Local housing and fuel ads mix amid wartime listings
Classified notices show stoker coal and Pocahontas fuel prices, rental rooms and furnished apartments, house for rent at 1545 Washington Ave, and a call for spare rooms to house war workers via Wilson & Co. Inc. Includes real estate loans and forwarding services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
12Th St. SE
Rockford Rd
St. NE
16Th Ave
Washington Ave
18Th Ave
Wilson & Co., Inc
Wilson
Housing Drive Urges Cedar Rapids Rooms for Workers
LaPlant Choate appeals Cedar Rapids residents to offer spare rooms apartments or houses to house skilled workers for the war effort. Call 3026 ask for Miss Chisieta in the Personnel Department with details.
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Cedar Rapids
Diverse Iowa real estate ads urge early listings in 1944
The page advertises numerous homes for sale or rent in the Southwest and Southeast sections, with prices from 2 150 to 5 750. Features include 3-4 bedrooms, basements, furnaces, garages, and prime locations near schools and business districts. Real estate firms Bolton and Co and Malcolm Bolton Co promote listings and exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Y. Bolton & CO
J P Conway & CO
Dial
TOMS
PRAT
Real Estate Ads Highlight Local Property Services
Real estate businesses advertise daily active service to handle closing details and connect with cash buyers. Fred E. Collard & Co promotes 24 years of reliable service with contact numbers. The Hedges Company Realtors, with over 50 years in business, lists Gows Building and telephone contact.
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Fred E. Collard & CO
THE
Hedges Company
Gows
Pete
Respiratory infection debate and airborne transmission insights
An editorial review discusses how peacetime control of respiratory infections may aid prevention but war conditions keep challenges due to crowding. It cites sulfonamide successes against meningitis and scarlet fever, notes limits of new drugs for airborne infections, and explains droplet spread from coughing or talking. Measles is described as spreading via spray infection before rash onset.
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Reading Medical Journal
Medical Journal
Time to Remember Era Of Edgar A Guest Poem
The piece reflects on how years, fate, and public memory shape mortal lives. It honors Edgar A. Guest and suggests that gifts and deeds grant a lasting place in history. The poem contemplates destiny, legacy, and the enduring impact of distinguished figures beyond their lifetimes.
Oldest Czech Cultural Society in Cedar Rapids Celebrates 75th
Lorene as financial secretary Anna Bohac treasurer Jindra Jambor and Josef Holub serve as librarians for a Cedar Rapids Czech organization that marked its seventy fifth anniversary last November. The group stands as the city’s oldest Czech cultural society.
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Lorene
Anna Bohac
Jindra Jambor
Josef Holub
Cedar Rapids
New Sokol Gymnastic Officers Installed Tomorrow
New officers of the Sokol Gymnastic Association to be installed tomorrow night at the Sokol lodge rooms starting at 8 o'clock. Rudolph Novak named president succeeding Joseph Klinsky.
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Sokol Gymnastic Association
Sokol
Rudolph Novak
Joseph Klinsky
Dr Mike Capek to lecture on escape from Gestapo
Dr Mike Capek of Iowa City will lecture about his escape from the Gestapo. The talk is Sunday Jan 9 at 2 p.m. in the ZC.BJ hall. The public is invited and admission is free. The event is under the auspices of the Czech American National Alliance Narodni Sdruzeni.
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Mike Capek
Iowa City
Zc.bj
The
Czech lodge meetings announce 1944 officer installation
A Prokop Velky lodge meeting is set for 9 o clock this morning in the CS PS hall where new officers for 1944 will be installed by T B Hlubu eck from the executive council. The Czech Cemetery association meets Tuesday at 7 pm in the CSP S hall. Karla Masaryk lodge meets Wednesday at 8 pm in the CS PS hall. The Czech school board will meet Thursday evening at the library.
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Prokop Velky Lodge
C.S.A
CS. PS
T B. Hlubueck
Society
Czech Cemetery Association
C.S.P.S
Karla Masaryk Lodge
Czech School Board
Reelection at Ctenarsky Spolek Annual Meeting
Most officers of the Ctenarsky Spolek were reelected at the annual meeting. Jeromir Mahring remained chairman with John B. Vondra cek as vice chairman and Frank Janeba continuing as recording secretary.
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Ctenarsky Spolek
Czech Reading Society
Jaromir Mahring
John B. Vondracek
Frank Janeba
Frank
Miss Dessie Summerville Finishes 100th Knit Garment
MT VERNON Miss Dessie Summerville completes her one hundredth knitting project a sleeveless army sweater for the Red Cross Her list lists 78 sweaters 15 helmets and seven scarfs She believes the first 100 garments are the hardest and has begun another sweater.
