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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23

Of water; cover the kettle and SIM
mer the meat slowly about pa
hrs. for a 4 to ID. roast
HOW TO PUT VEGETABLES IN
Unrationed fresh vegetables are
good pot roast "extenders" for they
take on the savory meat flavor. 1t
is wise to bring the vegetables to a
boil before adding them to the
kettle. Adding hot vegetables will
not lower the cooking temperature
of the roast.
The gravy is important, too, in
making the pot roast go a long
way. To make a smooth gravy,
measure the broth left in the kettle.
For each cup use two level table,
spoons -four and i cup cold water.
Shake -four and water in a covered
container and add it to the boiling
broth. Cook. stirring constantly,
until smooth and thick.
BACON FOR FLAVOR lest
Swift's Premium Bacon-whenever
it is available one of the best
ways to add sparkle to meals that
save on ration points.
Even two strips per person fla
vors a meal such as the one sug-
gested at left. Halved fresh toma-
toes, sprinkled with crumbs and
dotted with butter or margarine,
may be broiled along with the
bacon. Or, when tomatoes are not
plentiful, cooked carrots, split
lengthwise, may be prepared in the
same way.
Bacon drippings add zest to veg
etables and bland favored foods
such as noodles. They're also
good shortening for biscuits. muf-
fms, and pancakes. To make this
precious bacon go as far as possible,
pan broil, bake or oven fry it
sioW{y. Lower temperatures keep
the drippings from burning and cut
the shrinkage on the bacon itself.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23

Shoulder cuts of Swift's Premium
Lamb, Veal or Beef make good pot
roasts. Lamb or veal may also be
oven-roasted if desired. Other beef
cuts that are good choices for pot
roasts include: rump, sirloin tip
and round.
For pot roast, the meat should
be seasoned with salt and pepper
and Drowned in a heavy kettle. If
desired, dredge with -four before
browning. Add just small amount
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23
Cooking Hints to Protect
Precious Meat FlavOrS
By MARTHA LOGAN
Noted Home Economist

Let the smile, but laugh" is of the old
culinary proverbs that rich with meaning that
thrifty cooking is important than This particular
adage a good guide in the preparation of pot roass
simply that water should be used to provide
for moist heat make the tender but that
the should be kept below the boiling point This method
of cooking will guard the fine meat flavor which is
precious now that rationing is here.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
ApvERrisEnvST)

Always soar your Victory Vegetable
Garden. Take hose nozzle of and
place hose end on a board so that
water will run off both sides. Light
sprinkIngs can be harmful as they
tend 10 cake and clog the soil around
the plant; also, roots reaching for
water may grow up.-VeT0 Zdenek,
RiteJSide, Illinois.
To rash dirty spinach quickly, add
one treas boou Of Fiefo or an, Other good
uofer soffcrCr 10 the rash pGter. -
Edwina Nolan, Bridgeport. Conn.
To remove odor Of FISH from a pan
after irving, scour with .Sunbrlte -
the cleanser with the spotless reputa-
tion rinse, and wash in hot water.
-Hae Z Lynch. Nydok. ". Y.
WAR WIVES HINT. Isdre oil the rolls
Of cardboard that sheif paper. paper
toufiS. ctc, come rolled on and pSc them
wbcr sending papers 10 the boys ~
setfice Mrs r 4 Garner, Washing
ton. - {.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23

SUSIE S. ,oyn
NV cousin ImoRepe ISN'T looking Tor huS-
band; she'd much rather find single man
Sucgested by Mrs. g q Coats B,ounvood. Ter
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23

- He absorbing features in this and other issues OF
Il The American Weekly made fascinatinc by
editorial style that makes douby interesting every sub
jet it touches
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23

swFTs WARTIME POLICY
We t0iH cooperate to be
fHiiesf extent Nth bs
u. S. Government 10 beIb
tOin fbe tOar. We tDiH do
speryfbing possible TO
safeguard be bigb grail
ify Of orr products. De
spite maritime difficulties
tGe t0iH m axe epery effort
TO disfribKfe apaiiabis
civilian supplies 10 fnxrs
a fair share for all con-
sKmsrs all oper tie u. S.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-23

"Pi,qaisI s7A "P,rrv ct-rs,r 80 r,sts'-,-i
uld, ms,u ri GENERAL MILLS. INC.
The midland journal., 1943-02-26
Wound Treatment

