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Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-12
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(Christian Science Monitor)
Father, mother and the children have
become explorers and pioneers this
summer After a few establishments,
the family will begin a joy-sharing re-
discovery Of home life.
In the last thirty years, the 'automo-
bile has often served as powerful,
decentralizing agent. It's been almost
too easy to hop into the car and go
places. Ten, fifteen. or twenty miles
have been a pleasant and often mean
ingless interlude between home and 4
place to spend a few hours
In bygone days people provided their
own social life; later motorcars made 1t
possible to go to entertainment provld-
ed by others. Here we are; now amuse
us" had become almost an habitual at
titude.
It's wholesome frontier we are now
facing. Doubtless we'll discover deep,
new pleasures and the joys Of less tense,
unhurried recreation. The car engine
will not race impatiently lest the first
feature start ere we arrive.
All of us are cooperating to save
gasoline and rubber. We are learning
Just how dependent on these two pro-
ducts has been our daily round. We
gladly surrender our use of them to
help in this critical hour. Meanwhile,
we shall explore a new frontier our
homes. 1t is probable that from its stay
-at-home experience, the American fam
lily will discover rich hitherto un-
realized values of living and the true
meaning of recreation
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-12
BY MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX
NEA Service Staff Writer

Every workers lunch should pro-
vide at least one third of the days
nutritional requirement. Soups,
stews, salads and puddings are en-
tirely practical for daily lunch
boxes.
Use the anwaXed type OF cup
and container for hot foods and
drinks and the WaXed type for cold
foods and drinks. Pack soups and
stews piping hot in vacuum bot
ties Pack vegetable and fruit salads
in covered waxed paper containers.
Lunch Boz Refrigerator Cake
One-half cup boiled custard
(aboub, 68 thin chocolate waters.
Line bottom and sides of waxed
paper container with chocolate
waters. Pour small amount of Gus
tard into container and cover with
chocolate wafer. Repeat process un-
til container is full, ending with
chocolate wafer on top. Cover and
chill over night in refrigerator.
Black Bean Soup
One cup black beans, hambone,
3 cups water i cooked onion, | cup
water in which onion was cooked
33 or d stalks celery, with celery
leaves, bay leaf, "a teaspoon salt
any other seasoning desired, 9
tablespoons butter, ga tablespoon
flour.
Soak beans over night and drain
Put all ingredients except butter
and flour together and simmer
to hours. Remove hambone ano
rub remainder through sieve. Mel
butter, blend with flour, and ado
soup gradually, stirring constant
ly. Simmer to minutes. Servl
plain or with lemon slices, or PACK
into thermos bottle for lunch box
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-12
LET'S FREEZE
SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS
(Helena, Mont, independently

(Helena, Mont, independently
Why not freeze experiment where it
is? Surely, at a time like this, contro-
versial issues should be shelved and,
as we'll, programs that are certain to
cost great sums, while giving only
dubious guarantees of value and sue
cess, should be dropped.
Industrial News Review recently dis
cussed one of these social projects, long
the subject of dispute, which is said
to be contemplated during this crisis.
The project is the specialization OF medl-
cine. Says The Review:
While war news grips the headlines
and the attention of the peoplea move
ment is underway that would regiment
the practice of medicine in this coun-
try. 1t is now urged that the social
security taxes be increased | per cent.
The additional revenue raised would be
used, in part to guarantee every lnsur-
ed worker and his dependents hospitali-
zation benefits to the extent of three
dollars per day during illness.
The effect Of this on hospitals would
be obvious. First, few if any hospitals
could care for patients at three dollars
day and long remain in operation
the rate is completely inadequate. The
inevitable result would be forced deter
oratiOn in service to meet the arbi-
trarly fixed price Second the volun
tary hospital system . E. would be dis
cOuraged. In the long run, the plan
would open the way for additional gov
ernment encroachment into all branch
es of medicine-and once that happen
ed, socialized medicine would become a
fact
We think the socializers err especially
in their seeming confidence that the ma
jority of the people would welcome
sociaized medicine. We believe the ma
jority is flatly opposed
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-12
ANCIENT HISTORY

