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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-22
Daily Lessons in English v. V [. GORDON

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 OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Predatory. first syllable
 OFTEN NfISSPEIIED: Tariff; two Els
 SYNONYMS Lovely charming sweet winning 
 WORD STUDY: "Use word three times yours vocabulary mastering praise awakened my dor'-Washngton Irving
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-7- -$-or------ SINGERS OUTSIDE
 FOR HOLIDAY TRIP

Staff Sgt. and Mrs. Stan Singer have left for the States to spend Christmas holidays with their par ents in Seattle on a brief vacation trip. They will also visit in Oregon and California.
 Sgt. Singer is with the Signal Corps here and Mrs. Singer has been employed at Yvonne's Wo- mems Apparel Shop for the past nine months.
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''ODIN'S Is'0oI'tl ROBERTA LEE

talking persons to invite one of them to call without extending the invitation A. Yes person notd One can always await an opportunity to the favored alone.
 Should expect from the men employees?
 A. No; and the woman who expects will be disappointed
 O. Who usually holds "open house
 The older wel-estabised families
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LOUISIANA JURY PROBE

Down in Louisiana, which likes its politics raw. red and juicy, politicoes have been watching a Treasury-Justice Department in- vestigation of the income-tax case against William Burton, big-shot oil man, who was twice tried for tax evasion and twice had a hung jury.
 Now. treasury agents think they have uncovered evidence of jury bribing In following up their clues, they have discovered that one of the jarors, Henry Goldman, had a safe-deposit box in conjunction with Joe Astoria, head steward of the Roosevelt Hotel. The box con- tained sl9,000, some of which was put in the box at about the time of the Burton trial
 Questioned as to where he got so much money Joe Astoria said it came from kickbacks from New Orleans grocers and fish dealers who paid him on the side for pur- chases he made from them for the Roosevelt Hotel.
 Told about this. Seymour Weiss, owner of the hotel, remarked:
 That was foolish of Joe to say that. They'll check up on him and find out it wasn't true"
 However agents did check and found it was true. And now, Sey- mour Weiss. owner of the hotel has suspended" his chief steward
 tNote-It is suspected that a lot of politics is mixed up in the Burton jury probe. Certain anti Roosevelt newspaper interests are reported anxious to put certain pro-RooseYelt radio interests out of businessD
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hot water-to say nothing of the nation-that adviser should go.
 This is what Hannegan and other Truman advisers have been telling the President so constantly that he is tired of the subject Privately, the President feels that Snyder realizes he has been a failure, and that in due time he will bow out.
 (Note-It was reported that Snyder was going back to his First National Bank in St. Louis around Jan. l, but now word comes from St. Louis that the directors may not rcj1sh his return,
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THREE-RING CIRCUS

The Senate has been holding a rash of exciting inquiries in the last few days-Pearl Harbor, Hurley and the atomic bomb.
 One venerable Senator who en- joys the excitement IS Rhode Is- lands spry Democratic Theodore Francis Green, who conscientiously tries to take in everything. Green was stopped in the hall recently and asked why he was hurrying.
 This is a three-ring circus, :" replied the Rhode Island Senator, "and I'm trying to watch all the rings at the same time"
 ,Copyright 1915, By Bell Syndicate. Incl
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LOOK and LEARN z GORDON

L What military decoration the abbyeviation DSC? 9 What and where is Malta? 3. What is the unit weight for precious stones? 4. Did 3everidge complete his Lincoln? 5. What Trappss?
 ANSWERS: l. Distinguished Service Cross. 3. An island in the Mediterranean Sea 3. The 4. No. 5. O.
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DRINK KING DLACK LABEL.
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Capitol reporters were discussing the functions of young Represen- tative Charles Halleck of Indiana as Chairman of the Republican Congressional Campaign Commit tee Charlie does an excellent job of passing the hat in campaign years," declared Newsman Dan Kidney, fellow Hoosier He knows where all the fur-bearin9 aristocrats are located"
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HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 bat do not c0mpep
SUNDAY, DECEMBER g

Benefic aspects rule today which is most fortunate for the churches.
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DRINK KING BLACK LABEL,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-22

Cash Cole and son Tommy returned on the steamer All Seattle each had undergone medical treatment
Evening star., 1945-03-14
SALVAGING SHIRTS.


