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Detroit evening times., 1943-08-27
Buboni( Plague
StourgeS Java
Detroit Time. washington Rurs,u


WASHINGTON Aug ~
FuborC plague ha broken cIt m
japanese -occupied Java tho
Netherlands government lnforma-
ton office has been advised
officially
Ancient scourge Of the Orient
and one of m q % kin d worst
killers. the disease started after
an apparent breakdown IN sam
tation and water facilities az
Banding
Typhoid according 20 the re.
port. IS adding 10 an unprocc.
dentedly heavy death rate whiCt
the japanese arc rynC deSper.
ately but ncfcctually 10 conceal
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-27

WASHINGTON, Aug 27 CUP)
Lord Louis -tfountbatten VIII
meet Gen George C. Marshall
L. s Army chief of staff today
in the last of a series of confer
-ences with American military and
naval leaders on plans for the
drive -aEaIusEdapan- from India.
Mountbatten and Marshall are
expected 10 discuss the compost
tlon of Mountbatten staff Il
was understood that he has OBJ
tanned an important u. s. Army
officer for his deputy chief of
staff. His chief OF staff undoubt-
edly will be Britlsher
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-27
Negro Marines Win
Praise From Officers

NEW RIVER. y G. Aug IT
C1NSj One year after The FIRST
Negro was enrolled IN The marine
corps. marine officers announced
today they we're we'll pleased with
the excellent results accomplished
by Negroes during the first year
IN the corps.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-27

Mountbatten already has con-
ferred with Admiral Ernest j.
King, commander in chief Of the
l. S feet.
Ills. conference with King lasted
almost TWO hours Also present
were Rear Admiral Charles NJ
Cooke Jr. assistant chief of staff
10 King on plans and Rear Ad-
mlral Oscar {. Badger. assistant
chief Of naval operations for log
iStic plans.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-27
MAY NAME sTRATEMEYER

Mountbatten may not announce
the composition Of his command
until he arrives in India but It
was considered a good bet here
that Mai. Gen. George r. Strate-
meyer. commander of L. s. air
forces in the observation-disclosures
theater would become Mountbat-
tens 5 air commander
Other key officers in the general
area probably will be retained.
1t. Gen Joseph Sulwell, COM
mander of all l. S forces in the
India-C -China-Burma area. will re-
NAN IN q NerY important capaC-
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-27
$3.50 KILLED IN BERLIN

LONDON, Aus. 27 GNS)-The
first Berlin police reports on
casualties from Monday night s
raid Inst $3.50 dead. dispatches to
Reuters from the Stockholm
paper Aftontldningen said today
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-27
Russians CrdCk
Defense Zone
Near PoItdvd

MOSCOW, Aug. y cUP)-The
Russian threat 10 Poltava. Ger
man stronghold II miles south
west of Kharkov. increased today
as Soviet danklng columns cap
tured several villages and battled
their way through the streets OF
a large town on Poltava'S S outer
approaches.
a German communique said
Russian forces had launched an
offensive southwest and west OF
Orcl Yesterday. but failed 10
arHIrVo a bTCaK-thTOUEh.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-27

AT THE outbreak OF the
war. the royal Indian navy had
less than a dozen ships Today
il has more than 800 II mas
Lept the Red Sea routes open
and fought during the La,
African campaign IN the keo
Sea II has taken part IN me
battle Of the Atlantic, the Java
Sea and lastly IN the assault
against Sicily.
TIE Indian air force az the
start Of the war consisted OF
one squadron. Today there are
10.
India Is producing so per cent
Of her own war equipment ann
is supplying other members OF
the United Nations Her out
put Of shells in April, 1912 was
ASS per cent greater than Tor
June, 1910
INDIA is making uniforms
a. the rate Of 5000 900 year
and is filling all army blanket
requirements for the entire
Middle East
II should he remembered
that as of this time the Japa-
nese probably control the east
side Of the Bay Of Bengal OIL
the coast Of Burma. because ot
their naval bases on the Anda-
man Islands and al Singapore.
An assault of any size against
Burma probably viii be made
BY sea
BY the end Of the monsoon
--fall-it is not improbable
that Lord Mountbatten viii be
moving against the japanese
from the north-Burma with
Gen Macarthur coming up
from the South-th Dutch East
Indies. in A great pincer attack
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-27

