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Show I SOUTH CACHE COURIER What Army Eats Isnt Chow Nowadays; GI Meals Must Be Tasty and Nourishing $- The New York and Hollywood Scene: A1 Faces About Glammerville: Jolson spellbinding a squad of U. S. Marines at the Beverly Hills Hotel pool . . . Bette Davis and Secy Morgenthau thrilling the uniformed men at the Hollywood Canteen . . . Dinah Shore thrashing nine ditties for them . . . Bonita Granville showing Lt. Joe Wade the Quartermaster Corps Tests Insure Purity And Palatability. By AL JEDLICKA Released by Western Newspaper Union. Wherever Johnny Doughboy may be fighting today, hes eating his fill of good, nutriHes all mended from tional food. that New Guinea crackup . . . Ella Whether its in the South d as she real tears Logans "That Old Feeling to the Pacific, Europe or the MedVARIOUS chemical and physical sector via the iterranean, hes finding his Mail Call program, which isnt fare palatable and strength- tests of food samples are conducted heard by the public here . . . ening; maybe not quite like constantly in the Quartermaster Veronica Lake, tiny as a doll, floatCorps laboratories, to determine Mas home cooking, but just their ing to the rhythms of Emil Colto matic stability under differing cliemans and Phil Ohmans crews at what a fighting man needs conditions and other influences that would affect their wholethe Mocambo . . . Lovely Mari- make him fight hard. micro-phone- China-Burma-Ind- anne OBrien of the Warners factory surrounded by Marines in the Clover Club . . . Miriam Hopkins at La Rue with her constant companion, who never was itemed as her favorite male. Hes a Greek biggie . . . Bob Hope and his Johnhair-dNo ny Weismuller cracks, he warns with a threatening finger, Im doing a pirate o. If Johnny Doughboy is eating well, no accident. Rather it is the result of careful scientific study of the quartermaster corps subsistence research and development laboratory in Chicago, which is chiefly contributing to the armys conquest of food problems arising from different climatic and storage conditions throughout the world. There was a time when the army its wasnt so exacting about food, when Marshal Rommel (according to fares were plain and repetitious. No Britishers who made their escape farther back than World War I vets back to our lines) has a sense of lost much of their enthusiasm for humor, he thinks ... He made corned beef and salmon because of several British officers attend his their constant serving. But thanks frequent lectures, during which he to the sympathetic understanding of affected a pose that the Battle of Col. W. A. Point, who appreciated Africa was a sporting event. He the value of a nutritional as well as would give these prisoners a testi- a tasty .fare for troops, the army monial dinner with all the pomp he instituted a subsistence school in could muster on the desert Big en- 1920, which spawned the research trances, place cards, introductions, laboratory in 1936. When the laboratory was opened salutes and so bn . . . And then, while the German staff dined on ex- that year,, there were no indications cellent cuisine, the British prisoners that the U. S. would find itself in a were served a meal consisting of world-widstraggle five years later, their own captured with fighting in jungles, mountains, desRommel also delighted in erts and snowy steppes. But when them. pointing out their errors and why that day did come, the laboratory e they were captives. He was asked To what do by a correspondent: you credit your success? How will . . . the enemy ever beat you? With a gleam in his monocled eye The German Rommel replied: Army is great because of its great organization. I know exactly when I will enter a town. One month ahead I know what suite I will have in which hotel. If, however, some day, I march into a place and go to my suite and find another German general then I will .know we are licked! The Oklahoma cast is reported doing so much ad libbing that they are spoiling the show. Guild ecs shrug and say: Look at the box office . . . The New York Post Office has broken all records in the district. To date this year it has done business totaling 103 millions . . . The book now on FDRs bedside table is. "Rendezvous with Destiny. . The only comment on the book appeared in a Chicago paper briefly and a story in the Christian Science Monitor. Not a single review has appeared on it yet . . . Hepburns newest interest, they say, is a famed polo player . . . Add ditty similarities: Time Waits for No One and Tales from Vienna . . . Lana Turner wont Woods bark about it until she sees it here, but those delicious canapes Ray Bourbon served with cocktails the other sundown were made from dog food ... The Late Watch: Shirley Ross and her husband, Kenneth Dolan (who parted last season), are happier than ever. They reconciled after he was quoted here as saying the fault was 11 his because: I neglected my wife instead of my clients . . . There will be a copyright war over U. S. rights to the song popular with the troops, "Lili Marlene . . . You Douglas Miller, who wrote Cant Do Business With Hitler, told OWI chiefs that the war with Germany will last at least another year and with Japan two . . . T. Casey, the Bklyn Citizen editor, has written two songs with Johnny Tucker of Hook and Ladder Co. 117 All major networks in Astoria Dont Change banned the song, which has nothing to- - do Horses, with politics. It has been networked The authors wrote since April. Mairzy Doats. ... Noel