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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. Memos to the Editor: The War Dept, phoned our Girl Friday regarding some unhappy let ters from G.I.s in Europe. Gen. Eisenhower personally was contact ed, said the caller, and “couldn’t believe anyone would say or write it.” . . . The letters, it appears, dealt with a “rumor” that this col umn allegedly published—but we never said it or broadcast it or wrote it or anything! . . . The griev ance was over a report that G.I.s in the European zone “with 70 points or more” couldn’t come home to the 17. S. because they had crim inal records or vd. . . . Drew Pear son finally revealed that it originat ed in London recently over the Brit ish Broadcasting System. . . . We have since been told that Gen. Eisen hower is so informing all concerned among our troops abroad. A news weekly recently reported that two of the eight saboteurs (who were landed by Nazi sub at Long Is land and Florida) had tipped the FBI of the landings and that these two men were promised “a break” and didn’t get it. . . . These two are named Dasch and Burger. . . . The military tribunal decided all eight be put to death, but J. Edgar Hoo ver told FDR that Dasch and Bur ger had helped considerably, and it was FDR who commuted their death sentences to 30 years for one and life for the other. . . . Dasch, it appears, is “almost a mental case,” and Burger “still is helpful to our gov’t as a witness against former enemies.” . . . When the war is of ficially declared ended by Congress they’ll prob’ly be deported to Ger many The late Blaze, owned by the El liott Roosevelts, continues to wield influence on air travel, Gen. Hap Arnold and his wife are flying to the Coast about New Year’s when the General steps into a top job in non military aviation. They hoped to take along (by plane) their cocker spaniel, but Mrs. Arnold was wor ried there’d be another newspaper controversy. She didn’t worry long —every company on the West Coast offered to send a plane. . . . Ex- Cong. Maury Maverick, now in Ja pan, says: “Not enough news or broadcasts about the Pacific. Gen. MacArthur is the right man for holding down the Japs, and we are demobilizing in the U. S. A. too fast!” President Truman stepped in and prevented the budget director from shaving FBI appropriations. Tru man is giving the G-Men the same support they got from Roosevelt Our recent fact that J. Edgar Hoo ver (after 24 years’ service to the U. S.) is broke, brought him several offe ;s from big firms to take execu tive posts at fancy wages, but he is staying in Washington indefinitely. . . . His former special agent in charge of the Detroit, office (John Bugas), who resigned to become Henry Ford’s public relations chief, is said to be getting $65,000 per an num. Another report is $50 000. . . . Mr. Hoover gets $10,000. . . At one time he got $9,000 while the Dept, of Justice press agent got 10 Gs. . . . Incidentally, the various reports on LaGuardia’s salary as a commentator are said to be exag gerated. . . . The report that “$100,- 000 is low” does not jell with what insiders claim—that it is $50,000. Bigtown Vignette: Reporters tell it about one of the craft who was assigned down the bay to meet a liner bringing home troops. ... He was to particularly interview one of the heroes. . . . The reporter was armed with copy paper and pencils, but wnen he sat at his typewriter he couldn’t do the story. . . . “I’m sorry,” he told his city editor, “I can’t even figure how to get two paragraphs out of it. I told him we wanted to do a nice piece about him being a hero, and this is all I could get out of him. 7’e said: ‘First we stood and shivered in the wet. Then we ran like the devil. There was a heluva noise and then I heard a nurse say: ‘Drink this, please’.” The Big Parade: Wally and Noah, the cheery Beerys, looking like Waldorphans as they waited for cabs in front of that hotel. . . . Ella Raines, the Hollywood eyeful, cross ing 51st and L’Avenue des Amer- iques. . . . Walter Abel raising Cain with a Sardi’s waiter. . . . Bing Crosby at the Jerome Kern memo rial rehearsal as the rumor spread Ifcat Bing had suddenly passed away. . . . Hattie Carnegie, the fash- ionist, looking very chic in creations of her own. . . . Nancy Carroll and her former groom, producer Jack Kirkland, still the best of pals. Broadwayites suspect the reason Rita Hayworth’s marriage to Orson Welles curdled is that he stepped out of the shower one day and she forgot to shout: “Bravo!” . . . Ex- Ambassador Hurley would like the GOPresidential candidacy, but will settle for veepee. . . . Hank Green berg may get the Ford agency in N. Y. . . . Sec’y of the Navy For- restal has assigned several smart intimates around the nation (one is Clendenin Ryan Jr.) to form civilian lobbies to fight the army’s unifica tion plan. ll.Phillipr Man in Search of Hotel Room Applicant.