The Herald-news., February 27, 1941, Image 2

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STOOD BY BRITISH
WHEN DUNKERQUE
FELL IN FLAMES
ENGLISH WOMAN TELLS OF
TROOPS’ BRAVERY, AVIATORS’
EXPERIENCE
Mrs. Walter Humphry of London,
Eingland, evacuee now living in Minne
apolis with her 2-year-old daughter,
Wendy, had many adventures and war I
For 18 months, 6 of them before
the war started when they were “prac- |
tlcing” for what was coming, she drove I
an ambulance "over there," her work
having to do principally with picking
up wounded civilians in the bombed
areas. Before they had proper equip
ment, she drove a 2 J-ton coal lorry
converted into an ambulance, slept on
top of coal mines and would return
home, smudged with coal dust and
looking "as black as night.”
Soldiers in Bad Shape
This attractive young Englishwoman
"stood by" all night when the British
were returning across the channel
from Dunkerque after the defeat. She
said some of the boys were in such
bad shape they had to be given an
anesthetic in order to get their boots,
off.
Only the other day Mrs. Humphry
received from her husband (he is a
young professional man, serving as a
machine gunner in the English home
guard, detailed to watch . for , para
chutists in a possible German inva
sion) a piece of nazi shrapnel, which
has a "story." It seems the bomb had
exploded during an air raid, the shrap
nel going through a double brick wall
in the home of a friend, through a
bureau and had landed red hot under
the chair in which the friend was
sitting!
An R. A. F. machine gunner she
knows has traveled on a bomber 52
times over Germany without being
wounded. His most serious mishap was
having the turret blown from under
him, leaving his legs dangling in the
air . . . when he got back to England
he was so cold the only part of him
he could move were his eyes!
Bomb Squad Courageous
"Bundles for Britain" are so neces
sary, according to this young woman,
and it is "such a wonderful way to
help.” Many people bombed out of
their homes have nothing but the
clothes on their backs.
Of air raids: "When we’d hear the
air raid warnings we’d run like the
dickins for a shelter, just as we were.
You don’t get undressed over there,
Just sleep in slacks and sweaters most
nights.”
Among the most courageous war
workers are the time-bomb squads,
Mrs. Humphry believes. Calmly and
deliberately they go after ticking
bombs every day . . . sometimes they
have to dig for hours to get at the.
bombs that might go off at any min
ute.
Symbol of Liberty
Eighty-seven unaccompanied British
children, 300 Jewish nazi refugees, be
sides many children with their par
ents, arrived recently on the same
boat with Mrs. Humphry and little
Wendy.
When they sighted the Statue of
Liberty, one mother said to her little
boy, "See that statue, son? It’s the
symbol of liberty. When you lose your
liberty, die."
"And that’s the whole story in a
nutshell,” pretty Kathleen Humphry
declared with impassioned voice.
"When we lose our liberty, we don’t
want to live. I was never so thankful
for anything as to see the outstretched
hand of Liberty. When I go back I
shall be a wonderful ambassador of
America.”
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IDAHO MINES PAID WELL
While Idaho's farm production in
1940 was valued at $53,920,000, the
state’s mines were not far behind, pro
ducing $37,652,000 in mineral values,
chiefly gold, silver, lead, copper and
zinc. The gold production was the
largest since 1871 and the lead output
the greatest In 10 years.
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Scotch plaid wool Is Nan Grey’s se
lection tor cruising in California
waters or picnicking in the moun
tains. The pretty star of Columbia's
"Those We Love” program has them
man-tailored with pleats for front
fullness and cuffs. For. comfort she
rolls up the sleeves of her white silk
shirt.
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Be a Careful Driver
Your Income Tax
In a Nutshell
Who must file a return? Every
single person having a gross in
come of SBOO or more; every
married person, not living with
husband or wife, and having a
gross income of SBOO or more;
and married persons living with
husband or wife, who have an
aggregate income of $2,000 or
more.
When must returns be filed?
For the calendar year, on or be
fore March 15, 1941. For the fis
cal year, on or before the 15th
day of the third month following
the close of the fiscal year.
