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V. THF NEWRKWRV S?tn NEWHERWY. S. C -WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS- Record Budget Given to Congress; Acheson Confirmation Predicted; British Say Israel Menaces Peace Truman's Flag PALESTINE: Toil And Trouble The British lion was roaring at a gnat. In a prepared statement, the Eng lish government declared that Pal estine developments are “gravely threatening world peace.” Coupled with the dither was a re port that Ernest Bevin, British foreign secretary, had offered to resign because of his Palestine policy and that Prime Minister Attlee had refused to accept the resignation. THIS WAS instantly and emphat ically denied. All these developments came as Israel formally filed with the U. N. security council at Lake Success a complaint that the British were fo menting an "artificial crisis” over Palestine by troop movements and various actions just as negotiations were about to open with Egypt. The British foreign office state ment warned that the security coun cil has been “losing control over events” and said it had reason to fear new Jewish violations of the cease-fire orders in the Holy Land. Meanwhile, critics of British pol icy in the Middle East prepared to demand that Secretary Bevin ex plain how it happened that five RAF planes were shot down by the Is raelis near the Palestine border. Britain’s air ministry asserted all five planes were shot down while flying over Egypt. IT COULD NOT be denied that the situation was difficult. Broken down to its basic essentials, it is a condition where one people must, or have been told they must, give way to the infiltration of another people—the Jews moving into Pales tine and the Holy Land area, the Arabs moving out. It has never been a secret that British sym pathies, for whatever reason, lie with the Arabs and John Bull looks with jaundiced eye on the partition action and the influx of the Jews. But the United States and some other nations have sided with the movement to return the Jews to their homeland. It may yet require organization of a United Nations police force to settle the affair, but bow that might be done without British cooperation is an even weightier problem. TRAILER DEMONSTRATION Here is the silk flag which was presented to President Truman at his inauguration January 20. It is held by Lucy E. Notaro, civilian employe, and Brig. Gen. Hugh B. Hester, commander of the Philadelphia quartermaster depot. The flag was made in the embroidery section of the depot. ACHESON: Should Make It General belief was that Dean Acheson would be confirmed by the senate as secretary of state. Named by President Truman to succeed resigned George C. Marshall, Ache son is certain to be taken over the hurdles in public hearings on his appointment. Protege of Justice Felix Frank furter and former intimate and em ploye of Franklin D. Roosevelt, in timate with and a former employer of Alger Hiss and a law partner of Donald Riss, Acheson must inevita bly be reminded of these facts by some of his interrogators. On the other hand, he can point to a long and distinguished record of public service in which his loyal ties have never been questioned. But in view of the current spy hunt in Washington and Acheson’s con nection with some of its principal figures, it would be little less than a miracle if his appointment were to go unquestioned. According to the record, Acheson began his state department career with an attitude sympathetic to Russia—that is, to the extent that he believed the United States should do everything possible to get along with the Russians. But, since Yalta and Potsdam, observers report that attitude has changed and he is now one of the most deterAiined anti appeasers. The ghost of Franklin Roosevelt will walk and the echoes of the Yalta and Potsdam parleys will rustle as the Acheson hearings progress. DESTRUCTION: Nothing to Chance Destruction would be certain . . . there would be nothing left to chance if military scientists per fect their newest idea of a guided missile. This would be no “ordi nary” guided missile. That’s no fantastic dream of the men who plan the weapons of war. A hint of its imminence was con tained in a “glossary of guided missile terms” made public by the federal research and development board. The glossary’s reference to the subject was terse, saying merely this: “Guidance, homing, active—A system of homing guidance where in the source, for illuminating the target, and the receiver are carried within the missile." Here was the general idea: A guided missile (it could be a rocket or merely a pilotless plane) is fitted with a television set and a picture of the intended target—^per haps an aerial photograph of a city. The missile is launched in the gen eral direction of the target. When it arrives at a point when the pattern of the picture matches what its television “eye” sees, the missile “homes in” on the target. That’s an over-simplified de scription because thousands of com plex electronic actuating computing devices must make instantaneous and accurate reckonings; link the “eye” and the “brain” of the missile to its controls, and relay back