—Can I get a suite? Clerk.—You’re in the wrong line; the psycopathic cases are in that other one. Applicant. — I’m not crazy; I’m just over-planning. Clerk—Please stop annoying me. Applicant. — Very well, I want to be reasonable . . . I’ll forget the suite and take a double room with bath. Clerk.—You just wish to be real fair? Applicant. — That’s it. I might even consider a single. Clerk.—For what week next July? Applicant.—Don’t make it that dif ficult. I’ve got to have a place to sleep tonight. Clerk.—Anybody who sleeps here tonight has been booked since Pearl Harbor. Applicant. — There must have been somebody cancel since that time. Clerk. — There is no such thing as a cancellation any more. If a man decides not to come he raffles off his reservation. • • • Applicant (confidentially). — Lis ten, I have a reservation. I wrote in four months ago. Clerk.—What was the name? Applicant.—Eisenhower. Clerk.—There are 26 Eisenhowers here now. Applicant.—Come to think of it, my name is Chester Bowles. Clerk. — We have 11 Chester Bowles, 18 General Marshalls and 7 MacArthurs ahead of you. Applicant.—You look like a feller I went to school with back in Ansonia. Clerk.—That’s an old one. Applicant. — How’s your mother? Clerk.—That’s been tried, too. Applicant. — What of democ- cracy? . . . the pursuit of life, lib erty and indoor sleeping? Clerk. — Don’t rub it in. I tell you flatly there are no rooms. Applicant. — Then why do they put clerks at these windows? Clerk. — We’re being DISCI PLINED! • * • THOUGHTS IN A HOUSING CRISIS The woodchuck now seems smart to me— On me he has the laughter: He digs himself a winter home— And pulls the thing in after! I’m even jealous of the skunk— His odor I’m forgivin’: I’d gladly smell that way if. I Could dig a place to live in. $ $ * The housing crisis has reached a point where it is suggested that “Tenting Tonight” or “Home, Sweet Home” was an American folk song. Six Argentina autoisls have com pleted a trip from Buenos Aires to New York by automobile over the Pan American highway, They report the most disturbing feature of the trip to have been those constant cracks, “Hey, where do you think you’re going?” • • • The German general staff ranked Ike Eisenhower as the greatest mili tary man on our side, with Patton the most feared commander in the field. They reached the conclusion upon recovering consciousness. * • * Elmer Twitchell is writing a book about congress. Title: “Forever Yammer.” • * Henry Ford is considering an an nual wage for employees instead of a weekly one. Under such a plan a worker will know that there will be no season of the year when he will be driving in neutral. * * * The Office of Price Stabilization says the cost of living increase since January, 1941, has been 33 per cent. You can tell from this that it hasn’t tried to buy an apple pie, a pair of socks, a bathtub faucet or toy for Junior in all that time. * * * Barney Oldfield has remarried the wife he divorced almost a quarter of a century ago. The old models are the best. • * • MacArthur’s war criminals hunt is now so close to the throne that Emperor Hirohito must feel as if he were sitting on one of those dis appearing chairs at Steeplechase Park. * * * There is every indication that among their New Year resolutions for 1946 many people took a pledge to give up working. * • • Travel Note Let grandma tote the suitcase, Let baby fetch and carry. For now, alas, the Red Cap Is purely legendary. • • • The sentence imposed on Yama- shita ends the philosophy of the Japs that no noose is good news. One billion, three hundred and six million dollars were bet on horses at the tracks this year. This is not hard to explain: Horses were the only things not hard to get. Ari - + * * * * ★ * * mmswww MEMOS • - Cake Is a Welcome Treat for Returning Servicemen! (See Recipe Below) Welcome Home Parties If your favorite serviceman is coming home, either on a furlough or a discharge, then you’ll want to welcome him home with plenty of mouth-water ing cakes and cookies. These, among other things, are the foods they’ve been dreaming about, so plan to have them in generous quantity. What about the shortage of sugar? There’s no need to worry about that as long as you can get syrups which substitute so nicely. If you follow the recipes exactly as they’re giv en, the texture and taste will be per