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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-01-23

foods are a forlorn hope to the fat.
Many reducing medicines are mere
" cathartics which remove only
water. Others are glandular pre-
parations which are highly danger
Gus to use without a physicians
advice. There is no food which
has any special reducing effect.
Every food which we eat contains
some calories and food taken to
make reducing easier only adds to
the days total.
Modern reducing diets are us
ually built around milk, eggs, meat,
vegetables and fruits. Any reduc-
ing diet which you plan for your
self should not omit any one of
these or it is likely to be unsatis-
factory.
Since the number and amounts
of food in a reducing diet are so
limited, each food used needs to be
carefully chosen.
The urge to reduce is inspired by
convincing life insurance statistics
and the desire to look young ard
beautiful. Most people want to
maintain a normal waistline. 1t is
well known that persons over
thirty average longer lives if they
are not more than normal weight.
However, before thirty a few
pounds above the average furnishes
excellent insurance against such
diseases as tuberculosis.
Too heavy meals, and irregular
eating and drinking can cause I'M
desirable pounds to be added. At
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-01-23

i teaspoon salt
Pinch OF pepper
3 medium carrots {cut in wedge
pieces u inches iong)
tablespoons flour (mixed with "
cup cold water)
can condensed cream Of mushroom
soup
2 cups seasoned mashed potatoes
Cook the veal in the melted fat
until golden brown. Add water.
onion. and seasonlngs and simmer
until veal is nearly tender about 1 u
hours, then add carrots and con.
tinue cooking 20-30 minutes. Add
thickener and cook FIVE minutes
longer. Empty the cream OF mush-
room soup into a saucepan and stir
well, add some of the hot sauce
from the meat to 1t and heat. Then
combine all together. Pour into
casserole. spread mashed potatoes
over the top and bake In a hot
oven t450o F.) for 20 minutes
Serves SIS.
Onions often make our eyes
water. Cook them In condensed con-
somme and sprinkle with cheese
and this time they Will make our
mouths water instead.
French Style Onions
cups small silver skinned onions
l can condensed consomme
Pinch OF pepper
3 tablespoons grated cheese (sharp)
Heat the consomme to boiling.
add onions and cook until tender.
about 40 minutes. Then add pepper
and grated cheese t''"' ''efore serv.
U ing. Serves 5.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-01-23
BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA
Brief News Items of People
We Know in and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

Farmer Seymour P. Lang sent
two bushels of turnips to the Phil
adelphia market, but says he isn't
going to do it again The turnips
sold for 30 cents a bushel, freight
cost 20 cents, the commission
house charged 80 cents for hand
ling. Lang got check for one
cent.
Gov. Richard c. McMullen last
week appointed Walter Lee of
Townsend to fill the unexpired
term of Rep. Harris B. Mcdowell,
Jr., on the State Board of Agricul-
ture. The term will end on Febru-
airy 6. Mr.. Mcdowell resigned fol-
lowing his election to the House of
Representatives.
Federal licenses for motorboat
operators must be renewed by
April "a if the motorboat is used
for carrying passengers for hire,
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-01-23
Alabama Will Promote
Better Horse Breeding

MONTGOMERY, ALA.-The state
Of Alabama is making plans to start
a horse breeding farm for state use
and as a nucleus to promote horse
culture in Alabama.
Gov. Frank M. Dixon, father Of
the idea, said the state will buy
1000 or 5000 acres of breeding land
in the rich, grassy Black Belt OF
central Alabama and stock it with
IL or Is brood mares.
Beef for state needs also will be
raised on the farm, he said.
State prison farms now use about
go horses a year.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-01-23
PikeWa as Wrong!
His Peak Scaled
Every Year Thousands
Climb to Summit of
Famed Mountain.

