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Evening star., 1942-05-06
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, May s (P.-Late
foreign exchange rates follow Great
Britain in dollars, others in cents) !:
Canada-Omcial Canadian Con-
troll Board rates for United States
dollars: Buying, 10 per cent pre-
MUM: selling, 10 per cent premium: !:
equivalent to discounts on Canadian
dollars in New York of buying, 9.9l
per cent: selling. 9.09 per cent.
Canadian dollar in New York open
market. III. per cent discount or
88.l2h United States cents.
Europe-Great Britain, Official
Bankers Foreign Exchange Com
mittee rates. zuying, $402; selling,
$4.04, open market; cables, S404.
Latin America-Argentina Official,
2s.77; free, 1872: down 3/l0O cent !;
Brazil oficial, 605Nn; free, 5.20n;
Mexico, 20.67n.
CRates in spot cables unless other
wise indicatedD n Nominal.
Evening star., 1942-05-06
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO, May 8 1P,.-Live poultry
22 trucks: irresuiars: hens, over pounds
20ls; broilers, 2ls pounds down. colored
222ha Plymouth Rock, 241a White Rock
25: SPRINGS. 4 pounds up. colored. 25;
under 1 pounds. colored, %; Plymouth
Rock, 2sa: White Rock. 26l, bareback
chickens. 20-22: roosters. I4h: Leghorn
ored. l6ha: white, 1917: small, eolored
u; white. IS: geese: over IL pounds, II;
IL pounds down; II: turkeys, toms. old
Butter-Receipts. 966 776: easy: cream
cry. SO score. 3sA-3sA: ~, 37'4; 81.
3724 80. 37a: SO, 37A; 30 centralized
Eggs-Receipts. 30.a46; unsettled: fresh
sraded snid .,I, extra nrsts ears n nrsts cars I
STORAGE: e:packed nrsts. 80; other prices un-
chansed.
Evening star., 1942-05-06
New York Cotton
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, May 6.-Minor price
changes in cotton futures accom-
panied a continued slow trading
pace today. Outside speculative in
terests held to the side lines view
ing the war news unfavorably. At
the same time traders awaited clari-
f1cation OF farm control prices at
Washington.
Hedge selling against c. c. c. pur-
chases and small scale liquidation in
May tipped the balance against de-
mand which came chiefly from trade
and mill interests to fix prices
against Government purchases.
Late afternoon prices were 5 to 20
cents bale down, July. 19.4l: De-
cember 1880. and March. 1896.
Futures closed TO Is cents q bale
Evening star., 1942-05-06
| Miners Union BUYS
| $1,000, 900 Worth
lOfU. S. Bonds
e. the Associated Press.

e. the Associated Press.
The United Mine Workers Of
America &C. I. o. bought
81 900 900 worth Of a new issue
Of Treasury bonds today.
Secretary-Treasurer Thomas
Kennedy also presented 4
5000 check from the miners
treasury to the Army Emer-
gency Relief Association, du-
plicating a similar donation
the union made recently to the
Navy relief fund.
The bonds bear 2h per cent
interest and mature in 20 to
25 years. Union leaders de-
cided on this purchase after
the Treasury rejected their
offer to buy $1,000 900 in War
bonds. Individual purchases
Of War bonds are limited to
about $55 900 and the Treasury
declined to make an exception
for the union.
Evening star., 1942-05-06

LONDON. May 8 (F.-Today's
stock market closing was with 4
firm undertone, most sections hav-
ing gained. British funds were
firmer.
Industrials generally were higher,
excepting some reactionary store
shares. Home rails were maintained
quietly. Most oils were firmer. De-
velopment issues eased slightly in
the kafirs, but dividend payers were
maintained Diamond issues were
hrm throughout.
Evening star., 1942-05-06
Powder Output Is High
By the Associated Press,

By tht AsSoclt<d PreSs.
HOT SPRINGS, Va. May g.
Charles A. Higgins, president Of
Hercules Power Co. said yesterday
production of smokeless powder in
the United States on March 81.
1912. had surpassed the peak output
of the first World War
In an address before the Society
of the Plastics Industry, he said for
sight on the part of the Ordnance
Department and industry was re-
sponsible to a large extent for the
tremendous impetus attained by the
explosives production program.
Evening star., 1942-05-06
War Bond Sales Drop

The Treasury announced that
April War bond sales totaled $780,
502 900, making the total for the
first year of Defense and War bond
sales SIS, ,389 ,349, 900. April sales were
about $27 900 900 below March and
the lowest since December. This
month. by its first quota campaign.
the Treasury expects to boost sales
TO $500, 900 900.
Evening star., 1942-05-06
Hotel Issue Voted

