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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1939
Page
20
A Rainbow Dessert recipe uses three gelatin flavors and coconut to yield a six to twelve serving dish. Also included is a fruit tea punch with ginger ale and rhubarb, a sour cream dressing, and notes on local social events and weddings in Traer.
Oelwein Country club members hosted a group from the Independence club on Wednesday. Prizes in bridge were won by Mrs. Fred Campagna and Mrs. Jean Clark of Independence and Mrs. A. J. Lathmer with Mrs. Harve Ritchie of Oelwein. Golf prizes went to Les Dodge and Pete Assmus of Independence. A six thirty dinner and a dance concluded the evening.
A Gazette report details two 1930s weddings in Iowa towns. Mildred Stauffer and Gilbert Kemmann wed in a simple home ceremony in Vinton with 25 guests, while Jean Wiggins and Don Gardner married at the Wiggins home in Keswick with 20 attendees.
Williamsburg social life features a miscellaneous shower for Doris Langlas hosted by Mrs. Herbert Rusbult with bridge and checkers won by Mrs. Loren Frederick. Rural Young People's Farm bureau held a park event with scavenger hunt and watermelon feast, prizes to Annabelle Holden and Joe Wesley. Mrs. John R. Thomas hosted a bridal shower for Viola Worbrick, eighty two attendees. Mrs. W. R. Sears presented a piano recital. ninth grade girls plan a homemaking class party with hike scavenger and pot luck supper, chaired by Betty Howe and others.
Oelwein hosts multiple pre nuptial events for Miss Geraldine Jakway a September bridge elect. Eleanor Bjorklund presided over a seventeen guest miscellaneous shower. Prizes went to Miss Darlene Pollock and Miss Helen Grauer. Guest Margaret Leeper Waterloo and Mrs. Ground Peoria Ill. attended. Hostesses Lynette Fox Isabel Cook Helen Grauer and Helen Moyer arranged a Brown's tea room shower. Grace Eck and Dorothy Leaton earned yacht prizes.
An article argues fall is optimal for establishing lawns. It cites warm soil, fall rains, and cool weather as advantages for seed germination and deep roots, with seeding advised Aug 15 to Sept 15 and steps on soil prep feeding rolling watering and mowing.
Miss Lois Herwig celebrated with a breakfast hosted by Mrs. C. W. Humphry and daughter in Ringsted. Brides-to-be Wanda Lang and Wanda Meyer were feted at kitchen and breakfast events as families gather for upcoming weddings in West Union and Akron Ohio guests join the celebrations.
Mrs May Fay and Mrs Marie Cook assisted at the social meeting at Troy Mills home. A birthday surprise celebrated Mrs Dell Peyton on her seventy first birthday at her home Tuesday night with eight guests present.
London dispatch reports the British fleet prepared to blockade Germany at war. Plans completed in authoritative circles provide for intercepting merchant ships bound for the Reich and transferring vessels to war duty. Gun crews will be supplied to all merchant ships, while fleet concentration remains a naval secret.
Curtis Brice, a former U S soldier, reports regaining his voice three years after losing it at Fort Ethan Allen Vermont due to a faulty gas mask. While nearby, he heard his own voice while watching children play tennis in a Tacoma park and quipped I ll bet on you. He will lose a disability pension due to voice recovery. A Tacoma physician corroborated his story.
Griff Williams will headline the opening night of Danceland’s nine month season on September 1. Jitterbug dancing is banned and women may not dance together, with free checkroom service. Weekly dances will be Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, and Lee Williams will lead the Saturday Sunday shows. Remodeling includes air deflectors and seating for 600, with a cream ivory and deep blue decor.
In San Diego Superior Court Judge Arthur L. Mundo faced a will that left a five-diamond necklace valued at 2025 dollars to four beneficiaries. After rejecting gambling and other methods, he ordered the most valuable gem to the first named heir and the rest in descending order, with the last heir receiving the two least costly stones.
Anti radical investigator for the American Legion, L Knowles, will be recalled to testify at Angel Island as an adverse defense witness in Harry Bridges deportation hearing. Defense lawyers expect to close their case early this week.
