Germany’s wartime economy struggles and resilience
A wartime survey shows Germany losing about half its foreign trade and over a million jobs as factories slow. Retail trade slumps, but food reserves and meat production remain strong. Iron ore imports drop, oil demand soars, and Sweden, Romania, Russia, and unresolved supplies shape shortages and barter.
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Berlin
Germany
Europe
Russia
Italy
Arctic
North Sea
Baltic
Couple Leap To Death After Four Days Of Troubles
In New York a middle aged couple leaped to death from the 27th floor of the Hotel New Yorker after four days in a hotel room discussing financial reverses. Samuel Walker age 40 a butter and egg salesman and his 36 year old wife were identified. a relative cited Walker's string of bad deals. Police found many cigarette butts by the window sills and no notes with only a dollar in the room.
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NEW York
New Yorker
Samuel Walker
Walker
Universal Crusher Duchess Named for Industrial League Ball
Miss Mary Louise Solomon, Syrian beauty and former Cedar Rapids princess, is added as a duchess for the Allied Industrial league ball at Memorial auditorium. She represents Universal Crusher Co and is a bookkeeper for Ford Hopkins Co. Solomon was born in Cedar Rapids, raised in Worcester, and is a McKinley High School graduate with a state music contest rating.
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Mary Louise Solomon
Cedar Rapids
Allied Industrial League
Memorial Auditorium
Universal Crusher Company
Miss Solomon
Welch-Cook-Beals Company
Ford Hopkins Company
How Family of 5 Can Eat Well On $12 a Week
Food column outlines a plan for a family of five to eat a balanced, protein rich diet on about $12 weekly. It highlights pork liver as a cheap iron source and offers cooking tips such as soaking in skim milk to reduce strong flavor and a braised pork liver method with butter, flour, and simmered liquid.
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Carter
Thursday Menu Plan From Historic Meal Ledger
A dated breakfast luncheon and dinner plan lists stewed apricots with cooked wheat cereal, dried fruit, bread, jam, and coffee for adults. Luncheon features corn chowder, potatoes, bacon, salad, and gingersnaps. dinner includes braised pork liver, potatoes, mashed rutabagas, bread, bananas with butterscotch sauce, and coffee. The cost totals about $1.65 per day with a cranberry apple salad and gelatin dessert recipe also noted.
Recipe fragment hints at serving suggestion
A fragment discusses chilling in a refrigerator until congealed and serving with marinade and lettuce garnish. It mentions quantities for five servings and an audience addressing Meta Given booklets via The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Too Old For Age Learn Humor, Cultivate Lightness
Advice column from Mary Manners on Ruth UTH who seems older than her age and needs humor. The reader asks how to end a budding relationship with a lemon. The answer suggests ignoring calls to fade away or telling him plainly the lack of common interests, advocating blunt honesty.
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Uth
Ruth
Miss Manners
Lacy
Sister's Fellow Problem Questioned As Minor
The note suggests that the sister's fellow issue may not be as serious as it appears, though the writer believes it deserves consideration. The statement implies a degree of uncertainty about gravity.
Broken Toys Repaired by Firemen For Scout Christmas Project
Cedar Rapids volunteers organize an annual toy drive with Scout troops collecting usable but damaged toys from Nov. 13 to 18. Firefighters refurbish the donations in a four week workshop ahead of Christmas, yielding new joy for underprivileged children. Residents may donate or arrange pickup by calling the Scout office at 2-3119.
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Cedar Rapids
Reginald Figge
Scout
Environment shapes character not heredity in children
The author argues that children of insane persons do not necessarily inherit mental illness, citing recent experiments. Environment plays the key role in character and mental development, and the speaker advises staying out of another person’s difficulties, suggesting no further contact with a boy who has not replied to a letter.
Costume Idea Using Gunny Sacks From Hard Times
A thrift friendly outfit uses stitched gunny sacks to evoke hardship. The rough fabric creates a rugged silhouette while remaining inexpensive and easy to sew. Add simple accessories to suggest era specific details and comfort levels.
Monthly Relief Allowance Raised To $24 Per Family
The average monthly relief allowance rises from $22 to $24 per family effective with the November grant for Linn county through the state relief office. The increase, driven by fuel needs, applies seasonally and annually to cover winter needs. Linn county is allotted $4,140 from the state for November and will contribute $37,260 to reach a total $41,400 for an estimated 1,560 cases.
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Linn County
State Relief Office
Mildred Hunt
State Office
Dexter to Speak on The Bases for a Permanent Peace
Dr. Robert C. Dexter of Boston, head of social and foreign relations at the American Unitarian Association, will address Peoples Church at 7:45 p.m. Thursday on The Bases for a Permanent Peace. He will also speak to Coe College students at chapel Friday morning on The Church's Stake in Democracy.
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Robert C. Dexter
Boston
Department of Social and Foreign Relations
American Unitarian Association
Peoples Church
Coe
Dexter
Commission For Service
Czechoslovakia
Committee For Peace
Sociology expert Dr Dexter noted for teaching and social work
The text identifies Dr Dexter as author of a sociology textbook and a former teacher of social and political science at Skidmore College and Clark University. It also notes his work as a social worker in the United States and Canada and his role in the World Alliance for International Friendship through the Churches.
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World Alliance For International Friendship Through the Churches
Europe
Dexter
Skidmore College
Clark University
United States
Canada
Palestine Council Presents Master’s Degree Event
At 7:15 the Palestine council will present the super excellent master’s degree at 7:30, detailing ceremony plans and speaker lineup for attendees.
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Palestine Council
Hitler Reviews Molotoff Speech At Berlin Chancellery
Adolf Hitler spent Wednesday in the chancellery studying the Molotoff speech to the supreme Soviet council given Tuesday by Premier Foreign Minister V. M. Molotoff. German sources say Molotoff’s message pleased Berlin officials but disappointment lingered over Germany not getting a pledge for extra support.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Supreme Soviet Council
V. My. Molotoff
Moloteoff
Tire performance in high temperatures
Buses and many passenger cars must operate reliably with tires designed for continuous use at temperatures up to 225 degrees Fahrenheit. The note highlights the demanding thermal conditions tires face in service and the need for suitable compounds and construction.
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Pasesenger
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