RICHMOND, Va. May s lF.-
The State Corporation Commission
has authorized Radford Hotel Corp.
to issue 240 shares Of preferred and
120 shares Of common stock at $20l
per unit.
Evening star., 1942-05-06
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK, Nav THE Associa tied
Press weighted wholesale price index Of
35 commodities today advanced to 1850.
Previous day. 99.33 week ago. 1924
month ago, oa.2S; year ago. 1926
1912. 1881 1870 Ia33-9
Hish 1880 95.12 1925 as14
Low 1854 17.03 $3.50 4144
1926 aVeraae EQUALS IO0)
Evening star., 1942-05-06
Wurnino to Children

LONDON (P)-The Board of Edu-
cation has urged school teachers
to warn their pupils not to touch
glass bottles, metal balls and tubes
in fields, bitches and empty houses,
as they might contain explosives.
Evening star., 1942-05-06
NAH nrIAaaa Rsis<

New Orleans Prices.
rsding was quiet and fluctuations were
irregular in cotton futures at New Orleans
today. The market closed steady, net un-
changed to points hiRher
Evening star., 1942-05-06

Unit OF trading, 10 shares. In bank
ruDtcy or receivership or being reorganixed
under Bankruptcy Act, or securities as
sumed by such companies. Rates Of divi-
disbursements based on the last quarterly
or semi-annual declaration. Unless other
WIS wise nossd special q extra dividends are
rights . Also extra or extras Cash or
stock. eDeclared or paid so far this year.
PAYABLE in stock g Paid last year. PAY.
dividends paid or declared this year.
Evening star., 1942-05-06
Washington Exchange
SALES.

Capital Transit Co.-l00 at 20.
Capital Traction 1st $500 at los
$1,000 at los.
Evening star., 1942-05-06

The war we're In Is the war TO
win. Buy War bonds!
Evening star., 1942-05-06
U. S. Treasury Notes

NEW YORK. May e LP,--Uniteo States
Treasury note prices. quoted in doliers and
thirty y-seconds:
Evening star., 1942-05-06

'Ex dividend Plus extras. aPaid
70 far this year te go S5s s9s1 e5sra' sss 3 oo
extra. k zoe extra m 81 SO extra. tpJ
Paid in 1o4I. (y) $1,000 extra.
Evening star., 1942-05-06
BONDS
PUBLIC UTILITY
STOCKS


r Rf6sW Cp 1st 414S 194S 1924
Evening star., 1942-05-06
FOREIGN.

Fin r M B IS 81 st ~ IS A.
Eussisn s1es 51es 21 mat IA IA ia
RUSSIAN 6lzs 1o mat Ia III laI
ww-with variants xv-vitbout var
rants. NEW st tstp)-stamped
Evening star., 1942-05-06
London Stocks Up

ZN.Zs ~ 81 2
Bid. Nominal.
La gaceta., 1942-06-15
MURIERON OCHO PERSO-
MAS EN- UN CHOQUE DE
TRENES

Kittrelda, Carolina del Nor
tie, JUNO 10 FL tren moder-
nista "Meteoro de Plata" (Sil-
yer Meteor de Ia compaiia
Seaboard Air Line, choc5 aver
con un tren de carga y perdie-
ron la vida ocho pers mas
Fue ell tercer choque en- IA
Division de Virginia dtsde ell
6 de mayo a la 'fecha. Cinco
horas despu6s fu6 encontrado
ell cadaver de H. M. Terrell,
superintendent de la division
Los altos e~mpleadOs de Ia
companfa guardian reserva
pero creese que ell hecho tie
ne relac6n con ell chOque,
Ell cuerpo de Terrell fue ha-
llado en- un patio del ferroca-
rril, horas despu6s del acciden
tie. En- la lengua Sc lie aprecia-
ron q%uemaduras de p6lvora.
NerviosO y entristecido POI
la frecuencia de los academies
resolvi6 suicidarse,
La gaceta., 1942-06-15
Otro g~lorioso gesto de Mexico
La guerra contra ell Eje y su 'hispanidad"
.PoR Ell GENERAL JOSE ASENSIo)