Pre-war iSolationlSt views seem to be
playing big part in New Deal efforts
to unseat political enemies during the
present wave of congressional and Sena-
torial elections throughout the country.
We'd like to see an honest, factual
approach to the campaigning, rather
than a political one There were quite
a few million Americans who, before
the war, were more or less isolationist
in view. The administration foreign
policy has been supported in these COL
umns since the beginning, and we re
member viNdly that our support of
this policy (even while We did not agree
with the administration in its domestic
policies), was quite unpopular at times.
We cite this fact to prove that isolation
Then mad now are altogether different
/ shings.
~ If it is to be held against senators
going to war, prior to Pearl HarbOr-
and remember that we were attacked
there we did not start the war, nor
even ask for it--then the head New
Dealer of them all will be in bad way
when his own election rolls around. His
own statement about never sending an
American boy to fight overseas was too
famous to be forgotten.
We're in the war, and through no
FAULT of our own If we lived up to all
The pre-Pearl Harbor statements of all
eur officials, we would be a nation with
q yellow strip three thousand miles wide
down its backbone Nobody is objecting
because we're at war We all know the
war was forced upon US, and that we've
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-12
Editorials and Comment
AN AGREEMENT
AND A PROMISE

The intricacies of diplomacy puzzle
us no end.
We learned Tuesday, Tor instance,
that an agreement between two or more
nations is not promise. We didn't dis
cover why it isn't.
Admiral William F. Standley, United
States ambassador to Josef Stain, told
reporters in the Russian capital that
the arrangements reached last Spring
between the Russian, American and
British governments at Washington and
London relative to the opening of a sec
ond front were not promises - they
were agreements.
Since then, he intimated Allied ship
ping losses have changed the situation,
and a second front would be too haZ-
ardous for the United Nations.
We realize, of course, that the dipo-
mats speak different language than
most of us. To them, such words as
agreement and promise have entirely
different meanings. Right now, how
ever, we'd like to have the diplomatic
definitions.
To us, an agreement entered into SOL
emnly and announced with fanfare of
publicity, seems to imply at least one
promise, and probably more. Nor can
we see how an honorable nation can
ignore an agreement because 1t is not
promise.
Admiral Standley's declaration was
aimed, we realize, at turning off the
faucet of public clamor for second
front. That was plainly signified by
his prediction that Russia will continue
to fight, even if she is entirely defeated
in the Caucasus. 1t was made even
more apparent when considered in con-
junction with an Office of War Infor-
nation statement from Washington the
other day that public clamor for sec
Ond front "can serve no useful pur-
pose unless agreed to by the military.
Until we've been initiated into the
mysteries of diplomatic language, how
ever, we're going right ahead, blindly
believing that if we had an agreement
to open a second front, then we ought
to open it, or admit that we were talk
ing too big when we entered into the
agreement. In the latter case we owe
somebody an apology
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-12
MODERN MENUS
TOMORRoW'S MENU

BREAKFAST: Tomato juice,
soft-cooked eggs. enriched coffee
cake, coffee, milk.
WORKERS LUNCH BOX: Black
bean soup i'll thermos bottle, water
cress sandwiches on wholeWheat
bread, hearts of celery, lunch box
refrigerator cake. apple. hot tea or
milk.
DINNER: Braised sp-roribs of
beef, brown graVJ, Tashet. potatoes,
wax beans, lettuce and radish sal
ad, watermelon, coffee, milk
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-12

craft capable of carrying two of our
largest tanks, or 20 Of our P-40
fighters. Or corresponding quanti-
ties of other armament, thousands
of miles, nonstop.
They can go to the farthtst cor
ners of the war front, leave their
cargoes, pick up any return loads,
and be back in a week. 1t takes a
ship five months for some of these
round trips-proyided the ship gets
back at all
Radical? Sure. Daring? OF course.
A gamble? Probably.
Isn't this the time for daring
foi a gamble that will improve the
odds now against us?
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-12
Answer these Questions and
make a good laxative choice

