November 18, 1948 (8 pages)

onto etnies ceot wo ee 3 2—Nevada City-Grass Valley Nugget, Nov. 18, 1948 NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY NUGGET ‘ 305 Broad Street, Nevada City—Telephone 36 A legal newspaper, as defined by statute HARLEY M. LEETE, JR., Owner and Publisher Member California Newspaper Publishers Association Published every Thursday at Nevada City, California, and entered @s matter of the second class in the postoffice at Nevada -City_under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year (in advance) -.-.-------2s2line eee ce cece tece ete ees tntteeseneees @ne month (in advance) SCHOCL STARTS TOO EARLY “These dark, cold, wintry mornings many little children have to start off to school before it is light. Daylight savings helps the power situation but ‘places our normal sequence of events on an unnatural basis. Perhaps it might be wise of the school authorities to advance school starting time an hour for the duration of daylights savings time. There may be some good reason why this cannot be done. In the absence of such a reason, the fact that, as winter advances, mornings become darker, colder and wetter should be a controlling factor in determining the proper starting hours for our youngest school chilTheir health and safety is a question of para‘mount importance.—H. M. L., Jr. le CALLING ALL PARENTS Gregarious by nature, Americans probably are athe most organization-minded people on earth. Clubs, lodges and other associations abound in every nook cand corner, and people belong to them for a variety of easons: for sociability, for ‘contacts’, for self-improvement. Some people join organizations, not to benefit themselves, but to benefit other people. One such group has grown strong because members help chilaren, their own and others.’ That organization, the Parent-Teachers Association, is presently conducting its annual new membership drive. : Being identified with such a thoroughly worthwhile organization is an opportunity parents cant afford to overlook. On its record of accomplishment for children and the public schools, the P-TA deserves continued and wholehearted support. WHAT HELPS THE WEST HELPS THE NATION Some of us, thrilling to California’s phenomenal growth, must wohdery occasionally how the East feels about it. Are we envied for our good fortune? Are ‘we disliked a bit, perhaps, in areas where many onetime residents pulled stakes and headed Westward? If we are, we shouldn't be, according to the, president of one of the country’s largest business firms. ’ Prudential Insurance Company’s Carrol M. Shanks told a California audience the other day that sharply stepped-up population growth and industrial development here benefit not only the West, but the entire Nation! In Mr. Shank’s view, a growing, prosperous Western industrial economy competing vigorously with the traditionally industrial East will benefit both West and East. Too great concentration of power and control, he pointed out, results in the lessening of initiative, alrive and managerial ability. Predicting that “over the next few decades the economic and financial control of many national busimesses will shift to the West,’ Mr. Shanks declared that “executives in the East will have to be on their foes to compete with those in the Western operations. A d as they step up their efficiency, the West in turn will be pushed to do even better!’ ° It’s good to hear an easterner discuss our remarkable growth in terms of the national welfare. And it’s gratifying to hear that our gains, far from being accomplished at the expense of the rest of the country, actually are considered gains for the country ‘as a od ' ‘HARRY TRUMAN—A REAPPRAISAL Political writers and commentators, politicians and citizen Joe Doakes are all taking a closer look at the man who just won an election which it wasn't possible for him to win. eae €*. Harry Truman now takes on somewhat the ‘stature of a superman as far as his achievements in the rough-and-tumble political arena are concerned. ‘He can also be credited with remarkable courage, samazing energy and unusual modesty. . But basically, all the factors for which he was opposed still stand. His election is not expected to amake the President any more adept in the handling of foreign affairs—a field in which he has been most inept when he has taken a hand personally. On the domestic front the President’s demands for compulsory health insurance, for outright repeal _ of the Taft-Hartley law, and for a return to economic controls will still be met with widespread opposition. _ . . n addition to these things his association with the notorious Pendergast machine in Kansas