esta homerica lucha y espera-
mos Que el mundo escuche 10 d.
cho por ell General Avila Cana
cho ante sus Cortes, reunidas en-
Asamblea y nos haga justicia.
Espana y Mexico, dos Repil
blicas hermanadas, Sc han fun
dido una vez mas en- la historic,
pero dentro de Mexico existen
malos espanOles que piensan en-
un Imperio y trabajan contra ell
Sol de la Victoria. A estos, como
a los lacayos de Hitlery de Mus
s0lini, hay que exterminarlos y
reducirlos a la impotencia, y lue
90 cuidar de que no sean los
granos de la fscunda terra
m~exicana, enviados a Espana
pOr comerciantes desaprensi-
vos, mercaderes sin conciencia,
los que vayan a traves de un Go
bierno 'tftere" a alimentar las
"Panzer Divisions" en- su nueva
~traidora aggression a la libertad
de los pueblos y la libertad de
los mares.
Mexico y Espaha, ahora como
antes, unidas a sus hermanas
del resto de America debidO a
osta declaration de guerra, me
morable en- Ia Historic Mexica-
ma, demostraran al mundo Guam
grande Is el valor de la raZa que
de un lado y otro del OceanC
puebla las tierras que en- la vic
Itoria han de ser factor geogra-
fico decisive. Y 81 Espana, hoy
sometida por una alevosa trail
ci6n al Eje, por la preston dc
presencia de I'm GObierno "tite-
re-, amparado por policia Y el
polder marcial de Hitler esta i'm
pedida de dar su mensaje a Me-
xico, ell Gobierno de la Republi-
ca exilado en- Mexico, con el
hombre que personifica a la Ma
ci6n, puede sumarse a la lucha
como 10 han hecho Checoeslova-
quia, Polonia y otros muchos pal
ses. En- esta bora de lucha meier
ia y dura, lie ha cabido al muy
honorable Presidente General
Manuel Avila CamachO ser ell
nuevo Cid que llevara a su raza
a la gran victoria sobre los "a
rios" y japoneses.
General Jose AsesnsiO.
New York, JUNO 1912.
La gaceta., 1942-06-15
Los Muchachos Explorado-
res ayudaran al trabajo en- e.
distrito de Tampa.
ROMA DICE HABER HUMID
DO SIETE BUQUES

Roma, JUNO 15.-El mando
italianO declara que en- ell Me-
d~iterraneo atac6 un convoy
lei "%enemigo," hundiendo dos
cruceros, I'm destructor y otros
cuatro barcOs. Sc lie OCCASIONAL
ron averfas a un portaviones y
un acOrazadO.
Fueron derribados 81 avio-
mes itaiianos. Tuvo lugar la ba
ITALIA entire Sicili ay Cerdena.
Intervinieron en- ell ataque nu-
merosos aparatos torpederos,
bOmbarderos y cazas.
Los cazas de un portaviones
atacaron los aeroplanos italia
nos. Perdi6 ell enemigo ounce
maquinas.
La gaceta., 1942-06-15
SALVO A SU HERMANA Ell
NINO JESUS A

Ell nino JESUS Alvarez, de IA
amos, vecino del 1917 de la No
vena avenida, salv6 aver de a.
hogarse a su hermana Dalia,
de Is amos, en- la playa de
Clearwater. La muchacha ira
taba de salvar a un vecino de
ella que Sc debatia en- aqua
profunda.
Jesus la encontr6 debajo de
la supeficie, la agarr6 por ell
pelo Y la sac6 a la orilla. Los
bomberos lie administrator
respiration artificial y la revi
vieron.
La persona a quien Dalia ira
taba de auxliiar, Anlbal Norie
ga, que estaba acompanado
por SUI hijastra Jennie Galvis,
de II amos, logr6 salir del no.
yo donde habia caido y salvar
Sc.
La gaceta., 1942-06-15
LA RECOGIDA DE COMA
EN- TODD Ell PALS

Empezara hoy la recogida
de los desperdicios de gonna en-
Tampa V en- toda la naci6n.
La gonna puede llevarse a
las "gasolineras," donde Sc pa
CARA un centavo por cada IL
bra, va sea de ~pneumaticos, tn
hos, "botellas'' para aqua ca
liente, alfombras de cuartos de
bano, etc.
AL mismo tempo que Sc
cumple u ndeber p~atri6tico, ell
gobierno determinara 81 ell ra-
cionamiento de la gasolina de-
be ser retenido.
La gaceta., 1942-06-15

