davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1944-04-06

ing tart flavor, for 1t ranks low in
both vitamins and minerals. COM
pared to many other fruits. . In
handling rubber jar rings, specialists
of the USDA suggest scrubbing the
rings with soapy water and a brush
to remove rubber odor and dusts
speckS; then boil for 10 minutes in
water and baking soda, allowing
quart water and l tablespoon soda to
each dozen rings; rinse well. Wartime
rings will not respond as we'll to the
stretch test as did those made of
crude rubber. Put them on the Jars
while they are wet, and they'll be
more pllable. g.. Leaving the oven
door open while 1t is cooling is one
OF the best and easiest ways of keep
ing the oven free of rust. Con-
sumers are still being urged to store
all eggs they can. The present in
crease in supplies is expected to last
we'll into the month of May this
year. We printed directions for
home egg storage on this page last
Thursday, to help you in this form
OF conservation.
Evening star., 1944-04-06
Hot Breads From the South

Here's good news for lovers of hot
bread! 1t isn't the fact that bread
is hot or fresh which upsets the
equilibrium of ones internal ma
chinery-only If the hot breads are
insufficiently or improperly cooked
is there apt to be trouble. In short
the deep, old South, where hot
bread is an essential at least in the
morning, may now go on unafraid
and undisturbed! CAS- it always
hash
Let's first of all, now that our
consciences on hot breads are clear
make batch of beaten biscuits-the
aristocrats of Maryland hot breads
wonderful with fried chicken.
We start with 3 pints of winter
wheat -four, one-fourth pound OF
lard and then mixture of hall
ice water and half milk to make a
stiff dough. For seasoning, we mix
heaping teaspoon of salt with the
flour. We work the lard into the
flour and salt, add the liquid, make
the dough and then, laying 1t out
on a block or thick table top, we
beat it with a club, folding and re-
folding for half an hour. Then we
| smooth it off to q layer half ar
Evening star., 1944-04-06

most quarter turn or so that band
and jar just mesh together. Cau-
ton: If band is screwed too tight
jar may break.
After canning: AS soon as jar is
taken from Gamer, screw band down
tight.
Next day: When jar has cooled
take off screw band if possible with
out forcing. If band sticks cover for
a minute or two with hot, damp
cloth to loosen.
FLAT METAL LID, EDGED
WITH SEALING COMPOUND, held
in place by metal screw band to fit
standard Mason jar:
When canning: Fill jar, put lid
on so that sealing compound is next
Evening star., 1944-04-06

COFFEE OR OTHER CONNER
CIAL JARS-"63'S"- fat met
al lid edged with sealing compound,
bought new, held in place by metal
screw cap that came with jar:
From an old metal cap pry out
paper lining or boil and scrape out
sealing compound. Punch a small
hole or two in the cap from inside
Then the cap will act as a screw
band
When canning: Fill jar. Put lid
on, so sealing compound is next to
glass. Screw metal cap on firmly
but not hard enough to cut through
the compound. When screwed on
firmly this lid has enough give" to
let air escape during canning.
After canning: This is Self-seal-
er. Leave cap "aS is" when removed
from Gamer Don't tighten further
or the seal may be broken.
Next day: When jar has cooled
take off screw cap, if possible with
out forcing. To loosen cap if it
sticks cover for a minute or two
with hot, damp cloth.
Evening star., 1944-04-06
Contributions and

Contributions and requests
must be accompanied by the
sender's full name and address.
We will withhold both and use
only initials. Please address
mail to the Readers Clearing
House, Woman's Page, The
Evening Star, Washington 4.
Views expressed in the Clear
ing House are not necessarily
those of The Star, and as 1t is
obviously impossible for us to
test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility
for them.
Please do not be impatient If
it takes few days for your re-
quest or suggestion to appear.
The great number of letters
being received, together with
space restrictions, make it i'm
possible to keep up with the
daily mail. For the same rea-
sons, duplicate or similar reci-
pes cannot be printed and
lengthy letters must be edited
by us.
&c.
Evening star., 1944-04-06

