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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1938
Page
26
King Turkey’s Thanksgiving coronation service is aired with menu ideas and recipes. Read about chestnut stuffing, creamed mushrooms and asparagus, and fluted cranberry tarts as a guide to a traditional All-American feast for next week.
The United Automobile Workers executive board authorized a strike at the Hudson Motor Car plant to secure a new contract. President Homer Martin said the move follows Hudson’s refusal to renew the union contract, with a possible strike vote among Hudson workers. The plant employs about 11,000 workers.
The NYA has organized a resident training project at Toledo inside the old W. F. Johnson home, aiming to train unemployed youths 18 to 25 through diverse courses from carpentry to millinery. Led by G. P. Cole with Mrs. Cole directing girls, Emil Wierenger overseeing horticulture, the program includes a dormitory, workshops, athletic facilities, and a rehab project for the Kinney property, with potential enrollment up to 200 students.
In Fort Defiance Arizona three year old Lloyd June a Navajo boy died after swallowing a pinon nut and an emergency operation using instruments flown from Philadelphia. Dr Paul Wietzke Indian service surgeon removed the nut from his lung but pneumonia followed. Navajos gathered outside the hospital waiting for news then dispersed in silence.
London based Daily Mail reports that a former wife of Marshal Wassily Bluecher, a Cossack mistress and stenographer's daughter, betrayed him to Soviet secret police. The article says Bluecher, once commander of Russia's Far Eastern forces, is suspected by Stalin's regime as a counter revolutionary and awaiting Moscow prosecution.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal church announces a full Fellowship week program November 14 to 20 in line with a national Methodist observance. Activities include a church board inventory, youth night, a men’s dinner, Church School Board meetings, and a Sunday School emphasis led by the Million Unit Fellowship Movement supporting missions and benevolences with about 2000 workers.
Dr Gage president of Coe will speak on John Bunyan at the vesper service this afternoon in the college chapel. Margaret Hindee and Edward Melcher, music students, sing a duet The Lord is My Light, with Prof Paul S Ray directing the choir and Eleanor Taylor at the organ.
Washington reports foreign purchases of American war supplies last month totaled 7 126 044 with exports 3 080 810 The Netherlands East Indies led buyers at 4 180 140 mainly for military aircraft Exports to the Indies 1 087 116 for war planes France bought 1 050 730 for engines Britain 800 727 for unassembled aircraft Japan exports 679 333 aircraft parts Brazil 531 654 mainly fighting planes China near zero.
War supplies were 79190 dollars. Argentina placed orders for aircraft engines and spare parts valued at 121862 dollars, while its actual imports amounted to 83637 dollars.
The night school for teaching English to foreign born speakers opens at McKinley School. Principal Ernest H. Christensen, with Miss Alma Wright as teacher, invites enrollment. Free classes meet Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 to 9 30 p.m. and plan separate beginner intermediate and advanced groups with larger attendance.
Grand Ledge Michigan Governor-elect Frank Fitzgerald declared Saturday that Michigan Republicans who won Tuesday will not stop until Arthur Vandenberg becomes President of the United States. The remarks reflect the campaign's strong support for Vandenberg and national ambitions within the party.
Cedar Rapids art teacher Miss Margaret Frederikson recounts travels through Sweden Denmark and Norway with sketches and photos. She describes Goteborg street numbers Copenhagen landmarks the 195 sandwich menu at Oskar Davidsen and a Danish wedding customs difference with no kiss.
Marriage licenses issued include Charles D. Gable of Cedar Rapids and Margaret L. Crumbaugh of Mount Vernon. Roy H. Gordon of Cedar Rapids and Lesna S. Taylor of Marion also listed for license grant.
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