"Your Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake, is one NJ many
famous features in The Detroit
Iimcs
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-27
MOMnibaffem Maps
Plans With Marshall
MEETS ADMIRAL KING
Map:

lty" Secretary Of the Navy Knox
-vafr- trrfiat.--
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-27
RUSSIANS SLOWED

Stubborn German resistance
and heavy CounterattaCks ap-
peared 10 have slowed the twin
Soviet offenslyeS in the Donets
Basin.
One Red army formation south
west of Voroshllovgrad killed
loo Germans and destroyed 80
tanks, while more than 1000 en-
emy troops were wiped out and
Is tanks wrecked south Of Izyum.
Only patrol activity was re-
ported from HE -F3f-eanSk- front,
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-27

NAZIS LOSE 500

The Red army broke into the
bic locality on the heels Of Ger
man forces retreating after losing
500 men and Is tanks IN futile
counterattacks. The Russians en-
gagged the garrison of the town in
street fighting with hayonets,
tommy guns, rifles and hand
grcnadeS.
Steadily widening and deepen
inC the Russian breach in the de-
fenSe zone north Of PoltaVa, ether
Sovict forces routed two German
infantry battalIonS and advanced
up 10 four miles.
SIX hundred Germans were
killed south Of Kharkov.
Detroit evening times., 1943-08-27
The
War Today
OreatWarChiefs,
Huqe Arms Stores
Now in India
By MAI. Paul { RABoRG
Written for International >evs ss0ics

APPOINTMENT Ct Nce
Admiral Lord Louis N.0aef1at-
te-. honorary lc.terar' rcrCEs.
of Tie British amy a5 hone
ars~y air marshal O., -he E0ya'
AR Fr~-e no. ,rc hugh command
al ,-c rcy sagrrTTy TvI w
zone. unEs EaWt #'t l0o'7
me United Nations now hayc
great number ot 'ncr most
d.sijree.>heS and efficient mIa-
tsv7, leaders m tre Far East I0
addition 10 Nol~'harc- fncF
-.esit3de
The ncW NICevoy O.. Inaa'
Field Marshal WaNc.'
f.rr--> SIR Claude j = Auea.n-
hex con7marder---ehet OF
Brtsh troops m India
- Ger IoSeph ". Sulwoll-
"r'nc,e Joe 10 his troop,-in
command Of an American forces
IN the China India Burma
fsester
Ma Cen Clare Chennaul',
hesa ~ the- -AH4er42aH -siy- -tnrcaz
N CHINA
" Ma, Gen. Lewis Brcrctor.
CHEF of L. s air forces IN lndla,
Evening star., 1943-10-21

with salt and pepper and paprika
put teaspoon butter in each hole
or brush over the top, pour in y inch
water, cover and bake.
For an attractive luncheon potato
try potato pancakes. They're plenty
good enough for dinner, too. but
their dainty, lacy appearance will
appeal to the fussiest feminine guest.
IDAHO POTATO PANCAKES.
2 cups grated raw potatoes.
q cup evaporated milk.
p cup fine dry bread crumbs.
l egg
l teaspoon minced sweet Spanish
onion.
Ia teaspoons salt.
Pepper.
Bacon fat.
Crate the potatoes on the neXt-to-
finest Crater for the best results
Pour milk over breadcrumbs. The
crumbs should soak up all of the
milk. Stir in the egg. onion, potato
salt and pepper. Put bacon fat on
grlddle or frying pan. AS soon as
fat is hot drop pancakes from table
spoon and press out rather thin
Cook slowly until well-browned. turn
and brown other side. Yield: 5 to 6
servings.
For An easv-but oh so good DO
tato Variation-we give you baked
potato slices.
BAKED POTATO SLICES.
Select long. well-rounded potatoes
cut in thin, crosswise slices or rounds
wash and dry on towel. Butter a
round pan at least s inches in
diameter. lay rounds in circles on
the bottom, letting them overlap
dust with salt and pepper. spread
lightly with butter or margarine. put
on second layer and proceed until
six layers are in the pan. Cover
the utensil and cook in a mod
erately hot oven-375 depression
80 minutes; drain off butter and
turn on to hot dish; garnish with
parsley. Serves 6. Don't throw
away the butter: it may be used
for frying or seasoning again.
Evening star., 1943-10-21

