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Evening star., 1949-11-17
| Maid in Admiral S Home
Held in $500 Theft.

A 53-year-old maid in the home
of Rear Admiral Dwight Dickin-
son. jr.. q. s. NJ, retired. at 2212 r
street NV, is free under 81 900
bond, pending grand jury action,
after a Municipal Court hearing
yesterday on charges she stole
more than $500 worth of jewelry
and household effects from the
Admiral and Mrs. Dickinson.
Charged with larceny Is Mrs.
Laura B. Copeland. colored. of
the 1400 block Of Montello ave-
nue. NE. Police said Mrs. Cope
land worked for the Dickinson
family for nine months but left
their employ on October %. Po-
Evening star., 1949-11-17

lice started an investigation, after
Mrs. Dickinson reported q numbe,
Of valuable pieces Of family Jew
elry missing, as well as silverware
and an Oriental rug.
Police said they recovered all
of the missing valuables In Mrs.
Copeland's house and that she
was wearing an $500 diamond ring
belonging to Mrs. Dickinson when
police came to question her. She
admitted the thefts, police said.
Evening star., 1949-11-17
Fire Chiefs Meet Sunday

BALTIMORE, Nov. II R.-
Representatives Of volunteer fire
companies throughout the State
are expected for the Maryland
Fire Chiefs Association meeting
Sunday. Joseph A. Guammatteo
Of Glen Echo. IL association presi-
dent.
Evening star., 1949-11-17
Town OfficiuIs to Meet
In Baltimore Tomorrow
BY the Assoeiuted Press

BALTIMORE. Nov. l7.-Of-
ficials and political leaders Of 81
Maryland towns will be here to-
morrow and Saturday for the an
|nual convention Of the Maryland
League of Municipalities.
George p. Mahoney, former
State racing commissioner and
mentioned as q Democratic candi-
date for Governor in next springs
primary, will address the group at
its banquet tomorrow.
Evening star., 1949-11-17
Community Nutrition
|Up for Discussion in
School Food Session

Community nutrition and child
feeding are among discussions
scheduled for today at a meeting
of about 500 workers In school
hospital and other non-profit feed
ing programs.
The workers are members OF the
School Food Service Association
holding its third annual three-day
conference in the Hotel Statler.
Highlighting the sessions are
discussions of the national school
lunch program, under which lunch
cons are served at reduced cost to
about 1000, 900 students with the
help of Federal and State funds.
Trends to Be Discussed.
A demonstration of grades OF
meat, poultry and eggs is included
In today's program. There also
will be discussions Of Trends in
Food Consumption and Implica-
tions for Child Feeding" Com
munity Nutrition" and Needed
Research in School Lunch"
Meanwhile, Agriculture Secre.
tary Brannan yesterday told the
conference the school lunch pro-
gram is an effective "distributive
mechanism" by which surplus food
can be used to the benefit OF the
national economy as well as the
school children.
Distribution Held Key.
Mr.. Rrannan stressed that the
development of such channels Of
distribution Is the key to the food
problem and that, except for pota-
toes, he does not think this coun-
try produces more food than coulo
be used.
He added he does not believe
the people as taxpayers will allow
vast expenditures year after year
for farm support programs, unless
the produce is used to the greater
benefit of the people. But he urged
the members to consider the need
for farm support and stable prices
in viewing the national problem.
Evening star., 1949-02-13
Readers Clearing House,
WELSH RECIPES,

fFrom Mrs. L. c. p, WashingtonJ
This is to Mrs. r. ]. D. who re-
quested information on Welsh
Cakes. I may be starting some
thing, but her recipe for Welsh
Cakes is closer to being a recipe
for Cornish Cookies, better known
as Cousin Jack Cookies in North
ern Michigan. Welsh Cakes are
lighter and finer in texture than
the Cousin Jack Cookies. The
keeping qualities of both the
cookies and cakes are the same,
store in cooky jars or cans, but
neither will keep tasty over a
period of more than a week. ]
doubt if the family will hold out
any longer anyway.
This recipe for Cousin Jack
Cookies I received from a Cornish
woman years ago. -Four cups all
purpose flour, / cup sugar, 2 tea
spoons baking powder. y teaspoon
salt. u teaspoon nutmeg, 113 cups
lard and butter. half and half or
use all lard or all butter, u
package currants. l egg beaten
l cup (about milk. Mix dry in
Evening star., 1949-02-13
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c. D..
l3,

