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First Choice for a Picnic—Fried Chicken
(See Recipes Below)
SERVBCE
BUREAU
EDITOR’S \OTE: This neus r m f wr,
through special arrangement with the
U ashington Bureau of If estern News-
paper Union at 1616 Eye Street, N. IT.,
Washington, I). C., is able to bring read¬
ers this weekly column on problems of
the veteran and sen iceman and his fam¬
ily. Questions may be addressed to the
above Bureau and they will be answered
in a subsequent column. No replies ran
be made direct by mail, but only in the
column which will appear in this news¬
paper regularly.
Big College Enrollment
Estimated enrollment of students
In the 1,686 colleges, universities
and other institutions of higher
learning for the 1946 fall term was
placed at 1,558,081 by the veterans
administration, with the total capac¬
ity of these institutions at 1,673,349.
Of this amount, the enrollment of
veterans under public laws 16 and
346 was estimated to be 695.321
or 44.6 per cent of the total esti¬
mated enrollment for the semester.
Now there are 394,551 veterans
enrolled under these laws showing
that the entrance problem is not as
serious as it was first thought. The
survey was conducted by Nelson R.
Henson, director of training facili¬
ties service of VA's vocational re¬
habilitation and educational divi¬
sion. Mr. Henson said his de¬
partment is now preparing a de¬
tailed list of all educational institu¬
tions showing names, locations,
number of vacancies, etc., to guide
veterans in applying for educa¬
tion. These vacancies, it is pointed
out, will occur almost entirely in
the smaller and lesser known
schools as the so-called “big-name
and football team colleges are al¬
ready full-up.”
Questions and Answers
Q. I would like to know how
long my husband will have to serve
in the army. He went in on July
20, 1945 and went overseas March
4, 1946. His dependents are his wife
and one son, — A worried wife,
Ashland, Wis.
A. I am afraid you will have to
keep on worrying, for there is no
way for me to estimate how long
he will be in service since he has
only about nine months service
May 1 and the army has not issued
regulations for discharge beyond
June 30, 1946. He has only earned
points from July to September 2,
1945 and has 12 for his dependant
son and the army has not set a new
date for critical point scores,
depending now more on length of
service.
Q. Can you tell me how many
battle stars or other decorations
have been awarded to the 644th
bombardment squadron and the
410th bombardment group? — J. V.
Me., Chicago, 111.
A. The war department says that
the 644th bombardment squadron is
credited with the battles of Nor¬
mandy, northern France, Rhine¬
land. Ardennes and central Europe.
The 410th bombardment group,
light, with air offensive, Europe.
Q. I was drafted into the USNR
and I passed the examinations OK.
I stayed in only three weeks and
was discharged as inept for naval
services. 1 am now farming and I
would like to know if I come under
the G.I. bill of rights? — Reader,
Ozark, Ala.
A. The law says you must have
served at least 90 days unless dis¬
charged previously for disability. I
cannot tell whether your discharge
was for that reason or not.
Q. Is hospitalization or medical
care provided for families of men
or officers in the merchant marine?
—J. L. B., Rising Sun, Ind.
A. No, insofar as I can find out
there is no provision of hospitaliza¬
tion or medical service for the
families of merchant seamen. Offi¬
cers and men of the merchant ma¬
rine, themselves, however, are pro¬
vided with care in marine hospitals
from the public health service.
Q. My husband is in the army and
when he was inducted he took out
a bond a month. I was receiving
them until January when I received
the last one, for November. They
are still taking the money out of
his pay. Where can I write or find
out about it? — Soldier’s wife,
Nelsonville, Ohio.
A. Write all details to war bond
division, U. S. army, 4300 Goodfel-
low blvd., St. Louis 20, Mo.
Q. Are men being drafted into the
navy now? — A. H. J., Towson, Md.
A. The navy says that although
draftees under the selective service
act are eligible for entrance into
the navy, at the present time all re¬
quirements of the navy are being
filled by voluntary enlistments, so
all inductees are being taken into
the army at this time.
Q. My husband is a veteran of
World War I serving for 18 months.
He is now 52 and almost unable to
do any work. W r e have to rely on
one boy, coming 16 and two girls
at home. My health is no good.
Where can he get help on a pen¬
sion?—M. H., Madison, Ala.
A. If he has never applied for a
physical disability rating, suggest
that he contact his nearest veterans
administration office and ask for an
examination to determine whether
or not he is eligible for a disability
pefision. There is a contact region¬
al office of VA at Huntsville.
