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Evening star., 1946-02-15
U.S.May Break Pledge.
To Farmers on Hog
Prices, Anderson Says
BY the Associated Press

DES MONIES, Iowa, Feb. 49,
Urgent need for increased food to
prevent starvation in Europe may
necessitate breaking promises to
farmers on support prices and CELL
ings on some farm products, Secre,
tary of Agriculture Anderson said
today.
In a speech before the National
Farm Institute, Secretary Anderson
said discussions are under way re-
garding changes in the ceilings on
heavy and light hogs.
Now we are faced" Mr.. Ander-
son stated, with a situation in
which we have made promises not
only to support prices and price
ceilings on hogs, but on food to pre-
vent starvation in Europe.
And when, because of new con-
ditions beyond our control, we are
unable to keep all of our promises
and are faced with the alternative
OF breaking one promise or another,
the logical move is to make the
change where it will do the least
harm.
I'VE are going to discuss with hog
producers and farm organizations a
possible change in hog price ceilings
designed to fulfill the Governments
commitment and still provide an in
centive for marketing hogs at lighter
weights.
specifically, what we are dis
cussing is a decrease in the ceiling
on heavy hogs of so cents a hun
oredWeight to be offset by an in
crease in the ceiling on lightweight
hogs OF so cents a hundredweight,
thus providing a premium of a
dollar hundred on light hogs.
This, if put into effect. would
be accomplished by corresponding
increase in the subsidy on light hogs
and corresponding decrease on the
subsidy on heavy hogs"
Mr.. Anderson added that "other
price changes may be necessary to
enable us to deal effectively with
other changes in supply and
demand"
Evening star., 1946-02-15
Man Convicted in Staying
OF Wife in California
BY the Associated Pres,

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15,-John r
Honeycutt, 80, listened impassively
yesterday as jury found him guilty
Of f1rst-degree murder in the mutila-
ton Staying of his estranged wife,
Florence. last November IL.
The jury made no recommenda-
ton for leniency, making death in
the State gas chamber mandatory
If Honeycutt is found sane. The
same jury will hear evidence on
that point today.
The State charged Honeycutt fol-
lowed his bride from San Francisco
TO Los Angeles and when she re-
jected his pleas for reconciliation
forced his way into the home of her
parents and slashed her.
Evening star., 1946-02-15
PeorI Hurbor
Continued From First Page, !,

mented: Then your statement to
the Army board was false?"
This led to sharp exchange
with the committee counsel, Seth
w. Richardson. The attorney con-
tended that, to keep the record
straight. if Mr.. Keefe was charging
the witness withzperjury, that should
be made clear.
Il make no such charge" Mr..
keefe retorted. There is a great
difference between perjury and false
swearing"
There is no difference" Mr. Rich
ardSon insisted.
There Is difference in every
jurisdiction" Mr.. Keefe contended
Perjury is willfully giving false
testimony. False swearing is not
Both are indictable offenses." ("
Chairman Barkley interposed.
Col. Bratton insisted he had told
the truth as he saw it every time he
had testified at Pearl Harbor in
quiry. Later discussions and ex-
animation of documents had re-
freshed his memory regarding
events the week of Pearl Harbor, he
explained.
Mr.. Keefe tried to develop that
the Army board assumed from Col.
Bratton's testimony that Gen. Mar
shall read 13 parts of the japanese
note the night of December and
should have acted on it at once.
Col. Bratton's present recollection
is that ne did not leave the note
with Gen. Marshalls executive off,
Ger or with any one of several other
officers he told the Army board he
thought he delivered it to that
night.
Priority for Philippines.
Col. Bratton told the committee
last night ne was ordered to give de-
livery priority to the Philippines
when he took Gen. Marshall's war
warning to outpost commanders to
the War Department message center
about two hours before the attack on
Pearl Harbor began.
But Col. Bratton did not know
what became of the message after
he took it to the center with Gen
Marshall's order for 1t to be sent by
the quickest safe move. 1t did not
reach Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short
Hawaiian commander, until several
hours after the attack. The order
for priority to the Philippines came
from 1t. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow
head of the war plans division, Col.
Bratton said.
Evening star., 1946-02-15
WedemeYer in Chungking
For Talks With Marshall
BY the Assecio.ed Press

