Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 16, Number 25, DeMotte, Jasper County, 3 May 1946 — Page 2

WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Increase Conservation as Wheat Supplies Shrink; Conservatives Top Free Japanese Elections

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Casting their ballots in Tokyo, these two women were among the unexpectedly large number of their sex who voted in first free election in Japan in decade.

FOOD: Wheat Stocks Shrink With heavy domestic and export demands being made on the nation’s shrinking wheat supply, the government mapped additional conservation measures for grain but rejected a British proposal for bread rationing by the two countries. Current figures point up the pinch developing in wheal Against an estimated supply of 332 million bushels, U. S. commitments for export before July 1 total 125 million bushels, the present domestic rate of consumption will take another 125 million bushels, at least 35 million bushels will be Used for feed and 13 million bushels may b« used for spring seed. Use of 298 million bushels of wheat by July 1 thus would leave the U. S. with a visible supply of 35 million bushels at the beginning of the new crop year. In arriving at the current figure of 332 million bushels, agronomists added the department of agriculture’s estimate of 203 million bushels oq farms on April 1 with projections that elevator holdings matched last year's high mark of 129 million bushels. In turning down Britain’s bid for mutual bread rationing, Secretary of Agriculture Anderson declared that the extensive widespread production of gqain in the U. S. would make control difficult. Small nations like Britain depending chiefly upon imports for their wheat can exercise more efficient check on their supplies, he said.

Relax Building Order

Farmers snd workers engaged In output of essenUsl products were made eligible for building material priorities through government relaxation of emergency housing regulations. It was also determined to provide priority assistance for the repair or alteration of existing dwellings either to maintain them or restore them to a habitable state. Builders who undertook construction of non-vet residences before March 26 may apply for priorities to complete their work.

JAPAN: Bin Vote Following the general postwar trend, Japanese voters swung to the right In the first free elections in Nippon in a decade, with the nation’s conservative parties winning sufficient representation in the 466member parliament to assure a temperate tone of legislation. Between 60 and 68 per cent of the 40 million eligible voters turned out for the balloting, with the women appearing in unexpectedly large numbers. With nearly half the ballots in the Tokyo district cast by. women, 86-year-old Mrs. Shigeyo Takeuchl and American-educated Mrs. Shizue Kato piled up big leads. Though running far behind the conservative parties, the Communists showed surprising strength to win a number of seats. Lacking the veteran, smoothly - oiled machines of the conservative forces, the Reds succeeded in commanding prominent last-minute notice with public demonstrations against Premier Shgdehara and the existing regime. The Reds accused Shidehara of being reactionary and blamed him for the food shortage.

Motor Power Passes Famed Horse Cavalry

Making way for the new, the historic cavalry will be merged with the comparatively new armored force into a single "armored cavalry" arm in recognition of new developments during World War 11, Sec. of War Robert P. Patterson revealed. Personnel for the new "armored cavalry” will not be drawn solely from the cavalry but also from other branches and in the same manner as it was drawn for the armored forces. While it was planned virtually to eliminate the horse from the army, It la contemplated that a small detachment of skilled mounted troops will be maintained to give instruction and train small units for use in rough terrain, and that pack animals will be retained tor specialized work.

DRAFT: Compromise Heeding President Truman’s Insistence upon extension of the selective service act, congress moved toward continuing the draft for at least nine months but sought to reduce conscription calls by raising army and navy pay to attract volunteers. Congressional partiality toward the compromise measure followed stubborn efforts of Republicans to suspend the draft for nine months and step up recruitments to meet requirements by raising service pay. While the compromise bill lncorpor ated provisions. for making enlistment more attractive, inclusion at draft powers assured a flow of men if volunteering fell below needs. Under increased pay schedules considered by the solons, private* and apprentice seamen would receive $75 monthly instead of SSO; private first class and seamen second class $Bl Instead es $54; corpora) and seamen first class $92 Instead of SB6; sergeant or petty officer first class slls instead of $96; staff sergeant or petty officer second class slls Instead of $96; technical sergeant or petty officer first class $135 Instead of sll4, and first sergeant, master sergeant or chief petty officer $165 instead of $l3B. In addition, commissioned officers would receive substantial pay raises, with top ranking generals and admirals being hiked from $666 to $732. UN: Double-Trouble Already pressed with the Russian demand for dropping the Iranian question entirely, the United Nations’ security council was confronted with the equally ticklish Polish proposal that the international organization recommend severance of diplomatic relations with Spain. Poland's Russian - backed complaint to the security council that the Franco regime constituted a threat to world peace came at a time when both the U. S. and Britain preferred to move slowly against the Spanish government despite their repugnance of it. Supported by France, the two English-speaking Allies desire the development of an orderly opposition movement in Spain to prevent the outbreak of another civil war if Franco is dislodged. In protesting to the security council against Spain, Poland cited the UN general assembly’s action of last February, condemning the Franco regime as having been established with axis aid and lacking qualification for membership in the international organization. Meanwhile, the security council sweated over Russia’s formal demand that the Iranian question be considered closed and neither of the two disputants be obliged to report back May 6 on the fulfillment of the Soviet pledge to withdraw from the little country without exercising pressure for petroleum and oil concessions. With Iran opposed to the Russian demand, diplomatic circles felt that Moscow’s action was inspired by its desire to avert a security council pirobe of the recent oil agreement reached between the two countries, in which the Reds obtained a 51 per cent stock control of a Joint Russo-lranian company for exploiting petroleum deposits in northern Iran.