to the base from which the missile was launched information on where it is and what it "sees.” Man’s ingenuity in developing de structive devices apparently has not yet reached its zenith. When it does, those who fear man’s ultimate destruction by his own hand may not be altogether given over to mor. bid imaginings. Huge Exhibit Planned at Chicago Show Desirability of life in a trailer coach will be demonstrated to Americans when manufacturers from seven states and three coun tries exhibit their models at the 1949 trailer coach manufacturers’ association show in Chicago start ing February 18 and continuing through February 27. The display win be housed at the International •mpitheatre The trailer coach show is to be held in conjunction with the annual international Chicago sports and outdoor exposition, which is always one of the country’s biggest shows. Manufacturers from Illinois, Ind iana, Michigan, Ohio, California, Oklahoma, Texas, Canada and England will exhibit more than 150 models ranging in price from $2,000 to $40,000 (EDITOR’S NOTE: When opinions are expressed in these coinrans, they are those of Western Newspaper Union’s news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) RECORD BUDGET: Asked of Congress President Truman, presenting a proposal for the largest peacetime budget in U. S. history to the con gress, was greeted with the ex pected reaction. Democrats ap- p 1 a u d e d. Republicans instantly demanded deep slashes in recom mended outlay. It became evident quickly that the fight on adoption of the budget would be carried out •trictly along party lines. THE PRESIDENT declared it would take 41 billion, 858 million dollars to run the government right for the next year. And the punch line was that half of every Amer ican tax dollar would be spent to hold back the Communist tide in the world. On a party line basis, approval of the budget was assured, assuming, of course, that the Democrats hold fast. The President has a comfor table majority in both houses and there should be no difficulty in get ting his proposal adopted. But the 41 billfon-plus figure wasn’t all. Mr. Truman served no tice he will ask more funds later to supply arms to non-Communist nations, a step which would push the budget even higher. THE ONLY possible bar to ap proval of the Truman budget was public reaction to the plan to finance with 50 cents of every American dollar anti-Red activities abroad. Would the people go along with American foreign policy and the theories of policy-makers that such a step was the only answer to Com munist menace? Apparently the President is confident, because of his victory at the polls, that the people will support him in such a move and thus showed no hesitancy in his budget proposals nor in making his declaration that he plans to call upon the American people for even more money to stem the Communist tide. Already thoughts are turning to the 1950 congressional elections and congressmen whose senses were not completely lulled by the 1948 Demo cratic sweep, may want to sound out public sentiment on the huge expenditure program. If that is the case, public opinion may be the final factor in its adoption. CHAIN STORES: Food Dollar Chart Despite the prevalence of many conviction* to the contrary, con sumers who lay a dollar down on the counter of a chain food store gets food that costs the chain an average of 83 cents. This leaves 17 cents to the chain with which it must pay all its in cidental expenses and 10 cents of this, or about three fifths, goes out in wages to employes of the chain. IN PAYING 17 cents to the chain the customer thus lays out that amount for the chain’s combined wholesale and retail services. After the 10 cents goes to employes, the remainder is allocated in this man. ner: one and a half cents for rent and maintenance; two cents for warehousing and cartage; a little- over one cent for shrinkage, spoil age and theft, and one-half cent for advertising. This leaves from one to one and a half cents net profit to the chain, less income taxes of one-half to one cent. These figures were developed in the latest in a series of price studies by the family economics bureau of the Northwestern National Life In surance company. The survey disclosed that in dividual markups vary widely, of course, within the store, being much higher than the general 17 per cent average on perishable items like fresh fruits and vegeta bles, and much lower than everage on very competitive staples like sugar. ACCORDING TO tt- study result, the average food chain markup be fore the war was 22% cents—a third greater than today. Today’s far greater dollar volume per store, and therefore per employe, is main ly responsible for the lower han dling costs per dollar of sales. Should either prices or total vol ume shrink materially, however, the cent or so profit margin per dollar would vanish rather quickly and “red ink” would take its place. Before the war, the farmer re ceived an average of 40 cents of the consumer’s food dollar and 60 cents went for processing, canning, ship ping, wholesaling and retaining. To day the farmer gets 53 cents per dollar and 47 cents covers all the various