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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1940
Page
7
Menu plan for a three person family outlines daily meals and a low cost Italian rice dish. Provides recipe steps for rice with hamburger and vegetables and lists breakfast lunch and dinner items with cost estimate and serving guidance. Includes a deluxe salad plate idea and fruit and dessert components for a complete day.
Washington reports the Red Cross will ship 50 000 dollars worth of food to Paris from Switzerland to ease the famine in occupied territory. Wayne Chatfield Taylor will distribute the aid while Norman H. Davis emphasizes funds raised for relief will reach intended recipients. Also noted are five British ships sailing from New York with field kitchens ambulances and tons of relief supplies for Britain.
In Silver Creek New York the Silver Creek National Bank reopened after a Thursday lockout caused by treasurer Carl Griewisch misreading a half holiday. He set the time lock for Monday morning thinking it was Saturday, so money and records were put in the safe. The bank had to borrow cash on Thursday and the safe finally opened Friday.
George Tait, 25, after years of crime tied to an inferiority complex, underwent surgery to repair a cleft palate and lip while psychiatrists guided his mind. He stole a psychiatrist’s car, tried to commit suicide, and was sentenced by Judge Coyne to 2½ to 10 years in Sing Sing.
Berlin reports a rapid shift toward closer Turkish ties with Germany as Hitler mounts a southeast Europe reorganization. Papen travels from Ankara to Berchtesgaden to consult Ribbentrop while Salzburg hosts blitz talks with Romania and Bulgaria and Hungary, signaling swift Balkan settlements possible this weekend.
Hollywood actress Kay Stewart announced to friends she is engaged to William Procter a Pasadena socialite and heir to a soap fortune.
London based dispatch says Japanese troops move from Pungchow toward French Indo China aimed at tightening the blockade on supplies to the Chungking government.
Ice cream social at First Evangelical Church tonight from 7 to 9. Mrs Helen Kelly of Fairfax leaves for Seattle and other west coast cities. Lawn social at Saron Lutheran Church tonight at 7 30. Shueyville United Brethren worship at 9 30 a m with Sunday school at 10 30 a m and Senior Christian Endeavor at 7 30 p m. Interdenominational meeting Saturday at 8 p m in Greene's square with speakers Harold Adams Chester Ainsworth A J Stokes and Rey Cline Halsey. Julius Golad of 611 Eighth Street SE suffered a deep forehead cut Friday morning when iron fell in his basement. treated and released from Mercy hospital. Dr J Naibert of 3602 First Avenue FE reports a medical kit valued at 12 stolen from his car rear seat containing flash light stethoscope thermometer bandages and alcohol. Two Cedar Rapids boys named cadet officers at the Citizens Military Training Camp now in session at Fort Des Moines.
Donald A Harmon son of Mr and Mrs A R Harmon 822 A avenue NW is a cadet second lieutenant in Company C infantry Adolph T Abraham son of Mr and Mrs S Abraham 820 M street SW is a cadet corporal in Company C also in Company C members listed with addresses
More than 250 persons attended at Sinclair play ground Community Night under Eldon Levis and Luella O'Brien. The program featured Billy Pfeffer in a soft shoe dance Lois Jean Harger singing and dancing to Oh Johnny and Bill and Lois Jean performing Lindy hop variations.
A local pet event on the playground offered double prizes for the dog with the longest tail and the largest dog, drawing families to Lincoln.
Ground pet show on a Wednesday evening awarded top prizes to George Frazer. Madeline Long had the smallest pet. Harold Brady owned the youngest pet. Dean Bremner owned two unusual white rats. Fifty five attendees and fourteen entries. Joe Stolar and Katherine Murrin served as playground directors.
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