Where and • with whom must
income tax returns be filed? In
the internal revenue district in
which the person lives or has his
chief place of business, and with
the collector of internal revenue.
How does one make out his in
come tax return? By following
the detailed Instructions given on
forms 1040-A and 1040, the in
come tax blanks.
What is the tax rate? A nor
mal tax of 4 percent on the
amount of the net income, ar
rived at by deducting legal ex
emptions and credits from the
gross income; a surtax on the
surtax net income in excess of
$4,000; and a defense tax of 10
percent of the combined normal
tax arid surtax.
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ROBIN USED BEL
TO KILL MOUSE
Mrs. Chester Beals of Camas, Wash.,
writes she was surprised one evening
in July, to see a mother robin catch
a half-grown mouse with her bill She
carried the squeaking, kicking animal
a few feet at a time, pausing at
Intervals to attack It with savage
pecks This continued for several min
utes until the mouse was dead. I won
dered If it was the mother of a family
who had a nest In our fir tree.
Would she carry the mouse to her
nest? I waited, but mother robin Just
ran around excitedly chirping, as If
waiting for an audience or her mate.
Nothing happened, so she ran back
to the mouse, and with more savage
energy pecked and pulled, until I
thought nothing could be left. She
then flew away.
I examined the mouse and found
the head badly mutilated, but the rest
of the body unharmed.
Read the Classified Advertisements!
THE HERALD-NEWS
Montana Ranches Lure Air Girl
& jSlilKisE
Phyllis Adair, youthful Hollywood stanet and horsewoman, has been selected
by Western Air Express as the modern ‘‘Girl of the Golden West." Her picture
win appear throughout the country in poses typical of the west, which the air
line serves. She will visit at Montana dude ranches this summer.
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Perhaps a change in food would be
welcomed by your family? Housewives
sometimes fall to offer sufficient va
riety of meals and the recipes in this
column might give some cooks ideas
for changes in their menus, without
increasing their food budget.
CHOCOLATE COOKIES
Cream J cup shortening, 1 cup sugar.
Add 2 unbeaten eggs, one at a time.
Beat well. Add 3 ounces melted choco
late and mix well. Mix:
1 cup all-purpose flour
i teaspoon baking powder
i teaspoon salt
Add to creamed mixture and beat
well. Add enough flour to make a
dough stiff enough to form into rolls
14 inches in diameter. The actual
amount depends upon size of eggs and
type of flour. Form rolls 14 inches Ui
diameter, wrap in wax paper and chill
overnight. Slice thin slices. Put slices
on cookie sheet or baking pans. Sprin
kle chopped nuts on top of cookies, or
use granulated sugar to cover top of
cookie. Bake about 12 minutes at 358
degrees.—Mrs. Paul Rosean, Columbus.
BEST-EVER ICE BOX ROLLS
1 quart milk
1 cup mashed potatoes
1 cup butter
1 teaspoon salt
2 cakes compressed yeast
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
Flour
Mix milk, potatoes, butter, sugar and
salt in pan and bring to a boiling
point. Let cool and add yeast, baking
powder and soda and enough flour to
make a stiff batter, (about like pan
cakes). Let rise 15 minutes. Add flour
to make a stiff dough, knead and put
in ice box for 24 hours before using.
When ready to use, take part of dough,
roll out i to i inch, cut out rolls,
spread with butter and fold. Let rise
11 hours or until very light and bake
■ in quick oven 10 to 15 minutes. Serve
Keeps Hips Slim
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“Squat-llke-a-load” Is the name of
this exercise which Bette Harmon
finds excellent for trimming down the
hips. Keeping hands on the floor, rise
from the squatting position until the
legs are completely erect and the knees
are entirely straight. Ten of these a
day will guarantee you a straighter
hlpllne in four weeks.
warm. Dough will keep for two weeks.—
Mrs. W. Burnison, Wolf Point.
