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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-10

5 Men I ',1t' r exported
Killed; Others
Injured In Action
BattlefrOnts Of France And
Italy Both Take Tolls Of
Local Men

During the past few days, Ashe
county has felt the horrors of war
more than ever, as more and
more casualties and injuries are
reported. Five men have been
reported killed and three wound
ed in action.
Mr.. and Mrs. "A. M. Shepherd,
of Ball, have been notified by the
War Department that their son.
Pvt. Verna r. Shepherd, has been
killed in action, in France, on Ju-
ly S. Pvt. Shepherd entered
service in October, 1912, and has
been overseas since March, 1914.
Flight Officer Cecil M. Miller,
son of Mr.. Floyd Miller, of Wag-
oner, has been killed over Eng
land, on July %, according to a
message from the War Depart
ment. Flight Officer Miller, who
was flying a BIT Bomber, had
been overseas since the first Of
June. He finished flight officers
school at Santa Ana, California,
and took a special course in f.
motor bombers at Hobbs, N. M.
Flight Officer Miller graduated
from Nathan's Creek high school
and entered service in September
1912. He is survived by his ia
Their, one brother, Pvt. Webb Mil
Ter, and two sisters.
Alonzo L. Moretz, of Todd, son
of Mrs. Alice Moretz, has been
killed in action on the Island OF
Saipan, in the Pacific. No details
concerning his death were avail
able for publication,
I Pfc. Grant Hopkins, of West
Jefferson, was killed in France
on July 4, according to the mes
sage received from the War De-
pkrtlzie lletBom6of MIR.
ma ~ Ind ID
4nsE 6 I'D ana
small son, Allan Hopkins had
been in service since September,
1912, and had been overseas since
April.
Mrs. Ray Younce, of West JET
ferson, received a message this
week that her husband died in
Italy July Is. She had previously
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Aberdeen Powder Test
Kills Soldier, Hurts Civilian
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND,
Md, Aug. 10.-A soldier was killed
and a civilian seriously injured yes
terday when several rounds of am
munition exploded during a regular
test at the Gunpowder Neck section
of the Aberdeen Proving Ground,
Army officials reported.
Pfc. John Clinton Curley, Is, of
Monkton, Md. was killed. Richard T.
Curd, jr., Havre de Grace, employee
of the Ordnance Research and De-
velopment Center, was taken to the
EdgeWood Arsenal Hospital.
Aberdeen officials said that Pvt.
Curley, son of Robert L. Curley and
husband of Mrs. Barbara Curley,
both of Monkton. had been employed
as painter by the Bethlehem Steel
Corp. at Sparrows Point before he
entered the Army May 81, 1912.
Maj. Gen. Charles T. Harris, jr.,
commanding the depot, has appoint
ed board of officers to determine
the cause of the explosion.
Your War Bond dollars will speed
the march through Tokyo and Ber-
lin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Mrs. Luce Renamed
For Seat in Congress;
Attacks Democrats
By the Associated Press.


GREENWICH, Conn, Aug. TO-
Representative Clare Booth Luce
was renominated by reclamation
last night by the 4th district
Republican congressional conven-
ton. She Immediately hit out at
the administration in a speech
which bristled with criticism of its
policies and a condemnation Of
Communism.
Pledging herself to a clear cut,
definite labor policy" Mrs. Luce at
one point in her acceptance asserted
the War Manpower Commission had
"fumbled and flnagled" the man.
power problem, that the new VINO
ceiling plan was labor draft" and
that Communist interests had rooted
themselves deep in the Democratic
party.
She called administration officials
"ramsquaddled, do-gooding New
Deal bureaucrats" and termed Pres
tdent Roosevelt a super duper,
highly cultured political boss-not
real dictator"
At another point she described
the Smith Connally Act, framed to
prevent strikes in wartime, as "the
natural spawn of Mr.. Roosevelt's
febrile and bilious labor policy"
Mrs. Luce, who will oppose a o.
year old attorney, Margaret E. Con-
nors of Bridgeport, at the polls
next November, also criticized the
present cabinet, saying the admin
istration had failed to appoint and
vest with authority a competent
Secretary of Labor"
Concerning postwar economy,
Mrs. Luce observed that the pres
ent administration is just as in
capable of preventing new depres-
sion as it was incapable of curing
the last one"
There is not a single thoughtful
man In Washington today" she de-
clared, who does not tremble for
the economic welfare of the coun-
try If the present administration
stays in power
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10

