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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1942
Page
8
A nostalgic column blends dessert ideas with home grown produce notes. It describes egg yolk custard ice creams with vanilla and fruit additions, a strawberry or peach flavored blend, and a simple carrot cake style assembly. It also notes seasonal produce like beets potatoes peas beans and greens with price observations.
The Gazette Cedar Rapids invites readers to swap tested recipes on the Cooking Page. Share your favorite dish or an recipe you want to publish with the editor. Send contributions to The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Markets show cantaloupe from California with good flavor at medium price. Grapefruit from the desert and red Beauty plums from the west mark medium prices and good quality. California cherries and lemons are described with high prices and varied demand. Oranges and head lettuce from California show high prices, tomatoes from Mississippi are nice and cheaper, onions from Texas fresh, winesaps apples costly, new turnips home grown cheap, carrots mainly from California.
Simple kitchen instructions describe a spaghetti dish with bacon fat hamburger onion celery green pepper and cheese baked until heated through and served reheated later. A M. De C. Cedar Rapids Sunshine Preserves suggests honey sugar cherries cooked twelve minutes and cooled in shallow dishes.
Instructions outline making Cherry Relish with sterilized jars and spices plus a Strawberry Pie with strawberries sugar cornstarch and salt. Velda Olson Cedar Rapids signs the cookbook style recipe, detailing steps and cooling times.
A massive turnout at Memorial Coliseum for sugar canning permits ran smoothly under Rationing Coordinator Sam Hawkins and a team of over 100 volunteers. Applicants entered the east door, queued in rows, and were checked by a checker inside before leaving. By noon about 300 remained, with another rush expected later. authorities would continue as needed later in the week.
Cor pal Arnaldo Vine sono of ANP Mineck on a five day furlough from Fort Ord to Fort Sil Oklahoma to enter a three month officers candidate school. J R Jadrnicek heads 20 officers from the United States forming a naval aviation squadron to study instrument flying at Atlanta. Preston Bo Hanson promoted to sergeant at McChord Field Washington. Lawrence JD Welbe returns from Cedar Rapids on furlough to Camp Forrest then to Crump Wheeler for parachute battalion transfer. Roy T Freshwater leaves for volunteer officers training announced by the west side selective service board. Sergt Ernest Telecky leaves for duty at Spokane after a home furlough. Technical Sergeant Jesse D Hughes spends a 14 day furlough at his sister’s home in Danville.
Assistant Chief Al Mikota warned motorists about the civic ordinance prohibiting following emergency vehicles too closely after a Sunday traffic tie up hampered ambulance movement at Bever Park. Ambulance attendants said drivers blocked the scene and forced responders to drive onto a lawn to escape. The ordinance provides a fine up to 1000 and requires drivers to pull over and stay right of the road as emergency vehicles pass.
Charles Moeller of Cedar Rapids earns the DeMolay order’s top degree in a late ceremony. Six participants joined in the rite including Robert Fo Kolaik Cedar Rapids commander Harry Burmeister and Fred J. Witousek of Cedar Rapids in conferring the honor.
A Detroit court revealed 63 individuals and one corporation across 10 states Cuba and Panama face charges of mail fraud and conspiracy tied to the Republica de Cuba hospital funds lottery based in Havana. Investigators estimate the U.S. take near 1 million with a two year nationwide probe by Postal Inspectors Mansfield and Jefferson. The 21 co conspirators mostly from Michigan allegedly conspired to defraud through tickets across about 45 lotteries.
Nine men from Eastern Iowa enlist in the army at Cedar Rapids while awaiting arm service station duties. names include Wendell, Canad Gladbrook Adon So Heath, George Barrow, Fredrickshure Rebemt, Robert R. Pooles Manchester, James M Lathrop, Stanley R. Pokorney, and others from Central City and Rock Island.
The Cedar Rapids war savings stamp program sold bonds totaling $42,357.50 on the first day of the month, with April and May sales at $51,806.25 and $65,040.75 respectively. Buyers invest in stamps to aid Uncle Sam, with specific bonds maturing after set periods and returns based on the purchase.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss factors and methods for patie and bread production. Mentions Peersane eet and Members with duane and pard en pred iace. Focuses on setups and gardens as bases for production and member participation.
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