Quotation Marksmanship: Coward: The most terrifying thing to a man is a woman who cri'es in advance . . . E. Hemingway: The saddest thing in the world is the affection of man and woman; the most fortunate ending is by death . . . J. Porter: She whines him around her finger . . . Mable Bandy: lashes that could sweep the cobwebs from any mans heart . . . L. Corning: Low clouds on the verge oi tears. Sallies in Our Alley: office boy requested off (on the day of a Bob Dunns the afternoon double-heade- r) saying: Boss my grandmother Dunn cut him short: Oh, come now, son. Youre not going to pull that chestnut about your grandmother being dead? . . . No, sir," Shes home on furwas the reply. . . At La Conga some . lough! were gabbing aboul a gal whose beauty was in dispute . . .. She looks, said an admirer, like something from Vogue! . , , a rejection slip. ... velvet-knocke- A MAJOR on the Quartermaster Corps laboratory staff places various foods, such as navy beans, bacon, raisins, plum jam and butter in a special testing box that can simulate either arctic cold or tropic heat. was ready to undertake the vast task of adjusting the American soldiers food to the different embattled regions. No less than 31 army officers and 61 civilians are at work in the research laboratory chemists, bacteriologists and vitamin experts, working in approximately a different fields under direction of Col. Rohland A. Isker. In addition, there is an experimental kitchen for testing preparations and a dining room where help is served new food and asked to comment on its palatability. In the absence of Colonel Isker, who was on a mission in Europe, Dr. Jesse H. White was in charge of the laboratory, and it was he who eseorted this Western Newspaper Union correspondent through the half-doze- n premises. A retired army colonel who returned to duty at the research laboratory without assuming his old military rank when the wars pressing events forced a need for, trained men, Dr. White has been associated with the quartermaster corps since 1907, and always in the forefront of the drive for progressive procedure. Originally a meat inspector for the navy, Dr. White first undertook the study of canned fruits, vegetables and other items for the army, and participated in Colonel Points special subsistence schools. Boneless Beef. Although Dr. White has been in on the whole gradual development of the armys scientific food program, meat still remains his first interest, and to him must go the credit for the acceptance of boneless beef. It was only after Dr. Whites insistence that the army experimented with boneless beef during the maneuvers of 1936, eliminating the poor and expensive cuts and wastes in the carcass. In 1940, the army' someness. went stiff further with boneless beef under Dr. Whites leadership, utilizing the entire carcass for roasts, stews and sausages. Though the conservation of space was a factor then, it did not assume the tremendous importance it did with the outbreak of World War H, when the long supply lines imposed a severe strain on our transport system. As a result of Dr. Whites sharpness, the army achieved additional conservation of space through his suggestion for cutting pork loins in two and fitting one end in the slope of the other, thus forming a single package of half the former size. As a fruition of the effort to provide a variety of food to troops, three times as many meat items have been developed under the direction of the research laboratory than existed during the last war. Before the war, packers professed difficulty canning pork luncheon meat in large containers, but careful research overcame the problem. Formerly, the lard in pork sausage had oozed from the meat and collected around the walls of the can, but this liquefication was also corrected. Heading off the inevitability of complaints from a continuous serving of Vienna sausages, a coarsely ground, finely spiced frankfurter was developed for variety. With the extension of the fighting to the tropical climates, preservation of fats and oils have presented a difficult problem, but under the direction of the research laboratory remedies have been developed. Army Spread. Most noteworthy of these developments, perhaps, is the ,socalled army spread," a combination of butter, cheese curd and milk powder. It was produced following a search for a palatable fat to replace the old Carter Spread composed of butter and hydrogenated cottonseed flakes, which tasted tallowy and stuck to the roof of the mouth. Although army spread has filled the bill for an appetizing fat, it is of no use as a shortening or in frying. Due to scientific methods in the preservation of lard and other shortenings, troops afield now profit from the availability of high caloric biscuits. The celebrated hardtack of old was nothing more than flour, water and salt, since no stable shortening had been discovered. But through the use of antioxidants, fats and notably lard have been so treated that they would stay fresh and usable from six to nine months. Working in conjunction with processors, the dairy products section of the research laboratory under Lieut. Robert J. Remaley has developed an evaporated milk with a concentration of 3.1, surpassing the old figure of 2.1. Of value to the army in the economy of space, the new product should prove of equal advantage to women shoppers in the postwar world. Advancements also have been made in the production of dehydrated cheese. Previously sold primarily to bakers for fillers, spraying, etc., the