Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS — Dutch Forces Overrun Indonesia; Peace Feeler Offered China Reds; U. S. Stand Settled If War Conies WAR IN INDONESIA ... Describing; the offensive as “police action” against Indonesian terrorists, the Dntch government managed to invade the Indonesian republic by land, sea and air in time to enable Dutch troops to spend Christmas on Java. The capital city, Jogja karta (I), was captured in the first hours of fighting, and the Nether lands forces moved easily through Indonesia in an almost bloodless occupation. DUTCH PUSH Into Indonesia The young Indonesian republic was fallen on evil days. Dutch troops raced through Java and Sumatra In a bloodless dccupation, threaten ing the remaining important centers of the republic. DUTCH MARINES had forged to the outskirts of the Republican army’s only oil center on Jav*. Other Netherlands forces, in a light ning thrust through western Suma tra. were within 40 miles of the chief Republican city on that island. Decrying charges of war and in vasion, the Dutch termed their ac tivities “police action.” Well ahead of their time-table, the Dutch had effected advances with practically no bloodshed. International diplomats turned eyes toward Washington where the United States had been formally asked to grant “political and eco nomic” support to the tiny repub lic. The Indonesian minister had further asked serious consideration of U. S. cutting off of Marshall- plan aid to the Netherlands be cause of the Dutch action in the East Indies. The Dutch announcement on the outbreak of hostilities said: "FOLLOWING a breakdown of informal talks with the republic after its failure to comply with its truce obligations or to reply to the last Dutch note asking for a bind- Ug declaration on four essential points, the Netherlands government reluctantly finds itself obliged to take military action against ter rorist activities and undisciplined elements in the republic who render any constructive policy impossible.” The Indonesians had some sup port. An American member of the United Nations good offices com mittee charged the Dutch had vio lated the Indonesian truce agree ment signed last January after the first abortive war in Java had ended. U. S. DECISION: All Settled If it comes to war with Russia, where will the United States stand? Diplomatic informants had no doubt as to the answer. Their opinion was firm and immediate: The United States is prepared, even in advance of a formal military alliance, to coordinate its military forces in Europe with those of the western European powers in the event of open conflict with Rus sia. IF SHOOTING ever starts, these •fllcials said, American forces would come under the general oper ational control of the western Eu ropean commander. Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, of Britain. Montgomery is dhairman of the military staff committee of the western European union. But these sources added that there is no reason now more than there ever has been to consider that war with Russia is close at hand or unavoidable. In fact, it was said top officials have great hope that the building up of real power in the western world by devices such as the military arrangement for western Europe will discourage the Russians from committing any overt act. THE COUNTRIES in the western European union, Britain, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Lux embourg are negotiating now with the United States on more perma nent military arrangements. Their embassies are working with U. S. state department officials to draft a north Atlantic region security alliance by which the United States would be committed to help any member nations if any of them were attacked. POLL-TOPPERS: Mr. Truman If there is anything to the adage about he who laughs last laughs best, Harry S. Truman should be chuckling fit to kill himself. He not only pole-axed the poll sters with his election victory but, snatching a hair from the dog that bit them, he turned up as the “most admired man” in the world, as far as Americans are concerned. And he did it in a poll—Dr. George Gal- lup’s poll, in fact. PEACE FEELER: To China Reds Time really was running out for the Nationalist government of China’s Generalissimo Chiang Kai- shek. Sun Fo, son of Dr. Sun Yat- sen, revered “father of the Chinese republic,” was at the helm as premier and had put together a new cabinet. “We have to fight on,” he told the cabinet, “until we can secure an honorable peace” with the Communists. THUS WAS the cat out of the bag. Indications were plain that if noth ing could be worked out with Chiang in the saddle, he might be unhorsed and peace brought to troubled China by other hands. Sun’s statement, which could be viewed as a peace feeler toward the Reds, came as the Commu nists tightened their squeeze on the big northern city of Tientsin. After his comment about an “honorable peace,” Sun added: •,T