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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1940
Page
7
Local listing shows financial figures 750 430 and interest rate 2.25 percent with a .90 rebate and 20 noted, details unreadable in OCR. The item appears to be a short financial notice or advertisement in the Cedar Rapids Gazette interests section.
Critics argue definitions of terms like executive learner seasonal and area of production broaden coverage and overreach. Col. Philip Fleming, new wage hour administrator, reexamines interpretations and could revise policy this year with White House input and public housing reports guiding the decision.
The piece reflects on Neville Chamberlain’s policy and believed peace, contrasting it with Britain’s wartime leadership. It traces how idealism and wishful thinking influenced continental diplomacy, noting wartime coalition shifts, munitions shortages, and public discontent that marred the war effort.
A long, quoted letter defends animal life, nature balance, and self defense while critiquing cruelty to wildlife. It contrasts consumption with morality, cites Indian reverence for life, and parries political and social digressions with a closing note on work praise. The writer argues not to kill unless necessary, urges humane restraint, and ends with a sentence correction request to improve workplace language.
In 1916 64 year old Asquith resigns prompting Lloyd George to form a five member war cabinet with Curzon Milner Bonar Law and Henderson representing labor though he resigns in 1917. Despite liberal defections and cabinet wrangling Britain maintains overall leadership in the war effort.
The author questions celebratory words for Mother’s Day amid ongoing world tensions. They argue genuine appreciation would mean ending quarrels that threaten children's lives, and reject flowery tributes as insulting in light of suffering and sacrifice endured by mothers.
A dense word puzzle reading across and down clues. The grid includes entries for cattle related terms, directions, measurements, and miscellaneous objects, with many familiar cross references like olive shrub and elk notes. This item resembles a classic newspaper word puzzle page segment.
Walter Winchell reports a midtown incident on Madison Avenue where a man’s gun was found in a car. Riordan claims the gun belongs to his four year old son, provoking laughter and a brief police check. The column clusters celebrity notes, theater previews, and society updates with vivid New York color.
A reader in Portland asks for the collective noun for pigs, debating litter drove and pack with examples from Mrs Herrett in Cleveland and Ann Ragel in Savanna. J Allan Dunn cites Bible verses to define herd in Luke. Other fragments reference Nazi spy film and American audiences.
A quizzical collection ofQ and A on bravery in pain and street safety plus social dynamics. It notes women’s perceived courage in medical settings and men’s reactions, discusses curb dangers, and reflects on friendship, politics, and the friction between public duty and personal gain with Abe Martin’s quip on “a friend in need.”
A budget menu plan targets a family of five two adults and three children for about 12 dollars weekly. Recipes suggest buttermilk based drinks using canned fruit juice and pear buttermilk dessert options, with items like sliced bananas on cereal, toast, butter, and jam, aiming to provide balanced calories proteins and vitamins.
A dense listing of radio programs across stations WMT WGN WCCO WHO KFJB WSUI and others detailing nightly show times hosts orchestras bands news and entertainment from early evening through midnight including Hal Kemp’s orchestra Wayne King’s orchestra and various local and national acts with news programs and concert broadcasts. The fragmented OCR reads like a station by station timetable with numerous show names host credits and program blocks.
A readable pantry style compilation lists recipes and quantities for family meals including Coffee, milk, steak roll, creamed potatoes, stewed tomatoes, bread and butter, lemon cream tarts, pastry tarts, banana cream pie, milk for children, watercress sandwiches, pear buttermilk, and other dishes. Also notes cost per day about 1.63 dollars and references Meta Given with a home economics column.
Notice states Gordon F. Oswald was appointed administrator of the estate of John Oswald in Linn County Iowa on May 1 1940. Creditors urged to pay debts promptly and file any claims with Yessler Liddle and Fahey Attorneys in the Linn County District Court.
In Linn County Iowa on April 26 1940 Roba A Blan and Chas W Schaefer were appointed and qualified as administrators of Lena K Schaefer deceased. All debts to the estate must be paid promptly and any claims must be filed with Don Barnes attorney at the Linn County District Court.
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