Fat Salvage Gets Two Points Per Pound Under OPA Plan
The Office of Price Administration announces two ration points per pound of salvaged fat starting tomorrow December 13, in Cedar Rapids and nationwide. The aim is to boost fat collection for glycerine to support gunpowder and medicines as wartime needs rise. Housekeepers are urged to save fats from meats, roasts, soups, frying, and drippings to meet a projected 230 million pound quota.
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Cedar Rapids
Country
OPA
Chester Bowles
Office of Price Administration
Bowles
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Far East
Fat From Home Cooks Fuels War Effort and Rations
A government program offers four cents and two meat ration points per pound of used cooking fat delivered to a meat dealer. Any fat counts, even blackened or flavored. a spoonful can fund bullets or vaccines, and a tablespoon daily from every home sustains war needs and ration stretching.
Mount Vernon Cornellians Prepare Holiday Socials
Mount Vernon Cornellians plan campus events before vacation including dorm parties after Monday hours. W A A hosts a tea and Orchesis provides entertainment with Ruth Sheffeld in charge. Dr and Mrs Russell Cole attended a candle light dinner under Miss Emma Fife. Out of town guests include Mr and Mrs Morris Fussell and Mr and Mrs Frank Waples of Cedar Rapids.
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Morris Fussell
Frank Waples
Cedar Rapids
Mt. Vernon
Walter Kohl
D. L. Stearns
Bridge
Hattie Miller
New Century Club
Celia Gillette
Sorosis Club
Richard Wolfe
Decorah
Weight of Can Subtracted for War Fat Ration Tips
Government guidance explains subtracting the container’s weight when turning in used kitchen fats for extra ration points under the OPA. It lists common can weights from No 1 to No 4 and notes a No 2 can holds a pound of fat. 31 tablespoonfuls equal one pound.
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OPA
Multiple Clubs and Lodges Plan Christmas Events
A long notice lists numerous Malta area groups meeting weekly. Initiations, parties, gift exchanges, picnics, and dinners are planned at Masonic hall K P hall Sokol hall and private homes. Hosts include Mrs Jean Vondracek Mrs Clara Schaad and Mrs Leona Brown with district instructors and lodge officers elected.
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Malta
OES
Masonic Hall
Jean Vondracek
Noble Grands Association
Maine Lodge Hall
Clara Schaad
Women of the Moose
Sokol Hall
Moosehaven
Academy of Friendship
Sidney Blencoe
Eighteenth Street SE
Frances Hill
War Relief Committee
Red Cross
Cedar Rebekah Lodge No. 494
Leona Brown
Twenty-ninth Street Drive
Cleola
Golden Wedding Anniversary Celebrations In Cedar Rapids
A. R. and Mrs. Daniel L. Castle celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary with an open house at 1333 A avenue NE next Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. Born in Wilmington Indiana and West Cheshire Connecticut respectively, the Cas tles married December 20, 1893 in Coggan. They have four daughters, ten grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren. The article lists numerous relatives and community groups involved in upcoming Christmas events and meetings across Cedar Rapids.
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A. R
Daniel L. Castle
A Avenue NE
Castle
Wilmington
Til
West Cheshire
Conn
Coggan
Jennie Shannon
Cedar Rapids
Katharine Walker
Denver
Colo
Verna Kee
Ora Chamberlain
Marion
Monona Clubs Hold Christmas Week of Activities
Monona social life centered on Christmas events. The Mother's Club hosted a party at St Pauls church parlors with Rev R C Schlueter discussing Christmas art while carols were sung. Gifts supported Crippled Children's Home at Jamestown ND and Lutheran Children's Home at Waverly.
