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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-08

YESTERDAY WE threw a
bombshell INTO the crowd around
our desk who have been chal-
longing US on our S34 a week
budget by announcing that
we had found some extra money
for Mrs Jones under the
mattress. so 10 speak Where
are you going to get it," they
ask one Skeptlc said
probably Mrs Jones goes 10
work in her spare time.
No. sir. she doesn't for she
viii have no spare time bat
before We let YOU IN on the
secret and its no secret If
you're good al figures We
must finish the food budgetIng
-. by reminding MR. Jones
that If she is going 10 manage
as we have outlined she must
do a goodly amount of canning
for the Winter harder
For Menu Variety
4 DuShel OF tomatoes al -
cents viii make Is TO 70 quarts
of canned tomatoes the same
is true of peaches which may
cost 81 and other fruits and
vegetables. She viii also d
pickles. relishes, Jams lellIeS
and marmalades. for these will
be the luxury items in their
menus that she cannot get out
of that SIPS any other way
Where will Mrs Jones get
the money for materials includ-
ing fruit Jars? She will get II
out of that extra money we've
found -. and probably many
of YOU have thought Of IT before
now
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-08
News for Modern Women
Patriotic Air
At tuesday
School

THE SPIRIT of patriotism
will prevail at The Detroit Times
Homemakers' Club cooking
school to be held next Tuesday.
February II. Class will be held
in the auditorium on the fifth
floor of our building and Will
start at 100 in the afternoon
with doors open at l o'clock.
The theme that inspires TINS
extra squirt of patriotism is foods
for February parties. February
as you know is the party month
there being three good
reasons for celebration LIN
coins birthday, Washington's
birthday and st. Valentines day.
At Tuesdays cooking school,
Prudence will take up the sub
iect of the presidential birthdays
and prepare foods with
patriotic air
The Specislties
You will see prepared a cherry
spice cake-for George WASH
ington's birthday of course
however this cake is so smooth.
well wager you'll serve IT on
many another day too
There will also be an Amerl-
can flag salad-we won't tell
YOU what this is like-surprise
come and see IT. Then there
are peppermint chiffon tarts-
something new and spicy in the
sweets line. Cherry bran mullins
and Harvard beets in orange
Juice will finish off the patriotic
theme
In response 10 many requests
Prudence will also prepare two
old-fashioned faVorltees: Fried
chicken and Swiss steak.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-08
CoIored Movies

Right in the mood OF our
Cookery program Is the enter
tainment. This will consist OF a
color tour of the New England
states. combined with Washing
ton and Virginia. This full color
motion picture will be presented
and narrated by T. Elliott Bar
ron. travel counselor for the
Automobile Club of Michigan
The New England color tour
follows the Fall-col0rcd trails
through New York and New
England II describes in vivid
pictures these scenic attractions:
Niagara Falls. Watkins Glen,
Cornell campus. Cayuga Lake.
Taughannock Falls. the Cats
kill Berkshire and Green Noun
tains. historic Mohawk Trail and
the Worlds Fair with Bill!
Roses Aquacadc featuring
Eleanor Holm and Johnny Weiss
muller.
The Washington and Virginia
tour includes George Washing
tons beautiful home. Mt.
Vernon: Arlington Cemetery;
Yorktown. Williamsburg Month
cello The home Of Thomas JEFF
ferson. AShlawn. President
Nonroes home. and the scenic
Skyline drive
How TO Join
Cooking schools are FOR mem
bers OF The Detroit Times
Homcmakcrs' Club only but
every homemaker IN Detroit and
It's vicinity is invited 10 Join
The cost Of joining is but 10
cents and this covers your
Homemakers Scrapbook and
membership card your ticket
Of admission 10 all the club ;
activities.
You may join at the service
counter in the lobby OF The
Times Building any
|ueSdav before class starts
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-08
Retired Sailor S
Birth Certified
By Court

