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THR NEWHERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. Japan’s Resources By Max Hill (WNU Feature—Through special arrangement with The American Magazine.) We hear a lot about Hitler’s For tress of Europe, but seldom about Japan’s larger, and vastly richer. Fortress of Asia. Yet, if you could shuffle the lands of the earth around as you do pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, you would find that Hitler’s empire could be tucked away in far less than half of the area that Japan now rules. Emperor Hirohito’s domain is larger than continental United States, and he has more than he can use of many vital war materials which are so scarce here that our scientists are on day and night shifts trying to find practical substitutes. It is the richest natural area in the world, and its resources transformed Japan overnight from a poor rela tion among the world powers into an empire that spreads from the cold of the northern Pacific to the tropical heat of the Indian ocean below the equator. And a determined enemy is welding this conquered region into a war machine that, given time, will dwarf the military might the other end of the Axis has at its com mand. The areas which Japan either cap tured or just walked into and took over, amount to some 3,100,000 square miles and contain fabulous quantities of war materials. All of it was taken in the first few months of the war, and since that time we have been able to recapture not much more than 20,000 square miles, Germany does have one important advantage over her Pacific ally: She is looting a continent which already was industrial; Japan’s conquests, for the most part, were in an area predominantly agricultural and primitive. Japan must fight a war steadily growing more serious for her, and at the same time build the war plants to handle the plenty that is there for the taking. She is some what like the burglar trying to tote off more than he can carry. Plenty of Oil. As to resources, let’s take oil first, as one of Japan’s most necessary raw materials. Before the war, Ja pan stored up millions of gallons of the oil she bought from us and from the Netherlands East Indies. Then she struck, and you may be sure she didn’t start out empty-handed. To kyo’s radio boasts that she now has approximately 70 per cent of the In dies oil wells back in production. The Indies produce less than one twenty-fifth of the oil flowing from American wells, about 2,500,000,000 gallons each year. But Burma has oil wells, too, and I am told by sources I know are reliable that the Japanese program for this year is to store 42,000,000 gallons of oil, just put it away for the future. Even so, they are at work at home, taking 3,500,000 barrels of oil each year from the Manchukuo shale fields, extracting oil from coal, experi menting with oil from sardines for glycerine, and with oil from soya beans, boiling pine-tree stumps for another type of oil, and—most im portant of all—building synthetic •il plants. The synthetic plants, which are scattered throughout the empire, are the big question mark in Japan’s oil production. Some of them use German patents; others a process invented by the Japanese them selves. We have never been able to locate all of them or find out how much they are producing. Rubber, Tin and Quinine. Oil is only the beginning of the riches of the Indies. This great re gion also produces one-third of the world’s natural rubber; one-fifth of the tin; 90 per cent of the quinine, so valuable in tropical fighting; and extensive deposits of nickel; bauxite (from which aluminum is made), manganese, gold, and silver. But Japan can put all of these riches in a side pocket and forget them, with the exception of the nick el on the island of Celebes, and look with greedy eyes on the rest of the conquered area. Including the Indies, this empire produces 98.8 per cent of the world’s natural rubber and 80 per cent of the world’s tin. Two million tons of ore high in iron content are dug out of the Malaya mines each year, and the Japanese are now supposed to be busy on a plant to smelt this ore near Singapore. We read frequently of the difficul ties Japan has with her shipping, but you never hear any mention of the American tonnage it takes to bring tin from Bolivia, halfway down the west coast of South Amer ica, and inland, a much longer haul than the Japanese have. The enemy has 80 per cent of the world’s tin; we have about 15 per cent, which is what Bolivia pro duces, and by agreement we have to split most of that with England. Do you wonder, now, at the almost desperate pleas of the government that we save our used tin cans? by OR. JAMES W. BARTON Released by Western Newspaper Union. LOW BACK PAIN Dr. Barton Whenever I see a man with a stiff or “poker” back and a drawn ex pression on his face walking “care fully” along the street, I want to stop and ask him about what caused it. I feel this way be cause I had an at tack of, low back pain due to injury and others due to in fected teeth and ton sils. As