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~ MONDAY JULY 17, 1944.
LIKKER AND TIRES
We view with some alarm Mr. Donald
Nelson’s statement that our country is
using more than 1,000,000 gallons of 190
proof alcohol each day in the manufac
ture of rubber necessary for the war ef
fort. The fact that 200,000,000 highballs
are being processed each 24 hours bodes
no good for the war effort, or for Amer
ican drivers.
We always were taught that alcohol
and gasoline didn’t mix, and it seemed a
wise precaution to carry the simile on
to other parts of our automobile. We^
presumed it would be dangerous to play!
with steering wheels and likker, and we
were certain that the old foot throttle
never should be touched in the same’
breath with a pint of Kentucky dew. Nov/ J
we learn that the government, even- is
making tires of the stuff we’ve learned
to shun and we’re wondering if maybe
the cars of the future won’t go swerving
and swaying along the roads, much after
the manner of a human whose alcoholic
stimulant has gone to his feet.
Still, for all its humorous possibilities,
the Nelson statement shows the real
reason behind America’s current short
age of spirits. Alcohol is one of the pri
mary war needs. Our plants are making
it—more than ever was made before—
but victory comes before our desire for
a drink. There are few Americans who
will argue that it should be otherwise.—
(Cincinnati Enquirer).
AIR ROUTES OF FUTURE
In the opinion of Dr. P. J. Van Zandt,
former civil aeronautics board consult'
ant, neither the Pacific ocean or the
North Pole area will figure outstanding
ly in international air routes of the fu
i ture. He contends in a study, made for
the Brookings institute, that the chief air
routes will be in the half of the world
whose geographical center lies in west
ern France. That half of the globe has
98 per cent of the world’s industry and
94 per cent of its population. It includes
most of Asia- all of Europe, North Amer
ica, much of South America and all of
Africa. The vast Pacific ocean is on the
other and more thinly populated half
of the globe, Dr. Van Zandt points out.
He contends that the very practical
problem of cost will dictate the avoid
ance of long ocean hops wherever pos
sible, that the principal routes will not
necessarily be the shortest distance be
tween terminal points and that the most
traveled airways will not likely run
even remotely parallel to the established
steamship routes between major indus
tria areas.
The survey indicates that the Pacific
half of the globe will be adequately
served by airways, but the great density,
the close network, will be in the half of
which a point a little south of western
France is the geographical center.—(Se
attle Journal of Commerce).
LITERARY
GUIDEPOST
"PIPELINE TO BATTLE." by
... Maj. Peter W. Rainier (Random;
... 2.50) ...
“Pipeline to Battle” is still an
other of the bits that eventually
will complete the literary mosaic
of war, rather an odd bit to turn
up this early. It probably has
turned up because its author,
Maj. Peter W. Rainier, was re
tired after three years’ service.
After three years and 80,000 miles
Of travel, his share in the war was
done. It was a strange share;
Major Rainier was the man who
got water to the British armies in
North Africa.
When hostilities began, he had
been sent from the high Andes to
sen level by his doctor. He chose
to meet the sea at Cairo, and his
health was improved. But when
he tried to enter the army, he
was turned down since he was
more than f fty. He kept trying,
and eventually he was accepted,
became he had once built a shorl
railway. He ran the single-track
line that lends westward from
Egypt into the desert, after the
Egyptian personnel disappeared.
Then he was called in again, this
time because he had once laid
some pipelines—there seems l;ttle
in the engineering field that Ma
jor Rainier has not done, come to
think of it. The brdliant idea of
piping water to the army from
Alexander’s water mains had been
conceived, and it was up to Rai
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nier to lay the pipe. He had no
idea how to proceed, he admits, j
I But it was done by impressing
flocks of sheeted Bedouins to dig
( trench,
; close to the aforementioned rail-1
road so the heavy pipe from the
, Middle East oil fields might be
transported by train. There were
j strikes, and occasionally it was
neces syraotinwasa.eoimb mart a
necessary to shoot a few saboteurs, i
Water was the major’s main in
terest from then on, and with his
associates he was able, after the
North African campaign, to re
mark pridefullv that even through
the thick of the last ten months
the daily water ration was only
twice below a gallon a day. This
is, he adds, luxury in desert cam- ]
paigning. But after the water sys-,
terns at Sfax and Sousse were re-1
, stored, his job was over.
“Pipeline to Battle” is written
by a tough, intelligent officer in
the typical British style which is
to say, a style in which under-,
statement is the rule. It is first
class reading, adventure-filled,
and one more proof that in writ- j
ing about the war the bleeding
t heart style is wholly out of key.
Avocado Salad
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I 1 large, ripe avocado
j 2 small onions
I 2 rifc>e tomatoes
1-8 teaspoon paprika
j 1-2 teaspoon celery salt
Peel and mash the pulp of the
avocoda. Skin the onions and to
matoes and chop fine. Mix to
gether and add the seasonings.
Shape the mixture into a mound
on lettuce leaves and serve with
French dressing.
Apple Peanut Scallop
4 apples
4 tablespoons brown sugar
1 cup ground peanuts ;
4 tablespoons peanut butter
1-4 cup buttered bread crumbs
Pare .core and slice apples.
Place a layer of the sliced apples
in baking dish, sprinkle with su
gar and ground peanuts and dot
, with peanut butter. Continue add
ing these layers until the dish is
full. Cover dish and cook 1 to lVfe
hours in a moderate oven. About
fifteen minutes before done, re
1 move cover and spread buttered '
1 bread crumbs over the top. Allow
! to brown. Serve with top milk if
| desired.
Polar Piggeries
iTo Feature
‘Tundra-ized Pork
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When seven blondes, namely
Cindy, Lil, Dot, Dee Dee, Eunice,
i Ruth and Irene, arrived on a re
cent boat they became the toast
of the town for few of the chil
dren had ever seen real honest-to
i goodness hogs full of grunts and
! indifferent piggish attitudes, but
the girls aceeptd Nome with real
zest and settled down to make
1 this their home and raise their
families.
I
In preparing their local hous
J ing facilities, the proprietors, Carl
Anderson and Ruth Reat, thought
' they had anticipated every possi
ble hazard, such as the multitude
of curious, hungry and vicious
mongrels and the fence was con
structed to a heighth of six feet
! with barbed wire above, but the
day after arrival the pen was sel
dom without the presence of doz
ens of native children who found
utmost delight in chasing the hogs
, around until they lay down from
exhaustion. On one occasion one
of the youngsters was apprehend
ed and on being quizzed as to his
actions he responded: “First time
I see pig—I make h:m grunt”.
The novelty to the children is
equalled or surpassed by that of
the B-29 mosquitoes who delight
in pestering the hogs, particularly
on the ears.
Through all the annoyance and
to the delight of the sponsors of
this "hobby project”, the girls
have taken “time out” to raise
their families and while it is their
first experience in motherhood,
some 30 babies have arrived and
express their appreciation of our
locale by putting on roils of fat
and assuring the townspeople that
fresh pork and possibly smoked
hams by Christmas may be ex
pected.
Some of the sows did not pro
duce as heavily as expected, but
Ruth’s family or eleven brought
up the average considerably.
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