__WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Crack Down on G. I.s in Europe;
UNRRA Aid Falls Shortof Needs;
U.S. Sets Foreign Loan Terms
by Western Newspaper Union,
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Pointing up Herbert Hoover’s statement that 30 million European
«A>t!drrn are in need of extra food, these Italian youngsters beg pho
tographer for bread. Boy at left tries to sell peanuts to obtain money
for purchasing cereals.
ARMY:
Tighten Discipline
With the low state of discipline
leading to loss of respect for Amer
ican authority by the enemy and
Injury to our reputation among the
Allies. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney.
U. S. commander in Europe, or
dered all unit commanders to jack
up on personnel.
Citing the rapid demobilization
and dissolution of tried battle
groups, McNarney declared that
makeshift units possess none of the
pride of the veteran outfits and of
ficers do not have the same tradi
tional attachment to their men as
they would have for those regularly
under them.
McNarney listed six Indications of
a deterioration of army discipline in
Europe, including participation in
black markets and drunkenness;
high absence without leave; the im
posing automobile accident rate;
excessive venereal disease infec
tion; lack of smartness in appear
ance and conscientious observance
of military courtesy, and complain
ing attitudes toward top authority.
OVERSEAS RELIEF:
UNRRA Aid
Set up to provide relief for war
stricken areas, the United Nations
Relief and Rehabilitation admin
istration furnished 4 million tons of
Famine
Committee Foster
supplies costing al
most 700 million dol
lars up to Decem
ber 31. 1045, but
help extended con
stitutes only a drop
in the bucket com
pared to over-all re
quirements.
President Tru
man’s release of a
report of UNRRA’s
activities came as
the combined U. S.,
British and Canadian food board al
lotted the international agency 460.
000 tons of cereals from its grain
pool. While UNRRA Director La
Guardia had asked for 700,000 tons,
Allied food experts were unable to
grant his requests in view of the
needs of other people not fed by his
organization.
With the U. S, and Britain pro
viding the bulk of the funds,
UNRRA's distributions to Decem
ber 31, 1945, included:
Country Tons Value, dollars
Greece .J,738.667 206,107,000
Yugoslavia . 978,223 190.057.000
Czechoslovakia ... 408.427 87,575,000
Poland . 348.219 113.212.000
China . 197,112 23,237.000
Italy . 134.017 24.129 000
Albania. 67.175 13,000.000
Ukrainian SSR... 44.136 10-434.000
Byelorussian S.S.R. 22.226 4.08 7,000
Dodecanese Islands 1.588 123.000
Others . 20,467 8,992.000
Totals .3,959,257 681,553,000
Concern over the feeding of the
world’s hunger hit areas was
heightened by a U. S. weather bu
reau report that rain was sorely
needed in some sections of the
great plains wheat growing states
if the department of agriculture's
forecasts of another bumper crop
were to materialize.
U. S. CREDIT:
Name Conditions
While the U. S. was determined to
demand free trade in eastern Eu
rope as a condition for granting
Russia a one-billion dollar loan, a
90 million dollar advance was
made to Soviet-dominated Poland
on the stipulation that free and
unhampered elections would be held
to name a representative democrat
ic government for the country.
Of the 90 million dollar loan to
Poland. 40 million will be used for
the purchase of American coal cars
and locomotives to facilitate the
movement of fuel to western Eu
rope and the Balkans, the U. S.
state department disclosed. The re
mainder of the credit will be applied
against Poland’s acquisition of sur
plus property in Europe.
Besides requiring the conduct of
free elections, the U. S. obtained
Poland's agreement not to discrim
inate against American nationals
and trade and to properly compen
sate U. S. citizens and corporations
whose property has been taken over
or nationalized.
U. S. demands on Russia for free
trade in eastern Europe in exchange
for a one billion dollar loan followed
the Soviets' quick postwar maneu
vering to bring the region under
their economic domination.
Under a five-year pact with Hun
gary, joint Russo-Hungarian navi
gation, oil, aviation, bauxite and
aluminum companies were set up,
while a similar deal with Romania
resulted in formation of Russo-Ro
manian bank, oil, navigation and
aviation enterprises. In some in
stances, the Soviets’ equities con
sist of concessions or Axis property
claimed as reparations.
