European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 05, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse Books Quick look at what s being bought and read in the states the Best seller lists for this month. I show that some of last month s favourites Are still Riding High. Ross Lockridge in a Raintree county is still among the leaders of the fact work list in second place. Thornton to Wilder a the ides of March has dropped to fourth place to make Way for "pil-1 grim s inn the fantasy by England s Elizabeth Goudge now at the top of the list and f. Van Wyck Mason s Eagle in the now in Mitchell of King s Row by the Bell Amanns is in fifth place it first appearance among the top five. Reports on non fiction. Best seller show or. Kinsey s sexual behaviour in the human male still going Strong this time right at the top of the list. Joshua loth Liebman s popular peace of mind and James Farley s Jim Farley s Story second and third in fourth position Arnold j. Toynbee s new civilization on trial has supplanted John Gunther s inside u. S. which however holds fifth in passing Eisenhower Speaks. Edited by r Udolph l. Treuenfels. Forfar Straus new York. �3. A collection of speeches and messages of general now mister Eisenhower at tempting in the word of the editor to. Throw some Light on his decision to Don. Mufti and accept the presidency of co Lumbia University. The Book does succeed in its avowed purpose but it does succeed in showing Eisenhower Asa Man whose understanding and in formation encompassed a much larger Field than military matters. Starting s with his be Day message and ending with his final report As chief of staff to the Secretary Olne army last Jan uary the selections show Columbia Snew prexy expressing himself clearly and lucidly on most of the vital Issue facing the nation today. Where i was born and David l. Cohn. 380 up. Houghton Mifflin Boston. �4.the integration of the negro population into the society of the White Man in those ten counties which make up the Delta of Mississippi roughly the re Gion Between the Mississippi and the Yazoo Rivers is the subject of s Book. With objective direct Ness he Sledge hammers into his subject showing present discrepancies in the relationship of the divided Popula Tion the negro majority and the minor Ity of Plantation Whites. Himself a impartial observer since he belongs to neither class or. Cohn gives knowledgeable Survey of the conditions under which the negroes Are working of the Delta s lag in economic and Industrial Progress. He outlines some of. The Jmajor irritants in the Black and while relationship with a sometime sad sometimes comic pen As the Case May be for in spite of the tragic Cort notation in the racial struggle there Are incidents which the author make absurdly amusing and even whimsical. Black Laurel. By storm Jameson.338 up. Macmillan new York. �3. In this novel of postwar. Germany miss Jameson has combined Clear thinking with Well timed action a skill Ful blend which lifts the Book into a first rate category. Through four major characters William Gary an English commandant Kalinin a russian officer Scorel a philanthropic american civilian and Lucius Gerlach a goo German the author s political analyses assume breadth and shrewdness pitted one against the other her characters develop into portraits of the Power seekers of this generation. Some of the situations Are standardized but otherwise miss Jameson strikes an intelligent human note with her latestbook.1 pleasant morning Josephine Lawrence. 348 put Whittlesey House new York. S3.dealing with what she considers woman s greatest problem her pressing need Ofa husband miss Lawrence uses irony to confront society s dictum that woman without a Man is not Complete. Weekend june a Isis All too often according to miss Law rence women Are Public press real into marrying a Man any old Man rather than submit to the indignity of remain ing single. The result is in the writer bitter opinion nothing Short of disastrous. Miss Lawrence s answer to the problem is that women must live up to their personal integrity withstand the assault of outside pressure or inner neuroses and marry Only the Man each really cares for. Her Story pinned onto three Plain Janes who marry ill As sorted husbands just because they re As Good As the women can get carries Sharp moral in its tragic conclusion of Wrabness and suicide. Mostly murder blood on the Dan Long Roo floor. By Gertrude Stein. 80 up. Banyan press Pawlett Vermont. �6.in a per viciously obscure Stein ism which will Delight Stein its bewilder indifferent and provide gatherers of curiosities with an addition to their collections this 1933 note jotting item of Gertie s rambles on peacefully oblivious of the outer world. Evidently there s blood on the dining room floor. Michael Shayne s triple . By Brett Halliday. 225 up. Ziff Davis new York. �2.50.shayne is a gentleman with a predilection for Cognac to his nos for trouble. In the three stories collected Here he handles a gun with abandoning his Pursuit of criminals strewing his path with bodies tout never too bus to Stop and have a Quick one on the Way. That who chs crooked. By Doris Miles Disney. 190 up. Crime club new York. $2.Wally Howard is a weakling with four Brothers All older than himself and All Bent on making Wally s life miserable that s just too bad for the Brothers and especially for Henry who Heads because when Wally grows up he does t forget. Hence Henry is disposed of. " miss Pym disposes. By . 