Baking Bread for Our Doughboys
Keeping pace u ith the rapid expansion of the army, the Fourth
Corps Area Srhool for Bakers and Cooks, whose parent organiza
tion is at Fort Banning, Ga„ has grown from one school with a
personnel of 16 to eight schools located throughout the fourth
Corps area, and with an especially selected personnel of 212 en
listed men. The function of these schools is to train selected officers
•and enlisted men in the theory and practice of cooking, baking,
nutrition and mess management, as well as the use of equipment.
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Private William Claycomb of
Bltursville, Pa., weighs the, in
gredients for bread.
The next step in bread-making
is to dump a bag of flour into
the mechanical mixer.
Private Sofness of Boston, left,
cuts the mixed dough as it comes
from the mechanical mixer. Pru
role Click of New York operates
the mixer.
Private J. R. Bowers of Henri
etta, Okla., removes the mixed
dough from the trough to the
bench where it will be kneaded.
He seems to like his job.
After the dough has set for 24 hours to rise, it is placed on this
workbench where it is kneaded, weighed ami placed into the pans
for immediate baking.
In the picture above. Private
A. G. Hodges of Galax, Fa.,
(right) pulls the bread from the
baking ovens, while Private Jo
seph Adams of Rochester, N. Y\,
removes the baked bread. Right:
Dumping the hot bread. 1
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The Funny
Man
I By
KARL GRAYSON
j Associated Newspapers.
WNU Features.
LARRY TALBOT seemed interest
ed when I asked him whether
^personality or showmanship
had anything to do with being
a good hockey player.
“That’s an odd question.” he said.
'Tve been in the game a long time,
given interviews to hundreds of re
porters such as you, and never once
has a scribe pulled one like that on
me.”
He laughed. “Personality? Show
manship? Well, now, yes. and on
the other hand, no. Still, when you
speak of showmanship, I can't help
but think of Nate Fuller. Now
there's a case in which the answer
to your question is ‘yes.’ And at
the same time the answer is 'no.'
Sounds kind of crazy to you. Well,
let me tell you about Nate.
“Nate was a winger for the North
erns. Not an especially good wing
er, but good enough to get a berth
with Old Man Peaslee, who owned
the club. But after awhile it began
to look as if getting the berth was
about the end of it. Nate didn't get
into many games There were too
many other wingers on the team
who were better.
“Strange how it turned out. Nate
didn't improve his game a single
degree, but within six months he
was playing in every contest on the
schedule. And he was the North
erns' biggest drawing card!
“How did he do it? Well, you
sec Nate loved hockey, but he
realized he wasn't an excep
' HOCkEY__T
"Nate went bark to Old Man
Peaslee, and Old Man Peaslee
looked at him and shook his head."
tionally good player. No mat
ter how hard he tried, he just
didn't have the co-ordination to
place him in the same category
with the other Northerns’ wing
ers. It occurred to him that
unless he made himself valuable
to Old Man Peaslee in some
other fashion he might get
canned. And if Peaslee canned
him, it would, he realised, be
almost impossible to get signed
up with another club.
"And so Nate proceeded to make
himself indispensable to the North
erns and Old Man Peaslee. The
next time he was allowed in a game,
he deliberately tripped over his own
feet, went sprawling, stood up and
coasted away on one skate, bowing
and smiling to the crowd. It doesn't
sound like much to tell, but If you
had been there in the arena and
seen what appeared like a legiti
mate accident, and watched Nate
Fuller grinning at the crowd, you
would have understood.
"Anyway, that was the beginning.
; Nate seized every opportunity that
! presented itself to attract attention
j by clowning And he didn't have to
. try very hard, because hockey play
' ers don’t have much time for that
| sort of thing
"There was something about the
way Nate pulled his act that ap
pealed to the fans He never failed
to get a laugh and quite frequently
a cheer. Especially when a contest
| was a bit dull and uninteresting was
| the kid appreciated. And it was at
times like those that he went to ex
! tremes.
j "At first Peaslee didn't pay any
■ particular heed. He. like the fans.
had been fooled by Nate and thought
I the kid was just trying to cover his
| own embarrassment. But after
awhile. Peaslee began to see that
the crowds went for Nate, that they
were waiting for him to pull some
thing funny and were ready to
laugh. He began watching the kid,
noticed that at least 50 per cent of
the time the spills were unavoid
able, 50 per cent intended. But
whatever the case, Nate never failed
to come up grinning, and pull some
humorous antic that sent the stands
into roars of laughter and perfunc
tory cheers.
"Peaslee was a hockey player
and didn’t go in much for non
sense. But he was also a busi
ness man and had invested his
money in the Northerns because
he expected profitable returns.
And be saw at once that the pay
ing guests were big for Nate
Fuller. They liked him. It was
a peculiar psychology.