Pixies PEAK, COLO.-Lieut Zeb-
ulon Montgomery Pike, for whom
Pixies Peak was named. apparently
was no prophet.
He asserted in 1906 that the peak
would never be scaled. This sum-
mer 1872. 924 persons visited the sum-
NIT.
Pixies imagination probably
couldn't have visualized a winding
highway upon which automobile
racers climbed the bald top in less
than Is minutes-as they have done
annually at Labor day races for
more than score of years.
In the early days rugged adven-
turers rode horseback up the peak
which is snow-capped IL months of
a year. Then came the cog rail-
road, one Of the wonders of the pre-
auto era.
Next came early model cars
man-painted with the slogan:
Pixies Peak or Bust" Their driv-
ers envisaged plenty of trouble on
the hairpin turns and when the A.
169-foot-high peak was scaled
smoothly they boosted about it back
home.
Many Women Drive Up.
This summer a daily average of
$50 utomobiles-about half of them
1910 -spiraled up the most
famous Of all Rocky mountain
peaks. Many women drove for their
first time on mountain road. The
time required was usually from one
to three hours-depending chiefly on
the number Of stops to gaze at Colo
RADIO Springs and Manitou nesting
on the Colorado plains below.
During June. July and August 3D.
SAB cars climbed the mountain, COM
pared to %, c98 cars and 118, 942 pas
sengers in 1899. More than 81, 700
Coloradoans led the 1910 list, while
6.542 Kansans and 5.546 Texans
reached the top.
All 48 states and many foreign
countries were represented by the
1872, 924 motorists making the climb.
Thousands Of others rode up the cog
railway.
When they reached the summit
most of the tourists remained for
about 80 minutes. Few became i'll
unless they stayed for longer visits.
which often brought on attacks of
mountain sickness.
Bad Effects Of Exertion.
Some motorists became Ill be-
cause they ran about and jumped
to show their exhilaration. They
were cautioned by summit house Of
ficials against overexertion.
Some visitors saw gray clouds
hanging below them. Others saw no
clouds, but the rolling prairie
stretching into the horizon. Still
others were engulfed in snowstorms
and addressed picture postcards to
Midwesterners telling of sleeping
under blankets every night" while
in the mountains.
Although the brief acknowledging
season is limited to summer months,
the mixers season is year round.
Members Of the ALBANIAN club climb
the peak every New Years eve
regardless Of the depth Of snow or
bowling winds-to set off fireworks.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-01-23
How to cut the cost Of
Heating Your Home |
~@&~ R~pe&u4 !
Ashpit and Radiation Loss
AMERICAS HOME HEALING EXPERT

PY ashpit loss is meant the heat
- loss due to unburned or par
tally burned coal that falls
through the CRATES into the ash
pit.
This is usually caused by Wig
orous and too frequent shaking
of the CRATES. This waste can be
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-01-23

officials of the u. S. Customs Office
in Wilmington reports. The law
especially applies to captains of
boats taking fishing parties from
ers. Licenses must be obtained
from the Custom House in Phila-
delphia. They are ready now and
may be obtained at any time from
inspectors. Applicants must sub
NIT a sworn statement on pre-
scribed form and then be examined
orally concerning character and
fitness to hold such license.
Plans for the spring fertilizer
program in the Milford section will
be made when a committee of
farmers hold a conference at the
Grange hall in Milford Wednesday
evening, January %, at z o'clock,
according to 7. E. Givens, Sails
bury, district manager for South
ern States Cooperative. The group
planning this meeting include the
following Frank B. Austin, w K.
Brown, George Collins, Norman
Collins, Roland ]. Davis, Douglas
Fry, P. P. Jacobs, ]. H. Latchum,
Duane Lynne, Howard r. Moore,
Arthur Reed, Utley Roberts, Vinol
Roberts, Jacob H. Rosa, Watson
Shew, Arthur Tatman, Frank Vib-
bert, John H. Vreeland, Robert
Warnock, F. Davis Watson, and
Lucius c. Webb.
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"a I fast to get 1t over with.
resent the same food sea-
NEth skill, cooked with loving
nd the family eats 1t with
= relish, leaves the table in
|rAisd glow, well fortified to
be world.
10 wonder. then, that we
Hsf OF the alert to add to our
Age Of how to bring out the
0od, how to season for the
y n favor.
d Inner outlined below, two
ashes offer a new way to
navor. First, however,
ne menu itself. It starts on
bright appetizer.
Tomato Juice
sk Nth Mushroom Sauce,
Potato Corer
hsneA Style Onions
Saseed Spinach
Coffee IN
!" aat veal pie :. simple to
y, y you will notice. But it has
!. .aa Plus touch-condensed
!, v ~ Mushroom soup. The SOUP
~. as gravy creamy, adds ten.
9s Of fresh mushrooms and
~ ne whole favor Of our
's WIN Mushroom Sauce,
Potato Cover
ssspoOn fat, melted
Ess. ,'d'' cut in One.lnch
~ water
~ cnlon
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entlfely eliminate
ed by shaking the
CRATES gently and
only up to the
time that the first
red glow appears
in the ashpit. 1t is
not necessary to
shake the CRATES
every time a fresh
charge of coal is
placed in the fur
mace. The number
of times a day
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coal to fall into the ashpit.
Radiation loss means loss of
heat that is thrown into the base
ment by uncovered boilers, warm
air ducts, hot water lines or
steam lines. In this respect they
act as radiators. If it is necessary
to heat a basement room, do SO
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-01-23

