WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
(Consolidated Features—WNU Service.!
NEW YORK. — Young Ezequiel
Padilla of Mexico prepared for
his country's revolt against Diaz by
a course at the Sorbonne. He was
back home
Mexican Minister jn time for
Dr. Padilla Looms much prac
A. World Citizen
ing and hard riding with Pancho
Villa and other non-academic revo
lutionists. He not only helped bring
his country through, from the feudal
Diaz regime, into the modern world,
but at the Rio conference scored
heavily in tooling the Latin-Ameri
can republics into the world politi
cal orbit of the United Nations.
Padilla is Mexico’s foreign min
ister, in Washington in the Interest
of closer co-operation and better un
derstanding between the two coun
tries.
Meeting the taU, handsome and
engaging Dr. Padilla for the first
time at a recent press luncheon, this
reporter put him down as something
new among political or diplomatic
envoys. This Impression of unique
ness is perhaps due to the fact that
his mind is at once luminous and
poetic, and shrewd, muscular and
combative. He seems to vision a
world in which it will be safe to be
civilized—providing you are also
wary.
Dr. Padilla’s talk was "off the
record," but with his permis
sion we are allowed to report
its main outline. The world can
not and will not be reorganised
on any basis of traditional im
perialism. The alternative is co
operation, on the basis of a just
and ration-allotment of world re
sources. This co-operation, Dr.
Padilla is calmly assured, will
come. It will mean a steadily
rising standard of living, for
all the peoples of the earth, au
tomatically a safeguard against
the glutting of trade channels
and the rise of feverish national
ism which lead to war. There
will be a genuine "culture and
science" of living.
Dr. Padilla grew up in a remote
mountain village in Guerrero, won
a scholarship at the University of
Mexico, and later one which took
him to the Sorbonne. He continued
his studies at Columbia. Returning
to Mexico, as a deputy from his na
tive state, he became secretary of
public education, minister plenipo
tentiary to Hungary and Italy, and
in 1940, minister of foreign affairs.
'T'ALK of national defense in Wash
*■ ington is highly personalized and
is apt to center on this or that
spark-plug of the army or navy,
who touches off action and gets ef
GenialGen. Jarman suUs° Pre
Defuses All Drags clsely in
Of Disorganization big.
genial Maj.
Gen. Sanderford Jarman, command
ing the vitally important eastern
area anti-aircraft artillery. His
showing of achievement both before
and after Pearl Harbor ought to be
a good prescription for insomnia, if
any considerable portion of the pop
ulace is worrying about bombs.
When General Jarman was sent to
Panama in June. 1940, less than one
fifth of the guns there could be fired,
because of the lack of ammunition
and personnel. By November of that
year he had brought the artillery
defense up to 100 per cent efficiency.
When he began the organisa
tion of defense in the Canal Zone
region he was warned that jun
gle workers would suffer dis
astrous mortality from malaria
and that the operations should
be preceded by a survey of
means to combat the scourge.
Be called in the best available
medical advisors, demanded a
workable formula for Immunisa
tion, got one, in a hurry—con
sisting mostly of quinine—and
started building his posts deep
in the jungle, including large
scale housing units for his men.
The general’s whirlwind prog
ress brought him a call to the
States and upped him to the
anti-aircraft command, under
Gen. Hugh A. Drum, command
er of the First army.
He is tireless in exploring the ur
gent requirements of his job and
nothing is ever finished, so far as he
is concerned.
Morale is one of General Jarman’s
specialties and his communications
with his men are entirely colloquial.
He likes to stroll through a mess
hall and ask the boys how they like
the food. If one of them replies
that the chow is getting pretty
schmalsk, or words to that effect,
he listens, investigates, decides and
acts, if need be, or, if he finds that
the soldier is just grousing on gen
eral principles, he tells the soldier
to take wbbt he gets and like it.
It works. The men regard him as
their friend and emulate him as a
self-starter.
Baked Potatoes Do Right by Supper
(See Recipe* Below)
Supper Social
The simple suppers at which a
crowd gathers are pleasant for their
warm friendli
ness, for the cozy
talk which they
inspire. They are
especially easy to
give if you plan
to have each of
your friends bring
a dish for the
supper — a pot
luck, as it were. This will save
each woman the time and effort of
making a whole meal, and then you
will all be together for knitting, sew
ing or defense work on the calendar
for the evening.
