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Evening star., 1943-11-11
Perch Fillets
Are Delicious
This Way

The shortage OF meat is nc
calamity when you can serve some
thing as delectable as fllets of perch
baked in a delicious sauce.
The recipe comes from Middle
America, the lands of brilliant color
and exotic foods, but this dish is
not highly seasoned with peppers
and chilis: the flavors are as deli
cate and subtly blended as French
chefs most classical masterpiece.
That is not as unusual as it might
seem to be. for many traditional
Middle American recipes bear a re-
markable resemblance to classical
European dishes. The lands of hot
peppers and spices were endowed
with heritage of Castilian cookery
too, when the Spanish settlers
landed in the days of the conquest
These recipes have naturally be-
come part of the Middle American
tradition, and handed down from
generation to generation, have
added an interesting and subtle
touch to the superb hot, spicy food
we've usually associated with these
tropical countries.
Fillets of perch, Middle American
style, is a perfect example of the
European influence, and is an un-
usually good main dish to choose
for company. 1t requires little ad-
vance preparation, cooks in 20 min
utes, with the sauce and all right
In the one dish.
F1LLETS OF PERCH. MIDDLE
AMERICAN STYLE.
IL pounds fillets of perch.
y cup thinly sliced, peeled Gu
eumber.
u cup white seeded grapes.
Juice of half lime
"a cup white wine.
! Glove garlic.
u cup cream.
"a teaspoon anchovy paste.
Rub baking dish with cut Glove OF
garlic. Arrange fllets in dish
sprinkle with lime Juice and tor
with sliced cucumber and grapes
Add wine Cover. Bake IS minutes
In hot oven 450 F.. then remove
cover, add cream and anchovy paste
blended together and continue bak.
ing, uncovered, for an additional
minutes. Garnish with parsley
Serves to 6.
Evening star., 1943-11-11

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keeping short cuts and
Washington and vicinity Please requests
TO Readers Clearing House the Evening
The views expressed this open necessarily
those of The Star but simply exchange opinions
readers of the Womens Page.
AS obviously impossible for this department
recipes onered for the column
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Evening star., 1943-11-11
For Hot Toast

Honey, lightly spiced with CHINA
mon and cloves and mixed with mar
garine makes grand top spread for
hot toast.
Evening star., 1943-11-11
VENETIAN BLINDS.
PUMPKIN PIE RECIPE.
(ReQuested bu Mrs. c. r.,

Washington
Can any one help me with my
Venetian blind troubles? Is there
a simple and satisfactory method OF
cleaning the tapes? I have tried
cleaning fluid. also soap suds using
stiff brush, but they look worse
than ever.
I have enjoyed the many fine
recipes so much that I would like
to submit a favorite of our house
Evening star., 1943-11-11

over potatoes. Bake in a moderate
oven until candied.
am sending another potato dish
that is used in the South. Grated
sweet-potato pudding-3 cups grated
sweet potatoes, Il cup sugar or
maple syrup, y cup milk, teaspoon
nutmeg. 2 tablespoons butter, Il cup
shopped nuts if like, u teaspoon salt,
egg, sometimes I omit egg. Com
bine all ingredients, beat egg we'll.
Pour into a buttered shallow pan.
Bake in moderately hot oven
1878 degrees for so to 60 minutes.
May l add in candied potatoes I
use part granulated sugar and part
slrup, as sugar is hard to get. Make
a sirup of the two.
! A lady asked for recipe for dark
and light cake Wonder if this is
what she had in mind?
Marble cake cup butter, 2
cups sugar, 4 eggs, cup milk, 3 cups
flour, 4 teaspoons baking powder, 4
pound chocolate, grated, l teaspoon
cinnamon, y teaspoon cloves, p
teaspoon vanilla
Cream butter and sugar well, add
eggs, one at a time, beating all the
time. Then add the -four mixed with
the baking powder and the milk al
ternately and stir until smooth.
Place "A Of the dough in another
bowl. add to this the grated choco-
late and the spices and f1avoring
Mix we'll into a we'll -buttered, deep
cake pan, place alternately layers of
white and dark dough. Bake As
minutes in moderate oven $50 de-
grees.
Evening star., 1943-11-11

