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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1944
Page
15
A dense classified section lists sale and rental notices, loans, and homes for sale. Items include 4 room and 6 room houses, brick bungalows, duplexes, and modern centers with furnaces and garages. Ads mention lenders Household Finance loans up to 300 and various street addresses and contact numbers.
Real estate notice announces bids for a four room farm parcel with 90 day possession. bidders are asked to contact the Griffith office and Dial 2 2131 for details. The listing references Метал lics company Realtors and the Guaranty Bank blog as related notices.
William Brody argues that daily housework cannot harm posture if a woman practices simple postural exercises. He cites health benefits of good posture, provides a step by step routine for children and adults, warns against high heels, and notes nutrition influences on spinal health.
The notice lists stock and bond offerings and states real estate loans up to 300 dollars. It references ENAPP and ind Co and mentions electric project financing. Details are fragmented but indicate a financial advertisement style from a historical newspaper page.
An assortment of loan offers promises no co signers and on your own credit with monthly payments that fit. Separate rental listings describe available houses and apartments with prices and features, urging readers to call or visit for details.
A cluttered advert section listing homes for sale with notes on features such as room counts gas heat and proximity to roads, plus agents Tait Wagner Co and Bolton's Realty. Also includes notes on lots wanted exchange offers and contact numbers for agents and buyers.
Staff Sgt. William J. Armstrong 26 earned the Legion of Merit for devising an improved radio antenna adopted as standard on all P-38 Lightning fighters. The award cites exceptional merit from May 1942 to September 1943 and leadership in developing the antenna. Armstrong enlisted in 1941, served overseas since 1942, and has training roles at Scott Field March and Hamilton fields, with duties at Windsor Locks before deployment.
In May 1942 Sgt Bates began radio technician training following a year at Coe College before enlisting. The note highlights his prior college attendance and subsequent military enrollment.
Sgt. Frederick Schoening 25, son of Belle Plaine farmers, was killed in action in Italy. He served as a cook after enlisting in 1941 and had spent 20 months overseas. Survived by wife Lois Wheeler, infant daughter Winnifred Sue, parents, sister, and grandparents. Tech. Sgt. Oscar Scheeper of London also killed in the same battle.
Special to The Clazette reports Lt. Glenn Clarke Hovey son of Mr and Mrs Glenn Hovey of Fairfield was killed in action over England January 13. Word reached his grandparents Mr and Mrs Robert F Clarke and Mrs S B Hovey of Independence Saturday. Mrs Margaret Shellito of Independence, aunt of Hovey, left for Fairfield.
Washington AP says the Office of Price Administration clarifies sugar provisions for manufacturers of jams jellies and fruit spreads. The rule grants .67 pound of sugar per pound of finished product whether using unsweetened frozen fruit or fresh or canned fruit.
Rationing board workers and panel members from eight cities in the Cedar Rapids area will gather with top OPA officials from the Des Moines district office on the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce building’s fourth floor. Led by R. E. Walters the meeting aims to thresh out rationing issues discuss future programs and answer questions. AAA chairmen from Tama Toledo Belle Plaine Vinton Manchester Iowa City Marengo Williamsburg and Cedar Rapids are invited. The session includes a morning discussion on the non highway gas program and ends with small conference groups. no speeches are planned.
John Bading, 49, a farmer near Coggan, was fined with a five year maximum penitentiary sentence for receiving stolen property. He appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court, likely to be heard in May. The case stems from buying more than 50 hogs from William Isaac Preston and the Eyerly brothers, who are also linked to larceny charges.
A wartime instruction urges households to allocate more than 1 percent of family income to War Bonds every payday. It notes that every second family already has at least two workers and encourages readers to figure out how much beyond 1 percent they can invest.
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