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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1941

Page

29

New Building Materials On Display At Chicago Exhibit

Building editor notes many items at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago and local Cedar Rapids dealers. Highlights include zinc-coated metal areawalls for basement foundations, accordion folding doors, fine mesh sun screens, milk and package receivers, a moisture absorbing air dryer, pliable flexwood on canvas, tar paper mounted parquet flooring, glazed fluted glass partitions, grooved veneer insulation boards with wood finish, and gypsum clear glass top coats for tinted glazing.

Cedar Rapids Merchandise Mart Chicago

Local permits issued last week for homes and commerce

A week of local permits includes reroofs and repairs on numerous dwellings led by Frank Height and R W Hunnicutt, plus new garages and dwellings for multiple residents. Large commercial addition approved for Hubbard Ice and Fuel and a substantial project at Colonial Baking company.

Frank Height Emma Avenue Leon Shuker C Avenue Esther Joseph K Street Hunnicutt Twentieth Street Lewis Vornholt Fiftieth Street I. W Johnson Eastern Boulevard Wendl Panek Second Street Colonial Baking Company Fifth Avenue Vernon Reed Twenty-first Avenue O J Lamb Thirtieth Street Frank Nosek First Street Earl Lintz L Street Scrivner Ninth Street Joseph Fyfarik Delbert C. Miller Center See Road Ernest Greenwood Jerry Jasa Carlisle Street Lester Zuber Frank Richter Fourteenth Street Sid Milner Forest Drive Clay Phillips Twenty-second Street New Dwelling Foundation A. O Shepardson Charles A Perkins Eighth Street J W. Hunter Fourth Avenue Frank Cesek Seventeenth Avenue Ernie McGowan Center Avenue Reuben Niffenegger Avenue Albert Sturm Sixth Street Arthur Clymer Elm Avenue Vivien Buser Ellis Boulevard A L Stouffer First Avenue Leonora Clarke Harold Bertrand Charles Polansky Elizabeth Craig Ross James Trimble Fourth Street Lillian Prescott Nineteenth Street Amos Musel Fifteenth Street Lloyd K. McKee Igram and Kalell Fifth Street Doe Ressier F. McDowell Johnson Avenue NW The Turner Company Seventeenth Street Elmhurst Drive J F. Brems Don Kopecky Belmont Parkway Frank Siverly Bever Avenue C. Strett G Avenue R. W Sells Thirty-fifth Street Louis Sovereign Myrtle Thomas Peter F Hansen Frank Ruzicka Sixteenth Avenue George A. Graham D. Duncan Iowa Avenue N. D. Watson Hubbard Ice and Fuel Company R W Camreid D Avenue NW Eugene Baxter Beverave

Budget Houses that are Homes Keynote the SE

The Cedar Rapids Gazette previews a Ridgewood New Jersey home as part of a series on Budget Houses that are Homes. It features a two bedroom second floor layout and a first floor with ample closet space a fireplace and a bay window. The article notes a lot value of 6500 with FHA appraisal and mentions replication by local architects with price variation by community.

Cedar Rapids Gazette Ridgewood N. J Federal Housing Administration

Urge Modernization Of Old Dwellings For Health

Health advocates urge updating older homes to reduce dampness and fire hazards. Poor drainage and exposed locations hinder heating and light, while rotten floors and loose railings raise injury risks. The note cites construction standards and safety as priority concerns.

FHA

Vacuum concrete seen as crackproof quick drying material

Scientists anticipate widespread use of a vacuum concrete that dries in about an hour and resists cracking. The development promises faster construction and durable, maintenance free surfaces for buildings and infrastructure.

Anthony Rypkas Buy Pressler Residence

Mr and Mrs W H Pressler sold their home at 2338 C Avenue NE to Mr and Mrs Anthony Rypka of 1431 Bever Avenue SE. They will take possession September 1. Sale arranged through Mrs Elizabeth Giblin.

W. H. Pressler C Avenue NE Anthony Rypka Bever Avenue Elizabeth Giblin

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L. J. Carney Lawrence Kosgard Joe Vondracek Fred J. Krumm Wm. E. Reed Harold J Smith Tenth Street India I Philosophy Economy Lumber Co Planning Service Department Iowa Lumber Setitihie Broulie Bros 2Nd St. SE Servel Erectrolv x Reigerator Cedar Rapids Gas CO Marion Anthony Rypkas Pressler Ed Soboda St. & 8Th Av Dial Fourth Fleet Killian Company Floer Ees Wey
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