Short term barter agreements
also were negotiated with Poland,
Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Fin
land, Bulgaria, Romania and Hun
gary, involving substantial amounts
of raw and finished material.
Ripping into the Soviets’ eastern
European deals, the U. S. has pro
tested on the grounds that no per
manent peace treaties have yet
been drawn as a basis of negotia
tions; the major allies pledged
themselves to work together for re
building ex-enemy countries, and
composition of Joint companies can
be implemented to exclude other na
tions from participating in econom
ic enterprises.
ITALY:
Fascist Underground
Theft of the remains of Benito
Mussolini from a potter’s field near
Milan pointed up the undercover ac
tivities of fascist forces in Italy. Bit
ter foes of the communist-socialist
bloc, II Duce’s followers have been
working quietly in the immediate
postwar period, seeking to capital
ize on complaints of cumbersome
democratic processes and foster
sentiment for renewed authoritarian
rule.
When Mussolini's body was dug
up from an unmarked grave and
carried off, with a boot with part
of a rotted leg left to lie behind, a
note extolling II Duce and signed
“Democratic Fascist party’’ was
placed near the burial plot. In lyr
ical style the note read: “The time
will come in which Benito Mussolini
in his coffin, kissed by our sun, will
parade through the streets of Italy
and all the roses of the world and
all the tears of our women will not
be enough to give extreme greet
ings of the country to this great
son.”
According to some estimates, no
less than 200,000 Italians are said
to be members of the secret S.A.M.
(Squadre d’Azione Mussolini) or
ganization, which has been most
active in the northern section of the
country. Consisting of personnel of
former fascist military units, the
S.A.M. work in units of from 25 to
50 persons, with instructions to
check political activity and infil
trate into parties and foment dis
cord.
EX-CONVICTS:
Thirty-nine states are now par
ticipating in a nation-wide system
designed to aid rehabilitation of the
paroled convict who wants to "start
life over” in a new environment,
the council of state governments re
ports.
The campact was designed not
only to aid rehabilitation of those
with criminal records but also tc
stop “commuting criminals from
taking advantage of the devices
affording protection by state line*.
Gas Revenues Increase
Ten states collected more
than 25 million dollars each
from gasoline tax revenues in
1945 when total receipts from
such levies reached 849.6 mil
lion dollars — an Increase of
13 per cent over 1944 collections
which totaled 747.4 million dol
lars. Of the 10 states that lead
In collections, Florida with its
levy of six cents a gallon had
the highest tax rate.
RYE:
Futures Soar
With May rye hovering at the
$2.63 a bushel mark and daily fu
ture transactions running far above
prewar levels, the Chicago Board
of Trade was scheduled to under
take its second investigation of
dealings in the commodity to ascer
tain if any operator or group pos
sessed a corner.
Having failed to uncover a “cor
ner” after a probe several months
ago, the board renewed its investi
gation by ordering all members to
report accounts with open posi
tions.
Because May rye carries no ceil
ing, observers said that the* high
prices the grain commands reflect
supply and demand. Against the
$2.63 a bushel figure in the open
market, the new crop was selling
around the $1.48 a bushel ceiling.
RAIL WRECK:
Bin Toll
In the worst train wreck since
1944, when two sections of the
Southern Pacific collided near
Great Salt Lake, Utah, and 48 per
sons were killed, the Burlington’s
Exposition Flyer plowed into the
rear of the stalled Advance Flyer
in Naperville, 111., to take a toll of
approximately 48 dead.
Running on the same track three
minutes apart, the two crack trains
crashed when the Advance Flyer
pulled up to a stop for its crew to
investigate a flash of flame from
beneath one of the coaches. Though
an automatic caution signal went on
7,784 feet to the east and a danger
signal beamed 1,100 feet from the
stalled train, the engineer of the
Exposition Flyer was unable to
brake his charging Diesel in time
to avoid the crash.
Though Engineer W. W. Blaine,
68, of Galesburg, 111., himself suf
fered only a face cut, many pas
sengers were killed when his big
locomotive ripped into the last steel
coach on the Advance Flyer and
the impact buckled the diner ahead
of it and overturned two other cars.
In all, six coaches were upset or
derailed and lay strewn over the
Iwisted track like toys. In addi
ction to the 48 killed, over 100 were
injured.
