Zurich Herald, 1957-06-27, Page 2Hid Vital Secrets
in Apple Core
When the telephone rings in
a. cOmfortable home in Copenha-
gen, Mrs. Oda Ebbesen, house-
wife and mother answers it. A
few minutes later, her dress and
apron replaced by a smart
khaki uniform, her young
daughter left with a friendly
neighbour, Mrs. Ebbesen reports
for duty at the local army head-
quarters.
She is a member of the Danish
LottecOrps. Thee are women
volunteers who, without any
payment, give up their spare
time to train for emergency ser-
vice with the army. All they re-
eeive in return is a khaki uni-
form when they complete their
first forty-six hours' basic train-
ing, and the =bounded admira-
tion of the men with whom they
work and train.
The Danish Lotter were given
a contract with the Ministry of
Defence in 1951 and placed at the
service of- the army and home
guard. After her preliminary
training, a Lotte is attached to
the unit of her choice, where she
is given specialized training to
enable her to release a man for
active service in an emergency.
Married only three days be-
fore the Germans occupied Den-
mark,' Oda Ebbesen begged her
husband not to do anything dan-
gerous. Like any young bride,
she was terrified that he might
join the resistance movement.
Within a very short time, how-
ever, she began to suspect his
mysterious absences from home
and discovered that, despite his
reassuring promises, he was an
active member of a sabotage
group.
She did the most practical
thing a wife could do — made up
PRIZE FASHION This young-
ster, doesn't seem overly im-
pressed that she's modeling a
prize-winning pinafore which
follows the pyramid line. The
ensemble, designed by Quiwie
Blomgren, won the Helen Lee
Silver Thimble Award of the
Parsons School of Design. It is
the first time the award has
been given for children's fash-
ion..
her mind to go with him into all
his clangers. Together they join-
ed a newly formed group, which
was about to launch a news
bureau.
Every morning the group for
which she and her husband
worked in secret, issued a news
bulletin to the sabotage and
military groups, to the Swedish
radio and to the BBC's Danish
programme, on which they had
the satisfaction of hearing their
reports each evening. News about
German military concentrations
was also relayed to the Allies,
and a number of British airmen
and resistance workers were
smuggled over the border into
neutral Sweden on the first stage
of the way home.
For the first year or so, the
young Ebbesens carried out these
highly dangerous activities from
their own flat, without arousing
suspicion. Then one day a huge
military car full of German '
troops pulled up outside the
house. As the soldiers stormed
noisily up the stairs, Oda crept
through a window and took re-
fuge with a neighbour, while her
husband jumped out of a back
window into the street below.
From then on they had to live
where they could — a total of
thirty-two different addresses
before the war ended. During
the persecution of the Jews in
the autumn of 1943, their main
work was transporting these un-
fortunate people out of Denmark
into Sweden. Oda also became at
one time a member of a group
collecting and recording infor-
mation about the Danish cola-
borators — evidence which was
used to bring them to justice at
the end of the war.
But the most terrible day of all
was October 14th, 1944, when
the whole group was arrested.
Oda was questioned over and
over again with the others, but
she "played stupid" and the Ger-
mans, convinced that such a silly
little woman could not possibly
have the courage to be a resis-
tance worker, let her go.
In fact, she emerged from
her questionings at German
headquarters with some quite
useful information obtained from
the enemy — while they got
nothing whatever from her.
With her husband in prison,
Oda set about finding a method
of establishing contact with him.
On one • occasion she talked a
German police officer into tak-
ing some fruit to him — and hid
some vital information about one
of his fellow resistance workers,
who had escapecl'fran prison, in -
ere he apple core At this n&
_
Oda took a job as secretary to
the military leader of the re-
sistance movement in South Jut-
land. She worked with codes and
issued hundreds of false iden-
tity cards and travelled as a
courier all over the country.
Peace has returned to Den-
mark but Oda Ebbesen still re-
members listening every day to
the BBC — "particularly to the
speeches of Winston Churchill,
which gave us courage to carry
on." Nor will she forget the first
time she fired a pistol. "I did
not like it at all," she says, with
a shudder.
