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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-26
(BY BEATRICE HALL)

For those persons who have a yen" for the delicious taste of sour cream, no other food flavor can take its place. The Russian na- tionality as a group have long been famous for their sour cream delec- table concotions of foods.
 To those homemakers who know the unusual flavor of sour cream in cooking, we need not make sugges- tions as to it's possible uses. If you are not fortunate to be able to &C., cumulate sour cream at this time of year, you may purchase it 2om your dairy. Sour cream as it is pro- duced in the modern dairy today is made from rich pasteurized cream. carefully ripened with a pure cui- lure under controlled conditions This insures uniform product with its delicate characteristic flavor.
 Sour cream recipes are difficult to find in most cook books. Here are some favorites. "The proof of the pudding is in the eating"
 Sour Cream Cake
 l cup sour cream
 2 eggs
 12 teaspoon soda
 F teaspoon salt
 l cup sugar
 1la cups flour
 l teaspoon cinnamon
 l teaspoon nutmeg
 # teaspoon ginger
 Beat eggs until light. Stir in the sugar. Add soda to sour cream and add to egg mixture. Sift remaining dry ingredients and stir into egg mixture. Bake in well greased loaf pan in moderate oven for about B half hour. This is delicious served with whipped cream.
 Sour Cream Chocolate Cake
 2 squares of chocolate
 F cup water
 2 eggs
 l cup sugar
 F cup thick sour cream
 1 teaspoon soda
 l cup flour
 l teaspoon baking powder IA teaspoon salt
 Bring two squares of bitter choco- late to the boiling point in F cup water. Let cool. Beat two eggs thor ouGhly and add 1 cup sugar, F cup thl3k cream, l teaspoon soda dis solved in the cream, cup flour mixed with teaspoon baking DOW der and a pinch of salt. Add choco- late paste and beat thoroughly.
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ried according to the time of the year. This Is an interesting and novel way of varying ice cream ser vice.
 BLACKBERRY TARTS F cup sugar 1R teaspoons 3 tablespoons lemon juice
 flour l tablespoon E teaspoon salt butter 1s cup water baked tart cups black shells
 berries Ice cream
 Mix the sugar, flour and salt and add with the water to the black berries. Cook, stirring gently but constantly until thickened. Add lemon juice and butter and cool slightly. Pour into tart shells. This makes 6 tarts. Serve with vanilla, orange-pineapple or peach ice cream.
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ITALIAN TOMATO SANDWICH

Melt two tablespoons of butter in shallow pan Cor use olive oiD. When hot add four ripe to- matoes cut in small pieces. Sea- son to taste and cook seven or eight minutes. Then add three eggs, well beaten. Scramble until cooked. Spread between thin slices of buttered bread. These are just as good cold as when the filling is hot. Nice for luncheons or suppers.
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Items. That IS why practical peO- pie like myself - home economists who know so well the many dollars and hours to be saved by putting up these less interesting foodstuffs sound so proSy when we come along with our plea to can plenty of te tender early vegetables singly and in combinations which will make well balanced meals.
 We shall want to spend quite few talks this year on home-can- ming. Budgets seem gradually to be recovering from the strain of learned the lesson of being fore handed, and know we'll be much happier in the future if we have an abundance always on hand, in- stead of trusting to good fortune to keep our feet in lucky paths. That means we're in an excellent frame fo mind for canning and preserving, so we'll be sure of our share of delicacies when fall and winter come.
 It means putting up fruits that are low in price now, but which will be high later on. Among these is rhubarb-very excellent when canned at home, and especially good when combined with oranges, lemons and almonds in this recipe for:
 Rhubarb Conserve
 l quart chopped rhubarb
 2 pounds sugar
 2 oranges, juice and rind
 2 lemons, juice and rind
 1 cup blanched almonds,
 chopped
 IA teaspoon; salt
 Crate the rind of the fruit; com- bine all ingredients except the nuts. Heat slowly unti lthe sugar is dis
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W1HAT more interesting dessert w could you offer guests than this make your own sundae" idea? So simple, too. Just suitable order of ice cream, heaped up in large bowl and few assorted sauces, fruits, nuts, or other delicacies. Everyone will enjoy this dessert-and come back for more.
 "MAKE-YoUR-oWN" suNDAE
 (Illustrated)
 Serve ice cream at table from large platter or on individual plates. Pass a tray of assorted trimmings such as shaved chocolate, sweetened crushed raspberries, toasted coco nut and fresh peach sauce and let the guests choose their own trim mings. The trimmings may be va
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in pre- s e rvi n g and can n i n g fruits each year. Rows of spark ling jelly, ruby colored jams and amber marma- lades are the jewels of tn e kitchen; t h e c a n ned veget- a b l e s, pickles and meats seem less romantic
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Tested
 Recipes
HAM-POTATO CROQUETTEs