Then there is an interesting va
riety of hot bread called pull
open," the recipe for which my
friend Stieff says he gathered in
from Mrs. Levin w. wickes of Kent
County, Md:
To make pull open" one starts
the night before. Put, first, one
yeast cake into cup of cold water.
Rub thirds of cup of lard into
five cups of flour and one teaspoon
full of salt and one tablespoonful of
sugar. Then beat in two eggs and
add the cup of yeast cake and
water and then one cupful of hot
water. Let this dough set in a cool
place and rise until the next morn
ing. In the morning, just before
breakfast, heat some lard in heavy
skillet on top of the stove, drop
pieces of dough the size of an egg
into the hot fat and cook to deli
cate brown. Then serve to be
pulled open and buttered.
And now for the most ingratiat-
ing of all Southern hot breads-the
delicate and altogether delightful
spoon bread-made as a souff1e in q
casserole or baking dish. The one
I use for the following quantity
is of glass, about 9 inches wide and
6 deep. The mixture just about halt
fills it and swells in the baking
Heat (but do not let boiD four cups
Of rich milk, adding a teaspoon and
a half Of salt. When it Is warm, stil
in slowly one cup of rather coarse
corn meal tpreferably, old fash
ioned water grounO and cook until
1T is mushy, stirring often, to pre-
vent burning. Now stir in two ta-
blespoonfuls Of butter or margarine
Then stir in four eggs, well beaten
Pour into well-greased baking dish
Bake. Bake at 425 degrees for about
40 to As minutes, testing with straw
or silver knife blade. Serve in bak-
ing dish as it comes out Of the oven
Spoon bread calls for butter or gravy
to be at its best.
Evening star., 1944-04-06
By Arthur H. Denfe

inch thick, cut out small biscuits
with a biscuit cutter, prick with a
fork and bake to pale tan in a
hot oven. GA very pale tan, by
the way) This recipe comes by
way of my friend, Frederick Philip
Stieff, the leading exponent OF
genuine Maryland cooking.
Here is an old Maryland and Vir-
ginia recipe for making corn cakes
to eat with pork chops or fried
chicken; fine dish for an anna
teur male chef to cook for his
friends while somebody is getting
the chicken ready. Get, If possible,
fresh, coarse, water ground corn
meal-yellow or white. Salt about a
pinch to q cup of meal. Scald with
boiling water and stir into a thin
batter. Fry like pancakes on an
iron griddle, using ham or bacon
fat for greasing. These cakes look
very much like ordinary home
made hot cakes. If the meal is fresh
and rather coarse, it makes a batch
of cakes which haunt the memory
until there are more, some day later
on.
Evening star., 1944-04-06
BREAKFAST WHEEL

cups enriched all-purpose -four.
Al teaspoons baking powder.
teaspoon salt.
tablespoons vitaminized mar
garine..
IL cups milk.
10 strips bacon.
eggs.
Salt.
Sift, measure -four. Resift with
baking powder and salt. Cut in
margarine until coarse crumbs are
formed. Add milk and stir into
dough with a fork. Turn out in
circle onto lightly creased cooky
sheet or 12-inch round tray. With
Toured fingers pat out to 12-inch
circle or edges Of tray. Arrange
Is slices of bacon like spokes
of wheel. Curl up slice, fasten
with toothpick and place in center.
Mince rest of bacon-sprinkle
around edge. With small bowl press
down, making hollows between
strips Of bacon and big enough to
hold an egg. Bake bacon and crust
Evening star., 1944-04-06
BY Betsy Cas,OeN,
Women'S News Editor.

tar dyes intended for coloring such
eggs be certified by the administra-
ton, SO before buying dyes. check
on the label for this certiication.
Unless the eggShell is cracked. say
the experts, very little coloring
reaches the interior of the egg. and
even If it does, the egg may be eaten
If the dye has been certified as
harmless. Eggs to be eaten should
be kept cold and not too long.
NutrltioniSts have debunked the old
housewives theory that rhubarb or
pie plant" possessed the virtues Of
a spring tonic, It's real claim to
fame lies in its color and refresh
Evening star., 1944-04-06

to the glass. Screw metal band or
firmly, but not hard enough to cut
through the compound. Wher
screwed down firmly this lid has
enough to give" to let air escape
during canning
After canning: This is a self
sealer. Leave las is" when removed
from canner, Don't tighten further
or the seal may be broken
Next day: When jar has cooled
take Off screw band, if possible with
out forcing If band sticks cover fol
a minute or two with hot, damp
cloth to loosen.
Evening star., 1944-04-06
Home Canning Advice