sYI %V
INVEST IN vICToRYl

Our boys can take the War to the enemy II Wa bool thor,
up with ships and tanks and gunsl But that takes money!
Help your Government to put the tools of war into the
hands OF our soldiers by purchasing War Savings Bonds and
stamps And remember . just one Bond can't lick the
AAlS any more than just one gunl 1t takes millions of
Americans buying War Savings Bond, and Stanns Vs..
pay dayI pS every
Dohas cost SlS76 and up . and they pay you back
one-third more in only 10 yearsl Stamps cost Zoe Old and
up E soon total the price of a Bond if bought regularly,
Help our boys on the fighting fronts wherever thew NAV
Ne! Buy War Savings Bonds as an investment for cvr mJy
md your country. ~SN
La gaceta., 1942-06-15
UN NEGRO LIE ROBO LA
CARTERA A UNA ENFER-
MERA

Ell sabado por la noche, en-
la avenida de Florida, un ne
gro lie rob6 a la Sra. Evelyn
Cliff, una enfermera, del 3709
de la avenida Darwin, la car
terra que llevaba. La sonora
declare que ell negro la agarr6
por ell cuello, lie quito Ia carte
ra y corri6 desapareciendo. Co
rri6 ella haciael hospital San
Jose, donde trabajaba, y llG-
mo a la policia.
Pide cue Sc lie devuelvan los
Instruments que llevaba y
que ell aSaltante Sc quede con
ell dinero.
La gaceta., 1942-06-15

Todos los e~spanoles e~xpatria-
dos hoy por esa ignominiosa in
tervenci6n del Eje, nos alinea-
mos en- las filas mexicanas, y asi
como antes nos unimos al Capt.
tulo del Atlantico y a la Prone
sa de la Victoria de Washing
ton en- forma romantica, ahora
a traves de Mexico nos sentimos
en- guerra y tenemos fe en- la vic
toria que li5erara a TODD ell pue-
bio espahol, sin distinction de re-
giones, no de banderias politi-
cas- y establecera ell regimen re-
publicano democratico que para
Mexico no habia muerto y que
en- el pals azteca reside.
Cuando la guerra traidora-
mente Sc extendi6 al Continen-
te Americana, cuando la Hispa-
nidad como vehiculo de la trail
ci6n cabalga en- forma de nuevo
Caballo de Tropa, es un ilustre
hombre de ciencias y de armas
ell que habla a su pueblo, y ell eco
de su voz, apagado por la multi
tud y los sones del himno nacio-
nal meXicano, nos recuerdan ell
ruido del canon en- los campos
de batalla ibericos para arrojar
a los Ejercitos invasores de Hit
Ter y Mussolini, contestando al
insulto de las radios de Hitler,
que en- su desesperaci6n tildan
al pueblo mexicano de "vasa-
Hos, igual que alg1n dia nos
bautizaron a nosotrOs con ell re-
moquete de "rojos". Pero 81 el
ser vasallo y rojo es enfrentarse
con la tiranfa, nos honramoS
con clio, y al desear la victoria
de Mexico y ell aplastamiento de
los regimenes de fuerza, jura-
mos defender la democracia Y
nos sentimos orgullosos de ha-
Der iniciado con sangre espaho-
la, en- las bravas tierras ibericas
La gaceta., 1942-06-15
ARA La NUJER
DEL HOGAF
CANTAS ARAGONESAS

Todo. Arag6n es un temple
y ell Moncayo es ell altar,
,jonde Sc les rinde quito
q Ia Patria Y al Pillar.
Dicen que la Virgen fue
por Santiago a Zaragoza
" es cierto que vino aqui
para DIR cantar la jota.
Ell pueblo de Zaragoza
.yhoy ha salido a rondar
pa festejarte en- tn dia,
.Virgencita del Pillar.
A pie vine a Zaragoza
y a tn temple, y va be vi.
De las pefas del canine
Sc acuerda junto a tt.
ST haces tn que ella me quiara,
Virgen de mi devotion,
hemos de ofrecerte un dia
81 fruto de bendici6n.
Baturrica, baturrica,
no podras dudar de mi,
que hoy es dia del Pillar
y he venido a verte a ii.
Cuando aver fuiste al Pillar
un beso 20 tie e%ncargue.
81 ell encargo no has cumplido
10 tendras que devolver.
Sc balanced en- el Ebro
mi barca por saludar;
de un lado a mi rabalera
y de Otro al Pillar.
Para que no tengais celos
tie 10 volvere a decir:
tie quiero como a la Virgen
y a la Virgen como a tt.
Aunque de I'll me despido
mo voy a poder marchar,
que tengo como clavaos
los pies aqui en- ell Pillar.
La gaceta., 1942-06-15
DERRIBADOS CUATRO
AVI0NES JAPONESES