DIPLOMACY:
Four-Power Meet
Settlement of the ticklish Yugo
slav claims to Italian Trieste
loomed as the foreign ministers of
the U. S., Britain, Russia and
France met in Paris in an attempt
to iron out complex political and eco
nomic questions holding up the
formulation of peace treaties for for
mer Axis satellites.
As Byrnes, Bevin, Molotov and
Bidault met to speed up the con
Bevin, Byrnes and Molotov,
elusion of terms, their deputy
foreign ministers who had found
ered over a majority of the issues
happily advanced a solution to the
Trieste problem: Agreeing to set
tle territorial claims on the basis
of residential nationalities, the dep
uties recommended Italy's reten
tion of Italian-populated Trieste and
surrender to Yugoslavia of Yugo
slavian-settled land nearby the vi
tal port.
Disposition of Trieste was only
one of the knotty 'problems facing
the Big Four in drawing terms for
Italy. One of the principal bones
of contention centered in Russia’s
demands for trusteeships over
Italy’s North African colonies situ
ated along Britain's Mediterranean
lifeline to the Far East. With Brit
ain resisting the Reds' claims out
of an unwillingness to establish the
Soviets in a strategic position along
the imperial lifeline, the U. S. ad
vanced a compromise under which
the colonies would be placed under
a United Nations’ trusteeship.
CIGARETTES:
Hike Prices
In granting increases in the price
of cigarettes, OPA declared that ris
ing manufacturing costs necessi
tated the boosts to assure producers
of earnings equal to prewar levels.
While manufacturers were al
lowed a 25 cent raise per 1,000
cigarettes, retailers were permitted
to hike the prices a half cent a pack
on multiple sales of two, four, six,
etc., packs and five cents on a
carton of 10 packs. Where sale
of cigarettes through vending ma
chines is permissible, an increase
of one cent a pack was granted.
Allowed primarily on sales of mul
tiple packs offered at cut-rates, the
price increases were not extended
to single packs.
BANKING:
For the first calendar year in
history, no American bank failed
during 1945.
Records of the Federal Deposit In
surance corporation for the past
year reveal that no bank depositor
in the United States experienced a
loss from a bank failure. The num
ber of bank failures is always small
during a period when bank assets
are increasing rapidly and the na
tional income is high, according to
the FDIC, but 1945’s record was
unique.
HOUSEHOLD
MZMOS...
Lemon Chiffon Sponge Cake—Fairy-Like Dessert
(See Recipe Below)
Dessert Tips
The one department in which we
always welcome new ideas is in the
dessert line, inis
season it is no
different, and
even more excit
ing.
First of all,
whipping cream
i has returned to
the market, and we’re having great
fun using it. Bananas are seen at
the markets more frequently, and of
course, strawberries are just com
ing in season plentifully.
Because of the warmer weather,
all of us are on the lookout for those
cool, cool desserts that just seem to
slip down our throats, leaving only
their delicate flavor to tease the ap
petite. My advice to you is serve
light meals, well balanced, to be
sure, and then top them off with
a grand, brand-new dessert!
This first suggestion is tart but
smooth and pretty enough for com
pany. If you don’t make the cake
yourself, buy one ready-made to
save time, sugar and energy.
Lemon Chiffon Sponge Cake.
(Serves 8)
1 envelope plain, unflavored gelatin
% cup cold milk
3 egg yolks
1 cup sugar
% teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
H cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon lemon rind
3 egg whites
1 sponge cake
H cup chopped nutmeats
V4 cup canned, sweet cherries
Soften gelatine in cold milk. Com
bine slightly beaten egg yolks, sug
ar and salt. Scald 1 cup milk in
double boiler and add very slowly
to the egg mixture. Return to the
top of the double boiler and cook
until of custard consistency. Re
move rrom neat,
add softened gel
atine and stir un- .
til dissolved. Cool. '
add lemon juice
and rind. Fold in
stiffly beaten egg
whites. Scoop out
center of sponge I
cake and dll hole
at bottom with |
extra pieces of'
cake taken from
sides. Line inside
of cake with nuts. Pour in lemon
mixture and chill until firm. Gar
nish dessert with halved and pitted
cherries and sprigs of mint if de
sired.
Caramel Cream Parfalt.
