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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1942-08-13, Page 3" r x n.:$;`::,: Fts0Af.,r. C.:.,.�r..;%Jo'¢SfrJlr ii'.'W;r' TIMELY HELP FOR CANADIAN HOUSEWIVES >: New and Useful Booklet T SAVE Sii;•. � LSO Containing 63 excellent, tested Recipes and suggestions how you can conserve your sugar. supply. Send no label, no money—lust send a post card or note with your name and address and request for "Sugar Saving Recipes"— Address Dept. J 13 Canada Starch Home Service 49 Wellington St. East, Toronto. SYRIIP ,1111 SERIAL STORY SECRET AGE BY JOSEPH L. CHADWICK 'LL„AST WEEK: Jim Mallory ar. rives. at the Hammond mansion So ffind Jeffrey Hammond in Illi- saili en business and his daugh- ter Lois aligned to entertain him. He overhears Lois and some friends talk about him. They picture him as a disagreeable per- son because of his salvage work. When Jim. enters the room, they are surprised, especially Lois Hammond and Mary Larsen, whom he learns is Mr. Hammond's secretary. Lois plays up to him and asks him to dance. He not- ices Mary watching them with a twisted and bitter smile on her lips. (BOMBSHELL HITS HOME . . CHAPTER P/ Jeffery Hammond returned to his home shortly before midnight. Jim Mallory, summoned to his host's study, faced a distinguished looking man of about fifty-five. They shook hands. Hammond's eyes were troubled. Jim remem- bered hearing the man was some- thing of an invalid. Hammond sat down at his desk, and said, "Sorry I wasn't here when you arrived., Mallory. I was called to the office. Mac- kay Radio reported picking up an SOS from a Hammond ship." "That's quite all right, sir," Jini Mallory said. He was aware of several things: that the Hammond Lines seemed to have much trou- ble of late, that Hammond's sec- retary, Mary Larsen, was at the other desk at the far end of the room, and that though the girl was busy writing she could be just as busy listening to this con- versation. Hammond said, "I've been con- sidering your several communica- tions, Mellor y, concerning the freighter Sonora which went down in the Caribbean some months ago. You've located the ship, and you'd like to salvage her cargo." "That's it, sir. I think the job would. pay. I first contacted your New York office, meaning to deal with 'the insurance comp- any, but I was informed the cargo had not been insured." "Quite, right. There was a slip- up in the office. The cargo should have been insured. But I can't agree that salvaging would pay. The cargo was manganese, and ore is always difficult to salvage. Besides, the Sonora lies at eighty fathoms and divers can't work at that depth." "She lies at forty fathoms, Mr. Hammond, not eighty." "But the Coast Guard took a sounding." "The Coast Guard took a sound- ing at the spot where the Son- ora's crew said she went down. She doesn't lie there, but several miles away." "Perhaps the erow was mis- taken. After all, the men must have been rattled. They were caught in a hurricane, and the ' lteWAR captain and his first officer were lost." e :m * Jim Mallory made a slow thing of lighting a cigarette. He stole a glance at the girl; obviously she was all ears. He looked back at his host; it was as obvious that Hammond was uneasy. • His face was somewhat haggard by illness, but illness didn't wholly explain the worry in his eyes. "By the way, Mallory," Ham- mond said, "did you go down to the ship?" Jim Mallory saw Mary Larsen's head come up. He said, "Yes." And he saw Hammond frown. You could feel a mystery here, he told. himself. Hammond's voice was casual, asking, "Was she badly damag- ed?" "I wasn't down long, sir," Jim Mallory answered. He admitted nothing, and that was no lie. He wasn't telling all he knew. He wasn't, for example, telling that he had seen holes in. the Sonora's hull—holes that could have been put there, not by a storm, but by gunfire. He saw something like relief in Hammond's worried eyes. "I'll think this over," Ham- mond said. "Tomorrow we'll put it up to Eric Forbes, my general manager, who is flying down from New York. If we like your proposition, we'll certainly 'come to terms with you. Now if you don't mind. . ." He rose and came from behind the desk. "I'll turn in, Doctor's orders, you know." Jim Mallory said, "Good night, sir." After Hammond had left the room he walked over to Mary's desk. "You left the party early. You must have pressing work, to be at it at midnight." "I keep irregular ' hours — Spike," she said, venom in her voice. She shoved the papers