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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1942)
WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON Consolidated Features—WNU Features. j ■^EW YORK —Elmer Davis once paid $50,000 to see a ball game. It is a story which the new direc tor of the Office of War Informa OWI Chief Can bly won t Show Us How to give out. He Take Bad News js a,n ex* tremely mod est man, it might seem like bragging. We had the story from the former editor of a national magazine of large circulation. In the reminiscent mood of the editor, the tale unfolded as follows: "With a moving picture firm, we offered a prize of $50,000 for the best serial, the winning story later to be screened. We put up half the prhte money and the picture com pany the other half. We whooped it up into a big national excitement, and entries came in from every cor ner of the country. There was some thing over 90,000 of them in all. “The winner seemed to be the entry of a widely known New York novelist and magazine fea ture writer, but there was an other serial that crowded it closely and finally, in a hair line decision, the judges picked the former. We had informed the novelist of her victory, when one of the Judges recalled that she had published a magazine story several years before with a plot somewhat like her con test entry. We looked it up. The similarity was slight, but we de cided It would bar the new offer ing. We telephoned the woman writer that we were reconsider ing our decision. “That left the field open to the runner-up, a piece submitted by one Elmer Davis, a former ace reporter who had left the city room and set up as a free lance writer of fiction and articles. We were eager to car ry the good news to Mr. Davis. Ev erybody who knew him said he was a mighty nice chap and rated good news if anybody did. “At Mr. Davis' little writing office, we were told that Mr. Davis had gone to the ball game. We left word for him to come to our office. “Back in our editorial rotfms, there was a big stir among the judges. Miss Blank, the other finish er, had telephoned that she could remove from her script any remote similarity. She, too, was a writer of the highest integrity, and we Anal ly agreed that she get the prize. “Next morning, Mr. Davis came In. I told him what had happened. You knew he was Jolted, but you had to look close ly to catch the flick of disap pointment in his placid Iloosler eyes. Then he said: 'That was a pretty expensive ball game, wasn’t It?’ "He went back to his office and started kicking out serials like an Indiana hired man in harvest time. I bought them. He came through.” YOUNG Lieut. Delos C. Emmons,; trying to transfer from infantry to aviation, was rejected three times! because he couldn’t hear a watch W'H for V. That Examiner Wasn’t examiner Stickler for Rules w*° said “You could; not hear a watch tick in an airplane, anyway. Forget it." He became just about the most valuable man that the air service ever came near losing and the Battle of Midway Island might not have gone so well for us had the examiner insisted rules be observed. Colonel Emmons holds the tempo rary rank of lieutenant general, as commander of the Hawaiian de partment, and now President Roose velt breaks all precedent by recom- j mending that he be jumped from colonel to major general. At 53, he will be the army’s youngest major general. He has done as much knock-about fly ing as any army man In the air; and is air-conditioned not only in hazardous flying exploits but in strategy and techniques, having taught flying at Harvard university in 1920 and 1921. About a year ago he secretly land ed 21 of the biggest Flying For tresses in Hawaii. He had previous experience in the Islands, having been with the Eighteenth wing com mand in Hawaii in 1934; in 1936 he took command of March Field, Calif. BRITAIN’S old school tie gets hall a column on the cables, in spite ol airplane and battleship competi tion. They plan to scrap it, says Richard Austen Butler, president ol the board of education, as a symbol of class education. Out of Cam bridge, Mr. Butler rapidly advanced In the inter-war years as a member of parliament, undersecretary for foreign affairs. He was born in In dia in 1902. At Cambridge he took honors in the classics and has swung many an impressive Latin quotation into British public life. lufiJlytut GUamlteAA Cool, Ice-Tinkling Drinks Ward Off Summer Fatigue (See Recipes Below.) Sugar-Saving Drinks When the thermometer's perched on the highest rung of the tempera ture ladder, ao you feel your spirits sagging, your energy run ning low? Yes, the warm weath er begins to take its toll just about the time you reel you need pusn and drive most. But, make a come back, quickly and easily with a healthful, fruit-juicy drink served in a tall, colorful frosty glass. An attractively served drink will perk up your spirits more quickly than you can say “Jack Spratt!" Plan to freeze some of those fra grant mint leaves and those few odd berries left over from the shortcake, with water in the ice cube trays for they make a pretty drink. Or, if you like colored ice cubes that prevent your summer beverage from taking on a watery taste, freeze fruit juices diluted with wa ter into ice cubes. You’ll like this. There’s a lot more to be said for cool drinks other than their