Roosevelt Hotel Fills Civic Need for War Efforts and Social Life
The Roosevelt Hotel Cedar Rapids serves as a central hub for community and war service activities. It hosts USO dances, Red Cross conferences, and meetings of Lions, Rotary, and other clubs. The hotel offers space for weddings, services, and charitable drives while guiding host organizations through arrangements with manager T. H. Beadle and social director Mrs. R. Z. Stephens.
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Hotel Roosevelt
el Roosevelt
Rica
E Red Cross
Red Cross
Regional Cross War Fund
Additon
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Regucy
The
Lions
High Twelve
Rotary
Canopus
Busiand
Quota Club
Optimists
Industrial
Ansevelt
R. Z. Stephens
Bel
Ling
Stephens
Lance
J. C. Kennedy
Inager
T. H. Beadle
Steph
Moniteur
Cedar Rapids
Stemlar's Retain Prewar Precision Quality of Repair
Stemlar's Service Station in Cedar Rapids upholds pre war precision quality amid heavy demand. Owner Sid Stemlar says all service avoids shortcuts, offering lubrication and general motor work to keep cars on the road for the duration while prioritizing overland truck repairs for war needs.
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Cedar Rapids
Stemlar
Fourth Street
Stemlar’s
Sid Stemlar
Globe Machinery and Supply Company in Cedar Rapids
Suphiy company stocks abrasives for eastern Iowa industry now and after the war. The article notes abrasives will remain essential in precision production as peacetime manufacturing resumes. Globe Machinery and Supply of Cedar Rapids is highlighted as a key player.
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Suphiy Company
Iowa
Globe Machinery and Supply Company of
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Bakery highlights local pride and wartime workforce
The Cedar Rapids Bakery at 336 Sixth Street NW emphasizes quality through modern equipment, long experience, and honest merchandising. President Hugh Sliss leads a gas fired, thermo statically controlled 25 foot oven that bakes 500 loaves at once. Expansion plans follow wartime, with a growing role for women workers and continued service to Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Sixth Street
Hugh Sliss
Bupane Servicing Customers Keeps Equipment Going
The Bupane Gas company of Cedar Rapids continues serving its existing customers efficiently while expansion waits until after the war. The bottled gas provides rural families with cleaner kitchens and cooler meals, avoiding dust and soot and helping families eat without fatigue.
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Bupane
Bupane Gas Company
Cedar Rapids
Professional Foods Products Supported By Finest Research
A Cedar Rapids wholesale firm, Professional Foods, markets vitamins minerals enzymes and mucins to doctors and hospitals from 506 Third Avenue SE. It allies with Central Bio-Chemicals of Chicago to distribute products including Caltane, whose rights have passed to Professional Foods. The firm notes bone meal in diets reduces dental caries and cites Caltane as meeting this need.
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Professional Foods
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Central Bio-Chemicals
Chicago
Central Bio
Building Permits In Cedar Rapids
A list of Cedar Rapids building permits showing multiple addresses and permit values for new garages, reside dwellings, reroofs, remodels, additions, and a barn project. Notable entries include St. Luke’s Hospital nurses’ home addition and Smulekoff Investment remodeling commercial property at 111% First Avenue SE.
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Frank C. Clark
Fourth Street
W. A. McGuire
First Avenue
R. H. Wilson
Wellington Street
Robert Delay
A Avenue
Frank Stusak
Second Street
Mabel Darling
Thirty Fourth Street
St. Luke's Methodist Hospital
H. Bencke
Oakland Road
John Vernon Beck
F Avenue
Ed B. Holton
C Avenue
William H. Finnigan
Nate Cohn
Nineteenth Street
R. T. Ryan
Fifth Avenue
H. E. Overman
Seventh Avenue
Re. S. Beebe
EF Avenue
H. T. Merklin
Earl H. Kessler
Eleventh Street
Robert Irving
H. P. Freestone
Sixth Street
C. H. Morningstar
C. M. Stoughton
Smulekoff Investment Company
Farmers Supply CO
3Rd St. SE
Cedar Rapids
Marines Field Baseball Team Wins Debut at Pacific Base
Col Franklin A. Hart of Eufaula Alabama commands a Marine unit at the base. He accepted a challenge from a nearby civilian team to prove Marines play the national game. Warrant Officer Roland W. Smith gathered 26 players with baseball experience for Lt A V Soupios to manage. The Marines won 11 to 9 after a brief workout.
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Pacific
Marine Corps
Franklin A. Hart
Eufaula
Ala
Col. Hart
Roland W. Smith
Schenectady
N. Y
Smith
A. V. Soupios
New York City
Marines
Abrasives Suppplied By Globe Machinery For Precision Work
Globe Machinery and Supply Company at 205 Third Avenue SW becomes distributor for Carborundum and Alexite grinding wheels and coated abrasives. War production relies on the right tools to ensure precision output, and selection can mean the difference between delay and on time completion.
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Globe Machinery
Globe Machinery and Supply Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
First and
Court Avenue
Third Avenue
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