Rebuild Blighted Urban Areas A Public Plan for City Renewal
A National Association of Real Estate boards memorandum outlines a program to redevelop blighted urban areas. It calls for city land commissions with eminent domain powers, a federal urban land commission to provide low interest grants and loans, and private redevelopment firms backed by FHA insurance to rebuild under a comprehensive metropolitan plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Philip W. Kniskern
Philadelphia
Association
Land Commission
Land Planning Commission
Federal
Federal Urban Land Commission
Congress
Local Land Commissions
Windows in Modern Homes Improve Exterior and Light
Modern small houses benefit from improved window design and construction. Various styles include double hung, casement, bay, dormer, and corner windows. Placement optimizes exterior appearance and interior furniture layout, while glass area ensures light and ventilation proportional to room size.
Living picture windows frame landscape and trees
Architects use prominent windows to create living picture effects by framing trees and views of rivers and landscapes. Such design highlights seasonal changes from spring to winter, offering a refreshing, decorative architectural feature.
New Residences Rise Around Traer
Mr and Mrs Fred No votny northwest of Traer start a six room city home with Fred Caslavka as contractor. T F Stoakes hires E C Glosser of Traer for a breezeway garage home in south Traer. Milo Podhajsky southwest of Traer builds a farm home for a married employee.
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TRAER
Fred Novotny
Fred Caslavka
T. F. Stoakes
E. C. Glosser
South
Milo Podhajsky
Metal Trash Container Shields Home From Fire Risk
A sturdy metal container for rubbish and empty bottles serves as an economical, essential home asset. It safely isolates hot ashes from flammable substances, reducing the chance of fire in the dwelling.
Nighttime Pest Remedies for Crickets and Cockroaches
A guide on powder puffer methods using pyrethrum powder and sodium fluoride for crickets, cockroaches, and water bugs. It prescribes sealing powders in sealed packages, blowing into cracks, and repeating every three days. It warns to protect children and pets when using fluoride and notes borax and phosphorus pastes as alternative controls.
Permits Granted for Homes and Garages Last Week
Local blog lists numerous permits issued in the past week across addresses in NE SE NW SW and others. Projects include new dwellings foundations garages remodels reroofs and a few commercial remodels with varied costs from a few hundred to several thousand dollars.
Herdlicka Plans Fall Build On Memorial Drive
L. W. Herdlicka of 239 Highland drive NW will construct a new home this fall on a lot bought through Bruce A. West and company from Everett Chandler of 512 Memorial drive SE. The same agency sold 2929 Meadowbrook drive SE to Mr. and Mrs. Karl J. Schmidt of 2339 C avenue NE who will move in after Sept. 15. Bruce A. West and company also handled the sale of 407 Thirty-sixth street NE to Emerson W. Partzline, who now possesses it, from L. Curtise Wood who is in military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Herdlicka
Highland Drive
Bruce A. West and Company
Everett Chandler
Memorial Drive
Meadowbrook Drive
The
Nyere Apartments, Inc
Karl J. Schmidt
C Avenue
Lundquist and Company
Thirty-sixth Street
Emerson W. Partzline
L. Curtise Wood
Construction bids for residential upgrades listed citywide
Readable entries show multiple residents and firms bidding on new dwellings reroofs and garages. Names include Peter Held Mrs Rachel Milliken Max Maiken Dee Keeney Ronald P Evans and firms Co L Young Kutchera Lodding and Fuel company. Locations span NW SE NE and SW with specified street addresses and bid amounts from 100 to 5400 dollars.
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Fourth Street
Peter Held
Forest Drive
Rachel Milliken
Ellis Boulevard
Mary Scolaro
Third Street
Max Maiken
Tenth Street
F. B. Thompson
Sixteenth Avenue
Co. L. Young
Harry du Bois
First Street
Louis Cullman
Nineteenth Street
M. L. Moore
Eastern Boulevard
Dee Keeney
E Avenue
Ronald P Evans
Twentyfifth Street
Kutchera Lodding and Fuel Company
Bever Avenue
New Dwelling Sold to Frank Jacobs and Others
Mr and Mrs Frank Jacobs bought the new residence at 401 Thirty sixth street NE. Mr and Mrs Charles E Mc Conaughay bought the home and small acreage at Outlook drive SW from Mr and Mrs Ralph W Bradley. The sale was a cooperative one by Bruce A West and Company and Charles H Birch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl A. Evans
B Avenue
Ed Tehel
Dalewood Drive
W. W. Sell
Sixth Street
Opal Hamilton
Twenty-first Avenue
R. D. Brown
Johnson Avenue
F. M. Wilcox
Eleventh Street
New Dwelling Foundation
E. E. Pfaff
D Avenue
Stanley Treka
Ninth Street
Maude McKernan
Fifth Avenue
J. S. Hopkins
Katherine Gatek
Elton D. Wells
Blake Boulevard
Joe Cepowski
Sixteenth Avenue
Frank Clark
Bowling Street
W. J. Grunewald
A. E. McKay
Fortieth Street
LeRoy Wiese
Twenty-first Agenus
Charley Dennis
Outlook Drive
New Foundation
Jerry Savel
Maplewood Drive
Rapid Gas Company
E. H. Bontrager
Eighth Avenue
Frank Jacobs
Charles H. Birch
Thirty-sixth Street
Charles E. McConaughay
Thirty-sixth Avenue
Ralph W. Bradley
Bruce A. West and Company
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board to Discuss Priority Rulings
Henry J. Adams purchasing agent of LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing will discuss priority rulings and their effect on local industry at the Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board fall meeting. A report on Cedar Rapids bidding to be rated a national defense center will also be presented.