A former American sailor who
was in Paris when the city was
occupied by the Nazis today was
granted a birth certificate by Cir
cult Judge James E. Chenot which
will permit him to obtain employ
ment as a marine engineer in
plants working on defense con-
tracts.
Retired in 1887 after 80 years
service in the United States Navy,
Albert Rudolph Hecker. 55. who
now lives at 500 West Kirby ave-
nue.. told the court he had been
denied employment at many plants
because ne could not produce a
birth certificate. although he had
an honorable service discharge and
was born in New Orleans.
PENSION CHECK STOPPED
Hecker said that after his dis
charge from The navy he took up
residence with his wife and child
in Paris. Shortly after the Nazis
occupied the city his Sl19 monthly
pension check was stopped because
the United States government will
not permit American funds to be
sent to German-occupied territory
II figured the United States
would soon be at war with Ger
many Heeker said $50 we
made plans to leave Paris. But
the Germans would not allow
me to take more than 500 out
of the country.
That amount of money was
not enough to even pay my own
passage so l went to Lisbon and
obtained work as steward on
an American boat and returned
to the United States.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-08
HFFY KNIT BLOUSE

ANOTHER POPULAR ny knit! DO it on large needles with
Jumbo wool The contrasting design embroidered Pattern
1886 directions knitted blouse 1914 and 1918
Illustrations of it and stitches materials required.
obtain this pattern TEN CENTS coin TO the Laura
Wheeler Pattern Department 1925 Times Square Detroit Mich
Evening star., 1941-06-28
April Is Active Month
In Buildinq and Looms

The third month of 1941 to wit
ness the receipt of more than $780,
100000 by the savings, building and
loan associations and cooperative
banks throughout the country was
April, when the inflow amounted
to s1O2 4O2 900, the United States
Savings and Loan League reported
this week. This was the most active
month since January in the intake
of investors and savers funds.
Paul Endicott, Pomona, Calf.
president of the league, said that
it was an increase of approximately
s500.000, or 43 per cent over the
March volume of new funds, and
that the gain over April, 1910, was
15.3 per cent.
The total funds intrusted to the
savings, building and loan associa-
tons the first four months passed
the $500000,000 mark. the largest
volume of new funds for any Janu-
ary-April period since before the
depression, Mr.. Endicott pointed out.
Evening star., 1941-06-28

board set in grooves cut along the
bottom edges of the drawer frames.
Cut these 4 inch from the bottom
edge, making allowances for the
projecting fronts in the top and
second drawers. Use casein glue in
assembling these drawers. Some in
expensive form of flush handle is
recommended for the drawers.
Use long finishing nails to fasten
this strip to the floor or the saddle
and mOrtise the ends into the
nodded edge Of the stops. The next
job Is cutting and fitting the two
bottom drawer slides. For easy
opening and closing of the drawers
| would recommend some hardwood,
such as maple or oak, for these
slides. The detail in the lower left
corner shows their construction.
Use both screws and top quality
caseln glue in assembling the slides.
The front end OF each slide is
screwed to the door facing behind
the stop. The surface of the slide
on which the drawer will move is
placed flush with the top of the
horizontal strip already fastened in
place. The other ends are butted
against the rear wall of the closet.
Accurate placing of these two slides
is important since all subsequent
measurements are made from them.
Sides Must Be Square.
Use carpenters level 10 line
them up properly and block them
In place until the two rear studs
have been cut. The slides must be
absolutely square and parallel if the
drawers are to work properly. The
Two rear studs are the exact height
OF the closet along the rear wall.
Since all slides and shelf supports
are mortlsed into them, it would be
best TO mark them of and cut them
before installing.
The bottom drawer has a front
and three sides 9 inches wide. The
Two drawers above have fronts Q
lncneS wide, but the sides and backs
are cut down to 81 inches wide To
allow for the thickness Of the slide
The extra width OF the fronts pro-
Ject at the bottom, as shown, to close
tne gap caused by the slides. Sim
Harry. the ends of these drawer
fronts project slightly to bring them
nush with the stops when they are
closed
Evening star., 1941-06-28
Old Homes Modernized
By Color Treatment

