Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, S. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1941 WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON , (Consolidated Features—WNU Service-) i ^J’EW YORK.—There are many ^ old-timers who won't like this war, when and if it comes our way. There will be ne Captain Thome, of H« Routed Hand **“ third act Work in Army , Communication* critical Morse message and no Wil liam Gillette about whom a drama of communications may be built. They scrapped the Morse, for good and all about two years ago. There’s no more hand work in army communications. of “Secret Service/* getting through the These nostalgic thoughts were prompted by , the participation of . Maj. Gen. Joseph O. Mauborgne in the big doings at Fort Monmouth, N. J., recently, with a troop review by the general and an amateur play, “The Bottlenecks of 1941,” and many other spirited goings on in which the general was prominently featured. General Mauborgne, chief sig nal officer of the army, is the Thomas Alva Edison of aviation radio—in the army at any rate. It was in October, 1912, that the then Lieutenant Mauborgne im stalled the first radio set in an airplane, at Fort Riley, Kan. The army had 12 planes then, and aviation meant signal corps, with planes first conceived as primarily useful for observation and signalling. Lieut. “Hap** Arnold, who later was to become head of the army air corps, flew one of the planes to Fort Riley for the Installation. There was much excitement, all over the coun try, when Lieutenant Man- horgne’s cumbersome quenched spark radio set managed to waft a lew signals earthward. There was still more excitement when, in 1914, the lieutenant achieved the first two-way communication between an airplane and a ground station. He had started something there and came along with it, to today’s miracles of aerial chatter. He at tained his present rank September 15, 1937, having been for the pre vious year director of the radio lab oratory at Wright Field. For 29 years his work has been an un ceasing concentration on develop ment and experiment in aviation radio. Hia career is one of many Recent reminders of our possibly un suspected high degree of prepared ness in varied and highly specialized trained personnel. CO FAR, Victor Emanuel has been ^ thwarted in his lifetime ambition to win the Kentucky Derby and the Grand National. However, he Emanuel’* Planet £ m * To Hit Line First petition If Ponie. Do Fail ^ ■day up in the big history book. After all this wistful talk about the United Slates releasing a blizzard of airplanes if it ever could get into mass production, Mr. Emanuel’s company, Vultee Aircraft, Inc., an nounces that it is swinging into the straight-line, conveyor-belt output which, in automobile production here, made all other countries just added starters. The system has been proven and the Vultee com- pany says it will quadruple its pro duction. • .Most war talk seems to boil down to just about that possibility. Mr. Emanuel has made a shift from finance to management^ partly under circumstance over which he had no coutroi, and management would soem to be the gainer. When, in 1&6, at the age of 28, he inherited Cfce $95,- •09.900 National Electric Power company from his father, the utilities field wasn’t safe for amateurs. The company caught the acquisitive eye of the late Samuel Insull. But Mr. Eman uel started over again, building the United States Electric cor- pojation and thereafter protect ed himself nicely in the clinches. He was bom and grew up in Dayton, Ohio, fount of aviation genius, and was educated in the University of Dayton and Cornell. His father was Albert Emanuel, util ity financier. Vic Emanuel’s interests have been divided. He expatriated him self in England for a few years, having a wonderful time as master of the Woodland Pytchley hounds. He bought the 800-year-okI Rocking ham castle and rocked the country side with a party of about 1,000 guests—imported Americans and British nobility—which made the British generously admit they had never seen a real party before. Now he may show them something about making planes in a hurry, which probably interests them more than parties at this moment. THE BRIDE LEARNS TO COOK (See Recipes Below.) EASY AS PIE No sooner are you back from your honeymoon than the business of planning menus, marketing and cooking for two begins I In your capacity as chief cook, you’re sure to find the task of pre paring three meals a day a real challenge. Of course if you’ve had little past experience in the culinary field, there’ll undoubtedly be at least one batch of “heavy” biscuits, a “fallen” cake or two, and even burnt toast . . . but don’t let mis takes bother you too much . . . and