she had been working on into a drawer, slammed the drawer and rose. "You are very smart, Mr. Mallory. Or should I say fresh?" "You're rather clever yourself,". he said. "Pretending to work so you could hear what was said here tonight. Do you make a habit of spying on your boss?" That got her, as he knew it would. He saw quick alarm in her eyes. "Still," she retorted, "I'm not planning to blackmail him—as you are." And she started to turn away to leave the room, but he caught her arm and held her. • "What do you mean by that?" "As if you didn't know. A. blind person could see through you. Even Mr. Hammond knows what you're up to. You don't want to salvage that ship. You want him to pay you not to salvage it." "I don't get you. I really don't get you." "You know," she said, her voice lowering to a whisper, "that Mr. Hammond doesn't want that ship salvaged or even located. You know - he doesn't want to have anything to do with it." He eyed her calmly enough, but he was excited. He said, "Maybe you. and I could work to- gether. What do you say?" He wanted to find out what she was up to. She puzzled him. "Maybe," she said. "And may- be not." She twisted her arm from his grasp and left the room hurriedly. Eric Forbes arrived at noon the next day. He was a dark- ly handsome man. He was the typical young executive, brisk of speech and movement, self -con- * fident, aggressive. Jim Mallory met him after spending the morn- ing with Lois Hammond. He was in the study with Ham- mond, and Mary Larsen avas there too, typing at her desk. Jini had known she would be there. Eric Iorbee said at once, "Mr. Hammond has outlined your idea, Mallory, However, it seems like ISSUE 1S--'42 CEREAL SHOWERS. FOR A.PRIL 13y • BARBARA. 13. BROOKS Ceres, Goddess of the Grains, received yearly homage from the ancient Romans. To honor -this nobly goddc ys whose bounteous hand e protected them from famine, great fwviilv.e e,�lc i lated`o� ealiaiil when staged. April was the month they p spring showers were bringing new life back to the earth. No longer does April murk Ceres' festival, but the month still remains a good time for even the Twentieth Century to pay its respect to cereals. Today, With SQ many cereals and so many ways of using then, any meal from breakfast to dinner can become a family cerealta. Se crisp and crunchy are corn flalt.e;; that they now playe an important role at dinner. Conibl bol lvtit,i `hubarbtyou the way heavenly a pudding as you'dp' to put it together! TRYSAWNGM 41 all 3 ways I PAY LESS—Calumet is priced surpris- ingly low, probably less than the bak- ing powder you are um using. USE LESS _.. Calumet's double-actidn means double leavening — during mixing and in the oven --permitter„ you to use less. BETTER RESULTS—Calumet's contin- uous leavening means finer, bet- ter textured results for your baking Rhubarb Strudel 4 cups corn flakes 3Ia teaspoon grated orange rind 21/2. cups diced rhubarb 2 tablespoons orange juice 1 cup sugar 3 table:Tonns butter Put layer of corn flakes in buttered t..+.5serole. Add a layer of rhubarb, part of sugar and half the grated orange rind. Add an- other layer of corn flakes and rhubarb, remaining sugar, orange rind and juice. Cover with corn flakes,dot with butter and sprinkle lightly with sugar. Cover casserole and bake in a moderate oven (375°F.) about 35 minutes. Serve warm or cold with cream. Yield: 6 servings. Another dessert you'll like is Krispies Cream Shortcake. Here is one of those sugar -less desserts,- where, strangely enough, you don't miss the sugar: Krispiea Cream Shortcake 131a cups whipping cream lla eup chopped nut meats 1/4: cup honey VI, cup chopped maraschino 8 marshmallows cherries (may be omitted) Ye cup chopped dates 33 cups oven popped rice cereal Whip cream until stiff; reserve a/a, cup. Fold honey into re- maining cream. Cut marshmallows. into small pieces; combine with dates, nut meats and cherries; fold into whipped cream. Roll cereal into fine crumbs; add one cilp o1 crumbs to first mixture, stirring until thoroughly blended. Line a pan with waxed paper. Sprinkle part'of-extra'crumbs in bottom of pan and pour in cream mixture• press cloO, lightly and sprinkle top with remaining crumbs. Chill for several hours. Unmold. Cut into squares. Serve with sweetened whipped Bream and garnish with a maraschino cherry or nut meat if desired or serve with sweetened berries. Yield: 9 servings (8 x 8 inch pan). Thanks to the goddess of grain, Sunday's roast can be converted into a Monday dinner that makes the first day