fect. You won’t even miss the sug ar. Keep simplicity in mind for these “Welcome Home” parties. Cake or cookies, perhaps some ready-made sandwich fillings in the refrigera tor, fruit and beverages are all you will need. There should be no fuss or bother, just plenty of good food, served appetizingly. The following cake is made by the newer, -shorter method, and can be done either by hand or with an electric mixer, if you are lucky enough to have one. Use the clock or count accurately when beating. ♦Delicate White Cake. 2 cups sifted cake flour ZYz teaspoons double-acting baking powder *4 teaspoon salt 114 cups sugar 3 egg whites 14 cup vegetable shortening 74 cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla Sift flc once, measure into sifter with baking powder, salt and 1 cup of sugar. Beat egg whites until foamy. Add remaining Vi cup sugar gradually, beating only until the mixture will hold up in soft peaks. Set aside. Have shortening at room temper ature; mix or stir just to soften. Sift in dry ingredients; add milk and vanilla and mix until all the flour is dampened. Then beat 2 minutes. Add egg white mixture and beat 1 minute longer. (Count only actual beating time, or beating strokes. Al low 100 to 150 full strokes per min- iJ?e. Scrape bowl and beater often.) Turn batter into two 8-inch layer pans which have been greased, lined on the bottoms with waxed pa per and greased again. Bake in a moderate (375- degree) oven about 25 minutes. Spread prepared Butterscotch or Chocolate filling in between layers and sprinkle top with powdered sug- Corn Syrup Substitution: Use Vz cup corn syrup and % cup sugar in above recipe. Measure Vi cup sug ar into sifter and use Vi cup sugar in meringue. Decrease milk 2 ta blespoons. Combine syrup with milk and vanilla. If you prefer icing the cake to sprinkling powdered sugar, over it, then you will want a festive Fur lough Frosting. Furlough Frosting. 2 egg white.. % teaspoon salt 1 cup light corn syrup 1 teaspoon vanilla LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU Furlough Party Ham, Cheese and Egg Salad Sandwiches Tossed Salad Hot Chocolate or Hot Coffee ♦Delicate White Cake Candies Nuts ♦Recipe given. LYNN SAYS: To Make Soup: Place soup meat and bones in cold water and allow to come slowly to the boil ing point. Soups should be sim mered slowly to bring out their full flavor. A good proportion to use is 1 quart of water to every pound of bone and meat. Soup stock will keep several days in the refrigerator if stored in freshly scalded jars or pitch ers. The cake of fat which forms on top should not be removed until all the stock has been used. Then it can be rendered and used for frying or for the fat salvage. A good batch of soup stock can be used for several days. The first part can be cooked with veg etables; the second batch with noodles or rice; and the third time herbs or dumplings may be added. To make clear soup, the white of 1 egg may be mixed with 1 teaspoon of cold water and boiled in the soup for 2 minutes. The crushed egg shell may also be used before boiling, and removed by straining through a cheese cloth. Beat egg whites with salt until stiff enough to hold up in peaks but not dry. Pour syrup in a fine stream over the egg whites, beating constantly about 10 to 15 minutes, or until of the right consistency to spread. Add vanilla. Honey Frosting: Use above rec ipe substituting 1 cup honey for syrup. Omit vanilla. When making cookies for the re turning serviceman, be wise and se lect recipes that use inexpensive ingredients but make plenty of good cookies. Try these, for example; Mincemeat Refrigerator Cookies. (Makes 7 dozen cookies) 74 cup shortening 1 cup sugar 14 teaspoon lemon extract 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind 1 egg, beaten 214 cups flour 14 teaspoon salt 14 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon 14 cup mincemeat 14 cup chopped nuts Cream together shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add lem on extract and lemon rind. Add beaten egg and mix well. Sift to gether flour, salt, soda and cinna mon. Fold gradu- ally into the creamed mixture altc ately with the mincemeat. Add nuts. Mix into a stiff dough. Form into rolls and wrap in waxed paper. Store in re frigerator until ready to use. Slice Vi inch thick and bake on ungreased cookie sheets in a moderate (350- degree) oven about 15 minutes. Spicy Pumpkin Cookies. (Makes 2 dozen cookies) 14 cup fat Vn cup sugar 1 egg, beaten Vi cup cooked, prepared pumpkin 1 cup flour 2 teaspoons baking powder Vt teaspoon salt 114 teaspoons cinnamon Va teaspoon ginger 74 teaspoon nutmeg Vt cup raisins Vs cup chopped nuts Cream fat, add sugar gradually. Cream until light and fluffy. Add egg and pumpkin; mix well. Sift flour once; measure. Sift flour, bak ing powder, salt and spices togeth er. Add dry ingredients and mix until well blended together. Add raisins and nuts. Drop by spoon fuls on a greased cookie sheet. Bake in a moderate (375-degree) oven for approximately 15 minutes. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE P AUL MUNI and Charles Rains like the original screen play, “Angel on My Shoulder” well enough to want to co-star in it; Producer Charles Rogers liked it well enough to pay $60,- 000 for it. It was written by Harry PAUL MUNI Segall, who wrote “Here Comes Mr. Jordan,” so maybe the public will like it as well as they did that one. It’s a film fantasy, laid mostly at the Devil’s estate in Hades. Muni will play the role of a gangster there, Rains will be seen as the Devil him self. Meanwhile, Art Director Herz- brun is having his troubles; he’s in vestigating all the conceptions of Hades which exist today, trying to decide just what most people think it looks like. Want to swap predictions for 1946 with Darryl F. Zanuck? Last year he said that Jeanne Crain, Vivian Blaine, June Haver, William Eythe and Dick Haymes would achieve stardom within a year. Now he pre dicts that Mark Stevens, Glenn Langan, Richard Conte, Nancy Guild and Rex Harrison are those most likely to achieve stardom in Hollywood during the next 12 months. For months Dick Powell and his wife, June Allysori, have been look ing forward to the day when they’d move into their remodeled Brent wood home. The work was delayed and delayed, while the Powells were evicted from one hotel and apart ment after another. Came Decem ber 20, the great day—Dick had to spend it rehearsing his “Rogue’s Gallery” broadcast, and June su pervised the moving alone. Claudette Colbert plans to spend the first three months of 1946 in New York, just resting. During 1945 she made three pictures; now, with at tendance at the New York opening of “Tomorrow Is Forever’’ her only definite date till Easter, she hopes to do nothing but catch up with all the things she’s been wanting to do for the last four years. But watch those radio dates bob up! Joan Davis’ daughter, Beverly Wills, used to spurn Joan’s bedtime- story offers, saying, “What! With that voice?” Now “that voice,” starred coast to coast Monday nights on CBS, has the last laugh on daughter—in the movie, “George White’s Scandals,” Beverly does a take-off on Joan as a child. And Joan’s voice was dubbed in to re place Beverly’s girlish tones. It all sounds pretty fantastic, and nobody could be much more in the dark about the whole thing than Hedy Lamarr. The tale is that she and George Eingfield submitted to the U. S. government complete de tails of their own invention of a steering device for torpedoes, four years ago. The plans and model were accepted for investigation, then nothing more was heard about it. But just as Hedy was about to start work in Hunt Stromberg’s “The Strange Woman,” London newspapers broke a story about the invention, inferring that it was one of the war’s secret weapons. Could be. But who can be blamed for thinking it’s just a beautiful dream of a smart press agent? Bob Hawk, of “Thanks to the Yanks,” drew a capacity audience recently in a rather unorthodox way. Missing a plane in New Ha ven, Conn., en route to Boston from New York, he fell asleep in the air port waiting room. One hour later he woke up to find a large audience of men, women and children watch ing him—maybe hoping he’d talk In his sleep and divulge a few answers. ODDS AND ENDS — Thai tap-tap-tap- ping you may mistake for added sound ef fects on “The Theater Guild of the Air” is Harold Levy beating a baton tattoo on his music stand to arouse Florence Wightman, harpist—she becomes so interested in the play that she sometimes misses her music cues. . . . On the day when Sidney Black- mer’s son, Brewster, was born, he received a fan letter postmarked “Brewster, Oct. 31, 4 P. M.” the exact moment of the baby’s birth. . . . Michael Curtis interviewed 50 applicants for the role of the four red headed sons in “Life IFith Father,” just as a starter. It'll be filmed in technicolor. SEWWG CIRCLE PATTERNS A Simple, Efficient Home Frock Appliqued Jumper-Jacket for Tots 2-6 yn. 1420 14-46 Gay House Dress L OOK bright and gay at the breakfast table in this simple house dress with clever side but toning, over-shoulder ruffles and flattering lines. Make it in a pret ty floral print, checks or bold polka-dots. 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