(Thanks to Mr.. w. E. A.,
Washington
If one has a little seamstress
ability, all buttons may be cut off
and sewed on the opposite side,
the shirt turned inside out, bring
ing the worn edges of the collar on
the inside (beneath. AS the inside
of the cuffs may be worn, they can
be cut back beyond the stitching,
the new edges turned inward and
stitched on the machine. 1t is true
the shirt will button left-handed,
but that is beneath his necktie-
SO what!
With prices of shirts higher I
have done over my shirts as they
wore out, in a few minutes. Some
shirts are not adaptable to this
treatment it is true, and further
more don't use turned shirts for
my Sunday best, but save them for
ordinary wear.
X X
EGGS FOR BABY;
RUST STAIN.
(Tha71kS to Mrs. M. M,
Washington
Some one recently suggested
cooking an egg 45 minutes in order
Evening star., 1945-03-14

left me by my father 10 years ago.
have never spent a cent of this and
don't see why I should.
II I should get divorce from my
husband, would the court compel
him to take money out of his busi-
ness and pay me a sensible income?
Could get divorce on the grounds
of nonsupport? We get along fine
except for the money question.
DISGUISED.
Answer would think your hus-
band would be the one to be dis
gusted in a marriage like yours, for
you seem to regard him as nothing
but a meal ticket, and it must be
pretty discouraging to a man to
work hard to support a wife who has
no interest in him except for the
money he brings in.
Evidently you know little of busi-
ness If you are not aware that in
these wartimes, when everything is
SO uncertain and taxes are so high,
that no man really does know just
Evening star., 1945-03-14

how he stands financially, nor
whether he has made any profit or
not on his years work. Also you
would know, If you had ever been
in business, that a man can't turn
over every cent he makes to a. greedy
wife. He has to plow it back into
the business II he would keep 1t a
going concern.
So, inasmuch as you are only in
tereSted In what your husband
makes, I think you would be very
silly to divorce him. In the first
place, you will have to find a better
excuse than nonSupport for get
ting q divorce from man who sup
ports you In comfort and gives you
a $1,000 allowance for spending
money. And, in the second place,
you would find 1t a hard task to get
another husband who wouldn't think
that you should spend some of your
own income on yourself, instead of
him up for more.
Evening star., 1945-03-14
SQUIRREL TROUBLE?
REQUESTED by Mrs. w. w. S.,
Wnsbjn0t0u !

We are having trouble with squir-
rels getting into our house. So far
can find no damage done but they
are storing things in a hole some
place in the caves and I am anxious
to get rid of them. ANY suggestions?
Evening star., 1945-03-14
By Barbara Bell.

Fresh as a wink and completely
charming - mother and daughter
pinafores with extended sleeves
gayly trimmed with ruffies of eye
let embroidery.
X \ y \
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1925 is
designed for sizes IL, IA, Is, 18, 20;
40 and AZ. Size IA, with side waist,
requires yards of IS or 80 inch
material; 21a yards machine made
ruf1ing to trim.
X 4 r X
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1926 is
designed for sizes 4, 6, 8, 10 and
u years. Size 6 requires Ia yards
Of IS or 80 inch material; 212 yards
machine made ruffling to trim.
For these patterns, send 20 cents
for each IN coins, your name, adj
6reas, pattern number and size
wanted to Barbara Bell, The Wash
ington Star Post Office Box 80,
Station g, New York 19, N. Y.
Thirty-two pages of inspiration
that's what you'll find in the new
Spring and Summer Fashion Book
Just out. Smart and attractive styles
Tor clever figures. Send copy
now-10 cents.
Evening star., 1945-03-14
The Less the Better
By EveIyn Hayes

