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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
0. S. Registers Cold War Victory;
Moscow Talks Headed for Failure;
Truman, Congress in Budget Fight
By Bill Schoentgen, WNU Staff Writer
{KDTTOR’S NOTE: When opinions are expressed in these colnmns, they are those of
Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.)
COLD WAR
Villian Revealed
At last something had happened
that could and did make people un
derstand what this Russian situa
tion was all about.
It had been pretty diiAcult going
for the world public to perceive the
basic truth when it was obscured
by confusing circumstances like
currency reform in Berlin, control
of the German Ruhr, a maze of
spies at home and political annihila
tion of small European nations by
Russia.
What it all amounted to, as far as
most people were concerned, was a
mess of verbal pottage that they
wouldn’t trade for the comics page
any day of the week.
Then it happened. Mrs. Oksana
Kosenkina, the Russian school
teacher, jumped from a third-story
window in the Soviet consulate in
New York to achieve the liberty she
so desperately sought.
Mikhail Samarin, the other Rus
sian school teacher, was wanted by
the Russians but managed to retain
his freedom. Refusing the Soviet de
mand that he return to Russia, he
tossed this scallion for the Commu
nists into the propaganda war: “I
won’t return to death.”
And finally, in England Olympic
athletes from Czechoslovakia and
other Soviet satellite states were
steadfastly refusing to return to
their home countries after their
taste of a free land.
It all added up to the biggest
break the western nations have had
yet in their propaganda battle with
the East.
This was simple, basic, under
standable: These people from the
land of the Soviets—the schoolteach
ers and athletes—utterly despised
the idea of returning. They simply
would not do it.
Thus, it was in the end a few
ordinary persons who destroyed the
elaborate fabrication which Moscow
had constructed to represent to the
world the ideal way of life that
existed in the Soviet Union.
One Voice of America spokesman
said: "This is what we have been
waiting for in our war of words.
This is something that can be easily
understood by people all over the
.world.”
Ihe Communists tried frantically
to cover this breach in their curtain
by calling it, among other things,
an underground conspiracy in the
U. S. to wreck any possibility for
peace between the two nations.
But the villain's disguise was off
now and everyone knew him. Try
as they might, the Communists nev
er would be able to explain why two
obscure school teachers would seek
their freedom so desperately, nor
why Russia was so determined to
get them back.
PARLEY:
Failure
From Moscow came crushing
news for all those hoping for peace:
The talks between the western de
mocracies anJ Russia were report
ed to be on the brink of failure.
Barring a last-minute miracle in
the conferences between the U. S.,
England, France and Russia, the
East-West stalemate would continue,
along with the Soviet blockade of
Berlin.
It was reported that the western
powers were getting ready to stay
in Berlin under conditions of eco
nomic siege, planning to maintain
and enlarge the air lift to supply
the 2.5 million persons in their
sectors.
There was, however, one slim
chance that utter failure could be
avoided. The three western ambas
sadors were scheduled for a final
talk with Premier Stalin, and it
was a possibility that the negotia
tions might be rescued. But the
odds against agreement stood at
about five to one, officials said.
If the conference ended in the
anticipated failure, it was thought
that the Big Four governments
would try to conceal the extent of
the fiasco from the public in order
to avoid the even greater degenera
tion of East-West relationships that
undoubtedly would result if every
one knew just how hopeless the case
was.
However, if the Moscow talks did
break up in futility it would not
mean necessarily that all similar
negotiations would be abandoned.
It would mean that any further ef
fort to reopen them would be de
layed until at least next spring—
possibly March—after the election
and inauguration.
BUDGET:
Unbalanced
Will there be a surplus or deficit
in the government’s budget at the
end of this fiscal year?
It was a question good for a lot
of political haymaking, and both
President Truman and his Republi
can opponents in congress went to
work with a will.
Mr. Truman’s forecast was that
the government would be 1.5 bil
lion dollars in the red next June.
In his mid-year budget report he
blamed the Republicans’ “ill-timed”
five-billlon-dollar tax cut for put
ting the nation back in the hole.
Stricken with horror, GOP law
makers rapped back sharply: Far
from harboring a deficit, they said,
the treasury will close its books
next June with a surplus of be
tween five and six billion dollars.
The President had juggled figures
for political campaign effect, the
Republicans charged bitterly.
