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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C„ FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1943 Washington, D. C. MORE CANNED GOODS Housewives who will get more canned goods this summer can thank the senate’s Truman commit tee. No one announced it officially, but it was due to their probing that the army recently released 30 mil lion cases of canned fruits and vege tables for civilian use. The Truman committee had re vealed the fact that huge quanti ties of canned goods were being hoarded or unwisely used by the army, when fresh vegetables were easily available. Especially reveal ing was the cross-examination of Gen. E. B. Gregory, the army’s quartermaster general, by Senator Brewster of Maine. “Why does the army feed canned grapefruit to its troops in Miami,” asked Brewster, “when grapefruit is growing fresh all over Florida?” “Because the men are too lazy to prepare fresh grapefruit,” was Gen eral Gregory’s frank reply. He also admitted that green vege tables and fruits were readily avail able to army camps during a large part of the year, but that army com missaries purchased canned goods because it was easier to prepare than fresh vegetables. The Truman committee also found that as a result of this hoarding the packers and canners were in a quandary and expected to curtail production. They knew the army had overpurchased, could never use its vast stores of canned goods. So the canners figured the army would dump this back on the market, thereby causing an oversupply just at the wrong time. That was why 30 million cases were turned back to civilian use by the army now, to ease the market while there is a civilian shortage. • • • WHITE COLLAR MINERS While the War Labor board had John L. Lewis over a barrel for asking a $2-a-day wage increase for organized coal miners, another branch of the government, the Bu reau of Internal Revenue, okayed various salary increases for non union supervisory employees in coal mines. The matter was kept hushed up by / secret-loving Internal Revenue bu reaucrats, but here are the facts: A special Internal Revenue branch, known as the Salary Stabili zation unit, functions in the salary field like the War Labor board in the wage field, to keep personal earnings below inflationary levels. The new unit must approve appli cations for all salary boosts affect ing business executives and white collar workers. While everything the War Labor board does is open to public scrutiny. Internal Revenue’s Salary Stabiliza tion unit operates strictly behind the scenes and doesn’t answer to any body. Recently, it leaked out, however, that bituminous coal mine opera tors, in a move to block union or ganization of mine “sub-bosses,” had requested government permission to increase salaries of all supervisory employees, including mine superin tendents, managers, foremen, sub bosses, etc. That white-collar in crease amounted to an average of $2 a day—just the increase the min ers asked for. • • • GRAIN FROM CANADA Food Boss Chester Davis has spent days looking for a good transporta tion man to solve that problem of bringing in wheat from Canada. Commodity Credit corporation has bought 7 Vi million bushels of Cana dian wheat, but not a bushel has moved. Meantime, dairy and poul try farmers in the Northeast are running low on feed grains. Great Lakes steamers got moving a month late, on account of the late thaw. They are loaded down with ore for the steel mills, have no space for grain. Rail movement is the only alternative. Grain stocks in the U. S. have been the heaviest in history, but so is con sumption of grain. Record-breaking animal production is eating into the stocks so fast that foreign imports must be moved. This is one time when farmers would welcome some of that much abused Argentine corn and wheat. Behind this excitement about grain supplies is one big question mark which few people outside the government realize, namely, the feeding of occupied territories. If and when invasion comes, the civilians on the invasion front, whether in France, the Low Coun tries, or the Balkans, will have to be fed from the American bread basket. Quickest way to get food to starving people is in the form of grain. • * • MERRY-GO-ROUND C, FDR has no love for the duke and duchess of Windsor, saw nothing of them when they conferred with Churchill . . . The only time Church ill ever was booed on the floor of commons was when he made his famous speech in the winter of 1936 defending Edward’s right to marry Wally and remain king of England . . . Only a handful of labor is com ing up from the Bahamas to work in the U. S. A., so this was just an excuse to see Churchill. He wants to get back to London. IF WE GET CLOTHES RATIONING (“Mr. Nelson warned that the ra tioning of clothing might be neces sary in this country.”