Time to be thinking about foil while living in the summer
Time to think about "wordobe conversion" too Now
here group Of neektes hot you right and
straight into fall in absolute chosen from
erond collection from The Mems Store
A. Arrows royon and cotton striped popIin--------Sl
B. Arrows ribbed royon in spaced eures----------$I
G. MeCuroch royon fouIord in neat feures-----SI.5 so
D. MoCuroch Geneoy Homespun. royon stripes so
E. Trojan Dropsteh royon crepe, bold eure-----S3.5O
F. McCurroch royon fouIord in clear desens------S2
6. Trojan DroPestitch royon fouIod bod---------$2
H. McCurrooh Golden Shuttle hand printed royon 80
l. Renord pure silk in hand printed wide woIe-----S5
Evening star., 1944-11-07

It appears that after having been
incarcerated in the doghouse for the
past 20 years, grandma has been lib
Grated and invited into the parlor
and given the seat Of honor. For
not only her daughters and her
daughters-in-law but also the doc
tors have discovered that she Is q
shrewd old body who has learned a
lot by living and who has some
mighty good ideas that they now are
putting into practice.
Especially about babies. Time was
when every young mother, with her
first infant, thought she knew more
about rearing children than grand
ma, who had brought up . family
LOT eight or nine. She would no more
have thought Of taking grandma &
advice about Junior than she would
have administered q dose Of poison
to him.
She conceded that grandma meant
well, but her ideas were all 50 old
fashioned they couldn't possibly ap.
ply to modern baby. Yet, when
you come to think Of it, there doesn't
seem to have been any improve
ments, alterations or new gadgets
added to the baby pattern in the
last million years.
The young mothers positively
shuddered when they thought ol
how grandmother reared her chill
dren and they couldn't understand
how one Of them survived. Why
she actually cuddled the poor little
helpless things in her arms anc
kissed them-can you believe iti
She rocked them to sleep and sang
to them and talked baby talk te
them and told them they were the
boofulest fings in the world ano
mama's own pet lambs.
But, thank Heaven, the modern
mother knew better. She didn't risl
her precious darling's life by ever
Evening star., 1944-11-07
By Evelyn Hayes

Having done this. you might next
try simple foot care routine. One
is the hot-cold foot bath, which is
simply dunking both feet in a basin
of very warm water for a minute
and a half, then quick-plunging
them into basin of cold aqua for
about 30 seconds good circulation
stirrer-upper and muscle toner il
repeated once or twice. Massage is
also good for the feet-and you can
choose your own poison on this
score. Either give yourself the
kneading type Of massage or gently
twist the foot in your hands, con-
centrating first on the toes, then
the heels, then the ball, etc. Which,
ever you choose try massaging with
a good hand lotion for double-bar-
relied effect. Walking in stockinged
feet-on carpeted floor. please
gives weak feet an opportunity to
exercise freely without the binding
restrictions of shoes. Indeed, the
general idea Of any of the above
routines is to allow cramped foot
muscles to have free play and to
stimulate circulation.
Everybody agrees that foot rest is
important to healthy pretty feet
and it's the part we like best about
the whole procedure. Almost any
medico would tell you that It's
healthy to keep your feet on chair
level-or slightly below hip level
when you're seated-all this within
ladylike bounds, of course. We're not
suggesting that you snatch the boss
prerogative and put your feet on the
desk!
Foot conditioning is only half the
story of foot care. The other half is
regular pedicure, the frequency of
which depends on your own par.icu-
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Visible Means of SUPPORT

