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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1943
Page
5
A wartime home economy piece outlines an oatmeal extended meat and mushroom casserole that makes a pound of chopped meat serve six. It also details prunes canning, prune puddings, and recipes using bacon fat, rice, and double boiler rice, with household tips from several named residents.
Over the Back Fence shares Mrs Sara Ann Brown guidance on canning prunes in Cedar Rapids public school cafeterias to prevent spoilage and ensure ready service. Directions include washing, pouring boiling water, two hour rest, then cooking until tender, with optional sugar or syrup and lemon juice for flavor.
Senate judiciary committee unanimously recommends passage of a bill to empower seizure and operation of plants halted by labor disputes or other causes. The measure would create a defense wage board and authorize seizures after presidential finding of production disruption harming defense needs.
Chicago AP reports U S traffic deaths in February were the lowest for any month in 16 years per the National Safety Council. The toll fell 32 percent from February 1942 and 38 percent below the February 1941 high, with signs that wartime restrictions have tied a bottom to the declines.
Rhubarb is very nice at medium price while dates are average quality with medium price. Lettuce quality varies at leaf price, beets have good tops and strong price gains. Cabbage is good quality and expensive. asparagus fair, endive very good and a better buy than lettuce. Radishes price up since Saturday. spinach generally good but expensive. celery second rate with tops cut. Avocados expensive. carrots among best buys with seven tender carrots per standard bunch. Onions good quality at medium price. oranges good but expensive. grapefruit prices up a little and best citrus buy. Apples poor quality except eating apples which are expensive. Sauerkraut, macaroni and rice, jams, peanut butter, olives, and pickles no ration points.
Government notice lists validity periods for red ration stamps A through E from March 29 to April 30. Stamps A B C D expire April 30. E expires when announced. You may combine A B C D and spend in the last April week, but no stamp may be used before its release week.
On the Smolensk front near Bely and north of the Donets, Soviet forces push with mud and thaw complicating operations. Communiques report three more villages taken, a German bombardment repelled, and Russian gains including a mortar battery and ammunition dump. Weather hints at lighter snow but persistent mud affecting mid Donets region.
MINNEAPOLIS CP The first American to enter Tripoli during the North African campaign has been captured by German forces. Lieut Richard W Kimball of Edina Minnesota was reported missing in action earlier and his parents were notified by the war department that he is now a prisoner of war. He previously entered Tripoli after his plane was shot down in a dogfight with Nazi raiders over Libya and then hitched a ride with a British motorized column into the city.
Special agent Edward E. Conroy of the FBI recalls the best alibi among draft resisters. A Queens man jailed for failing to report for induction said thinning hair would keep him out until he could grow new hair. The report notes a layman’s weather forecasting claim about ten hours.
Hollywood police and private investigators chase the first U.S. air mail jewel robbery. A Persian princess sent $90,000 in diamond rings to New York. between Burbank and St Louis the jewels vanished. The case, involving Burbank Calf Hollywood St Louis and New York, may inspire a future film.
London reports confirm the RAF Spitfire pair Truscott and Finucane, famed as among Britain’s top pilots in the Battle of Britain, suffered a fatal loss. Finucane perished when his plane crashed into the Channel during a 1940-41 air operation. Bluey Red, an original member of the first Australian Spitfire squadron, was also missing and believed killed after a crash near the Channel during maneuvers off the Australian coast.
Strickland Gillilan entertained Cedar Rapids Executives Club at the Country Club with political barbs and humorous verses. He recalled his 1910 poem Off agin on api gone agin Finnigan and riffed on Taft Roosevelt Wallace Hopkins Perkins while noting the dangers of forgetfulness in voters.
Willie Willis states his frustration at not serving as a soldier while acknowledging the team dynamics. He expresses feeling sidelined by teammates who claim leadership and keep him on the bench despite his desire to contribute.
Finucane and Truscott were close friends among fighter pilots who tested air maneuvers together whenever possible. Finucane held an unbeaten 32-plane score in this theater. After Finucane’s death, Truscott named every plane “Paddy.” Bluey and Paddy planned to live near each other once it was no longer necessary to fly and kill. Both had fiancées in England.
Unclear report indicates bomber crash near a base in Fphrata with multiple Army airmen aboard. Survivors and identifications uncertain as authorities investigate the incident and mission details.
A brief verse praising pluck over fear and persistence. It contrasts timid hesitation with progress by persistent effort, noting science advances slowly and success comes from those who keep trying rather than avoiding risk.
Workmen in Bremerhaven have dismantled the heavy cruiser Seydhtz for two months as Germans shift away from building large ships and toward U boats. The cruiser’s guns were removed for coastal fortifications.
Mrs Pifer faced a traffic violation after leaving a nickel in a meterless spot at a market. A bystander recalled Sunday dinner needs as a juggle of nerves. The magistrate offered sympathy and dismissed the case, noting the complexity of the moment.
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