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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-04
CRAWFORD J. COOPER

HENDERSON, Nov. 3. = ar -
Crawford J. Cooper, II, Fayette-
vile real estate dealer and long
prominent in the business affairs
of that city, died here yesterday.
Cooper suffered a heart attack
Monday shortly after arriving for
visit to his son, J. C. Cooper re-.
Gently retired from the arrny =.
lieutenant colonel.
Funeral services were held TODAY
in Oxford, where he was born
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-04
CHANCE OF VESSELS NAME

United States Customs Service, Col
lection District No. IS. Port of Will
mington, N c. November l, 1945. Notice
is hereby given that under the Act of
Feb. 10, 1920, and in pursuance of au-
thority granted by Bureau of Customs
Letter No. 3-38216, dated October a,
ls45, on application of R. o. Mitchell,
owner, the name of the Gas Screw
Yacht, MARY Elizabeth buden 10
gross tons, official number 242263, has
been changed to JUNIPER
MARTIN H. RAWLINGS.
Acting Collector of Customs
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-04
MRS. HARRIET T. UPTON

PASADENA, Calf, Nov. 3.-(B
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton. 80,
for the past rs years treasurer of
the National Women's Suffragist
Association, died in a Nursing
home here yesterday.
!. Born in Ravenna, Ohio, she serv-
ed term as Ohio State director of
public welfare and was declared to
have been the first woman member
of the Republican National COM
mittee.
She was the widow of George w.
Upton. Episcopal funeral services
will be held here Monday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-04

The new civilian jeep has SIX
forward speeds and two reverse
speeds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-04
CHURCHES ExPANn

ANDERSON, Ind. - W.D Post
war construction here will not be
confined to factories and nriv.te
homes. A survey of churches re-
vealed that more than $500, 900 will
be spent by churches to expand,
remodel and alter their physical
properties IN Madison county. At
least 10 churches hope to construct
new r! educational buildings ranging
IN cost up to $4,000.
during 1914 and 1915 10000
kEoung women enrolled in the
fonlted States cadet nurse corns
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-04

BUY U. s. VICTORY BONDS
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-04

There are 1885 radio stations in
the United States.
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COMMISSIONERS SALE
nR TANn

his the 23rd day of October. 1y45.
G. c. MCINTYRE, Commissioner.
Evening star., 1945-12-13

loo. I had arranged to pass grace
fully away at So. In my minds eye
I could see me crossing the bar and
cumming 1t up with Lord Tenny-
son,
But now ! have my sights set on
90.
BY asking for this loan, the
British have not only added four
years to my life, but have made it
possible for me to entertain the
press when the reporters come
around to ask how I managed to
live SO long.
When a man reaches his Goth
birthday, reporters always come to
his door. You must have read
thousand stories where old men and
old women gave their recipes for
longevity. They never agree. One
old lady says she reached 80 because
Evening star., 1945-12-13
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. When did the United States
Marine Band begin to play at
White House functions?-L. D.
A. An old order book of the
Marine Corps shows that the band
was to play at the presidential
reception at the White House as
early as New Years Day, 1903.
@. What Is the cost per pupil Of
education in public elementary and
high schools?-A. E. D.
A. For the year 1923 the
total cost Of educating each pupil
in the daily attendance In public
elementary and secondary schools
was $109.92. This figure represented
an increase Of II per cent over the
prewar period.
@. Was Joseph Conrad's last
novel, Suspense" ever completed?
IN. c. D.
A. Mrs. Conrad refused to allow
the publishers to end her husbands S
unfinished novel. The prize-win-
ming contest conducted in 1925 by
the Saturday Review of Literature
stipulated that the manuscripts
submitted could not be an actual
conclusion to the novel, but should
take the form of a discussion OF
what that conclusion might have
been.
@. What is the location Of the
wilderness through which the
children Of Israel traveled7-J
E. B.
A. 1t is believed to be part OF
Arabia, south Of Palestine, between
Egypt and Edom.
@. May a veteran be admitted
to veterans hospital for an Ill.
ness which was not the result oi
service?-C. G. G.
A. disqualification for illness moi
due to service is provided a veteran
if a bed Is available and the vet
eran is financially unable to pay
the cost himself. Application should
be made to the nearest Veterans
Administration Facility.
@. Can Christmas cards still be
mailed to soldiers overseas with
the idea that they will reach theil
destination by Christmas?-L. C. v
A. The War Department an.
nounced on November that there
was still time to send Christmas
greeting cards overseas but that ir
order to insure delivery they should
be mailed at once.
@. Will the case of q soldier who
is to be confined for a period o1
years under the sentence of q gen.
eral court-martial be reviewed, ano
is there possibility that his sen.
tence may be reduced?-E. E. M.
A. According to the War Depart.
ment, the case Of a man serving
such sentence will be reviewed fol
clemency upon his arrival at tht
disciplinary training camp ane
yearly thereafter. If he maintain.
a good record, it is possible that
| his sentence will be reduced.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
On the Other Hand
When House Labor Committee Looks
y Into Facts Concerning Fact. Finding

