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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-10

Many housewives have told me that their families seem to lose their appetites during warm wea- ther and asked me to suggest menus that will appeal to the taste and be nutritious as well. I've found that my family prefers soup or light salad for warm weather dinners and they're particularly fcnd of one dessert which l serve often because it's packed full of food value. 1 thought you'd like to have my recipe for this dessert =: called "Noodle Meringue Pudding"
 NOODLE MERlNouE PUDDING
 2ia cups milk
 L cup sugar
 s teaspoon Salt .
 :, ounces fine noodles
 ? eggs. separated
 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
 1S cup tart marmalade or Jam
 4 cup sugar
 Scald milk in top of double boiler. Add + cup sugar, salt, and noodles. Cook over boiling water 20 minutes. Beat egg yolks. Add to noodle mixture while stirring. Cook Z minutes, StlrrlnS conStant- ly. Add vanilla extract and pour into one-quart casserole. Spread with marmalade or jam. Beat egg whites stiff. Gradually add A cup sugar, beating it in to make a meringue. Spread on pudding. Bake in moderate oven (350'F.) 15 minutes. Serve warm or cold. Yield: servings.
 Perhaps using noodles in a pud- ding sounds unusual, but this re- cipe is merely an extension of the rice and bread puddings-favorites in every family .. and served either hot or cold it's really deli cious and high in nutrition value, as well. Try it - I'm sure your family, like mine, will ask for seconds!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-10

When you pay for QUALITY why not get the FINEST-Buy FLOR SHEINT SHOES at Graves.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-10
RADIO LOG
KINY (146O KC) JUNEAU "The Voice of Alaska"

TUESDAY EVENING 500 Vaughn Monroe. 5:30-Totem Talk--Forecasts. , 5:45-World in Music. :00-Dinner News. 6:15--Melody Roundup. 6:30-Fibber and Mollie. TOO You Where There. 15-Standard News Forecasts. 7:30-Jimmy Durante. 8:00-March of Melody. 8:15-Fishing Time-Forecasts. 8:30-Alan Young. 9:00-Suspense. 9;30-Supper Club. Between the Lines. :00-Words with Music. 10:15-Forecasts All programs are subject to change
 without notice. Daytime forecasts on weekdays al 800, 9:30 AM, and 12:00 Noon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-10

IF YOUR MONEY IS NOT EARNING FOUR PER CENT it will pay you to investigate cur offerings in well chosen investments, ALAS kA FINANC CORPORATION Cooper Building, 4th and Main.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-10
Johnny Carro* has switched to Calvert
 because Calvert is lflellOWer.

aof 25 Clark Street, Boston, Mass.
 CALVERT RESERVE Blended Whiskey 1868 Proof-65q6 Grain Neutral Spirits. Calvert Distillers Corp, New York City
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-10
JULY 4TH GENERAL
 COMMITTEE MEETS
 THURSDAY EVENING

The Fourth of July General Committee meeting originally sched- uled for tomorrow night has been postponed until the following night, Thursday, General Chairman Hen drickson announced. The meeting will be held in the City Council Chambers at o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-20
TOP O. THE
Dogwood Week

When the Garden Club Of North Caro-
lima sponsored Dogwood Week last year
It started something we'll worth perpet-
uaiing. Fifteen thousand dogwoods were
: planted. The Old North State is the more
beautiful as a result.
Now Governor Cherry sets aside the
days from January 26 10 February | as
the second Dogwood week and urges the
people generally 10 join the movement for
wider cultivation Of the states official
u Hover. He notes that planning may be
done from the latter part Of this month on
. through February, beginning earlier along
he coast and westward as the season ad-
: RANGES.
Surely there is no finer way for North
'Carolinians TO increase floral beauty 10
The Landscape. No one who has been thrill
ID by the dogwoods ~hereabouts during the
blooming period can have any doubt Of
This.
With great numbers Of this tree with its
beautiful flower added TO the Wilmington
areas wealth Of a%zaleas, camelias, roses.
crepe myrtle and wisteria, the spring and
summer are calculated 10 rival any region
In the country in floral magnificance.
Because Of the large dogwood c%ultiva-
tion h%ereabouts the people do not need
special encouragement TO increase plant
lngs. They will set out dogwood trees this
:. season, as they have long done in the past.
II will be TO the advantage Of the entire
=" state if residents in other sections follow
Wilmingion's example, in acceptance Of
Governor Cherrys appeal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-20

and sometimes absorbing, in a distinctive
style quite his own. Jock London, Frank
Norris and even Marion Crawford are still
good reading.
There is a host Of fine books available
at the public library. in the fiction med
ium, that ought not to be overlooked in
the current rush for the latest errotic nov
ell. There are fine translations Of Hugo
and Tolstoy, and while the Veterans
commended Dumas and Balzac were i'm
moral, what's the matter with The Three
Musketeers and the Lions Skin, or a doz-
en- other novels by each?
No one need go without entertainment
of the finest sort by passing up the five
best-sellers for any works Of the authors
here suggested and others yes, even
back to Fielding = whose names will
sprinq almost unbidden 10 the memory Of
any librarian and bibliophile.
If it is decent fiction we want. let's STOP
buying the new and go back 10 the old.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-20
Federal Payroll Topheavy