he’ll soon be “crowing” about your So-o-o Good Meals! Because I’m convinced that the ability to make really good pie is a highly desirable quality for any young woman to possess, especial ly a new wife, I’m presenting a few pie recipes V ' for you to try in your leisure moments. It he likes desserts at all (most men adore them), try your luck with lemon-chiffon, chocolate, rhu barb or even Spanish cream pie . . And, if you’re careful to follow the foregoing suggestions, he won’t be able to resist that second piece! I’ve captioned the column Easy As Pie . . . which perhaps gives an erroneous impression. Easy to eat, yes, but not always easy to make. Pastry is tricky, but once the technique of making it has been acquired, it isn’t easily lost. In making pastry remember these points: (1) unless you are making hot watar^ pastry, have the ingredi ents for making pie crust cold; (2) cut shortening into the flour, using a pastry blender or fork; or, if you’re an experienced cook, and work quickly, blending in the short ening with fingers is permissible; (3) add water sparingly, using only enough to hold the ingredients to gether; handle dough as little and as lightly as possible after adding water; (4) roll out the dough on a lightly floured board or on a heavy canvas; (5) cover the rolling pin with a child’s white cotton stocking —with the foot cut off—and flour it lightly; and (6) plaoe the dough loosely in the pan to help prevent shrinking. Plain Pastry. 2 cups flour % teaspoon salt v % cup shortening Ice water (about 6 or 7 tablespoons) Sift flour once before measuring. Sift together flour and salt. Cut in- shortening with two knives or pastry blender, making coarse pieces. Add as little water as possible to make dough stay together. Divide into parts large enough to make one crust and roll out on a well-floured board with as little handling as pos sible. "Chocolate Pie. Plain pastry 2 squares unsweetened chocolate 3 eggs 1 cup cream 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons soft bread crumbs % cup chopped walnuts Line a pie pan with plain pastry and pinch with fingers to make a LYNN SAYS: I want to pass on to you newly weds some tips for homemaking that have the approval of hun dreds of cooks, mothers and housewives . . . Tin or aluminum frying pans will wear better if cold water is not poured into them while they’re hot. Boiling a new rope clothes line for a few minutes in soapy water softens it and lengthens its life. A round whisk broom serves as an excellent clothes sprinkler. It gives a fine spray, sprinkles even ly, and saves time. Grease spots may sometimes be removed from wallpaper with a piece of blotting paper heM against the spots with a warm iron. In planning meals, bacon should be considered as fat rather than meat, because it contains so lit tle protein. THIS WEEK’S MENU Little Dinner for Two Cube Steaks With Tart Dressing Potato Sticks Butter Lima Beans Bread or Rolls Green Salad "Chocolate Pie Ooffee "Recipe Included fancy edge. Cut chocolate in pieces and melt over hot water. Beat eggs well, and add sugar, bread crumbs and melted chocolate. Mix well. Pour into the pie pan. Bake in a hot oven (375 degrees F.) for 20 min utes, or until filling is firm. When cold, sprinkle with chopped nuts. Spread with whipped cream and decorate with whole walnut kernels. • • • Just because it’s summer, don’t stop pie baking . . . merely change the kind of pie you serve. Spanish Cream pie has everything for a suc cessful summer dessert—it’s quiv- ery. cool, delicately flavored. To make the filling and pastry really boon companions, substitute orange juice for the water in the pastry. A half teaspoon of grat ed orange rind added to the flour for the pastry will give a special fragrance to it. Spanish Cream Pie. 1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin H cup cold milk cups scalded milk 2 egg yolks ' • -f % cup sugar ¥4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 egg whites 1 baked pastry shell > Soften the gelatin in the sold milk 5 to 10 minutes. Dissolve over hot water, stirring constantly. Mean while, prepare a soft custard of the scalded milk, yolks, sugar and salt. Combine hot custard and hot dis solved gelatin. Cool slightly, add vanilla, then fold in the stiffly beat en whites. Chill until quite syrupy. Pour into pastry shell. Let set be fore serving. Yield: 6 servings. • • • Sometimes it is fun to change the flavor of pastry by adding an extra ingredient or two to the recipe. Cheese pastry, for example, is won derful for apple pie. Grated cheese is mixed with the flour. A half cup of grated yellow cheese is enough for the standard recipe. Spiced pastry is excellent for fruit pies, particularly peach, apple and apricot. Cinnamon and nutmeg, and perhaps a touch of cloves, are the spices to use. A teaspoon each of sugar and cinnamon and a fourth teaspoon of cloves will spice a batch of pastry. A little sugar also may be added. Crumb Pastry. 