HAM-POTATO CROQUETTES
 To two cups hot riced potatoes add quarter cup cream or milk, half teaspoon salt, pepper, quarter teaspoon baking powder, the yolk of one egg and two-thirds cup of minced deviled ham (you can use the canned ham). Mix lightly but thoroughly, using fork. Shape into little oval croquettes, roll in crumbs, dip in beaten egg, then in crumbs and fry in hot fat until a golden brown. Drain on paper and serve with a parsley cream sauce.
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and juicy to the children'S taste. Do you serve
 Do you serve mel ons during the summer? They are healthful, e a s y and quick to serve and relatively in- expensive com pared with grape fruit and oranges at this time of the
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- SAVING WITHOUT SCRIMPlNG - Homemakers Save Money,
 Labor By Canning Fruits
BY EDITH M. SHAPCOTT

Quite naturally the woman who is proud of her home and her effi- cient management takes great pride
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-26
CANNED FRESH PINEAPPLE

Cut fresh pineapple into dice and pack closely into jars. Pour over a syrup made by boiling to- gether for five minutes sugar and water in proportions of one cup sugar to three cups water. Fill the jars almost to the top, put rubbers and covers in place but do not screw down. Stand jars in pan of hot water and put in the oven to steam for one full hour after the water in the pan reaches the boiling point.
 lemon or orange juice. Pour into tray and freeze to a soft mush as yoll would any fruit ice or Sherbet.
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-AT THE CHILDREN'S TABLE- Good Ways To Fix Melons
 For The Younger Children
By MARY HOPE NORRIS Founder-Mothers' Radio Round Table

There is nothing so tempting to look at as luscious melon nor as deliciouSlY cool and sweet
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Do You Know

That for the successful freezing of refrigerator recipes there are several definite rules which must be observed? Disregarding them us- ually results in lumpy texture, ice crystals, separation of the ice cream mixture, uneven freezing.
 Rule No. 1 is to have each in gredient thoroughly chilled before mixing. This is especially import ant in warm weather
 Cream that is to be whipped is less likely to turn to butter if it is thoroughly chilled. Whip it until it will stand in little peaks but not until it is dry and cheesy.
 If your refrigerator has tenn perature regulator, turn it to the coldest point for five minutes be- fore putting in the mixture, and let the regulator stay there until the cream or sherbet is frozen; then return to about normal until ready to serve. This method gives you quicker freezing, although cream will freeze successfully at the normal temperature of the auto matic refrigerator.
 
 Rails are being made in Europe for a new railway in Brazil
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-26

Rails are being made in Europe for new railway in Brazil.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-26

Rice shortages are reported in parts of the Philippines.
The Washington times., 1938-04-26

weeks but the reaction was I'M
favorable. Objections developed
which would have caused Mr..
Roosevelt to drop the whole
plan If he dropped ideas easily.
In view Of his historic tenacity,
something may yet develop.
One Of the Chief Executives
economic advisers (probably
Prof. Adolph A. Berle who con-
ceived much Of the spending
lending program) is known to
have formulated the outlines
Of a definite labor-capital plan.
This calls for the establish
Hnent Of local industrial commit
tees. For instance, q steel COM
Hnittee would be formed volun-
tarily with representatives Of
big and little steel on one side,
the Lewis labor crowd and pos
sibly also AFL on the other, with
. few Government represent
atiVeS in the middle.
What would be expected Of
the committee is the adoption
Of a Acknowledgement program
which would provide (this is
still q hypothetical case) for a
10 per cent wage reduction, a
cut in steel prices Of such-and-
such an amount, an increase Of
production on the basis Of the
Joint price and wage reduction,
and thus also the hiring Of more
men.
The Washington times., 1938-04-26
U. S. VOLUNTEERS
WORRY ENJOYS

PARIS. April 26 GN.S)-Fate
Of the hundreds Of Americans
fighting on the Spanish govern
ment side when the nationalist
win. is worrying the American
embassy here.
Those who escape alive will
head for Paris. Many Of these
young men do not have American
passports or any means Of proving
their identity as American citizens.
It will mean weeks Of waiting,
pending exchange Of correspon-
dence with Washington.
Approximately 700 Americans
ere on the Madrid front, it is
understood. No estimate Of the
number at Barcelona has been
made, but there are several hun
dred Americans there, including
many wounded, it Is believed.
After verification Of citizenship,
the consulate here plans to issue
temporary passports permitting re
turn Of the soldiers of fortune to
America. These passports, which
will be valid only for the return
trip, will be taken up by the pur.
sers on the ships on which they
sail.
The big problem will be care OF
these youths while they are wait.
ing in Paris. Most of them will
be pennilesS and many Of them
wounded and i'll, will need medical
attention.
It probably will be necessary
for the American Aid Society of
Paris and similar organizations
to raise the funds for the stranded
AllEEAAAE AAnll
The Washington times., 1938-04-26
SCHOOLS
URGED FOR D. C,