"She has such pretty feet!" Have
you noticed her thoroughbred an
kles?" Is that what they say about
you-or are you one who'd sit on her
feet If she could?
If your feet are the weak point in
your beauty -armor, chances are, it's
your fault. Most Of us pamper our
hands because they SHOW" and
treat our feet like stepchildren, for
getting that they show much more
than we think. First there are the
very open sandals everybody's wear
ing; a girl can't keep secrets In
those. OF course, she doesn't have
to wear sandals If she doesn't
want to.
However, feet-and their, condi-
tion-show in other ways-in the
tiny lines etched in the faces of
women whose feet always hurt
the tautness of neckline apparent
when a woman tries to walk favor
ing the sore spots :. in the general
poor posture of any woman whose
feet don't feel shipshape. Indeed so
dependent Is good posture on your
feet that one of the first things an
orthopedist will do If you should
go to him with a backache is to
give your feet good going-over
In word, my pretties, if you'd have
the carriage of goddess. you'd bet
ter start by putting wings" on your
feet.
Good healthy underpinnings are
likely to be pretty, too-and, barring
the few who may have some struc-
tural defect, said prettiness is mostly
in your hands. First and foremost,
of course, are proper-fittin shoes
All the unmentionables that happen
to feet are caused by friction-so
find a last that fits your foot and
stick to it.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Dorothy Dix Says

letting grandma touch him and, as
for letting grandma kiss him, pet
him or handle him, she would have
died defending him from such dam
gers
And now the baby specialists tell
US that babies are human beings,
even as you and I, and that they
love company and get bored and
lonesome when they are left by
themselves; that they adore flattery
and want to be petted and made
much Of, and that instead Of grand
ma being bad medicine for Junior
she is just what he Is crying for.
And, believe 1t or not, for 1t seems
too good to be true, grandma Is
bringing back the big kitchen. For
years now, architects have We'd with
each other to see which one of them
could compress kitchen into the
smallest space until they have got
them 80 little that you can't get q
square meal into one Of 'em. That
Is the reason there Is so much bad
cooking, because 1t takes elbow room
In which to beat up q soufde, baste
q turkey or concoct q pie that
mustn't be shaken. in the baking.
One of the sweetest recollections
OF any Of our lives Is grandma's
great big kitchen that always
smelled like all the spices Of Araby,
and with the cookie jar In easy
reach Of youngsters. And when we
get that back We are not going to
have 50 much juvenile deliquency
and divorce. It is ktchenettes that
have been our ruin.
And, praise be, rocking chairs are
another blessing that grandma is
bringing back with her. Once more
we can lon at our ease instead Of
having to sit up stin and straight
as ramrods.
So let's return thanks for the re-
turn Of grandma. She is q great
old girl.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
(ThdnkS to Mrs. T. X. McW., .,
S<AAAo As--SAA AlASs
Thanks to Mrs. W. r. L.,
WdShin0tOn.