it. Any sweet roll recipe may be
used and the saffron added, and
may be baked as buns, they are
not called rolls now, or may be
baked in loaves. I will give you
the recipe used by one who used
to sell all the buns she could sup
ply. Three quarts all purpose
-four, 2 cups brown sugar, 2 cups
water. 2 cups milk. 2 cups butter
and lard (half and half), l fresh
yeast cake Il would use 2 or 81,
l box saffron in u cup boiling
water, l tablespoon salt, l table
spoon nutmeg, tablespoon lemon
extract, l package currants, l
package raisins, package citron,
l package lemon peel. Makes S
dozen buns. Bake at 375 degrees.
She gives no method of mixing,
but either the sponge or straight
dough method may be used. !
prefer the straight dough method.
Heat all the liquid with the Short
ening until the shortening is
melted; cool; add the rest of the
ingredients, flour last. Knead
until smooth; let rise until light.
This will take longer than usual
because the mixture is rich. Break
off pieces of dough about the size
of an egg. roll between the palms
to form a ball; place in creased
Evening star., 1949-02-13

| in a 375 degree oven and bake
about 8 minutes or until the bot
tom is brown, turn with a pan
cake turner and bake for another
8 minutes or so until the second
underside is done. In using a
wood or coal kitchen range, the
cakes are baked on the oven floor
I think baking cookies or cakes
on a griddle results from very
old recipes having been baked in
the open ovens used in the very
old homes, especially European
countries, and having to be turned
to bake on both sides. I haven't
tried baking the Welsh Cakes on
a griddle, but if Mrs. r. J. D. will
try the oven. I think she will have
better results. If a griddle is
used, do not grease it, have the
heat low, and turn when brown
on one side, then let it brown on
the other.
Also some one asked one day
about using saffron. That. too,
is used a great deal by our Corn
ish neighbors back home. 1t
gives buns and bread or cake a
delectable flavor and a yellow
color. The saffron is soaked in
a small amount of hot water or
milk and is then squeezed dry and
discarded, only the water or milk
it was soaked in being used. I
believe that some good cooks use
the saffron as well. but I discard
Evening star., 1949-02-13

gradients; rub in shortening with
hands: add beaten egg and milk.
Roll out on Toured board to about
l2-inch thickness; cut with round
cooky cutter; bake on ungreased
cooky sheet till brown, at 375
degrees, about IL or Is minutes.
Or cut in squares or oblongs with
a knife and eliminate re-rolling.
My Welsh Cake recipe is the
result of experimenting by a
French woman who is married to
a Welshman whose aunt made
them by "a bit o this and bit o
that" Four cups all purpose
flour. l cup butter, ~ cups sugar,
2 tablespoons baking powder, y
teaspoon salt, p package currants,
3 eggs, l cup milk, y teaspoon
soda, l tablespoon lemon extract.
Rub -four and butter together un-
til mealy. Add sugar, baking
powder and salt, mix and add cur
rants. Beat eggs until light. add
milk, soda and lemon extract.
Add TO first mixture and stir
until we'll mixed. Sift some flour
onto a board or plate and drop
dough from a tablespoon into
the flour. Roll each cake around
in the -four to completely coat
it. Pick up cake, roll gently
between the palms to form a ball.,
flatten to about 12-inch in thick
ness to form a cake and place on
an ungreased cookie sheet. Place
Evening star., 1949-02-13
CREAM CHEESE PIE?
SAFFRON,