"Another of the weird distortions
which are coming from the White
House while its occupant is a nerv
ous candidate for re-election,” com
mented Sen. Styles Bridges (Rep.,
N. H.) mordaciously.
Mr. Truman had said that federal
expenditures this year would hit 42
billion dollars, while Republicans
claim that actual expenses will to
tal 38 billion. They charged, too,
that the President had figured the
national income 3.4 billion dollars
too low for the year.
Just who was right in the matter,
if anyone, was impossible to say.
The entire affair had many of the
characteristics of the kind of tem
pest in a teapot that is a run-of-the-
mill event in an election year.
Actually, even if President Tru
man’s estimate turns out to be the
correct one, the books still will show
an “adjusted surplus,” despite the
1.5-billion-dollar operating deficit.
That is because congress provided
that three billion of the surplus
last year should be shifted to this
year’s accounts to help meet for
eign aid costs.
PSYCHIATRY:
War Cure
How can the world prevent wars?
Use of psychiatry would be a big
help, according to Dr. John Milne
Murray, professor of clinical psy
chiatry at Boston university.
A psychiatrist, he said, is one
who seeks the reason for the fail
ure of human relations in the indi
vidual rather than in the mass.
“But," he asked, “what is war
except a mass breakdown of inade
quate relations ending up in a tre
mendous burst of self-destruction?”
Take, for instance, the reactions
of a child trying to adjust itself to
a harsh environment Under stress
the child may revert to archaic
forms of behavior, and that is very
similar to the impulse of destruc
tion which, on a world-wide scale,
becomes war.
Therefore, knowledge of mass hu
man reactions should be employed
to abolish war. Dr. Murray con
cluded.
Actually, it’s all very simple. If
people didn’t act the way they do
they wouldn’t have to fight each
other. The trick is to make them
understand that.
Out of the Park
In some dimly seen future time
baseball record books might
fall into dust, but there will be
those who still talk of Babe Ruth.
And among kids the legend of
the Babe might grow into this:
Every baseball he ever hit he bit
for a home run. And some might
smile at the exaggeration but
say nothing because it will be a
magnificent story.
Paper Work
War-guilt trials of the Japanese
war lords in Tokyo produced
literally tons of evidence—bale
after bale of recorded testimony
and documentary proof of the
Jap war criminals’ carryings-on.
Job of translating all the data
will take five weeks, after which
the international military tri
bunal will hand down its verdicts.
MASARYK:
Murdered?
Last March 10 Jan Masaryk, for
eign ' minister of Czechoslovakia
under the Communist regime, fell
to his death from a third-story win
dow in the foreign office in Prague.
Since then Masaryk’s friends, as
well as many who never knew him
but admired him because of his
hopeless fight in behalf of Czecho
slovakia’s national liberty, have
speculated long as to whether he
committed suicide or was killed by
the Communists who wanted him
out of the way.
The official Communist version of
the incident was suicide, but too
many persons had too many doubts
to let it rest at that.
Then, suddeply, last month the
doubts were crystallized. Dr. Oskar
Klinger, Masaryk’s personal physi
cian, asserted that the Czech states
man did not commit suicide.
He was sure of that, he said, be
cause he and Masaryk had planned
to escape by plane to Great Britain
on the very day that Masaryk died.
Klinger said that the security po
lice discovered Masaryk’s plan to
flee and came to his rooms that
night to arrest or kill him. Defend
ing himself, Masaryk shot and
killed possibly four men.
With the remaining men closing
it, Klinger’s version went, Masaryk
was forced closer and closer to the
window. Then, the men either threw
him out the window or, over
whelmed by fear, Masaryk flung
himself out.
In proof of his conviction, Klinger
offered this evidence:
Masaryk would never have com
mitted suicide because he was
afraid of physical pain. Also, he
left no note or letter—a usual prac
tice in suicides.
Shots were heard in the building
the night he died, and four coffins
were carried from the place that
morning before the Czech commis
sion arrived to inspect Masaryk’s
body, indicating that four persons
might have been killed during the
night.
? Current Events ?
Here are five questions, based
on recent bappenirgs in the
news, which are guaranteed not
to keep you awake nights. Listless,
that is, you stay up late to read the
paper anyway.
1. Several witnesses before the
house nn-American activities
committee, refusing to answer
questions about Communist ac
tivities, invoked the fifth amend
ment to the Constitution. What
does that amendment say?
2. President Truman said re
cently that a woman president
of the U. S. “was not only a
possibility, but a probability”
some day. At present the Con
stitution prohibits a woman
from becoming president. True
or false?
3. Population of the U. S. is
143,414,000. Name the nations
that have larger populations in
order of their size.
4. What outstanding war events
took place three years ago on
these dates: August 8, August 9,
August 14?