Houses may somtimeS become
outmoded and old-fashioned quite
as much from obsolete color treat
ment as from antiquated insulation,
plumbing or odd design.
Modern yet equally durable colors
are replacing the dull gray, brown
and buff which were once standard
for the outside of most American
homes.
The current trend in paint styl-
ing is to utilize the accent features
such as trim, doors, shutters and
window boxes to produce individu-
ality and interest in the entire ex-
terror color plan. Another modern
idea is to apply color in both walls
and roofing to bring out the good
features of old homes land hide the
less appealing ones.
Evening star., 1941-06-28

luton of a half cup Of washing soda
in pint of water. This will soften
the paint, which can then be scraped
off or washed out.
Lily Pond Points.
Q. My lily pond has no drain.
scrub the concrete clean in spring
but a scum forms in two months
Is there a paint that will not af-
feet my goldfish?
A. The scum forms because the
water becomes stagnant, which
would not be the case if YOU put in
a drain and changed the water oc-
casionally. No kind Of paint will
prevent the forming of the scum.
Outdoor pools can be finished with
cement paint. to be had at paint
store. One or two filling and empty
ings of the pool will make it safe
for goldfish.
Stoker Selection.
One of my correspondents is puz-
zled at various commentators
that he has received for the size
of a stoker for his house. He can
get information from the Commit
tee of ten of the Heating Indus
tries, Chicago, including in his letter
a description of the furnace and of
his house.
Mr.. Whitman is sorry he can no
longer answer personal letters. He
does, however, offer readers leaflets
on a variety of subjects. Today's
leafet gives suggestions for fixing
cracked and damaged plaster walls.
Evening star., 1941-06-28

strip at the bottom OF the doorway.
If the door has a saddle across the
bottom, reduce the thickness of the
strip until the combined thickness
is 2 inches.
The mortiseS for the second set
of slides are cut into the studs eX-
actly inches above the sliding sur
face of the bottom one. The NOR
tises for the top drawer slides are
cut 81 inches above the sliding sur
face of the second. Similarly, the
first shelf is cut in 8I4 inches higher.
Then a jump of II inches Is made
for the second shelf, after which the
shelf division is between Z and 8
inches, depending on the available
upper space of the closet.
When matching mortlses have
been cut in the studs they are fitted
into the closet. A by pinch spacer
is nailed to the tops OF these studs,
as shown. The spacer is tightly
butted against both sides of the
closet to prevent the studs from
shifting position. Toe-nail the studs
to the bottom of the closet. When
the drawer slides and shelf sup
ports are fastened in place these
studs will be rigid
Fill In Space.
The illustration shows a front
course of the shelving cut and fitted
so that the ends butt against the
sides of the closet and the face Of
the shelf is flush with the front
edge of the door stops 1t also shows
a rear course of shelving cut to fit
around the studs. Any space be7
tween these front and rear courses
if filed with a narrow strip Of shelly
ing.
The construction of the drawers
follows standard practice A dove
tail dado Joint Is used on the front
and a simple dado Joint on the rear.
Drawer bottoms are made Of $
inch -tbioLy rorocca6 wood coyOoocitioYo
Evening star., 1941-06-28
Silver Star
Continued From Page BID

tones Of the wood and the garnet
red of the slip-seated chairs and
the curtain tiebacks.
The kitchen in blue and white
with tiny sparkling notes of red is
trim, shipshape and most comfort
ably arranged. In spite of a space
of feet 8 inches by II feet, there is
everything you want to work with
and space left over for a good
sized table and several chairs. The
basement has laundry unit and
plenty of space for whatever your
heart desires in the way of recrea-
ton room, hobby shop or work.
room
Three Bedrooms Upstairs.
Upstairs there are three bed
rooms and two baths, or one room
may be used as study or sitting
room, which is the way it has been
furnished. The master bedroom is
as large as the living room, with
bath which is porcelain tiled in
the most exquisite peach tone.
Walls garlanded with flowers are a
background for two charming en-
pire beds in black and gold with the
chest, dressing table and other small
pieces in contrasting pale blond
wood. A large double closet gives
plenty of storage space. Next to
this is another bedroom with full
sized bed of mahogany and two
large chests. This room also has
good closet space and adjoins an
other large bath tiled in a lovely
soft gray that is outstandingly well
done
Across the hall, in a space over
the garage, is the third room with
two large closets. This might be
a children's room because OF It's
storage space, another bedroom or
the upstairs sitting room, which il
so attractively becomes here. A
love seat with tables and lamps at
either end, a comfortable reading
chair with a magazine rack be-
side it and a desk in a good light
make this the sort of a room which
will be used all the time. The fact
that it is located a bit out of the
well-traveled path will give it the
| privacy necessary for reading or
writing room.
Evening star., 1941-06-28
Ry HIJAN STARR. Jr,