(From Mrs. H. L. p. Arlington.)
Being a newcomer to Washing
ton, was very fortunate in taking
The Evening Star. AS I am a
homemaker, I really do enjoy the
RICH and have recipes clipped
from this page in my favorite
recipe book.
I would like very much to have
a recipe for cream cheese pie.
This is very rich. I have never
made one, but would love to have
the recipe. In answer to Mrs. G.
L. S., Washington, in regard to
Spanish saffron: It is used in soups
yellow rice and chicken vermicelli
soup bean soup. I also use this
in mullins. 1t gives them a very
appealing color. Use very little,
add more to get color you desire.
I use this in a salt shaker and
shake just small amount out at
a time. Saffron contains saffron
paprika, cumin seed. red pepper,
cornstarch and coloring. Hope
that this helps you to some sat
isfaction.
Being from Florida, I am very
familiar with saffron coloring and
Spanish seasoning.
Evening star., 1949-02-13
VIOLET CLUBS?

From Mrs. H. B. La M, CheuerlyJ
I notice from articles in this
column there are quite a few ar
dent African violet amateur grow
ers in and around Washington and
I should like to tell them of local
African violet club which is open
for new members. Their dues are
very nominal and they meet once
month. Any one interested may
contact me through RICH and Sc
cure my phone number.
From Mrs. c. A. X, ArlingtonJ
I wonder if any readers have
leaves to spare from any of the
following violets: Gift orchid, rec
spoon. pink girl. dupont lavender
pink, double Russian, red-headeo
girl, grand lady, ruffies. In return
would be able to offer leaf from
the few varieties have which are
Blue boy, pink beauty, white lady
plum, purple prince and blush
ing maiden.
Evening star., 1949-02-13

pans; let rise until light; bake
for about 20 to Is minutes. 10
baked as loaves, bake l hour.
I agree with the lady who sug-
gested the Readers Clearing
House be used for recipes and
household helps and let the poetry
be omitted.
Evening star., 1949-02-13
Food Parcels

The American Weekly VOL
untary Services is now filling
orders for food parcels to go
abroad as Easter gifts. The
parcels contain 10 pounds
of the most needed items and
cost 81, including postage.
The deadline date for accept
ing orders is February 26.
For further information call
Dupont 1881. or write. or
drop in at headquarters, 1900
Connecticut avenue. Wash
ington 9. D. c.. weekdays be-
tween 10 am. and 2 pm.
Evening star., 1949-02-13
Old Club
Teahouse
(Once George Washington's Club

(Once GEORGE Washington's Club)
GREATER WASHlN6TON'S
FAMOUS FAMILY RESTAURANT
Delicious Steok, Chicken, Hom.
Turkey. Roast Beef. Sea Food Din
ners and Lunches-Never Expensive
A Trip to Woshington's Old Club
Is Must" for Capital Visitors
Open Daily 6 Sunday, II to $50
SIS So. Washington St.. AIexondrio
Receptions Banquets Family Parties
Laura Lee fnDites You"
n a
Evening star., 1949-02-13
FOOD ECONOMY;
CIIMRTNG ROSEo

(From Mrs. r. M. M, Arlinoto1,.)
have been following with
great interest the replies to the
lady who asked for ideas on food
economy, and who said she had
only $40 a week to spend for food.
With three children to feed,
sometimes I have been able to
get by on SIS, but I find that the
following week I spend as much
as $40 more, so that I usually
average little more than $40
weekly. I think that the majority
of home makers are interested in
thrifty meals. and one has only
to look around in the grocery
stores at the shoppers carefully
examining the fruit, vegetables,
etc., to prove this.
One of my thrifty meals is
canned luncheon meat. either
sliced and fried or studded with
cloves, glazed with honey and
backed. Ground meat also is a
very good buy, as it can be
stretched with bread crumbs, etc.,
and cooked in various ways.
I think that many also make
the same mistake of cooking too
great a quantity of food. thinking
that the leftoverS can be worked
into the next days menu. Some
times it works but. as it took me
some time to learn, found that
entirely too much was going into
the garbage can. I now try to
cook only what we can eat at
one meal, with few exceptions
and it has worked out much
better from a standpoint of econ
omy. Experience has proved that
it is better to have too little than
too much.
We have a beautiful climbing
rose, which usually blooms around
May. But last summer some
thing happened to it. 1t was full
of buds, many Of which opened
to a beautiful full bloom. but
after picking the blooms fell and
even some of the unopened buds
faded and dropped. Perhaps some
one who knows about roses ano
their care can advise me as tc
what ! can do to prevent this be-
fore time for it to bloom again.
Evening star., 1949-02-13
PASTRY COVER:
RIPENING AVOCADOS?
NENTEDDTEN