CONSTRUCTING of four new schools
In the District Is necessary to
eliminate serious overcrowding.
The Board Of Education was
told that last night at a meeting
attended by more than 100 citi-
zenS from all parts Of the city,
called to discuss preliminary
plans for the 1899 budget re-
quests.
New schools asked for include
junior high in the Anacostia
section; a new building to replace
the present Powell Junior High;
an elementary school at Tenth
and Franklin Streets Northeast:
an elementary school, and q senior
high school at Twenty-fourth
Street and Benning Road North
east.
A 12-room addition to the Eliot
Junior High also was asked.
-V0TE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL 80.
The Washington times., 1938-04-26
LeuDis Tells a Story

The other day somebody came
to see John Lewis and kept
calling him Mr.. Louie. Finally
Lewis explained politely that
his name was Lewis pronounced
as spelled. He then told this
story:
"Once when I was a negotiator
In the United Mine Workers I
was just finishing an all-day
conference with a mine operator.
I arose to leave and said: "'All
right, Mr.. Sparrow, the program
is agreeable to us and I hope it
will be agreeable to you"
Everything you have said is
perfectly agreeable to me- said
the mine operator, except one
thing, and I must say I don't
like it,
Why, what is that, Mr..
MY name isn't sparrow. it's
Swallow"
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4 D. c. YOUTHS
TOTAKEEXAMS

Four District Of Columbia
youths have been accepted as
candidates for examinations to
enter the Coast Guard Academy
at New London, Conn.,, Rear
Acniral r. r. Waesche, command.
ant Of the Coast Guard, an
nounced today.
Taking entrance examinations
in June will be Glenn E. Murphy
144S Minnesota Ave. s. E.; Bal
lard Jameson, 1908 Newton ST.
N. W.; George c. Thomas, Of the
U. s. Naval Hospital, and Ernest
H. Burt, jr., Of 1913 Shepherd st
N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-04-26
CONSTRUCTION
WORK IN CAPITAL
AREA INCREASES
Maryland, Virginia and
D. C. Totals All Rise,

A steady increase in conStruc-
ton work in Washington and the
Metropolitan area, including Arl.
ington and Fairfax counties, Vir.
ginia, and Prince Georges and
Montgomery counties, Maryland,
was recorded during March, &C.
cording to statistics for the first
quarter Of the year.
Building contracts for March,
the F. w. Dodge Corporation, q
national research organization, re-
vealed an increase Of SO per cent
over February.
Construction contracts actually
started in March totaled $685.
600, Of which $5,32S00O was pri.
vately financed. The total for
February was $500 900, of which
So, $50 900 was private work.
In announcing the compilation
yesterday, H. A. Johns, Washing
ton manager of the Dodge or
ganization, said:
"The turn taken by reSiden-
tial building contract awards in
the Washington area during
March is most encouraging. It
followed the average perform
ance found in 81 Eastern States.
At the same time, nonresiden.
tial activity here has stepped up
its pace"
Breaking down the figures, it
was shown residential construc-
ton accounted for $4,149,00O Of
the March total, or a gain Of SO
per cent over the February~figure
Of LAS, 900. Nonresidential con-
struction contracts totaled 81, $685..
600, or gain Of "a per cent.
-V0TE EnR RuEERAnE Apnm "a
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a view of getting Green in on 1t
probably first for the building
trades.
In that industry agreement
would be sought along the lines
of a readjustment Of hourly
wage rates in return for a guar
anteed yearly wage.
Business Chart
The Governments monthly
business chart this month shows
only that the country is bump
ing along on the bottom it found
in January. The figures disclose
that the seasonal expansion
since January has been only
what the season usually affords.
But this seasonal expansion
will start running out in about
two weeks if the normal course
continues to be followed. About
May Is all industrial produc-
ton, except construction, eases
up. Then you will probably be
able to judge better the length
and depth Of the depression.
Then you will find out whether
the existing symptoms Of recov-
cry are strong enough to buck
the usual summer decline.
In the chart, which follows,
each figure is supposed to repre-
sent the percentage Of normal
existing at the times stated,
with normal being computed on
the 1923-25 averages as 100.
The Washington times., 1938-04-26
BORAH, HUGHES
unite IN. WAR ON
new TAX PLAN
Exemption Ban Called
Unconstitutional
BY THEODORE HUNTLEY


