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McCORMICK MESSENGEK. MH OKMU.K. SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, June 14, 1945 fleCORHKK MESSENGER .% ^ m VttMteM Bverj Thantey § lUMtohcd Jan* t, IMS VDMOND J. McCRACKKN, Editor and Owner al Um rest Office ml Me- Oermlck, 8. C„ me wuM matter mf .JflJOO .75 An MJMCRirnON RATES: •be Months .. Three Montbe : t REV. ROBERT H HARPER f The Churih Begins Its Work, l/esson for June 17: Luke 24:44-47; Act* 4:1-14; 5:29-3$; 38-40, 42. J Memory Verse: Acts 1:8. ' •Jesus told the disciples 'With whom He walked to Emm a us on toe afternoon of the resurrection that the wondrous happening in Jerusalem that day had been in ful fillment of Scripture and that re mission of sins should be preached m His name unto all nations, be ginning at Jerusalem. The disciples had been disheart- —* by the crucifixion, but they! „ cheered by the resurrection i I,- after the ascension, they began preaching Christ and His resurrec- tom. But the truth which encour aged them led to their first dif ficulties. It was the- teaching of the resurrection that brought oppo sition to the early church. After the healing of the lame man at the Beautiful gate of the temple, toey who thought they had killed Jesus came upon the disciples and abut them in prison overnight.' When brought before the Council, fiae disciples through Peter re affirmed what they had taught, and declared they would obey God rath er than men. They were saved from death by the advice of Gama liel, but how strangely did the council “refrain from these men." They freed them, but first beat them and charged them not to apeak in the name of Jesus. But threats only served to spread the gospel—every day, in the tem ple and elsewhere, the disciples •“ceased not to teach and to preach JesuL as the Christ." The only way to escape the teaching of Jesus f is to accept Him “as the Christ." Have you accepted Him as such? -X- HOME By MARY Z. DAGUB 1 American homemakers are faced with an ever-present problem these days. How to make the meat go 'rewind and maintain adequate nu trition standards? One of the most important and ef fective ways of stretching the meat ration is by using consummate skill in cooking all cuts of meat. All food today is too precious to be wasted in the kitchen or at the ta ble, every bit purchased should' be eaten. So it’s up to the cook to prepare all foods appetizingly. We cook meat in Just two ways—j dry heat or moist heat and the cut determines which heat we use.] Roasting, broiling and pan-broilingi are cooking by dry heat while' praising and stewing—cooking in water—are moist heat. Regardless of the cookery method remember that meat should always be cooked at a low temperature. The advantages of the low tem perature meat cookery are well worth considering. In the ^Srst place meat shrinkage is reduced, resulting in an increased number of servings. In the second place, despite the longer cooking time at a low tem perature, less fuel actually is con sumed. Further than this, meat is more palatable. It has a better flavor and is more tender and juicy. The low temperature insures a hand some appearance when the meat is served, too, because there are no shriveled and crisp looking edges that have been overcooked. Instead the whole cut is uniformly cooked with all portions eatable and easy to carve. ! Roasting with a slow or moder- at2 constant even temperature as compared with a high temperature can mean a saving of as much as three servings in a family size roast; 300 to 350 degrees Fahren heit is the proper temperature for roasting. Aside from saving meat you also save time because basting ts unnecessary, there’s no spatter ing of grease and juices to burn on the oven walls and be hard to clean.i You can set the oven regulator and do something else while the meat cooks slowly and evenly. Tender cuts lend themselves to dry heat but the less tender cuts are best cooked by moist heat. Moist heat develops rich slock for delicious gravies that add much to the nourishment and pleasure of meals. Good gravy is a marvelous meat stretcher so take pains in making it. Be sure the gravy Is perfectly smooth, well cooked and well seasoned with salt and pep per before serving. Unless the thickening is smooth before it’s stirred into the stock all the stir ring and cooking in the world won’t make a smooth gravy. j Jvvmz HULt Must Go After a Successful Peace P Contributed by W. J. Dryden *TN THIS old world of ours we, as tl ii 1 individuals as well as collective !gxi«ips, uaually gat what we go aft er. Wa have to give up the de- aire to loaf and to lie abed for the pleasure of^ eating. What we are up against in this cruel work-a-day world, according ito Thomas Nixon Carver, the rural 'economist, is the dailv choice be tween doing what wa like and get- Iting what we want. J Frequently determined or shift less people insist on doing what Ithey like, that is, they insist on ; “self-expression." This works all i right until they , get hungry, at ; which time they return to “earth" . and set about earning that meal. The same condition exists at the peace conference in San Francisco. We have a large number of determined or "shiftless" delegates who find it much easier to do nothing to bring about a real world peace than it would be to buckle down anH try to understand and work with the other fellow. Civilization requires that disci- * pline be imposed on all of us. Each ’ individual and nation somehow ! finds the balance between likes and dislikes. Some of the problems are personal. That is why it will be ^impossible to draw up any sort of a peace that would suit all of the nations