GI Joe Gains Help to Build Postwar Homes
Veterans may apply for high priority access to materials and incentives to build their own homes with GI loans. FHA and VA officials advised that plans approved in hardship cases qualify, with cost allowances up to 10 percent above normal value. Builders warned to plan well and use proven methods to control costs amid wartime material shortages.
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National Housing Agency
Cedar Rapids
G. I Joes and
Jills
Honolulu
Canada
New York
San Francisco
Better Homes DIRECTORY listing brands and suppliers
Directory of home improvement firms and suppliers including Broadstone Furnace Co Heinze Electric Home Insulation Perpetual Savings and Loan Association Peoples Savings Bank Cashman Hawkeye Lumber Co J F Heather Co Klinger Wallpaper and Paint Co Economy Lumber Co Standard Glass and Paint Co Limback Lumber Co Hedges Company Hatch Brookman Lumber Co Sears Roebuck and Co Messinger Sons Illinois Iowa Gas and Electric Co.
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Broadstone Furnace Co
Heinze Electric
Home Insulation
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association
Peoples Savings Bank
Hawkeye Lumber Co
J. F. Heather Co
Klinger Wallpaper and Paint Co
Economy Lumber Co
Standard Glass and Paint Co
Limback Lumber Co
Hedges Company
Hatch & Brookman Lumber Co
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Messinger & Sons
Illinois-Iowa Gas & Electric Co
Veterans eye home building shifts and GI loan rules
War damaged nations may need more rehab and home building. Builders discuss sub assembly and pre cut materials for standardized houses with interchangeable units. GI loan provisions limit loans to 2000 each or 50 percent of cost and require occupation intent and guardianship for under 21. Groups of veterans may pool loans for cooperatives to build apartments.
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Charles M. Potter
Veteran’s Administration
Drahovzal's House Sold to H. F. Furman
Mr and Mrs H F Furman formerly of Manly moved into the bungalow at 1317 Eleventh street NW which they bought from Mr and Mrs John B Drahovzal through Fred E Collard and company Furman is a dispatcher for the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway. A duplex at 624 628 B avenue NE owned by Mr and Mrs C W Oglen of Center Point was sold through the same broker to Mr and Mrs M L Kasner Jr 1030 Eighth street NW. The Kasners will take possession subject to rent control regulations.
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H. F. Furman
Manly
Eleventh Street
John B. Drahovzal
Fred
M. L. Kasner, Jr
Eighth Street NW
Kasners
Kizer Residence Sold and Several Neighborhood Transfers
Mr and Mrs Louis E Kizer sold their 1260 D Avenue NE home to Mr and Mrs R J Chambers formerly of Milwaukee The sale was via Malcolm V Bolton and Company Another deal by Bolton and the Hedges Company moved 1812 C Avenue NE to Mr and Mrs Ward F Swift who plan to reside there George R De Vault bought 2308 C Avenue NE from Charles Koppen haver at 2428 E Avenue NE and the transfer was a cooperative sale with Malcolm V Bolton and Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis E. Kizer
D Avenue NE
R. J. Chambers
Milwaukee
Malcolm V. Bolton and Company
Ward F. Swift
A. ‘Avenue
C Avenue NE
L. J. Layer
George R. de Vault
E Avenue
Charles Koppenhaver
The
Hedges Company
Realtors Luncheon Q and A at Cedar Rapids Board
A Cedar Rapids Real Estate board luncheon will feature a question and answer program. The session is scheduled for Monday noon at the YMCA.
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Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board
Y.M.C.A
Change Ownership Of Four Dwellings
Mr and Mrs H R Nelson bought 313 Twenty second Street NE from Mrs Theola Arnott and will occupy. Wave Emaliane Abraham sold 818 Third Avenue SW to Mr and Mrs Fred Jones who move from Fort Dodge to Cedar Rapids. Heirs of Fred Canfield sold 629 Fifteenth Avenue SW to J L Munger as an investment. Paul Wieneke sold 1125 C Avenue NW to A R Jordan who will occupy. Cedar Rapids Homes Corp to develop a war worker housing lot on Iowa Avenue SE owned by Lillian Beall, with tenancy rights.