CAN ASSURE you that we will not surrender outright . . .” Such a surrender, he said, would mean “scuttling” the anti-Commu- nist front and “China would be come a second Poland or Czecho slovakia—which I am trying to pre vent.” Failure of any enthusiastic recep tion to Madame Chiang's “help, please” visit to Washington and of the nationalist armies to stem the Communist hordes combined to dim any hope for survival of the present nationalist regime. GOOD NEWS: About Food Out of the welter of news of bad things that might happen, came good news of food—among them re port of prospects of lower prices during 1949. '"'OR. INSTANCE, various food au thorities predicted that increased food supplies would reduce to some extent the cost of setting the na tion's tables in the coming 12 months. Comments to this effect were forthcoming from the annual food-industry-review issue of the National Grocers’ bulletin, a publi cation of the National Association of Retail Grocers. Too, various indexes of wholesale prices showed the food-price level declining. In the grocers’ bulletin. Agricul ture Secretary Brannan said: “The United States has entered the door of tlie year of plenty.” FOOD RETAILERS added rosy tints to the picture with the obser vation that prices, besides declining slightly, would be more stable in 1949 than they have been in the postwar years. Breadwinners and householders greeted the news warmly. Both could stand a lot of price slashing as an ease in such other aggravat ing problems as automobile and housing shortages, dwindling dollar value in other fields, drafting of the nation's youth and threats to peace aboard. DOPE: Fewer Addicts Federal narcotic agents could take a breather—there were fewer dope addicts in the United States. Three experts, writing in the Journal of the American Medical Association, declared there are only 48,000 narcotic addicts in the nation now, and most of them are men. These experts declared that the number of drag users has dwindled from between 150,000 to 200,000 in 1914 to about 48,000 at the last count. Drug addiction is a symptom of a basic underlying personality mal adjustment, according to the ex perts, and victims fall into five general classes. These are, in the order of their numerical importance: THOSE WHO become accidental ly addicted while taking drugs for illness; those who take drugs to relieve psychoneurotic symptoms; psychopathic persons who learn through association with other ad dicts; persons with real mental ill ness who feel better while taking drugs, and a minor group with “be havior or character” disorders. RED FACES: In Pentagon There were red faces in the Pentagon building, seat of army bureaucracy. A citizens’ committee had declared flatly that the nation’s military establishment is "cumber some and costly” despite reported unification. The members speculated that Russia might be trying to achieve “victory by bankruptcy” in forcing the United States into constantly increasing military expansion. THAT APPRAISAL came from a committee of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of Government, established by the last congress. Former Presi dent Herbert Hoover heads the whole commission, Ferdinand Eber- stadt. New York financier, is chair man of the unit reporting on na tional security. Other members in clude educators, newspapermen anc? business executives. The committee said that “while unification had made the United States far better prepared, the cost of defense preparations were alarmihgly high in terms of money, manpower and drain on resources.” It cited mistakes it said had been made by the armed forces, hence the red faces in the Pentagon. It added that President Truman might well have asked for com plete mobilization if he had followed the estimate that “an immediate military effort was afoot abroad, rather than an intensification of the cold war.” The agency making the mistake was not identified in the report, but there was speculation it stemmed from the air force. It appeared, too, that the army had somehow lost track of 9,000 of its tanks. TAFT: Main Event Ohio's U. S. Sen. Robert A. Taft, longtime big wheel in Republican party affairs, conceded in a talk with capital newsmen that he faces a fight for his political life in 1950. TO ONE newsman who asked if he had any ideas of seeking the presidency in 1952, Taft replied, “I am going to run for the senate two years from now. Frankly, my eyes can't see a thing beyond Novem ber 2, 1950—or whatever the date is. It’s going to be a major con test.” Taft was only admitting what ail Ohio politicians have known and all labor people are saying. To them, the only question remaining is who his Democratic opponent will be. TAFT RECALLED that he had “read some place that labor has three million dollars to spend, and they probably will spend one mil lion in Ohio.” Standing firm on issues which may ultimately drive him out of the senate, Taft served definite no tice of his unyielding opposition to any administration move to repeal the Taft-Hartley law outright. FARMERS: N •* N v .