and their peoples. Yet there are those in the United States who will reject the entire plan, because it does not place Italy, or India, or Cuba, or Alaska on the same plane aa toe United States. It it so much easier for them to reject and call the whole plan a failure than it would be to suggest definite rules, plans or methods that would make the peace plan a starter to ward the goal that we all hope it might prove. The original Constitution of the United States was not acceptable to a majority of people. The framers knew that it would not be. But they urged its adoption—as a move in the right direction, and sent through amendments in the form of the “Bill of Rights." Two of these were rejected by the states. Rhode Island rejected the entire constitu tion in the beginning, and it was not until 1790, two years after it had been in effect, that the constitu tion finally met with the approval of Rhode Island’s town meetings. The same may prove true of the final draft of a San Francisco peace charter. It will not be perfect, and may have to be changed from time to time, just as our Constitution has been changed by amendments—but with more honest effort rn the part of all of the people of all of the world—it can be made to endure.. BY MRS. CATHERINE CONRAD EDWARDS Associate Editor, Parents' Magazine OVERWEIGHT CHILD FEEDING PROBLEM P «s JANIE won’t eat a bite. I have to force her to finish lunch.’ Remarks like this are heard every day. We l^ve a notion that bache lor uncles and other folks who aren’t around children very much picture family meetings as peri ods when over-anxious parents try to stuff their children with nour ishing food. Alas, the picture is incompU'te, as any parent of an overweight child v/Hl testify. “My child a finicky eater? I !y hardest job is to get him to stop eating!" In order to get a child who is much too plump, due to overeat ing. back to normal size, shape and weight, the mother should remem ber that the basic nutritional foods recommended by nutritionists, are the same foods which should ap pear in the child's reducing diet. In other words, these foods satisfy his hunger and meet his energy re quirements; menus running large ly to one type of food will not sat isfy his hunger. The basic seven foods neces sary to an adequate diet are (1) milk and milk products; (2) oranges, tomatoes, grapefruit; (3) green or yellow vegetables; (4) other vegetable or fruit; (5) bread and cereal; (6) meat, poultry, or fish; (7) eggs. Another point to keep in mind is that the portions served the over weight child needn’t vary conspicu ously from those served the rest of the family. (Incidentally, since you are serving a well-balanced meal, the non-reducers won’t feel they’re stuck with “rabbit food.") How ever, you will take certain precau-| tions, if possible, before the familyi is seated at table. For instance,! rolypoly Billy should get lean meat, his portion of butter or fortified 1 margarine should appear on top of his baked potato where its rich goodness shows, rather than mixed in with mashed potatoes, where it? doesn’t; the inevitable salad will have to be served with a special dressing. These are not items the average child will pay much at tention to—all he notices is that his! ' plate is heaped just as high as the one placed before his brother. ! 4 For dessert, the overweight child! ' can eat such partyish fare as straw- ' berry ice cream. Because desserts using fruit, milk or eggs as the , main ingredient are preferred to heavy cake or pastry, mother can make as big a fuss as she wishes over such looked-forward-to’ meal toppers as ice cream. With mother assuming most nf the responsibility and providing plenty) of surprises to keep meals inter- 1 esting, the overweight child will be happy to follow the few obligations 1 • placed upon him to make the diet 1 a complete success. He must not! have extra pieers of bread and jam; he must not rtep in at the corner drug stor? for a chocnlaie 1 soda; and above all, he mustn’t raid the ice-box when he comes home from school. If he feels very hun gry in the first weeks of the diet, he may be permitted a between- ' meal snack of a small glass of to-, mato juice, a few stalks of crunchy celery, or a cup of bouillon with a salty cracker. | The Middles By Bob Karp |: Eve /-iTfe-swejf <oh —SANDV— SO p > GET mei_p> me, m ^-sCexcitec} INNOCENT? —SMS- SHE ASKED MV PERMISSION TO PRACTICE ON YOU A, The Reluctant Paratrooper ftathood MS PLAN SUICIDAL LAST-DITCH STAND Enemy Desperate as Yanks Drawi Closer to Home Isles ; i By Al Jedlicka As U. S. forces draw closer to Japan and this country redeploys its impressive military machine for an all-out effort against the enemy in the Pacific, the Nipponese are organizing their limited resources for a desperate last- ditch stand. Last of the axis powers, Japan has undertaken to build up a fanatical defense even as huge fleets of B-29 Super fortresses burn out its great indus trial centers, and U. S. ground and^ naval forces push closer and closer to the flaming home islands. Against the overwhelming array of thousands of American air planes, masses of the latest war materiel and 10,000,000 U. S. sol diers and sailors, the enemy has moved to organize all of his com paratively slender material re sources and make the utmost use of his cheapest commodity — man power—when backel into his cor ner. In a particularly strong strategic position after Pearl Harbor follow ing the capture of the lush oil, tin. rubber and metal resources of the South Pacific, Japan’s early advan tages have slowly deteriorated as U. S. naval might cut one overseas communication zone after the other, and U. S. ground