% y m e a n s o I
equipment where
by the heat out
put can be con-
trolled.
According to
heating specifca-
tons, all boilers
should be covered
with PA inches of
a asbestos cement
or its equivalent.
Over-heated base
mentS NAV mean
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-01-23

temps to gain weight will seldom
result in harm, but poorly controll-
ed attempts to lose are a different
story. Do not be careless about
reducing. It is a serious matter
and should be done the right way
or not at all
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-01-23
-F117ooHD'EFooRR
s GOD HEALTH
& 81, and vIt, lily, De
"a * ! Right Amount
$ ,,plorrr SPENCER
SPENCER

IBIS is as good .a q ,lIne
sarn against selt ed,leo
!, ,, sata diets because 'ss AUS
r. are interested IN get gel,
Fa' at accumulated from
b t1Iipg the Christmas
y should undertake q
a ..ducing diet without
y If diseases and con-
.sics may make your pny-
.,'asr it unwise for you 70
.,rht For example,
% ". 4 MT consider a large
v IN at a weight several
''..s- than is really desir-
w., Your physician can
a,tsrmine Just what
weight should be.
[.,r Of Quick Reducing
Remedies
od;cinaS and
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-01-23
Ice Yachting at III M. p. II.

At the great ice-yachting races at
Djursholm and Saltsjobaden in Swe-
den, racers have attained speed Of
III miles an hour.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-01-23
bigger Family Organization

Bear, multiply and overrun the
EARTH" Is the slogan OF Japanese
organization campaigning for bigger
families.
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that CRATES Should be shaken de-
ponds upon outside weather con-
ditions. Burned out or warped
CRATES will also permit unburned
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medicines ans
Dorothy Greig

\ that counts most.
M may be healthful and nutritious but if it is flat and
% The family either pecks at it with slow reluctance or
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chilled rooms upstairs. Make
sure that your heating plant is
properly insulated.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-11
The Price May Be High

We still believe that the annoyances city officials are meeting with in the dis cussion of ordinances pertaining to con- struction of the federal defense housing projects are part of the price that any community must pay for an undertaking of this nature. When Uncle Sam agrees or is asked to aid a,,y community in this fashion or decides that some such project is necessary for the national defense plans he expects almost complete agreement with the pattern which this particular work will follow. This pattern is pretty much the same everywhere and differs only for such htings as location ana climate.
 Waterbury agreed to deferse housing projects and the federal government IS proceeding to give the city them just as it has done in many other manufacturing communities and expects to do in many others. If local ordinances seem to provide a barrier then the federal government usually expects this barrier to be removed. We don't mean that 1t tells it's contractors and officials to flout local laws and to ignore ordinances applicable to any building proposition, but it does adhere to what it considers standards along these lines whether or not they agree with all local standards.
 That apparently is the situation locally and 1t will be most interesting to learn what will be the outcome. Of course, as now charged by the city, sewer connec- tions were made without proper authority. This is a matter that requires prompt action by the city for it indicates on the part of the builders and contractors m charge here more than mere disagreement with our plumbing ordinances: II. the city can prove its case, in this instance, is1 it may be able to do lot more with the federal officials in securing adjustment of differences oyer housing plumbing than it could under normal circumstances. It certainly would seem to have a very just grievance if it can prove this transgres- Sion was wilful and an attempt to evade the law.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-11

