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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1939
Page
38
A Mary G Madden column presents a three flavor gelatin dessert with coconut and a citrus punch with tea and rhubarb to serve 12. Also offered are a sour cream dressing for salads and tomato fillings. Community notices recall anniversaries, farmer moves, and social gatherings with local hosts and guests.
Country club members in Oelwein hosted guests from Independence. Bridge prizes went to Mrs. Fred Campagna and Mrs. Jean Clark of Independence and to Mrs. A. J. Lathmer and Mrs. Harve Ritchie of Oelwein. Golf prizes were won by Les Dodge and Pete Assmus of Independence. A six thirty dinner and a dance closed the evening.
In Vinton and area, two home weddings highlight a busy day. Mildred Stauffer married Gilbert Kemmann in a noon ceremony at the Stauffer home with 25 guests. A separate wedding near Keswick joined Miss Viola Worbrick to future husband Clark Brown in an intimate home setting.
A miscellaneous shower at Mrs. Herbert Rusbult’s Williamsburg home honored Doris Langlas. Mrs. Loren Frederick won the bridge high score while Mrs. Harry Langlas and Mrs. Maynard Stark led in checkers. The Rural Young People’s Farm Bureau held a scavenger hunt and watermelon feast at West End Park on Wednesday with Arthur Wallace as chairman and helpers Paula Heitshusen Roland Holden Jane Blythe and Kenneth Dane. Prizes were awarded.
Odwein presides over multiple pre nuptial events honoring Miss Geraldine Jakway a September bridge elect. Eleanor Bjorklund hosted a seventeen guest miscellaneous shower while Darlene Pollock and Helen Grauer won prizes in bridge and hearts. Out of town guests included Miss Margaret Leeper of Waterloo and Mrs. Robert Ground of Peoria Ill.
Miss Lois Herwig was praised at a breakfast hosted by Mrs. C. W. Humphry and daughter in West Union. The event accompanied wedding plans for Miss Herwig to Ralph Robertson of West Union on Sept. 9. A kitchen shower honored Miss Wanda Lang with plans to wed Leo Meyer on Aug. 29 at the Presbyterian church.
Mrs. William Slocum entertained at her home Thursday with Mrs May Fay and Mrs Marie Cook assisting. A birthday surprise honored Mrs Dell Peyton on her 71st birthday at her home Tuesday night with eight guests in attendance.
London reports the British fleet prepared to impose an immediate blockade on Germany if war breaks out. Plans include intercepting merchant ships bound for the Reich and transferring vessels to war duty with guns and crews provided. Fleet concentration remains a tight naval secret.
Curtis Brice a former U S soldier tells how he regained his voice after three years of silence caused by gas exposure at Fort Ethan Allen Vermont during training. A Tacoma physician confirms the recovery and Brice notes he will lose a disability pension due to the improvement.
This piece explains why fall is ideal for new lawns and walks through steps from Aug 15 to Sept 15 sowing. It covers soil prep six to eight inches deep, texture adjustments with clay peat moss and sand, balanced plant food at four pounds per 100 square feet, seed distribution, rolling, watering, and mowing guidelines to establish deep rooted turf before winter.
Griff Williams leads the Griff Williams orchestra at the Trianon in Chicago and will headline Danceland opening night for a nine month season. Jitterbug dancing is banned as is dancing with women together. free checkroom, weekly dances on Wednesday Saturday and Sunday. Lee Williams will play Saturdays and Sundays after opening. Remodeling includes air deflectors, redecorated ballroom for 600, new windows, creamy ivory and deep blue colors.
In San Diego Judge Arthur L. Mundo faced a five-diamond necklace valued at 2025 dollars from Hattie Fletcher estate. He split the stones by value, giving the most to the first named heir and the least to the last, after poker was ruled out for fairness.
SAN FRANCISCO INS reports anti-radical investigator for the American Legion will be recalled as an adverse witness at Angel Island as Harry Bridges deportation hearing enters its eighth week. Defense counsel say they expect to close their case early this week.
