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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1938
Page
14
This piece notes young lovers Jimmy and Sally finding no privacy in the crowded city, seeking dim theaters and lanes for courting while Sally rooms in a shared house and cannot entertain visitors. It contrasts with-country warmth and suggests nonjudgment for their privacy-seeking behavior.
A sewing and cleaning guide offers steps to wash window shades, including removing from rollers and brushing dust, washing with mild soap, rinsing, drying, and complete air drying before reassembly. It also suggests basting knit garments to prevent stretching and improving molasses while baking with chocolate to adjust sweetness. Spiced fruit punches are recommended with cinnamon and cloves for flavor.
A simple syrup made by boiling water and sugar for four minutes yields enough sweetening for six cups of fruit juice. Strain and cool before use.
A beaten egg white is folded into mayonnaise to be used in fruit salads. Add the whipped white just before serving to lighten the dressing and enhance texture.
A brief cooking note suggests improving nut flavors by heating them. Spread a thin layer of nuts on a shallow pan and bake five minutes in a moderately slow oven, then cool.
Freshen dry cocoanut by soaking five minutes in milk just to cover. Spread thin in a shallow pan and heat five minutes in a moderate oven. For toasted cocoanut heat until it turns a light brown.
Dry celery leaves slowly in an oven or on a hot stove back. Crumble the dried leaves and mix with an equal amount of table salt. Store in an airtight container for seasoning soups and stews.
A guide to light warm weather dining pairs soup with salads. Mushroom soup complements fruit salad while vegetable soup goes well with salmon salad. Chowder pairs with a cabbage relish salad for a balanced meal.
Instructions advise storing raincoats away from heat and mending tears promptly. For rubber coats use rubber cement on the underside or insert material beneath the tear and secure with heavy glue to extend wear.
Add a pinch of baking soda for every two cups of sugar to prevent crystallization. Sprinkle the soda on top of the syrup as it cooks and avoid stirring. This method helps keep syrup smooth during preparation.
New York expert Ar tie McGovern says two strokes boost summer swimming. The breast stroke helps posture and body shaping for women, while the back floating crawl strengthens abdominal muscles and improves alignment. Other strokes include overhead for posture, side for balance, and crawl as a contest stroke.
A country resident recalls how electric waffles, once rediscovered with a maple syrup gift, prove easier and tastier than pancakes. Batter takes five minutes, plus butter and syrup, with bacon or sausage optional. Creamed ham and fried chicken add variety.
Waffle batter uses flour baking powder salt sugar eggs milk and melted butter with folded egg whites and hot iron cooking about ten minutes. Tips cover proper iron maintenance greasing, cleaning and avoiding discoloration, plus variations with black walnuts pecans and a pineapple sauce with pineapple sugar flour and lemon juice.
New York report says Lois Long renowned writer and former wife of cartoonist Peter Arno plans a secret wedding to a major oil company executive. North Hempstead town clerk Thomas Fitzgerald awaiting their arrival after an appointment, with a Sunday ceremony rumored on Long Island.
Dress and separate jacket pattern A731 offered in sizes 34 to 48. Entire ensemble for size 36 requires 55.39 yards of 39 inch fabric plus lace edging. pattern and book available. Send 15 cents for pattern or 25 cents for book and pattern to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department.
Hollywood staged a charity baseball event featuring film stars and comedians in a chaotic exhibition. The Leading Men trailed the Comics until the Ritz Brothers turned umpire and mayhem ensued with gimmicks, midgets in partial uniforms, and multiple oddball plays.
In Harrisonburg Virginia two engineer brothers on different trains collided on a curve causing one death Leon Sig afoose aged 44. His brother Melvin Sigafoose was uninjured but grief stricken. Walton Sigafoose son of Melvin fired the boiler on the freight train. The line began in 1895 and this was its first fatal accident. The motor car failure to report resumption after trouble is cited as cause.
Frederick P. Mott asked a witness why he felt toward Connor Land & Lumber of Laona Wis in a board hearing. The witness replied that he could not explain his feelings and described sweat in his hands.
A guide to affordable summer formal wear detailing gowns heels and accessories. It suggests cotton chiffon or jersey floor length gowns in pastels with white accents and advises on straps wraps jewelry and makeup. Men are advised on white tuxedo looks and semi formal options.
In Forli Mussolini signals continued racial policy despite Vatican cautions. The fascist grand council meeting looms as Jews fear a formal program targeting non Aryan Italians. Induced celebrates 55th birthday in Riccione with family, not noted by press.
In Atlantic City New Jersey James Hawthorne 38 of Philadelphia drowned after saving his 14 year old son James Jr from deep water during a two day fishing trip. The son was swimming when the father jumped from a rowboat pushed him to safety but drowned. Coast guards recovered both bodies.
Rival Iowa towns Britt and Garner plan a joint picnic at Eagle Lake state park on August 4. The Garner Chamber of Commerce and the Britt Commercial club organized the event to end years of rivalry. Garner is the Hancock county seat. Britt is a nearby larger town.
In a midcity Boston cinema a gas bomb exploded in the mezzanine causing a near panic. An unknown number of patrons were injured or ill with minor injuries reported. About 15 were taken to Boston City Hospital for treatment as 800 spectators fled. police say chlorine fumes were released.
The Democrat controlled legislature moves to open an inquiry into Governor Earle and associates after a Dauphin county grand jury was convened for hearings. Republicans and independent Democrats call the plan a whitewash as grand jury hearings proceed.
The Commerce Department reports farm dwellings better than in 1930 with more electricity bathrooms and radios. A 1938 survey of about 3000 farms across 40 states notes gains in tractors trucks and autos, but phones show little change. Southern farms lag due to lower living standards of Negro operators.
Chicago reports the Republican program committee launching a unique summer school at Northwestern University to study national problems through for and against discussions. Dr Glenn Frank leads nine regional groups in round table sessions on agriculture labor and relief with scholars aiding fact finding to draft basic principles for a new policy approach for 1940. The session runs through next Saturday with a forthcoming summary from Frank but no formal policy report to the national committee.
Gee Gueta, a contractor, found two houses completed last week at 967 and 969 Talbot Avenue were built in the wrong block. They should be at 1067 and 1069 Talbot Avenue under his permits. He seeks a conference with nearby property owners to move the houses without court action.
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