5. Born in 1865, he was gov
ernor of Kansas from 1915 to
1919 and became a senator in
1919. Recently he retired from
the senate as its senior member
in point of service. Who is he?
ANSWERS
1. "No person . . . shall be com
pelled In any criminal case to be a
witness against himself . .*'
2. False. Only presidential quail-
flcatlons required are that he be
born In the U. S., be a resident of
the country for 14 years and at least
35 years old.
3. China (470 million). Union of
India (389 million), U. S. S. R.
(193 million).
4. August 8 Nagasaki was atom
bombed: August 9 Russia declared
war on Japan; August 14 Japan
surrendered.
5. Sen. Arthur Capper (Rep., Kas.)
WHAT’LL YA HAVE, GENTS?
How About 55 Gallons of Black Coffee?
Coffee and milk, by a wide mar
gin, remain the favorite beverages
of American drinkers who will
down nearly eight billion gallons
of coffee and nearly seven billion
gallons of milk in 1948.
The report on the national liquid
intake, compiled by the family
economics bureau of Northwestern
National Life Insurance company,
also estimates that about 2.7 bil
lion gallons of beer and 1.7 billion
gallons of assorted soft drinks will
be consumed this year.
Coffee consumption comes to 55
gallons per capita in 1948. The
grand total of 7.95 billion gallons
would make a circular lake one
and a half miles across and 20
feet deep. It would keep a Niagara
falls cataract flowing for 67 mi»-
utes—without owam or sugar.
BOXCARS:
/Vo Worries
Despite all-time record produc
tion and the bumper crops forecast
for this year, U. S. railroads do
not expect as tight a boxcar situa
tion this autumn as has prevailed
during the past several years.
Southwestern grain, bulking
larger than any other section, has
begun to taper off, more cars are
available in the Northwest this
year than last and terminals still
have space for storage.
Woman's World
Needs, Use, Fabric Durability
Are Keys in Selecting Linens
£rtta ^Jlale
e v
i»T’VE been keeping a home for
I seven years,” said an intelli
gent homemaker to me recently,
“and now my linens need replenish
ing. -But I'm not certain that I
know just how to buy them cor
rectly.”
Contrary to opinion, brides are
not the only ones buying linens to
day. Many a homemaker is seeing
10-year-old sheets fall into shreds
at each laundering, while bath tow
els are developing holes in alarm
ing proportions.
Should the choice be muslin or
percale sheets? What thread count
is best to select? How should the
yarn count affect the choice of
sheets? How large should bath tow
els be? Are cotton or linen towels
better for dishes? These are but a
few of the bewildering questions a
homemaker must be able to answer
before she can make her choice.
Correctly Chosen Sheets
Are Satisfying
Decide on the best size before you
ever get to the store to do your pur
chasing. Anyone who has ever been
troubled by having sheets that are
skimpy will realize the wisdom of
this point. Beds are more comfort
able, easier to make and stay well-
made longer if there is sufficient
tuck-in on all sides. ,
For the standard five-inch thick,
76-inch long mattress, the 108-inch
torn length is most desirable. If you
select one less than 99 inches long,
Measure blankets for quality . . .
there will be skimpiness on the tuck-
in. A single width bed requires a
65-inch width.
A three-quarter bed requires a 72-
inch sheet and the double bed re
quires an 81-inch width sheet. Most
sheets are labeled as to size on the
tabs but, if they are not, measure
them to be certain.
Plastic Bag
Sticky fingers can’t hnrt this
bonny-decorated bag because
it’s made of vinylite plastic
that wipes clean with a damp
cloth. The good workmanship
of this gay, serviceable little
bag will withstand rough usage
while tbe shoulder strap offers
maximum protection against
loss. The strap also leaves
small hands free for such im
portant matters as dolls, bal
loons and lollipops.
Few women have linen sheets and
cotton is thoroughly satisfactory.
For everyday wear, the best choice
is muslin; for “best” accasions, a
good quality percale frequently is
chosen. >
Hemstitched sheets do not wear
particularly well; if you have them,
use for “best” occasions. Other
wise, the plain edges will give best
wear for both occasions.
Tinted sheets are attractive if you
want to match or contrast the bed
room, but only fast-colored ones
should be chosen. White sheets give
best all-around service.
Pillowcase Requirements
Are Identical With Sheets
The type of the sheet usually gives
the thread count. A type 180 sheet
signifies there are 180 threads per
square inch, a type 128 sheet means
that many threads to the square
inch. Usually, the higher the thread
m
Have towels long enough.
count, the better the quality of the
sheet. The number of threads in
each direction should be equal to
get the greatest benefit from the
sheet.
