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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1939
Page
8
A period feature outlines a thrifty plan for a family of five to eat well on about 12 dollars weekly. It lists daily menus with items like bananas, prepared cereal, whole wheat bread, lettuce, and a veal hearts dinner, including recipes for peanut butter custard and several desserts.
Readers are asked to stamp an envelope with the request for the Special Cakes leaflet. Requests for Meta Given booklets should be sent to her in care of The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Gov. George A. Wilson reinstated the Polk county parole of William Craig Whitney 34 of Sioux City after Linn county charges in a larceny case were dropped. Whitney, son of the late A. G. Whitney, was returned to Cedar Rapids from Dixon Illinois, pled not guilty, and faces a freed liberty with less than half of his sentence served.
Norman Thomas predicts President Roosevelt's international policy will eventually push the United States into war on the side of France and Britain. The socialist leader and frequent candidate voiced the forecast Friday in Philadelphia.
Europe’s belligerents traded hostile rhetoric as Britain and France press their western front offensive against Germany. Germany cites Polish civilian massacres. Poland accuses German bombings. Britain deflects German claims while highlighting the Athenia sinking. Western front warfare now features extended artillery duels and fortified lines, shaping cautious maneuvers for time and flanking avoidance.
A belief among Mohammedans holds that the Moors will return to Spain when the hand and key carved in stone over an Alhambra gateway touch each other, marking a prophesied moment.
A British embassy statement in Tokyo says Sir Robert Craigie received official instructions to deny the rumor that Britain would agree to a speedy peace if Poland is conquered. It states that even in conquest this would strengthen Britain’s resolve that Hitlerism must be destroyed.
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