An assortment of attractive main
dishes are usually received with en
thusiasm. Try these for enchanting
appetites:
*Russct Half Shells.
(Serves 8)
6 medium-sized Idaho bakers
% cup hot milk
Z tablespoons butter
Salt and pepper to taste
1 large onion, chopped and cooked
in butter until tender
12 small pork sausages
Scrub and bake potatoes at 400 to
150 degrees. Remove piece of skin
from top of potato, or cut large po
tatoes lengthwise in two. Scrape
out inside being careful not to break
the shell. Mash thoroughly, or put
through a potato ricer. Add butter,
salt, pepper, milk and cooked onion.
Beat well. Pile mixture lightly into
shells, top with two small pork
sausages that have been partially
cooked (boiled in a small amount of
water). Return to oven and bake at
350 degrees until sausages are
cooked through and browned.
If you want to provide everything
for your pot-luck supper from in
dividuals except
the main dish,
here is one that
will fill the bill
perfectly. Simple
to put together
and as colorful
as it sounds, the
salmon loaf does
n’t need much watching if you are
busy with other things:
Salmon Loaf.
(Serves 25)
4 cans salmon
1 quart fresh bread crumt s
3 cups diced celery
2 ounces butter
% teaspoon salt
H teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon onion juice ,
1 teaspoon lemon juice
8 eggs
1 quart scalded milk
1 40-ounce package frosted peas
2 quarts medium white sauce
Combine salmon, bread crumbs,
celery, butter, seasonings. Beat up
Lynn Says:
Laundering Tips: With soap
one of our prime, do not waste
items, you will want to make the
most of every scrap of soap you
have. Save the small soap scraps
from the bathrooms and kitchen,
put them in a soap shaker so
you will make use of them in
washing dishes.
To have clean clothes even in
spite of economical soap usage
use your washing machine wise
ly. Use only just so much water
in your machine as the water
line indicates and do not over
load your machine. Six to eight
pounds of dry clothe^ are about
right for the average washing
machine.
Mix the soap thoroughly with
the water before putting in the
clothes. About two inches of soap
suds are necessary to do the job
up right.
Water temperatures play an
important part in laundering. Do
not use very hot water for white
clothes. For colored clothes, wa
ter comfortable to your hand is
best. For synthetic silks, wool
ens, rayons, water should be
lukewarm.
This Week's Menu
Pot-Luck Supper
•Russet Half Shells
Fresh Asparagus
Endive, Grapefruit, Strawberry
Salad
•Raisin Bread
Lemon Pie
•Recipes Given.
eggs, add scalded milk. Add to
salmon mixture. Make one or two
salmon loaves. Bake in a greased
pan placed in hot water at 325 de
grees until loaves are firm. Make a
green pea sauce by cooking frosted
peas for 5 to 8 minutes in boiling
salted water. Combine with white
sauce. Pour over loaf when serv
ing and slice the loaf.
Whisk any of these baked bean
combinations into the oven and you
have a quickie dinner dish if you
have just hurried home from your
defense training courses:
Pork Chops and Baked Beads.
Casserole. (Serves 6)
6 pork chops
1 large can baked beans
1 teaspoon sugar
% cup tomato catsup
Fry pork chops until nicely
browned on both sides. Pour baked
beans over chops, add sugar and
catsup. Bake in a moderate oven
(350 degrees) for 20 minutes.
Nothing^ equals the charm of
home-baked, freshly baked bread
that fills the surroundings with a de
licious fragrance. That’s why I give
you this recipe for old-fashioned:
*Ralsin Bread.
(Makes 2 leaves)
1 package fresh granular yeast
1 cup lukewarm water
% teaspoon sugar
1 cup scalded milk
2 teaspoons salt
K cup brown sugar (solidly packed)
% cup corn syrup
SH to 6 cups (or more) flour
6 tablespoons melted shortening
lti cups seedless raisins
Pour the granular yeast into the
cup of lukewarm water, add the
half teaspoon sugar, stir and let
stand about 5 minutes. Put the
scalded milk, salt, sugar and corn
syrup into mixing bowl. Let cool.
When milk is lukewarm, add the
softened yeast and 3 cups of flour.
Mix well, then beat until smooth.
Next add the melted (not hot) short
ening and enough
(lour to have the
dough cling to
gether in a ball.
