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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1943
Page
6
This era cooking note praises pot roasts cooked by braising at low heat for tenderness and value. It outlines beef arm blade or rump roasts and veal options, plus steps for browning, simmering about 45 minutes per pound, and extending meat with gravy. It suggests tomato gravy variation and second meal ideas like hash or sandwiches.
An Army heavy bomber sighted a German submarine on the surface in the Caribbean months ago and destroyed it with depth charges. A surviving crew member was later picked up by a U.S. destroyer and brought to port aided by a life raft and a vest dropped from the bomber. The pilot was Captain Howard Burhanna Jr. of Philadelphia.
Daily Lent prayer reflection prepared for the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America on April 17. The piece highlights Christ’s cruciform sacrifice as the path to Christianity and the lifting of empires, urging obedience to divine guidance and courage in duty to advance God’s Kingdom on earth.
President Juan Jose Amezaga told United Press he will not let Uruguay's needs distract from the US war effort. He cited shortages of fuel steel machinery and munitions but subordinated Uruguay's wants to the goal of winning the war and aiding continental defense.
Poet Edgar A Guest reflects on how distant lands become real through American soldiers. The piece contrasts childhood views of Australia and Iceland as remote with the present reality that many boys, including sons of fathers, are now overseas with MacArthur. It emphasizes a universal reach of the war and the shared fate of nations.
District Court Justice Bolitha J Laws Thursday acquitted three men and the Los Angeles engineering school on charges of conspiring to defraud the government on contracts to train 4500 radio and automobile mechanics. Cleared were National Schools of Los Angeles Joseph A Rosenkranz president Louis J Rosenkranz secretary treasurer and Joseph J Buckley commercial agent for the school.
Josef H. Jahoda, long teased for a birth certificate listing him as female, told officials he cannot join the Wacks. He plans to file an affidavit to correct his sex, to be attached to his birth certificate as a remedy.
Albert E Wiggam discusses wartime marriage patterns in 1942 43 noting 80 percent more marriages in 86 large cities with San Diego Ta coma and others showing big increases while Des Moines Duluth Chicago New York and Boston fell. He cites a baby boom potential and links between family size and parent child understanding, plus a finding that couples resemble each other in intelligence and outlook, from psychologists Duval Schooley.
Cleveland financier Harry W. Hosford admitted Thursday he was the unidentified buyer of $21 million in war loan securities on Monday opening day of the second campaign. Hosford rose from a Great Lakes freighter wheelsman to a powerful Wall Street figure and had asked officials not to disclose his name.
CAMP WHEELER Ga AP A newly commissioned second lieutenant began his army career with back to back hikes after misreporting. He first joined the 16th battalion for a 19 mile hike, then the next day transferred to the 18th battalion to take part in a 15 mile hike.
Cedar Rapids set a May 1 deadline to register bicycles with an intensive two week program at the police station starting Saturday. Police Chief Tom Condon noted 800 bikes registered at city grade schools, 30 percent more than before, and estimated about 3,000 unregistered wheels remain. Registered bikes must have stand, bell or horn, rear reflector, pedals, and a night light. fee is 25 cents. Unregistered wheels will be seized and held until registration.
London reports Mussolini declared Sicily Sardinia and nearby islands an area of military operations. The move follows a police shakeup aimed at blocking saboteurs. Moscow radio notes a Sardinia state of emergency after an anti-government group activity. three arrests reported.
Barbara McNabb seven-year-old of 521 Sixteenth Street NE suffered an eye laceration and leg bruises at about 3 30 p m Thursday when struck by a car driven by Melvin L Kasner of 1030 Eighth Street NW on Sixteenth Street NE near D avenue. She remained at St Luke's Hospital Friday in satisfactory condition. Kasner told police the child darted in front of his car as another vehicle met his vehicle on Sixteenth Street and he could not avoid the impact.
Notice declares Faith Thom and Harry Lundine appointed executors of Gus Lundine's Linn County Iowa estate on April 16 1943. Creditors urged to pay debts promptly and file claims with Linn County District Court clerk as required by law.
notes describe a brief dignified dedication ceremony for the Thomas Jefferson memorial on the 200th birth anniversary of the Declaration author. The event featured the memorial beside the Tidal Basin with cherry blossoms, guards protecting the Declaration, and a large crowd as planes flew overhead and officials attended.
Washington based Office of Defense Transportation issues ten commandments for 1943 vacationers. Emphasizes staying local, traveling midweek, packing lunches, avoiding overnight trips, delaying excursions, warning friends of tough travel, not speeding, preferring off season getaways, and condemning theft in wartime travel.
A compact note discusses misuse of fuel cards and property coveting, contrasting improper use of gas with admonitions not to covet neighbors tires gas boat or bicycle. The tone mirrors a moralizing public guidance piece.
CALCUTTA Delayed The Flying Tiger of China team can recognize a mate in flight by handling. E Mickey Mickelson 26 Ferg Falls Minn says he heard a two engine transport land at a sun baked Central African airfield on layoff. A huge two engine craft banked in and the crewman identified a familiar pilot Clifford G Groh 24 Wilmott II a flyer returning to India from the United States. Both men now fly for China National Aviation Corporation.
The 600 ton Portuguese ship Santa Irene was torpedoed off the Italian coast Tuesday night and sank with the loss of 16 of her 17 crew members. The announcement was made Friday.
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