A problem which baf1ed physi-
clans for years was that of wounds
slow in healing Spectacular prog
ress has been made in treating these
slow-healing wounds with carba-
mide, a compound synthesized by
chemists from the nitrogen of the
air.
Carbamide does not instantly kill
germs, yet germs begin to disappear
when it is used. 1t is not cleanser
in the ordinary sense, yet slow-heal-
ing wounds treated with carbamide
seem to clean themselves. Appar-
emily the chemical works by stimu-
lating the growth of healthy tissue.
It has been used with success in
treating infected burns and a large
variety of skin infections, and has
been found to soften scar tissue.
Moreover, it is readily available and
quite inexpensive, SO that people suf-
fering from infections may fill a
whole bathtub with carbamide solu-
ton and literally bathe in it, of
course, according to the directions
of a physician.
The midland journal., 1943-02-26
In Reunion Islands Snow
Rare, Rainfall Torrential

Reunion island is land in which
earthquakes, volcanic turmoil, gera-
NUNS, cloves, and vanilla are pro-
duced with equal facility. Last is
land of Frances empire to remain
under Vichy control, Reunion is
about 430 miles east of Madagascar
in the Indian ocean. Although far
from the beaten path Reunion fun
ctions as a little slice of France. A
mountainous, egg-shaped mass 80
miles long and % miles wide, the
island varies its climate according to
altitude. Peaks rising from the CEN
trail region tower 10000 feet. From
the hot coastal area to the cool high
lands, plant life reflects the changes
in temperature. Upward from the
shore with it's belt of towns, the
sugar cane and rum country stretches
to the forest zone. Beyond is the
mile high plain where European
vegetables are grown. Reeds and
coarse grasses ring the moss-capped
peaks. Snow is rare. Rainfall is
torrential between November and
April. Rivers overflow their banks,
only to dwindle to rivulets in the
dry season.
The midland journal., 1943-02-26
Farm Equipment Check-up
Helps Lengthen Its Life

BY placing farm equipment in
good shape now, farmers can insure
against costly delays later. Many
farmers know by the end of a sea-
son some of the damage their ma
chimes have undergone. However, a
mere checkup is not enough. BY
carefully inspecting every machine
part, noting it's condition and the
need of repair or replacement, a
farmer can do much to prolong the
life of his equipment.
Last year farmers conditioned
their farm machinery in earnest.
The machine repaired last year will
have to undergo another checkup,
but the job should be easier, be-
cause Of the previous good care.
Many counties in the country found
that machinery pools set up locally
supplied many parts. Repair CEN
ters gave excellent results, and sew
eral other methods were used in
giving proper attention to valuable
farm machinery. In any event, con-
ditioning work should proceed in a
systematic manner. To insure time
illness, machines are usually repaired
to the best advantage in the order
they are required for field use.
The midland journal., 1943-02-26
Marines at Paris Island
Show Yankee Ingenuity

Speaking of Yankee ingenuity, ma
rines at Paris Island, S. c., really
have it. A lieutenant, two drill in
structors and a platoon of "boots'
recently completed a tough obstacle
course at no cost whatsoever to the
marine corps.
Using discarded lumber, scrap
iron and borrowed tools, the men
built the course in a day and a half.
Entering into the spirit of the prof.
ect, the "boots" worked like beav-
ers under the direction of their three
superiors.
When the course was first opened,
it attracted so much attention that
officers and men alike turned out
to try their skill. 1t is one of the
traditions of the marine corps that
officers can do anything their men
can. And they proved it by taking
the new obstacle course in stride.
In charge of constructing the
course were Second Lieut.. Raphel
Brosseau, USMC, of Los Angeles,
Calf; Corp. David P. Guido, USMC,
of Altoona, Pa; and PFC Loyal
Vaughn Partain, USMC, of billiard,
Ga.
Features of the course are IS
foot wall, two 10-foot walls, an eight
foot jump across ditch, trench,
and 30-foot rope across a ravine.
The midland journal., 1943-02-26
Lack of Guayule Seed

The expansion OF CALIFORNIA; s
guayule project has been retarded
by the lack of seed, but recent re-
ports indicate that this has been
overcome due to the successful me-
chanical gathering of the seeds from
the $50 experimental acres that have
been planted in the Salinas valley.
Now there is on hand approx
mately 100000 pounds of guayule
seed and the harvest this fall is ex-
pected to duplicate this amount.
The United States officials in
charge of this project estimate that
one pound of seed will produce suf-
ficient seedlings for approximately
two acres. Present plans call for
the establishment of two new nur-
series. .One near Indio, Riverside
county, and one near Oceanside, San
Diego county. There new nur-
series, together with the present one
at Salinas, will produce seedlings for
$4,000 acres to be harvested in the
fall of 1914.
The midland journal., 1943-02-26
Gas Hoarders Endanger
Lives of MANY Persons

