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Evening star., 1943-09-21

North-South had to lose three aces
in a spade contract and could make
only four; so South should not
have bid five spades, and West
should not have sacrificed with the
! six-club bid over it. But once West
did get into six clubs doubled, he
should not have done badly Most
East-West pairs bid five clubs and
made it, losing only one heart and
one diamond This West player
managed to go down four tricks,
1,100 points.
North opened the spade ace, and
dummy trumped it. West entered
his hand with a club lead and took
diamond finesse, losing to Souths
queen. South returned club,
knocking out dummy's queen.
Now West could not get back to
his own hand without giving up
trick; but instead of leading the
heart ace and another heart West
tried to cash the diamond ace.
South trumped this and cashed the
spade king. Then South led heart,
and West was stuck in dummy and
had to give up tricks to North's
kings of hearts and diamonds This
made five tricks that West lost.
Yesterday you were Howard
Schenken's partner and, with neith-
Evening star., 1943-09-21

the Mount Vernon School and Gads-
by's Tavern Schools will not be
closed and teachers are not being
asked to aid in the distribution.
On and after tomorrow, applica-
tions may be obtained at any Of
the city's filling stations. Mr.. Doug
las stated that applications should
not be mailed or brought to the
board, but should be kept until Oc-
Evening star., 1943-09-21
Disposition Of Gus
Puzzles Police Chief
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MADISON, Ind.-The current
complication in Fire Chief John
Eckert's life is how to dispose of so
barrels of gasoline without selling
it, dumping it or giving it away.
An Ohio River gasoline barge,
here for repairs, must be rid of it's
load before a welding torch can be
applied.
The local ration board says the
gas can't be given away, Govern
ment regulations forbid dumping it
in the river and no ration stamps
cover sale in such situation.
Evening star., 1943-09-21
Alexandra Board 10 Issue
A Gas Books October 8

Gasoline A books will be issued
in Alexandria Friday, October 8,
from m. to pm.
James S. Douglas, executive Sec
retary Of the board, said that VOL
unteers will issue the books at the
George Washington High School
Evening star., 1943-09-21

tober 8, when they are to be taken
to one Of the three centers. The
cover of the old A book and the
tire inspection record must be
brought to the center or the new
Evening star., 1943-09-21

said that unless such an announce.
ment is made by the national CrA
1t can be assumed they will expire
on November 81, as originally pros
vided.
Evening star., 1943-09-21

book cannot be issued, the ofIicial
said.
There has been no announcement
Of an earlier expiration date for the
current A books and Mr.. Douglas
Evening star., 1943-09-21
er side vulnerable, you dealt and

er side vulnerable, you dealt and
held:
AA10
0AQ5
AQJ53
%AQ7
AnSWer-TWo no-trump. This Is
the ideal bid on such a hand, which
is not strong enough for a two-bid
In suit, far too strong for one
bid to be desirable and so distrib-
uted that you will get distinct ad-
vantage from having the lead come
up to your hand if no-trump is the
final contract.
Score 100 per cent for two no.
trump, 40 per cent for one diamond,
20 per cent for two diamonds.
Question No. 1,495.
Today you hold the same hand,
and the bidding continues:
You. Lightner. Schenken. Jacoby.
MT Pass 50 Pass
CD
What do you bid? (Answer to-
morrow
The Four Aces win be pleased to an
sger letters from readers II a stamped
closed with each communication ad-
Gyenlns 1ysIjne s star II you desire the pocket
contract bridge. send with ' yonr Sn'fssr request
Star. stamped la-cent), seif-a ddressed.
laree-sl2e envelope and you will receive
an outline without any charge
Evening star., 1943-09-21
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.
Unusual Result

In bridge tournament many diff
ferent pairs play the same cards.
This often produces variety of
results, and some of the results are
so remarkable that they cannot be
believed without a full explanation.
West dealer
Both sides vulnerable.
A A 1912
0KQ93
K865
as
AQ7 A.
V65 N VAJ842
0 432 w E AJ1O97
4 A K j 10 S &Q43
90
Evening star., 1943-09-21
LONG DECORATIVE PINCH PLEATs