The return of Riggs to the top flight among the male players is not as great a feat in sporting annals as it may seem. They say champion never comes back when he is dethroned, but there's no req son why Riggs should not be in and out of the No. position for quite few more years, if he retains his amateur status. And at this writing it's extremely doubt full if the pro tennis promoters have their eyes on Bobby He's not the same calibre as Vines, Budge, Tilden, and those others who draw crowds on professional tours.
 Riggs is far from their class or prob ably we should say their type. He might beat any one of the leading pros or he might be ignominiously beaten by them. Although he has very sound game in all departments his is not the punch packed style of tennis. Furthermore Riggs isn't the most popular player despite his top ranking. He just doesn't win the crowd over as some of his predecessors and his competitors have. He may de- velop and he may break down all prejudices. We hope he will for right now the top ranks of tennisdom could stand for lot of pep and personality and less of the "get-it-Wfile- -you-car" stuff.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-11
Self-Encirclement

One hears the word "encirclement" used very often these days in discussions of the affairs of nations. The Japanese claim they are being "encircled". The Germans, back before World War l, always claimed they were being "en- circled". They claimed they were being "encircled" just before this World War II broke out What is "encirclement, anyway? Every country in the world IS encircled, in the sense that there are other countries around it. Clearly, then, "encirclement" has little to do With pure geography since in that sense every coun- try is perpetually encircled. The terms must mean more than that.
 It means not only surrounded oy other countries" which is true of every country, but surrounded by other coun- tries with whom it is on bad terms, ana from whom it may expect i'll will. The United States does not regard itself as encircled bv Canada and Mexico. Japan, in the happy days before it got delusions of grandeur, didn't regard its chain of tiny islands as encircled. Switzerland, tiny land in the very midst of Europe, has never had encirclement jitters, though It is completely surrounded by countries larger and more powerful than itself.
 No country is encircled unless it's neigh
 
 bors fear, dislike and distruSt it. Then they begin to seek ways of combining to- gether to make joint and effective resist ance to possible aggression. And when they do that, encirclement of the dlS- trusted country begins. In other words, a country is encircled by itself. A coun- try which maintains good-neighborly re- lations with it's neighborS, which has good will toward them and does not coVet their lands or goods or position, is never encircled in the vicious sense in which the term is used politically.
 There is only one way for country to avoid encirclement: in time of peace to adopt such policies and attitudes toward its neighbors as to lead them to trust it. and cooperate with it. When the re- verse policies are adopted, then those neighbors combine, driven by the fear which is the source of all international hatreds. "Encrclement" is the most false of all excuses for aggression, for no coun- try is encircled save by itself alone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-11
In Today's Mail

beg the nomination. Why should he9 He's a man, real leader, and would be just as capable mayor as he was when he was in office for four months previous to the time he got the disgraceful custer by these game leaders. Districtmen ana town committee men who feel that they have been considered stooges long enough should assert them selves now.
 Get behind Pat Perriello. To many it was gratifying to hear that the Middlebury outing Saturday spon- sored by these leaders was fiarco. If it is true that district leaders and town committee men were obsent because they are fed up with the leadership shows you are on the right road. Twenty-Five in attend ance and ten of them not leaders or town committee men, but invited guests shows their strength in the party. Don't forget there are twenty two on the town committee and 32 district leaders. Come on, boys and girls, line up, the handwriting is on the wall. There are only three now in the Big Four. The United States government through the Hatch Act ruled J. Warren Upson out. You have left Taller, Hall, and Pape.
 Rub Taller out by drafting Harold Hadley for Registrar of Voters on your primary ticket. He will build
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-11
ReciprocaIIy Sad Feeling