cheese retains its essential the regular army bread formula other than the omission of salt. Prior to the experimentation, however, the ocean water was treated with calcium hypochlorite on the basis ol 0.5 grams to 31 gallons of the water, against possible content of algae, sea weed, etc. Proceeding on the principle that flour is the most important and the one indispensable ingredient to the production of baked products, the quartermaster corps tests samples from each car offered before acceptance. Made from either hard spring or winter wheat, the flour must produce bread with good volume, grain and texture, creamy white crumb color, and pleasing flavor and taste, according tb Technologist Paul V. Holton. Containing about 12 per cent protein and one-haper cent minerals or ash, the army flour is enriched with thiamin (vitamin Bl), riboflavin (vitamin B2), niacin and iron. One of the outstanding developments was the production of a granular dehydrated yeast for use overseas because it will keep well for a year if under refrigeration of degrees F. and show no appreciable loss in baking strength if stored at 70 degrees or below for six months. If kept at higher temperatures, however, the yeast quickly loses its quality. Other factors favoring granular dehydrated yeast, which is manufactured in pellets and packed in d size, moisture proof cans, are its quick action during baking and its greater leavening power per unit of weight. Canned Rations. To meet the needs of our soldiers under the varying conditions of war, rations have been developed. ' For instance, when establishing a beachhead there is no time for the preparation of a meaL The K ration which may be eaten cold, is designed for such an exigency. The C ration is intended for later use when the beachhead is established and the tension is not quite so great. The C ration which may be eaten cold but may be made more palatable by heating the canned components, requires a minimum of preparation. For scout troops or eating, the ration is preferable. The D ration, a high calorie chocolate bar, is carried by the soldier to be used only in an emergency. Each of these rations has been developed only after the most careful research. They must be nutritionally adequate, of excellent keeping quality (at least six months under varying conditions of climate), easy to carry, and palatable. One of the research laboratorys biggest tasks was in the improvisation of packing to suit the various climatic conditions encountered. In early South Pacific fighting, many different types of packages deteriorated on the tropical beaches under the elements of rain and heat. Through careful research, however, various protective coatings and waterproofing materials, such as waxes, were developed, not only to guard against exposure on the beaches but also to enable many of the packages to be floated ashore to facilitate unloading operations. The laboratory has a cooperative project called the Guinea Pig Club, of which every employee as well as every officer in the laboratory is a lf 40-5- 0 two-poun- -l that 30,000 Anglo-Americ- an TALKS WITH STALIN Two of the most important diplomatic reports of the war have been received at the White House recently, not from any trained diplomats, but from two private American citizens Father Orlemanski of Spring-fielMass., and Prof. Oscar Lange, n leader and a teacher at the University of Chicago, both of whom had interviews with Stalin., Although less widely publicized than Father Orlemanski s interview. Professor Lange had a long separate talk with Marshal Stalin and, perhaps because he was not circumscribed by church superiors, his report, on the whole, has been the more penetrating and helpfuL New conclusion drawn from the reports is that Polish-Russia- n relations, one of the most troublesome problems of the war, are on the eve of a wholesome rapprochement, probably beginning about now. EDALLIONS crocheted to loot It was shortly after the receipt oi iY1 like garden the reports that combine to make thrilling a serier President Roosevelt began spring accessories . . . colorfid of three conferences with Polish calot with smart bag to match. Premier Mikolajczyk in Washington, This daisy pattern is easy to me exthe results of which exceeded orize. pectations. 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Box 3217 European war on land, natural15 cents (plus one cent to Enclose ly feel they are entitled to areas cover cost of mailing) for Pattern forcibly wnested away from No them after the last war. d, Polish-America- Lange-Orlemans- AI full-petal- ed s Lange-Orlemans- ki . and . - stalin - Name- - Discusses POLISH BOUNDARIES In their separate interviews with s, Stalin, the two Father Orlemanski and Professor Lange, heard the reassuring words from the strong man of Russia that his government wants a strong, independent Poland after the war a Poland which will be strong both internally and externally, but which will be favorably disposed to the Soviet Union. Stalin went even further and said that he was ready to help create a new Polish army. I am ready to build an army for Poland, equip it fully and arm it with the best guns the Soviet Union can make, he told Professor Lange.. I will do this for at least 1,000,000 men. Stalin also discussed the question of Polands future bbundaries and revealed that they had already been discussed in some detail at Teheran. In doing so, he let drop a very important point that, at Teheran, Roosevelt and he had agreed to the breakup of Germany after the