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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1940

Page

35

No Job Too Big Or Too Small For Iowa Electric Welding Co

Cedar Rapids based Iowa Electric Welding Co led by Henry Malek offers portable and in shop welding services for agricultural and road equipment. The firm operates 215 First Street NE with six electric welders four acetylene units and a wheel balancer. It provides metallizing axle and frame straightening and a rapid repair service for trucks buses and cars, plus a full spring repair line and overload spring installation. A notable rescue case saved thousands when Malek welded a boiler with six inch strips to restore heat and prevent egg loss at an Iowa hatchery.

Iowa Electric Welding Company First Street Henry Malek Electric Welding Company Malek Middle West Mississippi Iowa City

Super Service Oil Expands Cedar Rapids Tire and Fuel Lines

Super Service Oil Co owned by G. D. Finnigan expands as a wholesale and retail Miller tire dealer in Cedar Rapids. The firm adds tractor distillate fuel and seven Mobil brands, offers a $3 95 spring change over and special prices on Federal tires, with new bulk plants in Cedar Rapids and three other towns, and a price protection contract.

Super Service Oil Company Second Avenue Eighth Street SE G. D. Finnigan Cedar Rapids Miller Tires Oil Company Mobiloil Mobilgas Metro Finnigan John Deere Farmall Allis Chalmers Oliver and Case Walker Center Point Rowley

War conditions boost value of Super Service fuels

The article notes good value during wartime for household use with Super Service Oil company offer ing Super fuels No. 2 and 3 for oil burners and a light white No. 1 range oil for stoves.

Super Service Oil Company

Wagner Motor Co. Offers Free Safety Lane Checkup

Wagner Motor Co. announces Oliver J. Swab as a partner. The Cedar Rapids native brings 20 years in auto business. a 7 year tenure with Wagner and 1.5 years as Ford district manager. Free 15 minute Weaver safety lane checkup measures brakes steering alignment headlights and night sight to improve summer driving safety.

Paul R. Wagner Wagner Motor Company Third Avenue SE Plymouth DeSoto Iowa Oliver J. Swab Mr Swab Cedar Rapids Ford Motor Company

Fine Food and Prompt Service A Mark Of Hotel Roosevelt

The Hotel Roosevelt prides itself on fine food and prompt service under Manager William Cadow s and Chef Jack Army. Their grill menu offers quick noonday lunches and Sunday dinners with dishes like English muffins prepared in a traditional way, head cheese, sausages, pastries, and rolls. The kitchen adapts to customer preferences for methods such as charcoal broiling, electric grilling, sautéing, or gas broiling to the exact degree requested. Business patrons favor luncheons. popular items include barbecued back pork spare ribs, Italian spaghetti with meat balls, chicken chow mein, and chicken pot pie, while women enjoy salads such as the wooden bowl of all green vegetables.

Hotel Roosevelt Chef Army

Diner Serves Hearty Cold Plate Assortment

A table favored by guests with Julienne, turkey, crabmeat salad, chow mein and turkey a la king. The platter pleased diners with a mix of seafood and poultry contrasts.

Flight training grows at Cedar Rapids Airways

Cedar Rapids Airways reports a spring surge in flight training with seven new students at the municipal airport. Ground schools run on Tuesdays and Thursdays teach navigation meteorology and civil air regulations while Aeronca planes and a Stinson monoplane are available for lessons and charter flights. Business executives increasingly use air travel for trips and pilots-in-training attract vacation plans such as Canadian fishing or a trip to Mexico.

Dan Hunter Cedar Rapids Airways Cedar Rapids Municipal Town City Road Coe College Civil Aeronautics Authority Aeronca Coe College Caa Stinson Cedar Rapids United States Mexico Canada Cedar Rapids ‘Airways Hunter

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