Autocar History Shows Domestic Emphasis Over War Orders
The Autocar Company pioneered motor delivery vehicles and built a single model used by over 8000 American businesses. Despite a war orders emphasis, the firm in a 196 period boosted sales to domestic customers through time payment plans, targeting small firms building paying business. Fur styles may make a hit with Hank's Animal Friends in the next Sunday Post.
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Autocar Company
America
Autocar
Hank
Sunday Post
Do You Truck Along Atlantic Avenue
Do you pass the Battery Service Depot for G. W. Electrics in Boston The article notes the depot is a strategic traffic spot within six thousand feet of key trucking centers including the Boston and Maine and New Haven Freight Stations Faneuil Hall Market and major coastwise piers
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Boston
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Cambridge
the Edison Co
Oxford
Governor McCall Attends Boston Auto Show Visit
The Governor of the Commonwealth attended the Boston Automobile Show last night with a large crowd welcoming him. Governor McCall and his party toured the booths for over an hour noting the decorations and the Overland display praised by manager Chester I. Campbell as crowds formed around the show.
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Boston
Governors visit boosts Boston Automobile Show highlights
Governor McCall and party toured Mechanics Building booths hosted by J H MacAlman while police escorted them. The group praised the exhibition as the best yet with Misses Ruth and Catherine McCall showing car knowledge. Sales surged and deliveries may stretch into midsummer as Spring crowds flood the show.
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Boston Automobile Dealer's Association
Lenox
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Mason
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McCall
Ruth
Catherine McCall
Dick Lawrence
Copeland
Edgar R. Champlin
Ellen Bellas
Wiscasset
Maine
Spark Plugs Eliminate Missing On Hills And High Speed
A discussion notes that early spark plug tests focused on insulator durability and slow spottiness but failed in real driving. As motors grew hotter and faster, dynomometer results fell short and hill climbs revealed misses and backfires. Champion Ignition clarified plugs must stay gas tight when hot and perform under diverse conditions.
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Champion Ignition Company
Chase Trucks Displayed At City Show
Chase motor trucks are featured in the Mechanics' building basement drawing many businessmen. A M Chase and H T Boulden attend daily. The trucks range from three quarters to three and one half tons and claim ten years in service with reliable performance.
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Overland Company Dinner for Connell Melkone Team
The Overland get-together dinner will be tonight at the Copley Plaza Hotel in a Boston zone supper starting at 10 30. Connell and Melkone local distributors will attend with eight prominent factory and home office officials from Willys Overland. All Overland men are invited for an evening of socializing and relaxation from their exacting schedules.
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Copley Plaza
Connell & Melkone
The
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Metz Slogan and Quality Cars From New England Leader
Charles H. Metz, president of the Metz Company, oversees New England’s large auto industry. The firm’s three factory buildings sit near the Governor Gore estate, while administration occupies a Colonial era mansion. The slogan has long been quality car and leadership is tied to historic surroundings.
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Charles H. Metz
Metz Company
New England
Saze
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Hudson Super-Six Promises Vibrationless Power At Show
At the Show a new Hudson Super-Six car is unveiled as an epoch making motor. The ad proclaims 80 percent more reserve power with reduced vibration, claiming superior smoothness, economy, and performance. Four demonstration cars are on display with test rides offered to all attendees.
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M. F. Chase, Inc
Boston
Metz company unveils fully equipped Model 82 touring car
Metz presents the Model 82 with a complete package including electric starter and lights at a moderate price. The car features thorough engineering, ample power, roomy seating, resilient springs, and deep upholstery for comfortable rides on any road.
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Metz
Revolving Oakland Six Attracts Heavy Crowds At Show
The Oakland Motor Company of New England displays its revolving chassis the Oakland Six model 232. Crowds throng the booth forcing a relocation from the main aisle to the wall side for smoother traffic. An Oakland salesman notes the design eliminates excess weight to improve endurance and ride comfort.
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Oakland Motor Company
New England
Oakland Company
Auto Lighting Solution Promises Safer Night Driving
Automobilists at the Show take interest in the Osgood Lens that meets the Massachusetts headlight law effective this year. The prismatic Osgood deflector lens reduces glare without lowering headlight brightness and passed tests by police and fire departments in a western city. Road illumination with the lens matches plain lenses while eliminating glare.
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Massachusetts
Osgood
Osgood deflector lens tested by Atwood Auto Lamp
Spectators praised the Osgood deflector lens during a dimmed headlight test run by the Atwood Auto Lamp Company of 218 Eliot Street. The device aims to reduce glare for drivers while keeping lights as bright as standard lamps.
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Osgood
Atwood Auto Lamp Company
Eliot Street
Compensation ordered for Weymouth police chief’s death
The family of former Weymouth Chief of Police Butler will receive 4000 as compensation for his death after a speeding motorist struck him while he tried to arrest him. Town counsel Albert P. Worthen said the town will appeal to the Supreme Court to set a precedent.
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Weymouth
State Industrial Accident Board
Albert P. Worthen
Supreme Court
Emery Professor of Po Po Week's
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Hudson endurance test sets speed marks at Sheepshead Bay
The same stock car and motor set several records at Sheepshead Bay Speedway in November under the American Automobile Association. Distances of 100 miles in 80 minutes and 75.69 miles in one hour were achieved with driver and passenger, among speeds around 74 to 76 mph. The test ran 1350 miles at speeds over 70 mph with no wear, claiming the most powerful motor per cubic inch displacement the world has known.
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Hudson
Sheepshead Bay Speedway
American Automobile Association
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