Paul V. McNutt federal security administrator and potential Democratic nominee warned hemispheric isolation would trigger a severe economic shock. While weekending with Sen. William H. Smathers McNutt said Roosevelt’s peace appeals were moving the right direction and questioned American neutrality effects.
Thomas E. Dewey New York district attorney winds up his Michigan vacation after conferences with Illinois and Iowa Republicans. The visit included George Olmstead of Iowa. Dewey planned to travel to Montreal and Plattsburg to be the guest of Congressman Wallace Pierce.
Weather notes list temperatures for many cities including Cedar Rapids New York Miami Chicago Denver Detroit Los Angeles San Francisco Seattle and more. Highs and lows are shown with scattered values across multiple states and regions.
Former President Herbert Hoover warned that war would boost business briefly but cause a permanently lowered standard of living for at least a quarter century. He linked potential future conflict to hard results similar to post World War I upheaval and social unrest.
Paris dispatch reports Sunday editions published photographs of British colonial troops and sailors disembarking from England on Saturday at Dieppe and headed for an undisclosed destination.
London dispatch says the War Office had no information on any Dieppe landing report. One source suggested the troops could be reservists traveling to the Mediterranean via France.
The Northwestern University club of Cedar Rapids hosts 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 under Hal Sheridan Paramount theater manager with Carl Jordan as president and Dr Lawrence Kessler in charge of arrangements.
Fourteen year old Lucla Waite suffered a bruised knee when she rode her bicycle into an open left front car door opened by Elmer Reed. Reed, 52, said he opened the door to exit his parked car on Third street between Third and Fourth avenues SE. Waite refused a ride and was treated later.
Pierre van Paassen, war correspondent, said in a Paris broadcast that if Poland falls, Hitler will move on to Dutch colonies and Romania to seize rubber and oil. He warned England and France permitting Polish liquidation does not yield peace in Europe.
Claude Everett Humphrey the drummer for Boyd Raeburn's band has become a top draw as the orchestra extends a week at Thornwood by popular demand. The group will perform nightly except Monday with a lively brass rhythm and floating sax solos. The fifteen piece ensemble grew from tin can percussion to professional shows around St. Louis.
Nassau county police reported a possible sighting of Andrew Carnegie Whitfield 16 months after his disappearance. A Indiana man said he saw a man resembling Whitfield in a midwestern city, wearing overalls and riding freight trains with $500 cash. The case also notes alimony of $350 monthly to his wife Elizabeth and an estate valued around $60,000 after he left Roosevelt Field in 1938 with a small airplane.
Washington sources estimate Britain and France have assets totaling 3.5 billion dollars available in the United States for wartime use. About 2.625 billion are liquid assets while the rest are direct investments and funds in trust accounts that could be liquidated in a grave emergency. Polish German and Italian assets are considered negligible.
Bing Crosby stars in Paris Honeymoon at the Palace theater through Wednesday. The light comedy features four memorable songs and a playful, nonrealistic plot as Crosby performs in his easy, signature style.
The bill includes a mystery with Franciska Gaal Akim Tamiroff Shirley Ross Edward Everett Horton and Ben Blue in supporting roles. The second feature Trouble In Sundown stars George O'Brien as the lead in a western thriller.
Bookings are set for the Strand reopening on Friday and Saturday September 1 and 2 with two major films Love Finds Andy Hardy and Kentucky. Special vaudeville acts will accompany nightly showings and four picture changes occur weekly with Czech films on Tuesdays and Wednesdays starting September 12 and 13. Continuous shows run Sundays and holidays plus a Saturday matinee and evening performances on other days.
A newly found romance disrupts Grant and Kay as Grant seeks freedom while Kay reveals she will never release him. Kay plans Paris with Grant’s wife and Carole, and a hospital Pneumonia crisis follows. The companion feature She Married a Cop stars Phil Regan and Jean Parker.
The report praises the cast of the Wizard of Oz at Paramount. It highlights Frank Morgan as the Wizard and commends Ray Bolger Jack Haley and Bert Lahr for their iconic performances.
The U S consulate general issued a夜 notice urging all American citizens in Italy to depart for home at the earliest moment or be prepared to leave on short notice.
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