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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1940
Page
13
The 24 member Adjustment Board met Monday to rule on petitions for nonconforming permits and variances. Decisions included granting permits for two residences with porch changes and denying or deferring others related to zoning and redevelopment, with several cases withdrawn or referred to the Plan Commission.
A homemaker outlines a week of meals for a family of three to meet balanced dietary goals on about eight dollars. She includes plum pastries and a variety of dishes such as grapes, scrambled eggs, tomato stuffed cottage cheese, ham scalloped potatoes, buttered beans, and pickled beets, plus tips on preserving and canning with apple butter and fruit preserves.
A roundup notes Joseph Hadish suffered cuts from a bleacher fall during a game at the park. Mrs Hubert C Hamilton and Mr Hamilton visited Temple University in Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr. Maurice Cahill of Cedar Rapids elected state American Legion commander. Mr and Mrs Wiliam Benson returned from an eastern trip via Washington DC and August at Rew Gardens Long Island with their son Percy. Howard Cherry elected to school board to succeed Crus Metcalf. W o H Fl nn fatally injured crossing a street. W F Hall appointed Rock Island rail traveling freight agent. Wallace Metcalf left to become asset traffic manager at Peoria. Archard returned from Redpath-Vawter system. Mrs Orchard visited Kansas. John Stamy injured at Cresco by a runaway team. Joe McCormick narrowly escaped death on First Avenue bridge after being struck by a car and dragged under a streetcar. Polk school teachers held farewell picnic for Miss Sara Munn headed to Shawnee Oklahoma as supervisor of penmanship in city schools.
Henry A. Wallace campaigning in drought scarred Nebraska urged voters to back candidates supporting the administration's agricultural program. He cited AAA crop insurance and stressed payments that do not vary with weather, noting their value in bad crop years and counties. He supported a crop insurance program for corn.
A speaker at Napoleon's tomb laments the imperial warlord's bloodshed, choosing a humble life with family and kin over glory. The narrator contrasts sorrow and sacrifice with the cold ambition that defined Napoleon and the toll on orphans and widows.
The speaker warned that a simple majority demand from farmers is not enough for a farm program and urged continuation of the ever normal granary and commodity loans to aid farmers in poor crop years. He accused Republicans of wanting to shift control from farmers to the grain trade.
A short report notes Jamaica has an area of 4 000 square miles. In parliamentary remarks representatives voting shows 74 percent against commodity loans while Democrats vote 100 percent for them.
The Very Rev. James A Burns C S C longtime Notre Dame figure and pioneer Catholic educator died Monday night after a long illness at South Bend Indiana. He served as Notre Dame president and influenced Catholic education.
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