Cues. Can any laxative be of help
when you feel listless, logy, or have
q coated tongue? Ans. Yes, If those
conditions are the result OF con-
stipatiOn. Ques. Why has Black
Draught been such an outstanding
" popular laxative with four gen.
erations? Ans. Because it is purely
herbal. and usually gentle. thor
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-12

ough, prompt when directions are
followed Ques. What's another rea-
son for Black-Draught's great pop
ularity? Ans. 1t costs only 25c for
IS to 40 doses.
Don't waitl Get Black Draught
in the familiar yellow box today.
Many prefer the new granulated
form. Follow label directions.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-12

got to Fighter else.
So, when we judge the candidates,
let's judge them on the basis of what
they're doing now, and what they're
preaching now, rather than because of
what they talked about in an altogether
different era
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-12
FORMOSA BOMBING
REPORTED

CHUNGKING, China, Aug. II -
(UPD -Unconfirmcd reports calcu-
lated in Cnungking tonight that
Allied planes, presumably American,
had bombed Formosa.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-12
CAPITAL TALKS
by
Peter
Edison

If YOU want to know any real
facts about this Army you have TO
ask a woman No, this isn't spy
story-simply a natter fact ac-
count of where you go to get the
answers.
In a big office of the old nine
corridored, four STORY, World War
One Munitions building that is now
War Department headquarters, you
find an unlonely major surrounded
by a smart looking gals who, most
of the time, have their shell-like
ears and ruby lips glued to the
business end of a telephone.
There is only one switchboard
girl in the bunch. She sits on d
dias overlooking the room, and
with a l2-line board i'm front OF
her, passes calls OH to whoever
happens TO be free at the mo-
ment. Into this board come all
the telephone calls to the war
d. partment that n bobby
knows what else to do with.
The lone male in this show is
Mai CLYDE B. LeaSure, a broad
shouldered big fella who has a
sense of humor and can take 1t.
! He needs the broad shoulders and
sense of humor, for when the ques-
ton gets too tough or too silly for
| his Is gals to handle, the MAJOR
takes it. He hailed from Los An
/ geles originally, and put in IA years
in banks, two Tears with the Los
Angeles city administration, Sly
years as CCC camp executive,
and by way of Army background,
two years in the first World War,
plus assignments i'll this war at a
recreation area, or administrative
duty with the Quartermaster Cen
erals office, finally in charge OF
seeing that all letters from con-
gressmen to the Arm" were pro-
perly and duly answered. 1t was
from this last job that he was
moved in to take charge OF this
expanded special information office
of the Services of Supply.
OUIZZFD BY CONGRESS
AS for the type of question that
comes in, everything under the sun
/ is asked about and a good many
of the questions come from other
branches of the government. Con-
gressmen ask more questions OF the
Army than almost any other
group. and some of the more dan
died because the congressman nave
to relar questions that are asKea
b ytheir constituents
For instance, che congress-
man wrote i'm that he had
constituent 78 years who want
ed to teach telegraphy, and did
| not the Army have a school
that could give him a job?
Another called up to ask Tor
COPY of a letter he had written
to the Corps of Engineers. The
congressman admitted he should
have a copy of it, and then the
congressman came back and de-
manded an answer to the letter he
! had lost.
Major Leasures prize job for a
congressman, however, was the
tracing of a letter to the files OF
the Navy Department, although
the official said it had been written
to the Army After fruitless
search in ARM files, the major
played a hunch and called the
Navy. and there, sure enough, was
I tho letter.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-12
MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge of correct
social usage by answering the fol-
lowing questions, then checking
against the authoritative answers
below:
/. Does the use of coarse eX-
pressionS indicate sophistication?
2, If one is not sure whether
or not a remark will offend some
one present, is it best not to take
a chance?
3. Is it bad manners to inter
rupt another person, if the obSar-
vation you wish to make bears on
what the person is saying?
4. Is it good manners for one
person to help another tell a story?
s. If you are a guest and yor
take an instant dislike to another
guest, need you be pleasant tC
him?
ANSWERS
l. No. Vulgarity.
2. Yes.
3. Yes. Wait until he has fin
ished and then add what you want
to say.
4. No.
5. Yes. Cut of courtesy to your
hostess.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-12
QUESTION OF CREDIT