the union for ats refusal to accept
q wage increase that involves price
increase" And they said:
Outside Of fiat denial, sup
ported by figures based on sources
not open to the union, this COM
mittee or the public, no convincing
evidence has been submitted by the
corporation to show that the unions
wage proposal cannot be met"
What effect, if any, this report
will have on the GIN wage dispute
or on proposed legislation cannot
be estimated. But, inexpert and
possibly one-sided as it may be, it
should offer the House Labor Com
mittee more real enlightenment
than some of the terrible tub
humping to which they have been
listening.
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dey is comm closer togedder an
any minute dey is goin' to bump. De
committee members dey looks
scared an some OBJ dem slips under
de table becuz when de clouds bump
dat makes de thunder. An den Mis-
tab Lewis eyes dey fash an it's
JUS de same as lightnin' an den
dey's an awful silence an suddenly
de eyebrows rushes togedder with
q great crashin' sound an de storm
1t breaks.
An de thunder is sayin' words
Just like a man. 1t is sayin' dis
evil. vile smelling mess" only it
amt JUS sayin'. it's roarin' wild a
roar dat shakes de whole world.
CWay of down in Texas dey's a
whisky -drinkin', poker-playin', evil
ole man which his name is Mistah
Jack Garner. An he heah de thun-
der an he Jump often his porch an
he light out up de crick an he don't
even stop to git his fishin' pole)
Which will give you a general
idea of one days hearing by the
House Labor Committee on the bill
by President Truman to establish
fact-finding boards as part Of the
Government machinery for ham
ding labor disputes.
Mr.. Lewis had other things to
say, of course. For example, with
regard to the break between Gen.
eral Motors and the Automobile
Workers Union, he said:
1.-The dishonesty on the side Of
the company is only equaled by the
stupidity on the side Of the labor
organization" OF the latter he de-
clared, "The poor, blundering lead
ers picked this time of all times to
shut down General Motors when it
would make more money by not
operating"
Meantime the same problem was
being examined out in Detroit in a
different manner. A group Of cit
izens, having constituted themselves
a voluntary and unomcial fact-find-
ing body, made a report. It was
based on study Of the 739-page rec
ord of the negotiations between the
company and the union. In addi-
ton, Vice President Reuther of the
union had appeared before the
group and answered questions. Com
pany officials had declined an in
vitation to do the same, but had
provided material explaining its
position more fully.
Under the name, National Citi-
zens' Committee on the GM-UAW
Dispute" the group was headed by
DR.. Henry Hit Crane, Central
Methodist Church, Detroit, chair
man; DR.. Harry A. Overstreet, City
College OF New York, vice chairman,
and Mrs. j. Birdsall Calkins, ma
tional president Of the YWCA,
secretary.
These act-finders, at the con-
clusion of their study, found them
selves greatly impressed by the case
made by the workers. They recon-
mended that the transcript be pub
lished and that negotiations be re-
sumed. They found the unions re-
quest for full information on prices
and profits was not taking over
of management" They agreed that
prices are matter Of legitimate
public concern. They recommended
that the Presidents commission be
directed to determine what wage
increase can be given without in
creasing prices. They commended
Evening star., 1945-12-13

hawks rap smartly on my shanty
door. the conversation will probably
60 something like this:
Newshawk-How do you feel, Pap?
Eth?
Second newshawk-We said how
you feel, Pap?
Eth?
The gentleman from the New York
Times-We asked. Mr.. McLemore, If
you would be kind enough to tell us
how you feel on your Goth birthday
the day, incidentally, on which the
British defaulted.
II feel exactly 80 years old. I
ache all over. I totter when walk.
My voice Is so confounded creaky
Evening star., 1945-12-13