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Fidelity Life Association Lodge and Booster Club
Minnie B. Dodds
Greenwood Drive
Mother’s Club
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
R. C. Schlueter
Jamestown
N. D
Waverly
R. C. Jerrell
Methodist Church
Mildred Fry
Norma Bernhard
Elaine Broessell
Jerrells
Monona Woman’s Club
City Hall
The
Mines
Reuben Wickler
Robert Jasman
Clark Riedesel
Roy Grove
Edwin Albertson
Edward Wickler
Monona
O. EF. S
I. O. O. F. Hall
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Gazette-Lux
Wilson High School
Betty Paul
Jean Klepach
Arlene Cilek
Merlyn Cadwallader
Shirley Thomas
Lenora Kenady
Says Bowles
Mount Vernon
Decorah Club
Luther College Women’s Club
Business and Professional Women
First Lutheran Church
Donald Larson
Elsie Siemers
Sherman Hossett
Charles Altfillisch
Roy Darling
Martin Enger
Frank Miller
Senior Tofte
Clara Hoyt
Emily Frank
Garnaville Foltz
Winneshiek Hotel
Mrs. Biermann
Doreany
Inez Joos
Li Ian Emily Frank
Dorothy Wepter
Margaret McDonough
Clubs
O.E.S
Queen of the West
Ladies Society of B. of L. F. and
K. of P. Hall
Cedar Lodge
I. A. of M
Cedar Lodge No. 93
Monday Shakespeare Club
Shakespeare Club
A. R. Swem
Henry IV
James Sloan
Seventh Avenue SE
Standard Life
Standard Life Association No
Ella Wortham
Fifth Avenue SE
Parlor City
Royal Neighbors of America
Social
Dale McMickle
Bever Avenue SE
Valley Camp
Valley Camp Circle
Gas Company
Kiwanis Ladies
Kiwanis
Stanley Reeder
Thirtythird Street
Order of Railway Conductors of America
Roosevelt Hotel
Carrie Morcombe
General Dodge
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
Fidelity Life
Degree of Honor Protective Association
Barbers Auxiliary
Master and Journeyman Barbers
I. G. Tinkham
Fourth Avenue SE
Melody Camp
R.N.A
Third Avenue
Winter Temple
United Commercial Travelers Auxiliary
Walter Mott
Third Avenue SW
Mozart Club
Y.W.C.A
Louis H. Sila
Helen Kacena Stark
Mary Ellen Dennis
Margaret Bell
Thelma Trimble
Jo Fran Kouba
Alyce Mary Chadima
Betty Wolfe
Barbara Teeters
Virginia Blahnik
Carlton Slick
Sunshine Auxiliary
Sunshine Auxiliary No
Jolly Mother Club
Frank Swartz
Fourth Street NW
Home Garden Club
A. C. Loepp
George Krabbenhoff
A. C. Fisher
Cedar Rebekah Lodge
I. O. O. R. Hall
George Klumpar
M. Muetzel
Anna Naprstek Lodge
C.S.P.S
Hall
Parler City Lodge
L. A
B. of R. T
K. P. Hall
Edna Cook
Garden Drive
White Shrine
Kensington
Charles Bode
Kensingston
Mt. Vernon Avenue SE
Dia
Gazette-Lux Photo
Roosevelt High School
Alice Hughes
Jalene Plank
Betty Harold
Alice Krupicka
Gladys Gable
Anna Heumes
L. P. Davis
George Beale
Frank Russell
Katherine Butterfield
Alma Wason
Gertrude Stevenson
Alicin Robertson
Marge McCracken
Maritta Turkle
John Sanket
Jane Delano
Memorial Coliseum
Ben Hur No. 12
Linn
Iowa Hive
Court No
Iowa
Third Street SE
H. No
D. of
Pearl Deal
Westwood Community Club
W. R. Payn
Belmont Parkway
Wild Rose Lodge
N. A
Woman’s Relief Corps
T. Z. Cook
Scott Hammond
D Avenue NE
Avenue Circle
Cedar Chapter
Vernon White
Fairway Terrace SE
Mesdames
J. F. Brems
Harry Chambers
Harold Chapman
Annabelle Coover
Rollin Frink
C. H. Klersey
George Lenck
Chris Miller
Andrew Peterson
John Randa
W. H. Richardson
Stella Smith
M. O. Winter
C. A. Kent
Board OF Maternal Health
Board of
Maternal Health League of
Karl Blaise
A. L. Smulekoff
Second Avenue SE
J. L. Cooper
Smulekoff
Delbert Ashby
CHI Omega
Vernon Victor
First Avenue SE
F. J. Loufek
Alan Baldwin
Robert Hunnicutt
Alabama
Robert J. Hunnicutt
Eighteenth Street
Montgomery
Ala
Maxwell Field
Illinois
K. B. Holding
Kenneth
Ill
E. M. Stewart
Center Point Road
Lt. Holding
Tooele
Utah
Rock Island Women’s Club
William MceGuire
H. E. Johnson
J. A. Parcell
Walter Deal
F. Turkle
W. H. Herr
H. B. Rupe
Edward Doran
J. W. Schafer
Eee
Siegel
Lowa
Beauty Shop
1St Ave
Dial
Lydia Wehmeier Perkins
Borst
OF Holstering CO
14Th Ave
Sanford
Holden-Kahler CO
Second Ave
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