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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1939
Page
8
A notes column outlines a plan for a family of five to eat well on twelve dollars weekly. The menus cover daily meals for two adults and three children, with balanced calories protein minerals and vitamins, plus recipes to prepare each day.
A compact 1940s style meal plan listing breakfast items and recipes. Pineapple juice and lemon water, French toast with eggs milk and bread, coffee, milk for kids, Spanish omelet, tomato pepper onion mix, grated carrot salad, bread and butter, chocolate milk, potato salad with cold cuts, beet salad, banana strawberry peach cup, chocolate cookies, and iced tea with adults only tea. Includes quantities and preparation hints for future recipes and serving notes.
Daily milk and butter allowances are outlined for children and households. A kitchen gadgets leaflet, tested for year round ease, is offered free by mail with a 3c stamp. For marketing help and low cost recipes, contact the Community Nutrition Service at 5515.
Jane Wurster daughter of Mr and Mrs John T Wurster 2015 B avenue NE has been awarded a part tuition scholarship to the Chicago Professional School of Art. A 1939 Franklin high school graduate and art student of Leon Zeman she plans to enroll September 11. The competition open to midwest graduates offered four scholarships. She may specialize in any field of art and graduate after two years of professional training.
Crown Prince Olav traveled from Duluth to Knife River on the north shore of Lake Superior to meet a group of Norwegian American fishermen while Crown Princess Martha rested in the hotel. The story also notes a global potato dieting trend reducing potato consumption worldwide.
Mary Manners responds to a reader named Polly about true love and a fiancé who is admired and respected by Polly. The column affirms Polly s happiness and offers best wishes for her future.
Chief E P Kohout led members of the Young Men's Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce behind the scenes at Central Fire Station for a Thursday evening demonstration. The tour featured an exhibition of hose laying techniques and training methods used by the local department.
No. 1 company of shift No. 2 performed a spectacular ladder raise and demonstrated gas masks and safety measures. The aerial ladder truck was driven through its paces as members of the bureau watched from the station. Afterward the station opened for inspection and several men slid down the brass pole. European coffee use as a beverage dates from the seventeenth century.
Berlin AP reports a Friday decree reduces cattle slaughter by 30 percent to compensate for hoof and mouth disease losses while pork quotas rise by 10 percent.
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