Paul W. McNutt federal security administrator and possible Democratic nominee said hemispheric isolation would trigger a severe economic shock. He spoke during a weekend visit at Sen. William H. Smathers home and praised President Roosevelt’s peace efforts while expressing doubts about American neutrality.
Thomas E. Dewey, New York district attorney, winds up his Michigan vacation after meetings with Illinois and Iowa Republicans. He plans to entrain for Montreal and Plattsburg to be guest of Congressman Wallace Pierce.
Former President Herbert Hoover said war would temporarily aid business but would lead to a permanently lower standard of living for at least a quarter century. He cited the World War and subsequent upheavals as precedent and warned another conflict would bring similar effects.
Paris dispatch reports Sunday papers publish pictures of British colonial troops and sailors landing from England on Saturday at Dieppe and moving toward an undisclosed destination.
London Sunday dispatch says the war office has no information on any Dieppe landing by British troops. One source suggested reservists could be traveling to the Mediterranean via France.
Northwestern University club of Cedar Rapids will host its annual banquet and meeting at the Roosevelt hotel at 6 30 p m Friday September 1 with about fifty alumni and students expected. The entertainment features motion pictures of Northwestern touchdown plays supervised by Hal Sheridan Paramount theater manager. Carl Jordan is club president and Dr Lawrence Kessler handles arrangements.
Fourteen year old Luella Waite sustained a bruised knee when her bicycle struck a left door opened by Elmer Reed. Reed stated he opened the door to exit a parked car on Third street between Third and Fourth avenues SE. Waite refused a ride, Reed offered to take her home.
Pierre van Paassen war correspondent said in Paris that if Britain and France let Hitler liquidate Poland there will be no peace in Europe. He warned the next target would be the rubber and oil wealth of the Dutch colonies and Romania.
Drummer Claude Everett Humphrey, famed for a twitching rhythm instinct and tin can beat, is held over for another week by popular demand. The Boyd Raeburn orchestra, featuring fifteen instrumentalists, will perform nightly except Monday at Thornwood, drawing on Humphrey’s rising fame from neighborhood tin-can concerts in St. Louis.
Nassau county police report a Council Bluffs Iowa man saw Andrew Carnegie Whitfield 28, socializing in a Midwestern city, wearing soiled overalls and carrying $500 in cash. He rode freight trains, avoided passenger cars, and a ticket was bought to escort him on to Kearney Nebraska.
Washington AP reports that Britain and France hold about 3.5 billion dollars in assets in the United States for possible wartime use. Liquid assets total about 2.625 billion, with the rest in real estate investments and trust funds that could be liquidated slowly. Polish, German and Italian holdings are described as negligible.
Bing Crosby stars in Paris Honeymoon at the Palace theater in a light musical comedy. He sings four songs and carries the mood with his easy style as a humorous, fanciful story plays between numbers. The film plays today through Wednesday.
In a double feature program a fantasy adventure showcases Franciska Gaal Akim Tamiroff Shirley Ross Edward Everett Horton and Ben Blue among its cast in a mythical country setting. The second film Trouble In Sundown stars George O'Brien in the lead of a western thriller.
Book pictures for the Strand reopening are being installed with finishing touches due by Monday. Opening weekend bookings are set for Friday and Saturday September 1 and 2, with two leading productions planned: Love Finds Andy Hardy and Kentucky. Special vaudeville acts will accompany the films and weekly changes will occur with Czech films beginning mid September. Continuous shows will run Sundays and holidays with a Saturday matinee and evening performances on other days.
A dramatic tale follows Kay learning Grant is married and planning a Paris trip with his parents while he pairs with Carole. Kay resists freeing Grant, Ensuing conflict leads to Grant’s breakdown and a hospital pneumonia as fate drives the climax. The companion feature She Married a Cop stars Phil Regan and Jean Parker.
The film features Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow Jack Haley as the Tin Woodman and Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion. Frank Morgan gains prominence as the Wizard while the principal cast reinforces their long standing Broadway and radio star status.
The U S consulate general in Rome urged all American citizens in Italy to depart for home at the earliest moment or be ready to leave on short notice amid ongoing tensions and travel advisories.
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