Roosevelt Hotel rises to wartime service challenge
Roosevelt Hotel manager J. C. Kennedy notes Americans accept wartime hotel life restrictions and still eat well aided by fresh foods. The staff adapts to serving eight to twelve hundred daily, with 27 of 117–125 workers in the armed forces. An honor roll lists service members, while women and older workers fill roles. The Piccadilly tavern gains patrons as Cedar Rapids locals frequent the hotel as a social hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Kennedy
Roosevelt Hotel
Roosevelt
America
Hotel Roosevelt
Dick Roberts
Margo Blaney
the Grill
Arlene Finney
Pickwick Club
Irene Furman
House
John Reding
James D. Smith
Evelyn Buser
Violet Schmidt
Dale Slocum
Ann Durland
William Blackwell
Piccadilly Tavern
Beulah Stevens
Robert Anderson
Roosevelt Grill
Picnic Sandwiches Taste Better With Co op Dairy Butter
A Cedar Rapids Cooperative Dairy feature touts Co op butter as key to tastier picnics and lunchboxes. It notes butter keeps sandwiches moist, enhances vegetables, and pleases children. The Cedar Rapids Co op processes dairy for farmers since 1925 led by R L Dick Stallman near Fairfax.
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Cedar Rapids Cooperative Dairy Company
Tenth Street SW
Co-op
Cedar Rapids Cooperative Dairy
Iowa
R. L. “Dick” Stallman
Fairfax
Largest draft group said to be men with nervous disorders
The article notes that the largest single group rejected by draft boards consists of men judged to have nervous and mental disorders.
Bokorney Radiator Service Promises Fresh Tractor Cores
The Bokorney Radiator Service at 210 Eighth Street SE in Cedar Rapids reports a fresh shipment of tractor cores and a full stock. They flush radiators before repairs and offer end of rain season optimism for farmers returning to work with well serviced tractors.
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Bokorney
Eighth Street SE
Cedar Rapids
Bokorney’s
Bokerney Radiator Service Cites War Strains
The shop, run by Jesse K. Schepple, notes manpower troubles and urges appointments for elaborate repairs. Radiators are scarce as critical metals go to war production, and inventory includes some used models. The article urges motorists to plan ahead.
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Bokerney
Jesse K. Schepple
Week's Vacation For Fox Garage Starts June 13
The Fox garage in Cedar Rapids will close for a week from June 13 to 21 as its staff takes well earned vacations after long hours serving motorists since 1920. Operations resume 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. except Sundays. the shop at 109 Fifteenth street NE is supported by Skelly gasoline products and a lubrication team led by Mary Drahos.
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Fox Garage
America
Cedar Rapids
Fifteenth Street
Pearl Harbor
Mary Drahos
Tru-Art Engravers a Top Midwest Plant in Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids the Tru-Art Engravers operate a leading engraving plant on Second floor Severn building Fourth Avenue at First Street SE. Despite reduced output postwar the firm maintains high quality with 80 percent prewar volume by thinner metal sheets and a skilled union workforce.
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Cedar Rapids
Middle West
Severn Building
Fourth Avenue
First Street
Pearl Harbor
Tru-Art Engravers
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Coe College
Edward Wagner
Lee Bull
William Kidder
Marin Bull
Dick Miller
Bill Ellsworth
Laurence Ihns
Ed McGinn
Jee Clements Leonard Spooner
Bob Christensen
Ed Votrobeck
Eugene Myers
Dick Jenkins
Keith Teague
Jimmie Stewart Myron N. Politis
Glenn Erger
Jim Naughton
Bill Wagner
Bernard Butler
Martyn Johnson
Eugene Daley
Charles Duffy
Charles Engler
Gerald Hanley
Vernon Stevens
Hitler
Russell
Dial
2Nd St. SE
Inter-Ocean Reinsurance CO
Fire and Allied Lines
Second Avenue
Williams & Hunting CO
Rapids
Y.M.C.A
Camp Wapsie
Farmers Supply CO
3Rd St. SE
Baldridge
Cedar Rapids & Waterloo
F. S. Mitvalsky & CO
Waterloo
Baxter Motors
ING
Emma Miles
Home Service
AOML
Illinois Orean & Electric C8
Marion
Super Service Oil CO
G. D. Finnigan
C Street
Cedar Rapids’ Pioneer Dairy
Tru-Art
Midwest
Morris
Froat
Natl
Bank
Paramount Pharmacy
Paramount Theater Bldg
Cedar Rapids ‘Cooperative Dairy Co
Tenth Street
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