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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1942
Page
10
Historic home style recipe details no sugar cookies with oatmeal and raisins. Directions use shortening corn syrup cinnamon cloves soda baking powder salt and eggs. Easy mixer method and oven at 350 for about 10 minutes with notes on canning and shortcakes.
Pineapple from Cuba offers medium price and strong flavor. Asparagus home grown shows good quality and low cost. Rhubarb home grown is cheap. Florida oranges larger than navals and mid price. Onions from Texas high priced. Lettuce from local hothouse excellent quality and cheap. Cabbage and beets grown locally and ship from California are cheap. Turnips also California shipped, very good and cheap. Apples Winesaps small and cod flavor, cheap. Sweet potatoes nice quality and cheap. Rutabagas scarce with good quality where found. Carrots plentiful from California and cheap. Avocados good quality and cheap. Radishes home grown, good quality and cheap. Strawberries shipped from Arkansas Tennessee and Mississippi, cheap for season.
The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa requests readers to exchange tested recipes on the back fence area known as the Cooking Page. Writers are invited to send their favorite dishes or desired recipes to the Cooking Page Editor.
A collection of kitchen instructions lists sliced steak with vegetables and bacon, simmered 35 to 40 minutes, plus toasted asparagus with cheese on top. Also included are cabbage with cheese baked in sauce and a cauliflower variation, with notes from MRS J F KERR and MRS A G Escallon about quantities and methods.
Detailed method for making two gallons of salad dressing with egg yolks salt and dry mustard. Whip yolks then add oil and vinegar slowly using an electric mixer to create a heavy mayonnaise. Specifies quantities roughly fourteen and a half gallons of oil and about one pint of vinegar.
A column warns Rodney to be more tolerant of women and self- improvement. It advises focusing on others, listening, flattering, and presenting a pleasing personality to attract friends and a better dating life.
A H Seymour head of the Burma purchasing commission said at a Washington press conference that British and other United Nations forces in Burma are in full cooperation. He dismissed reports of strained British Chinese relations as unfounded and urged viewing all Burma forces as United Nations.
The article surveys shaving, waxing, depilatories, bleaching, and electrolysis for leg hair. It advises shaving every two to three weeks, waxing for root removal with pain, depilatories with cautions about burns, bleaching with hydrogen peroxide and ammonia, and notes electrolysis is impractical and costly for limbs.
The Edna KK Dieman studio presented a ballet and comedic mime program at Immaculate Conception auditorium Monday night. Dancers led by Joyce Elaine Labal Jolian Kouba and others performed with purple lighting and white costumes to Strauss Blue Danube then naval sketch vignettes in colorful outfits. The show featured Pontoon Pierrot and Pierette acts, brisk group dances, and a department store pantomime with moving elevators and a dog, highlighting costumes and playful staging with Beulah Detwiler Marilyn Morehouse and Norma Thornton among the cast.
A citizen appeal urges residents to buy war bonds to fund interceptor planes costing about 49 000 dollars each. The drive aims to deploy thousands of planes to boost coastal harbor defenses and aid relief efforts. The appeal stresses national security and local support for Navy and coastal cities.
John Erskine, Columbia professor and author, told Cedar Rapids Executives Club that education should value learning and intelligence over mere grades and diplomas. He urged moving beyond literature that praises charm to teach critical thinking and understanding, criticizing a system that prioritizes test results and language drills over genuine insight.
Leon Henderson United States Price Administrator told Montreal that the United States will have at least one and a half ocean routes next year. He said American war production is under control and the submarine menace has been faced, adding that next year will be different with expanded ocean access.
A fragmented OCR list presents many personal names grouped with no clear context. The document references numerous individuals including Ruth Mikas, Jean Denton, Angeline Thoms, Marilyn Ladd, Beulah Detv tle, Peggy Thielkeld, Miaiy Jane Fiudbard Pelle Green, Sananne Conmibs Patnen Schabed, Westphal, Carol Fillersworth Shirtes, Hamel Sundie Studer, Barbara Beatty, Ruth Ann Whenson, Jovee Elaine Libal Alko Fo Fran Kouba, Jean Dun lop, Demetia Costas Ann Pedas coor, Thornton Alvee Mary Chachiung Carol Jean Fermden, Sara Ann Holmain Beverts, Nev- M Joan Donnell, Con Jane Commwell, Mars Viller Mursam, and Luba Engleman Welty. The note also mentions Nadine Subotnth and an accompanist reference.
A wartime broadcast urged seventeen year old youths to join a special honor unit. The appeal framed enlistment as a patriotic duty and aligned youth service with national defense goals amid ongoing military campaigns.
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