Only a Slight Difference of Fifty-Three Years
Once In a great while Mother Nature permits herself a whimsical chuckle and turns In a performance
that makes us gasp. The old lady gave such a performance on the da; that George Thomas Morton was
born in Sioux City, Iowa. He is called either "Ike" or "General," for little George looks as if he were a pea
out of the same pod that gave us General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower. There is an interval of 53
years between the births of the two "Ikes." George Thomas will soon be two years old.
Fired First and Last Shots at Jap Invaders
The leathernecks of the II. S. 4th marine regiment, shown as they were briefed before their landing at Yo
koanka, Jap naval base at the entrance to Tokyo bay, by their commandiig officer, Lt. Col. Fred D. Beans of
Annapolis, Md. The 4th marines served in China from 1927, then defended Corregidor. As raiders they saw
action in Solomon campaigns, Emirau, Guam, Okinawa and finally landed on Japan proper with General
MacArthur's surrender commission. They have the honor of firing some of the first and last shots.
Old Glory Over Tokyo Embassy
Insert shows Admiral William Halsey, famed commander of the P. S.
3rd fleet, and General Dooglai MaeArthur, Allied commander, as the;
salute Old Glory as It is nnfnrled over the American embassy In Tokyo.
The general view was taken from the gates of the embassy, showing In
the background the wreckage of the city of Tokyo, caused by bombs.
Will Try German War Criminals
Left ahawa Francis BMdle, fanner U. 8. ittone; feneml, who kaa
' been named the American member ef the fear power military tribunal
(k>t t?dl irjr the major Axis war eriminala. Judge John J. Parker, ef Char
lotte, W. C., has been named aa BiMe'i alternate. Parker waa nomi
f oatctl by President Hoover to the Sapreme eoart bat rejected bp the senate.
| Miss America of 1945
Twenty-one-jet r-old Bet* Mjer
ton at Bronx, N. I., who won tho
Atlantic City title of "Mia* America,
IMS." She tamed down movie eon
tract offer* which went with title.
Allied Prisoners' Aid
Erelya Gere-Synes, IS-year-old
Ei|lbk (irl, wfce spent im years
ta BWiyett. German
UM iriMkin to tea eh safety.
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* HOUSEHOLD
Pear Put on Airs in Lime-Pear Pie
(See Recipe Below)
Colorful Fruit Desserts
We may like meat and vegetables
prepared the same way day after
aay, out meres
at least one type
of food in which
we like plenty of
variety. Yes, des
serts, of course!
Now that the war is over and wt
can go back to many of our fa
vorite foods, with rationing permit
ting, we'll still have to hold off on
desserts that still take it easy on the
sugar canister.
My advice to you, in this matter
of desserts, is to concentrate on
fruits, both fresh and canned. They
contain sweetening and will not re
quire too much extra sugar. Then,
too, there are lots of time-saving
tricks you can apply to dessert mak
ings, like chilling them or using
biscuit mixtures.
Select several of these desserts
and do try them on your family.
Serve them and be proud:
Peach Crunch Cake.
(Makes 1 cake, 7 by 11 inches)
Vt cup shortening
\\ cup light corn syrup
1 egg, beaten
1 cup sifted flour
1M teaspoons baking powder
Vi teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon orange juice
1H cups sliced peaches
Sugar Glaze:
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
Vt teaspoon salt '
Cream together shortening and
syrup. Add egg and mix well. Sift
together flour, baking powder and
salt. Add flour
mixture to cream
ed mixture alter
nately with orange
Juice. Spread in
paper - lined pan.
Lay sliced peach
es in diagonal
rows over batter, letting slices over
lap slightly. Drizzle sugar glaze over
peaches. Bake in a moderate oven
(350-degree) about 55 minutes.
Note: Mix ingredients for sugar
glaze in order given.
Peach Puff Podding.
(Serves 4)
14 cops milk
14 cops bread cubes
14 tablespoons melted butter or sab
stttnte
1 egg beaten
U eop honey
4 teaspoon salt
14 teaspoons grated orange rind
1 enp diced peaebes
Scald milk and pour over bread
cubes. Let stand for 10 minutes. Add
melted butter or substitute, egg,
honey, salt and peaches. Pour into
individual greased casseroles. Bake
in a moderate oven (350-degree)
about 45 minutes. Serve with milk
or coffee cream.
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Lynn Says
Economy Tips: Ask for the
trimmings and bones when you
buy your meat. The fat can be
rendered and used as shortening.
The bones do well when sim
mered with vegetables to be used
as soup.
Save leftover gravy and use it
as stock for soup. You'll be de
lighted with the rich flavor.
Mustard mixed with butter
makes a nice spread for sand
wiches. It's especially good with
meat and cheese "wiches."
