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News Behin: twNi „ By* PaULMaLLON ^ Released by Western Newspaper Union. FEEDING STARVING WORLD TOO BIG A JOB FOR US WASHINGTON. — The food cam paign is running into ever-deepen ing difficulties. The sweeping publicity campaign to induce Americans to save for the hungry in the rest of the world ceased the moment the coal strike became serious, but only temporarily. There was no use con sidering food saving when a fuel tie-up and transportation curtail ment threatened spoilage of in definite proportions. But the tenor of the campaign had made every one believe that the problem of alleviating world hunger was simply dependent upon a resolution by the American people to eat less. Any objective investigation will prove these following greater facts to the contrary: (A) No matter what our sav ings, we will not Re able to give the world the him. of foods we have promised. (B) We have moved so late that we are not simply taking food from our tables, but have become involved in promises which will cause a fast and sharp decline in our own food production. (C) For this year, and pos sibly two or three, we will get less meat, butter and cheese than in the war years of ra tioning. Our diets will be changed to cereals, vegetables and fruits which should be available in sufficient quantities to stave off hunger here. The need of many sections of the world for food has now been estab lished beyond question, although the earlier whooping-up campaign contained much hokum about non existent needs. An army news re sume currently quotes Brigadier General Fisher of our occupation forces as saying the German farms are the most prosperous in the world today. Another similar re port of equal authority says there are no starving Bavarians. The British ministry has announced suf ficient stores of food in that nation to meet rationing quotas in all lines, even butter and cheese which are practically non-existent in “white” markets here. WHERE SHORTAGES ARE The European shortages are largely in the Russian occupied areas, plus Italy, Greece and some parts of France. The two ships diverted from England by head man La Guardia of UNRRA, went to Russian occupied zones. Yet the need in actual hunger areas is real. So is it also on the other side of the world, in India, China and the Philippines. To meet these needs we have en tered upon a complete upsetting of our economy to the point of promot ing further reduced production, particularly of livestock, all forms of animal foods, poultry, hogs, sheep, dairy and beef cattle. Our beef cattle population, which last year numbered 83 million, has run below 80 million and is going down fast. On a prewar ratio to popula tion, we should have over 100 mil lion beef cattle. The pig crop has been limited to 31 million, which is about three-fourths of what could be considered normal. These curtailments were forced because wheat and corn feed stocks have been cut in order to send them to the rest of the world, In short, by sending feed abroad we can do no more than produce three- fourths our usual number of pigs. A government order denies chicken feed to any poultry raiser having more than 80 per cent of the num ber of chickens he had last year. This will force a 20 per cent re duction in poultry population. While there are no particular re strictions on beef cattle feed, it cannot be purchased, and unless the farmer has corn, oats and hay, he must sell his cattle. Similarly, the government is promoting the sale of hogs, at lighter weights than usual—which will decrease produc tion further. FUTURE FULL OF ‘IFS’ Where we go from here is a problem of many “ifs.” If we do not undertake a world food export program another year, we may re store normal livestock supplies in two or three years. Only poultry and pigs can be restored in less time, and pigs require about nine months. If we have a good crop, our own food situation will be no worse than related above, but the optimistic government expectations on the wheat crop are already run ning into doubt. Officially they talk of more than a billion bushels, but the local moisture situation has indicated the winter wheat crop will not justify any such guess on the year as a whole. You- might ask why the govern ment • does not promote expansion of production. It got aroused about food a little too late for that. To feed the hungry abroad there is nothing to be done now except to curtail domestic consumption, and enter the country largely upon a fruit and vegetable diet for an in definite period. Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE JINX FALKENBERG and her J husband, Tex McCrary, are doing such an outstanding job on their husband-and-wife radio program that it’s too bad they’re not on a coast-to-coast hookup. Maybe NBC will so something about it; now they’re just on the New York station, WEAF. Re cently they did their broadcast from a plane that hovered over New Jersey and Connecticut while they talked. Jinx, who’s forsaken the movies at least until the stork ar- JINX FALKENBERG rives, looked lovely in a coral-col ored coat, with a twist of colored stuff in her hair. McCrary’s news paper experience, plus his work during the war, add tremendously to the value of their program, of course. * If NBC doesn’t have Fred Allen repeat the broadcast he and Talul- lah Bankhead did on May 5, there’ll be a lot of disconsolate people wail ing for months because they missed it. It was hilarious. Those who did hear it are still talking about it, and repeating bits of dialogue for those who didn’t. It was one of Fred Al len’s best, which is saying plenty. * Bob Hawk, CBS quipmaster, not only pinch-hit for ailing Arthur Godfrey on the latter’s morning broadcasts, he’s also substituted for Godfrey in the Broadway revue, “Three to Make Ready” — mark ing his debut on the New York stage. For his starring role in RKO’s ‘Nocturne” George Raft will have the benefit of advice from one of Broadway’s most famous detec tives, Barny Ruditsky. Producer Joan Harrison, a stickler for real ism, wants Raft to be an authentic replica of a real detective, not one of those unbelievable creatures we often see on the screen. Ruditsky worked on cases involving famous gangsters for 20 years. The National Barn Dance orig inates from McLeansboro, 111., Saturday, June 8, when the gang joins the American Legion in a na tional homecoming celebration for National Comdr. John Stelle, which will end with an old-fashioned bar becue at midnight. * Bob Burns had to turn down an invitation to head the Hoboes’ Asso ciation of America, but he does hold a life membership card in the association, having fulfilled the two big requirements —hoboing in ev ery state of the union and totaling 100,000 miles. * Barbara Jo Allen, who created the man-chasing “Vera Vague” and then turned “Vera” into a dramatic star on a recent CBS “This Is My Best” broadcast, creates still an other character in the picture, “Earl Carroll’s Sketchbook,” now in production. In the movie she por trays a wise-cracking designer, but one who has no designs on any man! * Parks Johnson and Warren Hull will return from vacation with a new sponsor, broadcasting “Vox Pop” at a new time — they’ll re place the CBS “Inner Sanctum.” Meanwhile Parks is resting on his Texas ranch, and Hull’s doing some experimental television shows. * That Hollywood smallpox scare sort of wrecked Alan Hale. His vac cination not only took hold of his left arm, it took a bit of the arm with it, leaving quite a wound. Hale was temporarily out of the “Chey enne” cast. —*— ODDS AND ENDS—Producer Seymour Nebenzal discovered, in searching for < fat Chinaman to play a heavy in “Ths Chase," that there’s a shortage of them, so—he’s changed the script and is testing obese Chinese women. . . . Reese Taylor, of “Young Dr. Malone," has been in radii 14 years, but he still suffers badly from mike fright. . . . Tex Beneke and thi Glenn Miller band have ten network wires weekly now; they’re featured on "Matinet at Meadowbrook", Saturdays, in addition to night-time programs. . . . Dick Nelson (“Life Can Be BeautifuT) has his epitaph reaay—“Here Lies an Actor. Is that un usual’" THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. ■ . - . Flavorful Meats There’s not much choice of meat In the markets today, but if you are fortunate enough to get any at all, consider yourself supremely lucky. Just in case you’ve forgotten some of the fine points in prepar ing meat, I’m go ing to review some of the rules of good cooking today. For years, we’ve been telling you about cooking meats at low temper atures. Rationing and the meat scarcity have probably shown you more dramatically than anything else how important low temperature cooking is to gettng the most of the meat. There’s less shrinkage and more juicy meat to your credit if you’ll keep tl^ oven at 325 to 350 degrees Fahrenheit when roasting. Another point to bear in mind is that no browning is necessary be fore roasting cuts of meat. Don’t worry about their not browning— they will get well browned even at moderate temperature. If you are pot roasting, that is cooking meat with moisture and seasonings, you’ll want to brown the meat after it’s dredged with flour, but this is because the meat is cooked covered with