steps in processing and dis tribution. LONGER LIFE: Science Has Key If parents would insure long lives for their progeny, they must marry young. DR. A. I. LANSING of the Wash ington university school of medi cine, St. Louis, reported to the Gerontological society of New York the discovery of a mysterious chemical, called X, which seems to time how fast a human being grows old. “X” is something that parents transmit to their offspring and it is set like a clock, either for long or short life. The age clock was found in rotifiers, but a little human evi dence was cited. Rotifiers are microscopic water bugs, swimming with long lashes that make them look like whirling dervishes. The setting of the X-clock in ro tifiers depend on how early they mated. IT APPEARS, Dr. Lansing stated, that the amount of X stuff in a fertilized egg sets the clock. When there is little X, the rotifier lives long. As parents get older, the eggs contain more X and life is shorter. He also said that the mysterious stuff also regulates growth—as the volume of X increases, growth stops. The human exidence is indirect. Dr. Lansing said. A study by Dr. Louis Dublin, showed a tendency for children of young parents to live longer than those born later. And, it must be remembered, humans come from eggs. New Air Postcard i>fc.KVc. uur,KKlLS IIS UtsSSEKTS THIS MONTH! (See Recipes Below) CHERRY FAVORITES Here is shown the newest form of communication—slightly larg er than natural, of course. It is the new four-cent air mail post card which went on sale at post offices over the nation on January 10. The postal department expects vast popularity for the new card. Extremes Irk Reds Russian designers have been told to forget extreme fashions. Styles for the mass consumer are needed instead, said senior inspector of trade in Moscow, V. Syrov. He wrote in Trud that the artistic council of Moscow’s biggest depart ment store recently considered 672 new styles. He said he was aston ished that 309 of these were for hats. The artistic council picks the styles ordered for the manufacturers. FOR A MONTH which is short, February has more than its quota of holidays. Just in case you’re en tertaining for even one of these, .j've planned a number of popuiai desserts from which you can take your choice. Youngsters and oldsters alike will enjoy colorful desserts whether they’re for family dinner or a party. You may serve them ice cream, cake or pudding, or pie, if that’s your favorite dessert, and it’s bound to be a hit. Here are a number of top-notch cherry dessert recipes which may be used during this month or any other. Starting with a cherry pie filing, you’ll find that several other desserts can be made from it. Filled cup cakes, cherry sundae topping or a cherry frozen pudding, all are made using the same, easy basic cherry sauce that is used for pie filling. The sauce may be stored in the refrigerator for later use or for quick snacks when company drops in to call. • • • YOU’LL FIND that canned cher ries are convenient to use and somewhat lower in price than last year. The following recipes call for water-packed cherries. If you use those packed in syrup, re duce the sugar in the recipe to Vi cup. All-Purpose Cherry Sauce (Makes 2% cups) 1 No. 2 can red sour pitted cher ries _ % cup sugar 2 tablespoons cornstarch V4 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons butter Heat the drained liquid from the cherries. Combine sugar, corn starch and salt. Sift into the boiling liquid and cook until thick and clear, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; add butter and cherries. Cherry Pie Fil an 8-inch baked pie shell with 2% cups of the all-purpose cherry sauce. Garnish with 3 tablespoons shredded coconut mixed with 1 ta blespoon grated sharp cheese, cherry Sundae (Serves 4) 1 cup all-purpose cherry sauce 1 pint ice Cream Prepare the cherry sauce. Divide the ice cream into 4 servings. Top each with cherry sauce. Serve sauce hot or cold. Cherry Filled Cup Cakes 2% cups all-purpose cherry sauce 10 cakes Prepare the cherry sauce. Cut off tops of cup cakes and scoop out centers. Fill with cherry sauce. Serve witfc vanilla-flavored whipped cream. Frozen Cherry Pudding (Serves 6) % pint whipping cream 2% cups all - purpose cherry sauce 3 drops almond flavoring Whip cream until stiff; fold in cold cherry sauce and flavoring. Pour into freezing tray of mechani cal refrigerator and freeze until firm but not hard. • • • IF YOU’R looking for other cherry recipes with which to cele brate any event, you’ll like the fol lowing selection. The first is a deli cious cookie: LYNN SAYS: Food Tricks Make Dishes Appealing Did you know that a bit of curry powder in corned beef hash will put it in the elegant class? You can stuff green peppers with the mix ture for a meal in one dish. Use the tough portions of broc coli cooked and pured, mixed with cream sauce and hard cooked eggs for a nice vegetable dish. Sliced stuffed olives with cream ed veal or veal stew add both color and flavor to it. LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU Braised F.ump Roast of Beef Browned Potatoes Onions Carrots Gravy Bread and Butter Beverage •Frozen