The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, July 16, 1943 Page: 3 of 8
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THE GIDDINGS STAR
Who’s News
This Week
By
Delos Wheeler Lovelace
PATTERNS
SEWING CIRCLE
URE RJ
ASPIRIN
wosurs LARGEST SELLER
Consolidated Features.—WNU Release.
N EW YORK.—A quickie poll,
maybe all wrong, indicates that
radio cowboys scribble most of this
nation's regional ballads. Of course,
Mexican Legate h hasp y font
A Balladerof Note, Chicago
Soldier and Doctor hillbillies
and any
Bronx troubadour able to tear a
minor chord from a glittering guitar
and sing through the nose at the
same time.
In Mexico such compositions
are written by artists of more
stature. Some have been done,
to wide and lengthy applause,
by that country’s ambassador to
Washington.
The Mexicans call them corridos.
Dr. Francisco Castillo Najera con-
cedes, however, that they are usual-
ly about kidnapings, floods, untime-
ly deaths and blighted love. And
what else do the static cow-pokes
wail about?
Not that Castillo Najera walls. A
former Honorary President of the
Association of Mexican artists, he
is highfalutin’. “My idea has been
more or less to stylize the corrido,”
is the way this diplomat explains
the situation.
If the ambassador hasn’t
stylized lately the omission is
understandable. He has had
Lend-lease to ferry over the Rio
Grande del Norte and a slather
of other interests. He is a sur-
geon, a public health expert and
an army officer who survived
heavy shooting to rise from ma-
jor to major general. And he
is a widely saluted prose writer,
a Latinist and an expert in
the Chinese language. (Maybe
he is Mexico’s answer to John
Kieran.)
The ambassador picked up Chi-
nese on his first diplomatic job 20
years ago. Later he served in
France, Sweden, Belgium and fallen
Austria.
Rewards he has received from his
government and others include
enough decorations to cover him
from chin to brisket.
The Najera family hails from an-
cient Durango and the ambassador
grew up there with nine brothers
and sisters. A favorite uncle, a
doctor, influenced him to study
medicine.
i He is a big man now, with a shock
of white hair, who climbs any old
way into clothes that cost so much
they deserve a valet's tender care.
For the sake of his sensitive in-
nards he smokes a specially treated
tobacco, and uses a cigarette holder
longer than any you'll see at the
White House. For the sake of his
figure he is still grim about setting-
up exercises. He doesn’t rise for
these until eight o’clock in the morn-
ing; but, on the other hand, he
doesn't sit down to dinner until after
eight in the evening.
Dinner is apt to be an event. He
is a famed host, conversationalist
and connoisseur of beer as well as
a pretty good cook. After dinner
he likes slam-bang bridge.
Madame Ambassador Is a
painter in her own right, but
busy now as president of the
Latin-American division of the
Red Cross in Washington. There
are four children. One son is
Interning; one is studying mu-
sic, and the other one is a mili-
tary cadet. Their daughter is
married.
Whether the ambassador com-
posed a corrido for her is not on
record. But why not?
-•
AT NEW YORK’S own City Col-
A lege heavy-set Dr. John Hast-
ings is sometimes the senior class’
pick for "most brilliant professor.”
„ This prefer-
Prof Telle Airmen ence adds
Weather le Tojo’e point to his
Helnful Ally warning
Most Helpful that Flying
Fortresses will have no picnic plant-
ing their huge block-busters around
Japan.
The weather there, says the
professor, backing up the view of
the chief of the United States
weather bureau that weather is
war’s most important factor,
will be on Tojo’s side. Japan
has lots of rain, lots of clouds
on almost any day you may
wish to pick.
The professor should know. He
has charted rainfall and related
items the world over. Climate
Is a favorite topic of his when
he teaches economic, anthropo-
logical and all the other kinds of
geography at City College.
Not long ago he made a climatic
and topographical map for every one
of the 48 states. For reasons of his
own he held off the making of Mon-
tana's till last, a selective slight
which has never been satisfactorily
explained to that state's proud, and
often gun-totin' citizens.