City, and This general inadequateness as an executive remain unchanged. . As citizens, however, the American people will support Mr. Truman in all constructive measures. But with typical independence they will oppose all proposals ich they conscientiously feel would not work to ultimate benefit of the nation as q whole, however ncerely the President feels to the contrary. Great will be the demands on. Mr. Truman in ext four years. We earnestly hope that he can to them. : F * ‘ Builders and veterans were reminded today that veterans of World War II or their families must still be given first chance to rent or buy new housing. construction for rental or sale. Diselosing that a new group of field igenits were on the job to check yiolations:: of this. ‘law, Mr. Sayless. Aiea Rent Director, said that the veterans prefe eace provisions apply to all houses,and apartments completed after June 30, 1947, and prior to April 1, 1949, other than’ those built for owner occupancy. Mr. Bayless explained that besides requiring that. veterans must be. given exclusive rights of purchase or rent during the period of construction and for at least thirty days thereafter, the law sets forth certain affirmative steps which builders must take. \ First, a builder must post a sign or placard in front of ‘each housing structure or on the construction site, during construction and during the period of offering to veterans. Such placard or sign must contain, legibly, the rent or sale price.of the unit or dwelling; the fact that the accommodations are offered for rent or sale exclusively to veterans or their families for the prescribed period; and the name and address of the person authorized to sell or rent the housing accommodations. If the rent or sale price is reduced after the ‘placard or sign is posted, the price on the placard must be changed accordingly. Second, a builder must publicly advertise all such housing accommodations by newspaper exclusively to veterans or their famtlies on at least three (3) days during the first 20 days of. the 30 day preference period.~: The advertisment must be carried in a newspaper of general circulation—in--the--ecommunity;-It—must contain the same information as is required for the placard or sign. (This applies unless’ the units are already sold or rented to veterans or their families.) The builder must take any other steps which are customary in the community for making a public offering of housing accommodations. ; If the dwelling remains unsold and the seller lowers the original offering price, he must reoffer the dwelling to veterans for an additfonal seven (7) days period before it can be -offered to the public This applies also to subsequent resale of houses at any price. Wiolation of this law, Mr. Bayless pointed out, is a federal offense and a convicted violator is subject to a fine and. imprisonment. Complaints of veterans may be filed at the office of Housing Expediter, 1330 J. Street, Sacramento. Mr. Bayless also said that' the recruitment and training of, seventy-five field agents of the Office of the Housing Expediter assigned to the West was now nearly complete, and that investigation into violations of the veterans emergency housing program regulations as well as violations of the veterans preference regulations: were being launched. Under this program Mr. Bayless explained, priorities to obtain scarce materials were granted to builders up to December, 1946. In return for the _ priorities, the builder agreed to: (1) build: the house to sell at a specified ceiling price; (2) build the house ac-. cording to agreed specifications; (3) and sell the house to a veteran or veteran’s family. Complaints, he said, have been received at the Office of Housing Expediter in, considerable number, falling generally into three classes; complaint of straight overcharges in the purchase price, failure to comply with the agreed specifications, and substitution of inferior materials in the construction ofthe house which reduced its value as a housing accommodation. In outlining the procedure the Office of the Housing Expediter will follow on such complaints, Mr. “Bayless said that although crimina] sanctions were available to the agency and would be used as a last resort, emphasis would be placed on voluntary settlements from buildérs to veterans, with. no legal action involved. g “‘We’re not conducting any witch hunt,” '. Mr. Bayless’ said. “We're not out counting knot holes and measuring the thickness of mortar between bricks. What we’re after is a serious: violation —such as a _ promised garage omitted, a reduction in the specified size of the house, an extra hundred or thousand dollars slipped