she had always worn three petit
coats. One old man says he owes
everything to staying away from
women who wore three petticoats.
Another old man says he reached
such an advanced age by drinking
nothing stronger than carboAc acid,
refusing to see Abbott and Costello
pictures, and brushing his teeth with
a mixture OF pitchblende and the
groundup thumbs Of catchers' mitts.
Still another old geezer, wheeling
slightly from his propped-up position
in bed, says he owes his health and
yigor to lifetime habit of having
the Ku Klux Klan publicly tarring
and feathering him once a year.
When reach 80 and the news
Evening star., 1945-12-13
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. c. .A-13
THURSDAY DEcEMBER = t<~

that hate to listen to 1t myself. I
can hardly eat a thing.
Third newshawk-To what do you
attribute your long Life?
Eth?
Fourth newshawk-This old gent
Is about to fall down dead on us.
Let's get outa here.
My family speaking Gentlemen
of the press, although Grandpappy
can't see, hear, speak, taste, walk,
eat or smell, he is in perfect health
and reached his Goth birthday be-
cause, since he was child, he re-
Evening star., 1945-12-13

B ! m e b y h e
S tarts talkin'
big an den his
eyebrows &c ts
big. L a W d,
Lawd, his eye
hrows dey gets
BIG. Dey gets
big an dey gets
black. An dey
begins to move
bue dere amt
any 8 t o r m
dough its gittin'
mighty dark. De
eyebrows dey is
CROWN bigger
oNt h1eoLa~ an
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Ru LanueLL MeI[eff

John L. Lewis, he riz up and sez,
Lawd. Lawd, he sez, and his eye
brows Is a cloud no bigger'n a mans
hand. He Is talkin' soft an low.
Evening star., 1945-12-13

asked for. tfll
give me sonf-
thing to live F,
As Lord Hal
fax might hale
explained it lP
me over the tel
phone h a d II
had my nunnbeS
the debt will fl
nally be paid I
full In the yea
2001.
AS I figure II
by means of tn
hypotenuse tri
a n 6 gle, log a.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Answers to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to any
question Of fact By writing The Evening
star Information Bureau. 316 I street
close 3 cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Mclennore
Listtls to Himself;
Hotel Own Voice
By HA,rv McLemore

For q puIely selfish reason, I
hope that tie United States will
grant BritaiA the $4,000, 900, 600 in
credit that Atlee's government has
Evening star., 1945-12-13

rithms, impropel Henry McLemore.
fractions, long division, and the
Culbertson pre-enptive bid, that is
81 years away.
When the yea 2001 rolls around
I'll be an even Q years old. Until
the British asker for this money II
hadn't planned . live until / was
Evening star., 1945-09-17
Dorothy Dix Says

Dear Miss Dix: I am a young
woman, only 26, and have two chill
dren. OF course, like other young
sters of our age. my husband and I
would like to step out and have a
few good times. and especially do we
long to do this now as he is soon
to go into the service. but our diff
Guilty is what to do about the chill
dren. When we ask my husbands S
mother to take care of them, she
does it grudgingly and insists that
we be home before 10 o'clock and.
of course. that is before things really
get going.
Do you think it is asking too much
Of Grandma to give us lift once or
twice a week?
YOUNG MOTHER.
AnsWer-It all depends upon
Grandma's age and health. If she
is very old and feeble, of course,
you could not expect her to become
a y-sitter, but if she is veil and
strong and anywhere under 10. she
should have heart and be willing
to give even daughter -in-law a
hand with her hard job.
But, on the other hand, you must
realize that taking care of her own
children Is mothers lob, and that
Evening star., 1945-09-17

university or college furnishes In
Ghelr dorms. 1t is well to work
around these basic pieces in the
decoration of the room. Color
matching is not necessary. Since
it is your room you are privileged
TO do anything you like with it in
regard to color. That is, anything
within reason. The biggest color item
IN room can be the bedspread or
the scatter rugs on the floor. Vari-
Gus students like the idea of putting
vividly colored Indian rugs on their
walls. Threatening to become IAN
al-time favorite" are the matching
spreads and draperies in college
rooms.
Other touches" can be extra pill
lows. a bulletin board to let you
know where you are supposed to be
and when. Roomy dresser drawers
and If you like an all-purpose chest
that can have a place of honor OH
the floor or underneath the bed.
We questioned quite few college
men and women and the ma jority
are agreed that what they desire
most in their rooms are comfortable
ness and utility. They want strong
furniture and nothing around that
is breakable. For college life Is quite
gay, and the accidental tossing of a
pillow is liable to break something.
Evening star., 1945-09-17
PIES AND PUDDINGS:
STAIN REMOVAL.