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H. R. Nelson
B Avenue
Twenty-second Street
Theola Arnott
Third Avenue
Tait and Wagner Company
Emaliane Abraham
Arlington Farms
Fred Jones
Cedar Rapids
Fort Dodge
Fred Canfield
M. L. Canfield
Seventh Avenue SE
Fifteenth Avenue SW
J. L. Munger
Nineteenth Street
Paul J. Wieneke
C Avenue NW
A. R. Jordan
K Avenue
Iowa Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids Homes Corporation
Lillian Beall
Fourth Avenue SE
Lt Col Gibbs Sells Residence and Investment Property
Lt Col John Gibbs sold his residence at 1611 Sixth Avenue SE to Chandler O Higley and Mrs Higley who will take possession by March 1. Gibbs has served in the adjutant general's department in the South Pacific and is now stationed in Baltimore. The same realtors sold a five apartment property at 1321 Second Avenue SE to Dr and Mrs N A York of Lisbon as an investment.
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John Gibbs
Sixth Avenue SE
Chandler O. Higley
Park Avenue SE
Col. Gibbs
Adjutant General’s Department
South Pacific
Baltimore
Gibbs
Yuill and Gohmann
Lewis O. Hopker
H Avenue NW
Second Avenue SE
N. A. York
Lisbon
Merritt and Irvilda Apartments Sold to Two Investors
Purchase of the Merritt and Irvilda apartment buildings from J. I. Merritt was announced Saturday. The Irvilda at 1263 First avenue SE contains 11 seven room apartments. the Merritt at 1261 First avenue SE has 15 one and two room units with built in features. Possession will be given February 1. Purchase price not announced.
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Merritt
J. I. Merritt
First Avenue SE
Henry H. Hamilton
Cottage Grove Avenue
Harry G. O'Donnell
Grande Avenue
Wayne Yardley Buys Homes in Robins and Surrounding Area
Wayne Yardley and spouse purchase the Robins residence of George Maxfield via Doolittle and Company. Also, Frank Frese and wife acquire 925 Sixteenth Avenue SW from Bruce Barnes. Charles R. Sewell buys 423 Eleventh Street NW through Doolittle and Company from O. E. Carpenter.
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Wayne Yardley
Johnson Avenue NW
George Maxfield
Robins
Doolittle and Company
Frank Frese
Second Avenue SE
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Bruce Barnes
Charles R. Sewell
Eleventh Street
O. E. Carpenter
Thirty-fourth Street
Prize-winning Home Designs Adaptable to Cedar Rapids
Nationwide contest selects six postwar home plans for distinct groups. The GI two story home by Todd Tibbals Associates of Columbus costs about 4200 land included, with 727 more for an extra room. A northern Illinois farm home by Charles Nixon and Carl A. Kastrup lists 9200 plus 1200 for garage. Cedar Rapids area exteriors favor colonial influence with porch room and adaptable layouts for family and hired help.
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United States
National Association of Home Builders
Mainnend
Witha Bru
G. I
Todd, Tibbals
Illinois
Charles Nixon
Glenview
Ill
Carl A. Kastrup
Cedar Rapids
Charles 4H. Schreiber
Arthur Schreiber
Chicago
Selby Construction Company
Lakewood
Ohio
Edward G. Conrad
Cleveland
Industrial Worker's Home
E. C. Mahoney
Braun
del Bianco
Archiitects
Earl Carruthers
Oak Park
Braun and
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G.I. Joe
Administration
Naomi Doebel
John B Blandford
Abner Ferguson
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans’ Administration
National Association of Home Builders of the
Blandford
FHA
G. I. Joe
North Carolina
Better Homes Directory
Third Street
FOWA
Olan@ & ELECTRIC CO
Dial
Marion
Jin
Wen G.I. Joe
G.I
Heinze Electric CO
1St Ave
Drahovzal
Kizer
Chambers
Realtors
J.F Herbel € CO
Mckinley Street
the Hedges
Realtors Dows Building
Ee 2
John Gibbs Sells
Cashman
Plumbing, Heating & Electrical
16Th St. NE
Klinger’s
Klinger
Hatch-Brookman Lumber and Coal Company
Mane
Marcolo
Lowe
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