(Serves 6)
44 teaspoon tinflavored gelatine
1*4 teaspoons cold water
44 cup extra-sweet, light corn syrup
Lynn Says:
Serve a Salad: There’s no bet
ter way to get fresh vegetables
into the diet than via the salad
route. Here are combinations
which you will like:
Salad greens with one or more
of the following: avocado slices,
raw carrot or turnip strips, raw
cauliflower flowerets, slivered
celery, diced or sliced raw cu
cumber, raw tomatoes, green
pepper rings, minced onions.
Serve vegetable salads with a
dressing made of oil. herbs, and
a bit of crumbled blue cheese.
One or more of the following
cooked vegetables makes a
pretty salad plate: peas, lima
beans, kidney beans, sliced
beets, asparagus tips, canned,
mixed vegetables, cauliflower or
brussels sprouts.
Vary your salad greens often
to avoid monotony. Here are a
list of greens: young raw spin
ach, cabbage, Chinese or cel
ery cabbage, dandelion greens,
chicory or endive, watercress
and leaf lettuce.
Lynn Chambers’ Menus
Cubed Steak
Hashed Brown Potatoes
Cream Gravy
Green Lima Beans
Grapefruit Salad Bread
Jellied Fruit Mold
Cookies Cream Beverage
Va cup cold water
2 egg whites
1 cup cream, thoroughly chilled
1 teaspoon vanilla
Soften gelatine in cold water for
5 minutes. Boil syrup and Va cup
water together to the soft ball (238
degree) stage. Pour slowly over
stiffly beaten egg whites. Add gela
tin and beat until cool. Chill cream
and beat until stiff. Fold into coo]
egg mixture. Add vanilla. Pour
into freezing tray; freeze without
stirring, until firm.
Variations.
1. Add 1 cup chopped, cooked
prunes and % cup chopped nuts
when whipped cream is folded into
mixture.
2. Add 1 cup crushed raspberries
when whipped cream is added.
3. Add 1 cup crushed peanut brit
tle with whipped cream.
4. Add 1 cup crushed pineapple
with whipped cream.
Banana Cream.
(Serves 6)
1 medium sized banana
% cup confectioners sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
A teaspoon salt
1!4 teaspoons vanilla
l'A pints whipping cream
Slice banana very thin and add to
sugar. Mix well. Add lemon juice
ana cream ana
pour into freezing
tray to freeze un- t
til firm. Remove ft
to mixing bowl, [j
add vanilla and u
beat until mix- '
ture becomes
very light. Re
turn to freezing tray and freeze
again until firm.
Strawberry Meringue Cake.
(Serves 10 to 12)
8 egg whites
% teaspoon salt
teaspoon cream of tartar
2 cups sugar
Y\ teaspoon lemon extract
Fresh strawberries
Add salt to egg whites and whip
until foamy. Add cream of tartar
and continue beating until they hold
a point. Fold in sugar gradually.
Add lemon extract. Pour into a
shallow loaf pan lined with waxed
paper. Bake in a slow (300-degree)
oven for 45 to 50 minutes. Lift from
pan onto cake rack and cool. Serve
with fresh strawberries topped with
whipped cream and garnished with
extra whole sugared berries. Peaches
or another tart fruit may be used.
There are few desserts more lus
cious than meringue with chocolate
ice cream garnished with mints. Use
a very slow oven for baking the
meringues, for they really require
only enough heat to dry out thor
oughly.
Mint 'Meringues.
(Serves 6)
2 egg whites
% cup confectioner’s sugar
Few grains of salt
Few drops green coloring
1 or 2 drops oil of peppermint
Chocolate ice cream
Whipped cream
Peppermints
Beat egg whites until nearly stiff
and add sugar gradually. Beat all
the while. Add salt, very pale green
coloring, and flavor. Mix lightly.
Drop by tablespoonfuls on cookie
sheet covered with heavy paper.
Bake in a slow (275-degree) oven
for 30 to 35 minutes until dry on
surface. Remove from paper and
cool. Pile ice cream in center of
plates, place a meringue on each
side and garnish ice cream with
whipped cream and peppermints on
top.
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and the larger holdings our speciality.
If you have a farm or ranch you wish
to sell in 1946, get in touch with us
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Neb. M. A. Larson. Sales Manager.
Phone 66.
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located school, church, market, milk
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ranch. Southeast Iowa. Improvements.
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loader side delivery, mower, all nee',
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