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Cedar Rapids
Henry J. Adams
LaPlant- Choate Manufacturing Company
Root Beer Company Leases Cedar Rapids Building
Dad's Root Beer Bottling, run by Harry Turner, moves from Stevens Point Wisconsin to Cedar Rapids and leases 616 Second Avenue SE from the Leo Ford estate. Malcolm V Bolton and Company handled the rental for the landlord and tenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad’s Root Beer
Harry Turner
Cedar Rapids
Stevens Point
Wis
Second Avenue SE
Leo Ford
Malcolm V. Bolton and
Large Utility Room in a Small Budget Home Plan
A compact single family house planned in Indianapolis Indiana by the Federal Housing Administration valued with land at 3400 dollars emphasizes cost efficiency. The design minimizes halls and maximizes practical spaces with an unusually large utility room and ample closets while maintaining modern functional aesthetics.
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Nood
Indianapolis
Ind
Federal Housing Administration
M. R. Smith Buys Suburban Home
M. R Smith purchases the home and acreage at 1815 Center Point road NE from Fred and Webster Baker and will take possession around Oct 1. The sale was through Fred E. Collard and company, which also handled another sale of 2649 Meadow brook drive SE to M Gavin. Belle Giberson buys 1331 Third avenue SW from Julius C Mueller as he moves to East St. Louis in a cooperative sale by Charles Siegfried and Fred Collard and company.
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M. R Smith
Wildwood Drive
Center Point Road
Fred and Webster Baker
Fred E. Collard and Company
Meadowbrook Drive
Robert and
Jetta B Youngblood
M Gavin
Belle Giberson
A Avenue NW
Third Avenue
Julius C. Mueller
East St. Louis
Charles Siegfried
Fred FE
Hunters Acquire Nelson Residence
The residence of Mr and Mrs Harold W Nelson at 2333 B Avenue NE was sold through Robert W Harger of O P Myers and Company to Mr and Mrs Edward Hunter of 513 McKinley Street SE in cooperation with Mrs WJ.
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Harold W Nelson
B Avenue NE
Robert W. Harger
O P. Myers and Company
Edward Hunter
Mckinley Street
Cooperative House Sale Listings Across City Neighborhoods
Conway and Myers sold the house at 1231 Second Street SE to Elmer J Hunter and his wife from 413 First Avenue W for the Ru bek family now in Colorado Springs. Coles sold 1625 C Avenue NW to Wilber T Canaday and spouse at 1632 B Avenue NW. Sale coordinated by Mrs Alice Gustafsson of O P Myers and Company and the Hedges Company.
Franas Sell Home To W B Quar tons
Mr and Mrs William B Quar ton of 1254 Third Avenue SE have bought the home of Mr and Mrs E F Frana at 311 Twenty fifth Street Drive SE and plan to move October 1 The Franas have taken an apartment at the Modern Arms 1225 Second Avenue SE Another apartment in the same building has been leased to Harold F Rikhoff and separate apartments have been taken by Miss Jean Morton Rockwell City and Miss Elizabeth Witt Elkader teachers at Harrison School
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William B. Quarton
Third Avenue SE
E. F. Frana
Twenty-fifth Street Drive
Franas
Modern Arms
Second Avenue SE
Harold F. Rikhoff
Universal Crusher Company
Jean Morton
Rockwell City
Elizabeth Witt
Elkader
Harrison School
Farm Tenants Change in Wheatland Area
Lost Nation town residence of the Scott estate sold to Alvin Lembaugh who runs Mrs. Gus Horstman’s farm north of Wheatland. Walter Twatchman moves to the Horstman farm, Elmer Kelting leaves Mrs. Louie Knocke’s, renting John Willey’s 169 acre Lost Nation tract. Fred Bentrott moves to the Knocke farm. Balster buys the Main street brick building from Siegmund brothers for Balster Brothers funeral home.
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Wheatland
Lost Nation Town
Scott
Alvin Lembaugh
Gus Horstman
Walter Twatchman
Clarence
Horstman
Elmer Kelting
Louie Knocke
John Willey
Lost Nation
Fred Bentrott
Bennett
Knocke
Balster
Main Street
Wheat Land
Balster Brothers Funeral Home
Siegmund Brothers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Atling House
Herdlicka
Second Street
Nagle-Eaton Lumber Co
Seventeenth Street
Fairbanks-Morse
Home Coal CO
State Theater
Root Beer Company
M. R. Smith
Hunters
Nelson
Mrs. WJ
W. B. Quartons
Stokers
Winkler
City Fuel Co
DIAL
Becker Rock
Bureau of Standards
National Defense
Fourteenth Ave. SE
Ence
Gazette
Bse
Country Club
Helnhta
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