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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C.
FORTUNATE . . . Robert and Elly Lindahl and sons feel “for
tunate” that they have a two-room apartment and can live in Den
mark. Family income is about $1,600 a year, with $200 going for
taxes. Pauline Frederick, WNU Foreign Correspondent, was a guest
in their home.
EUROPE’S unit PEOPLE—1946
Copenhagen Most ‘American’
Of All Cities on the Continent
By'PAULINE FREDERICK
WNU Foreign Correspondent
COPENHAGEN.—Denmark’s revered Grundtvig has said that
this is a land where “few have too much and fewer have too little.”
Copenhagen is a city of one million, containing one-fourth of the
population of the whole country. And I might add that American
army men visiting here on leave are saying that Copenhagen re
minds them more of an American city than any place they have
seen over here. .
SERVICE
EDITOR'S NOTE: Thir- newspaper,
through sp°cial arrangement with the
Washington Bureau of Western Newspaper
Union at 1616 Eye Street, N. W., Washing’
ton, l). C., is able to bring readers this
weekly column on problems of the veteran
and serviceman and his family. Questions
may be addressed to the above Bureau and
they will be answered in a subsequent col
umn. No replies can be made direct by
mail, but only in the column which will
appear in this newspaper regularly.
Units’ Locations a Secret
The war department has an
nounced that as of March 13 no
further information will be fur
nished as to the whereabouts of tri-
ous units in the armed force., as
they have done during the past sev
eral months. The army explains that
during the period of redeployment
when so many units were moving
in transit from one sector to an
other they permitted publication of
the positions of these units.
At this time, however, the army
says that the billets of the various
units are more or less semi
permanent and that again, for
reasons of military security, their
positions will not be publicized.
So please do not ask us to obtain
this information as we have done
in the past.
• • •
Ten regional offices and 12 forest
and range experiment stations have
been qualified to give soil con
servation and forest field work
training to veterans by the depart
ment of agriculture. The training
course may be confined to on-the-
job methods or a combination of
this training and a course in an edu
cational institution. Employment
within the U. S. D. A. or with pri
vate interests is an objective.
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Questions and Answers
Q. When I was shipped to the
states for discharge, I was told to
leave my foot locker with my bat
talion supply officer and he would
have it shipped to my home. I did
and I have been home six months
and no foot locker. Who can I write
to in a case like this? — J. M. E.,
Seattle, Wash.
A. Write to Personal Effects divi
sion, U. S. quartermaster corps, U.
S. army, Kansas City, Mo.
Q. My brother enlisted in May,
1944, for the ASTP. He went to col
lege for eight months, then was
transferred to the infantry. Will his
time in ASTP count as time in serv
ice? Is he considered a volunteer?
—L. G., Chicago, HI.
A. If he was on active duty during
his ASTP service, his time counts.
If he was in the enlisted reserve
status, his time does not count. The
army says all men of draft age are
considered inductees.
Q. My son, a private first class. Is
now in a hospital from wounds re
ceived in Italy. In a big push, his
sergeant and corporal were killed.
He was placed in command and
led his squad for five days when
he was wounded. Should he not re
ceive a sergeant’s pay from that
time on? — Reader, Boonvilie, N. Y.
A. Not unless he was promoted
to a sergeant.
Q. I entered the army in Decem
ber, 1945. My father had an acci
dent, my mother was sick and un
able to care for him, no one at
home, so I was discharged from
the army to care for them and run
the farm he rented. I lacked a few
days of staying in three months.
Am I entitled to any of :he bill of
rights? — A worried farmer, Dan-
ielsville, Ga.
A. The law says you must have
served at least 90 days on active
duty unless discharged for disability
prior to that time. You evidently
were released at your convenience
on a hardship case and therefore
the ‘veterans administration says
you are not entitled to the benefits.
Q. My son Is a second lieutenant
and entered the service January 6,
1945, went overseas December 21,
1945. How long before he can be
discharged? — Mrs. F. A. W., Du
buque, Iowa.
A. Critical point score for a sec
ond lieutenant is 67 points or 45
months. As of September 2, your
son would have about 8 points and
8 months.