• s •. w KfiPiM M SM OS... ly Jwn Baked Puddings Tempt on Cold Days (Set Recipes Below.) Baked Dessert ARE YOUR DESSERTS fragrant and appetite-satisfying these cold winter days? If not, get busy, light the oven, and bring out your pans and mixing bowls for 1 * these recipes are ^certain to inspire you thoroughly and delightfully. Baked puddings are a wonderful menu inspiration especially when you’re using the oven for the main dish, hot bread or vegetable, because they can be cooked right along with the other things. Then, too, since appetites are sharper these frosty days, it’s a good idea to have something sub stantial to fill the tummy. You can combine fruits and cereals, eggs and milk, all of these good foods, so essential to good nutrition, right into menus so readily when they’re included in a dessert that no one will skip. • * • _ YOU’LL KNOW WHY the recipe is called “Delight” when you try this delectable combination of jellied whole cranberries, chopped apples and a topping of rolled oats, brown sugar and nutmeats. This dessert takes an hour to bake and may be served warm with hard sauce or cold with whipped cream. LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU Fish Chowder Tomato-Calavo Salad Cheese Dressing Buttered Toast Beverage •Cranberry Delight •Recipe Given. Baked Orange Podding (Serves 6) Sauce: 1 cop sugar IK cops boiling water 2K tablespoons cornstarch 3 tablespoons butter 1 orange, grated rind and juice K teaspoon salt H teaspoon grated nutmeg Mix sugar, salt and cornstarch. Add boiling water gradually, stir ring constantly, then boil five min utes. Remove from heat, add orange juice and rind. Pour about one-fourth of this mixture into a deep greased pan (S'xS”). Cover with cake mixture given below. Re serve remainder of sauce to pour over pudding when served. Cake mixture: IK cups cake flour 2K teaspoons baking powder K cup milk K teaspoon salt K cup sugar 1 egg K teaspoon orange extract K cup melted butter /Vo Croesus Contrary to a supposition among many citizens, farmers were not getting rich on “boom time” prices. THE NATIONAL Planning asso ciation found this out when it raised the question: Should farmers use profits from record-high farm prices to buy more indoor plumbing, give their children better educations, or take a trip to Europe?—or should they buy mere land and expand, their farms in the hope of making* more money? The staid, competent Associated Press sampled farmer opinion on these questions. Results: Many farmers denied they had made any “boom time” profits, claiming that it must have been the western cat tlemen and wheat growers who made all the money. ^ They contended, generally, that the high price of labor and farm machinery ate up the profits. Prince Charlie Smiling happily as only a young mother can. Princess Elizabeth poses with her baby after the royal infant had been christened Prince Charles Phil ip Arthur George of Edinburgh. The prince took all the pomp and circumstance with tongue in cheek and thumb in mouth. •Cranberry Delight (Serves 6) IK cups chopped, unpeeled apples 1 cup jellied whole cranberry sauce I cup rolled oats (quick or old- fashioned, uncooked) K cup brown sugar K cup sifted flour K teaspoon salt K cup melted butter or substitute K cup chopped nutmeats Combine apples and cranberry sauce; place in a greased 8-inch square baking dish. Combine rolled oats, sugar, flour and salt. Add but ter, mixing until crumbly. Sprinkle over apple-cranberry mixture. Top with nutmeats. Bake in a moderate (350-degree) oven for one hour. • • • THERE ARE FEW more festive combinations than candied or mar aschino cherries |and pineapple, j Here’s an excel- 1 ie’nt recipe for us ing your leftover, : stale cake. If you lack that, you may substitute lady fin gers. Cabinet Pudding (Serves 6) 18 lady fingers or leftover, stale cake 1 cup crushed pineapple K cup cherries 3 eggs K cup sugar IK cups milk 1 cup peaches, sliced Alternate layers of mixed fruit and cake in a buttered casserole. Beat eggs slightly, add milk and sugar and pour this over fruit-cake mixture. Bake uncovered in a mod erate (350-degree) oven for one hour. * • • HERE’S A LOVELY cake-type pudding with a delicious orange sauce that is baked right with the pudding. Sift together all dry ingredients. Add egg to milk, then the melted butter. Beat slightly. Turn the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, then beat until the mixture is smooth. Stir in flavoring. Pour bat ter over orange sauce in the greased deep pan, then bake in a moderate (350-degree) oven for 45 minutes. • * • • HERE’S A TORTE that’s good for wintertime eating. The delicate flavor arises from the combination of applesauce, spices, raisins and oats. Easy to make, simple to serve right from the cas serole, it’s a good dessert to have on hand during