Rude Auto Co Marks 28th Year As Iowa Ford Leader
Rude Auto Co, Cedar Rapids, marks its twenty eighth year as Ford’s top Iowa dealer. Added Lincoln Zephyr line boosts sales and widens used car range. Main lot at 512 Third Ave SE. finance and repair services expand under George Hern. About 1,500 used cars sold last year with eighty employees on payroll.
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Rude Auto Co
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Rude Auto Company
Second Avenue SE
Ford Automobile
Iowa
Lincoln Zephyr
Rude’s
Lincoln
Rude Company
Third Avenue SE
Joe Estes
Rude
Cedar Rapids
George Hern
P. C. Rude
Louis Stevenson
Bill Springer
Lee Worden
Gail Whisler
Francis Anton
Carl Stuber
Jim Kikendall
George Hearn
Third Avenue
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Rude Auto Company Expands Ford and Lincoln Line
The Rude Auto Company highlights its used car lot and its Ford and Lincoln Zephyr offerings. Everett Schenefelt heads the Zephyr department, with several Lincolns already sold in Cedar Rapids area. Welch-Cook-Beals Co. promotes summer trousers and standard work clothing, supplying Iowa and nearby states.
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Rude
Ford Company
Ford
Everett Schenefelt
Cedar Rapids
Ryde
Linn
Johnson, Benton
Jones Counties
Iowa
Welch-Cook-Beals Co
Third Street
Welch’s
Wash Trousers Rise In Men’s Summer Fashion
Modern masculine apparel favors wash trousers for comfort and economy in warm weather. The trend toward simple cool dress abandons old formalities, with styles and colors offered by the Welch-Cook-Beals Co. marking the local shift.
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Welch - Cook - Beals Co
Urbana Alumni Elect New Officers To Lead Group
The Urbana high school alumni association elected Lu Ella Rupp as president Naomi Cook as vice president and Ethel Hillgeson as secretary and treasurer. The Ever Ready club named Mrs Ted Lukin as president Mrs Willie Cue as vice president Mrs August Brahm as secretary and Mrs D L Piper as treasurer.
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Urbana
High School
Luella Rupp
Naomi Cook
Ethel Hillgeson
Ever Ready Club
Ted Lukin
Willie Cue
August Brahm
D. L. Piper
Retail Trade Shows Continued Yearly Gains Across Sector
Walter F. Grady of Dun and Bradstreet reports last week’s retail sales remain above 1935 levels with an average gain around 5 percent year over year. Remodeling and new construction stay higher, wholesale sales run 5 to 10 percent ahead, and industrial activity remains strong.
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Walter F. Grady
Dun and Bradstreet
Grady
Amana High School stages Die Kameraden play
Amana high school presents Die Kameraden the first German play at the Amana auditorium Monday evening under Charles Selzer. Cast includes Alfred Leichsenring Alice Bopp Bertha Berger Helen Marz Lucille Schaefer Linda Ehrle Walter Seifert Henrietta Moerschel Leroy Greaser Jane Deitrich Ruth Hermann Robert Geiger Theodore Heinze Roy Ehrman Donald Moerschel George Krauss.
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Amana
Middle Amana
Charles Selzer
Alfred Leichsenring
Alice Boppin
Bertha Berger
Helen Marz
Lucille Schaefer
Linda Ehrle
Walter Seifert
Henrietta Moerschel
Leroy Greaser
Jane Deitrich
Ruth Hermann
Robert Geiger
Theodore Heinze
Roy Ehrman
Donald Moerschel
George Krauss
Iowa ManufacturingExports Advertise Cedar Rapids City Abroad
The Iowa Manufacturing Company based at 916 Sixteenth Street NE Cedar Rapids has promoted Cedar Rapids worldwide through its road building machinery. Expanded export markets include two crushing and screening plants sold to Transvaal Africa this week, with previous six months’ sales to Arabia the Hawaiian Islands the Mexican government Guatemala and others. The firm touts a portable straight line crushing and screening plant with unmatched capacity and low maintenance, emphasizing portability to supply near job sites and revolutionize rock crushing for roads.
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Iowa Manufacturing Company
Sixteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Transvaal
Africa
Arabia
Hawaiian Islands
Guatemala
Graduation Exercises Set for Wheatland School Gym
Wheatland graduation exercises will be held Tuesday at 8 p m in the school gym. The program features Rev A C Fischer girls sextet and several student speakers including Reva Martens Marjory Witte Nadine Schwede K M Horstman and K R Horstman Iane Endorf Royal Holbrook and Supt J C Clark. Class members include Marjory Witte Reva Martens Ione Endorf Ruth Weibner Kathryn Guenther Florence De Wulfe Ellen Kelting Nadine Schwede K M Horstman K R Horstman Gregory Parsons Charles Parsons Donald Woods Donald Hamdorf and Muriel Bouschlicher.
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Wheatland
A. C. Fischer
Credit Sales for April Show Gains Across Cities
Cedar Rapids retail credit collections rose about 2 percent in April from 1935, per R. E. Walker. A National Retail Credit Association report covering 15,207 stores in 60 cities shows 50 cities up, average 5 percent, Detroit at 26.5 percent, Torrington 20 percent drop, and Lancaster 35 percent peak gains in credit sales.
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Cedar Rapids
R. E. Walker
Detroit
Torrington
Wyo
Lancaster
Centralia
Wash
Louisa County Delegates Named for Washington Conference
Mrs. Earl Smith of Louisa County chairs women’s work and Mrs. J. B. Garrett chairs girls 4 H club work. They were chosen by the Farm Bureau to represent Louisa at the country women’s conference in Washington in June.
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Columbus Junction
Earl Smith
Louisa County
J. B. Garrett
The
Farm Bureau
Washington, D. C
Iowa Mutuals Gain 44 Percent In Local Business
Cedar Rapids reports a 44 percent rise in local insurance written by the Iowa Mutuals for the first four months of the year compared with a year ago. W. D. Ralston credits home office service and local patronage for the growth, noting 94 local employees and extensive claim connections across the U S and Canada. The Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance company covers auto and general liability in Iowa and Illinois, with Minnesota also included. the Preferred Class Mutual Insurance company handles fire insurance through the Mutual Fire Underwriters group with six member companies.
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Mutual Insurance Agency
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company
Mutual Fire Underwriters
Second Avenue SE
Preferred Class Mutual Insurance Company
W. D. Ralston
United States
Canada
Chicago
Peoria
Davenport
Minneapolis
Iowa Mutuals
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Legal Reserve Mutual Companies
Linn County Real Estate and Mortgage Reports
Real estate conveyances and mortgages recorded in Linn County for May 15 to 21, with a comparison to the prior year. Major figures show mortgages aggregate at 81,850.00 this week versus 40,326.52 in the corresponding week last year.
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Linn County Abstract Company
Linn County
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Cedar Rapids & Marion City Railway
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Railway & Motor Bus Guide
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16Th Ave
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Third Ave
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