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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1949

Page

18

Planning Body Acts on Four Zone Changes

City Plan Commission approved one rezoning to D light industrial north of Highway 30 after street provisions. denied Miskimen’s 1126 C Street SW to commercial, and rejected Swanson’s seven-lot Old Marion Road NE request. Also turned down 221 Tenth Street NW residential to commercial and approved one final plat and one preliminary plat.

City Plan Commission Bruce A West and Associates Howard D Miskimen C Street Miskimen Hattie Davie E. P Boynton George Hearn J J. Hervert H E Kepler Kate Terry Loomis R. T Lubbock Josephine MacLain George Cockburn E F. Stepanek Ray Downer Miskimen Board of Adjustment Raynold A Swanson Charles P Vernier Marion Road First Avenue Swanson Vermer Commission QO. E. Carpenter Tenth Street NW Bud Carpenter

Property Lots North Bever Avenue SE Beckons Buyers

Regular lots southeast of First Avenue E opposite Cedar Memorial cemetery are owned by Mr and Mrs O B Hafner Mr and Mrs Ray A Brown and Elaine V Toms. The preliminary plat covers 10 lots north of Bever Avenue SE at Thirty-First Street. Park Avenue Realty Company is the owner.

First Avenue E Cedar Memorial Cemetery O B. Hafner Ray A. Brown Elaine V. Toms Bever Avenue SE Thirty-First Street Park Avenue Realty Company

Willkie Award Honors Norfolk Journal and Guide Public Service

Cambridge reports the Norfolk Journal and Guide received the Wendell L. Willkie award for best public service by a Negro newspaper on Wednesday. The recognition highlights the paper’s community outreach and advocacy work.

Cambridge Norfolk Journal and Guide Wendell L. Willkie

For 50 Cents Woman Gets 5000 Bargain

Mrs Homer B Stanton of Mill River Massachusetts sent 50 cents in stamps to Sattlers of Buffalo after reading of their bargains. The shop mailed 42 items including a complete bedroom set a radio six rugs lamps a fur coat and a spring ensemble plus gifts for her husband and three daughters and round trip plane tickets.

Smoke Arouses Sorority Sisters After Attic Fire

Phyllis Tayher and her husband Jor, a sophomore from Alexandria La, were found with tickets to Buffalo when an attic storeroom fire prompted smell of smoke and alerted sorority sisters.

Buffalo Phyllis Tay Jor Alexandria

Four Burned Fighting Sorority House Blaze

Four male students suffered severe burns while fighting a fire that destroyed the Alpha Pi Omega sorority house at Baker University in Baldwin Kansas. Thirty coeds fled into the near freezing night in their night clothing. none of the residents were injured. The blaze started in the three story stucco building.

Baldwin Kan Alpha Pi Omega Baker University a_ bucket brigade

Republican chief taunts 81st Congress no can do tag

Washington (UP) Republican National Chairman Hugh Scott Jr. vows to imitate President Truman’s tactics and criticize the Democratic 81st Congress. He labels it the no can-do congress and pledges to pour it on and give them hell.

Scott Washington Hugh Scott, Jr Truman Mr. Truman Congress

Polly the Parrot Wins Court Case

In Chicago Polly the parrot wins a court battle over eviction. An appellate court rules Doerr had implicit consent by allowing Polly to live in the apartment for years and upholds Mrs. Esme B Maher’s right to keep the bird. The parrot’s day in court is denied but the decision favors the owner.

Chicago Polly the Parrot Polly Robert M. Doerr Esme B. Maher

KiLlian's Second Floor Fashion Line Offers Wide Range

On KiLlian's Second Floor shoppers find Beautiful Spring Fashions for all sizes and ages. The collection promises delightful options with far-reaching style appeal.

KiLlian

Woman Survives to Celebrate 103rd Birthday

ST PAUL UP a girl of seven warned by friends she would not live long survived. Mrs Anna Jacobse has just celebrated her 103rd birthday and still appears healthy despite a frail youth and early warnings.

ST. Paul Anna _ Jacobse

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