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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1944
Page
2
Fashion writer Frances Eby Jakoubek notes the straight silhouette dominates spring wardrobes under wartime fabric regulations. Peplums, judicious diagonal lines, fur accents, and sleek jackets offer figure balance. color accents and accessories complete the look for 1944 style.
Mr and Mrs Anton Voracek announce the marriage of their daughter Helen Deloris to Cpl William J Potter of Camp Polk Louisiana. The wedding was Jan 21 at 4 pm in Jennings. Attendants were Miss Lilith Smith and Pvt Charles Taylor.
Anne Adams presents Pattern 4552 featuring a high waist frock for girls with scallop accents and a roomy skirt. Available in sizes 2 4 6 8 10 with size 6 needing 1 1 2 yards of 35 inch fabric and 2 3 4 yards ric rac. Also offered is a transfer motif pack for linens and garments at 20 cents.
Notice from Linn County Iowa states Nels Christensen was appointed and qualified January 13, 1944 as Administrator of the estate of Ole G Stocker, deceased. Creditors are asked to pay debts and file claims with the Linn County District Court Clerk through attorney B L Wick.
Mrs Myrtle Thomas of 630 Ninth Avenue SE employed by Century Engineering describes eight months on the assembly line and now inspecting and running a redrilling machine. She explains balancing work with family, her sons in the army air corps, and hopes to save for a new home after the war.
Dr. Mattie Bullard of Gary Indiana district governor of Quota Club International will guest the Cedar Rapids Quota club Saturday. She helps plan the district convention to be held in Cedar Rapids next spring and directs public health in Gary schools.
Pattern 560 provides directions for a crocheted beret and matching purse in one long strip with stitches and materials list. Also offered is a transfer embroidery motif pattern valued at 15 cents, to be sent to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept. Chicago Illinois.
A committee meets with Dr Bullard at noon Saturday for luncheon at the Roosevelt Hotel. Attending are Ruby Hickman as president and several officers and members including Gladys Swangler Elizabeth Bender Pauline Murray Marie Pennybacker Maud Krebs Imogene Emery Alta Duncan Dr Blanche Houser Gertrude Stenner Henrietta Frank and Beagle Alice Cejka Irene Fu. At 630 Saturday evening Quotarians gather for an informal dinner at the same hotel with Dr Bullard as special guest.
A keepsake household guide outlines economical farmhouse meals using oven friendly steps. It details an egg ring with mashed potatoes and sausage spokes, a ring bread crumb dish, a casse role style bake, a meat rice casserole, and a layered custard pudding with baked meringue, all designed to reuse leftovers and minimize dishes.
Inland Steel and United Steelworkers reached a contract stalemate and asked the U.S. conciliation service to intervene, the company said Friday in Chicago.
Commander Melvyn H. McCoy, 37, who helped report atrocities in Japanese prison camps, says he has work to do in the Philippines and hopes to square accounts with Nipponese. He currently leads radio at Bainbridge Island naval station after escaping Japanese captivity and serving as communications officer during the Corregidor siege.
A man and his wife seek aid at Newark district internal revenue office. When asked his earnings he hesitates before admitting thirty five dollars weekly. The wife accuses him of holding out ten dollars a week.
Charles Layng, transportation editor of Railway Age, says German supply lines in Russia faltered due to a 3.14 inch rail gauge difference between German and Russian tracks. He suggests miscalculation but notes the small discrepancy hindered vital Soviet shipments.
An irate New Orleans resident reports a woman selling loose shoe stamps above the ceiling price. The call to district OPA officer M. J. Leumas prompts OPA agents to investigate possible overpricing of loose stamps.
Rabbi A. E. Abramowitz of Chicago described a civilization built on cooperation and complementing groups rather than competition at a Coe College chapel gathering in Cedar Rapids. The talk was sponsored by the Jewish Chautauqua society and introduced by Rabbi Herman E. Schaalman of Temple Judah.
Fred Anderson of 2743 Meadow Brook Drive SE received a Nazi flag from his brother Frank, a combat engineer in Italy. The five and a half by three foot flag bears a red field with a black swastika in a white circle, stamped from Naples. Anderson does not know his brother's exact location in Italy.
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