Illinois Valley News, Thursday, January 16, 1941 Two ^/.11 Washington, D. C. HITLER REPORTED TO FEAR U. 8. INTERVENTION These photos, released by the British admiralty, terse communiques. Top left, scene in the below-deck right, the ground crew takes to Its heels as the motors Walrus plane gets its load of bombs before the takeoff. In talks with his close advisers recently, the President has revealed a much more confident opinion of [ the outcome of the war in Europe. This conference resit partly upon the belief that Hitler, and Nazi of- [ ficials generally, are greatly wor- | ried over the possible entry of the United States into the war, and are acquiring a genuine respect for what the United States is accomplishing in the way of national defense. Hitler, Roosevelt has told his ; friends, had the greatest scorn for I Britain under Chamberlain, and for ' France. For some time, also. Hit­ ler had the same idea about the United States. The President con­ ! tides that as far as he has been able to ascertain. Hitler regarded him just as another Chamberlain. But now intelligence reports from give the layman an Idea of what goes on behind the Germany indicate that Hitler's opin­ hangar of an aircraft carrier of the royal navy. Top ion of the United States has changed rev up for the takeoff. Lower left, the port wing of a to one of respect and even fear. Roosevelt plans to make the most Lower right, a war bird comes home to roost. of this psychological factor, and be­ lieves that sending every possible aid to Britain, short of war, will help to do it. He believes this can be done without getting into war, though he acknowledges privately that it carries risks. Most risky American project would be to convoy merchant ships across the Atlantic, and so far Roosevelt has refused to commit himself, though this is what the British need most desperately. However, some of his advisers continue to be strong­ ly for it, and believe they have made a dent on the President. What they argue is this: The United States cannot be attacked as long as the war continues to rage in Europe and the British fleet remains afloat. Therefore, since we cannot be attacked, we can get into the war to any degree we like—without sending an expeditionary force. Should Germany declare war on the United States, these Roosevelt advisprs urge, we can merely con­ tinue with our present support to Britain. Business would proceed about as -usual, since the Nazis would be powerless to cross the At­ lantic to attack the United States— at least until Great Britain fails. Up until that time, they figure that de­ claring war on the United States would be about the last thing the Nazis could do. • • • Military Training Helj )s Reformation Army training is making men out of these boys at the New York City reformatory, at New Hampton, N. Y. At the suggestion of Mayor Fio­ rella La Guardia, military drill was tried as an experiment at the cor­ rectional Institution. The average age of the boys is 19. Here you see (left) a company presenting arms at a flag dowering ceremony. Kight: Inmates charging with their wooden guns during field drill. & ■Z >■ a June and December r D ; •fi - t ••Ten below irro” is what the Utermiimeter said as this ski patrol •f the U. 8. army started out from the Plattsburg, N. T., barracks for • winter training march. These men, clad In outfits like those made famous In the recent Finnish war, are members of the Twenly-sislh Infantry. They arc being trained In akl and snowshoe maneuvers. 1 cup butter , 1 cup all-bran 2 cups brown sugar 3 cups flour 1 egg 2 teaspoons baking powder Cream butter; add sugar gradu­ ally and beat until light and fluffy. Add egg and beat well. Stir in all-bran. Sift flour with baking powder and work into first mix­ ture, a small amount at a time. Knead and shape into rolls about V/z inches in diameter; wrap in waxed paper, covering ends so that dough will not dry out. Store in refrigerator until firm. Cut into thin slices and bake on ungreased cookie sheet in moderately hot oven (425 degrees F.) about 10 minutes. Yield: 74 dozen cookies (2 inches in diameter). Note: One tablespoon water or milk may be added to dough if it is difficult to shape into rolls. New Zealand Corn Flake Kisses. Ik cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg l1,4 cups flour teaspoon baking powder Ik teaspoon salt 1 cup finely cut dates la cup corn flake crumbs 1 Cream butter and sugar thor- oughly; add egg and beat until fluffy. Sift flour with baking pow- der and salt; add to first mixture along with dates. Mix well. Roll one teaspoon of mixture in corn Mincemeat Hermits. % cup butter Ilk cups sugar 2 eggs Ik cup milk % cup all-bran 3 Ik cups fluur 2 teaspoons baking powder 1>2 teaspoons cinna* mon 1 teaspoon cloves >2 teaspoon mace ‘i teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup mincemeat Blend butter and sugar thor- oughly; add egg and beat well. Add milk and all-bran. Sift flour with remaining dry ingredients and add to first mixture; mix well and chill. Roll dough to about 4 inch thickness on lightly floured board and cut into rounds. Place teaspoonful of mincemeat on one round, cover with second and press edges together. Bake on greased baking sheet in moderate­ ly hot oven (400 degrees F.) for about 12 minutes. Yield: 45 cookies (2% inches in diameter). Peppies. 