Home Gamers in 1914 should
make sure that they know their
glass jars and how to use them,
say canning specialists of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Managing each type of seal cor
rectly is important for safety and
success.
The pinup, or pocketbook guide
below shows main types of 1914. No
new types will be made, but supplies
Evening star., 1944-04-06
CAKES FOR CAMP?
SPANISH RICE.
(Thanks to Mrs. y. E. P,
Wnshinnfo1f

(Thdnks to Mrs. y. E. p,
Washington.)
With reference to making Spanish
rice, we have found we get a very
satisfactory result by sinmering or
the top Of the stove rather than
baking in the oven. Also, tomatoe.
in almost any form, whole, juice OF
sauce, may be used. They cook ur
any way. And in order to use ul
the last little bit of the precious
catsup these days I rinse the bottle
with water and use it in Spanish
rice or any tomato dish.
May I please have suggestions ano
recipes on baked goods that keeI
well enough to stand the journey
to Army camps here in the United
States? Recipes for cakes, cookies
nut breads, etc, will be welcomed.
X
PLANKED SHAD AND SAUCE.
(Thanks to Mrs. J. S. B.,
Washington
In appreciation of the many ex-
cellent recipes and helpful sugges-
tions the Clearing House has brought
to me I should like to pass on m,
Evening star., 1944-04-06

favorite planked shad recipe to the
readers. also might add il ONT
doesn't own an oak plank, shad may
be baked on creased cookie sheet
or any suitable pan and the garnist
can be arranged on platter on which
shad is served. This makes an at.
tractive party piece de resistance.
Planked Shad and Sauce: One
shad with backbone removed.
Sance: -Four tablespoons butter
or margarine, few drops onion juice
l tablespoon salt, 2 tablespoons
finely chopped parsley, 2 tablespoons
tomato catsup or white wine Il use
catsup), dash cayenne.
Wipe shad after rinsing with cold
water. Place skin side down or
plank or pan, sprinkle with salt and
pepper. Spread with margarine (or
strip with bacon). Bake in hot oven
$50 degrees, about 80 minutes. II
not brown enough slide under
broiler, but watch carefully. Spread
sauce; over shad and garnish with
highly seasoned mashed potatoes
pressed through pastry bag or tube
radish roses, lemon crescents dipped
in chopped parsley and sprigs OF
parsley. When using pan, for bak-
ing shad care must be exercised in
removing same. Loosen with spatula
and lift with large cake turner.
CAKE 1CINGS.
Thanks to Mrs. M. Il. q,
Arlington.)
In response to Mrs. E. D. Takoma
Park, would like to send her my
recipe for caramel icing tFat I have
used + for many years and Fave never
Three cups light brown sugar,
tablespoons butter, milk enough te
moisten we'll.
Boil WITHOUT STIRRING until
it forms soft ball whea dropped
into cold water. Take from fire
add l teaspoon of vanilla. Beat
until cool. Spread on cake.
Here is another very good recipe
for icing which I have used TO,
years and it is very ea%ily made
and never had curdled:
Creole Icing: 4 tablespoons soft
butter. 3 tablespoons hos coffee, 4
teaspoon lemon extrast, cur
CHOPPED raisins, " cup chopped nut
meats, Y cup chopped dages, 2 cup.
sifted Ak sugar. .:
Mix all ingredients, beat two
minutes. Let stand fa1 minutes
Beat for another minute. Spread
on cake.
Evening star., 1944-04-06