"And so Old Man Peaslee began
putting Nate into more and more
games. Not because be had im
proved his technique, but because
the crowd wanted to see him. Nate
was good, you understand, else
Peaslee never would have tolerated
him, but he wasn’t a top-notcher.
However, what the kid lacked in
ability he made up by rattling the
opposing players with his crazy an
tics. So, in the final analysis, it
was six ol one, half dozen of the
other.
Peaslee never admitted to anyone,
let alone Nate, that he approved of
the kid’s clowning. To do so
wouldn’t have become the reputa
tion he'd built up about himself as
a hard-shelled promoter. But Nate
knew it. knew that his sudden popu
larity and demand was because of
his own originality He was, how
ever. quite satisfied and contented
with the manner in which things
were going. He had made himself
indispensable to the Northerns. He
was being given an opportunity to
play in practically every game on
the schedule.
"And so Nate continued with his
play-acting, never failed to give the
crowd a laugh, never overdid the
thing and frequently introduced
some new attraction to his reper
toire. His grinning countenance and
clowning ways became as much
looked for as the hard, grim visage
of Dick McBride, the Northerns’
right defense and star player.
"The thing might have continued
indefinitely had something not hap
pened one night in Chicago. The
Northerns were playing the East
erns It was an all-important game,
because it meant the championship
of the Middle West A huge crowd
filled the arena, a crowd eager for
excitement and entertainment
' Without hesitation Peasle sent
Nate Fuller out on the Ice. He fig
ured his team was going to collect
an easy victory anyway, and he
knew that the fans were in a mood
to laugh.
“Nate had thought up a new
trick to Inagurate for the occa
sion He went coasting along
beneath the stands, grinning and
bowing and laughing with the
crowd. At a point Just opposite
the mid-ice boxes, he turned
suddenly, spurted out into the
rink, dropped his stick almost to
the ice and completed a neat
somersault. The crowd roared
Its approval. But Nate was only
half way through his program.
He twisted about, started back
and made as if to repeat the
stunt, but instead he dropped the
stick and went sprawling face
down.
“No one knew it, but the spill had
been accidental. Nate had made a
miscalculation, though its signifi
cance was lost on observers. A bel
low of laughter rose from the stands
—and died. Fpr instead of picking
himself up with his usual broad
grin, Nate lay quite still.
“They carried him off the ice and
sent for an ambulance. At a near
by hospital surgeons worked over
his still form for hours. When they
had completed their work they
looked at each other sadly and
shook their heads. There was no
danger of the boy dying, but he’d
never look the same again.
“And Nate didn’t A month later
he walked out of the hospital with
a new face, a face that wasn’t his at
all. It was rather a comic looking
thing, with a peculiar scar running
from the left side of his mouth al
most to his ear. It gave him the ap
pearance of wearing a perpetual
grin.
“Nate went back to Old Man
Peaslee. and Old Man Peaslee
looked at him and shook his head.
However, he gave the boy a chance.
He sent him into the first game he
could—and that was all. At sight of
Nate the crowd roared its delight.
But after awhile they stopped roar
ing, because Nate seemed to be grin
ning at them, leering at them, and
he wouldn’t sfop. Too much of a
good thing was too much. Besides,
Nate wasn’t as funny as he used to
be with his clowning.
“No, Nate went back to the bench.
And he sat there for the rest of the
winter And the next fall he wasn't
re-signed by Peaslee. The fans,
Peaslee explained, didn’t like a
player to appear funny ALL the
time.”
Describe Need for
Hospital Facilities
It is estimated that a 50-mile drive
to a hospital, over good roads, is
a maximum distance for patients
to be carried. It would appear,
therefore, that communities which
are more than that distance from a
well-equipped hospital would do well
to consider building a hospital cen
ter for their own use. It may be
urged, with justice, that if the popu
lation is scattering, it could not sup
port a hospital sufficiently large and
well equipped to give the needed
service. This is true: In a sparsely
settled community not more than
four or flve beds would be required
at any time and the fees from so
small a clientele would not be suf
ficient to maintain the required fa
cilities In such a situation, it is
suggested that a small medical cen
ter be established with perhaps a
half dozen beds, where local doctors
can take care of non-surgical cases
or others requiring hospitalization
but not in need of highly specialized
facilities. Such a center, it is point- i
ed out, can usually make arrange
ments with a large and well
equipped hospital at some distance
for ambulance service whereby
patients can, if needful, be removed
from the medical center to the larg
er hospital.
NEW IDEAS
By RUTH WYETH SPEAKS —
rVERY kind of cotton goods
from dainty chintz to bold
plaid gingham is being used for
bedspreads. Most of these ma
terials are about 36 inches wide
and you will need 11% yards for a
bed 54 inches wide. See diagrams
for cutting dimensions.
