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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1943
Page
16
Miners in the bituminous fields warn they expect wage increases from the government or will quit at the end of a 15 day strike truce. They cite rising food costs and insufficient pay, stressing they will strike again if their demands are not met.
Washington officials admitted price controls are slipping, with fresh vegetables rising and violations from shippers to wholesalers. Prentiss Brown pledged ceilings and enforcement, but progress is slow. a consumer coopera tion plan may rely on an honor system to police prices.
Linn County Iowa Board of Supervisors meets per adjournment. The April 20, 1943 minutes approved. A resolution orders notice to depart for certain named individuals. Authorization to draw widows' pensions and suspend taxes for Old Age Assistance recipients. A compromise and assignment of tax sale certificate approved for Arthur A Bezdek and Sylvia A Bezdek for cash. List of claims allowed includes numerous local vendors and relief disbursements.
A county payroll and expense list itemizes relief payments and reimbursements for numerous residents and vendors. Entries include rent and prov payments, nursing and medical aid, road maintenance, and salaries for officials and staff, with totals and adjourned meeting notes from the Linn County Board of Supervisors.
Advertisement for pattern 4417 by Anne Adams highlighting slim bias cut side bodice sections and princess back for flattering fit. Available in women's sizes 34 to 48 with yardage 3 1 2 yards of 35 inch fabric for size 36. Cost 16 cents plus option to order Summer Pattern Book for 10 cents.
Fresh strawberries pineapples and rhubarb lead early May market offerings with carrots onions celery and figs also featured. Recipes include Savory Carrot Soup Jellico Carrot and Radish Ring stuffed onions bacon tartlets and sautéed celery plus a lamb kidneys dish with mustard and rice.
A rustic recipe note from Cedar Rapids outlines using cereals as a protein base with meat. It describes meat balls simmered with onions in a thickened sauce served over hot rice, plus a meat ball stew with oats and baking hints, and a steamed fig pudding with spices and fruit.
John M. Reid 68 of Center Point retires from the Rock Island after 29 years as a section man and 50 years in railroad construction. He worked from Toddville to Nordness on the Decorah division and came to Center Point in 1913 with his family. He was the line’s oldest section man except for one Cedar Falls worker. he and wife Myrtle Matheny have nine children, eight of whom live in Cedar Rapids, with one daughter in the West.
Canned liquids are chilled without refrigeration in Africa by burying the cans in sand and pouring gasoline over the spot. The rapid evaporation of the fuel lowers the temperature inside the cans, cooling the contents.
Public school teachers may enroll for summer courses at Town State Teachers college. Advance registration is Saturday May 15 from 8 am to 3 pm at the registrar’s office. In residence, advance registration runs May 5 6 and 7. The 12 week session begins June 2 and ends August 20. A special six week session runs June 21 to July 30.
MT VERNON Harold Still personnel adviser in the admissions department at Cornell College has been commissioned an ensign in the United States Navy.
Ensign in the navy will report in Chapel Hill North Carolina for 30 days in the V-5 preflight training program. Stull, a Cornell graduate of 1936, previously served on the Core faculty and was on the staff for three years. He also taught at Roosevelt high school in Cedar Rapids.
Century Engineering announces a 30 minute event Thursday to present the Army Navy E award for excellence in wartime production. The program features Go Bourke B Hickenlooper Col F McCosk rie and Comdr J M Bloom with a ceremony on the Third Street side of the building and possible move to Memorial Coliseum. The highlight includes the pennant presentation by Col McCosk rie and lapel pins for six employees with other officials chairing and local musical performances concluding with America.
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