Eat Outdoors!
The time has come to take the
picnic baskets out to the shady glen
or under the old
oak tree ifi the
back yard and
let the outdoors
spread Its inimi¬
table seasoning
to savory-cooked
foods. Why not
plan to eat out¬
doors at least once a week this
summer?
Eating out doors will get Mother
out of the sweltering kitchen for at
least two hours; it will give Dad
time to contemplate the beauties of
nature; and it will give youngsters
a chance to catch up on out-of-
doors secrets.
Outdoor eating is spoiled if there’s
too much fuss connected with it, so
plan everything as simply as pos¬
sible. The family will enjoy nib-
ling on a chicken leg with their
fingers much more than trying to
carve a piece of pot roast for every
bite they take. If they don’t want
to wrestle with salads, take along
whole fruits like oranges and to¬
matoes, pears or grapes, or such
things as carrot sticks and celery
hearts and let them get their vita¬
mins that way.
If it’s pie or cake for dessert
they like, bal*e and leave In its pan,
as it’s easy enough to place that in
a box and slice as it’s needed on the
picnic.
Here’s an unusual way of prepar¬
ing potato salad that’s both flavorful
and easy to make. If you are hav¬
ing a light supper, you won’t need
extra meat:
Hot Potato-Sausage Salad.
(Serves 6)
1 pound sausage links
6 medium-sized potatoes
Y* cup minced onion
% cup vinegar
3 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons sugar
H teaspoon salt
Pare potatoes and cook, Drain
and cut in Vi-inch squares, Place
sausage links in skillet and add a
small amount of water. Cover and
steam for 5 minutes. Drain ofT re¬
maining water and cook sausage
over low heat, turning to brown
evenly. Remove links from pan.
Add onion to drippings and brown.
Add vinegar, water, sugar and salt.
Stir and cook about 10 minutes.
Pour over potatoes. Top with sau¬
sage links.
Lynn Says:
Sandwiches for Summer: Nut
bread tastes mighty good when
spread with orange marmalade,
currant jelly and a grated rind
of lemon mixed with cream
cheese.
Or mix chopped, cooked fruits
with cream cheese and spread
on date bread.
Date paste or mixed dried
fruits ground into a paste and
mixed with cottage cheese offer
a taste treat on raisin brown
bread.
Cut peeled cucumber very fine,
mix with mayonnaise and give
it a dash of onion juice and
spread on thin slices of white
bread.
You’ll also like these combi¬
nations: cottage cheese with
grated carrots, apple butter
with raisins and chopped nuts;
cream cheese with finely ground,
hard-cooked egg and minced
green pepper.
Cottage cheese mixed with ripe
olives or green stuffed olives
gives an attractive color to pin-
wheel sandwiches.
Sweet salad desserts are excel¬
lent for strictly feminine lunch¬
eons. Diced canned cling peaches
plus assorted fruits, frozen in
gelatin-thickened whipped cream,
are tops.
For enjoyable eating, include
shiny black olives in your picnic
lunches. Te keep them shiny and
to prevent shriveling, roll them
in a few drops of olive oil or salad
oil and wrap them in wax paper.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GA„ THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1946
WNU Washington Bureau.
1616 Eye St..N. W,
Houses Now Selling for
Double Their True Worth
A RE YOU one of those who are
willing, under press of circum¬
stances, to spend $6,000 to $7,000 out
of your war savings to buy or build
a home, and out of low grade mate¬
rials too, and in 6 to 10 years see
it deteriorate in value something
like 65 per cent?
In other words, are you willing to
spend $6,000 today for a home, and
in 10 years sell it for $2,100, and
take a loss of $3,900? At any
rate, whether you are willing or not,
that’s what likely will happen under
present inflated values of homes and
home construction. That’s what hap¬
pened after the last war, and that’s
what government, in the face of
overwhelming opposition by the
real estate lobby, is seeking to pre¬
vent after this war. It is having
little luck so far.
And you may be lucky if you
don’t lose the whole thing. After
the boom and bust period which
followed the last war, millions of
home owners who had pur¬
chased at inflated prices, not
only lost their equity, but they
saw the mortgage foreclosed
and their homes go into the
hands of insurance companies
and other real estate mort¬
gagors.
Farmers were in the same boat.
The only difference between now
and after the last war is that now
more land at inflated value is being
purchased for cash than 25 years
ago. Thus the purchaser of high
cost farm land today stands a bet¬
ter chance of evading the mortgage
foreclosure . . . that is, he may
save his land, but suffer the loss in
value.