SWEET POTATOES,
MARBLE CAKE
(Thdnks to Mrs. J. o. T.,
WdShington.)
Some time ago lady asked fol
candied sweet potatoes. I have not
seen one so will send mine.
Southern style - Boil medium
potatoes, Il cup brown sugar, 4
cup butter. 4 cup water.
Skin boiled potatoes and slice
them lengthwise, place in a creased
shallow baking dish, dot we'll with
the butter, make sirup by boiling
sugar and water, then pour sirup
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26
NORTH AFRICA:
Ne,U Air Blo,Us

American air forces continued to
strike telling blows at Axis North
African supply and communications
lines while neutral dispatches re-
ported hectic preparations for a gi-
gantic Allied offensive in Tunisia.
U. S. bombers, lashing at Mar
shall Rommel's forces, blasted the
airdrome at Gabes and the docks at
Sousse, starting heavy fires among
buildings.
Dispatches from Algiers said the
Allies were expected to strike from
the west at the moment Lieut.. Gen.
Bernard L. Montgomery's British
Eighth army resumed its pursuit
in force of the Africa Corps. The
Eighth army was said to be poised
along the Tripolitanian Tunisian
frontier, with forward elements
reaching within eight miles of the
Mareth line, inside Tunisia.
1t was believed the Allied pincers
movement was being held for bet
ter weather or until all prepara-
tons were definitely complete.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26
BATTLE FORECAST:
OUer Labor Draft

There were plenty of predictions
about rough and tumble legislative
battle over the draft-labor bill de-
signed to allow the government to
assign men between 10 and IS and
women between 10 and so to war
jobs.
Now before the military affairs
committees of the house and senate,
the bill was introduced by Senator
Austin (Rep., VIZ and Representa-
tive Wadsworth (Rep., N. W and is
backed by the same group of legis-
lators who supported the selective
service act.
Controversy is expected to arise
over problems of compulsory labor,
migration of labor, expansion of the
armed forces to 100000 without
RELOCATING production to a very mi
nor role and over proposal made
by some that all labor-draftees be
given free choice as to whether or
not they would join a union upon
going into war industry.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26
GUADALCANAL:
american VictOry

When six months of bitter warfare
ended with the Japanese evacuation
of Guadalcanal island in the Solo
mons, the enemy's desperate, futile
investment was estimated to have
cost them $4,000 men, about 300
planes and considerable fleet of
ships.
For the first time the tenacious
Japs were forced to give up an i'm
portant position completely, thus
paving the way - in the words of
Navy Secretary Knox-for blows by
the United States against "sone of
the most important bases of the JAP
anese." The enemy had relinquished
hope for stronghold there from
which they could blast shipping
lanes to Australia.
Knox expressed the opinion that
widespread recent sea and air activ-
ity in the Solomons might have been
"a demonstration to cover their
withdrawal" He added that 1.-THE
story of the Southwest Pacific would
have been vastly different story
for the last three or four months
had we not established our positions
in the SolomonS."
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26
PANIC BUYING:
Held Unnecessary

AS shoe rationing went into effect
wave of panic buying" of cloth
ing swept some parts of the country
and immediate efforts were extend
ed by government officials to halt
this trend. Donald Nelson, War
Production board chairman, and
Prentiss Brown, price administra-
tor, issued joint statement pointing
out that no shortage of clothing ex-
lists and no plans have been made
for its rationing.
Part of the statement read:
"WPB has not asked OPA to under
take rationing of clothing and no
machinery has been set up for such
a program =. shoe rationing ap-
pears to have stimulated scare buy
ing in some parts of the country
such buying is unnecessary.
Supplies of wool were said to be
larger by several hundred million
pounds than they were at the out
break of the war.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26
LITTLE STEEL:
Formula Upheld

The War Labor board reaffirmed
its determination to stabilize gen.
eral wage rates at present levels
when members stood by the Little
Steel wage formula and denied high
er pay for 10000 employees of the
Big Four" meat packing compa-
MES.
Voting to 4-the labor member
dissenting-the board voted to pre-
vent "another tragic race between
prices and wages" The formula al
lows increases not to exceed Is per
cent since January l, 1941. The
three unions involved (CIO, AT of L
and independently have asked in
creases of from 10 to 20 cents an
hour, far in excess of the limit.
On the heels of the WLB deci-
sion came warning from Patrick
]. German, secretary-treasurer of
the AT of L meat cutters union, that
sporadic strikes probably will re-
suit all over the country.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26
RUSSIA'S GAIN:
And the sErDerts'