of the week something to remember: Monday Supper Dish 2 cups sliced onion 2 cups peas 3 cups chopped celery 1 tablespoon vinegar 2 tablespoons fat 1 teaspoon sugar 2 tablespoons flour 2 cups cooked diced meat 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon chili powder 4 cups oven popped rice cereal 2 cups tomatoes Cook onion and celery in fat until lightly browned. Stir in flour, salt and chili powder. Add liquid from tomatoes and peas; cook until smooth, stirring constantly. Add tomato pulp,peas, vine- gar and sugar; simmer about 15 minutes. Add meat and continue cooking only until thoroughly heated. Melt butter and pour over cereal. Heat in oven or over low heat, stirring frequently to pre- vent burning. Arrange mixture in ring form on platter and heap hot, buttered cereal in centre. Yield: 8 one -cup servings. April Forget -Me -Not Pie -Crush Short Cut—just a reminder that a pie can be made in no time by melting is cup butter or margerine, adding a cup of fine corn flake crumbs and 1/e cup sugar. Line a pie pan with the mixture and bake for about 8 minutes in a moderate oven. Cool. Fill with any cream or chiffon pie filling. BRAND 9Hs DtyUOLE -rAcrINo. eb a long shot to me. I take it you'd want the company to put up some money on this—this gamble." "It isn't a gamble," Jim said. "It's a sure thing. But that was my idea. I'ni not financially able to handle the job alone." "Ore is hard to salvage. You might have all sorts of trouble. We know nothing about your company. Your equipment might not be what it should be." Jim Mallory didn't reply to that. He knew Eric Forbes was hedging. He looked at Jeffery Hammond, saw that the older man was leaving the matter to his general manager. There was, he thought, something queer here. "I'll make you an offer, how- ever," Forbes said. "We may want to salvage later, through another company. We know you've gone to some expense in time and money in the matter so we'll offer you $2000 for the Sonora's loca- tion and a quit -claim for your salvage intentions. What do ;you say?" - A slow senile came to Jima Mal- lory's lips. He was forcibly aware of Erie Forbe.,' eagerness behind the casualness of his manner. He was aware also of Hanumond's tenseness — and of the silence from Mary Larsen's typewriter. They wanted him out of this, wanted him out of it badly. But he didn't want to get out of it, not even for $2000. He said, his voice lazy, "Maybe I'm more adventurer than busi- nessman, gentlemen, but I'd like to salvage the Sonora—on my own if you won't go in with me. I think the job is worth my while." He paused, readying a bomb- shell for them. "In fact, I'm sure of it. And I'm not the only one sure of it, Did you know, gentle- men, that there is a boat working out of Havana searching for the Sonora?" He was amused to sec his bomb- shell hit home. (Continued Next Week) Conchies to B.C. British Columbia has agreed to take 3,000 Mennonites and other conscientious objectors from oth- er provinces for forestry work in the Pacific coast province. Under plans submitted to Ot- tawa by the province, the men would be placed in groups up to fifty under provincial forestry su- pervision or fire watching, trail making and other woods work. CROCHETED BUNNY dente I! far. ls:'�13 A soft euddly pink and white bunny is baby's inseparable com- panion who may be chewed, thrown about and stepped on without uttering a word of complaint. It may bo made at a small cost. Pat- tern No. 117 contains a list of materials needed, illustration of stitches and complete instructions. To order pattern: Write; or send above Hoorn 421, 73AdelaideeSSt. West,A7Coa withtIia cents to Carol Ailnes, TA LE TALKS By SADIE B. CHAMBERS Pineapple Delicious With its rich source of vita- mins pineapple is an ideal choice of fruits to include in our diet, when feeling a bit logged after partaking too freely of proteins. .As a cocktail, diced pineapple and chopped maraschino cherries make a grand combination or you may try diced pineapple and orange sections with a dash of honey. If you favor the flavor of mint place an after-dinner mint in the bottom of each glass before adding the fruit. Allow to chill for an hour or so, garn- ish with fresh mint and serve. Pineapple is a delightful addi- tion to fish salads, such as shrimp, lobster, crab meat and tuna; while pineapple chicken salad is always a favorite. A good combination is made with one cup each of fresh diced pineapple, chopped celery, shred- ded chicken and one-fourth cup of chopped ripe olives. Salt to taste