you at the club or play you at they suddenly go feminine with frills instead of and love to tempt your appetite with Dainty Little Iney Tell you with much sad concern youre looking and thinner and if youll drop around tonight Cook you a Good Steak their sympathy drips sweetly when youre or sad when pain and anguish wring your brow they minister like mad and if you really persevere youll Gajin the soft admission a quiet life at Home is just the height of their so now is the times Tot your hat and beat it while before you too its leap Little Maul