After too long being confined to
the monotony Of brown and black
shoes, pretty feet will be pattering
about this spring in bright shades
and precious navy blue. In fact,
colored shoes will be the high spot
OF many . monotone costume. We
have no idea where the coupons
are coming from, but we guess old
Aunt Mathilda and Grandpa will
be talked out Of their No. air.
plane stamp and their more fleet
footed young relatives will cash in.
Once again there are navy blue
shoes to 60 with spring suits and
coats. For the tailored costume,
you'll want . sleek sling pump, per-
haps with smart saddle-stitched
bow on the open toe-this very
pretty in calf. Or you might prefer
Q sling pump with compromise con-
tinental heel and grosgrain plat
form IN new color called Wine
Punch which Is smart with navy
blue, even nicer with spring grays.
In this same shade-a sparkling
wine-which can be twinned to
matching gloves there's q smart
gold = studded open-toed wedge
pump. Women are still divided on
the virtues Of wedges, and some
keep remembering the caustic COM
ments OF their men when the first
clumsy versions Of the wedge ap-
peared years ago. However, those
who have enjoyed both the flattery
Of its foreshortening and its superb
comfort often foreswear anything
else. Anyway, this gold studded
wedgie is honey.
II your lower extremities are
pretty enough to call attention to
them, by all means indulge in
bright red shoes this spring. You'll
find plenty of choice in bright calf
to heighten the effect of spring.
time navy-or whatever other shade
you're betting on. Everybody's IA
vorite - that incompatible fiat
heeled shoe with the stitched
monk-type toe and pancake-f1 fiat
heel has blossomed out this spring
in bright red, green or tan calf as
well as black suede. This is a
shoe that manages to lend distinc-
ton to almost any foot that wears
it-and it's practically a must" If
there's a lot Of walking in your
life. For those who are welded to
high heels (and tailored suits!)
there's q bright red calf d'Orsay
pump (you know-a pump that's
cut down at the sides) with toe and
trim perforated and underlaid with
black. Very good, this one. And
there's a similar style with sling
strap for those whose preference
Evening star., 1945-03-14

runs to rather less than more"
when 1t comes to shoes.
For the semitailored shoe-one
that can 60 to town or to the Office
and then on to dinner-we heartily
indorse the platform pump which
makes its looked-for return appear
ance this spring. Here again-as In
the wedges-there's no more avid
devotee than the woman who's worn
the style before, because she has en-
joyed the double e-barreled virtues
of comfort and flattery, an unbeat-
able combination in shoes. OF
course, the new platforms are all
made Of grosgrain ribbon instead Of
the leather of the good old days, but
they still have an unmistakable
chic. We lost our eye the other
day to an open-toe sling pump
at one Of the shops-navy blue
suede with crochet wheel on
the toe and a deep platform. A
pin-money version of this type Of
shoe comes in perforated navy blue
calf with a dramatic platform that
must measure half an inch! Well
worth any girls coupon-this one
especially since shoes like these
have definite tendency to Grable-
lie a girls gains.
For the strictly glamour side Of
your life, you couldn't choose a
shoe that would do more to raise
your morale or lower his resistance
than little number called Naked
Genius, two words which aptly de-
scribe its charm. Ever one to go
out on a limb 1--WE couldn't mean
that punD-we'd say that this
shoe in the high-heeled version Is
probably the prettiest shoe we've
ever seen. Well, nobody ever said
1--we were restrained! Anyway, 1t
gives the effect of a slender strap
spiraling over the instep up toward
the ankle, leaving one side of the
shoe looking like rank defiance Of the
laws of gravity. So good Is this
number that four out of five models
at New Yorks top designing house
were wearing it and when we asked
the fifth why she wasn't she said,
III WdItIlS 1OT my size 10 come
in!" What it does to any girls
ankle is sheer genius! In bright red
or green reptile or navy calf 1t
would lead any girls coupon astray.
This shoe is the ne plus ultra in
shoes that seem to be designed this
spring on the theory that less shoe
makes more chic. In any event,
straps and sling straps continue to
rule the fashion rooSt.
Evening star., 1945-03-14
FOR TWO-YEAR-OLDS?
requested by Mrs. II. O.,
W1ShinotOn.)