STAIN REMOVAL.
(Fron1 Mrs. r. w. B., ArlingtonJ
Several days ago Mrs. E. G.. B. OF
Arlington requested a recipe for
lemon pie, using condensed milk and
vanilla wafer crust. I'd like to
submit the following from a cook
book any one may obtain for few
cents from prominent canned milk
company. It's easy on points and
sugar.
Crust, unbaked: Roll enough va
nilla waters to make "a cup of
crumbs. Cut enough vanilla waters
in halves to stand up around edge
of pie plate Cover bottom of plate
with crumbs and fill in spaces be-
tween waters. Pour in filling as
usual.
Magic lemon cream pie filling:
One and y cups Il CAM sweetened
condensed milk. One-half cup lem
on juice. Grated rind of one lemon.
Blend the above we'll with rotary
beater or electric mixer Pour into
an S-inch pie plate. lined with the
aforementioned unbaked crumb
crust. Cover with whipped cream
"a cup) sweetened with 2 table
spoons Of sugar. Preferably pow
Evening star., 1945-09-17
College Rooms
BY Elem Sakes.

School days, school days"-witt
apologies to the song of the SAM
name-are with us once again
Those "hallowed halls of learning
VIII again be opening to admit both
! old and new college students Aftel
; the glamour of registration the
! thought that will occupy the minds
OF the back to schoolers" is where
to park their weary bodies after a
day spent hard at work in the
! laboratory or in the various class
. rooms.
That problem has been one that
has been in existence for quite a
while. In fact, ever since schools
started. The ancient Greek or
Roman scholar was generally a
peripatetic pupil who followed his
teacher all over the terrain of the
countryside. At the conclusion of
his mathematics he could retire un-
! der the boughs of some olive tree.
, When women started their inf1ltra-
tion into the sacred domain of
higher education" they came up
against the proverbial stone wall" I"
Eventually, they too, wormed their
, way in. And colleges for women
became established facts.
Along with this hunger and thirst
for knowledge, both the masculine
and the feminine student realizes
that the classroom is fine-but what
happens when the time comes for
relaxation? That question is ap-
propriately solved for them in their
younger days and up through their
high school careers. But the prob
lem becomes more acute when COL
lege life and boarding schools enter
the picture.
There are certain things in
college room that remain unchanged
throughout the years. These are
the perennial bed which can double
as a couch, bookshelves, desk, suit
able lamp and occasional chair, pic
lures and the other bare essentials.
The locale of the college or uni
versity is an important fact to note.
In the Northern colleges one would
decorate with an eye to warmth and
cozlness. In the Southern school a
lot of leeWay is allowed in the selec-
tlon of furniture and fabrics. And so
on throughout the different sections
of the Nation. To make a severe,
stereotyped room look different"
use the decorators pet" motif-pic-
lures. Prints from alpha to omega"
can best express your own individual
personalities. Or maps to help out
with history and geography can be
placed on the walls.
Many students not only want
place to rest their weary bones,"
they want place to entertain fellow
students. This quick change" can
be achieved with a well-built sofa
bed that readily converts the room
into a duo sitting bedroom.
A typical college room usually
has in it the furniture that the
Evening star., 1945-09-17

was deep-dish apple pie, rich with
cinnamon and ginger. Chilled
champagne was the drink.
persuaded him to tell me how
ne prepared the oysters and here Is
the recipe:
Steam "a large oysters in their
shells in kettle with little water.
When the shells open. arrange the
oysters in the deep side and spread
caviar over the top of each oyster.
On top of that put a spoonful of
sauce made by blending 2 table,
spoons OF -four with 2 tablespoons of
butter and adding u cup of the
oystsc liquor and n cup of chicken
stock or brot1. 1et Ibis simmer for
5 minutes and then aod i b~Saen
egg yolk, tablespoon minced
chives or parsley and a teaspoon
lemon juice. Salt and pepper to
taste. Set the oysters in their shells
In pans filled with rock salt and
bake them in very hot oven for
five minutes. Serve them in the
salt-filled pans.
Evening star., 1945-09-17
USES FOR SOUR CREAM:
STAIN REMOVAL.

