BOOKS \WWHEN the colonel of my Ge regiment overseas visited }“neral Montgomery’s head- quarters shortly after we pocd in France, he was so joe essed by Monty’s luxur- ,48 sanitary facilities that he (turned to his own sector ising a brilliant scheme — . Would have the carpenter i ‘struct a fancy toilet seat. hee colonel’s adjutant saw |, - carpenter at work building thin enificent throne for the tea and unthinkingly ord- i One for himself. Soon he & facing an enraged colonel US that there would be only ee ccilet seat at regimental ‘As quarters, and it would be | by only one person. one’s the way some of our Bsc fought the war against 7 sm, ; a : + Was reminded of the above (ct. Betiamy, British 8ctor-producer, will be the fee ator at the 13 regional Brees: festivals which will at . the finals to be held yg) Nonton, it was announc- ast week. : ee Speaight, British ac- ; “Urector, will adjudicate ~ the finals, ip 4 laces and dates of region- ae festivals in the four | ~*n provinces are: + Brits Ye “tish Columbia (Vancou- } A January 29 to February niberta (Lethbridge), Feb- Y 6 to 9; Manitoba (Win- a February 20 to 23; : Chewan (Saskatoon) "ch 12 to 14, ee 2 & me _ * liest prehistoric beginnings. Ne ‘Tlocked for Adam, by Herbert Wendt; The Tree of Culture, by 2 mony of the Snade, by George Bibby. More and more, prehistorians are looking to South frica as the birthplace of the human race. P ‘aces like the Modder River in the Transvaal, ‘Shown above, may well have been the haunts of the first men. i. told him in no uncertain © In recent months several books have appeared tracing the story of man from his ear- Among them are: The Story of Man, by Carlton S. Coon; absurdity by a passage in Eng- lish author Douglas John Hol- land’s novel The Dead, The Dying and The Damned (ob- tainable in Vancouver at the People’s Co-op Bookstore, 337 West Pender Street, price $3.50.) This is a story of the Korean war, but the military mind doesn’t change from war to war. Able Company of the Rockinghamshire Regiment are freezing in the front lines in winter, when their CO, Ma- jor Lawrence, after a trip back to Battalion HQ, where he is impressed by the comfortable bunkers, decides that he'll start a digging program to keep the men busy and happy. First project — an officers’ mess! Young Lieutenant Blake, fresh out of Cadet School, ob- jects to the idea and suggests Bellamy to adjudicate at fegional drama festivals CECIL BELLAMY OT | Ralph\Linton; The Testi- There's no glamor in pages of this novel about Korean War that the men’s bunkers need rebuilding. They are in full view of the enemy and should be moved. “Major Lawrence flicked an- other chip of the pencil he was sharpening to the floor. Blake spoke his mind too of- ten. He was always trying to be so damned righteous; he didn’t seem to realize that if officers were to maintain their position of authority and re- tain the respect of the men, they had to live in more suit- able conditions; they had to have somewhere to relax by themselves.” The good old military tra- dition. _Ramrod back, hard- wood head. 503 t xt The Dead, The Dying and The Damned tells the tragic story of British youngsters who were called up and bundl- ed off to Korea to fight a war they wanted no part of and didn’t understand. Author D. M. Hollands is well qualified to write about the events he describes, for he served-in Korea for a year was awarded the Military Cross for patrol actions at the age of 20, and later served in Japan on the staff of the Com- monwealth Forces Headquar- ters. The pious pronouncements of the United Nations had no meaning for the frontline sol- diers who fought and died in the mountains of Korea. Nor had they any meaning for Ma- jor Lawrence and the career officers who saw in the war opportunities for medals and promotion — and an escape from the uncertain future they faced in Civvy Street. Some of Hollands’ portraits of army brass are etched in acid, while his descriptions of warfare are bitterly true. It’s a glamor-stripping job all the way, and well worth reading. 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