Q. I have been receiving serv
icemen’s readjustment allowance
for 10 months on self-employment
as owner and part-operator of a
business. Am waiting on appeal of
service - connected disability. Will
the readjustment allowance be
stopped after one year or one year
plus time in service or until results
of my disability appeal are re
ceived? — C. D. VD., Alva, Okla.
A. The law says 52 weeks is the
maximum for drawing service
men’s readjustment allowance.
Q. Can a former wife receive ali
mony from a retired army man
through the U. S. treasury if she
has a court decree stating it be
paid in this manner each month?
—Reader, Chattanooga, Tenn.
A. That is purely a legal ques
tion. Consult your attorney.
Q. My husband was retired with
a pension from the regular army
after 30 years of service. Can I
claim any support for my child
and myself from his pension? —
Mrs. L. B., Philadelphia, Pa.
A. This is a legal question and
must be settled in the courts.
My trip here was extremely
worth while, for I had a chance to
meet and get acquainted with Rob
ert and Elly Lindahl and their two
sons, Svend, aged three, and Palle,
who is two.
The Lindahls live two flights up
in a two-room apartment of a large
red-brick apartment building. They
have a single living room where they
also eat, a smaller bedroom shared
by the four of them, a kitchen with
gas-range and cupboards and sink
like those in thousands of American
kitchens, a bath with shower. The
Lindahls lean toward simple, mod
ern furnishings in warm rusts and
greens with colorful land and sea
scapes on the walls. It was Feb
ruary, but there was a bunch of
golden forsythia on the coffee table.
The blonde, bright-eyed hostess and
her husband offered cherry wine in
which we toasted Denmark and
America.
Robert Lindahl is a clerk in the
office of the oldest newspaper in
Scandinavia. He earns eight thou
sand crowns a year, or a little bet
ter than $1,600, and around $200 of
it goes for taxes. The apartment
with heat costs about $200 a year,
with gas and electricity running
$28. Robert went to work when
he was 14, and in 1939 when he
married Elly she was working in
an office also.
I noticed two books in English in
their book-case. Both the Lindahls
expressed regret that they had not
been able to continue school where
they would have learned to speak
English, which was a requirement,
so they are trying to learn to read
the language a little as they find
time.
Mrs. Lindahl says with real satis
faction that she is fortunate that she
can bring up her healthy blonde lit
tle boys in a country where it is pos
sible today to get more to eat than
Denmark is one of the few coun
tries where the cost of living and
wages have been kept more or less
in balance. Finance Minister Thorkil
Kristensen explained to me that
during the occupation the Germans
offered high wages to get workers
to build airdromes and other instal
lations. Wages in towns rose be
tween 60 and 65 per cent, and went
up even more in agricultural areas.
Since 1939 the cost of living has
gone up 60 per cent, although the
in any other country of Europe ex
cept Belgium. It is not surprising
that in a dairy land like this she
is able to give her children the milk
they need and the eggs and cream
and many of the other essentials.
In fact, in the food line only the fol
lowing are rationed: butter, sugar,
brown bread, white bread, oatmeal,
coffee, tea and cocoa. Since the
liberation the butter ration has been
cut from three pounds per person
per month to two pounds because it
is being exported. Each person is
allowed about three and one-third
pounds of sugar a month. Candy is
scarce, especially chocolate. Each
person may have a little less than
three-fourths of a pound of bread
per day, about one-half pound of
coffee or cocoa and a little more
than one- fourth pound of tea per
month. The soap ration is one-third
of a pound per person for personal
use each month, and the same
amount in soap flakes or powder for
household use.
Svende and Palle Lindahl are
having a chance to grow up in a
little country that will offer them
many advantages if there is not
another war. (But there are many
Danes who expect that the United
States and Great Britain are going
to get tired of their occupation job
in Germany and withdraw, and in
that event a new Hitler will soon
come to power.) Because of the
advance in medicine and hygiene,
the average life span of these little
boys should be 64 years, and if they
have any sisters, theirs should be
66 years. If they decide to live in
the country they will probably have
a farm of from 24 to 120 acres, the
size of most Danish farms. If they
live in the city they will probably
have two-room flats such as they
occupy now, as that is an average
city dwelling.