Professor Hastings has a deep
grudge against Hitler. He says the
latter’s antics have cut off this coun-
try’s normal supply of superior map
paper. Grumbling, he takes what
paper he can get and makes it serve
better by using an Ink mixed ac-
cording to his own secret process.
Earthworms are beneficial to
the toil in which they live and no
effort should be made to remove
them. If considered troublesome,
lime water will bring them to the
turface.
Try adding a few drops of lemon
juice to rice the next time you
cook it. It makes the rice beauti-
fully white and keeps the grains
whole.
Green peppers used for salads
are better if first parboiled. Boil
the peppers for five minutes, pour
off the water, then place the pep-
pers in refrigerator until ready to
use.
Red and yellow paints mixed to-
gether give you orange; red and
blue, purple; yellow and blue,
green. White paint added to any
of these colors will lighten them.
...
Gather clover blossoms this
summer, dry them, and scatter
about the linen closet to impart a
delicate fragrance.
8447
2-6 yrs.
Pretty Frock and Panties.
SUCH a pretty picture—a 2 to 6
0 year old in this darling frock
with whirling skirt. There are
panties to match.
• • •
Pattern No. 8447 la in sizes 2. 3. 4. S
and 6 years. Size 3 dress takes 2 yards
35-inch material, panties % yard.
Flag at Half-Mast
The United States flag should
never be flown at half-mast except
when national mourning is official-
ly declared for a national figure or
a catastrophe affecting the whole
country, says Collier's. A state,
city or organization flag should be
used to mourn a person of only
state, city or organization prom-
inence.
AA Juin’s CHAFED SHIN / 5.
MOROLINE io.
WHITE PETROLEUM JELLY =
Billed by Nazis
w-mX An VAKeESM
a total of 853,000,000 a week for
the maintenance of its armies of
occupation; yet the actual cost is
only $22,000,000 or about 42 per
cent of this amount.
SNAPPY FACTS
ABOUT
€73 RUBBER
Recapped tires will render
satisfactory service — if the
tire carcass Is in good con-
dition, good workmanship Is
exercised, inflation rules are
observed and spend Is kept
to 35 mph. Have year tires
recapped at a reliable shop.
Scientists have developed the fact
that when a car is driven et 50 mph
there is a centrifugal force of two
tons trying to pull the tires opart.
That our standard of living is
affected in many ways by
the shortage of rubber will
be appreciated when It Is
known that normally about
50,000 items were made with
rubber.
Ix war or peace
BEGoodrich
FIRST IN RUBBER
A’ fez
NN alls
8404
34-50
A Perfect Fit.
VOU’VE no idea of the amount
1 of expert designing that went
into creating this slip and pantie
set. The result? Perfect fit.
% % e
Pattern No. 8404 is in sizes 34, 36, 38,
40, 42, 44, 46, 48 and 50. Size 36 slip and
panties take 3% yards 39-inch material.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions, slightly more time
is required in filling orders for a few of
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT.
330 South Wells St. Chicago.
Enclose 10 cento la coins’ tec each
pattern deniffdreretoares
Pattern No.. ....•••.••.. Size.....--.
Name ...............................
Address .............................
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7 A General Quiz
The Queetione
1. What does chicanery mean?
2. Why are macadamized roads
so called?
3. Who was the tallest President
of the United States? Who was the
shortest?
4. How many lines has a son-
net?
5. What is the status of children
born in this country of alien par-
ents?
6. How many states meet where
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
merge?
7. Why is a stiff hat called a
derby?
8. Who was Jean Lafitte?
The Answers
1. Trickery or sharp practice,
especially in legal proceedings.
2. That type of road was invent-
ed by John Loudon McAdam, a
Scottish engineer.
3. Abraham Lincoln was our
tallest President, at six feet four
inches. James Madison, five feet
four inches, was the shortest.
4. Fourteen.
5. They are citizens of the Unit-
ed States.
6. Three—Illinois, Kentucky and
Missouri.
7. That type of hat was first
worn at the Earl of Derby’s race
track.
