OCR Text |
Show kA I XrfV DREW PEARSON Washington, D. C. FARLEY RELEASES William Burke, Massachusetts Democratic state chairman, has confided con-fided to friends that he received a personal letter from Farley containing con-taining authority to release the delegation del-egation "if the President's name is presented to the convention." Since this is certain to happen, Jim's letter let-ter means he will not fight a third term nomination. Burke's friends attribute Jim's letter to the sweeping change in public pub-lic sentiment since the catastrophic war developments. Hitler's blitzkrieg blitz-krieg through the hapless lowlands Air Raids in U. S. Too! By Thomas. washed up the numerous Democratic Demo-cratic hopefuls as well as the Dutch and Belgians. Massachusetts' 34 delegates are the only ones pledged to Farley. Whether his retirement from the nomination race means that Jim is ready to manage another campaign is unknown. SUPERIORITY IN TANKS The fighting which took place in Flanders probably was the most desperate in the history of the world, even bloodier than the Battles Bat-tles of the Marne and Verdun. Corpses were piled house high. The trapped French and British made the Germans pay in floods of blood for every foot they advanced. They knew that most of them had no chance of escaping, but their objective ob-jective was to weaken the Germans, give time to General Weygand to strengthen the defenses of Paris. The key to this war (and also to American defense) is to remember that khaki does not stop machine-gun machine-gun bullets, while tanks do. Also that it is impossible to whip an enemy en-emy whose airplanes can spy out every move and blast that move even before it gets started. The air and tank preponderance of the Nazis is the crux of their successes. suc-cesses. NAZIS IN SOUTH AMERICA The problem of protecting the Monroe Doctrine has undergone intensive in-tensive nights of study of late around the state, war and navy departments. depart-ments. Nobody is exactly predicting predict-ing that Hitler will invade South America this year, but nobody expected ex-pected him to invade Norway either. eith-er. And the British, one year ago, didn't expect to be invaded at all, and did not very well prepare for it. So U. S. strategists, not knowing what Hitler, in the full flush of victory, vic-tory, might do, are endeavoring to be prepared. On the maps of South America hung in government offices these days are two danger spots. One is Brazil, the other Uruguay. Other spots are bad, but these two have the largest number of Nazi sympathizers sympa-thizers and fifth column plotters. Uruguay is simply honeycombed with Nazi agents. There are also strong German colonies in southern Brazil, and even in Buenos Aires. In Argentina, the older army officers of-ficers are strongly pro-German, having hav-ing been trained by a German officer. of-ficer. In Brazil, the younger army officers are pro-Nazi. Particularly worrisome'is the fate of these countries with Italy in the war. There are at least 2,000,000 Italians in Argentina or about one-fifth one-fifth of the population. Also there are large Italian colonies in Uruguay Uru-guay and Brazil. Chief undercover strategy of these racial groups is to overthrow the present governments in South America, in favor of puppet governments govern-ments friendly to the Nazi-Fascist cause. Then these puppet governments govern-ments could renounce the Monroe Doctrine and invite Hitler to the Western hemisphere. Note New aviation aids, enlarging enlarg-ing of airports, training of pilots, and even the co-operation of the U. S. fleet in using Brazilian harbors har-bors are now under discussion to bolster the present pro-allied governments gov-ernments of South America. WAR CHAFF Senator Josh Lee of Oklahoma says: "The peopie of my state are probably ahead of the President in his attitude toward Europe." Dorothy Thompson says the best key to Italian war sentiment was given her by an Italian in Milan, who said: "Curse the English, who drove us into the arms of those swine, the Germans!" U. S. diplomatic reports from Russia Rus-sia describe a bad food shortage there. It takes little imagination to evolve a good meal in summer. Whether you are planning a menu for the family or for guests, there's all the wealth of the world from which to choose! There is fresh asparagus and home-grown berries, new potatoes, tiny green onions, and all the other tender green things from the garden. Remember that sunshine and warm weather and foods with zest-ful zest-ful flavor go to- cv gether, and plan (jS? your menus trUTTlT) around fresh- UWT.IJ tasting fruits and '" vegetables, for ( w j they have win- WVwU ning ways with jaded appetites. There's the minted pineapple cup pictured above, that's a grand first course for a summer lunch or dinner; it's as refreshing as a cool breeze off the lake! There are fruit salads, too cool and colorful color-ful as summer gardens; and vegetable vegeta-ble plates, which, well arranged, have appetite-appeal galore. And, by the way, your calorie-conscious friends will bless you if you serve them, when you entertain the club, these refreshing, filling, but not too fattening combinations. Plan your menus around some of the fresh and tempting recipes below, be-low, and when you serve a salad or vegetable for the main dish of the