Weight on sheets is not nearly as
important. Light weight may mean
a very fine yarn or few yarns, so
that sheet is poor and sleazy.
«
Lots of wear on a sheet comes
from the top hem. Hems should be
at least four inches and, if you can
find a sheet that has both top and
bottom hem, the sheet will wear
longer.
After you have selected a sheet
for thread count and weight, select
pillowcases in the same type. Pil
lowcases that are six inches longer
than the pillow are best for appear
ance and wear.
When pillowcases are too wide for
the pillow, as many of them are that
you receive for gifts, turn them in
side out and stitch on both of the
long sides to make them fit prop
erly.
Pillow fillings are another consid
eration to bear in mind when you
choose bedding. Those filled with a
combination of duck and geese dowr
are best from the standpoint ol
comfort and lasting wear.
Chicken and turkey feathers are
used in the cheaper pillows, and
frequently have stiff quills in them
that may be uncomfortable.
Make certain the feathers are
clean or the fillings will develop a
rancid, musty odor.
Kapok filling is good if you have
allergies to feathers. However, ka.
pok tends to pulverize when used
for a long time and will lose resili
ency, thus making a replacement
necessary, with its ponsequent ex
pense.
Pillow ticking should not be heav.
ily sized for the filling will come
through readily. Rub the ticking
to test it; if dust flies, sizing is
present.
Hold Blankets in Light
To Check Yarns
Be Smart!
Casually smart, right in de
tailing, capacious enough to per
mit overnight use, these are
the new carry-all bags. You’ll
find them in finest quality
leathers at luxury prices but
also in modestly priced fab
rics, fibers or straws with
leather or simulated leather
trims. All are new and growing
more popular day by day.
A good blanket always is marked
for size. If you think you are get
ting a bargain, have the blanket
measured and compare it with those
which have size stated on the label.
Hold a blanket up to the light tc
see if the yarns are well distrib
uted. If you see thin spots, you can
be certain that these will wear out
soon.
Blankets may be cotton, rayon
wool or a combination of 'two ot
more of these fibers. Cotton make:
a strong blanket, wool a warme:
one. A part wool blanket with less
than 25 per cent wool is no warmei
than a cotton one.
Virgin wool does not necessarily
mean the blanket is of the best qual
ity. The best blankets have long
fibers. Virgin wool may be strongei
if it is of good quality but, if it is
poor, it might be better to buy i
reprocessed wool.
The sizes on most bathroom tow
els are important. Select those 2(
by 40 for most practical purposes.
You may have some that are 28 bj
44, but any larger than that wil!
make the towels a laundering prob
lem, either by adding a lot of excess
weight if the laundering is don<
cornmercially or by being too heavy
If you do your own.
Relishes Will Add Zestful Touch to Meals
{See recipes below)
Canning Relishes
BY THIS TIME you undoubtedly
have finished your fruit and vegeta
ble canning, but there still remain
those late-in-the-season relishes.
Those spicy, zesty accompaniments
to meat and other entrees are al
most as essential as the fruits and
vegetables, and many women do
not consider their canning com
plete without them.
LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU
Pot Roast of Beef
•Tomato Chutney
Browned Potatoes
Green Peas with Onions
Molded Grapefruit Salad
Biscuits with ‘Apple Butter
Baked Pears Beverage
•Recipe Given
Matron's Nightdress
Cool Nightdress
T HIS graceful, slenderizing
nightdress is designed espe
cially for the slightly larger figure.
Cool and comfortable with brief
cap sleeves—and so easy to sew,
too!
• • •
To obtain complete pattern, finishing
instructions for Nightdress sizes 41, 44
and 48 included (Pattern No. 5046) send
20 cents in coin, your name, address and
pattern number. |
SEWING CIRCLE
530 Sooth Well* St.
NEEDLEWORK
Chicago 7, HL
Most relishes are easy to put up
and there is little opportunity for
spoilage if direc
tions are followed.
Enlist some help
from the family
for cutting up
some of the vege
tables and fruits
and work will go
forward rapidly.
• *
SPICED GRAPES are delightful
with mild-flavored meats such as
lamb, veal and chicken.
Spiced Grapes
5 quarts stemmed grapes
8 cups sugar
2 cups vinegar
1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground ginger
Pry seeds from grapes. Drain.