ThHqUHSLHU Uy WTS. n. go
WdShington.)
I wonder if some one could sug-
gest appetizing dishes for 2-year-old
twins? They are poor eaters ana
the only foods they like are meat,
fruit, string beans and bread or
cookies.
Breakfast is especially difficult, as
I find it hard to have a variety.
They refuse to eat cereal at all.
I would appreciate dishes that I
could share also, as I live by myself
with just the two children.
Evening star., 1945-03-14

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 1.
Views expressed in the Clear
ing House are not necessarily
those Of The Star, and as it Is
obviously impossible for us to
test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility
for them.
Betsy Cas,ceH
Evening star., 1945-03-14
Readers Clearing House
you" and take a modest bofD fol
the pat on the bdck!J

you" and take modest boiD for
the pat on the bnck!)
4 i 4 +
PAINT TROUBLE?
requested BY Mrs. M. E. W.
Manassas, Vd.J
Your page really helps thousands
with their problems. Here's mine:
My bedroom floor, which I do not
want covered with linoleurn, will
not keep fresh paint on 1t. It wears
of In months time or less.
have removed the old paint, put
on a yellowish tan undercoat, then
walnut floor paint and presto
they're both worn OF to the bare
floor.
Thanks to every one who con-
tributes an answer!
CHINESE FRIED NOODLES.
requested by Mrs. D. A. B.,
Washington.)
/ wonder II some of the RCH
readers could tell me how to make
Fried Noodles? I mean the kind that
are usually served with Chinese
dishes, Chow Mein, etc. Thanks a
million, your column is one Of the
most interesting parts Of The Star
I think!
DIPPING CHOCOLATE?
REQUESTED by Mrs. J. P. X,
Washington.)
Will some kind fan please tell me
how to make dipping chocolate for
covering Easter eggs, from the bet
ter baking type chocolate? I under
stand either cocoa butter or paraf-
fine may be added to melted choco-
late, but, what are the proper pro-
portions?
REMOVING SCORCH MARK.
(ThdnkS to Mrs. E. Nick, Arlington J
Regarding the recent request for
help in removing scorch mark, I
remember my brother was success
full in removing an ugly scorch
mark from a wool-gabardine suit
with very fine sandpaper, working
in a circular motion and rubbing
gently.
SQUIRREL TROUBLE?
REQUESTED by Mrs. w. w. S.,
WnShington.)
We are having trouble with sQuir-
rels getting into our house. So far
can find no damage done but they
are storing things in a hole some
place in the caves and I am anxious
to get rid of them. Any suggestions?
X X X X
SOUTHERN PECAN PIE.
CHOW MEIN SOUTHERN STYLE.
Thanks to Mrs. E. X, Washington }
Here Is recipe for a Southern
Pecan Pie" and Chinese Chow
Mein"::
Pecan Pie Southern Style: One
cup dark corn sirup, " cup white
sugar, 3 eggs, teaspoon vanilla, Y
teaspoon salt, cup pecans.
Beat eggs slightly, add sugar,
sirup, salt and vanilla. then add
pecans and put In unbaked pie shell
and bake so minutes at 1926 degrees.
The pecans will float to the top
forming crust that will be deli
cate brown if baked slowly.
Chow Mein Southern Style: Two
cups cooked chicken, pork or veal,
2 cups chicken stock or cups, water
with 2 chicken bouillon cubes added,
Evening star., 1945-03-14

