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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-12
FirSt-PriZe
 Cherry Pie

It was delft touch with a pastry blender and good recipe which recently won for Mary Elizabeth Lush, Ames, Iowa, the national honor of baking Americas finest cherry pie.
 In step with the times, Miss Lush developed a recipe for pie filling using honey instead of sugar, and a pastry combination which. called for lard as shortening. News to many cooks was the winning method of combining pastry in- gradients. After deftly blending her materials, the contest-winner rolled uot the dough, spread it with extra lard, folded it and re-rolled 1t. Her pactry was declared tops in flaki- ness and flavor.
 eyed miss of IT, is a senior in high school and hopes to study home economics at Iowa State College where her father i; a professor Eight other girls, each with her pet recipe and ingredients, entered the contest to represent their states in making the all-American dessert. Miss Lush's recipe is as follows:
 CHERRY PIE
 (Filling)
 3 cups red, sour pitted cherries 1 IA cups honey
 IA cup cherry juice
 4 tablespoons cornstarch
 1 tablespoon butter
 (Crust)
 1l2 cups bread flour F cup lard
 extra tablespoons lard
 IA teaspoon salt
 l-3 cup ice water
 Combine cornstarch and juice. Add honey, coke on low flame until thick. Add cherries, well drained. Add butter. Chop flour and salt into lard quickly. Add ice water carefully. Divide dough. Roll, spread with exart lard, fold in and re-roll. Bake 30 minutes, at A25 degrees for 10 minutes, remainder at $50 defrees P.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-12

Add variety to Lenten menus with CodflSh Cakes Benedictine, a combination of fish and poached eggs topped with c tart, lemon butter Hollandaise sauce. It is a combination everyone will enjoy and served with a buttered vege- table and salad, is a meal-in-one.
 CODF1sH CAKES DENEDICTINE CO6fsh Cakes 1 Ib. salt codfish
 { cups diced raw potatoes Dash pepper
 2 tablespoons butter
 Salt if required
 Soak codhsh overnight in. cold water. Drain and shred. Put cods fish and potatoes in same sauce- pan and cover with boiling water. Cook until potatoes are tender. Drain thoroughly and mash pota- toes and fish together until smooth, Add pepper and butter. and salt if required. shape into 6 large flat cakes. and fry them iii butter until
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-12
Try Cushion Lamb Roast

For something to tempt the taste try a roast cushion shoulder of lamb. Its delicious flavor always has ap- peal and when served piping hot there's nothing better The shoulder of lamb is thrifty meat cut which makes 1t popular with the budget minded homemaker. There are other reasons for it's popularity too, for lamb is rich in high quality protein and supplies minerals and the B vitamins which are so necessary in the meal, caccording to Inez s. Wilson, home economists.
 Stuffed Cushion Of Lamb
 Have a cushion style shoulder of lamb prepared by your meat re- taller. This cut is made by remov- ing bones a good sized pocket for the stuffing. Season inside and out with salt and pepper.
 Here is good recipe for rice stuffing which is very favorful:
 Rice Stufflng tablespoon grated onion
 1 tablespoon drippings
 1-2 cup uncooked rice
 cups stock or water
 teaspoon salt
 teaspoon poultry seasoning
 1 egg
 Brown the rice in the drippings, until a golden brown. Add onion, stock and seasonings. Cover and cook slowly until the rice is tender, about 30 minutes. Remove from heat and add beaten egg.
 Fill the pocket loosely with the rice stuffing. Sew or skewer the opening. Place the roast, fat side up, on a rack in an open roasting pan. Do not cover and do, not add water. Roast in miderate oven (30oo F), allowing 25 to 30 minutes per pound for roasting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-12
Tomato Oyster Stew
BY DOROTHY .GREIG

