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\X'ork for Veterans
500 POSTWAR JOBS FOR lvlEN, By Vocational Guidance
Research, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co" 1945, 270
Pages; Index, $250,
Many soldiers, officers and enlisted men alike, have only a
vague idea, or no idea at all, of what they intend to do when
they leave the service, \ Vith millions being discharged in the
next few months, it behooves the prospective civilian to do what
he can about finding profitable and congenial employment.
This book lists 500 jobs; under each one are listed the following
subheads: Present Outlook, Job Description, Requirements,
Advantages, Disadvantages, Earnings, Advancement Opportunities,
and \Vhere to Apply,
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Atrocities
THIS MUST NOT HAPPEN AGAIN, By Clark Kinnaird,
New York: Howell, Soskin, 1945, 160 Pages; Illustrated,
$2.00.
Putting on record, in pictures and in text, the atrocities of
our late enemies, this book is far from pleasant reading. Most
of the pictures and much of the text have been seen before, in
newspapers and other periodicals, but never in such a huge
dose as this. The apologists for the Germans, the Japs, and the
Italian fascists might do well to avoid those who have read this
book. '
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Dark Days for Spain
SMOULDERING FREEDOM. By Isabel de Palencia. New
York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1945. 247 Pages;
Notes; Index. $3.00.
This is the story of the struggles and the exile of the Spanish
Republicans, whose government was overthrown by Franco in
the late Spanish Civil \Var. The war was bitter and bloody, in
the fashion of civil wars, and there was no place in Spain for th'e
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vanquished except in the cemeteries or in prison. Isabel
Palencia found haven in Mexico, where she still works a
fights for the Republican cause.
The internment in France of many of the Republicans, a
the wanderings and sufferings of the group as a whole ma'
bitter reading. The book is part history, part biography.
How a Unit is Born
"E" COMPANY. By Frank O'Rourke. New York: Simon an
Schuster, 1945. 166 Pages. $2.00.
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"E" Company was organized about ten days after pe~r
Harbor, went through the normal training (including the gr
"broomstick maneuvers"), and fought in Africa. This no\'
portrays very well the task of forming a fighting unit from a hun
dred-odd assorted characters; the author does a fine job
delineating the personalities of many of the men, "key" an
otherwise, from the CO to the phoney dice expert. This isn
great literature, but it is a workmanlike, straightforward bit
writing that is a far cry from the Hollywood school of milita
glamor. '
STOP OR I'LL SCREAM. Edited by Gurney Williams. Ne\
York: Robert 1\11. McBride & Company, 1945. 159 Pag
$2.00.
More than 300 cartoons from Collier's fill this book. The~
isn't a cartoon in the collection that is obscure 'in meaning
which does not mean that subtle humor is lacking- Chon Day'
pair of tykes, with one of them saying, "Let's go down to th
depot and yell 'Daddy' at the servicemen," gives you an idea
There is a good representation from Virgil Partch; Foster Hum
freville's Alfred the Sailor bobs up on page after page; and
Gardner Rea, Larry Reynolds, and the rest of the Collier':
stable are here.
The standard edition of any book will be sent U11/essthe paper-bound Fighting Forces edition is specifically requestea
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