almond crescents? had a wonder
full recipe once, but have misplaced
it. Also I would like recipe for
scones, the type served at teas.
I want caramel sauce recipe of
about the same consistency as
orange sauce and wine sauce, that is
thin enough to use over sliced plain
cake.
I have acquired an oil painting
which is fairly dirty and in rather
poor condition. Will some one please
give me directions for cleaning and
preserving it?
FELT HAT:
GERANIUMS.
ANOTHER QUILT PATTERN
WANTED?
(Thdnks to Mrs. B. w. F.,
Washington
To clean felt hats, rub corn meal
into felt. Brush out thoroughly.
broadloom rugs.
Geraniums need sun, but very little
water
I wish to locate the pattern of a
quilt made in the Great Smoky
Mountains -"Drunkards Delight" or
Dilemma.
Would contributors to this good
column do well to be less verbose
or is the human interest worth the
extra space?
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Our Uarmest thanks to Miss
D. B. OF Washington-aged ~,
1Ohich probably makes her one
OF our youngest Clearing House
TeaderS--and to Mrs. B. B., Chevy
Chase, Md Miss H. S. K, Mrs.
r. D. S. and Mrs. A. B. c., Wash
ington, for complete UersionS
OF the nursery rhyme. Moo
CoW-Moo." These haze been tor-
Warded to Mrs. L. p. F., Green
belt. as the poem is too long to
publish in the column under
present space restrictions.
Also thanks to Mrs. R. M. S.,
Arlington, tor her dish rack Sug-
geStion, 1Uhich 1UaS similar to
| Others receiUed.
y x X X
MOLASSES GINGER COOKIE;
MOLASSES SPONGE CAKE.
fThankS to Mrs. w. S. B.,
SilUer Spring.
enjoy the Womans Page more
than any part Of the paper Mrs
j. S. H. of Washington has requested
Evening star., 1944-04-06

1ncIude some Of The familiar pOrce-
lain-lined zinc lids, not manufac-
tured in 1943.
ZINC PORCELAIN-LIN CAP
with shoulder rubber ring, to fit
standard Mason jar:
When canning: Fit wet ring down
on jar shoulder, but don't stretch
more than needed Fill jar Then
screw cap down firmly and turn it
back a inch.
After canning: AS soon as jar is
taken from canner, quickly screw
cap down tightly to complete seal.
Evening star., 1944-04-06
Easter Breakfast SUGGESTIONS

in very hot oven t45o degrees FO
Is minutes. Remove from oven and
quickly slip / egg into each hollow
and sprinkle 1t with salt. Return to
oven and bake until egg Is set
about to Z minutes longer. Yield:
6 servings.
Note-Eggs may be scrambled sep
arately and served in hollows, If de-
sired.
EASTER DINNER.
Cream OF Fresh Vegetable Soup
Celery Crisps
Chicken Loaf Frizzle Ham Slices
Glazed Sweet Potatoes
String Beans Hollandaiss
Fruit Fan Salad
Toasted Crackers Cheese Spread
Beverage.
CREAM OF FRESH VEGETABLE
SOUP.
large potato, peeled.
l quart boiling water.
Ia teaspoons salt.
l medium onion, chopped.
/ cup grated raw carrot.
/ cup diced celery.
tablespoons vitaminized mar
garine.
4 tablespoons enriched flour.
3 cups milk.
/ small carrot, sliced thin.
Il cup chopped parsley or water.
cress.
Cut up potato, add water and salt
and boil Is minutes. Add rest Of
vegetables and boil minutes. Melt
margarine Add -four and blend
smooth. Add milk slowly, stirring
constantly. Cook until thickens.
Combine with vegetables. Pour into
soup dishes and garnish with carrot
slices and sprigs of parsley or cress.
Serve very hot. Serves 6.
CHICKEN LOAF.
70 cup rice.
2 cups chicken broth.
| " teaspoon salt.
2 tablespoons vitaminized mar
| garine.
4 cups chopped cooked chicken.
11a cups soft bread crumbs.
3 eggs.
/ l cup milk.
II teaspoon salt.
i Bring to boil the chicken broth,
lone-half teaspoon salt and mar.
lgarine. Add rice and boil min
utes. Turn into a double boiler and
cook without stirring for 40 minutes.
Add crumbs, chicken, slightly
beaten eggs, milk and one-half tea
spoon salt. Mix lightly with fork.
Turn into lightly creased bread pan
lined with waxed paper to extend
l2-3 inches above edge of pan. Press
down lightly. Bake in moderately
hot oven (375 degrees F.) 50 to so
minutes. Serve garnished with
Sliced cooked ham frizzled in hot
skillet in margarine and glazed
sweet potatoes.
Evening star., 1944-04-06