duce heat anc continue cooking
until tenderD Split the partially
cooked potatoes in half lengthwise.
Spread each half with prepared
mustard, y teaspoon of grated
onion, sprinkle with Worcestershire
sauce and salt. Top with buttered
bread crumbs and bake at $50 de-
greeS for IS to 20 minutes-until
potato is completely cooked and the
crumbs are golden brown. Serves
six
The crunchy and Well-seasoned
topping of potatoes on the halfshell
will surprise the most jaded appetite
For that feeling of warm satisfac-
ton which you'd like to instill in
your family and guests try these
potatoes in cream. If one cup of
cream just doesn't fit into the family
budget cup of evaporated milk
diluted with a cup water will!
POTATOES IN CREAM.
3 strips bacon.
l tablespoon coarsely chopped.
sweet Spanish onion.
q medlum-Slze uncooked potatoes.
! cup table cream.
l teaspoon salt.
: teaspoon pepper.
In a heavy frying pan fry diced
= md onion until limp. but not
| add diced potatoes and
cream. Season. Cover; cook slowly
20 to 80 minutes, or until potatoes
are tender. Serves six.
A new version of the old favorite
baked potato is our baked paprika
potato. Though the skins of pota-
toes are good eating and good for
you, there are still a few people who
are not convinced. This is their
baked potato-it is pared.
BAKED PAPRIKA POTATOES.
Pare four medium sized potatoes
that are even in shape and cut in
halves lengthWise. With potato ball
cutter make small hole in the CEN
ter of the smooth side. or make criss-
cross lines on the potato. Trim so
that the potato stands evenly on the
rounded side. Boil minute, drain,
put in shallow baking dish. sprinkle
Evening star., 1943-10-21

the war; I also have a good deal
of sympathy for the store owner
who is unable to restock his de-
pleted shelves. I am sorry. Yet 1t
is no fault of mine, either, and
what resent is being made to feel
like a beggar-if not a criminal
because must at least ask if l can
get what my family needs
These are unwholeSome conflicts
that make the successful waging on
our home-front battle more Cif1i-
cult Their origin is tWofOld: Gus
toners are often unreasonable, sell
ers are often unhelDful, or worG2.
SO let us begin realizing that these
are haraSSing times for all of us
sellers and customers alike. Rude
ness will not help a proprietor to
fill up vacant shelves or buyer to
procure what at the moment simply
does not exist. But self-control and
politeneSs will ease strain on our
selves and others >. will constitute
a real contribution to the war effort
1t is that little more which we
can and should give
So. to customers l would say: &c
mindful of the plight of the pro-
prietor. He is handicapped by
shortages as we'll as by the loss of
trained employees He cannot keep
up the quality of his store or res
taurant. He is often plagued with
"sampling shoppers 40 go from
store to store with others per-
petualE in haze about which cou-
pom should be used . customers
all pleading Surely, Mr.. Smith.
you can get me this or that"
But he can't And empty shelves
intensity his private worries over
family and finances. 1t is, perhaps,
no WonGer that he is jumpy, nervous,
or even that he asks, Don't you
know there is a war on?"
But to proprietors let me speak
one word of warning: Be careful
how YOU use that easy. overworked
phrase. Our sons and husbands and
brotherS-eVen our daughterS-are
in battle dress all over the world
ouI NtIE IItdIlS ltII US ABOUT lilt
war every hour of every day. And
We are grateful to the people at
home who are kind and mannerly,
who have the will to help even when
they lack the means. AS customers.
We appreciate deeply those of you
who are doing the best for us in
every way they can.
Yes We know there is a war on
our war. We can win it quicker if
we all help each other with patience,
with pleasantnesS-with courtesy.
Released by Bell Syndicate, Inc
Evening star., 1943-10-21
A Dash of Red
BY the Vicforv Chef