From vichy comes plaintive cry that the American newspapers "aint done right by our Marcel" Criticisms of the vichy government, it's works, and its representatives here are frequent and bitter. Whether certain specific accusa- tions recently made against the Vichy embassy staff are true, we do not know. But in general free press is surely entitled to view the present French "gov- ernment" in any way 1t chooses.
 They wouldn't understand that at Vichy, because, of course, no one may write or publish in once-free France with out the approval of the government. "These (press) attacks cause sad feel ing" adds the Vichy source. Let them be sure that the feeling in France is no sadder than 1t is here among those who remember the France that was.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-11

land Commissions 70 the United States, is now In Washington urg- ing that one extra dose cf cod liver oil will bring both health to American children and prosperity to Iceland.
 Cod liver oil heads the list of Iceland's exports to the United States. Children do not always cry for 1t, but in the opinion Of MT, Thor, they should nave an- other tablespoonful, close their eyes and gulp 1t down.
 Thor speaks with on accent that sounds German, but he wants no confusion on that score. "Every- body in Iceland" he says, is pro- British and pro-American. Wo have broken our last ties with Denmark when the Germans in- vaded. And now we have new ties with the United States" - "YOu mean cod liver oll?"
 "No, the Marines. They came to our country and behave like perfect gentlemen ln Aceianu, our people though you were Kangsters~ ~- from the movies. But the Marines, they have . fine manner, and now Iceland knows you are not gangsteFs.
 "They have been real ambaS- sadors for the United states"
 Thor heads Q delegation dis- cussing 8 trade agreement with the United States -- tfs first of- ficial delegation ever to come from Iceland. The distance from New York to Reykjavk. capital of Iceland, Is 2,600 miles, almost as far as from New York to Liverpool,
 q hope - feel sure," he says, "y0ur forces will be able to isecp sea lanes open and safe between our two countries"
 Copyright, ie4l. by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-11

State Forester Austin F. Hawes says that the amount of cordwood now avail able for use this winter here in Connecti. cut has been cut in half. A shortage of labor has brought about this condition. he reports. A short time ago householders were being advised to stock up on wood, so that coal and oil reserves might be kept intact until the hardest part of the winter was at hand. However, there now looms the difficult task of getting the wood out of the forests and into the homes. Another factor in the lack of wood is the fact that our CCC camps have been practically wiped out. The boys from these camps did yoemen work for years in thinning out forests and providing much cordWood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-11
UPSON RUBBED OUT-ONLY 30 OF COPS BIG FOUR
 NOW LEFT

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:--
 Republicans of Waterbury should not feel discouraged because Of the sorry plight the party is in locally because of the leadership. 4 busi- ness managed by people disregard ing the rights of others never sur- wives without reorganization. So what!
 Reorganize by all means. You be- long to the greatest party that ever held a caucus in Waterbury. That's proven by the fact that you have been faithful to 1t the past twenty years in Waterbury getting defeated year after year. No party unless it was great could survive such a beating. Itis not your fault that the party has fallen into the hands of a very few Self-satisfied incompetents seeking personal gain and glory for their select clique.
 But it Is your fault if you continue to let them hold sway any longer. Time is getting short. At meeting, which I understand is to be held this week, a date can be set for the Republican primaries by this clique a few days hence. It would not give you much time to prepare a ticket of delegates. one for each of the thirty-two districts, to oppose them.
 Why wait2 Organize together and make your party the best in the city, not in thought but in fact also. I realize you must feel bad over the pitiful floundering of these so-called leaders in trying to find someone who will do their bidding to head the ticket. Reputable. dignified. in- telligent, real Republicans suggest ed to head the ticket positively re- fuse to do so. Why? Because they know that the man that should have been the candidate two years ago, Ex-Mayor Patrick Perriello. is the logical candidate for the posi- ton and refuse to oppose him in any way for the honor he justly de- serves.
 The antics of the so-called lead- ITS lead you to believe they would like to have him crawl to them and