President Roosevelt's special
message on tax-exemption has
Congress frankly puzzled.
Admitting that he has the popu-
lar end of the issue in urging that
the securities and payrollers Of
the States, counties and cities be
taxed by the Federal Government,
and probably is on sound moral
ground as well, they're still won
dering what's back Of it.
PUZZLED OVER PROCEDURE
Does the President really think
the historic exemption can be re-
moved by q short and simple
statute" as he suggests? And II
so how does he get that way in
view Of the long line Of Supreme
Court decisions holding that 1t
can't be done?
Public and private reactions are
about what might be expected.
The proposal makes the President )
critics mad and pleaseS most OF
his supporters. But whatever mo-
tives prompted him to lay the pro
poSal before Congress at this time
it seemed clear enough in the
aftermath of its submission:
l. That the present Congress
will pass the buck to its success
sors, to be convened next Janu'
airy.
2. That it will! take a lot OF
Convincing" in the form Of new
dams, postofficeS. jobs, PWA
projects or oral persuasions to
bring the lawyers Of Congress
into line with the presidential
viewpoint.
3. That If the issue should
be forced before Franklin Roose-
welt leaves the White House to
become again a private citizen
it will reopen the Supreme Court
fight with a bang that will be
heard clear across the country.
It was also apparent that in
any test Of the issue, involving the
constitutional right Of the ma
tional governmeSt to tax the in
strumentalitieS or agents Of the
States or their subdivisions, Presi-
dent Roosevelt will have arrayed
against him from the start two of
the foremost figures in public life.
HUGHES, BORAH SAY mo"
One Of them is Chief Justice
Charles Evans Hughes Of, the Su-
preme Court, whose record on the
question goes back to his tenure
as Governor Of New York, 80 years
ago. The other Is Senator Will
liam E. Borah Of Idaho, generally
rated as the Senate's best con-
stitutional authority, whose posi-.
ton was taken fully as long ago.
Curiously enough, Hughes and
Borah reached their conclusions
on the subject by different routes.
Although arriving at the same
point about the same time, they
differed in their constitutional ap-
proach.
When the Sixteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution, giving
the Federal Government power
to lazy a tax on incomes from
whatever source derived"-lan
guage quoted by President Roose-
welt in his message-waS before
the New York legislature, Cover
nor Hughes opposed ratification.
That was in 1909. On February
10, 1910, Borah arose in the Sen
ate to declare that the Sixteenth
Amendment added nothing to the
taxing power Of Congress except
in making 1t possible to tax in
comes without restriction as to
! method.
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Disp0ssiOnote

FVHEsE were covered by a
L sprinkling of dispassionate
observers like Arthur Krock, New
York Times; Sir Wilmott Lewis,
London Times: observers from
the State Department, all Of
whom felt it would be nice to
keep abreast Of what was to be
said. The balance were world
savers" who see no other role
for America than the "Great
Avenging Angel" such as Ray.
mond Leslie Buell., Of the For
eign Policy Association.
While SCOTS resolution was
to head the drive to involve
Americans in defense of Mr..
Stain, it is to be- noted also that
Leslie Buell., another dinner
guest at the Soviet Embassy, is
leaving for Europe shortly and
will visit Moscow. One wonders
If the Soviets have at long last
managed to line him up in their
United Front, together with his
Foreign Policy Association? His
recent special letter to the New
York Times attacked bitterly our
neutrality policy and the Span
ish embargoes-much to the de-
light Of the Soviets.
(BodEe Carriers opinions are
his otDn and not necessarily
those OF The Washington
Ttn1eS.)
The Washington times., 1938-04-26
White House Farley

About q month ago John Lewis,
Phillip Murray, Myron Taylor,
Thomas Lamont. owen Young
and Berle held q conference at
the White House on q very
mysterious subject. This plan
ming idea was the subject.
For obvious reasons nothing
has been made public on it, but
the President then thought there
should be some wage reductions
in steel to permit price adjust
ments and expanded production.
Lewis went away to think it
over, finally decided not to go
into it. Some of his friends
thought he was mindful Of what
Bill Green would say to any
wage curtailment agreement, al.
though the primary purpose Of
the plan, Of course, was to gen
crate more jobs.
The idea fell through then,
but lately has been revived with
The Washington times., 1938-04-26
Here's First Bawl
Of Baseball Season