—News item.) OPA Chairman—Mr. Twitchell, you know the charges. It is alleged you were seen going around in a new pair of pants. Inspector Binkle, will you state the facts in this case? Inspector—Well, the office got a tip that Twitchell was going around in new pants. Chairman—What color? Inspector—Gray. . Chairman—Did your informant say where he got these pants? Inspector—Yes, sir, in a black market. Mr. Twitchell—You have your facts twisted. They were black pants and I got them in a gray market. • • • Chairman—Proceed! Inspector—Well, after getting the tip I started to trail Twitchell. But for the first week every time I saw him he was wearing an old brown pair, with a green coat. Chairman—Did you determine if the coat was a black market coat? Inspector—No; there were two oth er agents on that end of it. Chairman—Proceed. What hap pened next? Inspector—Well, finally, on a Sun day morning I saw Twitchell walk ing in the park and he had on the pants in question. I closed in on him at once and took him to head quarters for a grilling. Chairman—Did he give any trou ble? Inspector—On the way down he tried to take his pants off and throw them away, thus destroying the evi dence. Mr. Twitchell—That’s a lie. I did not take them off to throw away. I suddenly founfl I had them on backwards and was correcting the error. Chairman—Do you mean to tell me a man could go around with his pants on hindside-front and not no tice it? Mr. Twitchell—In these topsy turvy days it’s easy. • • • Chairman (to inspector) — What kind of a pants card did he have, an “A,” “B” or “C”? Inspector—He only was entitled to an “A” card. Chairman—An “A” card only per mits short pants. Inspector—Twitchell was using a “B” card at the time. Chairman—How did he get it? Inspector—On a claim he needed supplemental pants. • » • Chairman (sternly to Twitchell)— Why did you need supplemental trousers? Were they business or pleasure pants? Mr. Twitchell—Business. And the business is tough on pants. Chairman—What business are you in? Mr. Twitchell — I’m a paper- hanger. • • • Chairman—Why don’t you wear overalls? Mr. Twitchell—I tried a pair but I shivered so much I got the wall paper on all crooked. Chairman—What caused the shiv ering? Mr. Twitchell—They had been frozen for the duration! . • • • THAT SUMMER VACATION The summer vacation this year, if any, will be a problem. The shorter the distance the better, Washington announces, even by train. To get any where by automobile you will have to be the discoverer of a new fuel. So what it amounts to is the Ra tioned Vacation. • • • There’s a ceiling on beach ro mances, mountain fun, marshmallow roasts, moonlight canoeing and ho tel porch gossip. With everything frozen except red ants. • • • But there will be no kicking. War is war, and the public will realize that it is lucky not to have to get a book of coupons and select its sum mer outings by the point system. • • • Up to the time when you have to study a point chart to see how deep a sunburn you are entitled to, or con sult your ration board to determine whether it will take red or blue cou pons to take a swim, all will be well. • • • No matter how limited your vaca tion may be in 1943, just bear in mind that you don’t have to register for it. • • • And remember, too, that while you are spending your two weeks in a hammock in your own backyard no neighbor is getting four weeks at a swank reshrt through the black mar ket. • • • Mr. Eastman, the transportation boss, urges the public to do as little vacationing as possible, and espe cially to avoid starting or returning on week ends. » • • He will have to do a little extra harping on this point. The Ameri- can public has become so accus tomed to leaving on Saturday that it has become a habit. Mr. Eastman should get a few good slogans at once. Something like: “Do your patriotic part with a Thursday start!” Strawberry Jam . .. It’s the Berries! (See Recipe Below) Get in the Jam! Bright little berries pushing their noses out of the greenery surround ing them makes you think of jam and jelly time, and rightfully so, for this is the time to start putting up those berries! Strawberries are usually the first to arrive on the canning scene, fol lowed very short ly by the other berries like rasp berries, cherries, and then the fruits. Don’t wait until the berries you are canning are too ripe, for those do not make the best jams and jellies. To insure success in jelly making, use a