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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1940
Page
7
A period piece outlines thrifty menus for a three person family with a goal of eight dollars weekly. It provides diet guidance and includes a bran muffin recipe with instructions, ingredient counts, and mixing steps. The tone emphasizes balanced nutrition and economical shopping.
A home menu features lamb loaf salad with tomato on lettuce, plus veal steak stuffed with prunes. The day’s meals list plums, cereals, muffins, soups, breads, fruits, and beverages with a total cost around $1.15.
A recipe notes bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes to yield six medium muffins.
In Berlin Wisconsin Stanley Miskey faced a string of mishaps after floods left his car stranded. After drying ground he returned to recover it only to find the keys inside. He crawled under the car to lift a floorboard and disturbed hornets, then found a nest of mice, checked the car again, discovered missing headlight bulbs, and all four tires flat.
William V. Burger director of admissions said Coe College will see freshman and new student enrollment this fall exceed recent years and approach a 350 plus figure, a peak not reached since 1923-24 when 428 registered.
The sixtieth academic year opens with chapel on Monday Sept. 23. Charles J. Lynch Jr a Coe graduate and trustee will deliver the principal address. Freshmen matriculate meet counselors and set schedules. Entrance exams for new students run Monday to Wednesday with registration Friday and Saturday. Upperclassmen register Thursday.
In Los Angeles police report, actor Gene Autry known as the movie cowboy and his wife were burglarized Thursday night. A gun Autry kept at home for burglars was taken during the break in. No injuries reported. Autry was not present at the time.
Fortune magazine reports 53.2 percent favor President Roosevelt and 35.6 percent back Wendell Willkie in a two week release straw poll. The survey notes fluid opinions, with Roosevelt leading across most regions except pockets for Willkie in select states.
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