general nice appearance. Besides providing your system with the vitamin C, in excellent quantity, and A and B in good quantity, the citrus fruits, or anges and lemons, act as alkalizers for the system. This acts as insur ance against fatigue, which is a big thing in warmer weather. Milk and ice cream are perfect ingredients with fruit juices for cool ing drinks. Not only do they contain most of the requisites for a well balanced diet, but they are easy to take and lend themselves in pleas ant combination with other foods. Your biggest problem with sum mer drinks will come in trying to save sugar. But don’t let this stump you, for you can use fruit juices that have natural sugars, honey as a sweet ener, and milk and ice cream. which need very utue or no otner sweetening at all. Try fruit powders, too, using 1 level tablespoon of the fruit powder with 3 teaspoons of honey to 1 glass of water or milk. Fill the glass with shimmering ice chips and you have an excellent thirst quencher in a wink. Fruit juices used with ice cream and honey are kind to the sugar ra tion: •Orange Cooler. (Makes 1% quarts) 2 cups orange juice % cup lemon juice K cup maraschino cherry juice 1 cup ginger ale 2 tablespoons honey Lynn Says: The Score Card: Definite news has reached me on the spice situ ation. so now you homemakers can see exactly what is available in this line. There’s enough to go around freely of: cayenne, red pepper, mustard, chili powder, dill seeds, oregano, paprika, curry, cake spice, mixed pickling spice, cel ery seed, onion and garlic salt and powder, bay leaves, marjor am, cardamom, anise and black pepper Careful use is indicated for these spices: cinnamon, mace, allspice, white pepper, cloves, nutmeg and ginger. Canning rubbers, lids, jars, etc are available in sufficient quanti ty for this season’s produce. An extra ration of sugar for canners will be allowed, amounting to five pounds per person for the year. There’s a possibility that cof fee, tea, and cocoa may come j in for rationing Homemakers are also advised to save and conserve all fats, grease and oil. If you cannot use the fat at home, keep it well preserved in a cool place to prevent its becoming ran cid, then bring to your butcher SUMMER REFRESHMENTS I. •Chocolate Crunch •Orange Cooler II. •Honey Chocolate Nut Cookies •Root Beer Flip •Recipes Given 1 pint vanilla ice cream Z tablespoons sliced maraschino cherries Mix fruit juices and ginger ale; add honey; mix well. Chill thor oughly. Add Ice cream and stir un til blended. Serve in chilled glasses topped with cherry slices. Orange Ginger Ale Punch. (Serves 12 to 15) 1 quart orange ice 2 quarts ginger ale Orange slices Maraschino cherries with stems Sprigs of mint leaves Place orange ice in punch bowl and pour in ginger ale. Garnish with orange slices attractively cut and floated in punch. Add cherries and mint sprigs. Milk drinks make cool, tempting refreshments, and are just the thing for afternoon or evening snacks: Orange Quench. (Serves 1) Ya cup milk Ya cup orange juice 1 teaspoon sugar Combine ingredients and beat un til thoroughly blended. Serve chilled. *Root Beer Flip. (Serves 1) H cup root beer H cup milk 1 serving vanilla ice cream Pour root beer and milk into a tall glass. Add ice cream and serve immediately. Maple Cooler. (Serves 1) 2 tablespoons maple syrup Ya teaspoon vanilla 1 cup milk Few grains salt Combine ingredients and beat one minute. Top with whipped cream, if desired. You will be driving around less these summer evenings for your breath of fresh air, but you will probably spend more time on your back porch, having the neigh bors drop in and serving them sim ple drinks and a few sugar-saving cookies for the m between-meal snack. You’ll enjoy both of these recipes: ♦Honey Chocolate Nut Cookies. % cup butter 2 squares unsweetened chocolate 2 eggs, well beaten H cup honey cup sugar teaspoon salt % cup sifted flour H cup chopped nuts Melt butter and chocolate over hot water and stir until blended. Com bine eggs, sugar, honey and salt in bowl. Add flour which has been sift ed once before measuring. Mix thor oughly, add chocolate mixture and beat until smooth. Add nuts. Drop from spoonfuls on greased baking sheet, and bake in a slow (300-de gree) oven 15 minutes Remove from sheet immediately. The cook ies taste better when mellowed, so pack in a tight container between layers of waxed paper. ♦Chocolate Crunch. H pound semi-sweet or sweet milk chocolate 1 cup oven-popped rice cereal Melt chocolate over hot water. Add cereal and stir until blended Pack into a pan lined with waxed paper Allow to set until chocolate hardens, then cut into squares. Send your summer refreshment queries to Win Lynn Chambers, West ern Sen spaper I'nion, 210 South Des plumes Street, Chicago, enclosing a stamped, self addressed envelope for your reply. Released b> Western Newspaper Union. NATIONAL AFFAIRS Reviewed by CARTER FIELD Absolute Defeat of Nazis and Japs Deemed Necessary . . . Sub Menace Will Be Over come, Say Observers... Bell Syndicate—WNU Features. __ WASHINGTON.