WATERBURY, Conn.,, April IS
Editor william P. O'Donnell Of the
Waterbury Republican announced:
The baseball season opened
officially yesterday. william
P. ODonnell, IT,, Z pounds 10
ounces, threw out the first bawI
at st. Mary's hospital"
The Washington times., 1938-04-26

no on n &C.
ton with that
q gr e emenC,
nor was asked
for an opin-
ion, 1t was an
in t e hgent,
sensible and
p r a C tic al
move by MIR.
Roosevelt.
True, his
S t a t e me n t
probably was
di t ated in
part py the
An glo phile
prnIln in the
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State Department. True, also.
that it was statement that
pleased the English immensely.
for it again signifed that London
and Washington are working
closely together.
But, even so, that does not de-
stroy the basic realism and
good sense of the Presidents
declaration Of approval. For,
since Chamberlain'S advent to
power in the British govern
ment, the British foreign policy
switched from the war-making
idealiSm of Eden to the peace
making realism of Chamberlain.
And while it is cold realism pro-
NOTED by the one great aim Of
England to keep the peace and
away from any developments
which may lead to her eventual
involvement in a war. there is
no reason why we should not
likewise parallel that common
sense in our international af-
fairs.
It is said that Joe Kennedy,
our ambassador to London, had
a hand IN getting the President
to make the pronouncement
that he did. If that is so, then
Mr.. Kennedy did American citi-
ZenS q good turn.
For in washington the stage
had been set by the friends of
red Russia to force not only the
hand Of the State Department
but also to force reconsidera-
ton Of the neutrality act and
destroy dts effectiveness. (Read
why NEEDLE in the Orient?" to
see just how effective is our
neutrality act.)
Treaty. Violations
CALIFORNIA; Representative
~ Scott introduced q reSolu-
$iNSA 3vAkA %ha EYoP1eA oeIpin~ TIA
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AAAAS Ava VAC
to u CHER to
work out be-
cause it in
wolves wages
r e d u ctions,
price cuts,
more produc-
ton and the
hiri ng OF
more men.
An &QVauCo
hint or two
has been drop
ped softly to
certain labor
and business
leaders dur
ing rec ent
The Washington times., 1938-04-26
LENS DESCRIBED

A lens for eclipse photography,
especially designed and construct
ed ut the United States Bureau Of
Standards, was described in a
paper by Irvine c. Gardner Of the
Bureau.
The new lens has telephoto
properties so that the overall
length Of the camera is reduced to
about IA feet, and its portability
and flexibility make corona focus
ing easy.
Photographs obtained with this
camera Of the eclipse Of 1885 in
ASiatic Russia were shown to the
academy,
The Washington times., 1938-04-26
DEVELOP TUMORS

Rats were found to develop bone
tumorS in Is months exactly as
human beings who have endured
radium poisoning for 10 or IS
years.
Efforts to transplant these new
bone tumors to normal animals
were then described. At the high.
est dosage level, the paper stated,
all but about i per cent of the in
jected radium was excreted by the
animal after feeding, but the ra-
dunn retained in the rats skele-
ton, it was found, was several
The Washington times., 1938-04-26
NLRB Issues Order
Against Oil Firm

The NLRB yesterday ordered
the Pure Oil Co to cease and de-
sist" from interfering with organ.
ization Of its employees at the Port
NecheS, Texas, refinery. The COM
pany was directed to diSeStablish
a company union,
The Washington times., 1938-04-26
Says BOGke Carter

State Department for informa-
ton as to what nations have
violated treaties which have been
signed by the United States. A
short time previously the young
left winger had been closeted
with Mr.. Roosevelt and then
emerged to give the impression
that the White House had given
his resolution its blessing.
But what was not reported in
the news columns by the press
associations was the fact that a
dinner was held April IA at the
Soviet Embassy in Washington
at which were mostly Govern
ment leftists who want the Neu-
tral1ty Act destroyed and remod-
eled so that America may ship
arms, munitions and cash to
Spanish loyalists, to China and
other nations, and so lend neu-
tral aid to help save the skin
Of that great and noble demo-
crat, Josef Stain.
Present were Jerome Frank,
the leftist lawyer, with the SEC;
Leon Henderson, WPA econo-
mist; Larry Todd, Of Tass, the
official Russian news agency:
Dorothy Deter, Women's Inter-
national League for Peace and
Freedom; Freda Kirchway, of
the pink nation: Troyanowsky,
the Russian Ambassador, and
four leftist Congressmen-
Maury Maverick, Texas; John
Bernard, Of Minnesota; Jerry
O'Connell, Of Montana, and
Byron Scott, of California,