Create smooth flowing line at your windows with
the distinctive tailoring of this prize group of
Aorals in rayon damask . :. deep pinch peats .
full sateen lining wide tiebacks. Haze blue,
rose dust, rose beige, eggshell, forest green
2A yards long, 100 inches pide-the pair---
Evening star., 1943-12-19
General Activities in Alexandria
HoHday-1 trimmed Dooy1Vays
And Ma,ztels to Be Iudged

their daughters, Mrs. Frank Hite
and her children, Lucy and Frank
and Mrs. Willkam P Arnold, wife
OF 1t. Comdr. Arnold.
Maj. and Mrs. Thomas Mechling
who have been the guests of Mrs
Mechling's parents, Maj. and Mrs
Merton L. Emerson, left last week
for his base at Seattle. While here
Maj. Mechling was an usher at the
wedding of 1t. Joseph Knefer Taus-
sig, jr., U. S. NJ, and Miss Betty
Bostwick Carney.
Mr.. Harry Todden, U. S. N, has
been the guest OF his mother, Mrs
Mae Todden, and his sister, Mrs
Pearl Shriver. He returned last
week to OttumWa, Iowa. where he
is stationed and is a trumpeter with
the Navy Band.
Mrs. Robert F. Gooding was hos
tess Friday afternoon at bridge.
Mrs. Irwin Hufford has returned
from visit in Richmond.
Mrs. Charles Carneale and Mrs.
Bayol Carlin have returned from
a trip to New Orleans.
Mr.. William Henry Smith, U. S.
N. R., of the University of Virginia
will arrive Tuesday to spend Christ
mas with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Henry Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey w. Johnston
have left for their home in Madi-
son, Wis, after a visit here with
lMrs. Johnston's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Sharon.
Mrs. Frank Amo Taylor has ar
rived from New York to spend some
time with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Lee Sullivan. Her husband,
who is with the Coast Guard, has
Evening star., 1943-12-19

The highlight of this pre-Christ,
mas week will be the annual pill.
grimage Tuesday to homes opened
for the display of doorway, mante
and dining table decorations. The
pilgrimage is sponsored by the gar.
den section of the Belle Haven
Women's Club and the judges will
be Mrs. Herbert Gregor of Wash
ington, Mrs. w. j. Phillips of Char
lottesville and Mrs. Edward Howrey
Of Burke.
Hostesses whose homes will be
opened for the pilgrimage will be
Mrs. Julian Smith, Mrs. F. B. North
rup, Mrs. Parker Trask, Mrs. John
T. Ashton, Mrs. Frank Youry and
Mrs. Wade Jenkins. Tea will be
served at the home of Comdr. and
Mrs. jenkins. and Mrs. William w
Hulflsh is chairman for the pill
grimage.
Miss Mary Louise Chauncey has
sent out cards for tea to be given
December 27.
Miss Margaret Ann Emhardt will
have as her guest for the holidays
Miss Lois johnson of Kansas, a
classmate at Duke University.
Comdr. and Mrs. Duvall Duckett
will have with them for the holiday
their son, Midshipman Pendleton
Duckett of the Naval Academy.
Wednesday evening the sopho-
more class of ST. Agness School will
give a gala Christmas dance at
Gadsbys Tavern.
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Matheson
will have with them for the Christ
mas week end their son and daugh-
ter-in-laW, Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm
Matheson, jr., and their family and
Evening star., 1943-12-19

been transferred to the West Coast
Mrs. Kyle Booth has returned
from a visit in Baltimore,
Pvt. Norbert r. Grauniann, who
is stationed at Leesville, La, is
spending some time with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Grammar.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Campbell
have left for Berkeley, Calf, to
make their home with their daugh-
ter, Mrs. j. c. Harberts.
Col. and Mrs. John L. Walker and
Mrs. Robert Kirkpatrick have re-
turned from a visit in New York.
Miss Kate Alfriend has left to
spend some time in New York.
1t. and Mrs. John Nichol, formerly
of Charleston, S. c., are now max
Evening star., 1943-12-19
WI Visit Mother