No homemaker or her husband
would leave a keg Of TINT in the
basement, but if gasoline rationing
has prompted gas boarding in the
house, the home owners had better
move out into the garage, cautions
Miss Gladys Ward, home manage
ment specialist, University of Illinois
college of agriculture. This also
holds for the can of gasoline that is
being stored in dark closet.
Gasoline, because of its high ex-
plosive character, has come to be
termed ''liquid dynamite" and is
considered even more treacherous
than dynamite or TINT. A regula-
ton of the state department of pub
lie safety, Springfield, as means
of counteracting the careless stor-
age of gasoline, states that s'for per-
sonal or private use the amount of
gasoline, benzol, naphtha, benzine
and crude petroleum should not ex-
ceed five gallons and must be stored
in an approved safety container, re-
mote from flame or open fire. Such
storage must not be in any cellar,
basement or pit and should be in a
room with direct ventilation to the
outside and preferably in an out
building or garage" An infraction
of this public safety regulation car
ries penalty of from $40 to $50
fine.
Most people do not realize that
gasoline vapor is heavier than air
and that it can creep along the ground
like phantom stream for a con-
siderable distance. Thus consider
able volatile gas can be present in
a room before a person can detect
it, and if any type of spark or
flame is present, terrific explo-
sion may take place.
The midland journal., 1943-02-26
University Trains Women
In Military Map Making

To aid In meeting the need OF the
armed forces for hundreds Of thou
sands Of maps, vital to victory, the
engineering school Of Columbia uni
versity is training women in mill
tary map making, a field hitherto
confined exclusively to men, it is
announced by A. Dexter Hinckley,
assistant to the dean of the faculty
of engineering. Prof. Henry S.
Sharp, head of the department of
geology in Barnard college, will
direct the studies which will begin
on February 2.
"Since many men of the federal
map making agencies have been lost
or soon will be lost to selective
service, hundreds of women replace
ments are needed" Professor Sharp
explains.
Modern global warfare is inpos-
sible without maps. Nothing in war
fare can be planned until the gen.
eral staff has graphic representa-
ton of the terrain before it. Planes,
bombs and men may be in readi-
ness for action, but without special
types of maps to guide pilots on
their way bombing missions cannot
be effectively planned or executed.
Especial maps are needed for
bombing missions. On the first part
of long fight, navigation charts
which cover large areas and show
only major features best suit the
need of the airmen. AS the pilot
draws near his objective, he needs
approach charts instead which show
the critical area on larger scale.
Finally, he needs detailed target
charts of the immediate area in
which his specific objective is To-
Gated.
The midland journal., 1943-02-26
Too Cold to Snow Said
Not Completely Accurate

Most heavy SHOWS occur in con-
nection with general cyclonic storm
lie, a travelling atmospheric dis
turbance usually several hundred
miles across in which the barometric
pressure is relatively low and the
winds Tin the northern hemisphere)
circulate in counter-clockwise di-
rection around the center; the storm
moves from westerly toward an
easterly direction, and the snow falls
in the forward portion of the storm
where the winds are from southerly
or easterly directions and are there
fore relatively mild.
AS the storm passes, the winds
change to northwesterly and hence
are relatively cold; that is, precipi-
tation comes with relatively warm
easterly or southerly winds and clear
weather follows with relatively cold
northwesterly winds. If, then, the
winter wind is from the northwest
1t is cold and at the same time the
wrong direction Tin the wrong part
Of the storm area) to give snow,
says the U. S. Weather bureau.
This is the presumable origin of
the belief that sit is too cold to snow"
This statement, however, is not lit
orally true, because light SHOWS can
and do occur at any temperature
whatever below freezing, and it hap
pens occasionally that heavy SHOWS
occur when the surface air is quite
cold.
The midland journal., 1943-02-26
Servicing French Trade

Djibouti dominates French Soma
iland. It's splendid harbor is the
best in 1000 miles of northeast AT.
rican coast. Being the only French
port in a 5,O0O-mile range from Tu.
nisia to Madagascar, it has been o1
increasing Importance throughout
its 55-year history as a ship coal.
ing and servicing point for French
trade from Marseille to the Far
East. The Franco-Ethiopian rail.
road, only rail outlet for Ethiopia,
is the other major factor that has
contributed to Djibouti's Importance
Built by degrees from 1898 to 1917,
this line reaches 486 miles inland
and 8,l00 feet upland to Adds Ababa,
capital and hub of Ethiopia. It nor.
mally carries most of Ethiopia's ex'
ports of coffee, salt, ivory, hides,
and wax.
The midland journal., 1943-02-26
This Is Somewhat Mixed,
But You'll Understand 1t