Leftover cereals can be mold
ed and served as dessert with
fruit or custard sauce. Or, they
can be combined with ground
meat for loaves or meat balls.
Keep leftover "dabs" of batter
in s covered container in the re
frigerator and use for seasoning
vegetables or sauces.
Leftover meat and vegetables
are good when creamed and
J served with waffles, toast, rusk
or toasted noodles.
Lynn Chambers' Menus
Country Fried Steak
Mashed Potatoes Cream Gravy
Tomatoes Stuffed With Corn
Peach, Grape and Melon Salad
Hot Muffins Honey
^Lime-Pear Pie
?Recipe given.
If you're looking tor something dif
ferent and colorful in fruit desserts,
you'll find this lime-pear pie just
the thing. It uses a cookie crumb
crust, which is fat-saving, lime gela
tin and bottled gingerale. Only five
pear halves are needed:
Lime-Pear Pie.
(Makes 1 8-inch pie)
1Y< cups finely crushed cookies (va
nilla wafers or gingersnaps)
4 tablespoons melted fat
1 package lime-flavored gelatin
H cup hot water
V/t cups gingerale
1 tablespoon lemon juice
5 pear halves
14 cup shredded coconut or nut
meats, if desired
Combine cookie crumbs with
melted fat and mix well. Press mix
ture firmly in an even layer on bot
tom and sides of a well-greased pie
dish. Chill.
Meanwhile, dissolve lime gelatin
in hot water. Add gingerale and lem
on juice. Chill until mixture begins
to thicken. Pour a layer of the
chilled gelatin mixture into the shell.
Cut pear halves in two and ar
range, pit side down, in star shape.
Cover with remaining gelatin mix
ture. Sprinkle edges of pie with
wuwuuuv U1 nutr
meats. Chill in re
frigerator until
firm.
There's no need
to try commando
tactics to get the
family to go for
these fruit des
serts. This apple
dessert Is made all the more nour
ishing because it uses both oatmeal
and peanut butter and has a de
lightful nut-like flavor.
Apple Crisp
(Serves 4 to 6)
5 medium-sized apples
H enp water
1 tablespoon lemon Juice
H teaspoon nutmeg
V* teaspoon allspice
3 tablespoons floor
H enp rolled teats
V4 enp brown sugar
H enp peanut butter
3 tablespoons melted bntter or sub
stitute
Pare and core apples; slice. Ar
range in baking dish. Add water and
lemon juice. Sprinkle with spice.
Blend together flour, rolled oats,
brown sugar and peanut butter.
Add butter. Spread over apples.
Bake in a moderate (350-degree)
oven for 40 minutes. Serve hot with
milk or cream.
Pears coming into season right
now will make a delectable dessert
when baked and served with a sour
cream mixture:
Touted Pears.
(Serves 4 to <>
( large fresh pears
3 tablespoons lemon Juice
(4 enp sugar
Vi enp melted bntter or substitute
3H cups corn flakes
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
H enp powdered sugar
1 cup sour cream
3 tablespoons lemon jalee
Peel, halve and core pears; re
move stem strings. Dip at once into
lemon Juice to which sugar has
been added. Dip in melted butter.
Roll in crushed cereal flakes. Ar
range cut side down in a shallow
baking pan. Bake in a moderately
hot (373-degree) oven for 20 to 2S
minutes or until pears are tender
but not soft.
To make the lemon cream sauce,
beat powdered sugar into the sour
cream and flavor with the lemon
juice.
Peaches may be used in place of
pears, it desired.
Sllimd by Western Newspaper Union.
Kathleen Norris Says:
When a Serviceman Wants a Divorce
Bell Syndicate.?WNU Feature*.
If he comes home greet him affectionately, with the usual home meals and friendly
gatherings, and as soon as you are alone, ask him in so many words, uWhat is this
about a divorce, Joe?"
By KATHLEEN NORMS
WHEN your service hus
band writes you from
some far-away place that
he wants a divorce, the best
thing to do is to ignore his re
quest. Or, if you want casually
to mention it, tell him you wish
to wait until he comes home.
Then go on with letters as usual.
When he comes home greet him
affectionately, with the usual
home-cooked meals and friendly
gatherings, and as soon as you
are alone ask him in so many
words, "what is this about a di
vorce, Joe?"
If you keep it simple and
friendly you'll get the truth out
of him easily. He'll either mum
ble in embarrassment that gosh,
he doesn't know why he wrote
that letter, or he'll, tell you:
there is a girl in Belgium;
French, English, Russian?per
haps American. She is pretty
and sweet and 19 and gee, is she
in love with him!
Your part now is maternal and
calm. Is she coming to America,
Joe? Well, eventually, of course. And
you'll be married here? Well, you
see, they haven't gotten that far.
