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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, 3. C„ FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1943 THE PENNANT CRUISE (Written by Hughey Keogh (Hek), on his last New Year’s day, over 30 years ago. A perfect turn for the two pennant races of 1943.) Ready about, and we’re off again, On another leg of this blind- lead race. To finish, no one knows where or when, No cares o’er much in the present case. No backward glance at the might-have-been, No vain regrets, nor haunting fear That the course we lay is beyond our ken— We’ve squared away for an other year. We do not know what is dead ahead » (And ’tis best for us that we do not know) Or if we are leading, or being led, Or good or ills in the winds that blow. Perhaps in another way we’d go If we shaped our course with a vision clear. ’Tis a Sporting Chance—and we’d have it so— We’re squared away for anoth er year. Physical examinations in connec tion with war service have given the nation two startling facts. Both have landed with heavy thuds on the na tional conscience. No. 1, as reported by qualified officials of the war department, Is the number of young fellows in the 18 and 19-year-oid class who are un fit for service. Out of 100,000 ex amined, 25,000 have failed to pass the physical grade. As one high-ranking officer told me, “This country spends millions to take good care of its pigs, chickens and cows, but very little for its kids.” The No. 2 shock came in the knowl edge that so many star athletes are physically unfit for war service. There has been a general belief that any well- known athlete, in his prime, would make the finest pos sible soldier or sailor material. Many of them do. But an astonish ing number don’t. The fit ones make the best war material, but the num ber of unfit is numerically large. Greg Rice — champion long-dis tance runner—triple or double her- Grantland Rice ma. Craig Wood—Open Golf champion —badly affected spine, requiring se rious operation. Leo Durocher — punctured ear drum. George Kurowski—World Series star—defective arm. Byron Nelson—golf star—quick bleeder. Many others with defective eye sight, which is the leading barrier among all war-service defects. The Case of Nelson Several have written in, asking why Byron Nelson, a hale and hearty-looking athlete, who can march all day, should be deferred on the grounds of “easy bleeding,” to use the common term. This is a story that few know. Suspended from a small chain around Nelson’s neck there is a small disk, hidden from sight, with a certain number on it. Byron has been wearing this for some years. This disk represents the blood type that Nelson must have in the wake of any cut. “After just a slight cut,” Craig Wood told me, “Nelson will start a flow of blood that is unbelievable. There wouldn’t be time enough to find out just what blood type he needed for a transfusion. What to you or others might be just a scratch would be to Byron a serious matter.” The game of war offers no such de lay. It is for this reason that Byron Nelson twice has been classified in the 4-F division. Byron Nelson Those who start criticizing ary deferred person should know ail the answers and all the reasons be fore they go overboard. The various draft boards are do ing the best they can with a tough situation. Inside Story Of Toulon By J. C. Fernand-Laurent (WNU Feature—Through special arrangement with Collier’s Weekly) It was nothing but German stupid ity that lost Hitler the French fleet last November, and the arms and munitions at the great naval base of Toulon. I know the story, because I was in Toulon. Admiral De Laborde, the French commander, had received no recent instructions from Vichy. The only orders in his possession were those dating from the armistice, com manding him to resist all aggression from whatever source, and to sabo tage the fleet rather than surrender it. These orders never had been countermanded. Preparations for sabotage had been made. On the morning of November 27, Vichy, in the name of Marshal Petain and as ordered from Berlin, tried to rescind this order by telephone from Vichy to Toulon. The new instructions authorized surrender of the fleet to the Ger mans. But the telephone was not functioning. Why not? The truth is simple. Germans Cut Wires to Isolate. The German commanders at Tou lon, having completed encirclement of the place and not wishing to be disturbed in carrying out their in tentions, cut every telephone ware on the night of the 26th, and jammed all radio transmission in order to isolate the naval base from the rest of France—including Vichy. It is for this reason alone that Vichy’s orders to surrender the fleet never arrived—until too late to save the ships for Germany. Here was Justice: self-adminis tered! Many accounts have been pub lished concerning what happened at Toulon and why it happened. Most of the accounts have