Automotive hints and traffic safety notes from 1920s era
Public advisory style article offers driving tips and road courtesy guidance. It covers wheel wobble causes, choke usage, road right of way, and braking turns. It also reports the Hudson River elevated express highway project approval with an estimated cost near 12.5 million dollars. It concludes with pre travel checks including water oil gas, air pressure in tires, and overall vehicle inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
New York
Board of Estimates
Harvard to Replace Hemenway Gym With Million Dollar Natatorium
Harvard plans a new 1,000,000 natatorium at the Hemenway site bounded by South Holyoke Winthrop and Dunster streets to house intercollegiate swimming. The gym will include extensive athletic facilities. $700,000 of the required funds come from anonymous gifts if the rest is pledged. If funds fall short the roof will be completed in stages and temporary seating added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Athlet
Ics
William J. Bingham
Donova
South
Holyoke
Winthrop
Dunster
Last of Immortal Four on Trial AFTER JOHNSON
The piece reviews Johnson's stint as Newark manager and questions his potential as a major league skipper. It notes discipline, morale, and conditioning issues, with comparisons to Cobb, Speaker, and Collins. It suggests Johnson could adapt in the majors after minor league experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Newark
St Newark
Ty Cobb
Trig Speaker
Eddie Collins
Walter Johnson
Speaker
Fender
B. G. Salslager
Detroit News
Fower
Immortal Four
Cobb
Collins
Plans For New Gymnasium With Multilevel Courts
The design provides room for about 2,000 spectators. The sub basement houses a heating plant and a dozen squash courts. A swimming pool sits on the basement level with spectator gallery and locker facilities. The first floor holds offices for coaches and officials and a gallery for the pool. The second floor contains indoor rooms and locker areas. The third floor is dedicated to the basketball floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ahinthee
Compact Auto Brush for Shoe Cleaning on Rencing Board
A compact practical unit fits on the railing board and is easy to use. It can be closed with the foot after brushing, offering an efficient option for entering to brush the goals of their shoes.
American Association to Reward Most Valuable Player Trophy
The American Association to Reward Valuable Player will award a season end trophy for the league’s MVP. Al A Warren Jr, president, renounces the trophy. Writers in each city will vote, two per city, based on overall ability, offense and defense, game conduct, and value to the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tluns
al A. Warren, Jr
Large Cost of Building Federal-Aid Highways
A national study estimates the federal-aid highway program cost about 50 cents yearly per person based on $018,983,977 spent on completed highways totaling 78,119 miles, with 10,915 miles under construction and 2,189 miles approved for construction as of September 80, 2928.
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United States
Money for Road Building Needs
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the article analyzes state road income sources for 1927 and prior years. It details the share from motor vehicle fees gasoline taxes bond and federal aid and notes county township bond indebtedness and statewide bond issues enabled by constitutional amendments. It cites totals and interest ranges for state and county road bonds and the role of taxes in servicing debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Depart of Agriculture
Feaa
Missouri
West Virginia
Louisiana
Masked Guard at Sunsert shields eyes with mask
The UC varsity guard nicknamed Masked Guard wears a eyeglass covering mask devised to protect his eyes. He uses it in every game he participates in, keeping him on the court despite vision issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunsert
University of California
Parking on Downgrade Requires Real Caution
Downgrade parking demands extra care beyond turning wheels toward the curb. Use the parking brake and leave the car in gear to prevent slipping. Merely touching the tire to the curb can fail as the vehicle may roll on its own weight.
Squibs on Sports and Baseball Moves Across Teams
A patchwork of notes covers boxing promoters and Rickard ties, Major League holdings exceeding 25 million, a taxicab breakfast scene, Elmer Golm joining Washington as a vocal stand, Bill Borris’s sale to Minneapolis linked to the Asheville club, Notre Dame alumni seeking Rockne’s salary, St. Louis University’s Barney Oldfield as top speed in bucketball, Harvard running costs 10.588 million with limited grid benefits, Pishworths threatening golf, Davy Morey named head coach at Bates College, Chad Kimsey’s 1928 Western league shine, Leon Nichols signing with St. Louis Cardinal farm, Roy Johnson’s 49 doubles 16 triples 22 homers in the PCL, Paris racing currrves noted, Bruce Cunningham threatening salary demands to Boston Braves.
Good Ressons Mugwump stork questions stance
A humorous quip ponders why a stork stands on one leg. The joke suggests that lifting the other leg would cause it to fall, playing on a simple observational gag about balance.
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Tribling, Jr
National Automobile Club
Harvard Gym
American Association To
Bruins
Ex Rickard
Major League Baseball
Elmer Golm
Nebraska
Voeal Stant
Ernest Beary
Washington
Bill Borris
Asheville
N. C
Minneapolis
American Association
Notre Dame
Konte Rockne
The
St. Louis University Billikens
Barney Oldfield
Pishworths
Valdusts
Davy Morey
Bates College
Chad Kimsey
St. Louis Browns
Leon Nichols
St. Louis Cardinal
Danville
Roy Johnson
Detroit
Paris
Bruce Cunningham
Los Angeles Last Seaon
Boston Braves
South Africa
Cape
Malcolm Campbell
America
Campbell
President Hoover
Henry L. Stimson
Andrew W Mellon
the Treasury
William JR Mitchell
Arthur M. Hyde
Agriculture
James W. Good
War
Robert P. Lamont
Commerce
Charles Francia Adams
Navy
James J. Davis
Labor
Ray Lyman Wilbur
the Interior
Walter F. Brown
Frank Bolger
Associated Aviation Clubs, Inc. of America
Jimmy Bail
Winnipeg
Toronto
Gonzaloz Hacobar
Portes Gil
Mexico
Wscobar
Calleg
Gti
White House
Hoover
Mra. Hoover
Curti
Mra. Gann
Hia Slater
Underwood & Underwand
Main Street
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