Cherry Pudding •Recipe Given Cherry Dainties (Makes 3 dozen) H cup sweet butter Vi cup sugar 1 egg yolk 1 tablespoon grated orarind 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 cup sifted flour % teaspoon salt Chopped nuts Candied cherries Cream butter, add sugar and cream thoroughly. Add egg yolk, rind and lemon juice. Mix well, add flour and salt. Mix to a smooth paste. Roll into small balls, the size of marbles. Dip each in slight ly beaten egg white and roll in chop ped nuts. Arrange on greased bak ing sheet and press a piece of can died cherry in each cookie. Bake in a moderate (350°F.) oven until golden brown, about 12-15 minutes. George Washington Cake (Makes 2 9-inch layers) % cup shortening IVi cups sugar 2% cups cake flour Ya teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder % teaspoon soda 1 cup sour milk or buttermilk 1 teaspoon vanilla 4 stiffly-beaten egg whites Thoroughly cream sugar and shortening. Add sifted dry ingre dients alternately with sour milk and vanilla. Fold in egg whites Bake in 2' waxed-paper lined 9-inch pans in a moderate (350°F.) oven for 30 minutes. Put layers together and frost-with the folowing frosting and garnish with maraschino cher ries. Twice-Cooked Frosting 2 cups sugar % cup water % teaspoon cream of tartar % teaspoon salt 2 egg whites 1 teaspoon vanilla Cook sugar, water and cream of tartar to soft ball stage (236°F.) Add salt to egg whites; beat until frothy. Place over hot water and gradually add sugar syrup, oealing constantly. Continue beating until mixture forms peaks. Cherry Pudding (Serves 6-8) 1 quart hot milk 2 cups dry bread crumbs 3 tablespoons butter 4 eggs, slightly beaten IVi cups sugar 2% cups red, sour canned cher ries, drained Pour the scalded milk over the bread crumbs and mix with remain ing ingredients in the order given. Pour into a greased casserole and bake in a moderate (350°F.) oven for 45 minutes or until set. If you desire a sauce for the above pudding, use the cherry juice from the canned cherries, sweeten it to taste and thicken with 2 teaspoons of cornstarch mixed with the sugar. Cook until clear and serve warm or cold. Released by WNU Features. Simple supper dish can be made from shreds of leftover roast and diced cooked potatoes folded into white sauce, then baked in a but tered casserole with a topping of grated cheese or buttered bread crumbs. Pork sausage patties combine well with macaroni and sauerkraut for a v/arming one-dish meal. Bake thoroughly. < Aspic salad made with deviled ham and hard-cooked eggs, season ed with chili sauce, takes on real distinction. 'Soil Surgeon' Says Seedbed-Making Boon Performs Multiple Work, Cuts Time in Half A new, efficient device for pro ducing finer, smoother seedbeds is the “Soil Surgeon” now on the mar ket. Designed for use in a plowed field only, the device does the com bined work of a double-disc, spiked toothed harrow and a float—and manufacturers declare it gives the farmer a finer, smoother seedbed in half the ordinary time. The exclusive ..se of the soil sur geon after plowing does not turn up dormant weed seeds or plowed- under vegetation, thus giving a cleaner growing crop and richer soil. It levels the ground, fills all air pockets, and seals the moisture MJSJBigl This “soil surgeon” is designed for use in a plowed field only. It does the work of a double-disc, a spike-toothed harrow and a float —and is said to give you a finer, smoother seedbed in half the time. in the soil, thereby making for quicker germination and a higher yield. Sturdy and simple, the soil sur geon consists of two heavy steel pans with raised sides, to permit loading with dirt for added weight. These may be used singly or bolted together, depending on the desired width to be covered. To the bottom of each pan are bolted 20 double-edged cultivator knives, each provided with a bear ing to permit it to follow easily and automatically the tractor’s line of travel. These heavy-duty knives slice the four and one-half inches of soil into one-inch strips, while the action of the pan pulverizes, smooths and levels the sliced soil in a way not approached by any other instrument currently in use on the farm. The field should first be worked in the direction of plowing, using as many sections side by side as the tractor can pull with weight adjusted. The final finish is ob tained by pulling the soil surgeon across the line of furrows. The soil surgeon should also be used as a crust breaker for all oncoming crops to mulch and kill small weeds. Pacific Island Farm “Pigs is pigs,” no matter where you find them—even on the Pa cific island of Guam in the Mari anas. On farms established by the U. S. naval government on Guam, American sailors instruct natives in modern agricultural methods. Produce from the farms is used for naval personnel (who are fond of food anyway) and for the re habilitation of the natives. In the photo an American seaman is driving some of the pigs to feed, Proper Carburetor Use Cuts Farm Fuel Costs A heavy tractor operating under a load with the carburetor slightly out of adjustment may bum a half gallon more fuel per hour. 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