into the contract here and there,”’ After the investigation of the complaint is made, the builder may be called into conference with OHE officials. At that time, he will be given the opportunity to make a voluntary settlement. If the builder refuses to, comply at this stage, the case will be turned over to the U. S. Attorney for civil or criminal prosecution. In cases where wilful intent to defraud is developed by the investigation, the cases will be turned .over immediately to the U. S. Attorney for prosecution. Mr. Bayless said, “It is, of course, true that the majority of houses built under this program were good houses built by reputable builders: Nevertheless, we have had betwen 30,000 and 50,000 complaints filed nationally and we’re going to fulfill our obligation to the veterans who were victimized by making every effort to obtain satisfactory settlements for them, either voluntarily, or under legal compulsion.’’ Veterans complaints on faulty or overpriced housing built for them under the veterans emergency housing proJ Street, Sacramento. Just Wonderin’ I Wonder when November comes With trailing mists and skies of grey, How swiftly harbingers of spring Appear to grace her onward way; As earth responds to clouds and showers, With soft green grass and budding flowers. ‘November is a month of change in our California; the blue skies are often hidden by storm clouds and rain decends in copious and ever welcome showers. There may be boisterous winds and in the Sierras, snowfalls and freezing temperatures prevail. We Californians are not alarmed or even greatly disturbed by these autumnal demonstrations; in fact, we welcome the magic changes of the season, for we know that soon the brown hills will be green’ once more, the little brooks will sing and that after the long days of clear skies and perpetual sunshine, the waiting earth is awakening to a new springtime of life and loveliness. November ’48 has brought many changes to the entire world and to America, the passing of an important election and disappointment to many of our people. Letters have come to me which contained wailing notes of discouragement. One dear friend believes that, “the nation is going to the dogs;’’ Another is in favor of “giving the country back to the Indians.” But why be so dismayed? These political: storms are very like those of nature’s, but we have weathered so many of them that we should no longer fear them. Looking back over similar occasions, we find that each presidential election has been attended by the same emotions of joy upon one side and deep dejection upon the other. In Washington's day, there were those who honestly believed that the country was on its way to the bow wows and this display of emotion and disgruntlement has marked every election and every administration since. Now isn’t the United States of America too big to be destroyed by one political upset? We have been through too many storms to be dismayed when a conflict is not decided just as we would like it to be. As in the realm of nature, so it is that, after a political storm, the people if they will, may look for and find the harbingers of spring, and look ahead to illuminated pathways and may wait expectantly for the miracles that are to be. November is the month in which Thanksgiving comes to remind us of our blessings in a land of freedom. America the beautiful, is ours to have and to hold. Under her star flag, we may be glad, even when from our point of view, things have ben going wrong. Someone once said, “When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.’ So when we pray for our country, how can we be sure that we are pleading for that which would be supremely good for the land and its people? If our prayers remain unanswered, it might be because, if they were answered, our punishment would be unbearable. Let’s consider these things and just keep on working and smiling when storms sweep our banners and our desires are not realized. That is, we might, if we believe in prayer and in praying, are willing to accept that which may be ‘good and right for the springtime that is sure to come. ,; Uncle Silas says: “The man worth while, is the man who refuses to believe that anything ever goes entirely dead wrong.” Adeline Merriam Conner KITCHEN HINTS November is an especially good month for serving pork. For Thanksgiving, there is the traditional pork roast, and for more or the more conservative sirloin or shoulder-end pork roasts; you'll want it to [ook its finest for your holiday table. Set the theme for the dinner by using a vegetable center-piece of egg-plant, squash, apples, and other fall fruits and vegetables. Then use edible