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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1939

Page

16

Realty Want Ads Preview Property Listings

Real estate ads offer Acreage at Scutter Estate 2015 First Ave and multiple homes for sale or rent. Listings include remodeled west side home, income property on Third Ave Southeast, several 6 room modern houses with down payments and monthly terms, a Kenwood bungalow with fireplace and garage, and colonial style homes in Franklin and East Side districts with various terms and contact numbers for agents Malcolm V Bolton Co, J Frank Cravens Realtor, Fred E Collard Co, and others.

Scutter First Ave Third Ave Malcolm V. Bolton & CO Mr. Siegfried 4Th Ave 116Th St 16Th St Forest Drive J. Frank Cravens Fred E. Collard & Co J. P. Conway & Co Franklin P. Myers Kenwood Bruce A. West Act Quick Elarton Danisis St 2Nd Ave Harold A. Pickerill CO Marion Geo. L. Wood

Real Estate For Sale By Owner Listings Ads

Several property listings describe homes for sale by owner in various districts with details such as the number of rooms, recent paint, garages, lot size, and monthly payments. Addresses include 17030 Oakland Rd, Franklin and Coe, 228 5th St NE, 526 3rd St SW, 2nd Ave SE, 239 Sinclair Ave E, and 313 1st Ave SW. Prices range from 2450 to 3500 with down payments and monthly terms.

Gar- Heid Oakland Rad Franklin and Coe District 5th_St. NE

For Sale Lots mix Eastland Manor Mound Farm and more

Multiple property ads list lots for sale or lease across Eastland Manor Mound Farm and east end. Prices range from 500 to 2400 with terms offered. Contacts Bolton's Henry Ely & Co Arthur Franklin district and owner inquiries via listed phone numbers.

Eastland Manor Bolton’s Beautiful Mound Farm Henry S. Ely &. Co

Income Property for Sale in Franklin and John Son Districts

Advertises multiple income properties for sale on 56-A Yome and in John Son Districts. Listings include six rooms and bath per floor with potential to convert to four or two apartments, 100 ft lot, three-car garage, mortgage in foreclosure, price reductions to 43500 and 3350, various locations, and agents Myers and J. Mae Kimes with contact details.

Franklin District Johnson District Myers 7Th Ave Ave Marion J. Mae Kimes

Neighborhood Grocery Business For Sale

Full service neighborhood grocery business with stock and fixtures valued at 1150. Lease for building with living space offered at 35 monthly or sell building and entire operation for 3500. See property at 210 Dow Building. Inquiries to Mr. Winn at 8892 or evenings to 2-2131.

the Hedges Co Dows Winn

Real estate exchange offers rural homes and farms for sale

For Sale or Exchange listings describe an 58 excellent modern rural home with 6 rooms 3 bedrooms 48 acres of black soil land 20 minutes from Cedar Rapids and surrounding properties including 400 acre Towns farm 240 acres tiled fenced and hog tight with options for exchange or part payment. Various agents advertise building lots homes and contractor options with terms and potential apartment conversions.

Cedar Rapids Town Bolton S Vernondale 10Th St 17Th St 3Rd Ave 27Th St White's Business Exchange Towns Farm Bolton’s

Real Estate Wanted Notices Seek Homes and Land

Cash buyers seek a medium sized home between Blake and 6th Ave and a bungalow with large rooms. A customer wants a 2 bedroom house in the northeast for 2500 to 3000 on terms. Also buys or leases land on Cedar for a cabin. Bolton's 2-3127. Box T-44 azette.

Blake and 6Th Ave Fred E. Collard & CO Bolton’s Cedar Nee Tower

Crime-Fighters Target Industrial Racketeers and Gang Bosses

Washington reports the FBI expanding its clean-up to industrial racketeers led by Louis Lepke Buchalter. The crackdown focuses on cutting off money flows and allies in politics, with federal law enforcement uniting national and local authorities to dismantle top crime figures and their networks.

FBI John Dillinger Louis “Lepke” Buchalter J. Edgar Hoover New York Buchalter Hoover Dillinger

Amusements Vary For P C Genus Coe

A photographer profiles a set of local professors and residents during summer leisure. Vernon E. Lichtenstein, an English instructor and gardener, shows painting and kitchen garden skills at 2235 B avenue NE. Lynn Garwood, Moray Eby, C Ward Macy, and Rev. Owen Lloyd Morris are also photographed at home or en route to summer tasks. Morris, a Welsh Bible teacher, travels for speaking engagements and baseball games.