"Give me that one!'-and the
small boy or girl points to the red
stick of candy in the candy case,
There is something about red which
pulls the child appeal" The child
eats largely with its eyes-and,
really, so does the adult. And of
all the colors which attract people
toward food 1t seems that red is
the leader.
A handful of red radishes, look
ing fresh and shiny, will give added
zest and life to any salad. Little
slices Of red radish, scattered within
the mixed vegetable salad sparkle
and glisten and turn rabbit food"
into something very interesting in
deed.
Sliced or quartered tomatoes, al
though really messy things in the
vegetable salad. bring enough in
their bright red coloring to take
away the nuisance angle. Slices of
tomatoes, touching up shrimp
salad or accompanying slices of cold
meat, provide a festive touch which
lifts the dish far out of the ordinary.
The baked tomato served with
broiled kidneys makes all the differ
ence in the world both in serving
and eating this tid-bit.
Fried tomato slices-but not too
we'll fried, at that, will step right
up to help out a platter of scram-
bled eggs at breakfast time and be
as good in the eating as in the
eye-appeal. Again. when it comes
to decorating and then proving Use
fsll as good food, quarters of lightly
fried tomatoes will serve TO divide
sausage cakes or links in the serving
and do the job far better than
pieces of toast, which are used so
often and for no good reason.
A tomato might have been scooped
out and filled with leftover bits of
chicken or shrimp mixed with celery
and mayonnaise to make a delight
fully colored salad or filled with
chopped leftover meat, crumbs or
rice and herbs and baked for a side
or main dish.
Struggled down within the cad
or toast slices of a sandwich the
oit Of tomato gives an invitation to
eating which lifts an otherwise pro-
sale combination of bread and meat
into something truly desirable-Or
teams up with a leaf of lettuce to
take the dryness out of toast and
make the we'll known sagging appe-
tite turn handsprings.
The endless eye-appeal uses of
the ever-popular tomato must not
let us overlook the brilliant color
ing of the picked beet This tender
Evening star., 1943-10-21
Victory Food Selection

Beginning today and continuing
through November 6, the War Food
Administration has declared Irish
potatoes as Victory special" or.
as it is known more recently, a
Victory food selection
This designation has been made
in view of an all-time record crop,
and the need for using as many
potatoes as possible and conserving
a large part of this crop IN home
Storage. 1t is hoped that sales OF
potatoes to housewives. restaurants,
professors and other consumers will
be stimulated and full advantage
taken of the abundant supplies.
Housekeepers are urged to store
extra potatoes at home. and are told
that this is simple to do if space is
available where the temperature
stays between 40 and 60 degrees.
Potatoes should not be stored in the
light and they should not be allowed
to freeze. Do not store any decayed
potatoes, as they will spoil the rest.
!ic ASi ~ uiC vi al N1d4 hCtIllS Au-
ministration, USDA, has issued a
leaflet, Potatoes in Low-Cost
Meals" which is for sale by the
superintendent of documents. and
contains a group of excellent potato
recipes to help YOU in making full
use of the reliable 'spud"
And here are some extra special"
recipes of our own. which we suggest
you clip and put in your files:
ON THE HALF SHELL.
Scrub three large or six medium
potatoes and parboil for 20 to 30
minutes or until nearly cooked
through. tStart with small
amount of cold water and cook with
a lid on When the water boils. re-
Evening star., 1943-10-21
Report to the Housewife