CHUNGKING, Feb. l5.-Lt. Gen.
Albert c. Wedemeyer few into
Chungking today for conferences
with Gen. Marshall, special Amer
ican envoy, and scheduled a return
to Shanghai Monday.
1t was rumored that Gen. Mar
shall might visit Washington briefly
to report to President Truman on
the progress of his mission to China
as Mr.. Truman's special envoy.
If true, Gen. Marshall probably
would leave after concrete measures
are decided on for reorganization
of the Chinese Army. Such meas
ures are being discussed by him
Gen. Chou En-lai, representing the
Communists, and Gen. Chang Chih-
chung for the government.
Evening star., 1946-02-15
Zionists Here Enroll
$40 New Members

j. A. Kamerow, vice president in
charge Of the zionists' membership
drive in Washington, announced
yesterday that $40 new members
have been enrolled in the organiza-
tions present drive.
A new high of 2,013 members has
been reached, Mr.. Kamerow said
but the drive will not end until $500
persons have joined. He said eight
out of every 10 Jews approached for
membership have been enrolled, and
said 80 per cent of the Jews In
America are in favor OF a Jewish
homeland.
Evening star., 1946-02-15
W. S. Tyson Sworn In
As Labor Solicitor

William S. Tyson today was
sworn in as solicitor of the Labor
Department by James E. Dodson,
chief clerk of the department.
Mr.. Tyson, who had served as
acting solicitor since the resignation
last July of Douglas B. Maggs, was
named to the new position by
President Truman several weeks ago
and confirmed by the Senate
Wednesday. He is a native of North
Carolina, was graduated from the
State university and has been with
the Labor Department since 1899.
Evening star., 1946-02-15
Teen Shoppers Sturt Riot

Los ANGELES R).-Four police
riot cars were required to restore
order when several hundred teen
age boys and girls stormed a sale of
blue jean pants at a downtown de-
partment store, overturning tables
and trampling each other In their
eagerness.
One clerk took refuge underneath
a table.
Evening star., 1946-02-15

had received a fantastic" number
of job offers.
In Detroit. last night, Representa-
tive Helen Gahagan Douglas, Demo-
crat, of California told a rally in
behalf of General Motors strikers
that Mr.. Ickes had accepted the
honorary Craftsmanship of the ma
tional committee to aid the strikers
families.
Evening star., 1946-02-15
Australians Revere Cook

Australians generally regard Capt.
James Cook, an English Navy
officer who discovered the Pacific
shores of Australia in ITO. as their
Columbus.
Evening star., 1946-02-15
Former WPB Engineer Dies

ST. LOUIS, Feb. is Up.-Clayton
L. Sonen, 81, former chief engineer
for the Management Consultant
Division of the Seventh Regional
War Production Board, died today
after an operation. Prior to 1910,
he was chief engineer of the Penn
sylvania Utility Co. at Easton, Pa.
Evening star., 1946-02-15
INye House Dance Tonight

A square dance will be held to-
night at the Juanita K. Nye Coun-
Gil House, $50 Eighth street S.W.
Evening star., 1946-02-15

The custom of yelling Moslem
women goes back to pre-Islamic days
when bands of Bedouins roamed
the cities and towns.
Evening star., 1946-11-07

be picked by each individual b
strictly allocated.
Two men do the picking job, one
paddles the canoe, while the other
pulls the rice heads down and
shakes the grain into the bottom Of
the craft. After the grain is gath
cred. it is threshed, parched and
cleaned, and because Of all the labor
involved, it costs lots more than
ordinary rice when 1t finally reaches
the grocers' shelves all done up in
fancy packages.
Directions for preparing wild rice
are always found on the box, but
here is the basic recipe:
Put scant cup Of the grains in
a covered dish, pour over them
cups of boiling water, let stand 20
minutes; repeat the process 3 times,
the last time stirring in teaspoon
Of salt. You can then eat it just as
is with your game, or you can stuff
wild duck or quail with the plump
grains. If you don't want to take
the time to prepare the rice as first
suggested-although 1t Is the best
way-boil cup of the grains In 6
cups water with a teasoon Of salt
for Is minutes. Don't stir 1t. Drain,
and set in colander on the back of
the stove to dry.
Evening star., 1946-11-07
Recipe Roundup