liquid. Here are some recipes for all types of meats which you may be able to find at least once a week these days. Cook and season care fully so that you will really be able to enjoy the meat to the fullest. Barbecued Lamb Breast. ("Serves 4) 2 pounds breast of lamb 1 medium onion Vs cup chili sauce 1 teaspoon salt Pepper 14 teaspoon red pepper 1 tablespoon vinegar 1 cup water Cut lamb into pieces. Season with salt and pepper. Place in a hot skillet and let fatty sides brown. Mix chili sauce, red pepper, vin egar and water and pour over lamb. Slice onion and add to the mixture. Cover. Simmer hours, then remove lid and let cook slowly for 20 minutes or until bar becue sauce is almost absorbed. Pork Chops and Rice. (Serves 5 to 6) 6 pork chops 14 cup uncooked rice 214 cups strained tomatoes 3 tablespoons green pepper, chopped Lynn Says: Learn Meat Magic: If you want a super delicious leg of lamb, baste it with buttermilk while roasting. For lamb loaf, made with fresh meat, add % teaspoon caraway seed for flavor. If you’re shy on meat for meat loaf, make up part of the meat with diced American cheese. De licious ! Pork chops baked with chili sauce or catsup mixed with pre pared mustard make grand and tender eating. If you want a bread saver stuffing for breast of veal, cook your noodles until tender and use them for stuffing. Marjoram or parsley makes a good seasoning for veal prepared in any way. Bake a slice of ham and baste with honey and orange juice for a real flavor treat. Mix roquefort cheese with Wor cestershire sauce and beat until fluffy. Spread on top of hambur gers just before broiling. LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENUS •Summer Meat Loaf Potato Salad Wilted Lettuce Molded Fruit Salad Wheat Muffins Beverage Apricots Cookies •Recipe given. 3 tablespoons chopped onion 2 teaspoons salt 14 teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons shortening Flour Salt and pepper pork chops and dredge in flour. Melt shortening in skillet and brown chops on both sidek Mix together uncooked rice, tomatoes, salt, pepper, onion and green pepper and pour over chops. Place lid on skillet and cook slowly for one hour. If you’ve been looking around for ways to use those leftover pieces of bread, then here’s just the recipe for you. It uses both bread crumbs and oatmeal for the stuffing and is truly delicious. Oatmeal Veal Birds. (Serves 6) 114 pounds veal steak, sliced thin 2 cups bread crumbs 1 cup raw oatmeal 1 teaspoon salt !4 teaspoon sage 2 tablespoons bacon drippings 14 cup water 14 cut catsup Cut the veal into six squares. Pound it, season with salt and pep per. Combine the other ingredients, except catsup, and place a little of the stuffing on each piece of veal. Roll and fasten with toothpicks. Brown in hot bacon drippings. Add 114 cups of water with the catsup to the meat and simmer for 45 to 60 minutes until meat is tender. Thicken gravy with a flour and wa ter mixture just before serving. •Summer Meat Loaf. (Serves 8) 1 envelope unflavored gelatin 14 cup cold water 1% cups tomato juice 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt 14 teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 pound liverwurst 14 cup mayonnaise 14 teaspoon dry mustard 14 cup chopped eeiery 14 cup chopped green pepper 1 tablespoon minced onion 14 cup sliced stuffed olives Soften gelatin in cold water. Add hot tomato juice and stir in sugar and salt, pepper and lemon juice. Allow the mix ture to cool and thicken. Remove casing from liv er w u r s t and mash. Add may onnaise and mus tard, green pep per, celery, onion and olives. Then fold the meat-vegetable mixture into the tomato juice and pour into a mold that has been rinsed with cold water. Allow to chill until set. Unmold on platter, garnish and serve. South American Goulash. (Serves 5) ?4 pound beef liver 14 cup chopped onion 14 cup chopped green pepper 3 tablespoons shortening 2 cups canned tomatoes 14 cup chopped celery 1 small clove garlic, if desired 2 teaspoons salt 14 teaspoon pepper 3 tablespoons flour 2 cups uncooked noodles Cut liver into one inch cubes and brown with onion and green pepper in hot shortening. Add tomatoes, celery, garlic and seasoning and cook slowly for 30 minutes. Mix flour with water and thicken the above mixture. In the meantime, cook noodles in boiling, salted water for 10 minutes. Drain. Serve gou- lash over hot noodles. Released br Western Newspaper Union. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for June 9 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education: us«*d & permission. TRAINING FOR SERVICE LESSON TEXT — Mark 6:7-13: LuK# 10:1, 2: 14:25-27. MEMORY SELECTION — And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.