Home Prices Jump 65 %
In a nation-wide survey recently
completed by presidents of Federal
Home Loan banks, regional mana¬
gers of Home Owners Loan corpora¬
tions, insuring officers of the Fed¬
eral Housing administration, all
constituents of the National Hous¬
ing agency of which Mr. Wilson
Wyatt is administrator . . . these
results were disclosed:
As between 1940 and 1946, low-
priced homes, homes selling under
$6,000, have gone up 65.1 per cent,
medium priced homes, $6,000 to $12,-
000, have gone up 57 per cent, raw
land has jumped 60.1 per cent and
fully prepared building lots have
upped 61.8 per cent . . . and the
report disclosed that this inflation
held true in small towns and large
cities alike . . . and some of these
communities showed real estate
prices skyrocketing as high as 100
per cent.
The Pacific coast region led the
parade of price rises with an aver¬
age increase on low-priced homes
of 96.3 per cent, while the Mid¬
dle Atlantic region showed the
smallest, at 44 per cent.
Some of the answers to this in¬
flated value of homes and home con¬
struction are seen in the Wagner-
Ellender - Taft bill which the real
estate lobby is opposing tooth and
nail as “socialistic.” The bill, how¬
ever, is a long-range bill and will
not answer the immediate problem,
as the veterans’ housing bill with
its attendant subsidies seeks to do.
Looks to Future Needs
This long-range measure, foresee¬
ing a continued emergency demand
for new housing for many years to
come, provides for the expenditure
of some 6.8 billion dollars in pub¬
lic money for slum clearance and
public housing, both urban and
rural development, offers federal
loans where they cannot be ob¬
tained by private loan, and pro¬
vides for easy purchase or fair rent¬
al. Despite the determined opposi¬
tion, this bill sailed through the sen¬
ate without even a roll-call record
vote when the measure was passed.
It appears to this writer that
the result of this impartial sur¬
vey shows clearly that without
regulation inflation comes upon
the heels of widespread de¬
mand. In this instance, the
greater demand is in low-cost
homes and that’s where the
greatest degree of inflation rests
... 65 per cent as compared to
57 per cent for the next bracket.
It is for this reason that OPA
and Housing - expediter Wyatt
hcfve been demanding price con¬
trol of these homes and sub¬
sidies to partially provide incen¬
tive for material supply, and to
ease the burden of costs with
public money.
Tt appears, too, that instead of pre¬
venting inflation in the real estate
market, which is already here, the
objective now is to hold it from go¬
ing farther ost-of-bounds, if this can
be done in the face of all the ob¬
stacles which must be overcome.
We have the certain lesson of the
last war in front of us. We have the
facts of the present to go upon and
yet our psychological make-up is
such that our fur is rubbed the
wrong way when we are told
through governmental regulation
to do this or not to do this. What
we want, we want now.
Lynn Chambers’ Menus
Outdoor Menu
Fried Chicken Potato Salad
Carrot Sticks
Whole Ripe Tomatoes
Bran Bread and Butter
•Hot Milk Cake Beverage
•Recipe given
Fried Chicken.
Cut chicken into serving pieces.
Chicken may be dipped in seasoned
flour, corn meal
and flour, or
cracker crumbs
or flour. If a
heavier coating
is desired, dip in
egg, beaten
slightly, then in
flour coating. Use
heavy skillet and have 3 to 4 inches
of fat in it. Fry chicken on both
sides until golden brown. When
browned, turn fire down very low
and allow chicken to cook until ten¬
der—from 30 to 60 minutes depend¬
ing upon size of the pieces and age
of chicken. Or, if desired, finish
cooking in a moderate (350*) oven.
If you prefer your chicken in a
loaf, bake it and when ready to
serve your picnic lunch, slice it
from the loaf for sandwiches, or
serve with tossed salad:
Chicken Loaf.
(Serves 8 to 10)
4 to 5 pound chicken, cut in pieces
1 small carrot
1 small onion
2 stalks celery
1 clove
3 peppercorns
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups bread crumbs
1 cup cooked rice
1 Vs teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons chopped plmienfo
3 cups chicken broth, milk or both
mixed
5 eggs, beaten
Place chicken in large kettle and
add carrot, onion, cloves, pepper¬
corns and salt.
Cover with cold
water and sim¬
mer until tender,
about 2 hours.
Strain chicken
stock and let
chicken cool.
Combine diced
chicken with remaining ingredients.
Add more seasoning if desired.