Boil sugar, vinegar and spices for
five minutes. Add grapes and cook
until thick. Pour into hot sterile
jars and seal at once.
If you aren’t certain you have
enough spreads for bread already
canned, make some spicy, delicious
apple butter. It may be used in
sandwiches, cookies or as spread
for biscuits and muffins.
• Apple Butter
1 peck apples
1 gallon sweet cider
6 cups sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
H teaspoon cloves
Wash and slice apples. Add elder
and cook until soft. Press through
sieve. Boy the strained pulp until
thick enough to heap on a spoon,
then add sugar mixed with spices
and continue boiling until so thick
that no liquids runs from the ap
ples. Pour into hot jars and proc
ess for 10 minutes in a boiling wa
ter bath. Complete sealing if neces
sary.
• « •
RELISHES SHOULD be moist
but not juicy. Chief ingredients in
them should have a firm rather
than mushy consistency. Vegeta
bles in both of these relishes should
be finely chopped.
Chow-Chow
1 gallon chopped cabbage
12 onions
12 green peppers
12 red peppers
2 quarts tomatoes, chopped
5 cups sugar
4 tablespoons ground mustard
1 tablespoon turmeric
1 tablespoon ground ginger
4 tablespoons mustard seed
3 tablespoons celery seed
2 tablespoons mixed pickling spice
1 gallon vinegar
Mix all vegetables, which have
first been chopped, with one-half
cup salt. Let stand overnight, then
drain. Tie spices in a bag. Add
sugar and spices to vinegar. Sim
mer 20 minutes. Add all ingredients
and simmer until hot and well sea
soned. Remove spice bag and pack
hot chow-chow into sterile jars; seal
at once.
LYNN SAYS:
Following Rules for Pickling
Fruits and Vegetables
Pickles should be crisp and firm,
solid and evenly colored. The cor
rect color for the green pickle is
olive rather than bright green.
Pack sufficient liquid in the jars
in which you can pickles so that
those on top will not shrivel.
Fresh spices are your best guar
antee of flavor when making
pickles. Spices lose flavor as they
stand so only freshly opened pack
ages should be used.
•Tomato Chutney
12 ripe tomatoes
3 onions
3 sweet peppers
6 tart apples
1 pod hot pepper
1 clove garlic
1 cup seeded raisins
3 cups brown sugar
1 tablespoon ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
^ teaspoon salt
3 cups vinegar
Skin tomatoes and onions, seed
peppers, pare and core apples,
wash raisins and then run all in
gredients through the food chop
per. Combine all ingredients and
cook until thick.
Corn Relish
2 quarts corn
1 quart cabba?A
1 cup chopped green pepper
1 cup chopped red pepper
2 large onions
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons ground mustard
1 tablespoon mustard seed
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon celery seed
1 quart vinegar •
1 cup water
Boil corn for five minutes. Cold
dip. Cut from cob and measure.
Chop and measure cabbage and
peppers. Chop onions. Combine in
gredients and simmer 20 minutes.
• • •
CLOVE APPLES are very popu
lar with roast pork dinners. If you
add a few drops of red food color
ing, the apples will be pretty and
eye-catching.
- Clove Apples
2 pounds prepared apples
4 cups sugar
2H cups water
1 tablespoon crushed ginger-root
or mixed whole spices
12 whole cloves
Food coloring
Use apples that hold shape after
cooking. Pare, core and cut large
apples in halves
or quarters. Pare
and core small
apples, but leave
whole. Boil sugar,
water and cloves
with food color
with the peelings
of two or three red apples until the
jellying point is reached (220 de
grees). Remove cloves and peelings,
pour syrup over apples.
Crab Apple Pickles
1 gallon crab apples
6-8 cups sugar
3 cups water
4 cups vinegar
1 stick cinnamon
1 tablespoon ginger
1 tablespoon whole cloves
M tablespoon whole allspice
Wash and pierce each apple with
a needle. Heat sugar, liquids and
spices, tied in a bag, until sugar
dissolves. Cool. Add apples and sim
mer until tender. Let stand several
hours or overnight. Pack cold Into
sterile jars.
Released by WNU Features.
Fruits and vegetables used for
pickling should not be overripe.
The same rules for selecting pick
ling material as for general can
ning holds true.
When making fruit pickles, cut
the fruit in uniform sizes and shapes
so the pickles look attractive when
served. The syrup for fruit pickles
is as thick as that for preserves.
Vegetables which are brined
should be kept thoroughly covered
with the brine, otherwise those
standing uncovered by brine will
spoil.
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