contained mis takes. This article, I believe, is the first true story of the heroic end of the major part of the French navy. On November 27 I was near Tou lon at the home of a member of our underground movement. We were awakened a little before seven in the morning by the crash of explosions. Germans Filter In At Night. During the night, the German troops had filtered through the sleep ing city. They encountered no one. The French sailors were aboard their ships, the infantry and the Senegalese were in the arsenal, the forts and the casements. The Ger mans hesitated, losing precious time. After a while, two columns formed, one heading toward the arsenal, the other toward the docks. Soon the Nazis were throwing themselves into every boat they could find, crowding upon pontoons they had brought with them. Suddenly a gun boomed from the flagship. Gun Signal Booms. It was the signal—the order to sabotage all ships, to destroy port installations, to spike the guns of the coastal batteries. Aboard the 70 ves sels moored or anchored in the har bor, commanders were at their posts. They gave the pre-arranged orders. Soon the old dock, the wa ter front, the harbor and the road stead—the anchorage where France’s proud ships had lived—were n» more than cemeteries. Fresh explosions came from the arsenal. Machines and workshops in the factories were being destroyed. To the south, flames and clouds of smoke from burning ammunition dumps rose high. All around the base, from the Saron to Cape Brun, there were new explosions. Mor tars, huge rifles, shells in vast quan tity—all were destroyed. France’s most powerful naval base, the work of 20 years, was a mass of smoking wreckage. Blind with rage, the Germans stormed the arsenal, killed the sen tinels and forced open the heavy gates. They were too late. There was hand-to-hand fighting in the workshops between Nazi soldiers and French workers, many of whom were killed or wounded. In their rage the invaders then turned against the cadet school, sur rounded the youngsters and by weight of numbers manacled them, thrust them into trucks and rushed them to a concentration camp. Sev eral times along the route, crowds tried to free the lads. ! A Different Matter Certain vital physical defects among leading athletes is something that can’t be helped. The case of our kids is a different matter. Unfortunately, it was a man named Hitler who first thought up the idea of training and develop ing kids of 12, 13, 14 and 15—on up through 19. This is something we have over looked. It is something we are still facing in a listless fashion—despite the fact that from 100,000 selectees, 25,000 have to be thrown out. First reports after the tragedy said that crews had gone down with their ships. This was not so. The truth was simpler but no less fine: Officers and sailors, to a man, hav ing done their work of destruction, remained at their posts to the last moment, and then in perfect or der abandoned their ships and reached shore. A number of both officers and men were explosion victims; some others were drowned. When the crews got ashore, they met heavy German forces, and most of them were taken prisoner. Last Word in Deliciousness . . . Chicken Chowder! (See Recipe Below) Get Your Protein! There’s no reason why you should not be getting your necessary pro tein into your daily menus, or why using meat alternates, i.e.—foods you use alternately with meat— should become a dull or difficult problem. Here’s your opportunity to show your family what a really smart homemaker you are—for you can keep up their ad miration for you by serving an endless variety of good egg and chicken dishes, and fish in all its variety. These foods are protein- rich and with a little ingenuity you can make a star performer out of many of them. Chicken comes beautifully to the rescue for it’s a good, complete pro tein and the supply is good, espe cially at the present time. Use chicken wisely, however, a little bit of it combined with other foods can make a meal or more out of one chicken. Here’s an example: 'Chicken Chowder. (Serves 6) 1 cup cooked, diced chicken 2 ounces salt pork, finely diced, or 4 tablespoons chicken fat 2 to 4 tablespoons onion, finely chopped ZVa cups potatoes, diced 1 cup celery, diced 2 cups chicken stock 1 No. 2 can kernel corn 1 tall can evaporated milk 14 teaspoon paprika 14 teaspoon ginger 1 teaspoon salt 14 teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons chopped parsley Cook salt pork in sauce pan over low heat until lightly browned. Add chicken and on ion and cook un til onion is soft, but not browned. Add potatoes, cel ery and chicken stock. Simmer until vegetables are tender. Add com, milk, and season ings. Heat thoroughly, stirring oc casionally. Season to taste with ad ditional salt and pepper, if desired. Serve very hot with crackers, hard rolls or toast. Make good use of crisp, cool vege tables to go into a