the entire cool weather season. Spicy Applesauce Torte (Serves 12) 1 cup sifted flour K teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon cinnamon K teaspoon cloves K cup shortening 1 cup brown sugar t 1 egg 1 cup thick, sweetened applesauce 1 cup rolled oats, quick or old' fashioned, uncooked K cup raisins Sift together flour, soda, baking powder, salt and spices. Add short ening, sugar, egg and one-half cup of the applesauce. Beat until smooth, about two minutes. Fold in remaining applesauce, rolled oats and raisins. Bake in a greased 7x11-inch pan in a moder ate (350-degree) oven for 35 to 40 minutes. Serve warm with whipped cream or hard sauce. Hard Sauce 1 cup powdered sugar H teaspoon vanilla 2 tablespoon butter Cream butter, add sugar gradual ly, then vanilla. Shape in a mold or in balls. Chill and serve. Released by WNU Features. Can’t Stay There Housing remained critical. In De troit, four families with a total of 15 children, faced eviction from living quarters they had set up in voting booths. The families, all able to pay rent, were allowed to , use the vacant wooden polling ! shacks when they were unable to find other housing. An official ordered the children taken to hospitals or children’s homes, and gave the parents more time to find quarters. LYNN SAYS: Know Your Food Facts and Fancies For best results in baking, have milk at room temperature before mixing it with the other ingredients. This is especially true when mix ing biscuits, muffins and cakes. A teaspoon or two of lemon juice brings out the full fruit flavor of fruit pies. Add it when mixing the fruit in the sugar. Leftover ham may be ground and shaped into balls. Serve with a sweet-sour sauce! Put party airs on cup cakes by Roll biscuit dough into a large circle, then cut into pie shaped wedges. Spread with softened but ter, sprinkle with brown sugar and nutmeg. Then roll into butterhoms, starting at the wide end and bake. Most attractive and delicious! For breakfasts that delight on cold mornings, serve spicy sausage patties with french toast and syrup. Start off with a colorful, plump baked apple. Ever try lima beans with chopped cooked bacon for flavor? You’ll like them this way. If you want to cook prunes in a Woman's World Closets Should Be Decorative Orderly, Instead of Catch-Alls £rtta HAT HAPPENS when you •V open the closet door? Do things of all manner and descrip tion tumble out at you? Do you have to push bunches of clothing and shoes out of the way in a mad scramble to find what you want? Or, are you like one friend of mine who opens her closet door more often than necessary just for the sheer pleasure of looking at its beauty and efficiency? Yes, closets can be that way if you’ll review them as a problem and outline a solution. Moat closets are not nearly large enough and that is a very real problem. If you can’t do the nec essary carpentry to make them larger, there may still be a way to solve the storage problem. Small closets in old-fashioned houses are often very high, and it may be possible to build a few more shelves on top of the only one you have.This would certainly take care of several large storage boxes to help get things off the floor. In a small closet, you’ll also have to establish a filing system and ad- Make matched accessories . . . here to it. The last suggestion is the real secret! The best way to file things is to get a series of wardrobe bags: one for blouses—and they are to go no where else. Another bag for dresses, and another tor coats. If you al ways put the garments in the bags in which they belong, you can find the bag in a moment. Store Ont-of-Season Clothing Elsewhere Summer shoes, galoshes, or blankets that you do not use reg ularly should be stored so they do not take precious space in a closet that has only enough room for things you use everyday. At the beginning of each season, go through the closet carefully and set aside the things that you will not be using for several months. Have the garments or objects cleaned and put them away in the basement or attic. However, do To glamorize the closet. label them so there’s no difficulty getting them when you need them. If you have no other way to store them than in the closet, place them in labeled boxes piled neatly on the extra shelves that have been constructed. Blankets, hats, belts, extra pil lows, remnants and all manner of material may be stored in boxes like this so they will not be in your immediate way. Be Smart! Make one pair of streamlined pomps do triple and quadruple duty by dressing them up 6r down to your costume. The pumps may be of. medium or high heel, accord ing to your preference or most frequent costum . For fur coat days, carry out the wrap up idea with fur trimmed spats that tit snugly over your heels. When whimsey instead of warmth rules your selection, the newest trick i is the sling heel spat. Choose your buckle with an eye to its orna mental value, for you may