diced carrots, 3 onions, chopped, q
bit Of garlic (optionaD, and quar-
ter cup diced turnips in little but
ter, add them to the joints, and
cook for half an hour or more. Add
a quarter cup lemon juice 10 min
utes before the dish is to be done
Serve with wedges of cornbread or
corn sticks.
A nice, spicy dessert that goes
easy on the sugar supply-that's
always find these sugar-short days.
Try this Molasses Apple Scallop
and see if the family doesn't approve
heartily.
Peel and slice large tart apples.
Place them in casserole that has
ben lightly buttered, and pour over
them a quarter cup of molasses.
Dot them with a tablespoon Of
butter. Cream three more table,
spoons of butter with quarter cup
granulated sugar, and stir into this
half a cup of sifted flour, dash Of
salt, a teaspoon of ground cinnamon,
half teaspoon ginger, and half
a cup toasted cake or cooky crumbs.
Spread all this over the apples.
Bake the apples, covered, In a
moderate oven-about thirty minutes
should do. Take of the lid, and
let brown for fifteen minutes more.
Serve hot with cream or ice cream.
Cucumbers make nice. refreshing
canape, rather unusual, when COM
bined with sardines.
Cut cucumbers in pieces about
Evening star., 1946-11-07
Gated woman that college educated
girls apparently have. Can this be

Gated woman that college e-educated
girls apparently have. Can this be
obtained on q moderate income by
giving her year at . finishing
school and then her decorating
course? Or would finishing school
be costly, or is it possible the art
and decorating course would also
give her that fine, admirable quail
ity?
AS mother, and woman, I have
found in my years Of married happi-
ness perfect harmony in regard to
my husband and home and children.
I made very serious study Of home
management. child rearing, etc. and
as q result I am satisfied as far as
being . wife and mother am sue
cess. However, as q girl in high
school and one Of II children I was,
because Of insufficient encourage
ment and lack Of money, unable to
feel was on par with other girls.
I felt cornered and crushed many
times. 1t was impossible for me to
dress well. and as q result I missed
the fun Of doing things with other
girls. ! grew to womanhood afraid
of other women. They were so ac-
complished in so many ways and
seemed SO free in manner, SO gay
and yet sincere. Even today I want
10 cultivate such a feeling, and still
Isfeel restrained. Above everything
else. I want my daughter to reach
womanhood feeling she can be at
ease with other women. VIII you,
kind, experienced readers, give us
some ideas for our daughter in re-
CARDS to her postgraduate years?
Evening star., 1946-11-07
Readers Clearing House

method is this--If I plant the slips
in the spring ! do not cover them
at all. II they are planted in the
fall, I cover each slip with a fruit
jar. pressing the neck OF the jar
firmly into the earth. and I leave
them there until all danger Of frost
is gone the next spring. 1t is good
plan to remove the jars only in the
middle Of the day for a little while,
SO the slip can become hardened
gradually.
For Mrs. d. L. A., Washington, I
want to congratulate you on your
attitude toward recipes Of various
regions. You will soon become q
famous cook, I feel sure. I am
westener who has lived in Virginia
for 30 years. Here Is one Of my fav-
orite Virginia recipes.
/ Batter Bread: One cup corn meal
(scant, and preferably Yellow, /
teaspoon salt. mix and scald with
III cups of BOILING water. Beat
2 eggs lightly and add 70 cup sweet
milk. Stir / tablespoon butter or
margarine into the hot meal. Add
eggs and milk and stir until smooth.
This makes q thin batter. Add /
full teaspoon baking powder. Stir
thoroughly and pour into hot pan
with about . quarter inch of hot fat
In the bottom and bake in very
hot, preheated oven Until a nice.
brown. Delicious used with either
butter or gravy. Dip 1t out of pan
with a spoon. I use a vessel I can
put on the table. usually square
glass dish. 1t is also delicious baked
In the iron stick or corn shaped
pans.
There Is a book recently published
by the Virginia Federation of Home
Demonstration Clubs called Re
cipes from Old Virginia" You can
get 1t by writing the Dietz Press. Inc.
112 E Cary st., Richmond 10, Viz
ginia- It should be good.
For Mrs. nj. n, Washington: If
you suspect ter1nites, think the
only safe thing to do Is to call ter
mite exterminators. You will find
them In the classified section of the
telephone book.
FOR DAUGHTERS FUTURE2
(Fron Mrs. w. r. D., .Silrer Spring.
Our daughter Is IA and an average
teen-ager. She is In 10th grade,
enjoys school, interested in music
tvoice and piano. and pursues the
usual hobbies of q high school girl.
She is attractive, neat and has a
pleasing personality. Her life 10 un-
folding nicely for her 20 far, but as
parents my husband and wonder
what plan Is best for her on grsdu-
ating from high school. She has
more than a moderate interest In
interior decorating. We think that
a fine and profitable idea. But
here's the question: We don't have
the means of giving her a college
education. We want her to have
the feeling" Of q polished. edu-
Evening star., 1946-11-07

