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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1952
Page
2
A Gazette food note highlights curry dishes and offers sample recipes from Florence Brobeck’s Cooking with Curry. It details curry applications from buffets to curries with chicken and seafood, plus curry based dressings, fruit salads, and a persimmon dessert syrup.
Samples from cane hay in Nebraska show high prussic acid content. A rancher reports cattle loss after feeding cane hay. Dr. Orrin Webster analyzes samples and notes possible prussic acid or nitrite poisoning with harvest conditions contributing to the risk. Further ore tests are underway.
In New York the UN reports one thousand experts work in over 60 countries on technical assistance programs. David Owen states practical results include malaria reduction in North Indian villages and Afghan food crops boosted by technical advances. Costs run to 6 million dollars in 18 months and 21 million so far in 1952.
The Marshall islands form part of a wide scattered chain of coral islets collectively known as Micronesia.
New York AP reports rising industrial spending as 1952 ends with plans for 6.5 billion more in early 1953. GE and Westinghouse boost plant expansion, commerce and SEC project 28 billion in 1953 growth, while advertising totals near seven billion. Industry optimism remains despite concerns of a recession.
Purdue University feeding trial compares field-cured baled alfalfa with mow-cured chopped alfalfa for six cows. Milk yield per pound of hay favored mow-cured by about 0.025 pounds, while body weight gains differed, and overall milk totals favored field-cured hay by 161 pounds in the January to April test. Wet weather effects remain unknown.
Iceland aims to restore forests within a century and seeks adaptable tree seed. FAO says forests have largely vanished from grazing and erosion. Experts coordinate with the government, and Alaska may provide a seed variety, though transport and collection costs are high.
Harold T. Pratt Jr., a 29 year old former Penn State football tackle, pilots a World War II cargo plane to reach a three day three day territory then uses a 50 pound scooter to visit clients in cities. He flies from Haddonfield New Jersey home to balance family time with work while selling powdered vanilla. He lives with wife Gloria daughter Cynthia and son Harold III.
Paris, UP The Big Three Western Powers again urge talks with the Soviet Union to arrange free national elections in Germany while pressing NATO to approve plans to place 500,000 West German troops in the allied defense structure. Eden renews offer for non military solution as Ridgway calls for rapid expansion of West Europe air force and bases.
The International Federation of Agricultural Producers reports a two percent rise in 1952 world agricultural production compared with the prior year. Most gains are in nonfood commodities like fibers and rubber, not food. FAO predicts favorable conditions likely through mid 1954 as governments hold reserve programs to offset possible defense cutbacks.
The Agriculture Department reports buybacks totaling about 1.7 million pounds of butter since starting price support purchases two weeks ago. It paid roughly 1.116 million dollars and offered to buy at 67 cents per pound for Grade A and 65.3 cents for Grade B.
Washington official Henry O. Talle says government butter will be kept in approved bonded warehouses. Operators must post a bond worth at least 20 percent of storage value, minimum $10,000, to ensure delivery. Bond costs may be added to storage charges with OPS approval.
The Argentine government raises farm labor wages 31 to 56 percent retroactive to Sept. 1 to lure workers back from industrial centers. In the largest area, general farm labor pay increases from 400 to 565 pesos monthly, about 28 to 40 dollars.
University of Illinois economist P. E. Johnston summarizes an 11 year study of cattle feeding on Farm Bureau Service farms. Key findings cover returns per feed dollar by calf type, margins by quality, effects of drylot versus pasture, seasonal pricing, pasture use by quality, and price-cycle timing guiding feeding choices.
Colin Herrle 60 of Chevy Chase Maryland longtime American Red Cross employee died at his desk in Washington Tuesday heart disease He served 42 years at National Headquarters as a special consultant and disaster services adviser He aided responses to the Texas City explosion of 1947 the Vanport flood of 1948 the Navajo feeding operation of 1949 and the Ohio Mississippi midwinter and Midwest floods
A jumble of lost and found items appears in the Gazette style notices including a blue parakeet Jimmie, a grey coat with a missing lighter, a dark plastic rim glasses case, a wristwatch, a Christmas record, and various services ads. Contact numbers and addresses are scattered throughout the block of small ads.
Classified ad seeks qualified women for stenography and typing positions. Offers five day 40 hour week, paid vacations and holidays, group insurance, company share, and good working conditions. Interview at employment office located at 3015 1st Ave SE.
Manent job offers working with a group of congenial girls. Part of the duties involve outside calls at advertising departments of downtown retail stores and inside miscellaneous detail work. See Mr Moore at the Gazette office. No phone calls please.
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