Vernon E. Lichtenstein B Avenue NE Lichtenstein Cne C Avenue NE Lynn E. Garwood Husky Garwood Moray Eby First Avenue E Eby C. Ward Macy Blake Boulevard Macy Owen Lloyd Morris Wales Center Point Road Morris United States

Timetable recalls days of iron horse dashing across Iowa

Rail history note recalls a 1860 timetable on the Chicago Iowa and Nebraska line with a four hour Cedar Rapids to Clinton passenger run. It contrasts with modern travel on the City of Denver and City of Los Angeles. Bela Smith, longtime Cedar Rapids switchman, nears retirement after forty years of service.

Iron Horse Iowa Omebody Clinton Cedar Rapids Mid-Western Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad Mississippi River Denver Los Angeles Abraham Lincoln Bela Smith 6 Avenue NW Phineas Smith Belle Plaine Chicago Nebraska

Single Track Rules Among Clinton and Cedar Rapids Lines

The article describes a 1859 company fort with its capitals and notes the route between Clinton and Cedar Rapids via Low Moor DeWitt Grand Mound Calamus Wheatland London Clarence Stanwood Mechanicsville Lisbon Mount Vernon and Bertram. It details train meeting points at DeWitt and Mechanicsville and passing rules with priority periods for east and westbound trains and freight.

Milwaukee Rock Island Clinton Cedar Rapids Camanche Low Moor Ramessa DeWitt Grand Mound Calmas Loudon Onion Grove Mechanicsville Lisbon Mount Vernon Bertram Calamus Wheatland London Clarence Stanwood M. Smith

Cedar Rapids Couple Hurt in Omaha Auto Mishap

Mrs. C. T. Bachmann and her husband, a federal meat inspector, escaped serious injury when the car they rode in careened on a sloped Omaha street, rammed a tree, and halted near a 50 foot drop. Mrs. Bachmann was bruised. brakes worked. cause undetermined. The couple were visiting Mrs. Bachmann's mother, Mrs. Stacia E. Budin.

the Gazette Omaha Cedar Rapids C. T. Bachmann Crescent Street Bachmann Stacia E. Budin

Cobb Machine Held On Judgment Suit

In Bonneville Salt Flats Utah AP judge Herbert M Schiller faces a bid to keep John R Cobb s racing car from being moved in a judgment case. Eda Wersba of New York City holds a 12084 judgment and asked for a receiver to be appointed for the 342 ton machine while Cobb pursues speed runs.

Bonneville Salt Flats Utah John R. Cobb England Herbert M. Schiller Eda Wersba New York City

Chicago Herald and Examiner Merge to Form Herald American

The Chicago Herald and Examiner announce a merger with the evening American to create the Herald American, suspending the morning tabloid with Saturday editions. No reason given for the move amid a guild strike, with AFL contract provisions and dismissal pay outlined. Affected workers face one week’s pay and two weeks’ notice in some cases as negotiations end.

Chicago Chicago Herald and Examiner Evening American William Randolph Hearst The Herald-American American Newspaper Guild Chicago Editorial Association American Federation of Labor Merrill C. Miegs AFL Mechanical Department Bulletin Board H. Richard Seller International Child Representative Hearst Chicago

Interurban And Railroad Valuations Cut In Iowa

Iowa railroads and interurbans will pay 1940 property taxes on valuations lower than this year's base by 3 676 000, state tax records show. Reduced values reflect track mileage cuts totaling 128.69 miles for 22 rail systems, with the Milwaukee line among lines reducing track. Interurbans cut 39.35 miles, lowering valuations from 3 363 818 to 3 169 599.

Des Moines Iowa State Tax Commission Milwaukee Line

U S Would Act As Agent For All Nations

Washington AP The state department plans to represent foreign governments in Europe if war breaks out, with special embassy sections to protect foreign interests and evacuate Americans. It could seal enemy embassies and issue passports, acting much like the belligerent nation’s own legation. Earlier WWI practice showed the U S representing Britain France and Turkey, and Spain protecting U S interests in Germany. The plan envisions Americans returning home on merchant ships where possible, though rapid returns may be limited.

Washington State Department Europe Department United States Great Britain France Turkey Germany Spain Reich

Rumania Pact Turned Down

BUCHAREST, Rumania. The government plans further military precautions after Hungary rejected non aggression treaty proposals. Officials say Romania remains calm and has planted its sword on its frontiers while Hungary inquiries into Romanian military preparations. The frontiers have been reinforced and Romania will stay neutral if Poland enters a war with Germany.

Bucharest Rumania Hungary Romania Poland

Vatican Audience Receives Ambassadors and Pope

The Italian, Polish and Spanish ambassadors to the Holy See and the secretary of the British legation visited the Vatican secretariat on Saturday. Pope Pius XII granted an audience to the French ambassador.

Vatican City Ins Holy See Vatican Secretariat Pius XII

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