213 up. Macmillan new York. �2.50. Miss Lucy Pym is interested in psychology and she lectures on the subject to the girls of Ley physical training col lege. While she s still on the premises a body turns up in the gymnasium,.andmiss Pym just could t leave before she d applied psychology to finding out How and Why. As a matter of fact she does this amidst the chatter of school girls and she does it pretty Well. Reporter in route postwar Finland is a land w. Jere bed sheets Are made of paper Helsinki he things people need to live Withare so scarce Here that Black Market ing and shoplifting Are major prob lems in the stores. Textiles Are especially scarce and whenever possible Tough heavy paper is used As a substitute for cloth in such things As bedsheets carpets and upholstering. Consider what happens when a department store obtains a meager Supply of suits and shirts. The Quantity is solicited and the demand so great that an advertisement would bring All of Helsinki to the spot. With perhaps a minor riot among women shoppers. So store managers just put out the Avail Able goods on a first come first serve basis without fanfare. This method also is followed in an Effort to combat Black marketeers store managers say. Even As it is the Black Market operators sit in our soda Fountain All Day and wander regularly through the store looking for a Chance to buy up scarce goods l. Of. Wetterstrand director of Helsinki s largest department store says. When they spot something they try to snap it up at the Legal Price and then resell it on the Black Market at a big particularly keep their eyes on the textile department. When behave them they can buy Good English Woolen suits for Between 15,000 and17,000 Fin Marks �110 to �125. That takes 60 clothing coupons which mayor May not be forged or stolen and leaves ten coupons for a shirt. That s year s they resell the suit illegally without coupons at As Muchas double the in addition to the Black marketeers or their agents,.who impossible to detect a High percentage of shoplifters hangs around the store Wetterstrand says. Women Are our bes detectives and we have hired extra ones but even so store thefts have increased 30 per cent Over prewar Days he adds. Most of the stolen Merchan Dise. Wetterstrand believes finds its Way into the Black Market. Women an children seem to be the greatest of fenders and Are probably members Orwell organized bands. I Tom has three apples and gives one to Harry what is his net operating loss deduction from Sale or Exchange of property other than capital assets if Apple is eaten at source on tax free covenant Bond interest Finland obtained some sure Liy ii. clothing trousers underwear Coats socks and boots which helped overcome the serious textile shortage last Winter. This distribution however was restricted to men working in the forests and to workers in the reparations industries. Even so some of the surplus clothing found its Way into Heblack Market. Presumably some of the workers even though they were bad Yin need of heavy warm clothing found the temptation of High prices too great to pass up and sold the clothing to Black marketeers using the proceeds inferior but still adequate clothing made from j Aper and other substitutes. Building materials Are As textiles and Are hampering the construction of new housing. Man apartments arc being built with open Ings left for installation of plumbing Bath and other fixtures As they become available. Modern store and. Office buildings which were near completion at the Start of the War still Are with out plate Glass windows. Boards Are removed As the Glass becomes available in Small quantities. The boarded up windows give Helsinki a ghost town effect but behind the barriers business goes on As his capital City built on a Peninsula in the Gulf of Finland has always been an impressive sight with it native Granite buildings Many of them not much More than a decade or twofold. Actually Helsinki has three Sepa rate ports not one. There is a Harbo that is used for passengers and Small sized goods. Another is where the Bulky products such As Coal and Grain enter the country and the third if for exporting finnish products particularly cellulose Timber paper and other woo products. On the whole the import of luxury goods has been ruled out by authorities As unessential. Cosmetics for example Are unobtainable unless they Are of Domestic origin Coffee cannot Besought in the grocery stores. Hotels and the bigger restaurants however will serve it at a Black Market Price slightly More than a Dollar a cup. Similarly american or English tobacco and Cigar ets cannot be obtained Over the counter Only local brands which Are noteworthy Only for their Lack of to Bacco Content. During the recent swedish finnish cultural week Here finns were attracted Jato the exhibitions by the limited Sal of real Coffee. A couple of Hundred women usually were lined up mornings waiting for the exhibition rooms to is one country in Europe where the paper shortage is not far the most popular gifts Are books. There s Little else to buy As a present without a great Deal of unnecessary sacrifice and so our Book sales Are booming Wetterstrand says. Some Silver jewelry and other articles can be purchased but buyers Are required to turn in an equivalent amount of Silver. Silver to turn in for such a Purchase in obtainable on the Black Market but at prices which would make a simple trinket fantastically jewelry business is far from Boom ing Inland is a land of strange Short Ages and of strange substitutes. Leather for example is very rubber seems to be plentiful. Galoshes can be purchased and a Fin can find a pair of a rationed boots or shoes with rubber shortages developed Early in the War years the resourceful finns made the most of what they had domestically their forests and other natural products. Wooden utensils Are on Sale in quantities and Tough carpets remade of paper. So Are bed sheets. When the Normal covering for furniture Dis appeared a very Strong paper was developed for upholstering so Stout it has attracted the interest of other Tex tile Short countries such As it has a drawback say finns. It s Tough on trouser seats. Edwin Shanke 19