be tacking it on the belt or shoulder of your basic wool dress. Baby’s Wardrobe Bag Your youngster’s own wardrobe bag made of pale pink or blue quilted vinyllte plastic holds ten toddler’s dresses and coats, four pairs of shoes and commodious pockets for bonnets and sweaters. This dainty but practical closet bag offers complete protection against dust and mussing and is an excellent way to take a starched and carefully ironed wardrobe along when traveling by car. The bag Itself is impervious to dirt, grease or acids and wipes clean with a damp cloth. The closet should consist only of the things you are using daily. This prevents clutter. Get you- shoes out of the way by placing them on a rack or in shoe bags. Use a certain filing system even in this: put shoes back in the same place so you know exactly where to go to get them. Sometimes the inside of (he door may be used for a shoe bag. If you can’t find one of the right size, they’re easy to make to fit the door. Special hangers are made for suits, trousers, skirts and ties. These are often a good investment because they are especially designed to keep things at their best. Place them at one end of the closet so you'll know where things like that arfe. It’s also easy to keep special hangers all to gether rather than have them clut tering space in-between regular hangers. Decorate Closets As You Do Rooms Closets are no longer painted an unobtrusive neutral color. Neither are they dark or lacking in design. We now see them in ga^ pastels, matching or contrasting with the room, and with matching acces sories. If your room is in a plaid, the closet will be smart if the walls are painted in one of the colors of the plaid. Then all the boxes which you are using for storage in the closet may be covered with the same plaid paper that you are us ing in the room. Or, you might use plastic boxes and trim them with the plaid used in the room. Another idea for trimming might be to use the same material on the boxes as you have used on the drapes or spread in the bedroom. In this way you can make the closet a unit with the room itself. Closets that contrast with the room are also effective. Select one of the colors in the room for the walls of the closet and let the boxes harmonize with that. If the room is any shade of pink, for example, you might uset.a pink and white candy stripe in the walls, and a blue or green for the ceiling. The boxes may be plain pink or they may be blue to match the ceiling. If you do not want to go into any such detail, make an edging for the shelves out of a fabric or material that will match or contrast with the room. This same fabric might be used as edging for the boxes. Cover Storage Boxes Neatly, Carefully If you are covering boxes at home with either a wallpaper or a fabric, it must be done carefully so the boxes don’t look shabby within a short time. Start with plenty o. material or paper so there need be no piecing. Fit each piece on carefully and leave enough so that paper or fabric will come well within the inside of the box. Paste or glue the ends, or use scotch tape to secure them. Special care will have to be taken when you work with plaids or stripes so that these will run carefully and according to design. There must oe no piecing. Fabrics are, of course, more durable for covering if you can use them. They offer less difficulty, too, since they are more pliable. Use only durable, well constructed boxes which have no flaws in them. Fit them into the closet first, so that you kndw they’ll fit. Labels placed on them, after covering, will also be more helpful in aiding you to find what you want. Ain't It U Subtlety b the urt of aaytac what yon think that yoa’D have time to get clear before it sinks in. One reason people Hke dog* is that it’s their tails that wag, not their tongues. Fan is like life insurance— the older you are the more it costs. x Bookshelf Offers No Problems to Builder W oodworking can he lots of fun. It provides healthy re laxation and at the same time pro vides an opportunity of building some useful article. Many peo ple have no conception of how easy it is to work with wood, or how quickly household equip-, ment and furniture can be built at home. • Working with wood pays off ia whereby you can obtain articles your home needs at less than half their cost" if bought ready made, and at the same time it offers the best kind of entertain ment. The pattern for making this bookshelf, like all other full size woodworking patterns, is easy to use. Merely trace the pattern on the wood, saw and assemble. The- pattern shows exact location of shelves, screws, etc. No special, tools or skill are required. • • • Send 15 cents for Harrisburg Bookshelf Pattern No. 21 to East Pattern Company, Dept. W ville. N. Y. Cornmeal Treatment % A flaky face? Then sprinklu cere- meal on a soapy wash cloth and gently rub it over your skin. 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