When the Germans surrendered
Kursk before the Russians captured
Rostov the Red army again crossed
up the military experts who for
weeks had been predicting the oppo-
site. But the fact that Kursk was
the major anchor point on the Nazi
winter line to fall only added to the
importance of this strategic victory
for Russia.
It is city of $4,000 and a railway
junction of vital importance to the
Nazis. It was one of three points
(Rostov and Kharkov were the other
two) which the German radio once
said must be held at any price "of
German blood" Germany had held
the town since November IL, 1941,
and its loss meant that the Russians
had preached the Nazi winter line
running from Bryansk, Orel and
Kursk to Kharkov, Voroshilovgrad
and Rostov.
Fall of the latter point meant the
entrapment of the entire Nazi force
in the Caucasus but even the Rus
slams admitted that some of the
100000 soldiers caught there were
escaping across the Kerch peninsula
and through Rostov itself.
All along the line the advancing
Russians gained mile after mile and
with the territory gained vast guam
titles of military supplies and hun
dreds of Nazi and Rumanian prison.
erS
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26

Pictured here in his New York Of
fee is Beardsley Ruml, the man
who made America "Pay-as-yOu-go"
conscious. MIR. Ruml is treasurer Of
Macy's New York department store
and is also chairman of the New
York Fe,.eral Reserve bank. His
plan calls for wiping out 1912 income
taxes and paying on 1913 income in
1913.
treasury general counsel, and by
Harold D. Smith, director of the
federal budget, as well as by MEM
bers of the house ways and means
committee, now giving consideration
to the new tax plans.
These range all the way from the
'Ruml plan," which would "for-
give" all of the 1912 tax, to mo for
giveness' plans which would put in
come tax on "pay-as-you-go"
basis but would also collect the 1912
tax.
There was no organized resistance
to the principle of pay-as-you-go in
come taxes but what method was to
be used for collecting last years
payments troubled most thinkers on
the subject. In the meantime, tax
payers were cautioned to be sure
and file their returns.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26
THREE PAIRS:
If We're Lucky

Although initial plans calling for
a ration of three pairs of shoes per
year per person caused little con-
sternation to the buying public, later
developments indicated that new re-
strictions are not impossible. The
OPA announced that "three-pairs-a-
year ration must not be taken as a
definite commitment by the OPA."
So far the OPA has decreed only one
pair of shoes may be purchased
between now and June IS. What
happens then depends upon produc-
ton,
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26
Victim Had No Difficulty
In Identifying Suspect

Mrs. Blank had burglary.
When the news got about, a neigh
Dor called on her in great ex-
citement.
Il saw one of the burglars!"
she declared. HE was standing
just inside the gate, evidently
keeping watch for the men in
side. He was a little man, shah
billy dressed. I couldn't see his
face properly. He had an old hat
pulled down over it. He kept
glancing furtively at the house"
what time was this?" asked
Mrs. Blank.
"Just after eleven"
Mrs. Blank stiffened. "That was
Mr.. Blank" she said Jelly.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26

There is talk again of an overall
agency having the last word on all
the problems affecting the civilian
population under war conditions.
James Byrnes, sterilization admin
istrator, would head it.
The war has shrunk the comics,
Syndicates are studying means of
COMPRISING their humor and drama
into four instead of five columns.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26
PAY MARCH Is:
That's for Sure

There was still plenty of confu-
sion about what form the almost
certain "pay-as-you-go" income tax
would take but one fact stood crys-
tai clear through all the conversa-
ton and controversy-income tax
returns for 1912 must be filed by
March Is and at least one-quarter of
the amount owed must be payed by
that time. Taxpayers were warned
about this by Randolph Paul, U. S.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26

Red Tape: There has been talk
that the War Labor board might
decentralize its operations and vest
final authority in all regional dis
putes in its regional units. The pres
ent practice of referring all regional
decisions to the main office in WASH
ington for approval has resulted in
many delays, it is said, with subse-
quent dissatisfaction to employer
and employee alike.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26
B r E F S -. by Baukhage