(Fronl Mrs. J. c. T., ArlingtonJ
I want to send my most sin.
cere thanks to all of you who
answered my request for pineap-
pie pie.
Some one recently asked about
washing q pastry canvas. I laun-
der mine after several usings, soak
it first then wash in machine. II
will not impair it in the least.
Can any one give me a simple
solution for ripening avocados in
a day or two or even less? I have
tried several suggestions such as
hulving in flour and also wrap
ping in wet papers and laying in
a slow oven. They don't work
for ME,
And to Mrs. F. J. S.. Annapolis.
7 vas not successful with the moth
hall centcrpiece. Any suggestions?
Does any one remember the pro-
cess of centerpiece made of coal?
Evening star., 1949-02-13
QUERIES?
/Er0111 Mrs. O. II. B.. SiIDer

trIUHt M D. - ~ D.S ottCSf
SPRING.
Can any one tell me how to
care for an oxalis plant? Mine
has grown very leafy and has
hardly any blossoms any more.
Is it safe to transplant it? Is
any special soil necessary?
Has some reader ever used In
dian Head cotton for slip covers?
Was it successful? About how
much material would be needed
for a Lawson sofa and chair?
I have trouble keeping con-
fectioner's sugar from hardening
I've tried keeping it in the bread
box, but that doesn't seem to help.
Any other suggestions would be
appreciated.
Once before I asked for in
structions on cleaning hooked
rugs. but received no reply. May
I ask again?
Evening star., 1949-02-13
RUST STAIN?

From Mrs. J. L. S.. WdrrentonJ
My babies diapers all have rust
stains from the safety pins which
are supposed not to rust under
any circumstances. I use a gauze
type diaper and have tried bleach
ing. which does not touch the
stain. Can anybody offer any sug-
gestions?
enjoy the RICH so much.
Here's hoping some one can help
me with my problem.
Evening star., 1949-12-18

Hartman decided on the special
delivery system.
Today Patty was the perfect
picture of a happy little girl. ly-
ing on her bed surrounded by
four bags of mail. And there have
been many gifts and some money
about $130 all told. Besides
which her daddy said he had been
promised a job at the New York
Shipbuilding Co.
Now Patty has a new idea. She
said she'll fill her scrapbooks with
the Christmas cards and any left
over she'll send to the children S
wards of the city's three hospitals
for unfortunate youngsters.
Evening star., 1949-12-18
Providence Hospital Group
Entertains 500 Children

"Give them all the toys they
can carry" was the order of the
Daughters of Charity of Provi-
dence Hospital at their annual
Christmas party yesterday for 400
underpriviledged children from the
hospitals free clinic.
The colored and white young
sters from one to IL years old re-
sponded with alacrity. leaving the
auditorium of St. Peters Catholic
Church, Second and c streets Sc.
with their arms loaded with gifts.
The gift table, which extended
the full length of the auditorium.
was manned by the sisters of the
st. Vincent De Paul charity order.
When the children entered the
auditorium, the sisters seated them
In the center and instructed their
mothers to sit on one side. Each
received an ice cream cone and
then Santa arrived.
A Nativity tableau was given,
accompanied by a choir from I'm
maculate Conception High School
At its close, the children filed row
by row past the toy table.
Evening star., 1949-12-18
10 Men Get 2O-Year Terms
For Attacking Housewife
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