garnishes of seasonal fruits and vegetables as accompaniments for the roast, says Reba Staggs, food authority. informal occasions — when it’s “just the family’’ or even for Cranberry sauce or sherbet in entertaining purposes —— hearty] orange half-shells is’ a coloful and flavorful, spareribs are suitable. Because’ spareribs, like all fresh pork, must be. completely cooked to be at their best, ‘‘ribs’”’ are usually roasted or braised to the well-done stage, Reba Staggs, home economist, points out. When roasted or baked, they are sometimts cooked with stuffing, either under the meat or between two “racks of the ribs. When braised, various liquids, such ag barbecue sauce, fuit juice or water may be used to lend variety in flavor. A good fall dish is spareribs baked with a. bread _ stuffing, served with cabbage salad, hard rolls and ‘baked apples. Place the meat over the bread stuffing, and roast in a 350° F. oven until tender, about 2 hours (fresh pork is roasted at 350° F. rather than 300° F. so that it. will be tender, juicy and attractively: browned by the time it is completely cooked to the well-done stage). Another good stuffing is a fruited one made with pineapple, app es, and prunes. Place this between two “racks” of ribs before cooking, then slice through to serve. Barbecued ribs are typical of braised spareribs. Brown the ribs in hot fat, add barbecue sauce, cover tightly and cook slowly for about 1% hours. A “semi-baking”’ Process is also good for barbecuing spareribs. Put the ribs in a flat shallow baking pan, with a ring of sweet onion and green pepper on each piece. Pour barbecue sauce over the ribs, then cook in a 850° F. oven for 2 hours, basting frequently with the sauce, SF h & That Thanksgiving pork roast deserves the best you can give >it in the way of garnishes, Whether you use a center-cut loin roast gram may be filed with the Ofand appetizing garnish. Or cook apples. lightly in a red, cinnamon-flavored sirup, then top with & marshmallow and a sprinkling of chopped nuts. A quick trip under the broiler will melt the marshmallows and brown them slightly. Orange-flavored mashed sweet potatoes are another choice. Use orange juice and grated orange rind for the flavoring. Place a mound of potatoes on a pineapple ring and again top with a-marshmallow before broiling. Still -onother choice is fresh or canned pear halves tepped with a ground cranberry and orange relish, and broiled. : e+ h& Traditional baking days are at hand—days when pumpkin and mincemeat are among the most important flavors in the kitchen. Pumpkin . in pies, tarts, and cookies is very much in season, and these are as easy -to-make-as they are good, with lard used as the shortening in all three. New notes can be given fo the pies or tarts this year by serving them with cinnamon or molasses-flavored whipped cream. The flavor blend is perfect, says Reba Staggs, home economist. Or you might serve tiny cheese pumpkins made by shaping: grated cheese in the shape of pumpkins. A fall note results when. acorns and oak leaves cut from pastry are baked a-ton the filling. Filled mincemeat cookies are a treat for the youngsters, Thanksgiving or not. And mincemeat pies or tarts are a part of the entire holiday season. Pd True politeness requires humility, good sense, and benevolence. To think more highly of ourselves than we ought to think, destroys its quickening principle:—Lydia 2—Nevada City-Grass Valley Nugget, Nov. 11, 1948 TOWARD MUTUAL UNDERSTANDIN e ia te » rs Symbolic of American Junior Red Cross ties around the world, youngsters from cosmopolitan Friend’s School in Washington, D.C., trace international projects in faraway places. School albums, gift boxes, and art exchanges : promote mutual understanding. RED CROSS STYLE—BY MAINBOCHER “= * —eP . : = Washington, D.C.—The new Mainbocher-designed Red Cross women’s uniform is modeled here by Wanda Carroll, Alexandria, Va. The close-up view, left, shows the gabardine winter suit, The full-length view pictures the smart new topcoat. Mainbocher, creator of the famous WAVE uniform, contributed his services to the Red Cross in designing these first major uniform changes since before the war. ——es = > ! THEY GROW °FM BIG IN DENVER 7 > ~~. ye Denver, Col.—Denver Red Cross chapter production workers Miss Margaret. a Sullivan, left, and Mrs. M. Gulliford display a suit of pajamas made to order in the chapter’s sewing room for an outsize patient at Veterans Administration Hospital, Fort Logan, who was unable to squeeze into regulation hospital garb. MILLION-VEAR-OLD . REMAINS OF CHINAS COOKED MEAT AND : MARROW BOWES. ° ce] ° : ile FEASTING WAS CHIEF MEy \ \ DIEVAL ENTERTAINMENT. I ee Uf BESIDES MOUNTAINS f OF FOOD, DANCERS: suey GLERS, SINGERS AND ("Sg i “STORY TELLERS at PERFORMED. TO PROMOTE MODERATION, REPRESENTA. TIVE (LATER PRESIDENT) JAMES MADISON PROPOSED (/789) A LOW TAX 70.INCREASE PRODUCTION OF BEER. f ‘ LAVOISIER, SCIENTIST BEHEADED /N FRENCH REVOLUTION, FIRST APPLIED CHEMISTRY _f 70 DIET, ESTABLISHING SC/ENCE OF NUTRITION, % fice of Housing Expediter, 1330 H,. Sigourney, “ COPYRIGHT 1948 J.V.CLARKE. {i bf aie i “PEKING MAN“ REVEAL ~g@@™