In nearly every home there is
a closet reserved for household linen
which is about so per cent efficient
because it has never been fitted for
| its purpose. Wide shelves half-tllled
with unasSorted pieces and a useless
bottom compartment full of odds
and ends in hopeless confusion are
characteristic of these closets.
In the accompanying illustration
a fairly simple method of fitting
such a closet with drawers and more
useful shelves is shown. The sketch
in the upper left hand corner of
the illustration shows the finished
closet while the detailed drawing
shows the framing which must be
installed to support the shelves and
drawers.
All the work necessary to the
Job can be done with hand tools
although I will not deny that
circular saw will aid considerably
in making the three drawers needed
for the closet. These must be
strongly constructed or they will be
constant source OF trouble. In
pinch three drawers the right width
and depth might be located in some
secondhand furniture store for use
in the closet.
Depend on Size.
Since there is considerable varia-
ton In the dimensions of closets no
attempt has been made here to give
exact measurements. The width of
the door frame, inside the stops,
will determine the width Of the
drawers while their depth will be
approximately the same as that of
the closet. measured from the door
edge of these stops.
The first step in fitting the closet
is to remove all the old shelves and
supports and any other hooks rods
or fitting found inside The first
piece installed is the l by Pinch
Evening star., 1941-06-28

Be sure to send a Scent stamped,
self elf-addressed envelope with your
leaflet request to Mr.. Whitman,
P o. Box $50, Times Square Station,
New York, N. Y.
Evening star., 1941-07-24
A Dubious PROPOSAL

The proposed "top- to- bottom"
Shake-up of the Metropolitan Police
Department has for one of its major
objectives the creation of a much
stronger, more efficient detective
bureau, a unit which has been fire.
quently described as the weakest link
in the police organization. Much
of the testimony before the House
subcommittee has stressed the need
for reorganization of the bureau
along modern lines, so that it can
cope effectively with such difficult
cases as the Strieff murder mystery.
If that is to be done, there would
seem to be no justification for the
proposals to bring the Federal Bureau
of Investigation into the local law
enforcement setup.
Under bills introduced in the
House and Senate, the F. B. I. would
be required to assign a special staff
OF agents adequate to prevent, de-
tect and investigate" such major
crimes in Washington as murder,
manslaughter, criminal assault and
arson. Another bill would confer
even broader investigative powers
and responsibilities on the F. B. 1.
with respect to local crimes. The
suggested legislation would not, how
ever, relieve the Police Department
of its present lawful responsibility
for the investigation, detection or
prevention of the said major crimes"
In other words, the newly reorgan-
lied Detective Bureau would share
with the F. B. I. the duties and re-
SponSibilities of combating major
crimes in the District of Columbia.
This concurrent authority would seem
to pave the way for conflict and con-
fusion rather than for more efficient
brand of law enforcement. Under
such division of responsibility it
would be difficult to avoid a tendency
toward rivalry that would lead to
duplication of effort and to general
inefflciency. Acting Attorney Cen
eral Biddle has notified Congress
that if the F. B. I. is to be called
upon to enter the traditional domain
of the local police, the G-men should
be given exclusive jurisdiction, so
as to avoid overlapping and confu-
sion. But to give the F. B. I. exclu-
sive jurisdiction in major crimes is
to relieve the Detective Bureau of it's
principal reason for existence.
Certainly it would be advantageous
to the Police Department to be able
to avail itself on occasion of the
Notwithstanding trained person.
nel-of the F. B. I. But the re-
sponsibility must rest with the De-
tective Bureau, for it is not one that
in practice can be divided.
Evening star., 1941-07-24
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. TrdceDell.