For every egg laid last year we
need 10 eggs this year to feed our
selves and our allies.
Many Americans in the Pacific
coast states were as disappointed as
the Chinese in the failure to an
nounce an offensive in the Far East
in 1913. They say they feel as if
Washington was lot further from
San Francisco than Australia.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26
B r | E F S by Baukhage

Peace Move?: Count Ciano's ap-
pointment as Italian ambassador to
the Vatican might be the harbinger
of Axis peace moves. Not only has
the pope been known to be in sup
port of feasible peace formulas but
the Holy See remains one of the few
neutral localities of Europe with a
wide representation of diplomats
from the Allied as well as Axis
countries.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26
OidFashioned Charm
For Slips and Scarf

A LII the charm of a bygone day
is in this colonial girl motif
picture bonnet, bouffant skirt en-
HANGED with a bit of embroidery
and scallops, puff sleeved blouse.
Gracefully she lends her charm to
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26
PACIFIC CONTROL:

While indications continued to in
crease that the U. S. victory at
Guadalcanal was just the first step
in the broad strategy of the war
against Japan, Secretary of the
Navy Frank Knox declared that ne
gotiations should begin as soon as
possible for naval bases with which
we might control the entire Pacific
after the war.
Answering questions asked by
members of the house foreign af-
fairs committee he agreed that it
would be necessary to disarm Japan.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26
48-HOUR WEEK:
For Industry

Approximately 100000 men and
women ultimately are expected to be
released for more essential work as
the result of President Roosevelt's
order establishing a minimum war
time work week of 48 hours.
The order, which conceded with a
warning by James F. Byrnes, direc-
tor of economic stabilization, that
the government intends to hold
wages and prices at present levels,
made it clear that workers will be
paid for all hours over 40 at time
and half, as provided by the
Fair Labor Standards act. The mi
tial order took effect Immediately
in 80 designated 'labor shortage"
areas. The order will be extended
from time to time.
The shift to the 48-hour work week
by employers now working on a
shorter week would result in the
necessity of releasing certain num-
bers of workers. These workers will
be used in other vital jobs.
Stern Program
In his speech, OES Director
Byrnes explained the 48-hour week
ruling and listed the following pro-
gram which the government intends
to follow:
l. No further increase in hourly
wage rates beyond those allowed by
the Little Steel formula, which per-
mits Is per cent rise since January
l, 1871.
2. Draft of civilians for jobs where
they can do the most good.
8. Effective control of food prices
and other prices influencing the
basic cost of living
4. Incentive payments to farmers
to increase basic food production.
S. Higher taxes to close the esti-
mated 16 billion dollar gap between
consumer income and available
goods.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26

Picture shows a. to ~ Maj Gen. S. NJ Chu military
the Chinese embassy Nine " wife the Chinese
minister Vice President Wallace;
General of Institute
Fung King member the
photo of
Relations met to celebrate the
China by the United
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26

side and center vanities, to match
ing dresser scarf and pillow slips.
On the larger pieces, a rambler
rose fence continues the motifs to
the desired length.
You will use outline. lazy daisy, French
knots and buttonhole in doing these colo
NAL lady bedroom ensemble designs, and
hot iron transfer 1854. Is cents. will
bring them to you. Send your order to:
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26

NOTE When opinions
Released by Western
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26
Lengthy Train

Lengthy Train
Longest train on record was
worn by Catherine the Great of
Russia, at her coronation. 1t was
225 feet long and required so at
tendants to carry it.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1943-02-26
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS

Victorious Red Army Continues Drive
AS Nazi Winter Line Fails to Hold;
Establishment of 48-Hour Work Week
Expected to Release New Labor Supply
Evening star., 1943-04-19
Avocado Cups
Make Easter Salad

