Washington Musings and Capital Observations
Notes from the Capital recount mingle with Washington scenes and punditry. References to transportation fares, public life, and encounters with journalists, diplomats, and officials fill a mosaic of early 1940s Washington culture. Notable mentions include Lofty figures like Charles Evans Hughes and LaGuardia, and insights from Iowa imports in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Winchell
White House
Washington
Press Club
Alec Woolholt
Rome Burns
Connecticut Avenue
Charles Evans Hughes
U. S. Supreme Court
Julius Huehn Fills Cedar Rapids Community Concert
Metropolitan Opera baritone Julius Huehn stepped in for ill Leonard Warren in Cedar Rapids delivering a 14 piece program before over 1000 music lovers. He opened with Handel aria Hear Me Ye Winds and Waves from Julius Caesar and closed with a playful encore after a brief stumble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warriett Sullivan
Julius Huehn
Metropolitan Opera
Iowa Theater
Cedar Rapids
Leonard Warren
Metropolitan
Baton Rouge
Huehn
Handel
Evening Star
Tannhauser
Lima Beans in Creamy Cheese Sauce Casserole
A thrifty meal planner shows how cheese blends with rice beans macaroni or potatoes to create a tasty economical main dish. The recipe uses butter flour milk salt pepper and American cheese with lima beans and celery, baked at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes to serve six.
Markets Report With Mixed Fresh Produce Prices
In The Markets: Persian melons luxury prices and limited supply. Tomatoes shipped from California, uniform size and high prices. Madive home grown and affordable. Pumpkins cheap for lanterns or pies. Grapefruit quality improving with heavy Texas fruit and pink meats, medium price. Spinach good quality and cheap. Cranberries good and cheap. Corn meal selling cheap for corn bread. Squash plentiful and cheap across several varieties. Fresh shrimp large and expensive. Cabbage plentiful and cheap. Pascal celery good quality. Head lettuce quality varies with medium price. Avocados shipped from Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Texas
Cooking Page Recipes and Requests from The Gazette
Readers invited to share tested recipes and questions for The Gazette Cedar Rapids Iowa Cooking Page. Contains fragmented instructions for date pudding baked goods using sugar butter flour nuts and oats with notes on cream whipped cream and vanilla prior to baking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Huehn Shines in Carmen Toreador and Encore Piano Night
The performer captivates with restrained voice and dramatic depth in the Toreador Song from Bizet Carmen. Strong renditions of Ballad of John Brown Wolfe Blow Me Eyes Majiotie and Tune Thy Strings Oh Gypsy from Dvorak receive praise for color and emotion. Archie Black accompanies with rapid technique and opens by leading the audience in The Star Spangled Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huehn
John Brown
Jacques Wolfe
Albert Hay Majiotie
Dvorak
Archie Black
Black
Divorce suit seeks custody of 300 jars of preserves
In San Jose Charles J Lynn asks the court for custody of 300 jars of fruits jams and jellies. He says he helped his wife can them and does not want to risk her consuming the communal property before division by the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
Charles J. Lynn
Market Notes On Produce Prices And Availability
The listing highlights cauliflower, rutabagas, turnips, carrots, parsnips, onions, oranges, cider, Tokay grapes, and ox tails with comments on ripening, bulk options, quality, and price. Oranges still look green but are sweet with high prices. cider shows a mid range, while meats like ox tails are cheap and good for braising or soup.
Pork Heart Casserole And Heart Stew Recipes
Instructions describe making pork heart casserole with apples and prunes, including washing, seasoning, browning in lard, adding brown sugar and spices, then slow cooking with hot water until tender. Also outlines a heart stuffing method with bread crumbs onion and bacon, baked in a casserole, plus a separate heart stew with noodles, vegetables, and water, serving sizes vary by heart type.
Heart Feast Ring with Spiced Noodles
A vintage recipe outlines searing pepper seasoned hearts until tender then thickening its stock with flour and water. Cook noodles 8 to 10 minutes in salted water, drain, and pack in a ring mold. Unmold onto a platter and fill center with the heart filling.
Also Mentioned on This Page
George Stimpson
Capitol
R. L
Dick” Stallman
Cedar Rapids Cooperative Dairy
Wouse
Jacobsen
CAA
War Department
New
Arlington Heights
Potomac
Ellsworth W. Austin
LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Mayor LaGuardia
New York
C.R
Warren
First Street
Rachel
Bullet News
Bizet
Carmen
North
Cobe Pota
Akota
Colorado
Miracle
Libby
Erty
Aunt Jamima
Thay
Twee
Rea
Penick
del Monte
Toma
Ynare
Life Magazine
Clapps
Akas
Marion
Fourth Avenue
RIAL
Hladky’s
P& G
Hennery
Baby Foods
Quart Lc
LINAL
Rex
Paw Yial Oc
Ath
Cedar Rapids Gacette
AEF
Santa
Britain
Guzette
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