and blend ingredients with mayonnaise. Serve in crisp let- tuce cups with a garnish of pim- ento strips. A combination of pineapple, grapefruit and apricot makes an- other delectable salad. Place slices of tender cooked pineapple on crisp lettuce and build wedges of grapefruit sections around the pineapple. Place half an apricot, hollow side up, in the centre and fill with chopped celery and dates. A fruit juice French salad dressing is delicious with this. ,i. ,r Pineapple Delicacies Pineapple Ice Box Cake 2 level teaspoons gelatine 1/s cup cold water 1 can crushed pineapple, 2 cups 1,4 teaspoon salt Ai r 1 tablespoocupsugan lemon juice its cups cream 4 dozen lady fingers or stale sponge cake Soak gelatine in water for five minutes. Dissolve over hot water and add pineapple, sugar, salt and lemon juice. Stir until all is dis- solved. When it begins to thicken add whipped cream. Line sides and bottom of mould with lady fingers. Cover with mixture, then alternate with cake and mix- ture until mould is full. Place in refrigerator for three or four hours. L'nmiould and garnish with whipped cream and fruit in sea- son. Make:: 12 servings. Fresh Pineapple Mousse 2 eups finely diced fresh pine- apple 2 Cups sugar 2 cups water 1 tablespoon gelatine 1 cup cream, whipped Add sugar and water to pine- apple. Cook for ten minutes and strain. Soak gelatine in quarter cup of cold water and dissolve in the hot pineapple juice. Cook; when mixture begins to thicken fold in whipped cream. Freeze three to four hours. Top with crushed fresh pineapple and a maraschino cherry. Prlis1 t'itasui,crl rt•eleon,cs persettnl letters from interested renders. Sive is pleased 10 ree*tve 111 gge*t IOn8 en topics for her column. [aid is ext ready to listen to your t:pet peeves." Requests for recipes or special menus are in order. Address your letters to «;♦less Sndie 11, Minn. bers, .a West Adelaide street, To- ronto." Send stamped self-addressed envelope if you wish n reply. Trout are sport fish in most localities, but in Alaska they are considered a pest because they destroy salmon eggs. New "Eclipse" Enlarger With Complete i' 1 6.3 Lens e a o V Maple Leaf (gardens, 'Taro oto Cats In Britain Get Ration Cards Even cats are being mobilized in Britain today to help the war effort. Warehouse cats, guarding the stocks of essential foods against the ravages of rats and mice, are now allowed a priority supply of powdered milk. This milk, which has been damaged in transit and is therefore unfit for human con- sumption also goes to animal hos- pitals. "Ration Books" for cats are issued to warehouse keepers. The concession is applicable, first to cats kept for the destruction of vermin in warehouses in which at least 250 tons (250,000 kgms.) of food or feeding stuffs are stored, and secondly to veterinary hospitals and similar institutions for the feeding of sick animals. Many hospitals in Britain keep a regular staff as guard against mice. Warehouses are supplied by Our Dumb Friends' League with cats suitable for guarding stores of food. The League has taken on the task of looking after cats bombed out of their homes. The percentage of deaths of cats and other domestic animal: actually killed by bombs during the heavy raids on Britain is very low indeed. Like dogs, cats are keen to scent danger, and it in believed that their intuition ha: helped many people to escape injury from bombs. Eating Wild. Birds In Great ritail: Sparrows, starlings; crows, larks, curlews and even swans— some of them counte.;I inedible in peace times or too small to bother with—are helping to feed Britain at war. Wild birds of all kinds are corn. ing er p- ing to big markets because of the hard winter and all are finding buyers. - Swans, ranging fr.mt 15 to 20 pounds, are bringing prices equal. to from $1.20 to $3.30 despite their toughness, though eyi;oets (young swans) have a flavor like goose. Sparrows, which huve 'p: aiet3 many times in British culinar,a history, now finti a ready market a* twelve for 20 cents. Plovers and wood pigeon.. for the equivalent of 50 cents moor hens, 1:i t'e'nts; larks, 10 cezits, and stalling,: link. even. Stribe- rrow.,4 sell for 15 ;.:alts tacit, though only tht breasts are edible. Curlews sell for 15 c.tlts, despite the strong fish .flavor and tough flash. Snipe are a luxury at: 40 cents. fig, staying at HOTELS Fireproof, Conrestently Located, Easy Parking 15±1 no higher than Cl per person FOR MAP of FOLDER, write FORD HDTEli Co. Monlfeal r. . qv. to t*IIIV perperson,' h: No 4her 400,104 ly'`,