onto etnies ceot wo ee 3 2—Nevada City-Grass Valley Nugget, Nov. 18, 1948 NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY NUGGET ‘ 305 Broad Street, Nevada City—Telephone 36 A legal newspaper, as defined by statute HARLEY M. LEETE, JR., Owner and Publisher Member California Newspaper Publishers Association Published every Thursday at Nevada City, California, and entered @s matter of the second class in the postoffice at Nevada -City_under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year (in advance) -..-.-------2s2line eee ce cece tece ete ees tntteeseneees @ne month (in advance) SCHOCL STARTS TOO EARLY “These dark, cold, wintry mornings many little children have to start off to school before it is light. Daylight savings helps the power situation but ‘places our normal sequence of events on an unnatural basis. Perhaps it might be wise of the school authorities to advance school starting time an hour for the duration of daylights savings time. There may be some good reason why this cannot be done. In the absence of such a reason, the fact that, as winter advances, mornings become darker, colder and wetter should be a controlling factor in determining the proper starting hours for our youngest school chilTheir health and safety is a question of para‘mount importance.—H. M. L., Jr. le CALLING ALL PARENTS Gregarious by nature, Americans probably are athe most organization-minded people on earth. Clubs, lodges and other associations abound in every nook cand corner, and people belong to them for a variety of easons: for sociability, for ‘contacts’, for self-improvement. Some people join organizations, not to benefit themselves, but to benefit other people. One such group has grown strong because members help chilaren, their own and others.’ That organization, the Parent-Teachers Association, is presently conducting its annual new membership drive. : Being identified with such a thoroughly worthwhile organization is an opportunity parents cant afford to overlook. On its record of accomplishment for children and the public schools, the P-TA deserves continued and wholehearted support. WHAT HELPS THE WEST HELPS THE NATION Some of us, thrilling to California’s phenomenal growth, must wohdery occasionally how the East feels about it. Are we envied for our good fortune? Are ‘we disliked a bit, perhaps, in areas where many onetime residents pulled stakes and headed Westward? If we are, we shouldn't be, according to the, president of one of the country’s largest business firms. ’ Prudential Insurance Company’s Carrol M. Shanks told a California audience the other day that sharply stepped-up population growth and industrial development here benefit not only the West, but the entire Nation! In Mr. Shank’s view, a growing, prosperous Western industrial economy competing vigorously with the traditionally industrial East will benefit both West and East. Too great concentration of power and control, he pointed out, results in the lessening of initiative, alrive and managerial ability. Predicting that “over the next few decades the economic and financial control of many national busimesses will shift to the West,’ Mr. Shanks declared that “executives in the East will have to be on their foes to compete with those in the Western operations. A d as they step up their efficiency, the West in turn will be pushed to do even better!’ ° It’s good to hear an easterner discuss our remarkable growth in terms of the national welfare. And it’s gratifying to hear that our gains, far from being accomplished at the expense of the rest of the country, actually are considered gains for the country ‘as a od ' ‘HARRY TRUMAN—A REAPPRAISAL Political writers and commentators, politicians and citizen Joe Doakes are all taking a closer look at the man who just won an election which it wasn't possible for him to win. eae €*. Harry Truman now takes on somewhat the ‘stature of a superman as far as his achievements in the rough-and-tumble political arena are concerned. ‘He can also be credited with remarkable courage, samazing energy and unusual modesty. . But basically, all the factors for which he was opposed still stand. His election is not expected to amake the President