When President Truman delivered his
budget message 10 Congress he reported
Z,300,0OO civilian employees on federal pay
rolls. Their estimated salaries amount TO
S6,2OO,O0O, 900 a year.
The total of employees is some million
and one-half less than during the war
lime peak, when $4,000 persons were
drawing government pay. The administra-
ton is understood 10 intend TO reduce the
present number by 100000 by or before
June 80, l948.
If view Of the fact that most of the
wartime controls have been removed and
war bureaus either abandoned completely
or consolidated with others, it is reason
able to ask if a mere 100000 reduction is
the best the government can do in the
next year and one-half. Surely the ma
lions taxpayers ought moi 10 be required
to put out IN unnecessary penny for pay
ing the salary Ct an unneeded' employee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-20
Star Dust
Follow the Leader.

To that mighty and rcsouTcetl
Snowman, P. 7. Bagnum. then
came one day a tramp, impelled b!
some strange quirk in the mind ii
apply for a job, He said that h
would gladly work for a dollar
day. Barnum gave him breakia''
then told him to lay a brick On TIT
corner of Broadway and Am Stree,
another close by the Barnum Nv
scum. a third on the corner Of We
sey Street. and a fourth on n'
sidewalk in front of St. PdlI'
Church; then with a fifth BRICK D
hand to take a rapid march IRON
one to the other. making a clrcL'
exchanging your brick at eVf;
point, and say nothing to ANYONE
At the end of an hour the so'
walk was packed with curious p''
pie watching the ineXplicaolc p'
ceedings, and enough Of the HUM
Der followed the bricklayer al u'
end of each cycle into the MuSs,a
to make his endeavor cm'ne'~
profitable to the great shown,
Not to mention the talk /; cTe','
and the consequent free adVsI'
ing of the Museum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-20
How To Better Novel Output

There is complaint sisong persons who
sill believe iEaf responsibility and moral
deceney Sg worthwhile against The bulk
@current fiction which glamorlzes sin.
The complaint is just. For the most part
the novels Of the day are as nearly por-
nographic as the postal laws permit.
There is one way 10 change this. 1t is
for the reading public, or the segment
thereof that may best be described as
conscientious objectors, 10 stop buying
-%unclean books.
A buyers strike would bring quick
change in the pattern Of contemporary
fiction. Neither authors nor publishers
would continue TO devote time 10 writinu
or invest money in producing books for
which there was no demand.
And if this desirable condition came
about the reading public would not run
short Of fine fiction for many a LONG moon.
Dickens is not out Of print, nor Thackery,
nor Scott, and though they did not possess
The art Of compression in like degree with
some OF our contemporaries. they had rare
talent for storytelling. Then there is our
W Hawthorne who was on a lesser plane
than these but wove many a yarn merit
ing rareading. And why moi add two all
buf-torgoiten stories that deserve pre-
herred space in any library Robinson
Crusoe and The Cloister and the Hearth?
And on The borderline Of fiction. Holmes
Autocrat OF the Breakfast Table?
stevenson, too. wrote fine stories-no
-"ns. TO be sure. but always interesting
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-20

There have been some famous
sister or brother combinations IN
the history of many sports. At the
recent national championships
tournament held at Hollywood,
Fla, two sisters made bridge his
tory: Mrs. Anne Burnstein OF
Miami won the national mixed
pair championship. and her sister,
Mrs. Z. J. Seligman of New York,
was a member of the team Win
ming the national open team-of-
four championship.
Mrs. Sellgman's teammates were
Alvin Roth of New York, John R.
Crawford of Philadelphia and
A. NJ. Barnes of Atlanta. Mrs.
Seligman and her sister hold nu-
merous bridge titles but this is
the first time they have won two
different national events at the
same tournament.
Forced into the high contract
of five hearts On today's hand,
Mrs. Seligman had a choice OF
several lines of play. She ruffed
he second spade but decided
against taking the club finesse. In
stead she took two rounds of
trumps and then cashed two
rounds of diamonds and the ace
of clubs.
Vests pre-emptive bid Of three
spades definitely marked him with
six and possibly seven spades.
West had followed to every trick
so far. Now the question was, did
West hold three diamonds 10 the
queen and a singleton club?
Mrs. Seligman led the small dia-
mond from dummy, knowing that
if West won the trick, he would
be forced to give her the ruff and
a discard. If West did not have the
queen of diamonds, which was the
case, East either would have to
lead another diamond, giving her
a ruff and discard, or lead into
the king-jack Of clubs. This was
a nice job of counting the hand
down and executing a neat end
play to make the contract.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-20
QUOTATIONS