2 cups crumbs, rolled fine or ground % cup melted butter Blend butter and crumbs. Line pie pan by firmly pressing in mix ture about one-fourth inch thick. Be sure to have it extra thick where sides of pan join. Bake in a 375- to 400-degree oven for 10 minutes. This pastry may be made of graham crackers, vanilla or chocolate wa fers or ginger snaps. And last but not least here’s a rec ipe for the pie that still leads other meal sign-offs by - a wide margin. Apple Pie. 4% cups apples ¥4 teaspoon nutmeg or cinnamon 1 teaspoon butter ¥4 teaspoon salt 1 cup sugar Line plate with pastry. Pare, core and slice apples. Mix sugar, salt and spice; put part of sugar in bottom of plate filled with apples. Cover with re maining sugar. Dot over top with bits of butter. Moisten edges of lower crusts; put on upper crust and press edges firm ly together. Place pie on bottom shelf or rack in oven and bake in hot oven, 450 degrees F., for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 325 degrees and bake until fruit is tender and juice begins to boil through perforations in crust. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) * Eleanor Roosevelt INDIAN AFFAIRS I asked Mr. John Collier, of the office of Indian affairs, to come in to tell me something about the Nav ajo situation. .It appears that the land on the reservation, in 81 years, has com pletely changed because of over- grazing. What was once meadow land with plenty of water and beau tiful grass, is now practically des ert. The wooded slopes have dis appeared, floods wash away the top soil and the grass no longer exists. It is quite evident that, in order to bring it back, there must be a dras tic curtailment of cattle, wild horses, goats and sheep. This means that a people, whose average cash income is only about $120 a year, must either go on re lief, which they want at all costs to avoid, or starve to death. The only other solution seems to be the possi bility of carrying through an irriga tion project which will allow them to irrigate enough land so they can raise crops to feed their cattle at certain times, and also to grow some cash crop if the difficulty of trans portation can be overcome. The decision on the irrigation is, of course, up to congress. At the present time, I can quite under stand the argument against putting money into anything which can be , set aside to be done when the defense period is over. Still, if congress de cides that this is necessary, it seems to me that they have a joint re sponsibility with the office of Indian affairs to devise some means by which these naturally independent American citizens can earn their living and not feel dependent upon the government for a chance mere ly to survive. AMUSING LUNCH * We bad an amusing lunch one day. Dr. Floyd Reeves and Mr. Mark McCloskey were our only guests. We sat on the south portico looking across the White House lawn to the Jefferson Memorial. In pass ing, I should like to say that I hope in time the gleaming white dome of that memorial will weather to a lit tle softer color. At a little before six o’clock. Prince Bernhard and Princess Ju liana arrived. He is as friendly and simple as she proved to be when she came on her first visit. I met them on the front portico and took them up to the President’s study, where the President was waiting for them. We had a small dinner and movie in the evening. The President had given me strict instructions that I was not to put over anything educa tional on them, that it was to be an evening of entertainment! In other words, he did not want me to use the occasion to show any of the government films. Therefore, our dinner guests are none the wiser as to our farm security program, our soil conservation work, the CCC, or any of the things which they might otherwise have seen! When our dinner guests had left, the President sat and talked to our two young royal guests on European conditions until late in the night. It was a joyful surprise just be fore dinner to get word from Bolling field that Elliott had flown in from one of our outpost camps now being built. He telephoned his wife and made the distressing discovery that his small son had had an accident to his eye. Elliott told me something about this camp on which these regular army boys are working 18 hours a day to transform it into an airfield. The weather has been very trying and the boys who came up from Miami are finding it very difficult to adjust to it. Even letters take a long while to get there. Elliott says it is easy to think you have been