any more adept in the handling of foreign affairs—a field in which he has been most inept when he has taken a hand personally. On the domestic front the President’s demands for compulsory health insurance, for outright repeal _ of the Taft-Hartley law, and for a return to economic controls will still be met with widespread opposition. _ . . n addition to these things his association with the notorious Pendergast machine in Kansas City, and This general inadequateness as an executive remain unchanged. . As citizens, however, the American people will support Mr. Truman in all constructive measures. But with typical independence they will oppose all proposals ich they conscientiously feel would not work to ultimate benefit of the nation as q whole, however ncerely the President feels to the contrary. Great will be the demands on. Mr. Truman in ext four years. We earnestly hope that he can to them. : F * ‘ Builders and veterans were reminded today that veterans of World War II or their families must still be given first chance to rent or buy new housing. construction for rental or sale. Diselosing that a new group of field igenits were on the job to check yiolations:: of this. ‘law, Mr. Sayless. Aiea Rent Director, said that the veterans prefe eace provisions apply to all houses,and apartments completed after June 30, 1947, and prior to April 1, 1949, other than’ those built for owner occupancy. Mr. Bayless explained that besides requiring that. veterans must be. given exclusive rights of purchase or rent during the period of construction and for at least thirty days thereafter, the law sets forth certain affirmative steps which builders must take. \ First, a builder must post a sign or placard in front of ‘each housing structure or on the construction site, during construction and during the period of offering to veterans. Such placard or sign must contain, legibly, the rent or sale price.of the unit or dwelling; the fact that the accommodations are offered for rent or sale exclusively to veterans or their families for the prescribed period; and the name and address of the person authorized to sell or rent the housing accommodations. If the rent or sale price is reduced after the ‘placard or sign is posted, the price on the placard must be changed accordingly. Second, a builder must publicly advertise all such housing accommodations by newspaper exclusively to veterans or their famtlies on at least three (3) days during the first 20 days of. the 30 day preference period.~: The advertisment must be carried in a newspaper of general circulation—in--the--ecommunity;-It—must contain the same information as is required for the placard or sign. (This applies unless’ the units are already sold or rented to veterans or their families.) The builder must take any other steps which are customary in the community for making a public offering of housing accommodations. ; If the dwelling remains unsold and the seller lowers the original offering price, he must reoffer the dwelling to veterans for an additfonal seven (7) days period before it can be -offered to the public This applies also to subsequent resale of houses at any price. Wiolation of this law, Mr. Bayless pointed out, is a federal offense and a convicted violator is subject to a fine and. imprisonment. Complaints of veterans may be filed at the office of Housing Expediter, 1330 J. Street, Sacramento. Mr. Bayless also said that' the recruitment and training of, seventy-five field agents of the Office of the Housing Expediter assigned to the West was now nearly complete, and that investigation into violations of the veterans emergency housing program regulations as well as violations of the veterans preference regulations: were being launched. Under this program Mr. Bayless explained, priorities to obtain scarce materials were granted to builders up to December, 1946. In return for the _ priorities, the builder agreed to: (1) build: the house to sell at a specified ceiling price; (2) build the house ac-. cording to agreed specifications; (3) and sell the house to a veteran or veteran’s family. Complaints, he said, have been received at the Office of Housing Expediter in, considerable number, falling generally into three classes; complaint of straight overcharges in the purchase price, failure to comply with the agreed specifications, and substitution of inferior materials in the construction ofthe house which reduced its value as a housing accommodation. In outlining the procedure the Office of the Housing Expediter will follow on such complaints, Mr. “Bayless said that although crimina] sanctions were available to the agency and would be used as a last