But it's because Oda Ebbesen
and thousands of womenn like
her do not mean to go through
the nightmare of enemy occu-
pation again, that they give up
their spare time to the Lotte-
corps, whose motto is a simple
'one, "Serve Your Country."
rAIR FORMOSA FIVE—Five F
after they were selected to
fourth Film Estival in Tokyo.
sire Mu Hung, Lu Pee Yun,
and Hwang Meng.
OrrnOsci screen stars pose in Taipei
represent their country at Asia's
Prom' left, the gems of the Orient
Wu Chin Hung, Chang Chun Van
Tomato Aspic Molds Pep Up Those Cold Cuts
BY DOROTHY MADDOX
riallIS is the season when cold
'L cuts make a welcome meat
course for the family dinner. How
about giving extra appeal to the
cold platter by arranging indi-
vidual tomato aspic molds in the -
center? But give the aspic extra
appeal, too. Combine with the
tomato juice, crisp raw cabbage,
celery and green pepper—to
make a delightful salad aspic.
Tomato Perfection Aspic
(6 servings)
One envelope unflavored gela-
tin, 1% cups tomato juice, %
teaspoon salt, % teaspoon pep-
percorns, 1 bay Yeaf, '4 teaspoon
whole cloves, 1 small onion,
sliced; 2 tablespoons mild vine-
gar, % cup finely shredded cab-
bage, 1 cup diced celery, 2 ta-
blespoons minced green pepper.
Sprinkle gelatin on ate cup
'cold tomato juice to soften. Heat
remaining 1% cups tomato juice
'with salt, peppercorns, bay leaf,
whole cloves and onion in sauce -
Tan; simmer 10 minutes. Strain
Tinto bowl over softened gelatin;
tstir until gelatin is dissolved.
!Add vinegar.
Chill until mixture is the con-
sistency of unbeatenegg whites.
Stir in cabbage, celery and green
pepper. Turn into individual
molds and chill until firm. Un -
mold in center of cold meat plat-
ter, or unmold on lettuce and
serve with mayonnaise.
* * *
For a warn -weather novelty,
Give cold cuts extra appeal with this appetizing warm -weather
platter. Centered are individual tomato aspic molds.
try this unusually good chiffon
pie.
Mint and Molasses Chiffon Pie
(One 9-ineh pie)
One envelope unflavored gela-
tin, 24 cup sugar, divided, %
teaspoon salt, 2 eggs, separated,
% cup cold water, % cup un -
sulphured molasses, 3/4 cup evap-
orated milk, 14 teaspoon pep-
permint flavoring, one 9 -inch
pastry or crumb crust shell.
Mix together gelatin, 14 cup
of the. sugar and salt in sauce-
pan. Beat together egg yolks
and water; add to gelatin mix-
ture. Place over low heat, stir-
ring constantly, until gelatin isl
thoroughly dissolved, about 5
minutes.
Remove from heat, stir in un -
sulphured molasses, evaporated
milk and peppermint flavoring..
Chill until mixture mounds
slightly when dropped from a.
spoon. Beat egg whites until
stiff, but not dry.
Gradually add remaining %
cup sugar and beat until very
stiff. Fold into gelatin mixture.
Turn into prepared pie shell;
chill until firm. If desired, gar-
nish with :whipped cream.
4 '
14 4
clam Anatiews.
It's sandwich time and some
principles suggested by the
American Institute of Baking
may help you with your future
sandwich making. Select sand-
wiches to suit occasions and
conditions under which they are
to be served. Serve hot sand-
wiches immediately following
preparation.
To keep open -face or unwrap-
ped sandwiches moist, cover with
moisture -proof material. Refri-
gerate. Do not cover with a
damp cloth.
Carefully made sandwiches
may be stored for 12 to 24 hours
at temperatures under 50° F.
Spread a coating of soft butter,
peanut butter or cheese spread
to edges of bread slices to avoid
the picking -up of moisture from
salad -type fillings. Use these
coatings, too, with honey, jelly
or preserves.
Before starting to prepare
sandwiches, make fillings and
garnishes; refrigerate them if
necessary. To speed up the mak-
ing of more than 6 sandwiches,
line up matching bread slices in
pairs on a work surface for easy
cutting and wrapping. Spread
fillings evenly, using a flexible
spatula. Stack 2 or 3 sandwiches
and cut all at once with sharp
knife. Wrap sandwiches indivi-
dually to prevent flavors from
mingling. Label each variety of
sandwich for easy selection at
serving time.