Add the raisins
which have been
covered for a few
minutes with very
hot water, then
dried m a cloth, and dusted with
flour. Knead the dough thoroughly,
adding only enough flour to avoid
stickiness. Let dough rise in a cov
ered, greased bowl in a moderately
warm place (82 to 84 degrees) un
til doubled. Fold the dough down
and let rise about Vi hour, then di
vide and shape into two loaves.
Place in greased bread pans and
brush tops with melted shortening.
Let rise until doubled. Bake about
50 minutes in a moderately hot oven
(375 to 380 degrees). If desired,
brush tops with honey just before
taking from the oven.
For an in-the-season, centerpiece
note, besides its economical aspects,
try this: A long, low, shallow bowl
in pottery or glass such as you may
have used for relishes, if large
enough, use a snow-white cauliflow
er banked with parsley, eggplant,
radishes or tomatoes.
If you like candles for the table,
place these in little baking cuts or
ramekins, at either side of the vege
table bowl. ,
A simple setting like this calls for
gay, unadorned china and soft or
bright plaids in tablecloth and nap
kins.
Lynn Chambers curt give you expert
adi ice on your household and food
problems. If rile her at H estern News
paper I nion, 210 South Desplaines
street, Chicago, Illinois. I'leuse enclose
a stamped, self-addressed envelope for
your reply.
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A New Flag Is Unfurled
By that rude bridge that arched the flood.
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled;
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world.
—Emerson "Concord Hymn.”
ON PATRIOT’S day this year a
new flag was unfurled to April’s
breeze. It was highly appropriate
that this should have been done on
April 19. For this banner bears the
symbolic likeness of those embat
tled farmers who, on another April
19 nearly 170 years ago, fired the
opening shots in America’s first fight
for freedom.
They call this new banner the
Minute Man Flag and under it pres
ent-day Americans are fighting an
other battle for freedom—not with
bullets but with bonds. For this is
the flag which the United States
treasury department is making
available for purchase by employ
ers when at least 90 per cent of
their employees are participating in
the payroll savings plan of buying
Victory Bonds. It is also available
to labor unions and other organiza
tions when 90 per cent of their
members are purchasing bonds
through some regular and systemat
ic method.
Along with the flag goes a certifi
cate, also adorned with the picture
of the Minute Man surrounded by
13 stars (for the Thirteen Original
States), and signed by Secretary
Morgenthau, the state administrator
and the state chairman of the de
fense savings organization, to testi
fy to the workers’ patriotic contri
bution to America’s war effort.
The model for the white figure on
the blue field of the new flag is, of
course, the statue of the Minute
Man which stands on the site of the
battle of Concord. Few if any stat
ues on the soil of the United States
are more familiar to the average
American than this one. But how
much does he know about the sculp
tor who designed it and the unusual
circumstances under which it was
made?
The sculptor was Daniel Chester
French, the son of a New Hamp
shire judge who moved to a farm
near Concord when Daniel was 17.
One day while young Daniel was
harvesting turnips he suddenly
yielded to an urge for creative ex
pression. Picking up a large tur
nip, he set to work with his jack
knife and carved from the glisten
ing heart of the turnip the image
of a frog.
Young French next began carving
figures out of wood and when his
father told Mary Alcott, a sister of
Louisa, about the work of his tal
ented son, she gave him some clay
and one of her modeling tools. From
that time on he was determined to
be a sculptor.
In 1871 the town of Concord de
cided that a memorial of some sort
should be erected on the site of the
famous Revolutionary battle there.
The sum of $1,000 was raised for
this purpose and 21-year-old Dan
French was asked to submit a de
sign for the memorial. So he made
a sketch for a statue and took it
to two friends of his father—Ralph
Waldo Emerson and Judge Hoar—
and upon their recommendation it
was immediately accepted.
Then came the job of making the
plaster model—a difficult one for
the inexperienced young sculptor.
But, with the help of his father, he
prepared a mold, dissolved what he
thought was enough plaster, stood
the model on its head and poured
the molten plaster into it. But alas!
There must have been a hole un
der the minute man’s hat for the
plaster ran right through the mold
out on to the floor. So they had to
wait another day until they could
get more plaster.
The first model wasn’t especially
successful, partly due to the fact
that French was working in a poorly
lighted room in a business building
in Boston. But he persisted at his
task and in 1872 the second and
final model was completed. How
ever, three years elapsed before the
statue was cast and unveiled at Con
cord. By that time French had gone
to Italy to study. So he was not
present for the ceremonies held at
the dedication of the statue which
was destined to become one of his
best known works of art!