Yellow and white squash are much
lower in price this week than they
have been and are of exceptionally
good quality, despite the fact that
they are old stock. All green's are
good, with spinach leading the field.
Snap beans are better than they
have been, but peas, though of fine
quality, continue expensive and quite
scarce. White and sweet potatoes
are plentiful-as you know, white
potatoes are the present Victory food
selection. Turnips, rutabagas, on
ions, peppers and cabbage are plen-
tiful and reasonable in price.
In moderate supply we find car
rots and parsnips, parsley, lettuce,
both Iceberg and Big Boston; ro-
maine, broccoli, caulifiower, celery
cabbage, celery, pumpkins, toma-
toes and okra. Mushrooms are avail
able if you can afford them, al
Evening star., 1943-10-21
By Betsy CasweH
Women's News Editor.

though not of very large size.
Also to be found are cucumbers
lima beans, satisfy, green onions,
Brussels sprouts, eggplant, fine arti-
chokes, chicory and escarole.
Fruits are fairly plentiful, but
you'll find all of them high. The
melon lineup includes cranshaws,
casabas, Persians, honeydews and
Egyptians. There are a few per-
simmons and pomegranates in the
specially stores, and the first Flor
ida grapefruit, unusually good, have
arrived. Some more oranges came
in this week from California, and a
car or two arrived from Florida,
but better supplies are expected by
next week. There are plenty of LEM
ons, some lines and good pineap-
Evening star., 1943-10-21

morsel Is still one OF the great un-
recognized foods among Americans.
But the efficient Russians use it as
the basis of great soup-Bortsch-
eaten hot or cold-with a hot
boiled potato in the center. And
IN Jewish homes one meets horse
radish lifted to the nth power by
being colored bright red with a
little beet juice.
And, 10 and behold, with that
touch of red. the dish of horse
radish goes right on to glorify the
"gefuellte fisch"-which Is other
wise drab-looking number but
needing only this little help of red
horse se-radish to make it a culinary
wonder. Why more people over
look "gefuellte fisch" is beyond me-
but that's another story.
Then there is the grand color
appeal of the big red apple. No
delicacy of childhood days carries
over into mature years as the big
red apple-not just the big apple,
mind you, but the big red apple.
And the red apple, which means
with the skin left on, is even now
as alive as ever. 1t may be quar-
tered and served as an edible gar
nlsh. 1t is sensation for dessert
with raisins or nuts or cheese. It
brings life and brightness to any
course in which it appears.
And there is paprika-that love.
llest Of the spices-bright and glow
ing and still free from the dynamic
influences Of cayenne. When one
thinks of "a dash of red' as final
touch on the dish about to be served
forth, paprika comes to mind. A
shake or two from the little can
or tube in which it lives and MANY
plain Jane dish leaps into glory
While the gentle favor pays it's own
way. Hold a knife blade firmly in
the center of a slice of lemon and
cover one side with paprika or hold
the blade in the center and cover
the two edges and there is a garnish
to place beside fish on a platter
winch perks up many an uninter-
eStlng number.
Evening star., 1943-10-21