Miss Eleanor Gibson, who Is
executive secretary Of the American
Red Gross at Virginia Beach, will
come home to spend Christmas with
her mother Mrs. Stuart Gibson, at
her home in Falls Church.
Evening star., 1943-12-19

Give him crisp War bond for a
Christmas present to be remembered.
Keep on backing the attack.
Evening star., 1943-12-19

ing their home at 421 South Fairfax
street, the former residence of 1t.
and Mrs. G. Anderton Burke, who
are now In Oklahoma.
Evening star., 1943-12-19

"The FIirt" Night Shirt
For the Night otter Christmas
or any eight hours thereafter, q
sweet Iooe-ruffled Victorian
niehte denune Of design but
shockineIy sheer Of fabric. Royon
sheer with girls heads peepine out
in exotic print. White with shock
ing pink or Chinese yellow. Sizes
g to 38 Sl4.o5.
Lingerie, Second Floor
Evening star., 1943-03-28

voring but lets favor speak out.
You are butter addict when it comes to
cake baking? But now butter and margarine
can be little used for shortening. Table duty
for this pair. Use instead an all-hydrogenated
vegetable shortening substituting it for butter,
measure by measure. The finished product will
have greater ightness, finer grain, more vel
vety crumb than any all-butter cake you can
bake Butter doesn't have 50 great shorten
ing power, that's why.
The all-hydrogenated vegetable shortening
is nothing in the world but vegetable oils clari-
fed, deodorized, solidifed by the use of hydro
gen, then whipped to creamy cleaning beauty
Some firms use but one oil, others prefer a
blend. Look at sample of the dark natural
oil as it arrives at the factory from the crush
ing mill Impossible to believe this can be
turned into snow-white, petal-soft, plastic
shortening.
Walk up and down, back and forth, to see
the stuff made. But for all you can see, it might
be the work of the pixies. Production is entirely
mechanical. Processing goes on under cover
in pipes of stainless steel. in vats and tanks,
sealed safely from air and dust. What you do
see every forty steps is chemist in white
coat drawing off sample of the oil for labora-
tory testing. This scientific control, step by
TW-3-D-43
Evening star., 1943-03-28
Far On THE FIRING LINE
% %s'''e''|s''e Sao<ss9fS'a

was in 1914 that the great-randfather of the
all-vegetable oil, margarine, was introduced.
Today the vegetable margarine clan represents
80 per cent of the margarine family. The first
all-hydrogenated vegetable shortening had its
start in 1912 Women were dubious - 50
white, so light. so strange. One trial and the
hydrogenated fat was on the shelf to remain.
Today there are dozens of brands - some
known only locally, others holding national
sway. Ninety per cent of all the vegetable oils
come to the kitchen in shortening form. Good
news these shortcomings will continue avail
able up to SO per cent of the normal supply.
Lsag Lie and Eesos4y
In A fat-short world the hydrogenated vege-
table Shortcomings are among the most economi-
cal you can buy. for they prove themselves
efficient at any cooking task. Deep-fat frying?
Yes. They have smoking point high enough
to guarantee an odoriess, smokeless frying pot.
They have stability in baking; no breakdowns
are ever revealed by ''off" favors. These short
enings have long life, keeping sweet and fresh
for months on the pantry shelf without refrig
Evening star., 1943-03-28