This business of taking care OF
congressman leads to lot OF
ticklish complications. To give them
credit for full assists in getting
credit for new Army contracts 60
ing into any congressional district
news of every contract award Is
announced first through the office
of the congressman from that dis
trict. Sometimes, however, the
home folks will see a surveying
party going over some ground. Ihey
start bombarding the congressman
with inquiries as to what ltS all
about A lot of fast work has to
be done in checking the project,
seeing what can be given out, and
protecting the congressman so he
can pretend to know all about 1t,
| even when he doesn't
.-, ---~---
The Army itself can ask its
| own quiz gals some dandies'
Like somebody in the Signal
Corps calling up and asking
what USO stood for. Or whe-
ther a letter signed with an
Indian name was from man
or woman. Or how an ex-
candy-and tobacco salesman
could get job in post ex-
change.
Biggest nuisance the office has
to guard against is when it knows
the answer but can't give it out,
for reasons of military secrecy.
Bigges nuisance the office has
Is answering questions for people
too lazy to look up the answers
themselves. AS when inquiries are
received from one officer for some
other officers telephone number.
But Major Leasure says he sleeps
nights, at that.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-05-16
Boat Swamped (continued from page D

@ without a funnel or hose, so they had to time each tank full so they codld land to refill it. They made four such relays and then decided to leave the boat at Danger bay and from there they hiked to Afognak,
 All they had to eat was some water soaked bread they saved and dried by the fire, one rabbit and numerous mussels. They ar- rived at Afognale Sunday, where they were picked up by the Northwestern, and afieI getting their boat they arrived at Ouzin- kie aud were held up overnight by the fog, and returred here Monday.
 The only enjoy able feature of the trip, they reported, was the big meal they ate on their arriv- al in Afognak.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-05-16

SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND Radophoto- Wearing be bonnet of hs clan Lord Lovat dashng of famous 'eotth Military family Is shown reading orders to his Con- nando force just before they left for daring raid on the Ger
 anoccuped French rort of Bouogne Lord Lova who held ne rank omaor is right foreground For two hours the
 commando raiders played hob with beydered Nazis and Nhdew after their work done without the loss of
Kodiak mirror., 1942-05-16

NEW CALEDONIA-Unte States troops at New Gale ona Fee French island in the southwest Pacific according
 department The announcement added These troops will assist in the defense of the island and there with the approval of the local authorities New aedonia close the America to Australia shipping lanes | hoto shows New Caledonia port.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-05-16

JERSEY CITY, N, J. General view of the wrecked
 New York bound Hudson and Manhattan tube train left rails Sunday night it entering Exchange Place
 on One jumped completely off the track and is shown the platform As result of the accident and the fire that ,llowed 263 persons were injured
Kodiak mirror., 1942-05-16

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-17

inch OF the top. Put on cap, screw
tightly and place in pressure cooker
for 10 minutes at pounds, in hot
water bath for IS minutes or In the
oven for rs minutes.
Vegetable Soup Mixture.
! large onion (cut fine)
! quart tomatoes (cut fine)
2 cups okra (cut fine)
2 cups corn (cut fine)
Combine the ingredients, stirring
carefully to prevent scorching, for
about IL minutes. Pack loosely into
clean jars and add teaspoons salt
to each jar. Put on cap fastening it
tightly, and process in pressure
cooker 40 minutes at 10 pounds.
II she directions for the vegetables you
sOish to can are not given in todays col.
unn, or il you haue any vegetable canning
problems, Urite 20 Miss Lynn Chambers,
explaining your problem to her. address
your letters 70 her at Western NesUspaps<
Union, 30 South Desplaines Street, Chi
cago, Illinois. Please enclose stamped,
seIf-addressed envelope for your reply.
Released BY Western Newspaper Union.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-17