Suffering has been described as
device to prevent suffering, Ger
trude E. Chittenden, Iowa City,
points out in Hygeia, the Health
Magazine for January. ''This defini-
ton may seem paradoxical at first, !"
she says. ''The sufferer does not
really stutter on word; he slut
ters before he comes to it. That
is, his suffering is an attempt to
keep from having to say word
that he is afraid to start. He is
stalling. He fills in this period Of
stalling with repeated syllables,
much as you and / use the pro-
longed 'a-a-and-uh' device when we
are cropping for the next word. The
straining and the repetitions are re-
actions by means of which the stut-
terer tries to avoid saying the next
word.
''You probably would have hard
time getting sufferer to admit
this. He would insist that he is
trying his best to say a word, not
to avoid saying it. However, OBJ
jective evidence points in the other
direction. :"
Miss Chittenden explains that a
fear of words can be built up if the
speaker has at some time or other
noticed a reaction of listeners to his
speech that has made him self con-
scious about talking.
"Often the parents who are con-
cerned about their children's speech
are parents who set up high stand
ards in general for their children"
she observes. Perhaps lowering
some of these standards would re-
lieve the child of much emotional
strain. Of course the general physi-
cal well-being of the sufferer should
be checked, and any physical de-
fects should be remedied if posi-
BILE ;"
The midland journal., 1943-02-26
Wintertime Finds Forest
Inhabitants Hibernatins

Perhaps we have wondered, as we
sat by the warm fire on a blustery
midwinter night, how the little folk
of the fields were faring. Little sign
of life was evident as we tramped
through the snow-covered woods ear
ier in the day or watched the black,
tinkling brook tumbling around the
white-mantled boulders. A few
months ago this very place swarmed
with life, the countless water crea-
lures crawling over the bottom Of
the pools, while bright-eyed chip
munks, their cheek pouches crammed
with food, scurried in the under
brush. The meadows were lush and
green, and every field had it's plump
woodchuck. Now a white robe man.
ties the northern world, and only the
tracks of rabbits, white-footed mice
and red squirrels, or the little focks
of nut-hatches, chickadees and downy
woodpeckers, tell us that all life has
not fled this hostile world.
Consider for a moment the abun-
dance of wild creatures in the sum-
mer; how of an evening we watched
the scores of bats flying low over the
pond or about the city lights of
even the large metropolis; the long
tailed jumping mice which were
startled from the grass as the mow-
er clattered through the still June
meadow, writes William J. Hamil-
ton Jr. in New England Naturalist.
They are gone from the woods and
fields, but where? Safe into the
earth, ensconced in some snug ball
of grass and leaves we'll below the
level of frost.
The midland journal., 1943-02-26

Ice Crystal Is Hexagonal
Or Reducible to Hexagon

It seems hardly possible that ice
cubes, snowfiakes, frost feathers and
hailstones are all accumulations OF
ice crystals essentially the same in
shape. There are, of course, obvi-
Gus differences in the color, size and
form of different crystal accumula-
tions. Such variations depend on
how the freezing occurs and what
happens to the mass after it has
been frozen. But the natural form
of the single ice crystal is the hex
agon and the complex combinations
found in different types of frozen
moisture can be resolved into units
having the basic hexagonal shape.
The appearance in the transparent
atmosphere of visible water forms,
such as clouds, and precipitations
from clouds, is phenomenon that
is mystifying until we have some
notion of the processes and condi-
tions involved, writes Charles H.
Blake in New England Naturalist.
For the most part water vapor at
ordinary sea-level pressures does not
form readily at temperatures below
the boiling point of water, or 212
degrees Fahrenheit. But slow
evaporation of water constantly
occurs even below freezing, and
vast quantities of water vapor are
in the atmosphere at all times re-
gardless of temperature. Although
the proportion diminishes as the
temperature falls, even far below
zero there is a little vapor still re-
tanned in the atmosphere. The ex-
cess has, of course, fallen out as
water or as ice, but it is never really
too cold to snow.
The midland journal., 1943-02-26
MARYLAND's FARM FRONT