From olden times tHfc Danish.
State has recognized its obligation to
supervise and watch over the nor
mal and physical upbringing of
children and take special care of
incorrigible and perverted as well
as neglected and deserted young
sters.
When It comes time to go to
school, the Lindahl boys will find
that not only are the secondary
schools free, but instruction at uni
versities and other advanced insti
tutions of learning is also free.
When they are ready to take jobs
they will find that 52 per cent of
their fellow men are engaged in
manufacturing and crafts and 28
per cent in forestry and fishery.
They will gnd that they are living
under a constitutional democracy.
With fervence people here talk of
their king who stayed with them
during the occupation, while at the
same time they cling ardently to
their democratic institutions.
Yes, Svende and Palle Lindahl,
you were fortunate to be born in
Denmark—that is, if there isn’t an
other war in Europe.
quality of all goods has gone down.
Whether or not high wages can be
maintained depends on the compe
tition from world wages. The
finance minister said the prices Den
mark is able to get from her ex
ports will greatly affect the wage
standard at home.
Cotton and wool are almost non
existent, since the Danes are try
ing to build up dollars to increase
the imports. It is harder to get cloth
ing than food in Denmark.
manager of Cleveland’s Indi
ans and one of baseball’s best short
stops, has the brand and breed of
club he likes to
handle. In the
main it is a
young club, a big
club, a hustling
club and it is
backed up by four
talented starting
pitchers. These
are Bob Feller,
Allie Reynolds
Steve Gromek
and Charley Em-
bree, with other
possibilities who
should help.
“This is a tough race for anyone
to predict,” Boudreau tells me. “I
mean a tough season in trying to
guess postwar form. I will say
right at the start that I can’t see
any hot chance of our Indians beat
ing out the Yankees, Red Sox or
Tigers. But maybe we can nip one
of them with our pitching and our
hustle and finish as high as third.
Fourth place is our main goal and
that won’t be any sure thing.”
“I’m looking largely to a year
or two on beyond when these kids
will be seasoned. And don’t forget
by that time our starting pitchers,
headed by Bob Feller, should still
be going strong. It isn’t an old
staff. Feller, Reynolds, Gromek
and Embree are all well under 30.”
Two Strong Points
It might be stated here that the
combination of Lou Boudreau and
Ray Mack gives the earnest Indi
ans a strong spot at short and sec
ond, where strength is needed.
It might also be mentioned that
in Lou Boudreau the Indians have
a young manager who is rapidly
gaining experience, for which there
is no substitute in sport. Not often,
anyway.
“If the Yankees, Tigers and Red
Sox play up to their expected
form,” Boudreau says, “I can’t
see how they are to be crowded out
from the first three places. But a
lot of things can happen through a
long baseball season. A lot of
things. After all none of the top
three will be cheering when they
have to face our pitching staff day
after day, and they all know this.
“It means a lot to have four good
starters you can bank on. Pitching
has always been and always will be
a big part of baseball. How much?
Well, maybe 60 or 70 per cent.”
Bob Feller’s Future
It was worth while taking another
look at Bob Feller, hardest working
member on the Cleveland roster.
I asked Feller about his improved
curve ball. I heard he had devel
oped this in the navy.
“No,” Bob said, “that isn’t right.
I’ve had about the same curve for
some years now. Only before I de
pended too much on my fast one.
Now I’m simply using more curves.
This also helps save my arm.
“I didn’t get to do so much pitch
ing in the navy,” Bob went on, “but
I’ll tell you one new thing I learned.
This was a slider. I don’t know
how it will work out, but it may
help.”
A Bob Feller with a slider added
to his fast ball and his curve ball
isn’t going to be happy news to
American league hitters.
I didn’t have the nerve to ask
Feller how many years he thought
he might have left. For at the age
of 27, 28 in November, my guess
would be at least 10 years more.
This is still a guess for I felt sure
that Dizzy Dean would have better
than 10 years left when something
snapped and went sour in his right
shoulder blade.
All I can say here is that Bob
Feller is smart enough to bo think
ing about 1946, not 1948 or 1950. He
knows what the hazards are when
you are wheeling that fast one and
that quick break in game after
game against bats that too often
are loaded with poison.