salad with the Chicken Chowder to round out the meal: 'Chef’s Salad. Serves 6) 1 head lettuce 2 tomatoes, cut in quarters 4 spring onions, cut fine Lynn Says: The Score Card: Consumers can do a lot in stamping out the illegal sale of meat by making sure that all meat they buy comes from a carcass which carries the necessary stamps — the permit number of the slaughterer and a grade stamp. Ceiling prices are in effect in many areas for meat. They are posted by the butcher near meat counters and you can consult them when buying your meat. Changes have come about on the bread situation. No more double or triple wrapping is al lowed for bread and rolls. No more leftover bread or rolls can be returned to the baker, nor can there be any fancy racks for dis playing bread. Retail bakers are limited to 15 varieties of bread and nine va rieties of rolls in one week. Many of these measures are designed to keep bread prices down. Although outwardly, bread trimmings have been stripped, the insides are better. All white bread must now be enriched. Each loaf of white bread must contain not less than three parts nor more than four parts of milk solids to 100 parts of flour. Lynn Chambers’ Point-Saving Mena •Chicken Chowder Crisp Crackers •Chef’s Salad Stewed Rhubarb Cookies Beverage •Recipes Given 2 hearts of celery, cut fine 2 hard-cooked eggs, quartered Wash lettuce and dry in towel. Break lettuce apart, but do not cut. Place in chilled bowl and add re maining ingredients. Toss lightly to gether with french dressing. Another good dish using chicken, a complete protein food, and spa ghetti usually classified as a second clafs protein food, is combined in this way: Spaghetti and Chicken Casserole. (Serves 8) 14 cup chicken fat or shortening 14 cup chopped onion 14 cup flour - 2 cups chicken stock 1 cup grated cheese 1 cup cooked tomatoes 2 cups diced chicken I 8-ounce package spaghetti, cooked 14 cup buttered bread crumbs Melt fat and cook onions slowly for 10 minutes. Add flour, stir well, add stock, stir ring constantly, until thickened. Add cheese and stir until melted. Blend in toma toes and chicken. Place chicken mixture and spaghetti alternately in greased casserole. Cover with but tered crumbs. Bake for 25 minutes in a 375-degree oven. Ever think of creaming deviled eggs? They make a delicious main dish on warmer nights: Creamed Deviled Eggs. (Serves 4) 4 hard-cooked eggs 114 teaspoons vinegar 14 teaspoon dry mustard 14 teaspoon salt 14 teaspoon pepper 14 teaspoon sugar 114 tablespoons melted butter 14 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1 cup white sauce Cut eggs lengthwise into halves. Combine egg yolks with next seven ingredients. Beat together until well blended and smooth. Fill whites with yolk mixture, place in baking dish and cover with white sauce. Bake in a moderate (350-degree) oven 15 minutes. Serve hot on bis cuits or toasted English muffins. If desired, use 3 A cup condensed mushroom soup thinned with V* cup milk instead of the white sauce. A dessert can take the place of a protein food for a meal and help you along in getting important body building and maintaining material, if it’s a dessert like this: Oatmeal Peach Pudding. (Serves 6) 2 cups canned peaches, fresh rhubarb or apples 2 tablespoons lemon juice 14 teaspoon cinnamon 1 tablespoon butter 14 cup melted shortening 14 cup brown sugar 14 cup sifted flour 14 teaspoon salt 14 teaspoon soda % cup quick-cooking oatmeal 14 teaspoon vanilla Arrange fruit in shallow, greased baking dish. Sprinkle with lemon juice and cinnamon and dot yvith butter. Combine melted shortening and brown sugar. Sift flour, salt and soda together and mix the oat meal. Blend in sugar mixture, crumbling well, then add vanilla. Spread over fruit and bake for 45 minutes in a 350-degree oven. Serve warm with pudding sauce or top milk. Are you having difficulties planning meals with points? Stretching your meats? Lynn Chambers can give you help if you write her, enclosing a stamped, self-ad dressed envelope for your reply, in care of her at Western Newspaper Union, 210 South Desplaines Street, Chicago, Illinois, Released by Western Newspaper Union. UUJ,,J “ , r'" l M P R OV ED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HABOLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for June 6 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. PETER COMFORTS PERSE CUTED CHRISTIANS LESSON TEXT—I Peter 3:13-17; 4:12-18; 5:6-10. GOLDEN TEXT—For it is better. 11 the will of God be so, that ye suffer for weU- doing, than for evil-doing.