Neglect (of children) is not merely failure
to provide the physical needs. the clothing,
shelter and medical care needed. Failure 10
provide proper supervision, leadership and
guidance within the home is a more serious
form of neglect.-Judge Jacob Panken, New
York Domestic Relations Court.
Natural science has far out stripped social
science We have discovered how to split
the atom, but not how to make sure that it
will be used for the improvement and not the
destruction of mankind. DIR. Sidney B. Fay
Of Harvard u, ex-president American His
torical Society.
Men go to hell not because of the divine will
and the ~redenptive efforts of Christ, but in
spite OF them.-Rev. Robert E. Woods, st.
Patrick's Cathedral, New York.
Crime among women was 14.9 per cent high
er during the first half of 1916 than 1t was
during the first six months Of the last peace
time year, 1941. - FBI Director J. Edgar
Hoover.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-20
PLANT LIFE
THE KINGDOM OF PLANTS

Plants cover the earth with
beauty like a truly magic carpet,
and they r the very foundations
of our lives. We could not live
without them; if it we're not for
the plant kingdom spread over
the whole surface of the earth and
along the surface and the bottom
of the sea, the animal kingdom
would perish.
The whole world depends for its
food upon plants. and the whole
world depends, therefore, upon a
secret that a plant has which no
man knows; for a plant knows
how TO take its food from air and
water. It takes its supplies as 1t
stands there rooted in the soil,
nourishing itself in some mysterl-
Gus way directly from THE atmos-
phere. No man knows exactly how.
1t is not always easy to say
whether some of the tiny creatures
Of today are plants Dr. animals.
Every one of us knows that there
is a great difference between a
chestnut tree and the squirrel upon
one of its branches: but it is not
so easy to distinguish between a
mushroom and a sponge. For a
long time the old ~naturalists
thought that such things as corals
and sponges were plants growing
in the sea. Still more difficult is
it to be sure whether a living
creature with a single cell is a
plant or an animal. There are
creatures, sometimes called slime
molds. which the botanists and
the biologists both claim, and no
one can decide.
1t is not surprising that some
thing of the animal may often be
detected in the plant, and some
thing of the plant in an animal.
Let us take a few examples. The
sundew and the Venus's flytrap
and other "insect-eating plants
nave luI lieu lle tdOlSS Oh dllLllldlS,
they depend in part on insects for
their food, and catch them very
effectively. Many leaves rise and
fall. many flowers open and close
with the growing and waning light
of day, just as many animals grow
sleepy at night and wake up in the
morning.
On the other hand. many ami
mails, like sponges, z~oophytes and
c%orals, exist in a plant-like slug
gishness. Except when they are
very young, they are fixed. Many
of them are much given to branch
ing, often in a very tree-like way.
A number Of sluggish animals
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-20
THE BOOK OF
KNOWLEDGE

resemble plants in accommodating
quantities of stored material the
animal may use when food is
scarce Or keep for norishing its
future children. Not a few animals
have a very plant-like power Of
partially dying down when out
side conditions are unfriendly, ana
some types form resting germs
which last through the winter, as
the seeds of many plants do.
Copyright. 1916 BY The Grolier Society
Inc, brsed upon The Book of knowledge.
Distributed BY The United Feature Syn
dictate, Inc.
Tomorrow: How stories began
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-20
Speaks Out Of Turn