TACOMA, Wash, Dec. 17.-Ten
young men, convicted Of the mass
rape or attempted rape Of men,
tally-ill housewife, were sentenced
today to maximum terms OF 20
years In the State reformatory.
Nine defendants. most OF whom
are in their early 20s. were con-
victed of attacking Mrs. Marie
Charlton in an all night orgy last
May. Mrs. Charlton died later OF
pneumonia.
The tenth was found guilty of
attempted assault.
Parents burst into tears as the
men rose to hear sentence passed
by Superior Judge Max Church.
Judge Church emphasized State
statutes prohibit deferring or sus-
pending the sentences. The 20
year term is the lowest maximum
term that can be imposed.
Defense attorneys Immediately
filed oral notice of appeal to the
State Supreme Court. The de-
PENDANTS are free on 81 900 bonds.
Minimum terms will be set up
by the State Board of Prison
Terms and Paroles.
Evening star., 1949-12-18
BY the Associated Press

BY the Assoeiotsd Press
CAMDEN, N. j., Dec. IT,
Special delivery had a new signi-
ficance at the Camden Post Office
today. and to 8-year-old Patty
Grover.
For most of the time since she
learned to read the invalid child
had been waiting hopefully-but
without much luck-for the post
man to ring at her door. Now
letters and cards and packages
are arriving In such quantities
that the Post Office had to set up
q special delivery system for her.
The mail is accumulated in a
big box, like those assigned to
large business firms. Once a day
a truck makes the trip from the
Post Office to Patty's home at
921 Howard street to bring her
mail.
1t all started last week when
Mrs. Dorothea Grover, wife of an
unemployed welder. wrote to a
Camden newspaper.
The letter told how her daugh-
ter Patty, bedridden by asthma
most of her life, often waited at
the window hoping the mailman
would bring something for her.
Persons mailing Christmas cards.
Mrs. Grover suggested, might
have one left if it were
sent to Patty it would be q big
thrill.
The letter was published. and
the trickle of mail that followed
swelled quickly tosa food. When
the one-day volume reached A.
500 pieces Supt. of Mails Frank
Evening star., 1949-12-18
d. {. Cabbie Held Up;
Suspect Captured

An armed man held up Dis
trict cab driver last night in
Prince Georges County. robbed
him of SO and the cab, and fired
shot at the stranded hacker.
Less than an hour after the
holdup was reported. Maryland
troopers and Laurel police recov-
cred the automobile and arrested
a man.
Police said they were question
ing the man in the Staying OF
Winston c. Clay. jr.. l8, Berwyn
filling station attendant. on De-
cember 6.
The hacker, Ted Lewis, colored,
of the 1400 block of New Jersey
avenue NV. told police he was
held up on Brightseat road. near
Landover road. After being forced
from the car at gunpoint. Mr.,
Lewis said. the man fired once in
Evening star., 1949-12-18
McCIoy and Wife Escape
As Church Bricks Fall
By fhe Associated Press

COLOGNE, Germany, Dec. II
American High Commissioner
John j. McCloy and his wife es-
capped injury today when bomb
weakened bricks fell into a church
where they were attending a
Christmas program.
One person in the church was
reported injured.
A bowling snowstorm dislodged
the bricks from near the. top OF
st. Kunivertus Church. The
! church was hit hard In the war
One hundred German children
Evening star., 1949-12-18

were singing in the church at the
time of the accident. Their thin
voices hardly could be heard above
the noise of the storm blowing
over the old Rhine City.
Some of the audience left after
the bricks fell. for fear there
might be further danger. Mr..
McCloy and his wife stayed until
the program ended.
Evening star., 1949-12-18

his direction but missed. Wher
the man drove off. the hacker
went to a farmhouse and tele-
phoned police.
Mr.. Lewis said he picked up the
passenger near Twelfth street ano
New York avenue NV. The man
was taken to Hyattsville for ques-
tiOning.
Evening star., 1949-12-18
Duncino Glasses Planned

