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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1940

Page

6

Iowa State explores milk based candy and cheese from milk

Professor Carroll Iverson reports on experiments to make candy from whole milk with high food value. The Cedar Rapids winter milk program for undernourished children continues another year. Iverson notes milk drives calcium intake and human efficiency while a Chicago firm backs the candy project as commercially valuable.

Iowa State College Carroll Iverson Dairy Industry Young Men’s Bureau Chamber of Commerce Iverson Bureau Cedar Rapids A. R. Menary Chicago

Wilson High Assembly Highlights Students Skills and Dances

Wilson High School presented an assembly with Mildred Jean Simanek as MC. 7A boys competed in finals for running high jump with Calhoun first and Gladwin second. others tied for third. 8A and 7B girls danced the minuet under Miss Opal Dee Porter. Patricia Zurka and Helen Rance submitted patterns. A basketball drill showcased shooting pivots and dribble relay under William Barnard. Forty ninth grade girls performed Virginia reel and Black Nag.

Wilson High School Mildred Jean Simanek Nels Lee T Calhoun M Gladwin R Janes Patricia Zurka Helen Rance William Barnard Henrietta Frank Cecil Sharp

How Family of Can Eat Well On $10 a Week

Readers learn a ten dollar weekly budget for a five member family. The column lists a dessert history Indian pudding and a suggested Saturday menu with cooked from basic staples, including milk cornmeal sugar molasses and raisins, plus meals like Jiffy noodles and toasted bread with jelly and tea.

the Gazette Meta Given Miss Given

Dinner menu and chicken and asparagus salad recipe

Frizzled dried beef with mashed potatoes and creamed cabbage plus bread and butter and Indian pudding cost about 1.40 daily. Chicken and asparagus salad served for lunch. canned chicken made to taste fresh with a mayo dressing and a bed of curly endive and asparagus. Garnish with tomato wedges. Serves 6. A French dressing recipe accompanies the salad for marinating.

Dutch Evacuate Civilians From Frontier Districts

Netherlands military authorities began evacuating civilians from key frontier areas amid heightened preparations to repel any invasion. Wives and children of Philips worker families at Eindhoven were moved to central Holland behind the waterline, with medical students from Groningen University brought to Amsterdam for safety.

Amsterdam Netherlands Philips Radio and Lamp Eindhoven Holland Groningen University

Rumor Denial Ties German Minister’s Hague Visit to Friday

Government officials urged calm after rumors spread that Count Julius von Zech Sonst von Burkersroda had been recalled to Berlin. The United Press confirmed the minister was at his club in The Hague on Thursday night.

Berlin United Press Count Julius von Zech Sonst von Burkersroda Hague

Real Estate Board Plans City Housing Survey

The Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board will conduct its annual housing survey this Saturday. Each board member is assigned a city section to record all habitable vacancies.

Real Estate Board Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board

Remodeling Converts One Family Homes to Apartments

A local project has altered former single family dwellings into multi family apartments, increasing housing density in the area. The change affects zoning and occupancy patterns as more than one family now resides in the converted units.

Nashua Opens 1940 Fourth with Early Lead

Nashua, New Hampshire, began the 1940 Fourth of July events with an early lead as spectators gathered for the Independence Day celebration. Officials reported strong turnout and smooth parade preparations.

July casualty as city worker loses finger to firecracker

Joseph Charron, 38, a city employee, found a firecracker in a rubbish truck on Friday and lit it. He was taken to the hospital where doctors reported the tip of one finger missing.

Joseph Charron

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