—I Peter 3:17. What shall we do? Where shall we turn? Is there no help for us? Such are the natural and understandable cries of those who bear the heavy heartbreak of persecution. God’s Word has the answer, for from the very beginning the followers of Christ have had to meet that prob lem. Peter is especially the apostle of comfort, and the portion now before us is rich in helpful instruction. His word to persecuted people is five fold. I. Do Not Be Afraid—Christ Is Lord (3:13-17). By doing good the Christian will escape much suffering (v. 13), but if even then it comes, he is not to be afraid (v. 14). He is to sanctify Christ in his heart, that is, fully recognize the holiness of Christ and all that He is and can do for him. This is to be done in his heart. That means the exercise of full faith in Christ the Lord as the indwelling Presence. Who then can be afraid? Note that this is not just a sub jective spiritual exercise for his own enjoyment—it will show in his “good manner of life in Christ” which will put his persecutors “to shame” (v. 16). H w effectively that has worked only recently in Germany, Norway and elsewhere. II. Do Not Be Surprised—the En emy Will Attack (4:12, 13). Surprise attack is effective. Re member Pearl Harbor! Satan is an expert in strategy, and is eager to keep Christians in an easy and com fortable mood, so that he may strike a vicious blow when it is not ex pected. We best prepare to meet him when we recognize that perse cution and suffering will come. We are to bear in mind that it is not some “strange thing” which has happened; we who suffer as Chris tians are “partakers of Christ’s suf ferings.” Joy and glory are ahead. HI. Do Not Be Ashamed—You Suffer for Christ (4:14-16). Sadness and depression rest upon the one who suffers for his own evil deeds, but those who suffer for Christ’s sake may be ever rejoicing. Can you not see that “the spirit of glory and the Spirit of God” are resting (v. 14) even now on some who sit in prisons and concentra tion camps? What a glorious pic ture of His grace! It is proper to observe here that the believer is not to be guilty of that which justly brings the law’s condemnation (v. 15). Do not fail to note the last of the list of crimes— “meddler in other men’s matters.” Has not just that caused endless trouble in the church, and harmed its testimony before the world? Let’s quit meddling! IV. Do Not Worry—He Careth for You (5:6, 7). Worry! Worry! How it does crowd itself into our thinking. Yes, we know we are Christians, that we are unjustly accused or persecuted, that we are suffering for Christ’s sake. That’s all true, but how is it all com ing out? What about my family? Will they harm my children? If I do survive will I be able to start life anew? And so on—questions with out end; and soon comes the corrod ing touch of worry. What shall we do? The answer is plain. Cast all your care on Christ —“He careth for you” (v. 7). That takes an act of faith just as it does to become a Christian in the first place, but it works. The cure for all anxiety is right there—but it can only be reached by the path of humility. “Humble yourselves” (v. 6). There is the gateway to comfort, and to true exaltation in God’s own good time (cf. Jas. 6:4-10). V. Do Not Waver—God Is Your Strength (5:8-10). Steady, perfected, established in Christ, sure of his eternal destiny and with the eyes of faith seeing the glory to come—such is the man who is ready and able to meet the devil when, like a roaring lion, he seeks to disturb and devour God’s people. The believer should be ready and equipped. That does not mean that the Chris tian sits with his hands folded wait ing in a fatalistic way for the in evitable to happen. Never! He is “on the alert” with his spiritual ears at tuned to hear the approach of the enemy’s “bombers.” He is “sober and watchful” against the “roaring lion” (v. 8). Satan is unusually busy in our day. Alert Christian people see his deadly onslaughts on their breth ren, which are possibly more severe now than for many years. He is seeking to break them down physi cally, mentally and spiritually, to make them fearful, to make them timid about work for Christ, to limit their usefulness, and to steal from them their victorious assurance. He is busy—let us be alert against him. Two-Piecer That’s Oh! So Feminine EVERYTHING’S there—a young two-piece with simple moulded lines, feminine frilly trimming and expensive looking details. • • • Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1782-B. de- ■Igned for sizes 10. 12. 14, 16, 18 and 20. Corresponding bust measurements 28, 30, 32, 34. 36 and 38. Size 12 (30) requires, with short sleeves, 3% yards 39-inch ma terial. */t yard contrast for collar. Mi yards machine made ruffling. Due to an unusually large demand and current war conditions, slightly more time Is required in filling orders for a few of the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 530 South Wells St. Chicago. Enclose 20 cents in coins for each pattern desired. Pattern No Size Name Address MEDICATED POWDER FOR formerly Mexican Heat Powder. Relieve FAMILY USE diaper rash, heat rash. Fish Don’t Drink Fish live in water, breathe it, but never drink it. They get enough moisture in their food. 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