I ftutho ~ lN .. n. WI L w
RiUerdale, Md
Following is the Fruit and Nut
Loaf recipe requested by Mrs. NJ r.
MEG. of Washington. I hope it is
what she wanted 1t makes very
delicious cake, one which we much
prefer to fruit cake. .
One and half cups cake flour,
1h teaspoons double-acting baking
powder, "a teaspoon salt, " cup
butter margarine, cup granulated
sugar, l whole egg, egg separated,
"a cup milk, teaspoon vanilla, y
teaspoon orange extract, l cup wal
nut meats, broken in small pieces,
y to y cup chopped candied
cherries.
Sift flour, then measure and sift
again with baking powder and salt.
Cream shortening, add sugar and
continue creaming until light. Add
one whole egg and yolk of the sec
ond slightly beaten. Continue
creaming until very light. Add dry
ingredients, alternately with milk.
Add f1avoring; mix well Fold in
walnut meats and chopped cherries,
then remaining egg white which has
been stiff1y beaten. Turn into
creased loaf pan and bake in mod
crate oven, $50 degrees Fahrenheit
for 40 minutes. A pretty decoration
may be placed on top of this cake
about Is minutes before it is done.
Arrange split blanched almonds
around centers of candied cherries
to form flowers. Dip fruit and nuts
in beaten egg white so they will
stick to cake.
If some of the R. c. H. ladies will
try my method of mixing a cake I'm
sure they will never have a tough
cake. OF course, do have an elec-
trio mixer which makes it much
easier, but anyhow. try this. Cream
your shortening till it is very light
and fluffy, then add the sugar and
beat until the sugar is practically
dissolved. I usually let the sugar
and shortening mix while I'm meas
uring out my other ingredients. I've
never had bit of luck with the
mix it all at once method" but
have never had a failure with my
method.
Evening star., 1944-11-07

lar pedal extremities. II you can
afford professional job, so much
the better-but If not, time and pa
tience will pay of on the home
variety. A few tips might help the
amateurs. Just as you oil your I'm
gernails at night-do the same for
your feet. Brittle nail cream rubbed
over rought spots and cuticle will in
time do wonders. Hint No. 2: File
'em straight" is the rule when curb
ing toenails. Don't cut corners-that
is. unless hypochondriac streak
cherishes bit of a hangnail. In fact,
don't cut your nails at all. File
them, just as you do your fingernails,
smoothing edges with the emery
board. Use pumice stone on pump
bumps and callouses and after bath
ing, make it a habit to push back
the cuticle with your towel If you
give your toes the identical care
your fingers get, you'll do all right.
Polish Is more than affectation
Evening star., 1944-11-07
TWIN TROUBLE?
requested By Mrs. G. H.,
CheDerlu, Md

I have q problem for which l
would appreciate help. It is this:
J have twin babies nearly 8 months
old, boy and girl, and SO far /
haven't gotten play pen or pens
for them because / do not know
whether to get one or two. Per-
haps some Of the readers have raised
twins and could offer some helpful
suggestions on the following, also:
(a) Should I get two Taylor tots or
other aids to help them walk? (b)
How to get clothes for them that
look like brother and sister clothes,
as ! understand they are no longer
available in the stores? I sew, but
do not seem to find time since the
babies arrived. (c) Since Christmas
Is coming, is 1t advisable to get two
of each toy or would they enjoy
different things? know that babies
tire easily of toys, but some one has
told me that twins both want the
same things. I'd At what age, ap-
proximately, should start teaching
them to feed themselves? With one
baby you can watch it II it should
decide to suddenly put the dish on
top of its head, but what do you do
about twins? Any suggestions would
be greatly appreciated!
Evening star., 1944-11-07

these days-it's conservation be-
cause well cared-for toes won't have
rough edges to snag precious hose
The trick Is to bring the polish
(either second coat or overcoat)
over the nail tip and under the edge
for smooth, slick finish. More i'm
portant to woman's vanity is the
fact that feet actually look lovely
with nails that sparkle just like
jewels through sheer hose. In a word
as long as hose and sandals have
made your means Of support visible
these days, you owe 1t to yourself to
make them pretty!
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Readers Clearing House