First time I served tomato-oystel stew one of the guests sighed hap pily and said, Beyond doubt, the most scrumptious oyster stew ever ate in all my life.' N
 Like all fine oyster stew this one is made with rich whole milk and is lavish with plump oysters. But the touch that gives extra dash is nothing more or less than condensed tomato soup. The soup brings to 1t appetizing color and zestful tomato flavor. Of course, it makes the stew more nourishing, too.
 Set steam -plumed bowls of this tomato-oyster stew on the table and watch the members of the family sniff in anticipation. They love 1t before they even taste itl And, like many other deeply nourishing soups, 1t can be served as the main course of light meal Here are, the direc- tions for making the stew:
 TOmatO-Oyster Stew
 4 tablespoons butter
 l tablespoon onion, grated or finely chopped
 pint oysters and oyster liquor
 1-2 teaspoons salt
 1-8 teaspoon pepper
 cups milk, scalded
 3-4 cup condensed tomato soup, :
 heated
 Cook the grated or very finely chopped onions in the butter. Pick over the oysters, removing bits of shell, then drain and reserve liquor. Add the oysters to the onion and butter with the salt and pepper. Cook until the oysters are plump and the edges begin to curl. Next add the hot milk and oyster liquor, and heat to the boiling point, but do not boil. Then add the hot condensed tomato soup. Mix and serve at once with crackers. Serves 4-6.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-12
YOUR FOOD-AND NUTRITION

Pork chops rank high in popu- hrtty in all sections of the country. They are favorites for the family dinner and just as good for the company meal. Their own rich flavor enhances that of other foods served with them They need no sauce or seasoning besides salt and pepper, yet they blend we'll with a variety of accompaniments. For in- stance, to dress them up for a spe- cial occasion, you might serve them as they are pictured here, with a novel fruit garnish of pineapple cubes and spiced little apples threaded on skewers.
 Cook By BraiSing
 Pork chops are among the meat cuts which well repay care in cook ing. The best way of preparing them is to praise them, and to allow plenty of time to cook them slowly and thoroughly. If you have not followed this method, you'll be sur- prised how much more tender juicy aPd delicious pork chops can be when you cook them in the right way.
 There are many ways of varying praised pork chops, but the basic method remains the same. Usually it is not necessary to add liquid to the pan However, various liquids may be added for variety in flavor.
 Praised Pork Chops
 Have pork chops cut one inch thick Dredge with flour and sea- son with salt and pepper, Brown we'll on the fat edge, then on both sideL Cover closely and cook slowly for about forty-five minutes, turn ing occasionally. For a different flavor, clove of garlic may be placed in the pan while browning the chops. then removed. Or a piecs of bay leaf may be used. Pcrk Chops in Sour Cream Gravy
 thick pork chops
 l-2 cup water
 ] bay leaf
 cloves
 ? tablespoons vinegar
 teaspoon sugar
 1-2 cup sour cream
 Dredge pork chops with flour and brown on both sides in hot skill let. Transfer to covered baking dish: add water, bay leaf, cloves, vinegar and sugar. Cover and cook in a moderate oven (350 degrees FO fer about forty-hve minutes. Add sour cream, blend thoroughly with the liquid in the pan, cover and cook for about thirty minutes long CT.
 Stuffed Pork Chops
 Pork chops, cut 1 inch
 thick
 Lard
 1 cup bread crumbs
 l teaspoon chopped parsley 1-2 teaspoon thyme
 IA teaspoon paprika
 Salt and pepper
 l-4 cup hot water
 2 tablespoons melted butter
 Lemon juice
 Have pork chops cut thick with 8 pocket cut from the inside, next : to the bone. Make a dressing of bread crumbs and seasonings, mois- tened with hot water. Fill pockets with this. Brown in hot lard. Sea-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-12
RED HEADS IN RED

Film stars Jeanette Macdonald and Greer Carson aret wo red heads who scorn the fashioned taboo of red for carrot tops. Miss Gar son was glipsed lunching at the Beverly Hills Brown Derby in a stunning suit of red gaberdine, faultlessly tailored with long jacket featuring extra-wide lapels. A blackamoor with jeweled turban glit- tered on the left one and matched his partner who graced Miss Gar- sons alligator bag. Walking pumps repeated this leather and so did the band on the stars charnois slip-on gloves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-12

ly with cayenne pepper. Arrange cloves in groups over surface of ham. Meisten well with pineapple juice. Place in oven heated to s25 degrees P. Allow 20 minutes to each pound for baking. Baste ham oc- casfonally with the liquid in the pan. Serve on a hot platter gar- nisl1ed with pineapple. rings and parsley. 1Make e rich gravy from liquid in the pan, first skimmiElg well and adding 1-2 cup of pine- apple juice
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SOME APPETITE

The United States department of commerce has found that in the 56 years the average person lives he consumes about lO6,40O pounds of food. Total beef consumed during that interval is 3,4l6 pounds, accord ing to these estimates.
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LUCKY EUNCHEoN

