Show 0 01 case of the nazi reception or misleading propaganda by BAUKHAGE analyst and commentator washington last month there was a memorandum on my desk from the department of the army addressed to all former war correspondents subject army amy day 1948 it suggested that perhaps I 1 had a war story that stood out in my mind that I 1 would like to relate as an army day feature the memorandum state which war was preferred if any but I 1 supposed that it matter so long as it gasn wasn t the next one I 1 reported the landing on the normandy beaches the battle ol of the bulge baig and many of the other important events of the last war from a microphone in washington my connection with world war I 1 was less vi vicarious carious my experiences during earlier conflicts such as san juan gettysburg chapultepec yorktown and hastings are a little hazy therefore I 1 decided that the department p apartment part ment of the army might permit me to relate an adventure which provided a little comedy relief in 1339 1039 tn in the nervous interlude 0 ter lude known as tile the phony war before the r real e a I 1 storm broke I 1 it t w went e n t something like this it happened at the german air and 1 naval base shortly Y after britain and france had de cl dared red war on germany american correspondents still had considerable a freedom and I 1 had managed to wrangle wangle permission to interview the first british fliers sh shot ot down by the Geri germans nans I 1 did but th that at this chii story etory for all the careful german preparations for or war there was still a certain amount ot of confusion in the office ot of propaganda under the highly efficient father ol of lies dr goebbels but I 1 managed to get the use of a german army transport plane to fly me with a german radio roan man from berlin to he be war was roaring rearing westward into poland and the great tempelhof airfield in berlin was all but deserted when we arrived be fore ore dawn and were escorted with alacrity and not a little wonder transport art which already r ment a e nt to our was warming up we had teen beer up all night and ny my colleague immediately fell asleep on a pile of p parachute parachute ara chute equipment As soon as dawn broke I 1 busied myself watching the antiaircraft anti antl aar aircraft raft batteries in the fields surrounding berlin rim nits aits in fields surrounded by en complacent M cud chowing chewing cows rc r hiie the rest of the he be muae niu lation unaware of what th this fuehrer fuchner was about to bring down on them for some reason we blew low almost scratching our wings on anthe the church steeples at last my CO companion awoke we were approaching the airfield it was a lively spot As we drew nearer we could see a detachment of marines which came to attention as we approached A half dozen staff cars were drawn up in a semicircle semi circle balanced by blue jackets and ground personnel of the air force were lucky my companion remarked some big brass must be coming well see a parade no other plane was visible though as we circled a couple of times time over the docks thick with ships including the long lost europa back on her dash from Mur mansk finally we tended landed a couple of yards from the military formation which by now cow was drawn up at attention we were a little embarrassed tor for we were vere in plain a sight ight of the imposing array and were afraid we might suddenly bump into the visiting and we were hatless and unshaven I 1 let my companion go ahead there was no place to go however but in the direction of 0 the naval detachment tach ment and their commanding officer it later developed he was the commander of the base a 0 tall slim correct naval officer perhaps a little nervous though we were too nervous ourselves to realize it at the moment we ve advanced like pups pupa approaching pro aching hing a porcupine A command rang ran out the troops snapped to present arms the officer saluted and drew a manuscript from his tunic something new to me in military procedure all I 1 could think of was a painting of general washington wash inston reading a message to his troops arid and I 1 a alway had bad thought that was a flight of the artists fancy ancy the officer began reading it was a message of 0 welcome all right r finally my companion he was half english which may explain his fortitude interrupted there must be some mistake we are two radio correspondents respondents or 1 the commander bowed looked abashed glanced over our heads beads toward the planed plane but where are the other gentlemen he wanted to know there are just two of us we replied but the minister of propaganda who Is ii representing him we were notified by the department a special plane the truck tor for the bag se y we explained briefly and waited tor for the shies ahles to fall all they the officer continued his speech without even dropping pis hl s monocle just to be sure editing it slightly to make inake it apply as he went there was no question lu estion that he thought we were going doing to be certainly OUGHT to be goebbels the formation melted away the truck which had been requested to transport sound equipment started to load all but one of the staff cars slunk lunk away there was only one red lace face the air force commanders and he felt not embarrassment but rage this was a purely military field and I 1 had held up the german war effort for half a morning thus contributing my m y bit to allied victory even before america was in the war for the rest the only significant memory except tor foi my interview with those british boys was the questioning by the german officers obviously they share the complacent assurance ot of victory of the nazi higher ups they remembered world war 1 I today the greatest danger to the peace is the possibility that the will the purpose the power of the united states will not be understood in time by the russian command that they will tail fall to recognize the risk of self elf annihilation they are taking in their cold war as the kaiser and hitler tailed failed to realize it rots roses but never A spray of yew there are many good garden bools books and I 1 for one had about come to the conclusion that the final word on gardening had been written when along come came the womans comans home companion garden book P F collier and son corporation p publisher u lo 10 11 a b e r new york city with kith many rie new angles edited by john C wister director of the arthur hoyt scott horticultural foundation swarthmore mora college this book speaks with authority tho rity it Is correct it states ort on page to speak of narcissus and also correct to use the english term daffodil for all species and varieties oi of narcissus there Is confusion about this a popular impression being that daffodils are the yellow kind and narcissus the white kinds there also has been confusion about the name jonquil all ali the daffodils of the jonquil group are distinguished by then narrow garlic like foliage and by their characteristic bright yellow color which Is the same shade throughout the flower all of this interested me mightily lag as I 1 had just been studying stua ying a photograph of a clump of narcissus la in a popular magazines name this picture contest the leaves leav es on the plant shown were broad though the answer given by the editor was jonquil Jonii ull obviously even contest editors may err the narcissus discussion is a sample of editor aisters Wi directness 1 in this new garden book and there is more like it on every page not the least interesting writing in this book is the foreward by the well loved liberty hyde bailey dean of all gardeners whose accomplishments need no eulogy here another intriguing feature Is the discussion and diagramming of various geographic areas according to their geological and climatic conditions most of us have been frostbitten too often for comfort by blindly following the usual maps additional data and measuring qualities have been added to long established material in making a broader and yet more personal presentation sent sen tation atlon of his problems to the gardener ardener g in any given section of the united states and canada the net result is the clarification of many heretofore vague statements it it would be unfair to other excellent books to say that tills this Is the he best garden farden book yet published in some ways it excels all others but still there are other volumes which may contain more information on specific subjects perhaps the way to size up this 1000 page volume Is to say that ra regardless gard less of whatever other gardening books you own you need this one too if you seek fresh angles on your favorite hobby i with its tine fine cover and paper stock its 24 photographic pages in full color its iti 56 pages of black and white illustrations and more than how to do it pictures the wom ans home companion garden book is if completely satisfying j |