Out in San Francisco they have a
famous oyster dish which they call
"Hangtown Fry The dish was pop
ularized originally in Placerville-
the Hangtown of gold rush days
when eggs were almost worth their
weight in gold dust and the oysters
merely incidental. .
Drain to 10 small oysters-in
California, of course, they use the
little Olympias-roll them In flour,
then in beaten egg, and then in
fine bread crumbs Brown them on
one side in a little butter in hot
pan. Turn them, and add 6 eggs
beaten with little cream, salt and
pepper and a dash of cayenne.
Cook the mixture as you would an
omelet, lifting the cooked portion
to let the ur1cooked run underneath
onto the hot skillet.
When lightly Drowned under
meath, fold, and serve with little
sausages--if any!
Here's a fine substantial dish for
dinner for nippy night-if you can
find an oxtail at the butchers.
"Braised OK Joints" 1t is called, and
It s an old French favorite.
Cut the oxtail into lengths for
Joints, roll these in flour, and brown
slowly in little fat, for about Is
minutes. Add a cup Of water, cup
of canned hot stewed tomatoes, salt,
pepper, celery salt, cloves, bay leaf
and a pinch or so Of thyme. Sim
mer for about hours, or until the
Joints seem tender. Brown cups
Evening star., 1946-11-07
RCH SCRAPBOOK.
REQUESTS?

(From Mrs. w. G. A. Chevy Chase
To young wife with a great deal
to learn about running a house,
cooking and so forth, the RCH is a
God-send. True, none of the poetry
and many Of the recipes do not in
terest me. But then doubtless many
housewives are surprised to learn
how many other housewives have
no idea how to season aluminium,
remove ink spots or chewing gum,
take onion and garlic odors of
fingers, what to do with grainy
honey, hard sugar or rancid grease
These are the household helps" I
watch for, and during the past sew
eral months 1 have made my own
scrapbook of those things which in
terested me, segregating items into
stain Removals" Kitchen Aids"
Recipes" and Child Care" (for our
baby due next spring..
With a veteran husband in uni
versity, we cannot do much for
Christmas this year, but 1t occurred
to me that my scrapbook could solve
our problem, and perhaps help other
wives who have saved clippings. I
purchased some 10 cent packets of
art, or drawing, paper in assorted
colors, a 20-cent bottle of black India
ink and a paint brush. The colored
sheets I cut in half, punched holes
across the narrow end, pasted re-
enforcement on the back to protect
the holes. On each sheet typed
many of the items from my scrap
book, segregating them as had for
myself, each into its proper cate
CORY. The first page Of each sec
ton I decorated with an ink sill
houette; a bottle Of ink and ink spot
for stains, big saucepan for kitchen
aids, stove for recipes and q baby
carriage for child care For any one
saving plant-care information a
flower pot with a bloom would do.
At the end of each section I in
serted a blank sheet for more items
to be added. Then I tied all the
sheets together with cord made by
braiding pieces of yarn together.
The cover is kitchen window
Evening star., 1946-11-07

Instead of report on Washing
ton markets today, I'm going to
change the locale bit. I want to
tell you something about the Food
Editors Conference held in Chicago
last week. One day and one column
will never cover the story, so you
will catch me referring to different
things I saw, heard and ate for
weeks to come!
First, it was magnificent show.
Food editors flocked from Boston,
San Francisco, Toronto, New Or
leans, from hundreds of other
cities-even from Stockholm. Swe-
den. This one. delightful person,
by the way, and thoroughly fasci-
mated with American women's hats
and American husbands.
Our first morning was devoted to
a program on meat; the nutrition
of meat, frozen meats, table-ready
meats, recipe development and
canned meats for babies and juniors.
On this newest item-canned meats
for babies and juniors-extensive
research was begun in January Of
1945. Under the careful guidance
of expert nutritionists, a group of
children ranging in age from 2
months to 81 months received
strained or diced meats in their
diets. The results showed no cases
of gastro-intestinal upsets charge
able to the meats were reported.
One advantage of the deSirability
of meat in the diet of babies is be-
cause of the high-quality proteins,
B-vitamins, minerals and essential
fatty acids 1t supplies.
To skip along-our next session
was on new packaging and labelling
of one of our oldest packaged ce-
reals, from its design way back in
1885 to the present modern 1946 ver-
sion. The revised version is gay to
make your cupboards look attrac-
tive, the right size to fit the average
kitchen cabinet, instructions in print
large enough to read without search
ing around for your specs" and
good descriptive labels. Then on to
movie slides showing how very, very
important color is in meal plan
ming.
We concluded the day with real
old-fashioned Thanksgiving dinner
prepared from quick-frosen foods.
More about that later. It needs
column by itself.
To high light the second day we
Evening star., 1946-11-07
Oil-leSs
Dressings