Representative Paul W. Shafer of Michi-
can, using the one minute available TO
all House members al a SESSIONS Start,
accused Dean Acheson and William L.
CLAYTON, underseCretaries Of state, Of
using their offices for personal gain.
Having exhausted his minute for vo0li-
zation, he had the balance OF his charges
embalmed in the Congressional Record
Summed lip, Representative Shafar
claims that Mr.. Clayton, through his
alleged connection with a cotton broker
age firm, pocketed some five and one
half million dollars Of the firms Sl4,-
1887 profit in l946 and is promoting
cotton production abroad TO the harm
Of American cotton planters. There was
much more, all vituperative, but this is
the central point Of his attack.
Of Dean Acheson, the Representative
quoted an article in the magazine New
Leader TO the effect that a law partner
Of the undersecretarY is actively try
ing TO help Poland 10 extract a s500,000,-
600 loan from the American Govern,
ment," on which the commission would
be one million dollars.
The demand is made thai General
Marshall discharge both men when he
assumes the post Of Secretary Of Stale.
General Marshall is scheduled TO be
sworn in today.
We hold nc brief for Mr.. Acheson or
Mr.. Clayton. But we cannot believe thai
Representative Shafter was Justified in
using the House Of Representatives as
a sounding board for his attack.
A better course would have been TO
wait until General Marshall was Installed
and then lay his information before him.
Certainly an executive Of General Mar
shall's probiiY would moi fail 10 investi-
gate Mr.. Shafer's charges.
Mr.. Clayton and Mr.. Acheson have
denied the charges. Mr.. Clayton explains
.Se bas no connection with the cotton
brokerage ifFsm. except as a stockbqldsr
Mr.. Acheson declares he resigned from
ihe law firm six years ago when he en-
tered government service. Now it becomes
their word against Mr.. Shafer' S and they
are as likely 10 be right as the Michiqan
representative.
Mr.. Shafer comes under suspicion Of
venting personal spite or attempting to
discredit President Truman's administra-
lion and embarrassing General Marshall.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-20
The Doctor Says
CHILDREN HAsMn
BY CARELESSNES
BY WILLIAM A.. O'Bpirr

Accidents involving infant.
children result from g ro, ~
and poor houselccp,3o
Of pre- school age OF en- "-a''
ed in their patents s r,s 1V-
accidents. '''IA9ll.
DR.. Lillian NJ. Nyo Of ii.
nesota State Medic9l As s+. 5ls
urges parents to look IN Nv N aao
practices in their 5cno sa.'1
wish to sp-re thcir cljIa(. &q
less INJURY, ae'..
High chairs Should ~,
with care, TO make surc .''a'i
legs are sufficiently far n'' u
the bottom to keep the ca Yy'' a
tipping, Chairs haadca I'm
from one generation 10 f., 0o''
should be fully repaired i'J 1'g.
they are used. 'e'Q9
Before giving her b Nv
the mother should assem6ra' 0al
thing needed for the bail, s.e5'
dressing the infant: 81, o'a 10y
never leave TIC child ugst al a-d
whatever TIE reason. '''
A gate placed at The to,,
stairway may prevent w VI l
fall. Sideboards should be- E 'r,l''
the child's bed until it i 'p 5s o.
lutely certain he can sIeen ,r; @s''
rolling off the bed. "'ul'1
Young children should
sleep in the same be5 with .| 5''e'
because OF the danger ot s,a
cation. While a pillow ada I+'
decorative note to the erik !
unnecessary, and may fall a. " Il
the infants face end s~uffoca,e b% y'
Toys present a special bs,1,rI
for portions of them ma' ''4 "
aspirated into the lungs Cb:,. w.
constructed whistles and no;,,
makers may come apart. and ~,
eyes of some stuffed animals a..
merely long pins which NAV Nv b'
dislodsed. "
The kitchen is the most dan.,,.
GUS room in the home for ya1r,
children. Sharp knives and s5ir'
pans attract the little fellows AMI
for this reason knives shoud bs
kept in closed drawers and m,
handles Of pans should not be Al.
loved TO project from The sn.
in such a way thst children ca,
pull them down., thus spilIng ha
liquids on themselves.
One-fourth of accidents ts1
10 young children result lps
burns, and medicines careless
left lying about are another CON-
mon cause Of illness ard death.
The care of young chidra|
should not be trusted to irrespa|
slble persons of any age, and PAT,
eIts should not leave young chi,
dren unattended in their hOma
while they go out for even few
minutes. The danger of accidmi
is ever present.
QUESTION: Will you please tl
me what to do to relieve en-
strain?
ANSWER: Have your eyes es
amiaed, and if glasses are needed
wear them. If you have an el
disease, it should be treated ES
cessive use of the eyes may Cauj'
eye-strala in normal eyes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-20
Religion
DoyByDay
BY L T. L L
By WILLIAM T.. ELLIS
A FIRST STEP