I have had no trouble for many years I am natural ly anxious to help others get rid of their trouble. Being a physician, I can not, of course, discuss the matter with these patients. One of the causes of low back pain and sciatica (pain in hip running down back of leg) which was un known until recently is rupture or crushing of the cushion or disk be tween two of the bones in the spinal column in the lower back. In the Canadian Medical Associa tion Journal, Drs. Donald McEach- em and William V. Cone point out other symptoms besides the low back pain and sciatica. The full pic ture includes (a) onset of back pain and sciatica, or both, following strain or injury; (b) the symp toms come and go; (c) symptoms grow worse by bending backwards and sideways and by coughing and sneezing and straining; (d) ten derness on stretching or pressure on the sciatic nerve situated on the buttock and down back of thigh and leg; (e) tenderness on deep pres sure on the back to the side of the disk or cushion that is crushed or ruptured; (f) increased pain, de creased pain, or complete lack of pain in the part of the skin over the nerve root supplying the part; ankle jerk is less them normal or absent altogether. - Drs. McEachem and Cone point out that low back pain due to a ruptured disk may be severe but the patient is unable to describe it clearly and that disease of kidney, bladder, or abdominal organs may be suspected and even operations performed. Where the skin over the back and the affected side is un usually painful or sensitive to the prick or stroke of a pin, and the sensation is described as “vibrat ing,” “spreading” or painful, it is considered due to a ruptured disk and not to any kidney or abdominal disease. • • • Infants Require Some Solid Food A story of former years concerned the circus manager and the tame lion. At one part of the act an at tendant put his head into the lion’s mouth. This attendant being sick, the manager asked another attend ant, a new man, to take his place. He refused, whereon the manager said, “The lion is very tame, he was brought up on milk.” “So was I brought up on milk but I eat meat now,” was the attend ant’s reply. Milk has been, and is, the great standby of infant and children feed ing; in fact, adults are advised to drink a pint of milk daily. How ever, milk is not a complete food as children grow older, and the question arises as to when and how solid foods should be added to the diets of children. Dr. T. G. H. Drake, Toronto, in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, states that in introducing solid foods into the diet of infants, the regular feeding intervals should remain the same. New foods should be offered one at a time. The first solid food should be a cereal thor oughly cooked and be porridge-like, not a gruel, containing minerals and vitamins; the cereal should contain wheat, oats and com meals, with added minerals and vitamins. Whole grain brown cereals, while higher in minerals and vitamins than the white cereals, may be ir ritating to the infant’s bowel on ac count of the bran they contain. Cereals for infants should be cooked for one to four hours in the proportion of % cup of cereal to 1V4 to 2 cups of water. The water is measured into the upper portion of the double boiler, a pinch of salt added, and the water brought to a boil. The cereal is added slowly with constant stirring to prevent lumping. While milk is the most complete food known, “milk alone, either hu man tor cow’s, provides all the food necessary only the first month of life, after which other foods, must he added.” • • • QUESTION BOX Q.—Is there a cure for mucous colitis? A.—Care of mucoas colitis rests with the patient. He or she mast try to keep relaxed in mind and body. Q.—Will you please tell me what causes an overabundance of electric ity in the body? A.—Everybody seems to have some electricity; you appear to have more than the average. Nothing needs to be done about it. Entertain Simply, But Do Entertain Even in Wartime One small recipe can provide two dozen of these small, fluffy candle cakes which will be a delight at any get-together for your dessert lunch eon or afternoon refreshment. They’re particularly nice for a birth day. i- Now that you’ve finished entertain ing the family and relatives during the holidays, you can get back to your club work and social activity in Lynn Chambers’ Point-Saving Menu For Luncheon *Tomato Aspic Vegetable Salad •Finger Sandwiches •Coconut Candle Cakes Beverage •Recipe Given •Tomato Aspic Vegetable Salad. (Serves 8) 1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin M cup cold water Z cups tomato juice M teaspoon salt 14 teaspoon celery salt I tablespoon grated onion 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1V4 cups grated raw carrot V4 cup diced celery 2 green onions, sliced 44 cup sliced stuffed olives Mayonnaise or salad dressing Soak gelatine in cold water. Heat 1 cup tomato juice to boiling. Add gelatin and stir until dissolved. Add celery, salt, grated onion, Wor cestershire sauce, lemon juice and remaining