GLASS LID AND TOP-SEAL
RUBBER RING, held in place by
metal screw band, to fit standard
Mason jar:
When canning: Before filling jsl
fit rubber ring on glass lid. Fill jar
Put lid on with rubber side down
Screw metal band on toight, ther
using thumb as guide turn back al.
Evening star., 1944-04-06

LIGHTNING TYPE JAR is sealed
with glass lid and rubber ring, held
in place by wire bail.
When canning: Fit wet rubber
ring on ledge at top of empty jar
Fill jar. Put on glass lid. Push long
wire over top of lid SO it fits into
groove. Leave short wire up.
After canning: AS soon as jar is
taken from canner, quickly push
short wire down to complete seal.
Evening star., 1944-04-06

6Idlcu orange TlnQ, SClIQy DeaJel
egg whites.
Cream shortening and sugar; ado
egg yolks; beat we'll. Add sifted dry
ingredients alternately with milk
then add orange juice and rind
Fold in egg whites. Bake in
waxed-paper-lined 9-inch layer cake
pans in moderate oven (35O degrees)
80 to IS minutes. Put together with
orange filling, and here is the recipe
for that.
Melt 2 tablespoons butter; add Y
cup cornstarch; blend. Add l eur
sugar, Y teaspoon salt, table
spoons grated orange rind and
cup orange juice and pulp, mix we'll;
cook in double boiler until thick
Remove from heat; add IL table.
spoons lemon juice. Frost with
orange frosting. Cook q cup sugar
and "a cup water to thread stage
(234 degrees. Pour over 2 stiffly
beaten egg whites, beat stiff. Ado
Y tablespoon orange juice; beat until
thick. Frost cake, sprinkle grated
orange rind in center.
I am delighted to pass this recipe
on, as it is truly a rave" cake.
PICKLED EGGS?
NOODLES?
requested by II. L. Nick,
Arlington)
How does one pickle eggs as the,
do in the South? 7 don't mean with
beets, either.
How to make noodles? Would lik,
very good (perhaps never fail.
recipe.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Our sincere thanks to the fol-
loDing readers, 1Uho offered to
donate mouth organs for boys
oDerseas, in dnS1Uer to the recent
request OF Mrs. L. L., Washington.
We haze forwarded their intor-
nation to her
Mrs. M. S., Mrs. R., Arlington:
Mrs. I. K, Bethesda: Mrs. S. G.,
Miss M. c. c., Mrs. E. M. r., Mrs.
E. w. B, Mrs. A. M. F., E. L.,
Mrs. O. S., Mrs. G. Fl. B., Wash
ington.
May zoe ask these readers, if
Mrs. L. does not contact all of
them, to see if they cannot ar
range to send their mouth or
gdnS to some serUice organisa-
ton, to be distributed to boys in
camps and hospitals? We un-
derstand the need for such in
strnments is pressing one, both
here and overseas.
X
MAHOGANY HEADBOARD.
(Thanks to Mrs. A. F. R.,
Andcostidj
In reply to Mrs. A L. M. Of Ar
lington I would suggest she apply
few drops of iodine to the scratche,
part Of her mahogany headboard.
used iodine on walnut drawer tina
was scratched and I don't see why
wouldn't work on mahogany. I
scratch is still visible continue to ap
ply iodine until it disappears.
j: k@
REQUESTS?
REQUESTED BY Mrs. E. B., Arlinoton.
I have several requests to make.
am very eager to get some goot
sandwich filings for the daint,
sandwiches served at formal teas
Will you please give suggestions TO
keeping them moist until they ar
served?
I would be very much pleased t.
receive recipes for making the daint
and pretty little cakes that are use,
so much at teas, too.
Does any one have a recipe TO
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-12
Probation
FOrFafheE'