/ quart ginger ale, 8 quarts water, !
teaspoon vanilla.
Put tea in stew pan, cover with l
quart boiling water and let steep 20
minutes. Strain. Crate the yellow
rind of half the lemons and oranges,
adding this to sugar and mixing all
with tea infusion. Stir until sugar Is
dissolved, place over fire and boil
five minutes. Strain, cool. Add the
Juice of lemons and oranges and all
other ingredients. Pour this into
the punch bowl with q nice block Of
ice. Fresh berries may be added or
grape juice may be used instead OF
ginger ale. Serves Is or 80.
Another nice drink for cool eve
nings is Spiced Cider. One-half
gallon cider, 2 lemons. Stick several
cloves in whole lemons and simmer
in cider for 80 minutes.
Ginger snaps, oatmeal cookies or
doughnuts 60 nicely with this drink.
H*
MARSHMALLOW CREAM?
Requested by Mrs. w. r. B.,
W1shington.J
Gan some Ouc Ccl lie uoW W
make the marshmallow cream used
on sundaes In drug stores? shall
appreciate very much any informa-
tion about it.
X
SIMPLE DESSERTS?
(Requested by Mrs. E. w. C.,
Arlington.
would like to have some recipes
for simple desserts for children and
in small quantities.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
CAKE RECIPES.

Winesaps particularly adapted i
this recipe.
Evening star., 1944-11-07

I find Grimes Golden or Stayman
Evening star., 1944-11-07

| ~-
| CAKE RECIPES.
Thanks to Mrs. w. r. L.,
Wdshington.)
I am sending favorite Fruit and
Nut Loaf. Hope it will also be IA
vorite for Mrs. M. r. Meg, Wash
ington: / pound walnuts or pecans
or half and half of each, pound
Brazil nuts, / pound dates, y pound
candied cherries. l cup flour, l cup
sugar, teaspoons baking powder
] teaspoon salt. eggs.
Leave fruit and nuts whole. Sift
flour, baking powder, salt and sugar
together, then mix thoroughly with
fruit in a large pan Beat whites
and yolks separately, mix with other
ingredients. Bake In loaves. Grease
and line pans with wax paper. Bake
hour and 20 minutes in 300-de-
gree oven and be sure to pack the
batter as tight as you can. The
whole fruit needs it.
Date Cake: cup butter, IL cups
sugar, 2 cups warm water, 2 level
teaspoons soda, 3 eggs, cups flour,
teaspoon vanilla, 3 pounds dates,
pound white raisins, cups walnut
meats.
Cut dates coarse, wash raisins.
Dissolve soda in warm water and
pour over fruit. Let stand u hour,
drain.
Cream butter, add sugar gradual
ly and beaten eggs. Add soda water
alternately with flour, then vanilla
and fruit. Mix we'll. Bake in tube
pan. Oven degrees. 1875. Test with
straw. as the size of pan varies bak-
ing time. Makes about pounds.
Keep in tin box like regular fruit
cake.
I am also inclosing a good recipe
for gingerbread. We love it this
time of the year.
Best-Ever Gingerbread: cup
sugar, scant cup salad oil, 1 cup mo-
lasses, l cup boiling water, tea
spoons soda, II teaspoon salt, l tea
spoon ginger, u teaspoon cinnamon,
u teaspoon cloves, 21a cups flour,
2 eggs.
Combine in order given, dissolv-
ing soda in hot water and adding
the 2 well-beaten eggs at the last.
Bake in well-greased square or
oblong pan in moderate oven, $50
degrees about 40 minutes. This bat
ter is very thin. Serve hot or cold,
II to Is servings.
Evening star., 1944-11-07

Your favorite youngster will love
to get this stuffed terry cloth cuddle
cat from Santa Claus. The but
toned-on cover removes for washing
Pattern envelope contains hot
iron transfer for l design, about
IL inches tall: stitch illustrations
and full directions.
Send Is cents (coin) for Pattern
No. R2025 to The Washington Star
Needle Arts Department, P. o. Box
172, Station D. New York 3, N. Y
Please include your postal zone
number.
Evening star., 1944-11-07


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.
Betsy CasveH.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
(ThnnkS to Miss H. M. w.,
WdShin0tOn.

