Speedway Flyer, Volume 9, Number 31, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 June 1940 — Page 6

. A AfrVjP I vyy iLy «l> IfgaL. Washington, D. C. RECRUITING SHOWS PHYSICAL DEFICIENCIES The army campaign for new recruits is showing up all too vividly how the years of depression have left their mark on American youth. Greatest difficulty in securing recruits is not the reluctance of young men to enlist, but their inability to pass physical examinations. In peacetime, the armed services get most of their recruits from low-er-bracket families. Because of economic conditions it is now the lowerbracket families, with the most children, which lack sufficient nourishment, fresh air and exercise. This has been a particularly serious drawback to recruiting in the larger cities. During one recept drive to bring the marine corps up to full strength, recruiting officers left the cities and combed the smaller towns in farming communities. There they found a much huskier type of recruit, but many were rejected because of poor teeth. In the cities, the biggest drawbacks are bad eyesight and underweight. ''X • • • WAR DOOMS CROP CONTROL? Henry Wallace’s program of crop curtailment and soil conservation is about to face its toughest year. Reason is the certain food shortage in Europe and the demand that American farmers use their surpluses to feed war-torn Europe. There are two causes for the food shortage. One is the fact that many countries have been too busy fighting to plant sufficient crops, and their fields have been fought over. Second reason is lack of sufficient merchant shipping. Four countries —Norway, Holland, Denmark, and Belgium—have a total of 10,000,000 gross tons of merchant vessels which are immobilized, so far as supplying the home ports is concerned. Either they are bottled up at home, or they are in foreign ports, unable to reach home. Vessels which a year ago were carrying U. S. fodder to Denmark, to feed Danish cattle, today are diverted to other trade or riding at anchor. Meantime, the cattle are eating up the existing supplies of fodder. When these are gone, the cattle will have to be killed. And the killing will be done by the Germans, who Will consume the cat He. This is just one simplified illustration. No such constriction was known in the early days of the World war, because the United States, still neutral, insisted on maintaining its shipping to the neutral countries of Europe. But now its shipping is barred by the neutrality act from belligerent ports and combat zones. All of this is sure to bring heavy demands on the U. S. farmer, also on congress to appropriate relief money to help Europe’s starving populations. And this, in turn, is sure to upset crop control. For it was high food prices during the World war which increased acreage and also sent many farmers heavily into debt to buy new land. '• • • DIPLOMATS MAKE WARS? John Q. Public thinks the diplomats make the wars—and could stop them. Argentine Ambassador Espil has a letter saying, "Your country should submit itself to becoming a part of the United States.*’ (No Latin American country is prouder of its independence than Argentina, less likely to become part of the U. S. A.) Uruguayan Minister Richling gets so many letters he is working overtime to answer them. The tenor is: "You must get rid of the dangerous Germans." • • • FRENCH FLEET The White House is not advertising it, but the disposition of the French fleet was one vital point which came up in secret discussion with the French just before their capitulation. Roosevelt wanted to make sure that the French navy would not fall into Nazi hands. For France’s warships could just about tip the balance of naval power and give the Nazis a powerful striking arm in the south Atlantic against Latin America. The French have two brand-new 26,000-ton battleships, the Strasbourg and the Dunkerque, probably the fastest in the world; also two new 35,000-ton battleships, the Richelieu and the Jean Bart, the latter not quite completed. These, added to the German fleet, would give Hitler 10 battleships against 15 for the United States, all much older and slower. When you consider that 12 U. S. battleships are kept in the Pacific, with only three in the Atlantic, you get a rough idea of how difficult it would be for this country to defend the Monroe Doctrine if Hitler got the French fleet. Another thing he might get which would add to our Monroe Doctrine problem is the French naval base at Dakar, on the bulge of Africa jutting out toward Brazil. Note—The United States recently has launched two new war monsters, but it will take several months to complete them.