The unveiling of the statue was
set for April 19, 1875. The “April
breeze” that morning was a bitterly
cold one but more than 5,000 people
were on hand for the event. Presi
dent U. S. Grant and most of the
members of his cabinet had come to
Concord. There were bands ar.d
marching and speech-making. The
speaker of the day was George Wil
liam Curtis and he spoke for two
hours while his auditors shivered.
Later a wag declared that more peo
ple died from exposure to the weath
er that day than were killed at the
battle which they were celebrating!
NATIONAL
AFFAIRS
Reviewed by
CARTER FIELD
ff ar Production Delayed
By Desire for Perfection
. . . Rubber Tire Sub
stitute Possibilities . . .
(Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.)
WASHINGTON. — The desire to
make everything perfect—not to
start until the last bug has been
eliminated and every tool and every
worker is just right—is causing
more delay in our mounting war
production than labor troubles, dis
inclination of capital to take risks,
propaganda, and any four or five
other factors you may choose to add.
That is the considered opinion of
some very high officials in our war
effort. The hardest thing in the
world, apparently, is to get manu
facturers to realize that a plane or
tank or a gun is sometimes useful
even if it does not keep up with the
Joneses.
The army and navy naturally are
the worse sufferers from this. They
always have been, in every emer
gency. It is partly their own fault.
In fairness this criticism does not
now apply to the big producers who
are turning out planes, tanks, guns
and ammunition with a speed and ef
ficiency which has delighted the gov
ernment But It does apply with con
siderable emphasis to those manu
facturers who have been persuaded
by the government to switch from
peace time to war production.
It should be stated that this criti
cism also should exempt the auto
mobile industry, which has changed
over with a speed that has surprised
everyone, including the motor peo
ple.
Machine Tool Jam
However, it applies to far too
many, and the government is
trying various schemes to cor
rect it. One of these is inter
esting because this desire for
perfection has run into a ma
chine tool bottleneck.
Everyone knows that there is a
crying need for every possible ma
chine tool. Who shall get them has
to be decided for a long time now
by the government. The manufac
turer needing them most, from a
war production standpoint, gets a
priority order—or is supposed to get
one.
So Manufacturer A is asked to
change over from his normal prod
uct and take up the manufacture of
machine guns. Immediately he be
gins his plans, and pretty soon he
notifies the proper authorities in
Washington that he will require say
200 machine tools of varying descrip
tions.
Now the truth probably is that he
could manufacture those machine
guns with 75 new machine tools,
using a larger number of machine
tools already on hand for the other
processes. He doesn’t think so.
But enough tools for all of his
kind are not available, and will not
be available, for the simple reason
that if we had ten times as many
as we have we would merely en
large our demands. We want all
we can get, of almost everything in
the war supply line.
So the government is appointing
committees of experts, in each local
ity, to visit such plants and try to
mark down the requirements of
these manufacturers aoout to change
over.
Holland’s Invasion Pointed
To Coming Rubber Shortage
The responsibility for failure to
do something about synthetic rubber
production, when it was urged on the
government by the oil companies,
lies pretty high up in the adminis
tration.
All of which means that cer
tain highly placed officials, in
cluding the President of the
United Stales, are desperately
anxious to find a substitute for
rubber used in making tires, so
as to avoid their being blamed
by the public for the inconven
ience and worse that will be
caused to the American way of
living by the "mistake” of not
having developed synthetic rub
ber shortly after the war as
sumed world proportions.
The plain truth, as historians will
see it, is that this government ought
to have realized the day Holland was
overrun by the Nazis that our rubber
supply from the Far East was in
jeopardy.
We had no way of knowing that
Japan was as strong as she was,
but historians will not be lenient in
appraising the judgment of officials
who were so badly informed.
This is what is clearly realized
NOW in Washington. Hence there
are various moves under way to
prevent the shortage of rubber be
coming so important here that it
may become a major incident, to be
noted by the historians.
If some way can be found to keep
most automobiles rolling in this
country, historians are not going to
criticize the lack of new cars, or
even a shortage of gasoline.
This being the situation, or rather
the view of the situation taken by
those whom the historians would be
inclined to blame, the whole prob
lem is now up to the resourcefulness
of American inventors.
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