Cut the center portions first;
then the 18-inch side sections for
the pillow cover; then the 10-inch
strips for the pillow cover and
spread. This leaves a 26-inch-wide
strip for the side ruffles of the
spread. If you make your own
seam welting, cover cord with bias
strips basted, as at A, and stitched
with the cording foot, as at B.
* • •
NOTE: This bedspread is from BOOK
1 of the series of booklets which Mrs.
Spears has prepared for our readers. This
book also gives step-by-step direcUons
HELP WANTED
Cardinal Construction Company, (ienrrai
Building Contractors, have a contract at
Sioux Ordnance Depot near Sidney, Ne
braaka, where a large number of carpen
ters, laborers, and other skilled mechan
ics will bs employed during the next four
months. Work Is Just getting under
way and workmen are not requested to
■tart coming In on their own accord.
It Is however, suggested that any skilled
building mechanics or laborers desiring
employment write Cardinal Construction
Company, Box 99, Sidney, Nebraska
at once.
If you’re concerned about what
sort of gift to send a friend or rela
tive in one of Uncle Sam’s
branches of the services, your
worries are over. If he smokes a
pipe or rolls-his-own, the answer
is a pound of tobacco. Numerous
surveys made among soldiers,
sailors, marines, and Coast
Guardsmen show that tobacco
ranks first on his gift list. Local
tobacco dealers are featuring
Prince Albert in the pound can
for service men. Prince Albert,
the world’s largest-selling smok
ing tobacco, is a big favorite
among many men in the service.
—Adv.
for making slip covers, dressing table
skirts and 12 different styles of curtains
including a simple rigging for draw cur
tains. To get a copy of Book 1. send your
order to: *
MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS
Bedford Hills New York
Drawer IS
Enclose 10 cents for Book 1.
Name ..
Address ...
Rust Heaves Buildings
As iron pyrite begins to rust on
exposure to air, and this rust oc
cupies 13 times as much space as
the pyrite itself, buildings con
structed on soil containing such
sulphide soon have a “heaving
foundation,” says Collier’s. This
trouble has been experienced by
one large factory in Cleveland,
where the basement floors were
raised as much as 12 inches in the
first 12 years.
Power of Horse
Under normal working condi
tions, the average horse does only
two-thirds as much work as a one
horsepower engine. In cases of
emergency, however, this animal
has produced 21 horsepower, or
more than 30 times as much
energy.
Painting the bottoms, inside and
out, of garbage cans prolongs their
service.
• • •
To “soft eook” eggs properly,
immerse in boiling water. Cover
and let stand on the hot burner or
on the back of the range two min
utes. The egg white will be jelly
like and the yolk soft, making a
digestible and palatable food. .
• * *
Empty fruit jars should be per
fectly dry inside and out before
storing. Mold may grow in a jar
with moisture inside.
• • •
To wash raybns use mild, luke
warm suds, squeezing them
through the material. Don’t rub
or wring the garment. Iron it
slightly damp on the wrong side.
• • •
Chromium plate is a soft metal.
To clean simply wipe with a damp
cloth.
• • •
Copper and brass utensils are
dangerous to use if not kept per
fectly clean. Rub spot with hot
vinegar and salt, lemon rind and
salt, tomato juice, rhubarb juice
or hot sour milk.
• Results count, but so does
cost... Save, when you buy
* Clabber Girl; save by using no
more Clabber Girl than your
b- favorite recipe directs.
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SHE KNOWS
This photo taken in action in Bataan hu. S. Army Signal Corpt m
The War isn't fought in Fox Holes alone
IT’S fought in the mind. It’s fought with a will to
win. It’s fought with a belief in a cause worth
dying for.
That will, that belief, is known as morale.
Our enemies have had years of indoctrination. They
have been conditioned to believe themselves part of
a "new order’’... to which the contribution of their
lives is small but all-important. They believe them
selves cogs in a vast machine.
Our soldiers do not fight that way—because they
do not live that way. Theirs is the belief in the sanc
tity of the individual.
To maintain their morale in the American way, the
USO has devoted all its time and energy since prac
tically the beginning of conscription.
It has done this by staffing and maintaining club
houses near all training camps and in our outlying
possessions from Alaska to the Caribbean.
Today its work is far greater than ever, its need
for funds to carry on more than doubled.
The USO needs your help more than ever before!
High government and military officials—including
General MacArthur—have praised the work done by
the USO and recognized its importance in the war
effort.
But it needs recognition from you—recognition in
the way of dollars and cents. For the six national
agencies which comprise the USO are publicly sup
ported.
Now above all times, to make your dollars count,
g!Y« to the USO!
Send your contribution to your local USO Com
mittee or to National Headquarters, USO, Empire
State Building, New York, N. Y.
Give to the USO