Frances Rafferty, hazel-eyed Irish girl who left the University of Cali fornia at Los Angeles to continue a dancing career, was recently signed to Iong-tern Metro Goldwyn- Mayer contract
 She was discovered by producers while Iunching in a studio commits sary with her childhood friend, Alexis Smith.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-12
SLAVE MARKETS STILL ExTANT

The only country in the world in which slave markets still exist is Iraq (Arabia). At Midi Berk and Fl Taid, hundreds of slaves, brought from all parts of Africa, are sold weekly.
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golden brown. Keep hot in oven while making Hollandaise sauce and poaching 6 eggs.

 while making Hollandaise sauce and poaching 6 eggs.
 HOllandnlse Sauce
 F cup butter
 3 egg yolkS
 2 tablespoons cream
 3 tablespoons lemon juice
 teaspoon Worcestershire
 sauce
 ls teaspoon salt
 Cream butter in Q saucepan until very soft. Beat egg yolks with cream, then add to butter 8 little at a time, until thoroughly blended. Add remaining ingredients, and cook over boiling water, stirring constantly until 1t thickens. Remove from heat and serve immediately. Serve a poached egg on each cod- fish cake and top with spoonful of Hollandaise sauce. Serve with but- tered peas, spinach or broccoli. Serves 6.
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MOST DISTANT

American Samos, part of the Samoan Islands, is the most dis tant United States possession in the South Pacific, and is about 4,20O miles southwest of San Francisco.
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IDENTIFICATION OBLITERATED

Oroville, Cal, (UP)-This city's famous 9o-foot concrete 70" on Table Mountain has been ordered obliterated as being too good a tip- of for possible enemy air raids.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-12

meals to derive every bit of value and tastiness from it.
 VIRGINIA BAKED HAM
 10 or 12 ID. ham
 Bread crumbs
 Brown sugar {. Cayenne pepper
 Whole cloves
 Pineapple juice Wipe ham with . damp cloth and make deep crisscross cuts in the fat surface. Do not cut the meat. Dust with fine bread crumbs. Sprinkle with brown sugar, and very sparing-
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son, squeeze lemon juice over the chops, cover and cook in a moder- ate oven (350 degrees F) until done, about one hour.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-12
A.~ 7s Buy YOUR MEAT asv 7s G.. (
PORK CHOPS MERIT CARE IN COOKING
Avoid Waste and Bring Out Full Flavor By
 Long Slow Cooking
MENU

Pork Chops with Pineapple and
 Spiced Apples Dreamed Potatoes and Peas
 Lettuce Salad
 Tapioca Pudding
 Coffee
 YOUR FOOD-AND
 NUTRITION Pork chops are 8 rich source of vitamin B1, according to nu- triton experts. They are rich in other food essentials as we'll, protein and minerals for growth and fat for energy. Pork is highly digestible. Be- cause of it's fat, it is digested more slowly than some other foods, which gives 1t that satis- flying, "stick to the ribs' quail ity.
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Mount Health mapped which based the governments guide nutrition Use in meal planning which of nutlvc essentials
 help to make and keep healthy.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-22
By GEORGE McMANUS

Well see that you get to Saint
Thomas. Under the circumstances
1t will be impossible for you to
remain here"
"Abas! / don't want to remain
here. There's no anthropology
here. Whatever natives you have
are imports from the other
islands. That huge man-~on the
pier, for example - probably an
Amina. Interesting type but un-
reliable" And the Professor
lapsed to grumblings.
Cant say as blame you"
June Paterson put in tartly. Tin
not any too fond of this place
myself"
Halsey handed her a cigaret.
II understand there's supply
boat due tomorrow" he said.
We'll see that you're safely de-
livered. We've all been" He
broke OF, turned to look at
Struthers who was rapidly ap-
preaching along the path.
The auditor appeared not to
have slept. His eyes were blood
shot and sweat poured from his
pulled face. Straight on he came,
avoiding Bill Talcott, to stop by
Halsey's chair. If you can beg
leave of your guests I'd like to
complete our business" he said.
and pausing, added in significant
tone, before you return to New
York"
ITO eB Continued
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-22
EVE OF DEPARTURE
CHAPTER TX

