“PLAYBOY OF THE AIR”

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 142, 19 June 1939, Page 6

“PLAYBOY OF THE AIR”

JIM MOLLISON’S STORY NEW BOOKS AT Pl BLK LIBRARY The autobiography of one of the world’s heroes ol tne air, Jim Mollison, is contained in “Playboy of the Air,” one of the latest books at the Wanganui Public Library. “Union Now," by Clarence K , Streit, begins by examining the struggle for world dominion between | ’.he democracies and the dictatorships, i and then points out how lhe democratic peoples are tending more and more to engage in disruptive nationalism which is the precise antithesis of the democratic principle. It, is an important and possibly momentou.' • book. Accessions for the week ending June are:— Fiction.—“Larapinla,” R. B. Plowman; “The Blutl, ' Herbert Adams; . “Afraid of Love,’’ F. E. Baily; “You Can’t Do As You Like,” F. E. Daily; “Men As Her Stepping Stones,” Anri Barclay; “The Beast Must Die,’ Nicholas Blake; “Pirates of the Range,” B. M. Bower; “The Silver Sickle Case,” Lynn Brock; Death at Low Tide,’ Miles Burton; “The Last • Bullet,” Tex Cun an; “They Were Al! , in Love,” May Edington; "The Wine and the Waterfail,” Robert GalhoineHardy; “Gadabout,” Carol Gaye . “Wanted for Murder,” Henry Holt i “Emergency Exit,” Dorothy Lambert “The Button in the Plate,” Vernoi Loder; “The Nursemaid Who Disap peared,” P. Macdonald; “Range Re • bellion,” F. C. Robertson: “Arizom i Range,” C. W. Sanders; “Night Jour

ney,” Kenneth Saville; “Feather Your Nest,” Betty Trask; “Ridiculous Bai John Brophy; “Convict Captain,” Wi son MacArthur; "The Missing Aunt G. D.' H. and M. Cole; "The Stroke of Eight,” J. L. Hardy; ‘The Devil ano the C.1.D.,” E. C. R. Lorac; "Lamp post 592,” Stephen Maddock; "Th« Broken Sword,” Arthur Mills; "Tim? to Go,” Renee Shann; “Brentwood G. L. Hill: “The Nation's Missing Guest,” Hubert Footncr; "Fox in to* Cloak,” Harry Lee; “The Great Squire," Francis Stuart. Non-fiction. - - "Brush Up Youi Bridge,” Hubert Phillips; "Doctor? in Shirt Sleeves,’ edited by Sir Henr Bashford; “Maltese Memories.” Erir Brockman; “The Marxist Philosophy and the Sciences,” J. B. S. Haldane. ‘Ceylon.” Lord Holden; “Made in England,” Dorothy Hartley; “Dry Guillotine,’ Rene Belbenoit; "The Shout o f a King,” F. M. Knight; "Union Now. C. K. Streit; "The Cruise of th* Raider ‘Wolf,' ” Roy Alexander; "Playboy of the Air,” Jim Mollison; “Boa' Building Simplified,” H. J. Ashcroff