* * *
Try ane or several of the fol-
lowing spreads either with or
without additional fillings for
&duller sandwiches.
To one-half cup of butter—
add,
For Orange Butter — 2 tea-
spoons orange juice and %
teaspoon grated orange rind.
For Lemon Herb Butter—%
teaspoon ground basil, 1
teaspoon minced parsley, 1
tablespoon grated lemon
rind.
For Honey Butter — 1 cup
honey — honey and butter
both slightly Warm.
Date Butter — % cup finely
chopped pitted dates, 1 teat
spoon lemon juice.
Curry Butter -1 teaspoon cur-
ry powder, % teaspoon salt,
few drops onion juice.
* *
Same bread—different spread;
same spread—different bread, is
a good slogan for home sand-
wich makers to adopt. Whether
you choose white, rye, whole-
wheat, pumpernickel, nut, ba-
nana, orange or any other vari-
ety of bread, you'll like some of
the following fillings to go with
it.
Cream Cheese Cucumber
Y2 cup chopped cucumber
teaspoon celery seed
34 teaspoon dill seed
0 (3 -ounce) packages cream
cheese
% teaspoon salt
Combine all ingredients. Fil-
ling for 7 sandwiches.
* * *
Sardine -Egg
54 cup mashed sardines
34 cup hard -cooked egg
y
1 tablespoonpicklechopped sweet
1 tablespoon mayonnaise- or
salad dressing
2 teaspoons olive oil.
Dash of salt
Combine all, ingredients, Fil-
ling for 3 sandwiches.
* *
Prune -Peanut Butter
1/2 cup chopped cooked prunes
Y2 cup peanut butter
14, cup mayonnaise or salad
dressing
teaspoon34 salt
Combine all ingredients. Fil-
ling' for 4 sandwiches.
* *
Egg -Bacon
2 hard -cooked eggs, chopped
14 cup chopped, cooked bacon
3 tablespoons mayonnaise or
salad dressing
Combine all ingredients. Fil-
ling for 4 sandwiches.
*
Cheese
1 cup grated, process cheese
(aai pound)
1 tablespoon prepared horse-
radish
2 tablespoons finely chopped
onion
3 tablespoons chopped stuffed
olives
1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
3 tablespoons chili sauce
Combine all ingredients. Fil-
ling for 5 sandwiches.
* *
Are you going to have a big
crowd? Here are fillings that
will make 50 sandwiches. •
Chicken Salad Filling
21/2 quarts cooked, diced chicken
34 cup lemon juice
2 cups mayonnaise
2 cups chopped celery
34 cup sweet'pickle relish
Combine all • ingredients.
* *
Salmon or Tuna Salad Filling
7 one -pound cans fish
Ya cup lemon juice
2 cups mayonnaise
2 cups chopped celery
Flake fish and sprinkle with
lemon juice. Mix well with other
ingredients. '
* 50 frankfurters, cooked and
ground
Frankfurter -Pickle Filling
2 cups pickle relish
Y2 cdp lemon juice
Y2 cup prepared mustard
234 cups mayonnaise
Combine all ingredients.
4.§ Wil,;11ZINGY A T
N
The shutdown of the Suez Canal spotlighted the great need
for larger oil tankers and sparked off such odd "ship sur-
gery" as. the "Jumboizing" operators pictured below.' The
ship was cut apart and a new 354 -foot midbody inserted
between bow and. stern. It added 48 feet, 6 Inches to the
tanker's overall length and 7 inches to its beam. The enlarged
Gulfmeadows, a T-2 tanker,
oes into dry dock .
. OM'
aarear.a.,,",
ship, renamed Gulfbeaver, Is now 572 feet'. long and 75
feet wide. It can carry an additional 30,000 barrels of fuel
(such as gasoline). Full load is more than seven million gal-
lons. The "Jumbolizing/' which took 36 days, is expected to
add 12 to 15 years to the ship's life. Company, which says the
operation insures bigger and better tankers at minimum cost,
plans to jumbolize more of its T-2 tankers.
When stern is cut from midbody ... it remains in dry dock as rest af tanker is
' floated out. . . .
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The new, 354 -foot midobtly (already welded to bow) Is floated In and hooked
to the stern 6 6 4.6
ARI6
Enlargement completed. Oolf.,
meadows renamed Gulfbeaver.
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