Inexplicable as Bill Talcott's ac-
tons might have seemed to June
Paterson, they were the direct and
simple result of combination OF
circumstances which, in the space
Of half a day, had changed the
course Of his life. For link by link
about him was being woven a chain.
Twist and struggle as he might, the
thing only bit deeper into his
flesh, throttled his spirit, threat
ened not alone his freedom of
movement but his mental balance
as well.
Most maddening is the fight of
3 strong man against an adj
versary who will not reveal him
@elf; O fight against that which,
instead of fighting back, encircles
and smothers with the sheer
weight Of uncertainty.
1t is true that in questioning
Halsey's orders and resenting his
presence he had acted with Ill
grace, scarcely in the manner Of
one upon whom responsibility had
rested for six long years. But
NAASAg441p W4ACAC Icy LAS 6AC0tOoO
strength, was also his greatest
weakness. Believe as the might
that he wanted to be clear Of Abas
island, wanted to put behind hinnh
its smell and filth and oppressive
heat, one uncompromlsing fact
Remained.
FOR six however long and lone
~ years they might have been,
Bill Talcott had been monarch
Of 8 tiny kingdom. His subjects
were half-thousand natives; his
chancellor Sehastien. That he
had ruled fairly and Justly, that
he had acquitted his responsible
~ with honor and measurable
NIfceess was no longer matter
moment. he was being de-
posed, wicked out: It was not an
|tAleation. For him there we're
M1 tannueis no pei laureate 70
N|s virtues NE was being
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-05-22

the route to vladivostok. I rode
the Trans-Siberian railway to
Tokyo. sold my camera in Tokyo
1t was good camera and I got
godo price. With part Of the
money I took passage on a
freighter to the Panama Canal
1t was In Colon that the Captain
Jackson offered to take me to
Puerto Rico where I could get
a boat for New York. I wanted
to go to New York because I have
people there"
AS her voice died silence came
out Of the rocky barrenness Of the
island and settle on the terrace.
1t was as If the lesser beings in
their fight for existence recog-
nized and paid silent tribute to
one of their number.
June Paterson's sharply in
drawn breath broke the spell.
You poor dear! You must forget
all that now. If you like you may
travel home with me. I'll be leav-
ing Saint Thomas Monday on the
blue Petrer and I'm sure ar
rangements can be made"
Martha Swenson's grateful dark
eyes lifted momentarily. THANK
you," she said simply. II have
money for my passage. I will
not be burden"
Professor Constantine had sur
rounded himself with an imposing
array of bottles and already a
strange assortment of pills of vari-
Gus colors and shapes had been
chased down his throat with several
glasses of water. Its an outraged
the odd man in the too-large cloth
ing muttered. THAT Jackson
What he did to me-I'm not we'll -
! was In Martinique, gathering an
thropological data for my studies
You know, the Martiniquian Is
most interesting. Different back
ground completely-came from a
different section of Africa. These
Island blacks, you know. are all de-
scended from slaves. Still practice
voodoo- Where was ~"
"You were in Martinique" Bill
Talcott said drily.
| AA~ RAONSIOOA AACAA VIC INV Va
his glasses, peering through the
lenses at Bill Talbot as If in
specting a new and interesting
specimen. HIM OF course" he
murmured. This man jackson
brought in some -four from Pana-
man, and said he was going to
Puerto Rico. Since it's - ahh -
rather difhcult at the present time
to get around the islands ac-
cepted his offer Of transportation.
But certainly didn't expect to
be dumped. at dawn in the midst
Of = lot OF shootingl Is this town
Fajardo?"
Scarcely, You're sttll good
hundred and nifty miles from
Fp naeM NhAs IA Aa.aA Ialand.
M
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CARIBBEAN CRISIS
BY EATON K. GOLDTHWAITE
X X X