Washington, JUNO 15.-Los
aviadores aliados atacaron una
escuadrilla enemiga aver, sobre
Darwin, Australia, derribando-
lie cuatro aparatos. Ell rapido a.
'taque puso en- fuga a los avia-
ldores japoneses.
Aparentemente este evit6 que
los bombarderos del enemigo sc
La gaceta., 1942-06-15

acercasen y tirasen sus eXplo-
6ivos.
Solo Sc perdi6 I'm aparato a.
liado y ell photo consigui6 sal
Varse.
Las baterias de Newcastle, en-
la costa sureste de Australia, a.
,brieron fuego sobre un barco
que Sc cree era un submarine
japones.
La gaceta., 1942-06-15

Sc SOLICITA una camarera
inteligente, que liable ingles y
espahol. No es para IN Joint.
Sueldo Y propinas. Informan en-
esta reduction.
La gaceta., 1942-06-15

Hoy seefectuara ell entierro
de la Sra. Severa Lapaz, de 70
amos, que aver falleciera en- su
domicilio, 915 de la Once ave-
La gaceta., 1942-06-15
Ia GACETE
nida. LIE sobreviven su viudo,
dos hijos otros familiares'

Sera embar,ado hoy para
Fort Meade, donde recibira Sc
pultura, ell cadaver de la Sra
Clevie Savell Gonzalez, que
dejara de existir ell sabado.
Deja a su esposo, Sr. Fred
die Gonzalez, Y otros familia-
res.
La gaceta., 1942-06-15

81, senor:
Para pintar mejor su
casa, compre la pintura
B. L. P, vendida exclu-
sivamente por K i n g
Greco Hardware Co.,
ga. Avenids v Gale Is
Evening star., 1942-12-10
New Book on
Parties

Published today by M. Bar
rows & Co. is Parties for
Pennies" delightfully."- written
by Nancy Webb and illustrated
just as delightfully."- by Lee
Charlick.
1t is the most entertaining
and practical guide to party
giving I have encountered. The
authors own system Of enter
tanning, arrived at by the trial
and-error method, is one that
any one of us could follow
without damage to our nerves,
our tempers, our budgets-or
our friends! Geared to wartime
living. the suggestions for
parties are designed with the
lack OF servants, high cost Of
living and crowded space in
mind, so that here one finds no
grand and elegant directions
for a formal banquet, with a
footman behind every chair and
orchids running riot as the Gen.
terpiece. The most budget
conscious bride could follow the
ideas contained in this book
and give successful parties.
No detail is left unturned-
the author takes hold from the
moment you start thinking OF
giving a party and leads you
right on through to a fine col
lection of recipes for the dishes
suggested in the menus. B. G.
Evening star., 1942-12-10
For the BOYS At Camp

Packed with the utmost care,
and mailed early, this mammoth
chocolate orange cake should
reach your boy at camp or train
ing school in tip-top condition.
Well guarantee there won't be
a crumb left a few minutes
after the box is opened!
Y cups sifted cake -four
~ teaspoons double-acting bak-
ing powder
Il teaspoon salt
~ cup butter or other short
ening
2 teaspoons grated orange rind
cup light corn syrup
2 eggs, unbeaten
y cup milk
IL teaspoons vanilla
Sift -four once, measure, add
baking powder and salt and sift
together three times. Cream
shortening with orange rind; add
syrup gradually, beating well
after each addition. Add 4 Of
flour and beat until smooth and
we'll blended. Add eggs, one at
a time, beating we'll after each.
Add remaining flour in thirds,
alternately with milk in halves,
beating very well after each ad-
dition. Add vanilla. Bake in
two creased layer pans in mod
Evening star., 1942-12-10
Spanish Ripe Olives
Good Appetizers

If broiled ripe olives In bacon
have always been your favorite
holiday hors d'oeuvre-the kind
wrapped in bacon and broiled to
crisp brownness-your favorite It'd
bit is off the list in that particular
form for the duration. Ripe olives
are plentiful, of course. even II
bacon is short, and there are nu-
merous ways to make savory hors
d'oeuvres of the fruit without the
broiled effect Spanish ripe olives
are just as tantalizing in flavor and
easier to prepare for a number Of
friends.
To prepare the Spanish form Of
olives, pour the entire contents Of
the can-liquor and all-into a
saucepan. Any size of the fruit
will do, from the tender inexpensive
medium or small ones to the more
luxurious jumbo sizes. Add one
fourth cup of olive or salad oil and
one tablespoon chilli powder. Bring
to boil and continue boiling until
olives are heated through. Remove
from heat and let cool in the liquid.
The dark olives will be partially
covered with a thin clinging coat
Of chilli powder, with a delightful
flavor permeating the fruit. Serve
cold on colored or plain picks.
Evening star., 1942-12-10
Rationing by
Points