planned and on It's way to the table.
Time was when canning was an
unscientific and highly questionable
process, but all this Is past now,
and you can now put up any Of the
vegetable and victory garden prod
uce, and be certain that it will be
attractive to look at, good to eat,
and will not be spoiled if you take
the simple precautions that make
for successful canning.
Safest method for canning vege-
tables is by the pressure cooker.
Your concern here is to be sure to
process the exact length of time
the vegetable requires, as indicated
by the table at the top. If not prop
erly processed, the food will spoil.
Selecting Vegetables.
Young, tender vegetables, freshly
gathered, give you the best finished
product. Canning cannot remedy
tough, over-mature produce, SO do
not expect it to. Nor, should you
expect to can what you cannot dis
pose of at the table while fresh.
Commercial Gamers use vegetables
grown to order, not leftovers, so it
behooves you, homemakers, to take
a tip from them.
Cleanliness is important. You'll
enjoy letting cool water trickle,
trickle, trickle- over the vegetables
to free them entirely Of every trace
of soil. Any soil left on the vegeta-
BILE can carry bacteria, and thus be
a major factor in spelling an other
wise good product.
Process the jars Of vegetables as
soon as they are packed, never al
lowing them to stand around until
you get to the serious business Of
canning.
Spoilage Factors.
Mold, yeast and bacteria cause
food spoilage. They Turk in air,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-17

sible. This you can do by any
number Of available devices.
It is also important when packing
the jars, after vegetables have been
precooked and you are spooning
them into the jars, to wipe of any
excess before fastening on the COW
er. Any small particles which lodge
between cover and jar will cause
spoilage.
Cooling the Jars.
Proper cooling is important to the
good keeping Of canned food. Do not
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-17

The new steel helmet just adopt
ed by the Army is no longer called
'tin hat" It's a ''head bucket"
and when you see one you'll know
why. Our soldiers have changed
much Of their slang since the last
war, but not their preference for
Camel Cigarettes. Now-as then
-Camels are the favorite. They're
the favorite cigarette with men In
the Navy, Marines and Coast
Guard as well, according to actual
sales records from service mems
stores. If you want to be sure Of
your gift to friends or relatives In
the service being well received,
stop in at your local dealers and
send carton Of Camels.-Adv.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-17
A$SMfE,4f!,
STAGE CREENMADl0
By VIRGINIA VALE

By VIRGINIA VALE
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
LARRY PARKS, young Column
IL bia Pictures leading man.,
and eight other lads who are
making their first bid for screen
fame have taken over the 26-
room house once owned and oc-
cupied by the late Thomas Meig-
ban. Larry, who heads the group,
has an important role in the
Acknowledgment musical, "You
We're Never Lovelier." He says 1t
cost only STATS to furnish the house
it cost Meighan more than $9,0UO!
They've thrown four rooms together
and built a theater in which they
rehearse parts for pictures coming
up. There is large portrait OF Tom
Meighan over the living room fire
place-they picked it up in Holly
wood prop house.
The sponsors who, seven years
ago, were farsighted enough to see
the potentialities Of an obscure radio
couple and build them into the
famed Fibber MCGEE and Molly.
give radio another innovation this
summer; they're substituting a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-17

How many Jars win it take?
That's the question many home
Gamers are asking when it comes
to figuring the number Of jars
she should have.
Here are hints on some Of the
common canned goods:
Tomatoes: 8 pounds yield q
quart jar.
String Beans: bushel yields
II to 20 quart jars.
Greens: bushel spinach yields
IS pints; I bushel dandelions
yields is pints.
Corn: 100 ears of golden Ban
tam makes about IA pints.
Beets: IL pounds yields 6 pints
in the stalk, 2 pint jars, If cut In
pieces.
Peas: ! bushel pods yields IA
pints.