This is in response to the request
for a Fruit and Nut Loaf cake pub
lished in the issue of october 80, for
Mrs. M. R. Meg.
Apricot Nut Loaf: ~ cups -four,
2 teaspoons baking powder, u tea
spoon soda, u teaspoon salt, y cup
granulated sugar, "a cup dried april
cots (cut fine), " cup peaches (cut
flne), egg, "a cup milk, Y teaspoon
orange extract, l tablespoon melted
shortening.
Sift dry ingredients together
Then add fruit and nuts, stirring
well. Beat egg, add other liquids,
and stir into the dry ingredients.
Blend we'll Bake in a well-greased
4x8-inch loaf pan at 357 degrees
for IS minutes.
Other fruit could be used. This
makes an attractive looking nut
bread because of the bright color
of the apricots.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
BAKED APPLE DISH.
(Th1nks to Miss II. M. w.,
WnShindtOn


I should like to offer a way in
which I have prepared a very tasty
apple dish. Baked Apples With
Honey: Pare and quarter IL me-
dium- sized apples. Arrange them in
rows, slightly tilted. and as closely
placed as possible in an oblong bak-
ing dish. Over them sprinkle 2
tablespoons of red cinnamon candy
drops and fill the dish with water
to which tablespoons of honey
have been added. Bake at 400 de-
grees until apples are tender and
slightly Drowned on the upturned
edge. Add a little more water If
necessary.
Practically all the liquid will be
absorbed, making it possible to serve
these with pork as a relish, or on a
plate with cookies or cheese cake as
q dessert.
find Grimes Golden or Stayman
Evening star., 1944-11-07
PEANUT BUTTER.
THANKS to Mr.. W. S. H.,
WASHINGTON,

Thanks to Mr.. W. S. H.,
W1shington.)
In reading the Clearing House of
October 80 I see where some one
asked for a recipe for peanut butter.
First, select only first-class pea
nuts and roast them to nice brown
DON'T BURN THEM). Take off
the shells and the husks. If you wish
a first-class article, take out the
sprout, or germ, of each peanut.
Grind them in a medium coarse
grinder and then add some salt to
taste and continue to grind In the
finest cutter you have on your
grinder until it is fine and oily, and
it will be plenty oily if 1t is ground
fine enough.
First-class peanut butter Is made
from A No. l peanuts and salt
ONLY. Spanish or Virginia peanuts
may be used.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
FRUIT PUNCH;
SPICED CIDER

THANKS to Mrs. L. E. NJ,
Washington.
In answer to q request for fruit
punch ! would like to submit this
one handed down from the WASH
ington family.
One ounce tea (Ceylon or English) !,
s lemons, 2 oranges, 4 cups sugar, 2
bananas quart grated pineapple,
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-11-30
MESSAGE TIME
LIMIT EXTENDED

The time limit for messages
to prisoners of war and civilian
lnternees known to be in the
Philippines has been extended,
national Red Cross headquarters
mas Informed Merle Martin,
chairman of the local chapter.
Messages will be sent that
arrive in Washington by Dec.
Is.
Anyone who wishes to NAV
write to British internees in the
philippines under the same con-
'ditions applying to American
prisoners of war and internees.
Messages may also be sent to
liberated war prisoners, Ameri-
can and British internees
through the Red Cross. Mail to
and from those who are lib
Grated will be handled by the
Red Cross until regular COM
munications are established.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-11-30
Montana Leeds Notion
In Per Cent of Quota
Reached To Date

With six of Big Horn county's
districts over the top, the area
Is about at the halfway mark
In the Sixth War Loan drive,
Chairman George w. Gustafson
reported Thursday morning.
Halfway was the first district
to report quota reached, and
Crow Agency is 40 per cent a.
bove quota, it was announced.
Others reaching their goals are
South Bench, the first and e
ond wards in Hardin and South
Hardin.
Nothing has been heard from
some of the outlying districts as
yet, it was reported, but solicit
tors are at work everywhere.
Everyone was urged to COM
plete the campaign as soon as
possible.
Montana is leading the
nation in sales of series "E'
bonds, with 54.4 per cent of its
100000 quota achieved, state
headquarters announced Thurs
day morning. The national per-
centage is 21.S.