l cup chopped celery, 3 tablespoons
chopped green peppers, u cup
chopped onions, teaspoon salt, /
cup bean sprouts, 1 tablespoon dark
molaSses, Il teaspoon Worcester
shire sauce. 2 tablespoons margarine,
2 tablespoons -four.
Melt margarine In large skillet,
add all except -four and cook 20
minutes. Mix flour with little
water and cook more minutes.
Serve with Chinese noodles or
cooked rice.
USES FOR CANNED FISH ROE.
Thanks to Mrs. E. B. H.
Washington.)
To the lady that wants to know
how to use canned fish roe-make a
batter as for fritters. mix in drained
roe and fry in butter or shortening,
delicious Or drain and mix with rice,
an egg, pepper, salt to taste, a dash
Of onion, sprinkling Of chopped
parsley and make in half size of
silver dollar. Roll in crumbs and
fry as crouuettes.
Evening star., 1945-03-14
Dorothy Dix Says

Dear Miss Dix: My husband ha,
paid a Government income tax this
year of over $500. I don't know
how much money he makes. He says
he doesn't know and that it may
turn out that he hasn't made any
thing this year. Does this make
sense?
He pays all of our household bills
and expenses, but all that he has
given me for spending money a year
is little over $1,000. He is SO mean
and stingy that he won't spend
money even on himself. Says he has
to leave the money in his business
to keep 1t going. I have a small sep
arate income of my own which was
Evening star., 1945-03-14
EASTER EGG QUERY?
REQUESTED by Mrs. E. X. H.,
Mount Rainier.

VIII Mrs. j. w. p, who sent recipe
for Easter eggs, write to say If con-
fectioner's sugar can be substituted
for powdered sugar? I will be very
grateful for the information as I
have lots of confectioners sugar on
hand and no use for it. On the other
hand, I have no powdered sugar.
The recipe is timely, and / will
be all set to make the youngsters
happy with those luscious eggs at
Easter!
SONGS WANTED
(Requested by Mrs. E. j. DuT,
Arlington)
It is a little early for Christmas
songs or should I say a little late,
but could some one give me the rest
of this song about Santa Claus
Lane. We heard 1T when we were
small children. 1t goes like this:
"children would you like to 60 up Santa
Claus Lane
Where the Christmas dollies grow up in
Santa Lane?"
Then, there is another little song
some of the older of the Clearing
House readers might know. It's
about "a wee little man in a wee
little house Lives over the way
you see and he sits at his window
and he works all day making shoes
for YOU and me-"
Evening star., 1945-03-14
ADVERTISEMENT.
Your Psychologist
By Dr.. w. II. Young

Are you worried, nervous and
fearful? Do you feel worn, tired
and irritable? If you do, you are
suffering from some form of neu-
rosis. Neurosis means an improper
functioning of the nervous system.
These conditions are due to some
complex influence in the subcon-
scious mind, which in turn affects
the nervous system.
Excellent results follow proper
treatment. It is possible to re-
lieve nervous tension, and the usual
symptoms, such as headche, back
ache, indigestion, sleeplessness, diz-
illness, weakness, tingling sensa-
tions. These symptoms are elimi-
mated in a short time.
If you are nervous you may find
help through psychology. Phone
MA. 1925, DR.. Young will give you
the details.
Evening star., 1945-03-14
LINOLEUM CARE.