Salad fixings are plentiful, but the
dressings for them aren't around
much any more. Nothing to do but
make up your own with q little in
genuity and the right seasoning
It's the touch of prepared mustard
makes all the difference your
dressings will be 50 tangy and so
good, you won't even miss the oil!
TOMATO DRESSING FOR A
TOSSED GREEN SALAD.
8 tablespoons tomato paste.
. tablespoons cider vinegar.
II teaspoon salt.
1s teaspoon cayenne pepper.
" teaspoon sugar.
! teaspoon prepared mustard.
/ cup light cream or top milk.
/ Glove garlic, crushed.
Blend all ingredients well In a
screw top jar. Store in ice box. Ap-
proximately IL cups.
SOUR CREAM DRESSING FOR
POTATO SALAD.
cup sour cream.
u teaspoon salt.
1s teaspoon cayenne pepper.
Glove garlic, crushed.
teaspoon prepared mustard.
Blend all ingredients well and
store In icebox until needed. Ap-
proximately l cup.
TANGY DRESSING FOR FRESH
VEGETABLE SALADS.
cup evaporated milk.
u cup cider vinegar.
/ teaspoon salt.
H teaspoon paprika.
2 cloves garlic, crushed.
tablespoon prepared mustard.
Mix all ingredients well and store
in icebox until needed. Approx
mately l cup.
Evening star., 1946-11-07
The Chef Says

There have been several COM
plants and queries from readers
lately why wild rice is so expensive,
and Just what is wild rice anyhow?
1t seems that have mentioned 1t a
number Of times in connection with
wild duck and other game, and In
some parts Of the country it is not
- well known as it is in its native
habitat--Northern Minnesota.
Minnesota has always been hun
ter's paradise, because Of the tre-
mendous abundance of wild fowl
found there. Much of the reason
for this lies in the great fields of
wild rice which offer the birds such
superlative feeding grounds. a.
Wild rice isn't really a rice at all,
scientifically. 1t is the grain Of a
tall aquatic grass that Is native to
America, and was q popular food
with the Indians long before the
white man set foot upon these
shores. The Indians are still the
ones who harvest the wild rice crops
from the blue waters of the many
shallow lakes that pop up all over
Northern Minnesota. Every year
they make pilgrimage to the bor-
ders Of the lakes and set up tempo
rary housekeeping there for the sea-
son. The crops are divided accord
ing to the tribes, and the amount to
Evening star., 1946-11-07
Report to the Housewife

heaven sent when you're full OF am
bition but short on time. The reci-
pes sound wonderful, and, what Is
even better, they are all Kitchen
tested.
4 + 4
Here and There: Cake batter
may be frozen in paper cups set In
cup cake tins. To bake, set the cups
of unthawed batter into cup cake
tins and slide them into the oven.
A thin coating of butter keeps
the cut surfaces of cheese moist. i.
Brown sugar will stay moist II 1t is
kept in a Mason jar and water
soaked piece of cardboard is put in
the jar cap. Orange rind gives
q nice flavor to cherry or rhubarb
pie. :. Cook sweet potatoes In their
Jackets, it's easy to slip OF the skins
and you lose much less. Missing
from much of the meat now selling
over the counter will be the purple
Federal grade stamp which has
offered q guide to the housewife as
to the quality Of her meat purchases.
The reason for its absence is Federal
grading is no longer compulsory
since OPA ceiling prices on meat
were removed. Honey marketing
specialists for the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture recommends
q hot fruit cocktail for cold weather
refreshment. Mix one cup OF
Juice. II cup Of grape Juice
and 2 tablespoons of honey, heat
until just hot enough to drink. :.
Tuck few shiny whole black olives
in the school lunch box as an extra
Olives are rich In potas-
sium, calcium and iron, too. {.
Does your attic harbor old cast0ffs
still containing good leather, fur,
or felt? A new illustrated booklet
giving made over suggestions may be
had for free by writing to the Once
Of Information, United States De-
partment Of Agriculture, Washington
Is, D. G. You might find some
timely Christmas ideas.