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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.
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Lemon and water is good for
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