(Fron, Mrs. M. B., Washington.)
didn't clip the initials of the lady
who asked for uses for sour cream
but here they are:
We use it just as it comes In the
jar or container and pour it over
fresh fruit. instead Of using sweet
cream. It's fine used with diced
peaches and fresh or frozen berries
It can also be used on cottage
cheese or on diced fresh raw vege-
tables, such as radishes, celery, seal
lions, cucumbers, mixed together in
bowl. You can also add a table,
spoon or so to your cole slaw OF
Waldorf salad. 1t gives 1t fine
flavor and helps extend the scarce
mayonnaise.
My cook book has several cake and
salad dressing recipes. all using sour
cream, which can send to the lady
on request.
have enjoyed the RICH very
much and am glad OF an opportunity
to contribute nv small share.
Evening star., 1945-09-17

she hasn't a right to dump it on
anybody else. Also, you must realize
that old people get very selfish and
set In their ways. and that if Grand
ma has the habit of going to bed
with the chickens, to ask her to sit
up until you get home from a gay
party in the wee small hours is de-
manding a real sacrifice of her. AS
it is, she probably thinks 10 o'clock
is the middle of the night and Won
ders why anybody wants to be out
later.
Also. perhaps, Grandma is foxy
old lady who is trying TO protect
herself against her daughters and
daughters-in-law, who have turned
so many of her old friends into baby
nurses since the war began. The
young women have ruthlessly wished
off their offspring on Grandma and
left her to change didies and mix
formulas and run after restless little
feet, while they went off to take
jobs at mahogany desks, or to be
hostesses in canteens and dance
with visiting soldiers and sailors.
There is no denying that Grandmas
have been among the major casual
ties of war.
So look at Grandma's S side of the
baby problem as we'll as your own.
Evening star., 1945-09-17
'Prewar' PARTY
By the Ticfory Chef

Taking turn at the skillet Ions
has been hobby with many men
In fact, in the old days when there
was a cook to go out, cooks night
on was the high light of the week
for these amateur male chefs, Since
the cooks took up welding and driv-
ing trucks. some of the gentlemen
In question discovered that cooking
occasionally for fun is one thing
but cooking daily for real" is an
othez. "A fact undoubtedly pointed
out to them very often by their low
Ing wives.)
But few born cooks" have been
In their glory and the kitchen has
laid q fearful fascination upol
them. One man I know, a veteran
OF World War I, has had the time
OF his life battling with shortages
and scarcities. He says overcomina
the difficulties of wartime livine
gave him feeling of accomplish h.
ment that blunted somewhat his
disappointment at being left out OF
the fray this time.
So, when things began to gel
easier to find and rationing started
fading, he decided to see if he hac
forgotten some of the fancier con-
coctions he used to make back be-
fore Pearl Harbor. He invited a few
cronies to a small but select dinner
and this Is what he served:
First came cream of spinach
soup, pale green, flecked with q
busting OF cayenne and accom-
panied by thin crisp bits of melba
toast. The soup was made from
fresh spinach and rich cream and
was 1t good! Then came his mas
terpiece-oysters baked with caviar
with marvellous sauce. Served with
these were chilled tomatoes stuffed
with cucumber, minced and mar
mated in French dressing, and little
brown and white bread sandwiches
spread with mayonnaise spiked
with horseradiSh. For dessert there
Evening star., 1945-09-17
Readers Clearing House

, sweaters and I would like to pass
my method on to you. Before wash
ing sweater, outline it on two sep
arate pieces of cardboard. Wash
sweater in very, very lukewarm or
almost cold soapflake suds. If the
sweater is specially dirty in different
spots, l find it does not affect the
shape to rub spots softly between
your hands. Squeeze soapsuds
through sweater thoroughly, then
rinse two or three times, making
sure no soap is left in the sweater.
If sweater is not yet clean, repeat
process. After sweater is rinsed, lay
1t out on one piece OF cardboard,
shaping sweater to original size by
the outline. When only partly dry,
turn sweater over and lay on other
piece OF cardboard, shaping it as
you did before. BY using two pieces
of cardboard the sweater will dry
more quickly. as the first cardboard
will be damp. I hope this works
for you as we'll as it does for me.
My sweaters look brand-new after
washing and never shrink. Always
dry sweaters in the shade. Never
in the sun, as this fades colors
badly.
From Mrs. J. C. Y, Hynttsuille.
To Mrs. v. C. P. I think your
sweater should have been pulled
out to shape and size and pinned
until dry. I spread towel or
sheet on the rug and leave my
knitted things pinned overnight.
A light pressing between towels
with a cool iron in the morning
finishes them.
If your sweaters are still soft,
you can probably dampen them and
pull them out to the size you want.
Be sure and use a tape measure.
You could also get an adjustable
sweater drier.
X y
DEFROST A MECHANICAL
REFRIGERATOR.
From Mrs. L. r. M, Washington, J
The suggestion to defrost a me-