Avocado cups make a clever
Easter basket effect for Easter
dinner or luncheon service. Sc
lect small or medium sized fruit
to suit your salad to the menu.
Fill each prepared avocado cup
with Easter eggs in the form Of
tiny balls of fruit or colored
gelatin, and serve on a bed of
shredded greens. Peel the avo-
cado if you prefer to serve it with
fork. But if you decide to peel
the meaty cup, pull the skin from
each half, instead of attempting
to pare it with a knife. Like most
other fruits, the avocado harbors
a special concentration of min
erals just underneath the skin.
Cut the required number of
avocados into crosswise halves,
to form cups. Remove seeds and
pull the skin from each half.
You may have to cut a thin slice
from each base in order to make
it stand upright. Sprinkle all
exposed surfaces with lemon
juice and salt. Lemon juice pro-
tects the fruit color and pro-
vides good favor contrast, as
well. Place each cup on its own
bed of shredded lettuce and fill
the seed cavity with balls cut
from fresh apples or canned
pears. Sprinkle fruit balls with
lemon juice also. Serve with
flavorful French dressing,
Evening star., 1943-04-19

, some women who are anxious to CO.
operate in this necessary salvage
program. Older children who can be
trusted to operate a can opener
might offer, for a small charge, to
collect unprocessed cans, remove the
heads, wash and fatten them &C
cordlng to approved procedure and
see that they get to salvage depot.
particularly in war production
centers, where many housewives are
also carrying on a war job, getting to
the market presents some problems.
This shopping could be done after
school hours by the older neighbor-
hood children from lists supplied by
the housewife, small charge made
per day. Getting clothes to and from
the laundry or cleaner also offers an
opportunity for picking up small
change which can be invested in
War savings stamps.
Victory gardens are now in the
process of making, and the necessary
preliminaries include the raking of
newly upturned ground, pulverizing
Jumps of earth and shaking out
grass clods. These tasks are fun for
children and would be big help to
a busy neighbor.
In case parents object to children
accepting money for these tasks, the
neighbor might pay for service in
War stamps of the proper denomina-
ton.
AS each new stamp is pasted in the
book, parents can figure out with
the children how much they will re-
ceive at the end of 10 years for what
they now have. Plans could be dis
cussed with Johnny, aged 8, for what
he will buy with the money when he
becomes 10 and ready for college or
job.
This idea of saving, the knowledge
of how money grows through the
years, may be worked out in practi-
cal experiments. The fact that this
is national as well as family topic
Of conversation, and that all their
playmates are working on the idea
too, will make Johnny and Jane far
more receptive to the training.
Evening star., 1943-04-19

or who not-but We don't eat tho
name, we eat the dish-and 1t Is
very, very good.
To make this "perlow" for eight
wash two cups of rice-drain and
pat dry. In a large iron skillet
melt tablespoonful Of butter and
in it brown, lightly. a thinly sliced
onion. To this add the rice and
stir constantly until it turns brown
but don't let it burn. Then add four
cups of chopped raw tomato and
just enough water to cover, cooking
until the rice is tender, adding a
little water as you go along, II
needed. In about half an hour the
rice should be tender and the mois-
ture taken up. To this mixture add
four cups of cooked shrimp, SIM
mering the mixture for another five
minutes to heat the shrimps thor
oughly and seasoning with salt and
plenty of pepper. Fill bowl with
the perloW and then invert 1t on a
round platter to serve.
With this dish Southern style cole
slaw with cooked dressing is most
enjoyable. The cabbage should be
hard and firm and Is chopped into
bits with meat chopper-not
shredded. The dressing is made like
this: In the top of double boiler
put two well-beaten eggs, one level
teaspoonful cornstarch, two table,
spoons sugar, half a cup Of vinegar.
a generous pinch Of dry mustard, a
pinch of salt and little white
pepper, finally little piece of but
ter, and cook to creamy consis-
ency. If it thickens too fast add a
little milk. Before serving stir in a
teaspoonful of celery seed and then
mix it into the chopped slaw-and
serve.
Pecan pie is a Southern dream
and even if the ingredients are hard
to get they are worth hunting out,
waiting to find and saving rations
for.
Have ready pie pan lined with
pastry dough and into it pour this
mixture: Four well-beaten eggs, a
cup and a half of corn sirup, cup
of sugar, one tablespoonful butter,
one pinch of salt, level teaspoon
full of vanilla and, last of all, half
cupful of shelled pecans 1t takes
about an hour of baking in a slow
oven to produce this culinary mar
vel-but it is worth the waiting.