8. An American buccaneer “
OH! THESE OVERA
I SCRUBBING OUT DIl
TALES FOREVE
WHY,LET ME
HELP KEEP
DIRT FROM
GRINDING
INI
Water or food left in an alumi-
num pressure cooker pits the sur-
face and makes it dark and rough.
• • •
Rub up the nickel faucets with
cleansing tissues every day. Such
rubbing up will lighten the weekly
cleanings.
Keep linens white by packing
them in an old pillow case which
has been soaked in bluing until
it is a deep indigo.
Many Washington Counties
Washington is the name most
used for counties. Twenty-nine
states have a Washington county.
Sul e-UTE*
KoolAi
Takes
DELICIOUS
FROZEN I
.DESSERTS.
by
Cleaning is hard on the hands,
so equip yourself with extra rub-
ber gloves and wear them every
time you do this kind of work.
Rub some cold cream under your
nails before starting work—you
will be delighted to see how
quickly you can clean your nails
after a good bath.
• • *
When melting chocolate, use a
small round-bottomed bowl and
melt over hot water. Bowl may
be set in the top of teakettle or
double boiler.
Ordinary Glass Can Now
Be Broken as Desired
Ordinary glass is now made so
that it will break in any desired
manner, says Collier's. For in-
stance, pitchers, jars and other
containers for the home are man-
ufactured so that they will break in
large pieces, lessening the danger
of glass fragments getting into
food.
Some glass ceilings, like those
in the National Gallery of Art in
Washington, are constructed to
shatter in powder form to elimi-
nate the danger of injury from
falling pieces.
w.rg.knew.ANayy man don’t
consider the name an insult. You
can get on the right side of him
though if you offer him a Camel
—or better yet, send him a carton.
Camels are the favorite cigarette
with men in the Navy (Army, Ma-
rines, Coast Guard, too, for that
matter) based on actual sales rec-
ords from the service men's stores.
And though there are Post Office
restrictions on packages to over-
seas Army men, you can still send
Camels to soldiers in the U. S.,
and to men in the Navy, Marines
and Coast Guard wherever they
are.—Adv.
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SAVE TInsen FOODS
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Kellogg’s Corn Flakes are re
stored to WHOLE GRAIN NU
TRITIVE VALUES of Thiamin
(Vitamin B.). Niacin and Ira.
felloggs
CORN
FLAKES
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—leap—
In 10 Years Time U. S. War Bonds •
★ Give You $4 for Every $3 Invested
★ IN THE ARMY ★
they say:
“ARMY BANJO* for shovel
"HIVE for discover
“BOUDOIR"for squad tent
CAMEL for the favorite cigarette
with men in the Army
FIRST IN THE SERVICE
The favorite cigarette with men
in the Army, Navy, Marines, and
the Coast Guard is Camel.
(Based on actual sales records in
Post Exchanges and Canteens.)
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HERES HOW USE ONE TAFLETOON OF
FAULTLESS STARCH - CREAM WITH A LITTLE
COOL WATER THEN ADD ONE QUART OF
BOILING WATER WHILE STIRRING!-
NEXT WASHDAY:
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ALONG.WITH THE Best
, OF EVERYTHING ...
5 • The war-time recipe demands the finest ingredients-
“ choose carefully, then, guard against waste and be sore
of results with Caber Gid Baling Powder, the baking
= day favorite in millions of homes for years and years.
Ask Mother, She Knows: Clobber Girf
• goes with the best of everything, for baking.
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A VERY
DeNT
STARCH
ARMY
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CAMEL’S FULL
FLAVOR AND EXTRA
7MILDNESS .
you BET-
FOR STEADY
PLEASURE.
CAMELS WIN !
LOOK! purr
AND GRIME
WASH RiGHT OUT
FAULTLESS
SURE SAVES
SCRUBBING.
. AND I MAKE
OVERALLS
YEAR LONGER
TOO—SO
IMPORTANT
TODAV!
MAKE ALL YOUR WASH LOOK
Ab-so-lutely FAULTLESS
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Preusser, Theodore A. The Giddings Star (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, July 16, 1943, newspaper, July 16, 1943; Giddings, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1633901/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Giddings Public Library and Cultural Center.