Russia buys heavily of fat backs, jowls and
plates, cuts which ordinarily are rendered into
lard. Any lard increase that may come won't
60 to home cooks. England is lard-hungry.
Last year lend-lease took 654 600 900 pounds
Of lard from the sides of our porkers. 1t took
vegetable oils up to III, 600 600 pounds - but
linseed principally. this for Russia. Soy oil
was next in demand. Margarine, butter, short
ening, beef fat, fish oils went travelling too, but
in lesser amounts.
Vegetable oil: harvests of corn, cotton, pea
nuts. soy, promise tremendous this year, es-
pecially oil of the peanut 1t is these oils Amer
lean housewives will find most abundant.
vessatile Vegetable OILS
VEGETABLE oils will show up in the vitamin-
ized margarines substituting for butter. Oil
of cotton, corn, peanut and soy sell to the salad
makers under numerous trade names. These
liquid oils are useful, too, in frying pan and
deep-fat kettle. 1t is vegetable oils that form
the base of those cleaning white all Hydrogen
ated vegetable Shortcomings paradhg grocers'
shelves in "war-d dress" glass containers
World War catapulted the vegetable oils
plmk onto the cooks table. Production was
stepped up to supply glycerine for munitions
and to meet the need for lard substitutes. 1t
Evening star., 1943-03-28
Yes, just doing two simple things
means better, easier cooking

N IoTwO WAYS about it, We haze to be
IN better cooks these days! It's the
only way to meet shortages an rationin'
an make sure our folks still eat well.
80 urge every last one Of you to do
these two things: ~ get SpFy; (2) use
Spry receipts. They'll show you how to
make the most Of the foods you can get.
(Be sure to try this dandy chicken
stretchin' receipt.) Every SpGy receipt is
tested, easy just follow directions exactly
an measure accurately. Yes, that's all
you need do to get perfect results!
Use Spry in your own receipts, too,
and see the difference. Cakes will be light
er, pastry % tender an flaky, fried foods
crisp, tasty and easy to digest. An you
can fry with purer Spry over an over.
That means no waste-Teol economyl
'If Spry isn't At your grocer's the first
time you 20, try another time. Keep
watchin' for it. Yes, it may take little
more time an effort to get Spry now, due
to war conditions, but what prize when
Evening star., 1943-03-28

eTdtlOn. lney hOld
their original consis-
tency over a wide
range of tempera-
ture, winter or sum-
mer, North Pole or
tropics.
Take a spoonful
from the jar. Plea
sure the eye on its
vibrant whiteness,
its satiny sheen. Stir
the shortening in the
bowl. Easily work.
able. Smooth as
peaches to touch. A
promise - no tire
some pre-creaming
in the mixing bowl.
That creamy soft
texture makes it pos
sible to enclose large
amounts of air in the
mixture of shorten
ing and sugar which
gives airy lightness
and extra volume to
the finished cake.
Take a taste. Such
freshness, no odor,
no favor. A bland
neutral shortening
this cannot ever in
terfere with the fla
Evening star., 1943-03-28

mayonnaise, the
chunk of fat pork
giving its sweetness
to the bean pot, all
these yield glyoerine
needed dforexplosives.
New 0oab
+ AT production
goals are set ahead
for this year. But it is
weather and man.
power, not govern
ment experts, which
determine final pro-
duction. Meanwhile
the worlds fat-hun-
ger grows unabated.
Don't think for a
minute feeding the
world is a mere by
word of Washington.
The fat We furnish
our allies comes off
the home plate. Ger
tainly we will have
fat, but not so much
fat, nor will there be
unlimited kinds for
your choice.
Pork production
hits a new high. But
the amount of lard
per hog runs less as
Evening star., 1943-03-28
you do get it! Try this receipt soon.
Home-style Chicken an Biscuit

you do get it! Try this receipt soon."
Hone-style Chicken an Biscuit
IS pound chicken, cut Il teaspoon pepper
in serving pieces u teaspoon paprika
cup sifted -four u cup Spry
~ teaspoons salt cups hot water
Place one piece of chicken at . time in
paper bag containing combined flour, salt,
pepper and peprika; shake well to coat
chicken evenly. Fry chicken in hot Spry
in skillet. Brown well on both sides (about
Is hour. Add hot water and bake in
moderate oven (375o F.) uncovered, IA
to 2H hours, or until tender. Turn twice
during baking for even cooking.
Remove chicken and make gravy as
follows: Add remaining seasoned -four
(about 6 tablespoons) and mix thorough
". Add 2 cups hot water and cook until
smooth and thickened. Serve with Hot
Biscuits. Serves 6.
Hot Biscuits
2 cups sifted -four n teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking S tablespoons Spry
powder n cup milk
Sift -four with baking powder and salt.
Cut in Spry fine. Add milk all at once and
mix with fork into . soft dough. Turn
out on Toured board and knead lightly 20
seconds. Roll to inch thickness; cut
with biscuit cutter. Bake in very hot oven
(45Oe F.) IL to 15 minutes. Makes
d0sen. biscuits.
Evening star., 1943-03-28
It's vitality needed there.
But here's shortening news
for your wartime Kitchens