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Why not plan a party for the Fourth of July, to keep the youngsters in the family happy and out of mischief? It might be a party on the porch or in the yard—or a picnic in the country, if you prefer it. Make it a family affair, or invite a youthful guest or two to keep your own children company. Whatever type of party you plan, make it a festive affair—with gay table decorations (if refreshments Ail are being served fc/>S3RS«i|N at home), very special “Party foods" and patriotic party favors, /w Y 1 \ \ too. Gaily colored CJLAJnW paper table cloths // \\| and napkins are n a must, and they do save workl And be sure to provide balloons and snap crackers, or noisemakfers of another kind. Plan definite entertainment, with an active game or two to permit the children to use up excess energy, and a "pencil and paper" or guessing game to play when a little rest is in order. Pencil and paper games such as these two might be used—and you’ll find that adults as well as young people enjoy them. Jumbled Names. Prepare for each player a typed or mimeographed copy of the following list of scrambled letters each of which, when unscrambled, spells the name of a famous American. To get an idea of what the game is like, why not try your own luck with the list before looking at the answers? Lyyaaktaix Nartg Connill . » Sajonck Gerpnhis \ Gotninhaws Kamnilf Smada Sejrefofn Swebret How did you do? Here are the answers: McKinley, Grant, Lincoln, Jackson, Pershing, Washington, Frankest, Adams, Jefferson and Webst4r. Menu for July Fourth Party. Tomato Aspic Salad Assorted Sandwiches . Potato Chips Ice Cream Fire Crackers Pinwheel Cookies Beverage Parfait glasses full of Peppermint Stick ice cream, camouflaged in red paper cylinders Aa> to look like giant firecrackers, are amusing for a. Fourth of July Vm \vOUi_ dessert. Top the ice cream with a flßTTreTSsßfe’r cherry, with the 1 stem left on to form the firecracker wick. And serve Pinwheel Cookies to complete the "fireworks dessert." Chocolate Pin wheels. Vi cup shortening Vi cup .granulated sugar 1 egg 2 cups cake flour 1 teaspoon baking powder ¥« teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 ounce chocolate (melted) 1 teaspoon cinnamon Cream shortening thoroughly and add sugar slowly. Add egg and beat well. Mix and sift all dry ingredients and add, together with the milk and the vanilla. Divide dough into 2 parts. To one part add the melted chocolate. To the other add the cinnamon. Roll each part oneeighth inch thick. Place the chocolate dough on the cinnamon dough and roll up like a jelly roll. Wrap in wax paper and chill for several hours. Cut in thin slices and bake on a lightly greased cookie sheet in a moderate oven (350 degrees) for 8 to 10 minutes. Potato Chips. 4 medium sized potatoes 2 to 3 pounds fat Salt Pare and cut potatoes into very thin slices. Allow sliced potatoes to stand in ice water until firm (about 1 hour). Heat fat to 375 degrees. Blot potatoes dry with a clean towel

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and place potato slices in French fry basket. Immerse basket in hot fat by handle. Keep potatoes moving constantly so that the slices do not stick together. Remove basket and drain potatoes on brown paper. Sprinkle with salt. , Tomato Aspic. 4 cups canned tomatoes J % teaspoon salt Dash of pepper 1 bay leaf % cup celery (chopped) 1 tablespoon onion (chopped) 4 whole cloves 2 tablespoons gelatin Vi cup water Vi teaspoon Worcestershire sauce Combine the tomatoes, salt, pepper, bay leaf, celery, onion and cloves. Cook gently for 10 minutes and strain. Soak gelatin in cold water and add to the hot tomato mixture, together with Worcestershire sauce, stirring well. Pour into ring mold and chill until set. Unmold on large plate, garnish with lettuce or watercress and fill center with cabbage salad. Magic Peppermint Stick lee Cseam. IV4 cups (1 can) sweetened condensed milk 2 cups thin cream or evaporated milk > 1 cup cold water % cup crushed peppermint stick candy Blend sweetened condensed milk, thin cream, and water. Freeze in ■ 2-quart freezer JL using a mixture of 3 parts ice to ■e 1 part rock salt. Remove dasher. Add crushed pepE| HI permint stick canp j|l _ _ dy. Pack in ice and salt for 1 ( * hour or more after freezing. Makes IV4 quarts. Special Peanut Butter Sandwich Filling. (Makes 1 cup filling) 1 ripe banana .1 cup peanut butter Vi cup dates, cut fine ‘ 1 teaspoon lemon juice Mash banana with a fork and thoroughly blend in remaining ingredients. Ice Cream Cone Clowns. Place a ball of ice cream on a butter cookie, and with raisins or tiny gumdrops make eyes, nose and mouth in the ice cream. Place a cone jauntily on top of the ice cream. Add a ruff of whipped cream around the clown’s neck. Brown Bread Sandwiches. 1 loaf brown bread 13-ounce package cream cheese 2 tablespoons butter Slice brown bread very thin. Mix cream cheese and butter together thoroughly. Spread brown bread slices generously with the cheese mixture. Send for Your Copy Now! Feeding Father is a pretty important part of a homemaker’s responsibility. When it comes right down to cases, most of us plan meals to please the man of the family—and it isn’t always easy to give father his favorite foods and provide a wholesome, well-balanced meal in the bargain. In her cook book, "Feeding Father," Eleanor Howe gives you the menus and recipes that father likes best. This practical booklet of tested recipes and menus is only 10 cents. To get your copy now, send 10 cents in coin to “Feeding Father," care of Eleanor Howe, 919 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 111. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Refrigerator Packing When storing foods in the refrigerator, always take them out of their delivery wrapping paper. If you want to keep them covered, however, rewrap them in waxed paper. Corner Cupboards Many a dining room can be improved in looks and made more useful by building in comer cupboards. They Stay-Green Cook peas and green beans uncovered if you want them to retain their color. -j ■