commercial pectin. There’s no sugar to waste on jelly that doesn’t jell, and no time to spend re-cook ing juices that won’t work for jelly or jam. The recipes I’m giving this year are for smaller quantities of jam and jelly for most of us do not have too much sugar to spare on canning. You’ll like this standard recipe which can be used for making sev eral different kinds of jelly: •Strawberry Jelly Red Raspberry Jelly Blackberry Jelly Boysenberry Jelly Dewberry Jelly Loganberry Jelly Youngberry Jelly (Makes 11 glasses, 6 fluid ounces each) 4 cups juice 714 cups sugar 1 bottle fruit pectin To prepare juice, crush or grind thoroughly about 3 quarts of fully ripe berries. Place in jelly bag or cloth and squeeze out juice. (If ber ries lack tartness, substitute Vt cup lemon juice for V4 cup prepared juice.) Measure sugar and juice into large sauce pan and mix. Bring to a boil over the hottest fire and add bottled fruit pectin at once, stirring constantly. Then bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard for % minute. Remove from fire, skim, pour quickly into glasses and paraffin at once. Do you like the new combination jellies? You may use the above rec ipe, preparing the required 4 cups of juice from 3 quarts of berries in cluding 2 or more of the berries list ed above. •Ripe Sour Cherry and Red Raspberry Jam. (Makes 8 glasses, 6 fluid ounces each) SVa cups prepared fruit AVa cups sugar 1 box powdered fruit pectin Lynn Says: Jelly-Making: Don’t be too am bitious. You’ll have more suc cess and be less tired out if you can only small quantities of fruit at a time and “do it right.” Unless you have all your neii.'h- bors and cousins and fam.ly helping you on canning, and have' to tackle the job alone, do not try to put up bushels of produce. Have a day for jelly-making and jam-making just as you set aside a day for washing and iron ing. Make it a rule not to have housecleaning or any other big job on the same day for you’ll be loo tired to concentrate as you should on canning. Select your jars and examine them for cracks or imperfections the day before you do your can ning. Get them all washed, too, so sterilizing is the only big job you have left when actual jelly making day comes up. In getting strawberries ready for canning or jelly, wash them before hulling. They won’t drink up as much water that way. Your Canning Shelf •Strawberry Jelly •Ripe Sour Cherry and Red Raspberry Jam •Strawberry and Pineapple Jam •Rhubarb Relish •Recipes Given To prepare fruit, pit about 1 pound of fully ripe cherries. Crush or grind thoroughly. Crush about 1 quart red raspberries. Combine fruits. Measure sugar into dry dish and set aside until needed. Measure prepared fruit into a five or six quart kettle, filling up last cup or fraction of cup with water, if neces sary. Place over hottest fire, add powdered fruit pectin, and continue stirring until mixture comes to a hard boil. Pour in sugar at once, stirring constantly. Continue stir ring, bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard X minute. Remove from fire. Skim, pour quickly. Paraffin hot jam at once. Ever tried a rhubarb relish? You can put this lovely fruit up in this way: •Rhnbarb Relish. (Makes 4 pints) 1 quart diced rhubarb 1 quart onions, finely cut 4 cups brown sugar 1 tablespoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon allspice 1 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon ginger Va teaspoon pepper 1 pint vinegar Combine all ingredients and heat slowly to boiling. Simmer 45 to 50 minutes or until thick. Turn into sterile glasses and seal with paraf fin. Serve with meat. One of the most delightful of jams is the one combining our favorites, strawberries and pineapple. •Strawberry and Pineapple Jam. (Makes 10 glasses, 8 ounces each) 2 cups crushed strawberries' X cups crushed canned or fresh pineapple 7 cups sugar W bottle commercial fruit pectin To prepare fruit, crush complete ly or grind the berries. Cut fine or grind the fresh pineapple or use already canned fruit. Combine fruits. Measure sugar and fruit into large kettle, mixing well. Bring to a full, rolling boil over high heat. Stir constantly during boiling. Boil hard 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in pectin. Stir and skim by turns for just 5 minutes to cool slightly to prevent floating fruit. Pour quickly and paraffin or seal at once. You have often heard it said that perfect jelly or jam can be ob tained even with out the use of a commercial pec tin. But, to make good jelly, the fruit must con tain both pectin and acid in the right quantity to jell—be it for jelly or jam. Straw berries contain acid but usually lack