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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1939

Page

30

Extensive North Side Homes and Real Estate Offers

Real estate ads list multiple properties in SE and NE areas including modern homes on 4th Ave SE and 16th St SE with down payments and monthly terms. Also featured are a Kenwood home with fireplace and screened porch, a colonial on a prominent east-side lot, plus bungalows and a Cape Cod brick bungalow. Listings include rents, sale prices, and contact numbers for agents like Frank Cravens, Floyd H Knapp, A A Doolittle, and Myers Realtor.

Malcolm V. Bolton & CO CR. S. B Frank Cravens Kenwood A. A. Doolittle Stephen 2Nd Ave Floyd H Knapp Merchants Bank Bile Tas Town Real Estate CO Fred Rede Collard & CO J. P. Conway & Co Dial Garfield Oakland Rd Franklin and Coe 5Th St 3Rd St 2Nd. Ave Hatfield Eve Geo. P. Witwer Sinclair Ave Beacom D Ave Ood Franklin District Johnson District Myers 7Th Ave Ave Marlon Mae Kimes

Excellent Country Home For Sale Or Exchange

For Sale or Exchange 58 excellent modern home in the country with 6 rooms 3 bedrooms fires Place bath furnace barn outbuildings 48 acres of black soil 20 minutes from Cedar Rapids 2 miles from town and college ideal for small farmer semi retired or professional owner will consider income property or real estate trade as part payment. Also several building lots and houses offered by agents with terms.

Cedar Rapids Town Fandrane Bolton's Vernondale 3Rd Ave 27Th St Winte's BUSINESS _ EXCHANGE Bolton Siz 4Th Ave

Real Estate Wanted in City Area by Cash Buyers

Two cash buyers seek a medium sized house between Blake and 6th Avenue and a three room bungalow. A customer desires a 2 bedroom northeast home priced 2 500 to 3 000 on terms. Also looking to buy or lease Cedar or Wapsie land suitable for a cabin. Bolton’s 2 3127 and Fred E. Collard & Co 2 1155 or 2057. Box T-44 Gazette.

Blake 6Th Ave Fred E. Collard & CO Bolton's

FBI targets industrial racketeers in new crackdown

The piece notes a shift in federal crime fighting from gunmen to the money networks behind rackets. It highlights Louis Lepke Buchalter’s surrender to J Edgar Hoover as symbol of the new approach to cutting off financial support for organized crime, with local officials aiding the pursuit.

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

Amusements Vary For P C Genus Coe

Scotty McLeod records a light study of local residents on their summer downtimes, describing painter Lynn E Garwood gardener Moray Eby social scientist C Ward Macy and Welsh preacher Owen Lloyd Morris at home and in brief outdoor and hobby scenes. The piece notes Morris’s Welsh preaching and his off season baseball interest.

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 Across Iowa

Bela Smith recalls a 1860 Chicago Iowa and Nebraska timetable showing Cedar Rapids to Clinton trains, four hours apart, with 25 mph era speeds. The piece contrasts 1860 rhythms with today’s City of Denver and City of Los Angeles speeds and notes Smith’s 40 years as a switchman and retirement.

Iron Horse Iowa Tred C. Henson 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

Mrs. Bachmann Injured In Auto Mishap In Omaha

Mrs C T Bachmann of Cedar Rapids and her husband a federal meat inspector escaped serious injury when their car lost control on a sloped Omaha street, rammed a tree and halted near a 50 foot drop. The brakes reportedly worked. cause of the mishap was under investigation as the couple visited Mrs 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 Judge Herbert M Schiller blocked removal of John R Cobb racing car as part of a judgment collection fight. Eda Wersba of New York City claims a 12084 dollar judgment against the London sportsman and seeks appointment of a receiver for the 32 ton car.

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

Chicago Hearst papers merge to form Herald American

The Chicago Herald and Examiner suspends morning edition and merges with the Evening American to become the Herald American. The move follows a guild strike and includes severance pay for editorial workers and reduced notices for those laid off. AFL union officials vow to continue the dispute until a fair settlement is reached. The piece also notes railroad mileage and tax base reductions for Rock Island and North Western.

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 Guild Hearst Chicago

Iowa Railroads and Interurbans Face Lower 1940 Taxes

Iowa railroads and interurbans will pay property taxes on valuations reduced by 3 676 000 this year. Track cutbacks shrink totals for 22 systems from 102 627 034 to 99 145 080, with interurbans losing 39 35 miles of track and a 194 219 valuation cut from 3 363 818 to 3 169 599. The Milwaukee line also reduced its track total.

Des Moines Iowa Commission Milwaukee Line

U S Plans to Act as Agen for Nations in War

The State Department outlines a plan to appoint specialists to represent foreign interests in Europe during a crisis. It would establish embassies abroad to handle protecting foreign governments’ interests and evacuating Americans. The move mirrors WWI practice with belligerents like Britain France and Turkey.

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

Romania Rejects Hungary Non-Aggression Pact

Bucharest reports reveal Hungary refused a non-aggression treaty with Romania. Government aims to calm nerves while preparing for an anticipated Romanian army movement. Officials deny provoking wider hostilities as Nazi thrust rumors circulate near Hungary and Poland.

Bucharest Rumania Hungary Romania Poland

Vatican hosts diplomats as Pope grants French ambassador audience

Italian, Polish and Spanish ambassadors to the Holy See with 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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Scutter First Ave Exclusive Agents 417 Co. R. S. By Ride West Aide Barrain the Hedges Co Dows Building Mr. Buser Third Ave Southeast Ve. NE Bedell-Nissen CO Co. P Myers Bruce A West SEE Home Lumber Co Inc J. C Bath Conway & CO Vernon Heights Cape Cod 36Th St Country Club Gazette & Rooms Fillmore-Roosevelt Ad Quick Elarton Daniels St HAROLD A _PICKERILL CO Marion Geo. L. Wond Enastisnd Manor Beautiful Mound Farm Henry S. Ely & Co Mt. Vernon Avenue Netan Arthur-Franklin Dows Buildin Jamestown-Sailes Road Louisiana Texas Clyde Barrow Southwest Desperado Southwest Midwest Federal Bureau of Investigation Kansas City Union Station United States Department of Justice Cummings Pretty Boy Floyd Baby Face Nelson Alvin Karpis Barker Boys Adam Richetti Verne Miller Jesse James P.C Coe Scotty McLeod FTEN Professorium Collegium P. C Vernon E. Lichtenstein B Avenue NE Ohio Gazette Lynn Garwood Vernon Lichtenstein Mr. Smith North, Western B.C. R and N Milwaukee Rock Island Mississippi Bertram Lisbon Camanche Low Moor Ramessa DeWitt Grand Mound Calmas Loudon Onion Grove Mechanicsville Mount Vernon Cedar Rapids Grand Mound Calamus Wheatland London Clarence Stanwood M. Smith C. T. Bachmann Cobb Machine Herald-Examiner North Western U.S Pope Pius Inexpensive Gazette
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