tomato juice. Stir to blend. Pour into a ring mold. Chill until firm. Un mold. Fill center with carrot, cel ery, green onions and olives which have been mixed with salad dress ing. earnest: Most of us, from either the budget or ration point consideration, can not afford to en tertain for lunch eon as we did for merly, but we can still afford the same gracious hospitality, even with less food for our guests. Should you wish to entertain at luncheon, do so with a simple salad, sand wiches or beverage. Or, it’s very fashionable to entertain at a dessert and beverage luncheon. A simple cake to go nicely with your dessert luncheon or afternoon refreshment is this one. The sur prise item is coconut which now has found its way, even though in small quantity, to some markets: •Coconut Candle Cakes. (Makes 2 dozen small) 1% cups sifted cake flour 144 teaspoons double acting baking powder 44 cup butter or substitute 1 cup sugar 2 eggs, unbeaten 44 cup milk 1 teaspoon lemon or vanilla extract 1 cup moist sweetened coconut Sift flour once, measure, add bak ing powder and sift together 3 times. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addi tion. Add flour, alternately with milk, a small amount at a time, beating after each addition until smooth. Add flavoring. Turn into lightly greased cupcake tins filling %' full. Bake in a moderate (375- degree) oven 20 minutes or until done. Frost with snowy lemon frost ing and sprinkle with moist, sweet ened coconut. Arrange cakes on a platter and insert candle holder with candle on each cake. Snowy Lemon Frosting. 2 egg whites, unbeaten 144 cups sugar 3 tablespoons water 2 tablespoons lemon juice 44 teaspoon grated lemon rind Combine egg whites, sugar, water and lemon juice in top of double boiler, beating with rotary egg beat er until thoroughly mixed. Place over rapidly boiling water, beating constantly with rotary egg beater and cook 7 minutes or until frosting stands up in peaks. Remove from boiling water, add lemon rind and beat until thick enough to spread. Makes enough frosting for 2 dozen cupcakes. Well-seasoned finger sandwiches made from flaked fish will go well with an aspic salad for a very lovely luncheon: Lynn Says Bits of Wisdom: Gentle treat ment is the rule for eggs. They are liable to get tricky if you use anything else. Pare, not peel potatoes. You’ll be able to see the difference. When boiling potatoes, be sure to use boiling water, plenty of salt. For mashed potatoes, use en thusiasm plus a wooden spoon and don’t spare either. Waffles should he crisp. Don’t open the waffle baker while the iron is steaming. That means it’s cooking. Recipes are a chart and a guide. Good cooks as well as brides need them—then you can always get good results, avoid failure. Save Used Fats! This satisfying main course is pre pared by melting 44 pound of proc ess cheese with 44 cup evaporated milk, seasoning with Worcestershire sauce and 44 teaspoon prepared mustard, then serving on toast with poached egg. It’s delicious. Dieting friends will welcome this combination custard and cake des sert because it doesn’t contain as many calories as rich desserts. It’s delicate and ideal when served with tea for afternoon refreshment. Lemon Cups. (Serves 6) 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons butter or substitute 3 egg yolks, beaten 44 cup flour 44 teaspoon salt 144 cups milk, scalded 5 tablespoons lemon juice 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind 3 egg whites, stiffly beaten Cream together sugar and butter. Add egg yolks. Beat in flour and salt. Add milk. Stir in lemon juice and rind. Fold in egg whites. Pour into custard cups. Bake at 375 de grees for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees. Bake for 35 minutes longer or until a toothpick thrust into the center comes out dry. Chill. Serve directly from custard cups. ( Your guests, young or old, will like these attractive corsages. They’re very much edible and good, too! Popcorn Corsages. (Makes 16) 1 cup sugar 44 cup water 1 teaspoon vinegar 2 tablespoons light corn syrup 44 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon butter 1 teaspoon red food coloring 6 cups popped corn Combine sugar, water, vinegar, corn syrup and salt; stir until sugar dissolves’. Cook to hard ball stage (265 degrees F.). Remove from heat; add butter and coloring. Re serve small amount of syrup for fastening wooden skewers. Pour over popped corn, stirring constant ly. Form into two-inch balls. Dip skewers into syrup; push into balls. Back with lace-paper doilies and cellophane circles. Tie on bows of ribbon or cellophane. If you want sugar-saving suggestions, ui. ite to Lynn Chambers, Western Newspa- ps r Union, 210 South Desplaines Street, Chicago 6, Illinois. Don’t forget to enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope jot your reply. Released by Western Newspaper Union. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of ChicaKO. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for January 16 „ Lesson subjects and Scripture texts lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education: used by permission. JESUS ANSWERS HIS CRITICS LESSON TEXT—Mark 2:23-3:(. GOLDEN TEXT—Blessed are ye. when men shall revile you. and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.—Matthew 5:11. Criticism and opposition was the constant lot of our Lord as He gave Himself in His labor of love for man kind. It follows His disciples to this day, for men seem to have not only ingratitude, but an evil spirit which rewards kindness with hard words and unjust accusation. The scribes and Pharisees had al ready found ground for their com plaint, for He had eaten “with pub licans and sinners” (2:16). The fact that He went there to win Matthew and to heal the sinsick (2:17) made no difference. Then they wanted to know why His disciples did not ob serve a fast (2:18) in the solemn way they should. How could they, when the Lord was in their midst? They were joyful. In our lesson we find these hating, watching enemies of our Lord’s showing their bitterness in two ways. I. Open Accusation (2:23-28). They got at Him this time through His beloved disciples. It was the indirect approach so often used by cowardly people who want to hurt someone, but who dare not face him squarely. They spread evil reportr or unkind criticism about a loved one, and thus wound the one they hate. Their accusation was, however, in a sense a direct one. They claimed that He was the one who had per mitted His disciples to violate the Sabbath law by plucking and rub bing the ears of com to prepare them to be eaten. In other words, He had allowed them to do a secular thing on a sacred day and thus to violate the holiness of the Sabbath. What they did was not wrong, blit they did it on the wrong day, said these critics. Jesus met the charge by reaffirm ing the high viewpoint of God con cerning man. We have lowered our coi.ception of man’s position, while at the same time exalting his unde pendable judgment. Everything that concerns man is sacred in the sight of God. Hunger is natural, God made man that way. He gets hungry on the Sabbath day, so he must have food on that day. The Sabbath was made to serve him, and he must not be harmed or hin dered by his servant. Now, someone will say: “Th*t means I can do what I like on the Sabbath—or the s Lord’s Day.” No, it does rot. What you need is right. What you desire may not be. You are more than an animal, so you must have more than physical rest and recreation on Sunday. You are more than a mental being, hence you need more than culture—read ing, music or friendship on that day. You are a spiritual being and must have fellowship with God. See how nicely it all balances up when we go God’s way. Then noth ing that concerns us is common or secular. It is all sacred. II. SUent Hatred (3:1-6). Open criticism is bad, but it be comes worse when it is hidden in the heart of a watching man (v. 2), one who looks for his opportunity to strike. The scene is a most dramatic one. Jesus came into the synagogue on the Sabbath day as was His cus tom. (By the way, is it your cus tom to go to church on Sunday?) “In that synagogue was a man with a withered hand. Here occurs one of those incidental things, which are so full of beauty in these narratives. Seeking to find accusation against Him, His enemies neverthe.'ess all unconsciously paid Him a supreme compliment. They associated Him Immediately, not with the chief seat of the synagogue, but with the most needy man in the crowd.” “They watched Him” (v. 2). The air was full of silent, malicious, cun ning hatred. Jesus faced them with an alternative so high, so holy and exacting that they dared not speak. He pointed out that we either do good or harm, heal fit kill, by our response to a human need. It can not be ignored. What would they do with it? Keep their strict man made regulations, or honor God by helping a needy one on the Sabbath? They dared not answer. Then He healed the man. He did not touch him. He did not do any work, except a miraculous healing. But it was enough. The Herodians and the Pharisees, who hated each other, now became friends because they both hated Jesus. What an awful picture of what may be in the human heart, even in the Lord’s house on the day of wor ship. What was in your heart when you last went into the church? Love and a desire for the good of your neighbor, or hatred and malice? Here again our Lord declared the dignity of man in the plan of God, and placed his need above the keep ing of a day. We are too little in terested in the help we can give, and too fearful of the criticism of others. Gems of Thought T- HAVE yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.—Charles M. Schwab. For duty, duty must be done; The rule applies to everyone. And painful though that duty be. To shirk the task were fiddle-de-doe. —r. S. GILBERT Let the sap of reason quench the fire of passion. — Shake speare. I hold that to need nothing is divine, and the less a man needs the nearer does he ap proach divinity—Socrates. WHY TAKE HARSH LAXATIVES? 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