war. Poland should claim East Prussia, Stalin said, and should also claim Upper Silesia and all the German territory, up to the Oder river, including Stettin. NOTE This would give Poland practically all of Pomerania, a great stronghold of Prussian militarism. Shortly after Teheran, this columnist reported that the Big Three had giving Pomerania, proposed East Prussia and Silesia to Po- -; land, in order to separate the Prussian junkers from the rest of Germany and stamp out Ger- -, man militarism for keeps. Stalin told his visitors that he was not sure whether Poland should get Breslau (in Silesia) or not. When these plans for Poland had come up at Teheran, Stalin . disclosed, President Roosevelt had been ii) complete agreement, but Prime Minister Churchill had hesitated. He asked me: Who is to guarantee the security of this new Polish I answered him simply: state? The armed might of the Soviet Addres- s- Polish-American- YOU CANT BUY more in aspirin than the assurance o! quality and purity guaranteed when yon buy St. Jqseph Aspirin, worlds largest sellerat 10i. Demand St. Joseph Aspirin. HEARTBURN j Relieved in 5 minutes or double money back When excess stomach acid causes painful, soffoafr and heartburn ( doctors uswJlj fog gas, sour stomach medicines known for prescribe the fastest-actin- g symptomatic relief medicines like those in BeU'iai Tablets. No laxadveL Bell-an- s brings comfort in i jiffy or double your money back on return of bottle to os. 85e at all druggists. VERONcA laKE ... Dawn, af !n.informesde is one who eroomea. Hollywood P der. Calox Tooth Joe, Mecono. Bridge j flavor. Lieutenant Remaleys department also has been active in the preparation of vanilla ice cream mixes, shipped in the form of dried powder to the various fronts, where fruits or other flavoring agents may be Union. added.. Sea Water for Baking. THE FOOD on Maj. W. E. HarpTechnologists in the research labers plate is equivalent in bulk to oratorys baking department are en- the condensed K ration, which is gaged in various experiments on in the little packages cereals and other components of contained spread on the table. One experiment conbreadstuffs. cerned the use of sea or ocean water member. At noons, midmorning, or in the production of bread, since midafternoon, samples of proposed there are many military baking in- ration items are served.. The tasters stallations in the various war thea- are instructed, in the case of two ters where fresh water is limited. items, to choose the one which they After careful experimentation with prefer. If only one item is under ocean water provided from the coutest, the taster is requested to tell ntrys eastern and western coasts, it whether he likes the item or not and was discovered that the variation in why. Figures are tabulated statissalt content of ocean water was not tically, and the popularity of,an item sufficient to require any change in may thus scientifically be obtained. stationed in England for over a year admits the possibilities, but in a communication to the General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains he points out some responsibilities that weigh heavily upon him. My commanding officer, turns the soldier's application to marry over to me. The C. O. take? his responsibility seriously. He asks his chaplain to interview Johnny and his prospective bride, investigate his service record, determine his ability E - Chaplains Feel Weight of Responsibility in Soldiers Marriages It is estimated between and 40,000 American servicemen have married English girls. The latter not only have changed their names, but each anticipates the day when she will change her residence to some American city street, or vilWill these lage or farm. marriages strengthen the international bonds by the transfer of such wholesale feminine citizenship to these shores. Chaplain Thomas B. Richards who has been D. C. Washington, ORLEMANSKI-LANG- to support a wife, and on the basis of this investigation make such recommendation as he deems advisable. To determine what to recommend seems to be adding a touch of gray to the hair of many chaplains. Will they make the mistake of giving the green light to the altar that will lead to the woes of unhappy wedlock? Chaplain Richards reports there are international problems that not even a chaplain can escape or solve. pOWDE iUE to change changes relieved by indiscretions, dietary ofdrinkirigwater or sudden aJ in weather can be quickly Wakefields Blaokberry Balsam. all years a household remedy. Sold at drug stores. Be sure to ask for genuine . POLES IN RUSSIA Professor Lange had been permitted to visit with the Polish army inside Russia which is fighting side by side with the Red army. He also had talked with various Polish leaders inside Russia, and he told Stalin that he was deeply moved by he splendid treatment given the Po-is- h army by the Red army. Several days after Professor Lange had arranged with Wanda Wasilievska, head of the Union of Polish Patriots, to better the living conditions of Polish refugees in Russia, Stalin informed Mme. Wasilievska that better war conditions now permitted better living conditions and that Polish refugees should share in the improvement. SCORES POLISH INTELLIGENCE SERVICE . Stalin was quite cynical about the Polish" intelligence service inside Poland and the reports of alleged conditions it had made to Premier Mikolacjzyk. All it did,' he said, was deceive the Polish government-in-exil- e in London. 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