Even storms, unless they are excep-
tional storms, are just things to be over
looked, as best one may. The seasons
come and go, as always, but they are
times marked mostly by more expense,
or less, as winter or summer may be.
Suburban living brings one to close
grips with nature again.
II man must fight, and it appears
definitely now that he must, he should
devote his energies to fighting the
inimical faces Of this nature which sur
rounds him and of which he is part.
He might even devote much time and
money to fighting the bad parts of his
own nature, it would seem.
In the suburbs, an electrical storm,
amid swaying trees. becomes something
to understand as close at hand.
1t is not just nuisance, as it was in
the city, to make one late at the movie.
But above all, the birds come into
their own, and into the lives of those
who live with them.
The suburbs have more birds because
they have more trees, and because they
are nearer to definitely wooded areas.
Since America was colonized, some of
the birds have made decided steps in
our direction The wood thrush, for in
stance, has left his woods, and come into
the suburbs. He has not, however, ex-
cept here and there, come into the
depth of the city.
Almost every suburban community has
wood thrushes. There will be titmice
and chickadees, and nuthatches, and
downy woodpeckers, and cardinals and
towhees, and cowbrds, and doves.
Over several years, the average
suburban resident interested in bird
life will be able to identify as many as
so or so species.
This is a good average. But there will
always be new ones fluttering around,
species which will tax all of the OBJ
servers powers of identification, since
most of them will be warblers. small birds
which to many all look alike.
The two favorite times for bird watch
ing happily coincide with human break
fast and supper.
1t is possible, by little ingenuity, to
have the birds almost eat with you.
In the evening, favorite time with
birds and people. there is nothing more
interesting-provided you like birds
than to listen to their songs, and watch
their preparations for the night.
A rabbit may lope across the lawn
Squirrels go to bed early, even earlier
than the birds.
In the cleaning" is a fine time. in
| deed, and all the better if its truest crea
| lures, the wild things, are included. City
/ living tends to blot them out. Maybe
wars are begun by city men, we dom
know. They haven't anything else Il
think about. If Hitler and Mussolin
had been countrymen, or even suburban
| dwellers!
Evening star., 1941-07-24
Tells Story of King Canute
In Another Fashion.

To the Editor of The Star:
There was Bergman cartoon in The
Star for July 18. captioned Something
Tells Us That King Canute Is Going
to Get Wet After All"
Mr.. Bergman has juggled the facts
of the story to fit his cartoon. In the
story, Canute really did get wet He
was an ancient king who wanted to be
sure that he was all powerful. He had
convinced others but he had not thor
oughly convinced himself. So he said to
his courtiers: do all things obey me?"
They answered: Yes. o King!" yes
men are not peculiar to our own times,
you seeD He asked: will the sea obey
me and the waves cease rolling in at my
commando" The yes-men now were on
the horns of dilemma but they were
afraid to say no" so they answered
Yes" Even as you and ID
Canute then commanded the sea to
stand still and the waves to stop rolling
in. Again and again he commanded but
they came relentlessly nearer and nearer
and he finally got good soaking for his
lowers, saying: There is one more
powerful than I and it is He and only
He who rules the waves
So you see when we say that Brit
tania tor any other nation) rules the
waves" it is not true. King Canute
found out who ruled the waves, and it
is the same today.
LAURA X. POLLOCK.
Evening star., 1941-07-24
Matrimonial Contract

The official laws of contract bridge
are published annually in Philadel-
phia, and from that city comes a
dispatch that no new rules will be
promulgated this year, because the
war has interfered with the usual
collaboration of British committees.
This is to be regretted highly, as the
game is ripe for changes, particularly
along the line of partnership play
when the partners happen to be
married to each other.
Under present conditions, for in
stance, the husband mildly criti-
cizes his wife for her boneheaded
plays, entirely in a constructive
spirit, of course, and instead of
being duly grateful to her lord and
master she flares up and gives him
thunder, especially in the car on the
way home. Then, too, when a wife
carelessly trumps her husbands per-
fectly good ace, the only cure now
available is murder. This has actu-
ally happened and, sad to say, pos
sibly because the lawyer for the
defense was unable to pack the Jury
box with a panel of bridge players,
married and male, he lost his con-
tract and his client was set.
Evening star., 1941-07-24
Summer Vintuqe

Follo,D the sloping fields, the pasture
bars,
The mellot1 sunlight Ddrm on
nd-blo,un hair,
Here stands an apple tree With krbs
bent lotc,
There In the curpe Of fence d laden
Across the knoll bees drors their
busy song
Where black-eyed Susan HITS her
Dinson1e face,
And holding pintaee of the rtpened
Are fragile ooblets formed OF
Queen Anne's lace.
Fringing the thick blackberry hedge,
uprear
The first bright banners of the
goldenrod,
And shimmering beneath the ldsp
The n,tkDeed's stLken tassels spedk
Of God. IVY LND0AY.