Our times arc fuller of spiritual
concern than anybody knows. Man
is SO built that he cannot look out
upon present world conditions with
out thinking about God, as ultimate
solution and refuge. And every one
wants to be on the side OF God.
But what to do, practically?
Well, just sbout the first step is to
go to church. That means to line up
with the avoWed friends of God.
seekers after truth, questers after
brotherhood, Worshippers of the In.
finite.
True; the particular church of
ones choice may be as full of de-
fects as a dead tree is of worm
holes. Its preacher may be dull. it's
services uninspiring. But it is
nevertheless a group of men and
women to a better world order, and
they are helped by every recruit.
When enough concerned ard pur-
poseful persons align themselves
with a church, it's influence upon
the community increases. So the
rippies OF good will widen until they
reach the farthest shores Of the
sever seas.
o Christ, who lowest Thy Church.
make hcr pure and wise and con-
secrated In this hour Of human
need. And give us every . .hsr.
IN her HE and ministry. Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-20
Familiar Saying Revised

Two of the big white fathers
a nudist camp became lnVol'sa,
an argument. One lost his TEMP
completely and began scream, u,
at the top of his lungs. Inc W. +.
laid a restraining hand OIL .
shoulder, and counseled, [is ,
Hector.\ Keep your shirt OIL,
Bennett Cert, in Saturday new
of Literature,
Evening star., 1947-04-18

right, left ends, straight and round eenters)
Evening star., 1947-02-24
Mrs. Norma MeDermoff
To Be Buried Tomorrow

Funeral services will be held to-
morrow for Mrs. Norma McDermott
60, resident here for 80 years, who
died Saturday. at her home, 512
Park lane, Bethesda, after two
year illness.
Services will be at 10 am. at the
Hines funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in Ma
tional Memorial Park, Falls Church
Mrs. McDermott, a native OF
Charleston, w. Va, was the wife OF
the late Charles King McDermott
civil engineer, who died Is years ago
She was the daughter of Henry Mac
Farland, major in the Confederate
Army, and of Eleanor Dashiell Mac
F'arland of Princess Anne, Somer-
set County, Md.
She was a member of st. Mar
garet's Episcopal Church, Connecti-
cut avenue and Bancroft place
NV, where she had served in the
Women's Auxiliary and the Rector's
Aid. She also was a member of the
Molly Pitcher Chapter of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs
Julia Haynie and Miss Nell McDer-
mott; a son, Devol McDermott; two
sisters, Misses Julia and Cora Mac
Farland, and grandson, Clinton
Haynie, all of Washington.
Evening star., 1947-02-24
Body Of Harry 1haw
Sent 10 Pittsburgh
BY the Associated Press

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Feb. "a
The body of Harry K. Thaw, rs
multi-millionaire whose turbulent
life came to a peaceful close here
Saturday night, started today tc
Pittsburgh for funeral rites and
burial.
Thaw died of coronary throm-
bosis in the rented home where he
had been living since last Novem-
ber /.
Thaw first gained prominence
when he inherited a fortune es-
timated at $40,000,000 from his
father, 9. railroad magnate, and
reaped notoriety through his mar
riage to Evelyn Nesbit and his sub
sequent shooting of Stanford White
on June Is, 1906.
His stormy romance with Miss
Nesbit, his only wife, was so buried
in the past that she was not even
listed as a survivor. Neither was
Russell K. Thaw, Miss Nesbit's son
whose parentage he contested.
Sidney Werner, Thaw's attorney,
who arrived by plane Saturday night
and made the announcement of his
death, gave only two names as close
survivors. They were Mrs. G. G.
Whitney, sister, of Milton, Mass,
and Lawrence Thaw, nephew, Of
Connecticut. No other address was
given for the nephew.
In Atlantic City, where Miss Mes
bit, now 81, resides, she was quoted
as saying she had long since for
gotten and forgiven" all unpleasant
ness, but would not attend his fu-
neral.
Evening star., 1947-02-24
Mrs. John J. Albright
Dies at Waller Reed

Mrs. Marjorie S. Albright, so, wife
Of Col. John ]. Albright, commando
ing officer of Fort Myer, died Satur-
day night at Walter Reed Hospital
after an illness of several months.
Mrs. Albright was a native OF
Manchester, N. H. She had lived
at Fort Myer since June, l945, when
her husband was appointed COM
manding officer there. Before that
she had lived in washington while
Col Albright was overseas. She
was a member of Fort Myer auxil-
iary of the Arlington Red Cross.
Funeral services will be held at
1890 am. tomorrow at the Fort
Myer Chapel, with Chaplain Gregory
Locke officiating. Burial will be in
Arlington Cemetery. ,.0
In addition to her husband, she
is survived by son, Ensign John
J. Albright, U. S. N; a daughter,
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Belser, New Haven,
Conn, and a sister, Mrs. NJ. o. Rob-
inson, York, Pa.