Place in a deep loaf pan and bake
in a moderate (350-degree) oven
for one hour or until firm.
A good salad to take in a well-
chilled bowl to the picnic grounds
is this one that is light but chewy
and rich in vitamins:
Tonic Salad.
(Serves 6.)
2 cups cabbage, sliced fine
1 cup grated carrot
1 cup chopped tart apple
% cup chopped green pepper
1 small onion, minced
Moisten all ingredients with a lit¬
tle salad dressing. Salt, if desired,
and serve cold.
A delicate yellow cake that Is
made in a square pan is another
easily transported item. Ice this
with a little orange powdered sugar
icing or a chocolate frosting:
•Hot Milk Cake.
2 egg whites, beaten stiff
2 egg yolks, beaten light
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 ^ tablespoon cup hot milk butter,
melted
Add yolks to egg whites, then
blend sugar in slowly. Fold in flour
which has been sifted with baking
powder, then lastly add the butter.
Bake in a square pan in a moderate
oven for 25 to 30 minutes. When
cool, ice with:
Chocolate Frosting.
2 squares chocolate
1 tablespoon butter
H cup rich milk
Powdered sugar
Melt chocolate with milk and but¬
ter. Add enough powdered sugar
until frosting is of a spreading con¬
sistency. Flavor with vanilla. This
will keep soft and smooth.
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in WASHINGTON
By Walter Shead
WNU Correspondent
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS
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Simpfe StyL for ijounq Cjirts
Simple, Cool, Comfortable
pjERE’S dress to A make wonderfully for that simple
daughter of Brief young
yours. cap
sleeves are cool and comfortable,
Flattering Frock
A S PRETTY a summer frock as
xrrMi’ll you’ll cpp see is is tViiQ this flattprincr flattering
yoke charmer that makes up so
nicely in contrasting fabrics. Wide
extended shoulders accent a tiny
waist, darts insure a neat fit. Try
it in a heavenly pink stripe with
a plain fabric or white eyelet for
yoke and sleeves, and trim with
oversize ric rac.
Pattern No. 1527 comes in sizes 12, 14,
16, 18. 20; 40 and 42. Size 14 requires 2%
yards of fabric in 35 or 39-inch for lower
part of dress; Vs yard for contrasting
yoke and sleeves.
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In building a casement window
in the kitchen remember that it
should open out, not in. And the
base should be at least a foot
above the sink.
A basket equipped with such
items as soap, polishes, short-han¬
dled brushes, sponge, clean and
lintless dustcloths, and the like will
save time in cleaning as you go
from room to room.
Record the guests who have
dined at your table by having
them autograph the tablecloth.
Then, before the next dinner, you
can embroider each signature in
outline stitch.
If you’re planning to paint your
house this summer and intend to
do the work yourself, remember it
is smart to let the first coat dry
ten days before applying the sec¬
ond.
When game is on the menu,
avoid handling before cooking by
flouring this way; Put a small
amount of flour in a paper sack,
pour in the pieces of meat and
shake the bag until each piece is
well coated with flour.
Yes! Sweeter, Tastier Bread
With FLEISCHMANN’S
lent
• This active fresh yeast goes right to work, ? ^
you full value because it’s full strength. And brea
made with Fleischmann’s active fresh Yeast
sweeter, is lighter, more tender.
If you bake at home— Get Fleischmann’s
active fresh Yeast with the familiar yellow
label—America’s dependable yeast favorite
for over three generations
and narrow belt that ties in back.
Why not make it now to have
ready when the first day of school
rolls around.
Pattern No. 8021 is for sizes 6, 8, lfl 11
and 14 years. Size 8 requires 2 yards oi
36 or 39-inch fabric; 3'A yards ric rac.
Send your order to:
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT.
530 South WeUs St. Chicago 7, m,
Enclose 25 cents in coins for each
pattern desired.
Pattern Nn Size_
Name-
Address.
If you prefer to close up the
shelves where your canned goods
are stored, try this trick. Fasten
worn out window shades, still on
rollers, to the top shelves and pull
down to desired length.
To soften putty for removal from
window panes, draw a hot solder-
mg iron over the material, being
careful to keep the heat away from
the glass. Most putty, however,
when it needs to be replaced, can
be removed with a small screw¬
driver.
DOUBLE MEASURE
means quality and quantity in Moroline,
petroleum jefiy. minor Aids healing, burns-scalds a soothing an<i
dressing for Get Morolna.
minor cuts, bruises, chafes.
Kootm
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