THE KANKAKEE PALLET POST. DE MOTTE. INDIANA

The Washington MERRY-GO-ROUND

by DREW PEARSON

NO PLAN POE ARMY WASHINGTON. - After tha lasi war, we let our best officers leave the army, were content to make the army a refuge for hundreds of misfits who couldn't adjust themselves In other walks of life, and settled down to complete complacency regarding the armed forces. Usually history repeats itself. After this war, however, there is a little less complacency regarding the future thanks to Russia. But there is almost as much donothingness regarding tha internal organization of the army. President Truman has now demanded that we have a big peacetime conscript rfrmy. But aside from Secretary of War Patterson’s healthy board for probing caste, no steps have been taken to reorganize the army's long out-dated system of promotions, its methods of selecting officers, and, perhaps most important of all, its system of eliminating misfits. A thoreagh re-organlsatlon of tha army might make It more enticing (olgood men and thereby eliminate conscription. Even Ben. Chan Gurney of South Dakota, most ardent conscription enthusiast, will admit that a volunteer army Is mare efficient than one composed of men who are forced to serve. • • • COULD USE HORBE MEAT An important debate has been taking place among food experts Inside the administration regarding the use of horse meat for feeding Europe. Horse meat is a type of food which Americans know little about Within Europe it is standard diet and certain countries, especially France and Belgium, have repeatedly informed the United States that they would like to buy more horse meat here. If two and a half billion pounds of horse meat could be sold to Europe which is the amount available in the U. S. A. it would take care of most of Europe’s feeding problems and eliminate any need for U. S. A. rationing. Such a program has been urged by UNRRA officials and also by some experts In the army and navy. However, the plan has run up against Several snags, chiefly that of U. S. meat packers. The big packers don’t want the American public to get the idea that horse meat is processed In their plants. They fear that the suspicion would linger in the consumer’s mind. However, Harry Reed, who does most of the meat procurement for UNRRA in the department of agriculture, leans toward the big meat packers and they never have wanted small state packers to gel into the inter-state business. HORSE MEAT FEEDS ZOOS Another source of opposition is expected to come from the many horse lovers throughout the country who probably would claim that the United States was being denuded of horses.

Officials point out, however, that several hundred horses are slaughtered weekly all over the United States to feed the zoos of the nation. Furthermore, the United States today has a larger surplus of horses than ever before in history. Agriculture department estimates are that three million surplus horses are now on the ranges and farms of the country. The grain which they alone consume would go a long way toward feeding Europe. Officials estimate that these three million surplus horses would supply a total of two and a half billion pounds of meat, also give fats for soap, together with hides to ease the scarcity of leather. NOTE—While prices of almost everything tended upward during the war, the price of horses did not. Government buyers purchasing draft animals for UNRRA report that the country has thousands of four to six-year-old horses which hsve never been harnessed. Farmers haven’t had time to break them in. would like to sell them if prices were right.

BUMPTIOUS GENERAL VAUGHN Twelve years ago, famous Filipino Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo sent President Roosevelt a 9W-foot carved table of Philippine hardwood designed to serve as a cabinet table. The other morning, however. Brig. Gen'. Harry Vaughn. White House military aide, hurrying through the White House lobby, bumped his knee on a buffalo. Promptly the four carved buffalo heads came off, • • • CAPITAL CHAFF Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach is secretly considering resigning from the cabinet, in order to again run for the senate. Bernard Baruch is hopping mad at the state department for releasing its report on atomic energy before he, Baruch, could make his own Investigation. Baruch has admitted privately that the state department report is an excellent one. However, It’s not known as the "Baruch report’''—which is Important to Bernle.

HOUSEHOLD MEMOS...

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. This season it Is no different, and even more exciting. First of all, whipping cream has returned to NFOot

the market, and we’re having great fun using it. Bananas are seen at the markets more frequently, and of course, strawberries are just coming 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 appetite. 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 company. 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, onflavored gelatin y 4 cap cold milk 3 egg yolks 1 cap sugar *4 teaspoon salt 1 cap milk H cup lemon Juice 1 tablespoon lemon rind 1 egg whites 1 sponge cake % cap chopped nutmeats H cup canned, sweet cherries Soften gelatine in cold milk. Combine slightly beaten egg yolks, sugsr 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 from heat, add softened gelatine and stir until dissolved. Cool, add lemon Juice and rind. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Scoop out center of sponge! cake and fill 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. Garnish dessert with halved and pitted cherries and sprigs of mint if desired. Caramel Cream Parfait. (Serves 6) y 4 teaspoon unflavored gelatine IJ4 teaspoons cold water tt cup extra-sweet, light corn syrup

Lynn Says:

Serve a Salad: There’s no better way to get fresh vegetables into the diet than via the salad route. Here arp 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 cucumber, raw tomatoes, green pepper rings, minced onions. Serve vegetable salads with a dressing made of qil, 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 stlad greens often to avoid monotony. Here are a list of greens: young raw spinach, cabbage, Chinese or celery cabbage, dandelion greens, chicory or endive, watercress and leaf lettuce.

by Lynn Chambers

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y* 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 V 4 cup water together to the soft ball (238degree) stage. Pour slowly over stiffly beaten egg whites. Add gelatin and beat until cool. Chill cream and beat until stiff. Fold into cool egg mixture. Add vanilla. Pour into freezing tray; freeze without stirring, until firm. Variations. 1. Add 1 cup chopped, cooked prunes and (4 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 brittle 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% teaspoons vanilla IV4 pints whipping cream Slice banana very thin and add to sugar. Mix well. Add lemon Juice

and cream and pour into freezing tray to freeze until firm. Remove to mixing bowl, add vanilla and beat until mixture 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 H 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 luscious 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 thoroughly. Mint Meringues. (Serves 6) * 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. (leleaeed by Western Newspaper Union.

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