L1NOLEUM CARE.
(Th1nkS to Mrs. M. A. p,
Alexandria,
My mother uses hnoleum lacquer
on the inlaid linoleum in her
kitchen. This gives hard finish
to the Hnoleum and she finds it
saves a lot of scrubbing, for inlaid
linoleum does seem to absorb dirt.
Perhaps lacquer would help the
reader who has so much trouble
with light-colored inlaid linoleum.
I remember that one reader sug-
gested this mother have her chill
dren change to slippers when they
came in the house to avoid marking
the floors. I'm wondering if the
harm to the children's feet might
not be worse than marks on the
floor.
The Clearing House is wonderful
especially to the young women SO
far away from mothers advice.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-07-20
1t Rained St.
Swithin's Day

Sunday last was st. Swithin's Day
and according to the old legend il ii
rains on that day we will have rain
for the next forty days. Well, it did
on Sunday. In fact, it was wet pretty
much all day.
St. Swithin, an English monk,
born about 500 A. D., asked to be
buried in a vile and unworthy
place" where his grave would feel
the footsteps of passers-by and the
downpour of rain. He was buried, in
line with his wishes, alongside the
church at Winchester.
About 100 years after St. Swithin' s
death in 862, the monks decided to
move the saints body inside the
church.
AS the ceremonies were started,
so the story goes, rain began to fall
and it didn't stop for forty days.
Later they decided not to move st.
Swithin, after all, and built a chapel
over his tomb.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-07-20
Checks From Federal
Housing Authority

Checks totaling $13,217.63 as
payment in lieu of taxes on the Hol-
ingsworth Manor, Boothe Village
md Singerly Village war housing
projects will be mailed shortly to
.hree taxing bodies in that commun-
.ty, according to word received by
Carl A. Alexander, General Housing
Ianager, iron John A. Kervick, Re-
sional Director of the Federal Pub
ic Housing Authority.
The payments include $S,205.S4 to
Cecil County, $4,124.43 to the town
If Elkton, and $8S7.36 to the State
Of Maryland.
Mr.. Kervick pointed out that pay
mems in lieu of taxes approximate
axes which would be paid upon such
projects if they were not legally ex-
ssmpt from taxation. However, he ex-
planned that the law permits appro-
pirate allowances for expenditures
made by the Federal Government for
streets, utilities or other public SER
5ices for such projects.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-07-20
FITZGERALD
SAWMILL
BURNED

The sawmill of Samuel w. Fitzger-
aid, at Porter's Bridge, was totally
destroyed by fire of unknown origin
at an early hour on Saturday morn
ing. The fire siren sounded at quar-
ter to three O'Clock. Saturday morn
ing, and the Rising SUN firemen were
on the scene within fifteen minutes.
Several hundred feet of hose were
laid to Octoraro creek, and streams
of water played on the piles of lum-
Der and stove food about the mill.
The mill, which was a skeleton struc-
ture, with a metal roof, and all the
machinery were totally destroyed, en-
failing a loss of about $4,000, but
the firemen, by hard work. succeeded
in saving the sawed lumber and stove
wood.
This is the third time fire has de-
stroyed a mill for Mr.. Fitzgerald.
Unusual precautions were always
taken, and an inspection of the pre-
misses made regularly every night, af-
ter the mill had shut down. Some
fishermen returning home between
twelve and one O'Clock Saturday
morning, passed the mill and report
ed no sign of any fire at that hour
1t is possible that the blaze may lave
been of incendiary origin.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-07-20
Kane-Espy

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas H. Kane OF
1894 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, for
merly of Perryville, announce the
marriage of their daughter, Janet
Elizabeth, to Major Bowers w. Espy
which took place on May Is, at the
church of st. Jeannes in Baar-le-D DUO
France. 1t. Kane is a graduate OF
the Ursuline Academy, Wilmington,
and a graduate of Johns Hopkins
Hospital, Baltimore She entered the
Army Nursing Corps in December,
1943, and was assigned to overseas
duty in February, 1914. Major Espy
the eldest son of Mr.. and Mrs. Rid
way B. Espy, Kingston, Pa, is a
graduate of Wyoming Seminary, and
before enlisting in the U. S. Army
Air Forces in 1912, was connected
with Auchincloss Parker & Redpath,
brokers, Wilkes-Barre. Major Espy
has been with the famed Pioneer
Mustang group of the 9th Air Force
since it was activated in 1913.