Glasses in square and folk dane
ing. sponsored by the Employe
Activities Program of the Agri-
culture Department. will begin
shortly after January l at the
YMCA, Eighteenth and G. streets
NV. Registration may be made
Evening star., 1949-12-18

To encourage fur exports, for
eign company in Northern China
has increased fur prices by 80 per
cent and made loans to the fur
trade, Tientsin reports.
Evening star., 1949-12-18

at the. YMCA, Herschel Hadley,
director Of the program. an
nounced,
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Democrats Hit Press
In New Capital Comment
By the Associoted Press

The Democratic National Com
mittee's weekly Capital Com
ment was revived today with a
blast at Republicans, big business
and the press.
The first postelection issue Of
the four pages, addressed to
party members over the country,
declared:
Our primary purpase will be to
give you the inside news on Wash
ington developments that you can
pass on to the Democratic Party
workers who operate under your
leadership" 1t continued:
president Truman's Fair Deal
program is under fire, from Re-
publican obstructionists and short
sighted big business interests. The
old false cries of communism and
socialism are shouted by Repub-
licans who do not want to debate
the Presidents program on its
merits.
False Republican charges, pros
poets of Republican success in OBJ
tructionist efforts. are given top
play by the press. which during
the recent campaign played up the
Republican side and played down
the Democratic side"
Most of the issue was devoted to
discussion of the proposed eco
nomic stability act of 1949. Taft
Hartley Act repeal and housing.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
28 Arrested by French
In Drive on Red Spies
BY the Assoeioted Press

PARIS, Mar. 2.-TWenty-eight
persons have been apprehended
and formal charges have been
placed against eight in the Com
munist spy hunt now taking place
in France, Interior Minister Jules
Moch said today.
Mr.. Moch made the statement,
according to well-informed sources,
before a meeting of the Council
of Ministers presided over by
President Vincent Auriol.
He said the eight had been
accused of espionage. Another 20
Investigations have been made and
some of these are still going on.
Last night security police said
six Communists, two of them
French Army officers, had been
arrested for giving military secrets
to q foreign power.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
By ChorIes J. Yorbrough
stor Stoff correspondeni

ABOARD THE. BATTLESHIP
MISSOURI, Mar. 2.-Troop-laden
transports, which had hovered
under the protection of the At
lantic Fleets big guns and air
cover last night, were to pour
seven waves of Marines and SOL
diers onto Vieques Island today.
One of the prime targets for
the Atlantic Fleet exercises. the
mile-long island off the south
east corner of Puerto Rico was
hammered for more than an hour
yesterday morning by everything
the fleet had, including salvos
from the Missouri's big 16-inchers
The ammunition load included
2,47O rounds, 1000 rockets, $50 air
rockets, SO 1,0O0-pound bombs, sc
50O-pound bombs. Is fire bombs
and 10000 rounds of so caliber
shells.
During the softening-up, the
transports put their troops to-
ward shore in a practice run for
today'S H-hour.
Tragedy was narrowly averted
yesterday in two collisions, one
high in the air between two fight
ers and another on the surface be-
tween the submarine Trumpetfish
and the cargo ship Marquette.
Jet Fighter in Collision.
A jet fighter from the carrier
Franklin D. Roosevelt, piloted by
1t. William C. May of Jackson
vile, landed safely after the acci-
dent with part of the wing
sheared off, while 1t. Robert T.
Hoppe parachuted from his badly
damaged Bearcat fighter and was
picked up from the water by a
helicopter.
The Navy announced no one
was injured in the surface col
liSion.
Todays attack is aimed at an
airfield and strategic hill over
looking the strip. Defending it
will be a 350-man force simulat-
ing a defensive power of 5000
men. The assault will be made by
troops of the 65th Regimental
Combat Team, composed largely
of Puerto Ricans and men from
the End Marine Division under
the overall command of Marine
1t. Gen. Keller G. Rockey.
Dawn yesterday saw the fleet