• • •
True Color in Baseball
The Yankees have been accused
in the past of lacking color.
I was talking about this matter of
Yankee color with Manager Joe Mc
Carthy recently.
“In my opinion,” he said, “this
1946 Yankee team has my idea of
true color—the color that really be
longs. By that I mean the color
we have in infield skill and in out
field skill and power.
“I believe big crowds will get
their thrills out of watching our in
field in practice—Rizzuto and Gor
don around second, Stirnweiss at
third—in the execution of .their
plays.
“Those who love baseball—or
those who love athletic skill above
the average, will see Rizzuto, Gor
don and Stirnweiss make plays
that belong tc a circus. They are the
greatest infield combination in this
respect I have ever seen. Remem
ber, I am predicting no pennant.
We don’t know too much about our
pitching yet. But I know what our
infield can do. I know the impossible
plays this infield can make, the type
of plays that give any crowd a big
kick—even if we lose. Rizzuto and
Gordon are two acrobats. They are
the type of color I want.”
Denmark’s Economy Is Well Balanced
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Ordinary refrigerator rolls can be
made more attractive by spreading
a generous amount of shortening in
a pan, covering with molasses and
nuts and placing the rolls in the
pan. Invert after baking for serv
ing.
Best Cooks Brighten
Common Foods With
Subtle Flavor Touches
Even the best cook sometimes no
tices that her family doesn’t seem
to be eating as well as it usually
does. Is it her fault? Many a wom-
an has asked herself this question
at one time or another and occa
sionally she comes to me with this
problem.
Well, this is just a little bit dif
ficult to answer. Perhaps Dad is
busy or has a
touch of the
spring fever and
just doesn’t care
for heavy foods.
Or, the young
sters may be
having a rugged
time at school,
and food does not
appeal to them.
Then again, no
matter how good a cook you are,
you may have fallen into a slump.
Yes, the food may be cooked as
well as ever, but perhaps there just
isn’t enough variety. You may be
making all your own favorite dishes
just a little too often, and they
just don’t seem as wonderful served
once too often. Could that be it?
. Well, if the latter is your prob
lem, you’ll particularly want to look
at these recipes today. They’re all
designed to take the doldrums out
of your meal and make even the
most jaded appetite perk up and
take an interest.
What about a lovely frozen salad
as a harbinger of spring? It is
colorful with fruit and creamy
cheese and perches beautifully on a
curly bed of greens:
Frozen Fruit Salad.
(Serves 6)
6 ounces cream cheese
Vi cup salad dressing
14 cup chopped nutmeats
2 tabiesn^ons chopped green
pepper
114 cups sliced mixed fruits
(canned)
14 cup cream, whipped
Salt, if needed
Lettuce or endive
Maraschino cherries
Blend together cream cheese and
salad dressing. Add nutmeats, green
pepper and
fruit; mix well.
Fold in dash of
salt and whipped
cream. Pour into
individual molds
and freeze 3 to 4
hours. Serve each
on a portion of lettuce or curly en
dive, garnished with the cherries.
What about adding a little variety
into the bread department? Here’s
an orange honey bread that can be
Lynn Says
Vegetable Variety: Now that
fresh, spring vegetables are ar
riving at the markets, you’ll want
to doll them up in their very best
dress.
Cook fresh, tender green as
paragus until just barely done
and serve with lemon-chive but
ter, cheese or sour cream sauce.
Dust with paprika before serv
ing.
Hot, cooked green or waxed
beans may be served with a ta
blespoonful of chili sauce or com
bined with one of these other
vegetables: carrots, celery, peas,
gima beans or onions.
When creaming green beans,
add a little nutmeg, parsley,
horseradish or mustard to the
sauce.
Lima beans are especially sa
vory when served with a few
sauteed mushrooms; or, serve
with ’ a cream sauce to which a
little mustard and lemon juice has
been added.
Beets will come back for a re
turn engagement if they are
stuffed with the following: cot
tage cheese seasoned with chili
sauce, onion, diced, cooked ba
con, salt, pepper and lemon juice.
Brown in oven before serving.
