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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1941
Page
9
Planned menus aim to feed a family of four for about ten dollars weekly. Recipes include lamb breast stuffed with liver sausage, plus balanced portions of calories protein minerals and vitamins. The meal plan features bananas on wheat biscuits cinnamon toast coffee and milk for all, with assorted sides like fried hominy and mashed potatoes.
Br WATSON NAVIS profiles Dr. W. D. Coolidge director of GE research laboratories at Schenectady. A pioneer in industrial science he advanced tungsten filament tech and helped create efficient light lamps. Once MIT teacher he joined GE as Whitney’s successor and now guides multiple research projects while earning many honors.NEXT: Atom smasher.
A menu fragment lists hard rolls with butter, minted pear meringue with sugar and pears, egg whites, and coffee. It notes milk for children and an approximate cost for the day around 1.45.
C R Chandler grandson of Chandler Pump founder elected president succeeding W H Dunshee who retired. J C Stoddard Civil War veteran former city clerk assessor treasurer and deputy clerk of federal court died here. Melvin Bennett newly appointed Lynwood California police chief at 21, youngest in the US to hold that post. Local markets report a sequence of grain hay and livestock prices and a winter day starting at 13 degrees rising to freezing. Fifteen Iowa assistant postmasters met in Cedar Rapids forming the Iowa Association of Assistant Postmasters with J N LeBarre elected president and H W McLeod on the executive committee. Rev A W Caul elected mayor of Vinton. Local markets with updated wheat corn oats rye barley hay hens eggs hogs steers lambs.
More than 800 U S stations completed engineering tests to shift their dial positions to curb interference under the North American broadcasting pact effective at 3 am Saturday. The plan affects 802 of 893 outlets with many moves raising reception frequencies. Mexican border stations will be removed from the air.
Artful warning from 1930s pundit predicts endless arms spending. He notes Europe and the U S will each spend about sixty million dollars daily, pushing the world toward a one hundred billion dollar yearly total. He laments perpetual war finance and future bills for generations.
The Texas House approved 112 to 17 a law making interference with a person trying to perform lawful work a felony. Critics warn the measure could criminalize peaceful picketing and penalize self defense by a striker, while strikebreakers could prosecute offenders as felons. The senate action awaits. Sponsored by Gov. W. Lee O
The Oklahoma senate voted 29 to 11 to make it a penitentiary offense to organize workers on defense projects. The debate framed the measure as a defense of democracy against intolerance. The report also mentions New York Yugoslav consul O Gatrilovitch in a separate note.
Washington report notes Rep Martin Dies calls for removal of subversive elements from American industry. He argues America’s first defense lies in its productive capacity, beyond armed forces, with broader implications for national policy and labor. Des Moines coverage quotes cattleman Dan Casement endorsing production as farmer remedy, urging nature to take its course. Boston notes include former Postmaster General James A Farley’s comments on the topic.
Weather outlook for the Upper Mississippi Valley from 6:30 p.m. March 28 to 6:30 p.m. April 2 shows near normal temperatures with a rise on Sunday and Monday and a brief colder spell later. Light precipitation with moderate amounts in Illinois around the middle of the period. Separately, Canada operates 76 flying schools turning out military pilots. since training began the R C A F has suffered 29 fatal accidents over 168000 flying hours.
In London Churchill refuses to state how long the war will last saying the road will be long and hard but the course will be to the end. In Chicago William Allen White defines liberty as something a nation must be willing to give and guarantee to others.
The Romanian government by decree seized all urban property of Jews who were not Romanian citizens before 1916 with limited exceptions, while all rural Jewish property was taken as of October 8. A five acre plot near Wild Acres Maryland provides nesting sites for 135 pans.
New York AP reports that Britain's sea power widens U S air defense options by possible Latin American penetration. German ships cannot reach the hemisphere through the blockade, while U S aircraft makers seek entry but face export restrictions amid wartime logistics and South American demand for warplanes.
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