resort, emphasis would be placed on voluntary settlements from buildérs to veterans, with. no legal action involved. g “‘We’re not conducting any witch hunt,” '. Mr. Bayless’ said. “We're not out counting knot holes and measuring the thickness of mortar between bricks. What we’re after is a serious: violation —such as a _ promised garage omitted, a reduction in the specified size of the house, an extra hundred or thousand dollars slipped into the contract here and there,”’ After the investigation of the complaint is made, the builder may be called into conference with OHE officials. At that time, he will be given the opportunity to make a voluntary settlement. If the builder refuses to, comply at this stage, the case will be turned over to the U. S. Attorney for civil or criminal prosecution. In cases where wilful intent to defraud is developed by the investigation, the cases will be turned .over immediately to the U. S. Attorney for prosecution. Mr. Bayless said, “It is, of course, true that the majority of houses built under this program were good houses built by reputable builders: Nevertheless, we have had betwen 30,000 and 50,000 complaints filed nationally and we’re going to fulfill our obligation to the veterans who were victimized by making every effort to obtain satisfactory settlements for them, either voluntarily, or under legal compulsion.’’ Veterans complaints on faulty or overpriced housing built for them under the

veterans emergency housing proJ Street, Sacramento. Just Wonderin’ I Wonder when November comes With trailing mists and skies of grey, How swiftly harbingers of spring Appear to grace her onward way; As earth responds to clouds and showers, With soft green grass and budding flowers. ‘November is a month of change in our California; the blue skies are often hidden by storm clouds and rain decends in copious and ever welcome showers. There may be boisterous winds and in the Sierras, snowfalls and freezing temperatures prevail. We Californians are not alarmed or even greatly disturbed by these autumnal demonstrations; in fact, we welcome the magic changes of the season, for we know that soon the brown hills will be green’ once more, the little brooks will sing and that after the long days of clear skies and perpetual sunshine, the waiting earth is awakening to a new springtime of life and loveliness. November ’48 has brought many changes to the entire world and to America, the passing of an important election and disappointment to many of our people. Letters have come to me which contained wailing notes of discouragement. One dear friend believes that, “the nation is going to the dogs;’’ Another is in favor of “giving the country back to the Indians.” But why be so dismayed? These political: storms are very like those of nature’s, but we have weathered so many of them that we should no longer fear them. Looking back over similar occasions, we find that each presidential election has been attended by the same emotions of joy upon one side and deep dejection upon the other. In Washington's day, there were those who honestly believed that the country was on its way to the bow wows and this display of emotion and disgruntlement has marked every election and every administration since. Now isn’t the United States of America too big to be destroyed by one political upset? We have been through too many storms to be dismayed when a conflict is not decided just as we would like it to be. As in the realm of nature, so it is that, after a political storm, the people if they will, may look for and find the harbingers of spring, and look ahead to illuminated pathways and may wait expectantly for the miracles that are to be. November is the month in which Thanksgiving comes to remind us of our blessings in a land of freedom. America the beautiful, is ours to have and to hold. Under her star flag, we may be glad, even when from our point of view, things have ben going wrong. Someone once said, “When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.’ So when we pray for our country, how can we be sure that we are pleading for that which would be supremely good for the land and its people? If our prayers remain unanswered, it might be because, if they were answered, our punishment would be unbearable. Let’s consider these things and just keep on working and smiling when storms sweep our banners and our desires are not realized. That is, we might, if we believe in prayer and in praying, are willing to accept that which may be ‘good and right for the springtime that is sure to come. ,; Uncle Silas says: “The man worth while, is the man who refuses to believe that anything ever goes entirely dead wrong.” Adeline Merriam Conner KITCHEN HINTS November is an especially good month for serving pork. For Thanksgiving, there is the traditional pork roast, and for more or the more conservative sirloin or shoulder-end pork roasts; you'll want it to [ook its finest for your holiday table. Set the theme for the dinner by using a vegetable center-piece of egg-plant, squash, apples, and other fall fruits and vegetables. Then use edible garnishes of seasonal fruits and vegetables as accompaniments for the roast, says Reba Staggs, food authority. informal occasions — when it’s “just the family’’ or even for Cranberry sauce or sherbet in entertaining purposes —— hearty] orange half-shells is’ a coloful and flavorful, spareribs are suitable. Because’ spareribs, like all fresh pork, must be. completely cooked to be at their best, ‘‘ribs’”’ are usually roasted or braised to the well-done stage, Reba Staggs, home economist, points out. When roasted or baked, they are sometimts cooked with stuffing, either under the meat or between two “racks of the ribs. When braised, various liquids, such ag barbecue sauce, fuit juice or water may be used to lend variety in flavor. A good fall dish is spareribs baked with a. bread _ stuffing, served with cabbage salad, hard rolls and ‘baked apples. Place the meat over the bread stuffing, and roast in a 350° F. oven until tender, about 2 hours (fresh pork is roasted at 350° F. rather than 300° F. so that it. will be tender, juicy and attractively: browned by the time it is completely cooked to the well-done stage). Another good stuffing is a fruited one made with pineapple, app es, and prunes. Place this between two “racks” of ribs before cooking, then slice through to serve. Barbecued ribs are typical of braised spareribs. Brown the ribs in hot fat, add barbecue sauce, cover tightly and cook slowly for about 1% hours. A “semi-baking”’ Process is also good for barbecuing spareribs. Put the ribs in a flat shallow baking pan, with a ring of sweet onion and green pepper on each piece. Pour barbecue sauce over the ribs, then cook in a 850° F. oven for 2 hours, basting frequently with the sauce, SF h & That Thanksgiving pork roast deserves the best you can give >it in the way of garnishes, Whether you use a center-cut loin roast gram may be filed with the Ofand appetizing garnish. Or cook apples. lightly in a red, cinnamon-flavored sirup, then top with & marshmallow and a sprinkling of chopped nuts. A quick trip under the broiler will melt the marshmallows and brown them slightly. Orange-flavored mashed sweet potatoes are another choice. Use orange juice and grated orange rind for the flavoring. Place a mound of potatoes on a pineapple ring and again top with a-marshmallow before broiling. Still -onother choice is fresh or canned pear halves tepped with a ground cranberry and orange relish, and broiled. : e+ h& Traditional baking days are at hand—days when pumpkin and mincemeat are among the most important flavors in the kitchen. Pumpkin . in pies, tarts, and cookies is very much in season, and these are as easy -to-make-as they are good, with lard used as the shortening in all three. New notes can be given fo the pies or tarts this year by serving them with cinnamon or molasses-flavored whipped cream. The flavor blend is perfect, says Reba Staggs, home economist. Or you might serve tiny cheese pumpkins made by shaping: grated cheese in the shape of pumpkins. A fall note results when. acorns and oak leaves cut from pastry are baked a-ton the filling. Filled mincemeat cookies are a treat for the youngsters, Thanksgiving or not. And mincemeat pies or tarts are a part of the entire holiday season. Pd True politeness requires humility, good sense, and benevolence. To think more highly of ourselves than we ought to think, destroys its quickening principle:—Lydia 2—Nevada City-Grass Valley Nugget, Nov. 11, 1948 TOWARD MUTUAL UNDERSTANDIN e ia te » rs Symbolic of American Junior Red Cross ties around the world, youngsters from cosmopolitan Friend’s School in Washington, D.C., trace international projects in faraway places. School albums, gift boxes, and art exchanges : promote mutual understanding. RED CROSS STYLE—BY MAINBOCHER “= * —eP . : = Washington, D.C.—The new Mainbocher-designed Red Cross women’s uniform is modeled here by Wanda Carroll, Alexandria, Va. The close-up view, left, shows the gabardine winter suit, The full-length view pictures the smart new topcoat. Mainbocher, creator of the famous WAVE uniform, contributed his services to the Red Cross in designing these first major uniform changes since before the war. ——es = > ! 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