Il MERIcA holds the fat pot for hungry
A world. We share the fat of our herds,
Z u the fat of our fields; over a billion
pounds of fats and oils are needed this year to
help feed our allies: There must be fats for
our fighters and fats to feed the home folks.
Fats. like proteins and carbohydrates, are
major food necessity. Fats yield more calories
per pound than any other food, thus topping
the list in energy value.
War has slashed fat imports exactly in half,
billion pounds loss, one-tenth the annual
consumption. Farmers buckled to the task last
year and grew fat and oil harvest over two
billion pounds larger than in 1941. That would
seem to equal things off. But the fat of the
land does more than serve the table. 1t is a
weapon of war. The shortening that makes a
fine grained cake, the delicate oil you whip into
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-25
u. S. Engineer Office
Awards Three Contracts
For Wartime Projects

Three contracts to build war
time projects in North Carolina
have been awarded by the Will
mington District Engineer office,
it was announced here Friday.
North Carolina contraction com
panies have been awarded three
&C ntracts to build war-oime croject
in the state, the Wilmington DIS
t,ict Engineer office announced
Friday.
Awards were made to:
L. B. Baltimore, Greensboro to
construct buildings and utilities at
Winston-Salem, S3,705.
L. B. Baltimore, to build build
ings and utilities at Greensboro,
SEE, 690.50.
Dixon Construction company
Fayetteville, to construct buildings
and utilities at Fort Bragg, $17,640.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-25
|BOLIVlANS PLAN
SOCIAL SECURITY
Program Is Designed Ia
Lift The Living STAN
dards OF People

LA PAZ, Bolivia, Dec. 24-P)-A
social security program to lift the
living standards Of Bolivia's tin
miners and peasants is planned by
the new government, labor minis
ter, Victor Andrade announced,
and will be based partly on U. S.
commissions study of labor and
social problems here.
The newspaper Ultima Hora,
meanwhile, said editorially that the
revolutionary governments pledge
that Bolivia would fulfill her in
ternational agreements and con-
tinue to contribute to the United
Nations cause should dispel any
suspicion that influences I'M
friendly to the Allies had sup
ported the revolt.
Andrade said 1--WE have great
stretches Of open country and
great potential wealth, but our
people have not been able to rofit
from it because of under-develop-
ment, lack of labor and machinery,
and because of poor health condi-
TONS"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-25
STATE REVENUE

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 24-(P)-
State revenues declined $40, 460, 81
during the five months period end
ed November 30, 1913, a report SUBJ
United to Governor Darden by state
Comptroller Henry Gilmer, has
disclosed. Total revenues for the
period, the report showed, amount
ed to $48,114,675 and expenditures
SAT, 230, SIS. Over the same period
last year, revenues were $58,574,-
988 and expenditures $54,314.230
Evening star., 1943-04-13
Story of Drink
At Point of Gun
Wins AcquittoI

A story that a stranger accosted
him on the street and at the point
of gun forced him to drink a pint
OF whisky won an acquittal yester-
day for Cleve Crump, 50, 'colored,
who was charged in Municipal Court
with driving while drunk.
Crump, who was arrested Friday
night after his auto had struck a
parked car In front of HOT Tenth
street NV, told the jury that a
half hour before a strange man had
taken his wallet after forcing him
to drink the whisky.
He said his memory became a
blank and he had no recollection
of driving his car.
The jury deliberated only five
minutes before finding Crump not
guilty.
Evening star., 1943-04-13
$500, 800 War Loon Goal
Set for Prince William
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispat tch to The Star.
MANASSAS, Va, April 13.-G.
Raymond Ratcliffe, chairman of the
Prince William County Victory
Fund Committee, announces that a
quota of S3O0,600 has been set for
the county's Second War Loan Drive
that opened yesterday.
The County Victory Fund Com
mittee is composed of Mr.. Ratcliffe,
Harry P. Davis, H. Ewing Wall, "
w. Zirkle and B. w. Brunt.
Evening star., 1943-04-13
Pope Due to Broadcast