sufficient pectin. That’s why pectin of the commercial variety is added when making jelly or jam, or, as in this next recipe, lemon juice is add ed: Strawberry-Lemon Jam. 4 cups washed, hulled strawberries 5 cups sugar 14 cup lemon juice Combine sugar and berries, let ting stand a few minutes, stirring occasionally. Do not crush fruit. Bring to a boil and boil 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Add lemon juice and cook 2 minutes longer. Pom into sterilized glasses and seal at once with paraffin. Are you having difficultiet 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 Fnioa. CPORT, being a large part of a ^ large section of the human race, may need a number of changes and improvements. So does the human race. But one thing sport doesn’t need is a sport co-ordina tor or any set of sport co-ordinators working in or from Washington. Sport can take its share of punishment —but there is still a limit. Sport, left under its present guidance Grantland Rice and direction will be far better off than it could ever hope to be under govern ment direction. Considering the amateur and pro fessional side, sport still has such experienced administrators as Judge Landis, Ford Frick and William Har- ridge for baseball—Herbert Bayard Swope for racing—Major Griffiths of the Western conference and Asa Bushnell of the Eastern conference in college athletics—George Blossom and his USGA committee in golf— Elmer Layden for pro football—good men in tennis, bowling and basket ball—including the AAU. There is no perfect human being in this long list. But it should be remembered that there is no part of a perfect human being in the world we know today. The Main Idea Sport would be far better off, for the game itself and everyone con cerned which includes many, many millions, if Washington would let it work out its own destiny with the war effort, naturally, the predom inant point. It those now in charge of various sports, with their long experience, can’t handle the problems that wait ahead, then sport hasn’t * chance. Many of these have made mis takes. But those criticizing them might have made even bigger mis takes. This is no world in which to seek perfection and it is my belief that most of those directing sport have turned in a pretty fair job. Not a masterpiece, just a pretty good job. It seems to us that the government in Washington already has its full share of problems in trying to han dle the workings of the army, the navy, the marines, the air force, the coast guard, the gasoline and rub ber situation, the food tangle prices, the tax bill, inflation, the unions, the coal miners and ten or twenty other matters, without attempting to pile on another headache. There have been various rumors around that many of these problems have not yet been settled to the complete sat isfaction of the nation at large. There have even been rumors that many of these important matters have been somewhat muddled. It is difficult to understand where any good could come from the addi tion of a new snarl. The Other Side There are many who believe that there is a strong organized influence against competitive sport, and pro fessional sport in general, on the side of mass, muscle-making devel opment, devoted largely to such matters as calisthenics and non* competitive training. It can’t believe 'the country has moved into any such state of com plete insanity. Competitive sport has been one of the major factors in the develop ment of this country, and it is more needed today than it ever was be fore. We need this—not against the war effort—but as a vital part of the war effort. It is my belief that most of the leaders in Washington know this to be true. It might be that some ambassador of sport might heip a trifle in making his plea at court. I doubt it. For I believe most of those in charge at Washington un derstand the benefits that can come from a sporting program handled entirely as a war-effort benefit. • • • Philadelphia Story The true “Philadelphia Story” is wrapped around the astonishing Phillies of 1943. When Bill Cox took over this habitual inhabitant of the cellar a short while back and brought in Bucky Harris to handle the remains, the general opinion was that it would take about two years in which to remove the winding sheet. But when the Phillies lately played to over 50,000 spectators in two games, there was something new to think about in a baseball way. The season, which started darkly, is still young. And yet in this morbid beginning the Phillies have already drawn out greater crowds than 1940, 1941 or 1942 knew in mid season. 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