forgotten by your family and friends as well as your government. * * *. TO NEW ENGLAND We spent one night in cabins just beyond Portsmouth, N. H., by-pass. Several detours, roads in the proc ess of being mended, heavy traffic in and around Boston, and occa sional showers of rain, made our trip really longer than it should have been. It is a lovely drive though, along winding Connecticut roads with many glimpses of small lakes and running brooks. Finally, when we were nearing Newburyport, I had my first good smell of the sea, which is always exhilarating. I thought we would spend the night in Portsmouth at the old Rock ingham hotel. My first surprise, however, was to find myself on the by-pass, which I do not remember having seen before. It is a good many years since I have taken this drive and it may not have been in existence when I came up last. In any case, I missed the first road into Portsmouth, and then was lost after turning off further on. I finally reached the hotel, only to find that they had no room. They direct ed us elsewhere, but we decided to go on a little further and look for some attractive cabins. As a matter of fact, I think I could almost have reached Portland, Maine, in the time I wandered around the outskirts of Portsmouth. But these little mistakes are all “luck of the road” and, if you like occasionally to wander, you must count on making mistakes. Pattern No. Z284 ALL of the quaint charm and beauty of the rose has been captured in this pieced quilt, so appropriately called Rose Point. This delicate allover pattern is Meanest Yet! “I have found the meanest man last.** “Why, what did he do?” “He’s deaf—and he never told his barber!” Time is money, they say. Bat burglars prefer cash. Quick Shift On his way to work, he stopped and turned against the wind to light his pipe. He walked on, and soon, some what to his surprise, found he was home again. “My l” he exclaimed, knocking out his pipe, “this day went fast.”' Up to Her (Lady (after operation)—Oh, doctor, tvill the scar show? Doctor—Not if you are careful. Same Effect “I could die dancing with you.” “It’s about to kill me, too.” Recalling His Own “I think we met at ffiis restau rant last month. Your hat seems very familiar.” “But I didn’t have it last month.” “Nfc but I did.” prettiest if the rose center is yel low, the bud green, and the tip dainty pink or print. • • • Z284, 15 cents, gives accurate cutting guide with color singestions, yardage es timate and the necessary directions for this old favorite. Send your order to: AUNT MARTHA Bos 1M-W Kansas City, Me. Enclose IS cents for each pattern desired. Pattern No Name Address Other Skyscrapers 4 While New York has the tallest buildings in the world, that city has no monopoly of skyscrapers. The Terminal Tower building in Cleve land has 52 stories and towers to a height of 708 feet, which is onlyi a hundred feet less than the fa mous Chrysler building in New York. Columbus has the Ameri can Insurance Union, which rises to 555 feet. The Penobscot build ing in Detroit is of 47 floors, and its summit is 665 feet above street level. The city hall in Philadel phia has a height of 535 feet. Labor an Appetizer The chief ingredient of a good dinner is not exquisite flavor or seasoning but appetite. Would you have a good sauce? Then, labor before eating.—Horace. Helpful Grin Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt; and ev’ry grin so mer ry, draws one out.—Dr. Wolcot. For Your 4 th of July Picnic Van (amp’s PORK^nd BEANS Feast-for-the-Least Life to Enjoy Whosoever enjoys not this life, [ count him but an apparition, though he wear about him the sensible affections of flesh.—Sin Thomas Browne. j It’s GOOD AMERICAN CUSTOM SHOOTING flREWORKS en Indeptnduct Pay bqan Jufy 4,1776, whn the Pederatm of Independence wes signed. John Adens, a Sitner, said: “the day shea/d be observed with hdatity and the setting off of fireworks^ lt'« al*o • good American custom toVclax on the Fourth of July (and every other day) with • man-aixed, mild King Edward, America’• moat popular cigar. Vi. 3 i i Aisle ol Woman’s Dreams Suppose you knew that one aisle of one floor ia oae store had everything you needed to purchase! Suppose that on that aisle you could buy household neces sities, smart clothing, thrilling gifts for bride, graduate, voy ager! How much walking that would save! How much time, . trouble and fretful shopping you would be spared! That, in effect, is what advertisements in this paper can do for you. They bring all the needs of your daily life into review ... in one convenient place. Shop from your easy-chair, with the advertisements. Keep abreast of bargains, instead of chas ing them. Spend time in your newspaper to save time — and money — in the stores.