forces took over many conquered areas. Now, with the Japanese ma neuvering against the much feared invasion of the Chinese coast, and Chiang Kai-shek’s troops preying upon the enemy’s flanks in China itself, the Nips’ overland supply route from the Indies, Malaya, Thailand and French Indo-China is also threatened with severance. With its long-range supply lines shrinking and increasing pressure being applied to its Chinese hold ings, Japan’s home industries have been increasingly fired by the huge fleets of B-29s, with no more than 8G square miles of such teeming centers as Nagoya, Tokyo, Yoko hama and Osaka in smouldering ruin. Destruction of Japanese cities has been especially great because of the establishment of many small shops in homes and residences for the production of parts for big as sembly plants. An integral part of the enemy’s war machine, these places have come under bombard ment. Far behind the U. S. industrially despite the steady buildup of its economy for over 100 years, and lacking the abundance of Ameri can material, the enemy’s plans for holding out call for a strict supervision of both 'material and manpower and the utilization of the fanatical spirit of the Japanese people. Despite the failure of Heinrich Himmler’s “volksturm" in Ger many. the Japs have announced steps for the organization of similar groups, such as the students’ de fense corps and the agrarian mili tia. Approximately 20,000,000 stu dents are supposed to be especially trained to help meet any invasion of the homeland, with the farmers comprising an interior resistance force. At the same time, recent decrees have given Japanese employers virtual military powers over their help to provide for the most effi cient utilization of their time, espe cially in bomb-ravaged centers. In this respect, all state laws govern ing hohrs, rest periods or other regulations have been suspended. In another move smacking strong ly of Himmlerism, the Japs have taken strong steps to crush any manifestations of pacifism, not only acting against open-faced peace sentiment, but also seeking to check any development of it by com-; pelling the remittance of any propaganda dropped by U. S, fliers under pain of punishment for fail ure to comply. With much of the communica tions in the great industrial centers already in ruin, Japanese officials apparently looked into the future ivhen sweeping U. S. raids would rip lines throughout the interior to disrupt agricultural transport. Hence, 5,000,000.000 bushels of sur plus rice have been scheduled for collection for distribution in the populated areas, with farmers al lowed to substitute wheat, corn, German millet or dessau grass. Symbolizing Japanese defense preparations, the enemy has laid! increasing emphasis on suicidal flying tactics, already felt in con tinued heavy raids on U. S. shipping in the Okinawa area. Following announcement of ef forts to perfect suicide plane tech nique, the Japs then revealed that every navy pilot will be ordered to crash against an Allied warship. “If this tactic is successful,” it was- blandly said, “victory is assured., ... If otherwise, the navy will have many heroes for our shrine.” Besides suicidal plane attacks against U. S. military targets, the enemy threatened to dispatch pi-- loted balloon bombs against the American mainland, with the pres ent pilotless balloon bombs now! landing on the west coai-t being’ used for experimental purposes. In recently revealing their descension in this country, the army reported they caused no damage, though they constituted a threat to civ ilians if remaining unexploded. Against all this preparation of the enemy for a death struggle, lies ; the determination of the U. S. to, apply its overwhelming might to a victorious conclusion, with Pres. • Harry S. Truman’s assurance to: the Japanese people that uncondi tional surrender did not symbolize enslavement, but merely the re-; lease of Nipponese soldiers and sailors to peaceful pursuit again following the destruction of the country’s war lords. i Fa^m Prices and Production for 1945 COMPARISON OP PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR SPECIFIED FARM PRODUCTS, U» &., ^ 1942 AND 1944 (Index numb ere, 1935“59*100) ? 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The number of stock sheep on farms on January 1, 1945, was 17 per cent smaller than ,on January 1, 1942. The Bureau of Agricultural Economics has since stated that further decline in num bers of lambs raised and in wool production is expected in 1945, and for wool production the decline may continue into 1946. In addition to shortage of labor, the relationship of wool and lamb prices to prices of other farm prod ucts has been responsible for the contraction of the sheep industry. Increases in wool prices especial ly were not so great during 1943 and 1944 as the increases in prices of some other competitive farm prod ucts (see chart). For example, with 1935-39 as a base, wool prices in 1944 averaged five points higher than in 1942, lamb prices 16 points higher, beef cattle 17 points higher, dairy products 31 points higher, crops 53 points higher, and prices of all farm products 34 points high* er. When labor becomes more plen tiful the relationship of wool and lamb prices to prices of other farm products will become of increasing importance in determining th4 trend in sheep production. The outlook for lamb prices is relatively favorable in the immedi* ate years ahead but is less favor^ able for wooL Large world stock* of wool and increasing competitioa from synthetic fibers are unfavor- < able factors in the price outlook. A —— - —r - '■'T’ftf r *■* / “4 ’ ^ + I