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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1946
Page
4
Washington AP The OPA relaxed its price averaging rule for men shirts to ease a shortage. The change raises exemptions for combed cotton shirts from 17.46 to 21.50 per dozen and for carded cotton shirts from 14.50 to 14.80, allowing more high priced shirts to be sold while maintaining the 1943 average.
A reflection on daily miracles from birth to spring, contrasting timeless wonder with modern weariness. The piece blends lyrical verses with a note on changing prices and automobile price trends from 1942 to 1946, including Hudson models and dealer margin adjustments.
OPA announced new retail ceilings for Hudson automobiles as of 1946, with prices $55 to $97 above 1942 levels. Increases reflect specification changes and added engineering equipment and optional appliances such as bumpers billed separately in 1942.
By order of the Cedar Rapids City Council sealed bids will be received for constructing sanitary sewers on Shaver Road NE and adjacent streets in Linn County Iowa. Work begins by March 1 1946 and completes by July 1 1946 with payment via assessment certificates issued within forty days after completion and acceptance.
City invites proposals under Section 6012 with bids opened February 1 at 10 a.m. by the City Council. Certified checks equal to at least ten percent of the bid are required, payable to the City Treasurer, and forfeited if the contract is not executed and bonded.
On January 28 1946 Crissman and Bleakley Attorneys announce the appointment of Crissman and Bleakley as executrix of Charles C Lefebvre estate Linn County Iowa All persons indebted must pay and those with claims should file them in the Linn County District Court Clerk office Executrix Crissman and Bleakley Attorneys
Chicago police Captain Sullivan linked the 6 year old Suzanne Degnan murder to two other slayings, suggesting all three victims were washed after death. Frances Brown and Josephine Ross had their throats slashed, while Suzanne Degnan was dismembered.
The council refused a class C beer permit to Charles Buresh of Buresh grocery 1211 Fourth avenue SE because the business site is under 300 feet from the Church of the Brethren at Fourth avenue and Twelfth street SE. It granted two class B renewals to Columbus Club Inc. and John Sprynel and awarded refunds to Joseph Feinberg and Viola Behel for license surrenders.
Indianapolis officials announced that American Legion membership for 1946 passed the 2,000,000 mark. The 2,000,000th card was issued to Wilbur W. Barlow, a World War II veteran from Seattle.
The new smaller lighter low priced Western Electric Model 63 hearing aid offers a wide frequency range for more natural speech. Optical Company 24 Third St SE.
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