Perhaps they are going to send Joe
to the Pacific for occupation duty, in
which case your argument must be
that it would be folly to get a
divorce, send for Vera and under
take the maintenance of you, your
ciuia, ana nis new wile, to say noth
ing of her traveling expenses. Ask
him to write her that everything
must wait until Joe comes back for
good.
Joy of Getting Home.
This reasonable attitude must win, ,
for Joe won't be too anxious, espe- ,
cially in the pleasantness of getting |
home, to break off all his old asso- '
ciations and friendships, as well as
his relations with you. After all, it
isn't likely that Vera is going to of- ]
fer him a good job in some other .
city, and support him until he is .
self-supporting again.
If, on the other hand, he is dis- ,
charged from service, then help him ,
in every way you can to get re- ,
established, without dwelling on his ,
proposed change. Be as cheerful j
and natural as you can. Remember
that thousands of these men come
back whole in body, but sadly
twisted in mind, and that only time ]
can cure them. A few months ? per- >
haps even a few weeks of home 1
life, of good meals, of movies and 1
malted milks and swims and con- 1
tacts with old friends, will be all the '
cure Joe needs. He will suddenly
come to his senses, and although he (
may never apologize, never say that 1
he feels himself a fool to have writ- i
ten that letter, he will be only too \
glad to sink back into his old nor- \
mal, happy, American ways. I
Violet's case is a little different, i
Her husband, in the service two '
years, has only recently left i
America. He came home after about '
six months and tcfld her he was I
tired of her, he did not think that I
theirs was a successful rmrriage. I
He stayed home a few days, grew I
affectionate and kindly again, and i
went away with the usual wrench of I
parting from wife and daughter. A i
few weeks later he wrote her a i
letter saying that theirs had not i
been a successful marriage and he '
wished a divorce. Violet was I
stunned, but she wrote him temper- i
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ately, saying she was sorry he felt
so, and including the usual news of
aerself and the baby.
Kent then began to send her long
analytical letters explaining in just
what psychological and physiological
ways she had failed him. He said he
had never in their six years together
peen really happy. He looked upon
he whole thing as a failure. There
was no other woman; he would al
ways send Violet money; but he
would stop every cent of allowance
right now if she did not at once start
for Reno.
Don't Pay Much Attention.
Instead, Violet wrote to me, and
t advised her, as I advise all women
in this fix, to go steadily on without
paying much attention to such
etters. I suggested that she write
less often, but keep her occasional
letters pleasant and ordinary.
War is the real trouble, not these
difficulties ending in "logical," and
ret without a trace of logic about
hem! Perhaps Kent was being bit
ten from head to foot by tiny, pene
trating gnats. Perhaps his company
had a bad cook, and he was having
hdigestion. Perhaps his top sergeant
pr young first lieutenant was puffed
up with power ? arrogant, inexpe
rienced, unreasonable. Perhaps he
pad blisters on his feet or prickly
heat on his neck. Perhaps he's just
oitterly homesick, bitterly lonely,
feeling bitterly that Violet was hav
ing it pretty soft, in a cool clean
fresh house, with good books, clear
skies, plenty of ice and watermelon
and the right to go to a movie or a
lance whenever she wants to.
There's a touch of the sadist in us
all; lonely, a dreary barracks life
sometimes brings it out.
BRING YOUR OWN SILVER
There was a time when table
silver was so precious that even the
wealthy did well if they had enough
to go around far the family. People
pf fashion who were invited out to
dine sent an attendant ahead with a
knife, fork and spoon, and their posi
tion at the table was determined by
the quality of their table utensils.
If your flatware was pewter you
would have been seated below the
salt containers ? which meant in no
uncertain terms that you were of low
position or modest means I
HE'LL GET OVER IT
The misery and loneliness of
war do strange things to a man.
Many happily married soldiers
and sailors who have been away
for two or three years somehow
decide that the wives they once
thought were the loveliest wom
en on earth are no longer satis
factory. Frequently they have
met some younger girl while on
occupation duty in Europe or the
Pacific area. She is flattered by
attention, not used to luxuries, so
she makes a big hit with the lone
ly serviceman.
Presently he is persuading him
self that his wife at home is not
so much, compared with this for
eign woman. He eventually gets
up nerve to ask his wife for a di
vorce so that he can marry this
new love. He has to think up
some arguments to justify his ac
tions, so he tells his wife how
"unhappy" his married life was,
and that she never really under
stood him.
Miss Norris tells wives who re
ceive these heart-breaking letters
to try to ignore them, or at least
to take them as lightly as pos
sible. A weary serviceman, far
away, enduring discomfort and
abuse, can easily convince him
self that he wants a divorce. It
isn't that he actually has stopped
loving his wife, but that the girl
at hand is so sweet, so comfort
ing, and his wife is so far away.