—Matthew 10:38. Workers for God, and with God! Such is the high privilege of the men and women who respond to his cal] and who go out to witness for him. On the one side, we have a world desperately in need of the gospel, perhaps more so than any genera tion in history. On the other hand, we have the gospel of the saving grace of God in Christ Jesus, the only solution to the problems of man kind, the perfect answer to man’s need. How shall these two be brought together? By sending out witnesses to tel] the glad tidings of redemp tion and peace. Where shall we find these witnesses? In the church, for only the believer in Christ is quali fied to tell others of his saving grace. Our lesson, in telling of the Lord’s calling and sending forth laborers into his harvest field, gives us much helpful instruction regarding serv ice for the Lord. We learn that I. God Provides for His Workers (Mark 6:7-10). Jesus sent out his twelve disciples two by two, thus providing every worker with fellowship and help in hours of discouragement and trial. This also served to keep a man in balance so that he would not become self-willed and proud of his own achievements. It was a wise provision. Perhaps the church should have observed it with more care, and thus have saved some good workers from go ing astray. They were not to be cumbered with extra equipment, nor be con cerned about their daily sustenance. The Lord would provide through the hospitality and generosity of his people. Note that the expected hospitality was not to be allowed to hinder their work (cf. v. 10 with Luke 10:7). Many a preacher or evangelist has ruined a series of meetings by let ting social life hinder prayer, soul winning, or preparation for preach ing. II. God Gives Power to His Work ers (Mark 6:7, 11-13). He gave them authority over evil spirits, so that they could drive them out. He gave them power to heal; he gave them power to preach effectively. The man who goes forth to speak for the Lord does not have to mus ter up his own puny powers or de pend on the weak arm of some hu man helper. His resources are in finite and omnipotent. He speaks for the Almighty God. He has a message with saving power. All too often the servants of the Lord are apologetic and hesitant in their ministry. They mistake weak ness for meekness, and in their de sire not to assert themselves, they fail to speak a ringing ‘Thus saith the Lord.” We need a revival of authorita tive preaching, of that holy boldness which was not afraid to rebuke sin and any unwillingness to do the Lord’s will (v. 11). We need a new emphasis on repentance (v. 12). III. God Calls Helpers for His Workers (Luke 10: 1, 2). After the twelve were sent out, he called and commissioned the sev enty. That blessed process has gone on ever since. How blessed it is that even in our day of unbelief and sin, hundreds of young men and women are going out to all the mis sion fields of the world to work with older and experienced mission aries. Perhaps these words will be read by some young man or woman who has felt the promptings of the Spirit of God to go into his service. Step out by faith just now, and begin to prepare yourself for God’s service. If the writer of these notes can be of help to you, do not hesitate to write to him. God is looking for more workers. Do not overlook the important ad monition in verse 2. The Lord is waiting for his people to pray for laborers for fields which stand white and ready for harvest. IV. God Requires Self-Denial of His Workers (Luke 14:25-27). The mighty works and the power ful words of Jesus made it impos sible for people to ignore him. Mul titudes followed him, but he, know ing the fickleness of the human heart, faced them with the real de mands of discipleship. The Lord was never concerned with mere numbers. He wanted fol lowers whose hearts were right. The church has broken down its testi mony in the world by its frantic de sire for more members, great crowds, large church buildings, at the expanse of compromise of tes timony. The requirement of the Lord is unmistakable. A man or woman who is to serve him must put him first. No worldly ambition or earth ly friendship, no, not even the ten der love of family, can come be tween the Lord and his servant. H# is either Lord of ail, or he is not Lord at all SEWING CIRCLE PAHERNS Smooth (if (JiHincf ^jt^ay tirne (Jroch (Broth er and Bidter (d(aij. CdlotheA Graceful Frock E'OR delightful summer after- * noons, a simple graceful frock designed in a wide size range. 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