A father who held the hands of
his three-year-old son over a gas
flame 20 teach him not TO play
with fire was under one years
probation today.
He is Ernest Swensen, %, Of
1928 Kimberley, husband of The
former Elaine Hand, who before
her marriage was clerk for Judge
John J. Maher. who passed SEN
tence yesterday.
Swensen. who pleaded guilty TO
assault and battery. said he was
only trying to discipline the boy,
Larry, although the punishment
caused severe burns.
Policewoman Dorothy Kenyon
said that the child was not taken
10 a physician until home rene
dies failed several days after the
burning. The matter was re-
ported to police by neighbors.
The SwensenS have two other
children, one 5 and the other II
months old.-----------
Meanwhile Policewoman Genia
J, Good said that Mrs. SwenSen
had taken the children TO live
with their grandparents.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-12
Z Girls Tried
As PeddIers

Bible quotations were intro
duced today in the delinquency
trial of two minor girls. both
members of Jehovsh's Witnesses,
who are accused Of violating a
city ordinance which prohibits girl
vendors under 18.
Testifying before Probate Judge
Thomas c. Murphy, Clayton Ball
of 81 w. Philadelphia father OF
one of the girls. said that she was
ordained nv God 10 sell the maya
zines of the religious sect and be
-quoted-thc Bible a. saving.
fUu must publish tt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-12
Schools TO Get
Repair Fund

A measure providing for S70,S05
in improvements in De tr OF t
schools, chiefly enlarging the
classroom space, was approved by
the board of education.
The board also approved 10
locations proposed for nursery
and extended school service facili-
ties.
A spokesman for the ParkhurSt
Chair Co. protested the boards
proposed purchase Of 100 stools
from the Detroit House OF Cor
rection, charging that IT was UNI
fair 10 expect free labor to COM
pete with penal labor.
The matter was referred 10 the
committee of the whole for fur
Their discussion at a later date.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-12
Butter Points Stay at Is
Times Photo

WASHINGTON, April u up
Hopes for a reduction in the 16-
point per pound ration value Of
butter faded today as the war
food administration announced
that civilians will get 100000
pounds less margarine during
April. May and June than during
the first three months of the year
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-12

far AT sea during a snowstorm,
the air ministry disclosed.
The long-range American-built
craft swept through anti-aircraft
fire, from the submarine TO drop
depth charges, sending the U-boat
-te-tha- het+aHa- stern first in few
seconds. Only a few Germans es-
capped
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-12
Patrol Bomber Sinks
U-Bodt Far al Sea

LONDON, April II (UP)-A
German -I-haat- lying IN wait for
a convoy, was surprised and sunk
by an Raj Catalina patrol bomber
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-12

$4,000 Yugoslav Partsans 10 open
a general about offensive against
German garrisons in Serbia.
In a special order Of the day
Broz reported that the Bulgarians
were bringing up reinforcements
and resisting Partisan attacks in
Serbia.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-12
Pdrtisdns 10 Launch
Offensive in Serbia

LONDON. April y CUP)-To
aid Russian troops driving into
Romania. Marshal Josip Tito
Broz today ordered upwards Of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-12

Buy War Savings Stamps the
convenient way. Order them
delivered to your door from your
Detroit Times carrier-salesman.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-12
Yanks Firing a Japanese Gun

Yanks on one of the islands in the Admiralty group
firing point blank with captured Jap heavy naval gun at
well protected enemy dugOut deep in the coral sands.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-08-26
Airline Bids rNeW Run To Kodiak

Woodley Airways is seeking to operate multi.motored equip ment on F'ai1 banks to Kodiak run and also to operate a fleet of airliners on the coastal route, between Anchorage and Seattle: giving Anchorage one day ser vice to Seattle, according so testimony given by Art Woodley before the Civil AeronauticS Board now meeting in Anchor-- age. His company is competing with Alaska Airlines in seeking the certificate of convenience, and necessity for the Fairbanks- Kodiak route.
 Both Alaska Airlines and WoodIey operate from Anchor age to Juneau at present anGA seek to extend their services tce Seattle.
 Applications for the coastal. route from Anchorage to Seattle have also been filed by uniteds Airlines, Pan-American Airwaysy Northwest Airlines and WesterB AirIines. Other airlines, including Pennsylvania Central and the Chicago and Southern Airlines- have also expressed interest," in it.