Lynn Chambers’ Menus
Crown Roast of Lamb .. ..
Hashed Brown Potatoes
Brussels Sprouts
Asparagus Salad
Bran Muffins Beverage
Butterscotch Ice Cream
Cookies
served with cream cheese for a
change:
Orange Honey Bread.
2 tablespoons butter or substitute
1 cup strained honey
1 egg
1 tablespoon grated orange rind
2% cups flour
2V4 teaspoons baking powder
Vi teaspoon soda
14 teaspoon salt
S A cup orange juice
% cup chopped nutmeats
Blend the softened butter with
honey. Add beaten egg and orange
rind and mix well. Sift together
the dry ingredients and add alter-,
nately with the orange juice. Add
the nutmeats and mix well. Bake
in a greased loaf pan, in a very mod
erate (325-degree) oven for 1 hour
and 10 minutes. Serve with crepm
cheese or cheese mixed with orange
marmalade.
Bananas and whipped cream, two
of our favorite foods which all but
disappeared during the war years,
have returned to grace the table.
I know you’ll enjoy them both in
this food-of-the-gods combination:
Banana Cake.
(Makes 2 9-inch layers)
14 cup shortening
1V4 cups sugar
2 large eggs
2 cups sifted flour
Vs teaspoon baking powder
% teaspoon baking soda
Vs teaspoon salt
14 cup sour or buttermilk
1 cup mashed bananas (2 to 3)
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cream together shortening and
sugar; beat in eggs. Sift together
dry ingredients
and add alter
nately with milk.
Fold in bananas
and flavoring.
Bake in well-
greased layer
cake pans in a
moderate (350-
degree) oven for
30 to 35 minutes.
You will need 1 cup cream, whipped,
and 2 bananas, sliced, for the fill
ing. Or, part of the cake, prefer
ably the center, may be filled with
whipped cream and bananas and
the rest of the cake iced with choco
late frosting.
We sometimes tend to overlook
the simple dishes in our search for
something really fresh and inviting.
You’ll know what I mean when
you look at the next rei .jc for sim
ple foods flavored with something
special:
Mocha Bread Pudding.
(Serves 6)
4 tablespoons coffee
1 quart milk
2 tablespoons butter
1 square unsweetened chocolate
2 cups coarse bread or cake crumbs
2 eggs
14 cup sugar
!4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Combine coffee and milk and
bring to a boil slowly. Let stand
to 10 minutes. Strain, add butter
and chocolate to the flavored milk.
Cook over boiling water until choco
late melts. Beat eggs, add sugar.
Bread pudding brightens up when
it has a mocha flavor. Fluted
whipped cream or a meringue top
ping sprinkled with bits of shaved
chocolate make a company dish out
of a simple food.
salt and vanilla. Pour into a
greased baking dish or individual
custard cups and set in a pan of hot
water. Bake in a moderate (350-
degree) oven for one hour, or until
a knife inserted comes out clean.
Chill, then serve with plain or
whipped cream or peppermint fla
vored custard sauce.
List on a piece of cardboard the
articles stored in a closet, trunk,
or large box. Saves rummaging.
When an old broom is about to
be discarded, cut off the handle
and use it for a curtain rod, towel
rack, * or a stick to remove hot
clothes from the wash boiler.
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Honey or maple syrup mixed
With whipped cream makes an ex
cellent “topper” for baked apples.
—•—
To make mends in sweaters or
Jersey dresses invisible, use a
rocket hook to make chain stitches
to duplicate the appearance of the
knitted fabric.
—•—
Lacquer should not be applied
to a varnished surface until the
varnish has first been removed.
—•—
To get curtain tiebacks fastened
straight, pull window shades down
to desired length and fasten the
tiebacks in line with the bottom
of the shades.
—•—
When shortening a dress, meas
ure for hem accurately, turn up,
and hold it in place with pincher
clothespins. Snap them three or
four inches apart all the way
round the dress. Leaves no chalk
marks or pin holes in materiaL
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If you have just opened a new
bottle of glue, rub a little lard over]
the opening before you put the lid
back on. When you want to open'
the bottle again, the cap will coma 1
off easily.
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