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IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D. Dean of The Moody Blnls Institute (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for June 30 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts selected and copyrighted by International CouncU of Religious Education: used by permission. JONAH: THE OUTREACH OF GOD’S LOVE LESSON TEXT—Jonah 3:l-10r 4:10, 11. GOLDEN TEXT—Salvation la of the Lord. —Jonah S:9. "There’a a wideness in God's mercy Like the wideness of the sea; There’s a kindness In His Justice Wklch Is more than liberty. “For the love pf God Is broader Than the measure of man's mind; And the heart of the Eternal la most wonderfully kind.'* Such is the message of the book of'Jonah. How appropriate it is to close our series of studies on th£ prophets with this declaration of God’s love and mercy. I. A Second Chance (3:1-3). Jonah had been sent to Nineveh with a message from God, but, secretly wishing in his heart that this great city which was the enemy of Israel should be destroyed rather than repent and receive God’s blessing (see 4:2), Jonah made an attempt to run away from God’s commission. We know how God patiently dealt with him and now.gave him a second chance to do His will. How gracious God is "to continue to us . . .the privilege of service even when we seem to have sinned away our first chance, misused our endowments, and have by our very failure embarrassed His plans.” Dr. J. Stuart Holden goes on to point out that only God gives a second chance. Nature does not; man seldom, if ever, gives his fellow who has failed a second opportunity. But God does. Praise His name! > There was also a second chance extended to Nineveh. God was not willing to bring judgment upon the city without another warning. QuotS pr. Holden again: “I care not at is the history of failure, of shame, of sin which is behind you . . . I care not how close upon your heels are the hounds of accusation and condemnation which bay at you. I tell you that Jesus Christ is here ... to give you a second chance, and that everything depends upon your attitude of acceptance or rejection of His proffered grace and mercy.” , n. A Stirring Revival (3:4-10). So great was the city that it would have taken Jonah three days to bring his message to the entire population (see v 3). He had only begun when, at the end of the first day, the city, from the ruler down to the humblest inhabitant, was in deep mourning and repentance for its sin. Jonah, the man who had been brought back from a living death as a sign (Luke 11:29-32) to Nineveh that God was gracious to repentant sinners, pointed to the fact that though his message was one of condemnation (v. 4), they might expect God to be entreated of them (v. 9). He was (v. 10). God has sent times of revival when whole cities—and even whole nations—have been turned from their sin. Such revivals have been occurring in recent years in various mission fields. Thousands of earnest Christians are praying now that such a revival may come again in our owq land. The writer knows where helpful literature along this line is available without cost. Let us pray and be faithful, and trust God to bring revival to the hearts of men. 11l A Selfish Reaction (4:10, 11). Jonah, instead of rejoicing in toe repentance of Nineveh, showed his narrowness and selfishness by becoming angry (see 4:1). How petty and childish are toe attitudes of men when contrasted with toe mercy of God. The Lord, dealing gently with Jonah, gave him a place of refuge and a gourd plant to shade him from the sun (4:5, 6). Then, to teach him a lesson, a worm was permitted to kill toe gourd (v. 7). When Jonah waa» greatly concerned over the loss of the plant, God pointed out to him that it is wrong to be stirred up over toe passing of material comfort and not to be concerned for the souls of men. How many of those who poured out millions of dollars (and rightly so) for the relief of toe harassed people of Finland, would give five cents to win them to Christ? Many who will give liberally of money, time and effort to toe commendable work of flood or famine relief, will not so much as cross toe road to talk to a neighbor about Christ. A farmer will sit up all night to’ care for a sick cow, but will he spend an hour or two on Sunday 9r some evening of toe week in an effort to win his neighbor’s boy (or his own boy) to Christ? These are pertinent ,and serious questions. What is our answer? God will hold us respon stole. A Prayer O God, Who hast given to us toe knowledge of right and wrong, and hast taught us that it is Thy will that we choose the tight throughout our lives, give qs grace to be loyal to toe right as we see it, and faithful to the highest we know. Amen.

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