forced out under suspicion. Manu-
featured out Of whole cloth though
they might be, the circumstances
were sufficient TO ruin hip.
Halsey was no coward and he
was no fool. He had shown that
clearly enough in handling the
refugee smuggler. He had done
so well that already black Tomas
and Sebastien were looking upon
him as a kind Of super being; even
June Paterson's eyes became star
ny as she inspected the rangy.
ntern-jawed new manager. What
were Halsey's private thoughts
about the guilt or innocence of
Federal Chemical man. His life
was routine, his blood was bust
ness. To him Plant Number Six
was just a job, Bill Talcott just
plant manager being relieved.
In Federal Chemical the human
element consisted principally in
guarding the flesh with inoccula-
tons; there were always ambitious
newcomers croWdirg along when
the spirit failed.
Bill Talcott knew, as surely as
he knew that there were sharks
in Anegade Passage, that loss of
his head would bring the end.
His personal feelings must not
control him; whatever cause he
might have to suspect Halsey of
intrigue, however much he might
resent the new mans calm eff
ficiency in supplanting him, he
must fight to keep his mind clear
so that his powers of observa-
ton would not be dulled. For
Talcott had come to realize that
only by ceaseless watchfulness
could he survive.
It was the law of the jungle;
kill or be killed. 1t was elemental,
to a certin extent similar to the
laws governing the two poor,
frightened passengers left on
Abas pier by the refugee snug
gler. It was the law whose failure
OF observance had caused Mac
DowelI, the detectives, to be
knocked unconscious twice with
in the same night,
Bill Talcott suddenly chuckled.
No matter how badly of he might
be, he was in better shape than
welcome to Abas," he
chuckled aloud, and June Paterson,
turning at his words, stared coldly.
Over q hastily assembled break
fast, the newest arrivals relaxed
somewhat. First audience by any
right belonged To the woman. and
after having reiterated that she was
Swenson, she told Of her
escape from Norway.
Through Sweden, whene ]
have friends, went To Muir
Martha swenson said IN
her throaty, disturbing voice With
It's trace Of accent. FROM MUIR
Iiafk 10 Moscow and Then along
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SERIAL STORY
HENRY

THE STORY-Four visitors ar
rive at q Dutch West Indian
island to cosnpicate the life Of Bill
Talcott, who is finishing six years
there as branch manager for an
American chemical firm. They are
HaIsey, Bills successor; an audi
tor, who Immediately accuses Bill
Of q large shortage In his ac-
counts; Mcdowell, a detective
brought to take Bill back to the
States IL any irregularity were
found, and June Paterson, beauti-
full cousin Of Bills former ROOM
mate. At dawn two more visitors
arrive, deposited by smuggling
skipper after fight In which
NKacD is wounded and Halsey
rOuts the skipper.
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Evening star., 1942-08-16

ana George WdSNlnBtO lhlptI SOIi.s
ators. His talents are then much in
demand for parades and entertain
ments, from which he gathers
tidy sum to add to his uncertain
screen earnings.
O'Neill's facial and general phys
ical resemblance to Lincoln was
pronounced long before he became
an actor. He's gaunt 6-foot 4
incher, topping Old Abes stature by
a quarter of an inch. His childhood
was spent in Lincoln's home State,
Illinois.
Wears Resemblance Well.
Unlike one noted Lincoln imper-
senator, who identified himself so
completely with the former Presi-
dent that he begged friends clustered
around his deathbed to grant his
dying wish and assassinate him, Ed
ONeill wears his stovepipe hat and
chin -whiskers lightly.
His current portrayal Of Honest
Abe is for The Man on Americas
Conscience, historical drama based
on the life of Andrew johnson.
Van Hefin portrays johnson, the
backWoods tailor who became Pres
ident following Lincoln's assassina-
ton.
II am always proud to play Lin
coln," ONeill said solemnly during
one of his free moments on stage
IA at the MGM studio. "but there
isn't fortune in it. In fact, I might
add that the pickings are very,
very lean"
O'Neill says those John Wilkes
Booth impersonators have been his
greatest handicap through the rs
years. Dramatic competition from
dozens of these actor -assassins has
made him slightly bitter about the
whole Lincoln business.
Every time I hear that gun go
off 1 know what's going to happen"
ONein complained. Il have played
opposite some rs Booths and they
never fail to steal my scene. No
one waits to watch Old Abe when
some little guy in black cape leaps
to the stage, waves a pistol and
screams, Sic semper tyrannis'!"
Booth Wins Again.
Eds many movie appearances
haven't changed the situation. He
recalls waiting around a full week
one time to go into what he ex-
pected would be his biggest Lincoln
sequence. This was for Enrol Flynn's
recent Custer movie, They Died
With Their Boots On"
II was carefully made up and
rehearsed the sequence a full day."
Ed went on. And so what happens?
take my friends down to see the
finished picture and all that can be
seen of me is flash OF the back
of my neck!
THAT Booth again." Ed growled.
The camera followed him, OF
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