CORN SOUP
Boil 5 minutes and strain:
1 can com
2 cups water
801 l 3 minutes:
3 hard-cooked egg yolks grated in
a kettle
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon grated onion
1 cup milk
Put above two together with 2 table
spoons com saved from can, 4 cups
milk, salt and pepper to taste, hard
egg whites, chopped in small pieces.
Let come to a boil and serve at once.
Serves six.—Mrs. J. W. Brummett,
Musselshell.
SALMON LOAF
1 can salmon (drain off juice and
save)
4 eggs, beaten lightly
1 tablespoon melted butter
i cup bread crumbs
i teaspoon salt
i teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon chopped parsley
Mix lightly, put In buttered dish,
steam one hour.
Sauce
1 cup hot milk
1 tablespoon cornstarch or flour
1 tablespoon catsup, a pinch of
pepper
801 l 2 minutes, add juice of salmon,
stir well, pour over salmon loaf. This
is very good.—Hilda Anderson, Great
Falls.
DEVILED VENISON
Cut thick slices from rare-roasted
venison, make slanting incisions and
.fill them with mixed mustard and
salad oil. Brush the slices with melted
butter. Dredge with flour. Place in
broiler until a golden brown. Serve
with butter. — Mrs. John Kingston,
Valier.
STUDY FIRE RAIDS
BY NAZI PLANES
It Isn’t likely that our cities will
suffer from bombing raids In the Im
mediate future, but it is a good thing
to prepare for such emergencies be
fore they happen.
Officers of the New York fire de
partment have arrived home after an
extended trip to London where they
studied the methods the English use
in combating fire under actual air raid
conditions. They took their Job so seri
ously that they fought side by side
with the firemen of London helping
put out one conflagration after an
other. They found that Britain’s meth
od of combating Incendiary bombs is
based on the use of thousands of
pieces of small, mobile fire fighting
apparatus, most of it hand-drawn.
These New York firemen who risked
their lives In order to bring home a
vivid account of how to handle fire
under actual war conflagration condi
tions, have done a tremendous service
to their country. From all indications
the Germans have found that they
can cause as much damage with in
cendiary bombs as with the 2,000-
pound explosive bombs.
Remember that here at home a fire
started through carelessness can wreak
as much havoc in a defense Industry
as could 2,0J0-pound bombs with di
rect hits. A bomb's destruction is cen
tralized, where lire many times spreads
and destroys much surrounding prop
erty.
A tremendous drain on the nation's
wealth could be practically stopped if
all Americans would help prevent fire
with only a small fraction of the vigor
that the New York firemen saw dem
onstrated in London.
England can reach Rumanian oil
fields from Greek bases; will she try?
Early Feeding of Lawn Chokes
Weeds Before They Get Start
If you were asked to name your
major lawn problem, what would you
reply? Right the first time—weeds—
those pesky critters that seem to
spring from nowhere.
Gardeners used to think that noth
ihg but laborious digging would eradi
cate weeds from the lawn. But we
know now that early feeding of the
lawn with a complete balanced plant
food is a great aid in eradicating.
Of course this early feeding doesn’t
directly kill the weeds. But it does do
this: Through supplying completely
balanced, readily available nourish
ment to the grass roots, it enables the
grass to make such a dense, early,
vigorous growth that weeds are choked
out.
Grass makes its best growth in early
spring, when the weather is cool and
there is plenty of moisture in the soil.
Weeds do not start into growth until
later, when the soli has become thor
oughly warm, anil higher temperatures
prevail.
Therefore to combat weeds, give your
lawn an early feeding this year, mak
ing application in late February or
early March, before the grass shows
any signs of active top growth. Apply
four pounds of plant food per 100
square feet of lawn area. Application
may be made either with a plant food
spreader, or by hand.
Not only Is this early application
beneficial from the standpoint of com
bating weeds, but it is less laborious
for the gardener, because when plant
Funeral of George Washington
Described in Old Newspaper
An old and interesting newspaper
containing an account of the funeral
of George Washington is the possession
of a well known Butte man, James F.