meal, serve with it some unusual bread, a beverage, and the simplest kind of dessert You'll find tested recipes for unusual un-usual bread and rolls to serve with summer meals, in my cook book, "Better Baking." June Fruit Appetizer or Dessert. Fresh pineapple Fresh strawberries Confectioners' sugar Cut pineapple in -inch slices, impeded. im-peded. Then cut each slice in wedge-shaped pieces. Wash strawberries, straw-berries, leaving the stems on them. Chill the fruits thoroughly, then on individual dessert plates arrange the pineapple wedges and the strawberries, straw-berries, in a ring around the plate. Place a mound of confectioners' sugar in the center of each plate, and serve at once. Minted Pineapple Gems. (Serves 4) 1 14-ounce can pineapple (spoon-size (spoon-size chunks) 4 tablespoons lime juice 1 teaspoon fresh mint (minced) Arrange pineapple in fruit cocktail cock-tail glasses. Combine lime juice and mint, and pour over the pineapple. pine-apple. Chill thoroughly before serving. serv-ing. Hot Weather Vegetable Plate. New potatoes browned in butter Small whole beets rolled in mint Spinach with hard cooked eggs Nutted squash Green onions. ' Parboil small pared potatoes in salted water, drain and brown in hot butter. Cook small, whole beets in , boiling water un- fJ til tender. Drain JijJL and peel. Add $ melted butter. Y X Then roll but-ib but-ib gy tered beets in 51 chopped green mint. Cook spin ach in salted water, drain, and season sea-son with salt, pepper and butter. Garnish dish with hard cooked egg white rings and top with riced egg yolks. Steam small summer squash until tender. Cut in halves, scoop out centers, and mash. Season with melted butter, salt and pepper. Sprinkle chopped nut meats over top. Arrange vegetables on individual indi-vidual plates and garnish with a sprig of parsley. Fresh Asparagus With Lemon Butter Sauce. (4 servings) 2 small bunches fresh asparagus (or 1 large bunch) 5 cups boiling water 1 teaspoons salt V cup butter 1 tablespoon lemon juice Cut off lower parts of asparagus stalks as far down as they wUl snap. Discard, or use in soup. Tie stalks idS. If you're planning a club tea to bring the social season to a close, you'll want to read Eleanor Howe's column next week. She'll give you plans and recipes for a delightful summer tea. Be sure to watch for this column next week! together loosely in a bundle and place upright in saucepan containing contain-ing the boiling water to which salt has been added. Cook, uncovered, uncov-ered, until ends of stalks begin to be tender, about 15 minutes; then lay bunch of asparagus flat in pan and continue cooking until tips are tender, 5 to 10 minutes, then drain. Cream butter and add lemon juice slowly. Pour this mixture over hot asparagus and serve at once. Fruit Salad Dressing. 2 egg yolks Vz cup strained honey Juice of 1 lemon Dash of salt 1 cup whipping cream Place egg yolks, honey, lemon juice and salt in top of double boiler, and cook H hour, stirring frequently. frequent-ly. Remove from heat, beat with a Dover egg beater, and cool. Whip cream and then pour the chilled honey mixture into the whipped cream, beating with Dover beater. Baked Eggs in Tomato Cup. (Serves 5-6) 6 tomatoes Salt Pepper 6 eggs Buttered bread crumbs Soft cheese (grated) Scoop out tomato centers and sprinkle with salt Place tomatoes in muffin pans. ?vj Break an egg into lt)5 each tomato. Sea- 'iv-TwJ son' an 'op buttered crumbs it Jr and cheese. Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) until tomatoes are tender and eggs are set. Orange Ice Box Cookies. (Makes 5 dozen) 1 cup shortening Vz cup brown sugar Yz cup white sugar 1 egg 2 tablespoons orange juice 1 tablespoon orange rind (grated) 2 cups general purpose flour Vi teaspoon salt Yi teaspoon soda Vz cup pecan nut meats (broken) Cream shortening and add sugars slowly,'' while beating constantly. Add egg (well-beaten), orange juice and orange rind. Mix and sift flour, salt and soda together and add to the creamed mixture, together with the broken nut meats. Form in rolls in wax paper and chill overnight in refrigerator. Slice thin, place on greased baking sheet and bake in moderately hot oven (375 degrees) for 12 to 15 minutes. Fruit Salad. Toss together in a salad bowl 1 cup watermelon balls, 1 cup cantaloupe canta-loupe balls, 1 cup honey dew melon balls, 1 cup pitted red cherries. Add trench dressing enough to coat all the fruits, and mix lightly. Serve on individual plates with two or three stalks of well-chilled trench endive for garnish. This Practical Cook Book Costs Only Ten Cents. When you serve a salad or a vegetable vege-table plate as the main dish of your meal, serve with it delicious and unusual un-usual bread or rolls. You'll find tested test-ed recipes for different biscuits, muffins and bread in Eleanor Howe's inexpensive cook book, Better Bet-ter Baking. There are recipes for apricot rolls, blueberry muffins and honey drop biscuit; and recipes for crusty peanut butter bread or date and nut bread to complete your salad meals. You'll find recipes for cookies, cakes and pastries, too, and this practical booklet is only 10 cents. To get your copy promptly send 10 cents in coin to "Better Baking," care Eleanor Howe, 919 North Michigan Mich-igan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. (Released by Western Newspnper Union. t |