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The
Gazette
MT. Vernon
Dessie Summerville
Red Cross
Farm Stock and Acreage Listings With March 1 Possession
Farm stock, equipment, baby chicks and early orders promoted by Evergreen Hatchery in Belle Plaine Dysart and LaPorte City. Multiple farm parcels advertised for sale with March 1 possession in Linn County and surrounding areas, 36 to 206 acre tracts featuring modern houses, barns, cribs, and tile-ready pastures. Prices range from about 50 to 150 dollars per acre with various terms and financing options. Listings include White's Realtors and United Farm Agency promotions with contact details.
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Lady
Evergreen Hatchery
Belle Plaine
Dysart
LaPorte City
Linn County
Realtors
Missouri Clarks
Fair Bern
United Farm Agency
South Dearborn
Chicago
Broadway wit and war era reminiscence notes
A collage of flashy Hollywood anecdotes and newsroom chatter from Walter Winchell style columns. It recalls debates over pay for flying time in wartime uniforms, quips from Texas pilots, and Showtime lore, with sharp asides on Time and Luce, plus a reflection on Wilson era criticism and restraint.
Funeral services for Herman Regennitter in Anamosa
The Rev L Buse will conduct Monday at 1 pm in the American Lutheran church for Herman Regennitter 80 who died Friday Burial in Bennett Cemetery He was born Oct 14 1863 at Walcott and lived in Anamosa five years Survived by wife three daughters a son two sisters two brothers 12 grandchildren and several great grandchildren Friends may call at Loder funeral home Barbara Jean Pohlman dies at two months in Coffins Grove township services held at Gill funeral home in Manchester Saturday
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Anamosa
L. Buse
American Lutheran Church
Herman Regennitter
Bennett Cemetery
Walcott
Tom Mullinex
Cedar Rapids
Carl Bock
Bertha Kinyon
Oxford Junction
Harold
Anna Hamilton
Iowa City
Dora Doyle
Colfax
Fred
Holstein
Adolph
South Dakota
Loder
Manchester
Gill Funeral Home
Barbara Jean Pohlman
John
Myra Klaus Pohlman
Coffin's Grove Township
Iowa Job Gains Shown in Third Quarter 1943
Iowa Employment Security reports 11,004 more people employed in the July–Sept 1943 period than a year earlier and 28,970 more than in 1941. Wages for covered workers totaled $121,311,644, up from $107,761,491 in 1942 and $89,910,422 in 1941, with small firms not included.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Traer Army Officer Returns with Bride
Special to The Gazette Traer Iowa Capt. William G Nechanicky Jr returns home for holidays with his bride Carroll Womacix from McMinnville Tennessee The couple’s Christmas surprise accompanies the officer who starred in Geneva High School basketball in 1934 and later taught and coached at Pennant and Aurora Iowa before entering service two years ago He is stationed at Camp Polk Louisiana.
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Traer
William G. Nechanicky, Jr
Tracer T
William G. Nechanicky
Carroll Womacix
McMinnville
Aurora
Camp Polk
Six Persons Hurt In Des Moines Traffic Accidents
DES MOINES AP Six persons were injured, one seriously, in ten traffic accidents here late New Year Eve and early New Year day. Harold Anderson 33 suffered a fractured skull and a broken leg when struck at 450 a m Saturday by a motorist who police said failed to stop. Anderson was struck while aiding two other motorists from an earlier crash. Police arrested three drivers and thirty New Year Eve celebrants were arrested on intoxication charges.
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Des Moines
Peresons
Harold Anderson
Anderson
Lodge urges full peacetime armed services for cheaper future costs
Senator Lodge argues it would be cheaper to maintain a fully manned army and navy in peacetime than to bear war expenses. He claims the United States has fought wars roughly every 30 years and would save lives and money by keeping readiness high rather than paying $60 to $88 billion in future global war costs. He cites 1943 war spending figures to support his point.
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Washington
Lodge
R-Mass
Army
Navy
United States
Passing of NYAS Farms New Year Marks Abolition
Washington AP reports the once bustling National Youth Administration ended its eight year run when abolished by Congress effective New Year’s Day. The plan left the treasury 870000 plus the unused 4500000 allocation. Old records were turned over to the Treasury as the agency dissolved.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Wasn't Kiddeng Little Ferry in 1943 Yearling Poker
In 1943 Stephen Ferkiss remarks on a weekly poker year, noting a steady effort and a dig at one point. The fragmentary text references a Stee and a yearlong run without clear context.
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Little Ferry
Stephen Ferkiss
Poker Weekly
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