3< cup shortening 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 cup molasses 1 cup vitamin- enriched wheat flakes 4 cups flour >,2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon ginger 1 teaspoon cinnamon cup sour cream Blend shortening and sugar thoroughly. Add well beaten eggs, molasses and wheat flakes. Sift flour with salt, soda and spices; add alternately to first mixture with cream. Chill thoroughly. Roll to Vi-inch thickness; cut and bake on greased baking sheet in mod­ erate oven (375 degrees F.) about 20 minutes. Yield: 24 dozen cookies (24 inches in diameter). Orange and Lemon Cookies. (Makes about 5 dozen cookies) 31, cups flour (sifted) 1 cup sugar ’,4 cup orange juice 2 teaspoons baking powder *4 cup lemon juice Ik teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon lemon cup butter (melt­ peel (grated) ed) 1 teaspoon orange peel (grated) Mix sugar and fruit juices well. Add grated peel, dry ingredients and melted butter. Stir well. Doug should be firm enough to roll. Roll very thin and cut with fancy cut­ ter in various shapes. Bake on a greased sheet in a moderately hot oven (375 degrees) for about 10 minutes, or until lightly browned on the edges. No public appearance of the Pres­ ident receives more elaborate ad­ vance precautions than when he makes a speech or attends a dinner in a hotel. Secret Service men vir­ tually turn the place inside out. If you should happen to be regis­ tered at the hotel, the Secret Service men will find out all about you, your business in the city, where you came from and where you are going. Here is the procedure for guarding the President when he arrives: The day before he is to appear. White House Secret Service Chief Edmund W. Starling carefully in­ spects every foot of the route through the hotel and the chamber used for the meeting. Next the guest register is inspected. All guests whom hotel officials can’t vouch for personally are quietly checked up by Starling's men. In addition, the management must sub­ mit complete information about all employees. If the President is attending a dinner, and extra waiters are need­ ed, Secret Service agents get a “line” on the ones employed. Sleuths, dressed as guests, are stra­ tegically posted all over the banquet hall. When the President enters and leaves an ‘•invisible” cordon of guards surrounds him. Nothing is left to chance. • • • MERRY-GO-ROUND Honeymooning in front of their It may be news to isolationist lead­ one-room brush shanty is Pleas ers in and out of congress, but Kath­ Hickman. 82, of Koan County, Tenn., ryn Lewis, daughter of John L. Lew­ and his bride, the former Geneva is, is telling friends that her father II. 17. of Rock Castle, Ky. The is ”the one man” responsible girl ran away from home a year keeping the United States out ago in search of romance. She says war. she Is •'completely happy.” Confidential reports from U. Italian Meets Greek w that the ancient Romans staged every year in honor of Ceres, God­ dess of the Grains. You can have a cerealia of your own; a Cookie Cerealia, for when it comes to turning out those batches of cook­ ies, there’s nothing that adds so much taste and variety at such a low cost as the well-known morn- ing cereal. Nice part about making cereal cookies is that the cereal is al­ ready cooked and tested in the manufacturer’s ovens, All you need do is mix it in according to directions. But nicer still are the gorgeous-tasting delicacies that you can produce from just ordi­ nary, every-day corn flakes and the like. Sort of a change from the old stand-bys, the sand-tarts and ginger snaps. Even the names of these cookies sound good: Bran Butterscotch Cookies, New Zealand Corn Flake Kisses, Mincemeat Hermits, Pep- pies, and Peanut Butter Maca­ roons. Happily, none of these call for expensive ingredients. Bran Butterscotch Cookies. ; flake crumbs and flatten down on greased cookie sheet. Bake in slow oven (325 degrees F.) about 20 minutes. Remove from pan while warm. Yield: 3 dozen cookies (1% inches in diameter). GUARDING THE PRESIDENT > .