Regrettable and, am afraid, in
creasingly typical is this episode
which I encountered lately: Into a
market came Mrs. x. Her children
are all overseas-her sons, pilots:
her daughter, a Navy nurse. Her
husband. who is a conSultant on
chemicals, travels increasingly from
war plant to war plant. For one of
his rare week ends, Mrs. X had been
saving her meat coupons. So she
asked at the butcher counter if she
could get a roast-beef preferably.
We'll, lady" he said testify, beef
Is something we haven't got; haven t
had for weeks. We're sending it to
our boys, you know or may
be you don't know there's war on. ="
Very quietly, Mrs. x looked at
him. "Oh, yes" she said gravely, Il
know there's a war on-quite pos
sibly even better than you do
There was a quality in her bearing
and in her voice that impressed him
IN a way he would never forget.
I, too would like to say quietly:
Certainly we know there is a war.
And we are willing to do everything
we can about it.
But that phrase of rebuke and
challenge, Don't you know there's
q war on?" seems to be replacing the
old, old password Of American mer-
chandisers: The customer is al
ways right" Today'S customers
complain that they seem to be al
ways wrong-just because they are
customers; and that the war has
bred unnecessary discourtesies and
tensions between seller and buyer.
Never before-so far as I can re-
member-has there been anything
like the epidemic of rudeness that
now seems to be spreading among
those hitherto most courteous OF
persons: managers, sales clerks,
even proprietors.
My mail is heavy with appeals
from customers who ask: will you
please write something against this
growing rudeness?" Customers
and we are all somebody's customers
say that they are literally begin
ming to be afraid to ask a waiter for
the bread he forgot, or sales per-
son for ordinary household supplies.
It is clear that this new diScourtesy
has been piling nerve strain on
nerve strain.
A letter now on my desk tells me:
"1 dread having to go into store
because I have to ask, as though l
were suppliant: Gould I possibly
get - whatever it is l have come
for. I am quite ready to be told
things are unobtainable because of
Evening star., 1943-10-21

could shave a bar down. Make the
lather with a rotary egg beater. Put
lather on an old sponge and rub into
rugs. Use straight motion on Num-
dahs and circular motion on hooked
rugs. Soil will disappear into lather.
Go over rugs with the sponge wrung
out OF clear warm water. This method
will not run colors together and the
rugs dry in about hours. if laid
across newspaper-cov chairs or
in some manner where the air can
circulate. l also clean cotton up
holstery by this method.
In answer to Mrs. w. H. Y. of Ar
lington: Lobster Newburg. Get two
small or one large lobster at the
fish market and boil them until done.
Drop them into boiling water to
start. These will make about 2l, or
cups of meat which will serve
nicely.
Simmer the lobster meat slowly in
4 tablespoons of butter. Must be
butterD Add about 134 or 2 cups
OF sherry wine Simmer until about
half of the wine is evaporated, about
II minutes. While this cooks, beat
IL cups of rich top milk or light
cream and milk. into beaten egg
yolks and add slowly to lobster, stir
ring constantly. Cook one minute
Serve Immediately on toast squares.
l cut this recipe in half to serve
five people. It's very rich, but l
have never tried a less rich recipe
with the right taste. This sauce
Will not separate.
Couldn't we please have the Clear
ing House on Sunday. too? It's by
far tln my opinion) the most valu-
able feature in the whole newspaper.
My apologies to you for taking I'D
so much time and space.
X X x
SWEET POTATO DISH;
CRUMB CRUST.
(Thdnks to NJ. w. McC.,
Ne1rberry, S. c.
To the best page in The Evening
Star-Do try to get more space for
the Home Front Feeding. 1t is SO
important!
Having to live away from home,
I still have The Evening Star sent
to me and the Clearing House is
the first thing 1 look for.
Try this, it is SO good:
Parboil 3 good-sized sweet pota-
toes. While these are cooking, peel.
core and cut in slices 14-inch thick
4 sour cooking apples. CThe more
sour and more juice in the apples
the better Peel the sweet pota-
toes and slice in la-inch slices
Arrange in deep baking dish in
alternate layers. Sprinkle brown
sugar and DOT with butter over each
layer. Have the potatoes with the
sugar and butter the last layer.
Add only 2 tablespoons water, as
the juice, sugar and butter form
a sirup after cooking. Bake until
the potatoes and apples are well
done. This is just as good warmed
up. if you ever have any left over
Some one asked for crumb crust
for deep-dish apple pie. Here is one
I have used and every one seems to
like:
One cup flour, u cup brown sugar
(always pack brown sugar to meas
ure), I. teaspoon salt, a teaspoon
baking powder. "a cup butter.
Work with finger tips to crumb.
Sprinkle over sliced apples in deep
baking dish. Nutmeg and cinnamon
added before putting on the crumb
crust is nice, and, if tartness is
needed, add lemon juice. Add "a
cup water, not more, and bake unit.
crust Is golden brown.
Evening star., 1943-10-21
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