BERN, Switzerland, April 13 (P).-
The Swiss telegraph agency re-
ported in a Rome dispatch last
night that informed Vatican sources
said Pope Plus XII would celebrate
Easter mass at st. Peters, deliver a
short sermon In Latin and then ad-
dress the world by radio in Italian.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-21
Missing Nurses
Reported Safe

WASHINGTON, Dec. 81 (UP)-
All SO u. S. army nurses on .Bataan
and Corregidor when the Philip
pines fell to the japanese have been
accounted for either officially or
unofficially-and all are safe, it was
learned Tuesday.
Miss Dorothy Davis, civilian
nurse who returned from the
Philippines on the repatriation ship
GripSholms, furnished information
about the 13 nurses who were still
officially listed by the army nurse
corps as missing in action in the
philippines.
Miss Davis, for many years o
resident of the Far East, is d
daughter of Mrs. Marjorie Ander-
son Davis, jamestown, N. Y. She
was a nurse at the civilian intern
ment camp at Santo Tomas Uni
versity, Manila, where most of the
13 nurses were stationed before she
was repatriated.
Nurses accounted for by Miss
Davis included Second Lieutenant
Edith M. Corns, whose next of kin
is Mrs. Jennie Corns, Los Angeles
California.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-21

WASHINGTON. Dec. 81 cUP)-
Defense Transportation Director
Joseph b Eastman reported Tues
day that the railroads and trans
portation facilities have done a
"superlative job" in carrying un-
precedented loads despite severe
shortages Of equipment and man.
power.
The problem of hauling wartime
passengers and freight narrows
down to this, he said: "Transporta
ton facilities have been carrying
more and more freight and pas
sengers with less and less equip
rnent."
The situation is 'intensifying
transportation problems, Eastman
said in discussing remedial meas
ures as the ODT began its third
year of service.
Eastman cited as typical
example of the industrys good
record the fact that taxicabs alone
carried l.50o,oc0,0oo passengers dur
Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-21
Jordan Presses
For Action on
Soldier Votinq

SACRAMENTO, Dec 81 UPl-
Secretary of State Frank M. Jordan
Tuesday renewed request to Gov.
Earl Warren to permit Amendments
to the election laws at an expected
special session of the legislature to
assist members of the armed serv-
ices in voting in 1914 elections.
Warren, however, declared yes
terday that barring emergencies
only prison matters would be con-
Sidered at the special session eX-
pected next month.
Jordon proposed that headlines be
changed for applying for and re-
turning absentee ballots, that 4
simplified affidavit of registration
be allowed, and that primary party
ballots for all parties be furnished
servicemen with only one ballot tc
be returned for counting.
Jordan declared this was his sec
ond request to the governor for ac-
ton on soldier voting. 1t was point
ed out that many soldiers will not
be able to vote in the May presi-
Dental primary unless action is
taken shortly
Specific amendments recommend
cd by Jordan were:
That the postcard application for
so-called soldiers ballots which
permit voting only for national
candidates be considered an af-
fidavit of registration qualifying
the applicant for a full absentee
ballot. Over 11000 of these ap~
plications have been received in
Sacramento.
That application dates for abb
sentee ballots for the May 'and
August primaries be set ahead 70
days and the deadline for return
| ing the ballots be set back 10 days
This would give Sc days for the
ballots to be sent overseas and re-
turned.
That a combined ballot showing
candidates of all parties be furnish
ed each overseas voter regardless OF
whether he is registered or not
Each party would have per-
forated section of the ballot and
only one could be returned.