There seems to be some con-
fusion land no wonderD in the
minds of many women about
the proposed point rationing.'
A number of queries have been
made as to whether the point
ration book, when it is issued,
will eliminate the so-called
straight coupon rationing which
We now enjoy.
The report is that point ration
ing will be used for specific
groups of foods, such as meats,
cereals, ETC., If and when 1t be-
comes necessary to apply ra-
tioning to certain products. It
will not replace coupon ration
ing as applied to sugar, coffee,
gasoline, fuel oil or similar
standardized single items for
which no widely used substi-
tutes will be available.
Point rationing will be an
other headache to the house
wife, though, because 1t is COM
plicated to understand at first.
and will require more careful
budgeting than ever. And,
were told, it can be applied i'm
mediately to any given item
that the powers that be sud-
denly decide to ration. There
won't be time for boarding
girls! That's out!
Evening star., 1942-12-10

luscious hothouse type of grapes, as
well as the usual Tokays and Mala-
gas. More bananas seem to be COM
ing in all the time now-but they
are still expensive. Good apples. for
eating and cooking, and the Victory
Food Specials, tangerines and grape
fruit, are highly recommended. Per-
simmons and cumquats, bright red
cranberries and more of that nice
pink rhubarb round out a good list.
A new lot Of canned goods has
reached local grocery stores, and If
you have been missing some Of your
pet items Of late. you will prob
ably find them stocking the shelves
once again. Although many prod
ucts heretofore packed in tins
have converted" to glass, most Of
the old-timers are still around.
Spaghetti with tomato sauce, for
instance, and baked beans appear
in glass jars. A famous shortening
has left its familiar green and white
Iili loI WIllIe jars Topped WIN green.
Coffee, when 1t isn't in special pa
per bags, also comes "glassed." One
of your favorite brands of canned
fruits has gone over almost en-
tirely to glass. And I, for one, like
the idea immensely. 1t certainly Is
a pleasure to see what you are buy
ing.
Those new versions Of old soups
are a real improvement-you pay
just a little more than you did IN
the past, but you get a lot more
richness and flavor than you did
then. tt. being condensed. still
are allowed to be packed In tins;
the containers are just the same as
always. except for the addition of
New and Improved" printed on a
streamer across the front of the
label.
We hear a lot of fussing and
growing about the food situation,
But, after all. why? We're far from
suffering any hardships yet-just
look around the markets and you'll
see what I mean.
Evening star., 1942-12-10

N~ANNAA o'SA q AoAlSCi PSllOO, dp-
pears to have been correct. Some
stewing fowls are to be had, but fry
ers are still your best bet at this
time.
Don't look now, but that horse
meat business is getting off to a
rushing start)
A coy little leaflet, issued by OPA,
urges housewives to buy plenty of
fresh fruits and vegetables, as the
canned and dried produce is needed
for shipment abroad. That's all
right, as far as it goes-but OPA has
set price ceilings on only a few fresh
produce items. and the unrestricted
ones have scared to prohibitive
heights in many instances. OPA
ought to get around more and see
what really does go on in actual
markets, instead of in typed reports.
Peas and spinach are especially
high this week, and lima beans are
not only high, but very scarce. To-
matoes have been up, but the dope
is that they will be lower by the
week end. Lettuce is skyrocketing;
you'll have to think twice before
buying either the iceberg or garden
type. The coarser greens, such as
collards and kale, are fairly reason
able, as are the root vegetables
those good old winter standbys!
Squashes of all kinds are recon-
mended, so is eggplant. Cauliflower
and broccoli are up a bit, but cab
bage of all types is cheap. Nice
little spring" onions have arrived:
cook them with the tops on for
added vitamin value and delicious
flavor, They're inexpensive, too.
The big sweet onions are plentiful,
but a little higher in price than
usual.
Strawberries from Florida make
news at the fruit stands. Big and
juicy, they bring breath of summer
to Wintry day. although we have
become so used to summertime
fruits in midwinter that it doesn't
give us the tremendous thrill it used
to). There are several kinds of
pears and great punches of the