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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 27, 1940

Page

7

Iowa Opportunities Boom in Independent Ventures

Community classified listing touts business opportunities across Iowa including income properties in Cedar Rapids and Vinton. Advertisements claim profitable ventures such as smoke shop billiards and gas stations with lease options, plus opportunities in real estate and restaurant fixtures. Prospective buyers urged to contact Gazette Want Act and Box numbers for details.

Iowa Higley Bldg Cedar Rapids Gazette Norwood Vinton Iowa Superior Archer Cedar Rounds Marion 13Th St Gazette Exchange Maser Tl Company Dial Jon Suard

New Homes Listings and Price Reductions Advertised

A string of real estate notices offer homes with down payments from 300 to 490 dollars and monthly terms, plus multiple bungalows and colonial houses for sale. The ads include locations on Grande Avenue West O Avenue, Glenwood area, and Vernon Heights with reduced prices and quick possession options. Listings highlight features such as fireplaces, heated rooms, basements, garages, and wooded lots, with agents from firms like Malcolm W Bolton Co and Fred E Collard & Co guiding inquiries.

O Avenue West Grande Avenue Hambricht The Hedges Co 16Th Ave Lundquist & Birch Marion J Booth Conway & CO Realtors Franklin School Breacom City Landoquist & Birch Elmhurst New Colonial Home BRUCE A _WEST & CO F Ave Floyd H Knapp Reantor Good East Side Dial Geo. P. Witwer Bohemian District J. Maehimes Clarendon Hills Harry T. Hedges He Hedges Company Dows Bulldine C and EB Avenue Doolittle & CO Pall Soul Stephen Vernon_ Heights Henry Ely & Co Chadima Coal CO Ali Cedar Rapids Keystone Tipton Monicello Mt Vernon Manchester Sanitary Rendering Company Cenarn Rapids Iowa Town Acr Dicense McCormick Deering McCormeck-Neering McCormick-Derring Combine Bberint Kelly Co Blathstown Marengo Elle Plain Allis Ghaleings John Deere Farmers Implement Co Berkshire Wolstein Meradowbrook Farm Hampshire Lee O'Connell Paul Walshire Atkins Poland China Spring John W Auemon Iowa

Colonial brick home with apartment above in Ridgewood

If you seek value, buy this 3 bedroom colon ial near Garfield school on a 50 by 150 lot. It features center hall living rooms two fireplaces updated kitchen breakfast room and a maid’s room with bath across three floors plus a heated two stall brick stable with a separate apartment above. Call for appointment at Taut & Wagner Co 408 Amer Tr East Elda Dial 8144. Sunday dial Harald Corwin 29 34.

Grande Avenue Bedell-Nissen Company 1St Ave 16Th St Grand View 3Rd Ave 15Th ST. E. S Kitchener Kenwood Ith Alvio 2Nd St Hills C Ave 2Nd Ave Starks Realtor Co West Highlands 7Th Ave Marion Madison St Coldstream Ave Wasp Franklin School Dial 4Th Ave 11Th St Byatt Ouse F Mt. Ver Grande Ave Oentrance Center Laree Malcolm W Bolton Gro W. Griffith O PF Myers Gustafsson Colorado Miles Franklin Arthur St Matthew's School Ridgewood Center Hall Taut & Wagner Co Amer Tr Elda Harald Corwin

Buyers Quest for 5 of 6 Room Homes in City

Realtor ad states have buyer for five of six room homes up to 4350 in east or west areas. O P Myers contact 72 2521 Ext 2019. Also note buyers for homes up to 5000. For sale inquiries call White's at 2 0516 or 2 9960.

P Myers White's Ray Weicht Kohl Lisbon Inva McCormick-Deering Sales & Seriige St NW Dial Leonard Implement CO Hampshire Albert Martin Alburnett F. J. John Harness Guerrsey Dean Marion Gazeti¢e Geo Myers McCormick Fairfax Poultry & Supplies

City Briefs Highlight Local Weddings and Meetings

Cedar Rapids residents celebrate marriages of Edward Benedict with Genevieve Henderson and Keith Engle with Helen Brazauski. Royal Arch Masons and York Rite members plan meetings and Halloween party. Audubon funeral notices, Coe College play repeat, and speakers on Americanism at Rotary and Life Underwriters events.

Edward J Benedict Genevieve — Henderson Cedar Rapids Justice W. A. Ball Justice WA Rall Keith Raxsmond Engle Helen Mary Brazauski Waller and Wilhelmina Fuchs

Boy Hurt In Bicycle Collision With Car On First Avenue

John Hand 18 sustained arm injuries after his bicycle struck a car driven by James Rollo Hoag 22 as it turned left from First Avenue onto Thirteenth Street. Hand was treated. X rays showed injury not severe. Hoag, who took him home, delayed reporting to police until Saturday.

John Hand H C Hand Twelfth Street James Rollo Hoag Toddville Bolreyved First Avenue Hoag Thirteenth Street

Purse Mystery at Woolworths: Lost and Found Don’t Match

Police confronted with two purses at Woolworths both described as cash holders but totaling different amounts. Nordstrom of Chicago said he found $11. Jane Ann Grayston reported a purse lost containing $3 and tickets. Clerk says found bag looked like a man’s and held only money. Nordstrom took the bag back, plans to leave it for identification before traveling with his niece.

Woolworth’s P. E Nord- Strom Chicago Jane Ann Grayston Eighteenth Street Steve Stolba Stolba Nordstrom Mount Vernon Cornell Pfieffer Hall

Battleship supremacy affirmed by Admiral Woodward

Admiral Clark Woodward states the navy remains air minded but still regards the battleship as supreme at sea. He explains battleships grow in size to deliver decisive heavy gunpower, while naval aviation strengthens fleet capabilities and air control remains crucial.

Navy Woodward Naval Air Force

Fleet Backbone of Power in Naval Strategy

An analysis argues the battleship remains central to naval power as the ultimate hull for concentrating fire and endurance. It notes battleship size increases survival power, while armor and weaponry counter evolving threats like torpedoes and bombs.

Alwys Locser Moe Hess S.de

Indian spearhead found at Ellis Park project site

Carl Sedlacek, foreman for the Ellis Park swimming pool project, found a seven inch obsidian spearhead in loose earth while working on the site. The artifact features a double notched neck suggesting shaft attachment and may be related to ancient Indian battles or hunts. Sedlacek notes its translucence and brown glow when held to light.

Carl Sediacek Third Avenue SE Ellis Park Sedlacek Mount Vernon Joncely Towa Tore Teneriq Carl Sedlacek

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