O’Brien of the machinists’ union. He
plans to give the paper, the Ulster
County Gazette of New York, dated
Jan. 4, 1800, to the 'state historical
library. *
Body Given Tomb
The account of Washington’s funeral
as it appears in the paper is, in part,
as follows:
“On Wednesday last, the mortal part
of Washington the Great—the father
of his country and the friend of man,
was consigned to the tomb, with sol
emn honors and funeral pomp.
“A multitude of persons assembled,
from many miles round, at Mount
Vernon, the choice abode and last
residence of the Illustrious chief.
There were the groves, the spacious
avenues, the beautiful and sublime
scenes, the noble mansion—but, alas!
the august Inhabitant was now no
more. That great soul was gone. His
mortal part was there Indeed; but ah!
how affecting? how awful the spectacle
of such worth and greatness, thus, to
mortal eyes, fallen—Yes! fallen! fallen!
“In the long and lofty portico, where
oft the hero walked in all his glory,
now lay the shrouded corpse. The
countenance still composed and serene,
seemed to depress the dignity of the
spirit, which lately dwelt In that life
less form! There those who paid the
last sad honors to the benefactor of
his country, took an impressive—a
farewell view ...
Triumph Over Death
“Between 3 and 4 o’clock, the sound
of artillery from a vessel in the river
firing minute guns, awoke afresh our
solemn sorrow—the corpse was re
moved —a band of music with mourn
ful melody melted the soul into all
the tenderness of woe. The procession
was formed and moved on . . .
“The sun was now setting. Alas! the
son of gloiy was set forever. No—the
name of Washington—the American
president and general—will triumph
over death! The unclouded brightness
of his glory will illuminate the future
ages!”
The paper contains news of the
American congress and some foreign
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•HAT PALL* ... MOWTAWA
Thursday, February 27, 1941
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WEEDS FLOURISH IH A LAWN WHERE
GRASS HAS NOT BEEN FERTILIZED-
CROSS SECTION OF A LAWN THAT
WAS BEEN GIVEN PLANT FOOD
INDUCING A VIGOROUS ROOT
GROWTH THUS CROWDING OUT WEEDS.
food is applied to lawns before any
top growth is made, it is unnecessary
to water the plant food in. Late snows
and early spring rains take care of
this part of the Job, and carry the
Slant food down to the roots where
, Is ready to be utilized Just as
promptly as the grass starts growth.
Try an early application of plant
food to the lawn this year. You will
be pleased with the results secured.
Wonder If Stalin did not suggest to
Bulgaria to wait a while.
news, the latest of which dated back
to October of the previous year.
The foreign news Is prefaced with
this announcement:
By the arrival of the factor from
Falmouth we are put in possession of
London papers to the 20th of October,
inclusive, from which we make the
following selections.
Advertisements include these:
For sale, the one-half of a sawmill
with a convenient place for building,
lying in the town of Rochester. By the
mill is an inexhaustible quantify of
pinewood—and also, a stout, healthy,
active negro wench. . . .
Wives Charged Bills
Second notice of my wife, Hannah,
is hereby given forbidding all persons
whatever from harboring or keeping
her, and from trusting her on my ac
count, as I am determined to pay no
debts of her contracting. . . .
Notice. Came to the subscriber, a
young heifer, about 1 year old last
spring marked with a piece cut off
the right ear, a star in her forehead,
and white under the belly. The owner
by paying charges is desired to take
her away. . . .
Roosevelt Turkey Day
Will Be On Nov. 20
An official of a New York merchants’
association said he had been informed
by Stephen Early, White House secre
tary, that "the president intends to
designate Thursday, Nov. 20, as a day
of thanksgiving this year.”
John J. Cavanaugh, president of the
Twenty-Third Street association, said
Early’s letter was in answer to a re
quest that the president indicate now
the date on which he Intended to des
ignate Thanksgiving day, as an aid to
business preparations which must be
completed in advance of the holiday.
The 20th is the next-to-the-last
Thursday in' November.
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Russian wild rye—a new drouth
resistant bunch grass of the pasture
type—will be tried out in each county
of the state in 1941 to demonstrate
its value under varying farm conditions
in North Dakota and to increase sup
plies of the seed.