Cecil County farmers have their
own version of the ''share-the-ride"
plan of the city defense worker.
In the country it is called the
'share-the-haul' plan. Farmers of
this county, according to c. T. Kim
BILE, chairman of the county agri-
cultural war board, are saving gas
oline, rubber and truck wear by the
where a neighbor can complete the
load to or from market or mill.
Farm woodlots have been placed
on the war essential list for draft
purposes, Joseph Blandford, chair
man of the Maryland USDA War
Board points out.
This action by the Selective Ser
vice implies farm obligation to
supplement the regular farm oper-
ations with work on farm woodlands
in order to relieve a numbering in
dustry which cannot meet wartime
demands for logs, pulp wood, mine
timbers and tannic acid.
Awakened to the fighting power
of American-farm produced food,
the War Production Board has. al
located on additional 1OO,OO0,00O
pounds of steel for farm machinery
months of this year. This permits
production of repair parts at the
rate of 1877 percent of the 1910 out
put.
Farm purchases of machinery and
equipment in Maryland is faciIitat-
ed by new Interpretation of Food
Production Order 8, Joseph H.
Blandford, chairman of the Mary
land USDA War Board said today.
Assurance by a dealer that the
machinery or equipment is obtain
able from supplier or listing in
a current mail-order house cata-
logue is now sufficient evidence of
availability for a county rationing
committee to issue certificate Of
purchase where no quotas have
been established.
Farmers, plantation owners, half
acre subarbanites and vacant-lot
landowners in Western and South
ern Maryland and throughout the
Delmarva Peninsula of Plenty"
are daily assuring Joseph H. Bland
ford, chairman of the Maryland.
USDA War Board that this region.
will plant its share of the addition
al three million victory gardens the
nation should cultivate this year in.
order to conserve a larger part Of
the commercial crops for canning.
quick-freezing and dehydration for
the forces overseas and for domes-
tic consumption nextwinter. Nigh
teen million victory gardens IL. the
1s42 goal
The midland journal., 1943-02-26
Army Nurse Gets Chance
To Tour in sPea-Souper'

Lieut. Laura Louise Watson, 23-
year-old member of the American
Army Nurses corps overseas, real
lied the second of two lifelong am
bitions in London, England, on the
occasion of her 23rd birthday-to
see the unique London fog described
as "pea-souper.
Lieutenant Watson, a native Cali
fornian, is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Stanley Watson of Bella Vista,
Calf She has brother, also a
lieutenant, who is serving in Cali
fornia with the U. S. army air corps.
Her first wish to become a nurse
was realized several years ago. She
began her training in 1888 at st.
Francis hospital in San Francisco
and was inducted into the nurses
corps last May.
Following her recent arrival in
England, she saw her first "pea-
souper" on the morning of her 23rd
birthday. When she confided this to
other members of the corps in the
American Red Cross Nurses club,
an appropriate celebration was i'm
mediately arranged with the enthu-
siastic cooperation of British civil
and military authorities.
She was taken motoring through
the fog. She visited the new West
minister hospital and exchanged
greetings with American soldiers.
She then visited the Edith Cavell
memorial with two members of the
American air force, and wound up
her trip back at the Nurses club
where a special tea party was given
in her honor.
The midland journal., 1943-02-26
FRANCES Camel Corps

Not far from the fields where
heavy, changing steel tanks from
Detroit, Sheffield and Essen are
fighting, Frances Eight tanks" of
the desert-the Camel Corps-have
operated for years. Recently the
Camel Corps was reported operat-
ing near Djanet in southern Algeria.
Low ''fuel' consumption, a water
supply that lasts for days, and nom
slip traction contributed by wide
spreading, padded feet fit the swift
moving desert tanks" for their jobs
in rocky and sandy wastes.
Members of the Camel Corps have
gone in for color rather than for
camoufage. Both men and mounts
are decked with gay trappings. An
efficient "accelerator" is the camel
stick grasped in the toes of some
barefoot native troopers. A short
rod of wood, curved at one end,
the camel stick is applied like a
drumstick to the side of the camel's
head.
The midland journal., 1943-02-26
Mexico Becomes Americas Supple

Current imports of graphite to the
United States are double those o1
four years ago. From Mexico alone
came 22,500 tons in 1941. Graphite
mining in the Guaymas district oil
Sonora, 200 miles south of the Ari.
zona border, has been rapidly de.
veloped. Transportation, not pro-
duction, is the current bottleneck, oil
Mexicos graphite trade with the
United States.
Sizable graphite deposits are
available in Alabama, Texas, New
York, Montana, California, and Ne.
vada, in addition to Pennsylvania
Several of these deposits have beer
worked and can be made to pro.
duce again. Three new mills have
been authorized for construction in
central Alabama, largest source o1
American production in the early
years of this century.