—Despite the fe verish speed with which the ship yards, old and new, of the United Nations are turning out ships, the cold fact remains that for every ton of new shipping put into the water considerably more than two tons of old shipping are destroyed by sub marines. At a recent conference in Washington an air enthusiast wanted to know why we could not transport men and supplies to Europe by air. The answer is that every bomber which is ' flown over now is loaded to ca pacity, with passengers, mail and such cargo as can be taken. But that is only a drop in the bucket, though it looms large in figures. It takes hundreds of big bombers to carry as much cargo as one medium-sized freighter. So our experts, and the British, working with them on this problem of how to supply a second front, as well as how to increase the flow of supplies to Russia, are not figuring on doing it by planes. Planes will continue to be flown chiefly where they are needed for war purposes. What they carry will always be in cidental. Expediting Ship Movements Everything possible has been done in the way of expediting ship move ments. Wooden ships which will use old fashioned sail power are being built, particularly in South America. Men are being trained to man the new ships. But still the goods pile up, wait ing for shipment. Shipping is still the bottleneck. Actually the goods are moving in extraordinary vol ume. Many heartening reports at test that. Now the shipbuilding figures are definitely known. The ship-sinking figures are not officially made pub lic. At the same time it is admit ted that the sinkings exceed the launchings by the prodigious ratio stated. From this combination of facts ob servers here believe positively that some new method or weapon has been worked out on which the offi cials are counting to overcome the submarine menace. • • • The Expressed Attitude Toward The Nazis, Japs and Facists The war news continues to be mixed—a welcome change because there was a mighty long time when nearly all of it was bad. But there is one thought which needs only to be suggested to be encouraging. This is a thought, incidentally, which comes from diplomats here, highly astute gentlemen whose needs sel dom run away with their hearts. The suggestion which this writer heard in a group of diplomats the other day is this: “What do you imagine the Germans, the Japanese and the Italians are thinking about, as they face the future?” Naturally, a German, or a Jap, or an Italian might retort: “What do you imagine the Americans, and the British and the Chinese are thinking about as THEY face the future?” Well, we cannot speak for the oth ers, but it is pretty well known what the Americans are thinking when they assume a prophetic role. There is not a doubt anywhere in this land, that sooner or later we are going to win this war. On the contrary President Roosevelt has found it necessary to caution against too much op timism. une can nna many differences ox opinion as to what should be done to avoid a repetition of the World war, but no difference at all as to the conditions which must exist when fighting stops. Those condi tions are that Germany, Japan and Italy must be thoroughly beaten. There are a few, perhaps, who think it will not be necessary to make the beating of Italy so very thorough, but there is no division of opinion about Germany and Japan. The Nipponese, most Americans seem to think, must be forced to disgorge not only their conquests in this war, but those of previous wars and aggrandisements. What do we imagine the Germans and Japs are thinking? (We needn't worry about the Ital ians. We KNOW they wish the war was over, and know in their hearts that a defeat for Germany probably would be better for them than a vic tory for their present masters.) But most of the Germans know a great deal more than the Nazi radio | tells them. Even more bitterly, they know \ something about their own casualty I lists—not as to the actual figures, save a very few of them, but they ; do know that the totals must be ter rific because they know so many persons whose husbands, brothers, j sons and fathers have been killed. rPATTERNS ) SEWONG COIRCLE ~ Button-Closing. f T IS a smash success—this quick “button upper” presented in to day’s easy-to-sew pattern. It is cut in just two pieces—then darts are put in for flattering fit through an easy flare—and it buttons to gether, across the shoulders and down the side! It is no trouble to Out, no trouble to fit and no trouble to sew! Kimono sleeves make it cool for hottest days. A FOURSOME of twosomes— puppy dogs, lovebirds, blue birds and hen and rooster—are for use as small flower holders. Prod ucts of your workshop, they are as fascinating to make as they are decorative when finished. It'a all a matter of tracing the outlines for this octet from pattern Z9481, 15 cents, to thin lumber, cutting out with jig, coping or keyhole saw, assembling and painting. You'll like the fruits of your labors—clever holders for cacti, succulents and other small plants. Send your order to: AUNT MARTHA Box 166-W Kansas City, Mo. Enclose 15 cents for each pattern desired. Pattern No. Name. Address. Pattern No. 8171 is in sizes 14 to 20; 40, 42, 44. Size 16 takes 3>/4 yards 39-inch material. High-Waisted. TPHE high waisted style in chil dren’s dresses is never failing in its appeal! Here is the high waistline in a pert, cheerful dress for little girls—matched with an adorable sun bonnet and practical panties! You’ll use this pattern again and again for your own little girls’ frocks—and then your neighbors will borrow it for their children! 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