City Assessor Forecasts Stable Cedar Rapids Taxes
Cedar Rapids City Assessor James F. Scolaro told the Real Estate board at the YMCA luncheon that despite higher residential prices and construction costs assessments will stay near 1941 values. He warned of a possible postwar prosperity surge but cautioned its duration is uncertain. He noted housing shortages have driven prices, with some $6,000 homes selling for $10,000.
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Cedar Rapids
James F. Scolaro
Scolaro
Cedar Rapids assessor warns against adjusting property values
Scolaro argues real estate values should remain uniform and not linked to current construction costs or wartime price shifts. He cites extensive data gathering, taxpayer input, and realtor cooperation as basis for maintaining equitable assessments while noting recent levy changes and calls for exploring alternative revenue sources.
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Cedar Rapids
Scotaro
Scolaro
Service Life Gold Seal plan offers $1 monthly sickness policy
Omaha Neb announces a new Gold Seal policy by Service Life Insurance with $1 monthly premium, paying up to $100 a month for disability and hospital benefits over $650 for confinement, plus up to $6000 for accidental loss of life or limbs. No medical exam, ages 15 to 69, 10 days free examination by mail to Dept. 76 Omaha 2 Nebraska.
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Omaha
Neb
Reliable Service Life Insurance Company
Service Life Insurance Company
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Nebraska
Second Presidential Unit Citation for Guardfish Sub
Washington AP reports the submarine Guardfish earned a second presidential unit citation for its attacks on heavily escorted Japanese convoy ships. The award underscores the submarine’s role in disrupting enemy supply lines during wartime operations.
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Washington
Submarine Guardfish
Vichy Allies Set Up Exile Government in Sigmaringen
Paris reports Marshal Petain and Pierre Laval lead a Vichyite government-in-exile based in Sigmaringen Germany 50 miles south of Stuttgart with the Hohenzollern castle as its seat. The aging leaders, allied to Hitler, are described as prisoners under German protection, while Laval enjoys looser exile conditions.
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Pierre Laval
Sigmaringen
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Petain
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Laval
Marcel Dent
Joseph Darnard
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