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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1942
Page
7
A cheflike collage of spring fruit desserts and savory dishes lists strawberry pie with gelatin and fruit layers, a fruit tapioca, sugar beet notes, and Chicken Fried Rice with onions ham and peanuts. Recipes attribute to G. A. Hunter of Mt. Vernon and MRS. J. F. Kerr, include serving tips and pantry ingredients.
The Gazette Cooking Page invites readers in Cedar Rapids Iowa to submit their favorite tested recipes or request a recipe they want. Readers are urged to write to the Cooking Page Editor with their contributions and requests.
A recipe for molded meat loaf using veal shank, pork hocks, and eggs with gelatin from the bones, packed around hard boiled eggs, and a note on making sugar beet syrup from thinly sliced beets in warm water, referenced with a Cedar Rapids location.
Green onions and rhubarb are locally grown and cheap while cheese prices dip. Butter and rutabagas are plentiful and affordable. Sugar remains rationed until after May 5. Eggs are high quality and cheap versus coast cities. Strawberries from Louisiana arrive soon at medium price. Oranges from Arizona and California are pricey. Florida juice oranges reasonable if used promptly. Grapefruit scarce and rising in price. Apples winesaps and willow twigs offer medium prices. Cucumbers from Florida and hothouse varieties, lettuce from California, celery from Florida, and carrots beets turnips spinach are plentiful or cheap. Cauliflower scarce at medium price. asparagus decent. radishes from Arkansas and Oklahoma. cabbage from Texas cheap. bananas hard to get. tomatoes from Mexico still high with Texas and Florida arrivals easing prices. green peas and beans scarce luxury items. New white potatoes from California cheaper than red.
A reader counsels on Ellen’s lack of popular appeal and a mother's nagging. Another questions staying with a abusive husband and safety. Dear Miss Manners says stay away unless assured of decent treatment and support. A third asks about writing to three enlisted beaus. the columnist says write to all three to cheer them.
Associated Press reports heavy patrol activity on the North African front as British headquarters note considerable movement against Axis columns in Libya on Tuesday. Air and ground engagements accompany the evolving front and supply lines.
A southern desert sector report states withdrawal after engagement with our light forces. An Italian communique claims Axis artillery repelled attacks by British armored cars.
The guidance cautions against rapid fat loss and urges a gradual pace, suggesting initial losses of five to ten pounds in the first month followed by three to five pounds monthly. It explains tissues adapt better with slow reduction and notes risks of sagging when fat leaves too quickly. A ninth day menu lists breakfast lunch and dinner items including grapefruit, toast, vegetables, liver and milk.
Allied Headquarters in Australia reports United States authorities announce a pay rise for American soldiers serving abroad. Enlisted personnel receive a 20 percent base pay increase while officers gain 10 percent under a new law signed by President Roosevelt on March 7.
Instructional note highlights creating feminine gloves from leftover scraps and quick crochet. Mentions multiple sizes small and medium with Pattern 339 providing directions and pattern pieces to sew and crochet several pairs using scraps.
Governor Wilson told Anamosa business leaders he supports legislative action to raise wages for reformatory workers whose pay is fixed by statute. Delegation including Albert Ament and Irvin Hovel urged that low pay causes men to quit. Wilson noted a plan to raise non statutory foremen and to promote second and third class guards to first class, enabling $110 monthly top pay.
A pattern notice urges readers to mail 10 cents plus one cent for postage to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Department at 82 Eighth Avenue New York NY. Include plainly the pattern number and sender name and address for mailing instructions.
Richard William Thompson, an ex convict, faced a hearing before Justice R D Mc Intyre in Anamosa after being charged with stealing Russell Chaplin of Onslow's car. The vehicle was recovered in Waterloo.
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