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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1938
Page
22
The piece discusses early home electricity use for kitchen tasks including cold desserts and baking. It shares a Three-In-One Ice recipe with banana and citrus flavors, notes on an electric mixer for cake making, and step by step guidelines for a Butter Cake and a banana nut bread recipe. It emphasizes careful mixing speeds and suggests frosting prep using the mixer.
London AP report says War Minister Leslie Hore-Belisha may move to the secretaryship of air to speed Britain s air arm rearmament. The change comes amid cabinet reshuffles after Eden s resignation and Halifax s move to foreign secretary. Swinton is seen as likely to become finance of the air ministry with Hore Belisha favored to succeed as war minister.
The Telegraaf reports that after a visit to France the king and queen of Great Britain will travel to the Netherlands in the autumn, part of a European tour.
Cleve McManus, 25, member of a gang of slugger bandits who confessed to several Twin Cities robberies, was sentenced to 10 to 80 years in prison Saturday in Minneapolis Minnesota.
Washington AP reports Capital newspaperwomen staged burlesque of recent administration conferences with business. Franklin de Layne and Miss Lotta Business star in a boxing themed spoof with Mrs. Roosevelt depicted as wage claimant against a fictional President.
Joe Cardio of Atlantic Iowa was elected president of the Iowa chapter of the Rainbow Division Veterans association at its annual reunion in Des Moines. He succeeds Roger Fox of Fort Dodge with George Kosek Cedar Rapids Milo Foster Webster City Carl Kramer Des Moines Walter Walker Ottumwa and John McComb Omaha named as vice-presidents. A A Montgomery Stuart reelected secretary and Homer C Gardner Des Moines reelected treasurer.
Berlin report says the president of the central German bourse board in Leipzig ordered all non-Aryans to be deprived of their licenses on Saturday. The measure targets participants in a major German exchange amid escalating discrimination by authorities.
In Kansas City AP report details how Thomas Benton Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry gathered to discuss murals. They critique kitchen realism in Missouri capital works while Curry is commissioned for Kansas state house murals and Wood cites Iowa roots for American Gothic and The Threshers. Reeves Lowenthal also attends as a national art commission member with wives present.
Vienna fixed in anxious mood as Austria braces for Sunday protests amid clashes. Arm ed forces and police stand ready while 100000 in Linz greet Nazi leader Seyss Inquart who urges restraint and asserts Germany’s influence over Austrian government positions.
In Bucharest the interior ministry banned Romanian flags bearing a swastika. The symbol tied to Octavian Goga’s regime was condemned as a modern decoration. A decree requires free professionals to swear to the constitution before a judge of their choosing and bars anti Semitic actions by professional bodies.
English eleven choir boys from prominent English churches will perform a choral evensong at Grace Episcopal Church Cedar Rapids Wednesday evening. Directed by Dr Carlton Borrow the group tours America giving traditional evensong services. The Cedar Rapids appearance is sponsored by Grace and St John’s Episcopal churches with a free admission and a voluntary offering.
Fingerbowls come into their own as diners abandon forks for finger eating. Shrimp, canapes, cheese, pickles, and even bacon are tied to finger methods, with raw vegetables and chips shaping new trends. The era of casual tasting expands as hosts align with the cocktail party style of eating.
Donella Rhoades of Drake University marries Rex Fleming in California with a phone ceremony. The Rev. Thomas Rhoades in Mount Ayr reads the religious rite from Iowa while Dr. James E. Crowther performs the legal portion at the First Methodist Church in San Jose.
Chicago patrols responded to a report that Policeman Kelly was shaking down a saloonkeeper. Six men named Kelly—Alfred Wilford Francis Thomas Joseph and Patrick—denied the charge. They then arrested Van A. Kelly an oil salesman for impersonating a police officer.
A large audience filled the Coe chapel for a concert by the Coe music department featuring junior bands and department students. Directed by Stanley Vesely, the white dressed group with crimson and gold caps showcased varied instruments. Faculty aided arrangements. solos included Samuel Leacox on cornet and multiple piano numbers by listed students.
London dispatch reports Britain sending an emissary to Italy with terms for friendship and preparing German talks. Neville Chamberlain and Viscount Halifax guide policy while Sir Nevile Henderson plans Berlin meetings with Hitler and Ribbentrop as Central Europe grimly readies for possible frontier changes.
Nellie Dewar of Chicago notes Gideon Bibles reach hotel rooms worldwide with 75 000 new volumes placed yearly. Average hotel Bible life is ten years, worn copies go to prisons hospitals and missions. Since 1907 the original 25 Bibles remain in use, with over 1.5 million distributed since then. Donations fund purchases most from hotel managers and traveling residents.
A chalked message on a Crotona park tree claims the kidnap victim Peter Levine is buried there. Police rush to verify the site with emergency squads and searchlights while planning immediate digging. Lincoln left an estate valued at $110,295 shared by widow and two sons.
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