Tire Size Standardization Aims to Save Rubber During War
The War Industries Board and rubber industry leaders endorse standardizing tire sizes to conserve raw materials and cut manufacturing. The plan, pushed by the Federal Automobile Chamber, would reduce the variety of sizes and eliminate many sizes and styles. Benefits include lower inventories for dealers and smoother postwar transition.
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Pneutra
Rubber Indusas
War Oe
Conservation Anistonhe War Industries Board
Ehington
J. N. Gunn
Peuident
United States
Reby
En States
Fedial
Automobile Chamber Oforce
Mag
Standardisen
Riera
Efficiency Now Watchword in Lexington Car Plant
The Lexington Motor company of Connersville Indiana shows a hybrid system where parts are made in allied factories under coordinated management. Frank B Ansted says the arrangement yields greater value for the list price with careful production and no haste or confusion.
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Lexington Motor Company
Connersville
Indiana
Lexington
Oo Group
Ansted Industries
Frank B. Ansted
Texington Motor Company
Paige Company Expands Detroit Plant and Adds Truck Dept
Paige- Detroit Motor Car company announces three new facilities adding 66,000 square feet for manufacturing and storage across the main plant and nearby property. Two buildings will store Paige products in transit and the third will house construction, with light steel and brick construction. Executive offices will expand by 50 percent to accommodate Paige truck department growth and higher business volume. Beam-Fletcher of Philadelphia opens a freight route Read ing to Philadelphia via Vineland Millville Gimmonton and adds a Philadelphia New York service and a Boston Allentown Bethlehem corridor to bolster industrial shipping.
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Paige- Detroit Motor Car Company
Paige
Paige Company
The
Paige Truck Department
Beam-Fletcher Corporation
Philadelphia
New York
Reading
Vineland
Millville
Gimmonton
Boston
Allentown
Bethlehem
Substitutes eyed to cut auto material waste
Fred K. Parke of Olympian Motors urges careful use of substitutes to save material in car upholstery. He recommends substitute leather for passenger cars and trucks. Ansted interests emphasize long tenure of craft workers and cautious, efficient production with no rushed ambitions.
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Fred K. Parke
Olympian Motors Company
Parke
Ansted
Frank Ansted
The Ambie Dex Nutt Auto Page Adventure
A quirky 1918 tale follows Ambie Dex Nutt marketing the Powerless Intrikit Four. He boasts fast speeds, publicity schemes, and a bold sales plan while recounting antics with a minister, bar staff, and neighbors as he seeks fame and customers.
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Marty
Bixmark
Wwe
Service Men Are Scarce Just Now
A local automobile distributor says trained mechanics are in short supply due to government demands for truck and airplane work. Owners must DIY minor car maintenance as dealers trim staff. The piece notes mass production output figures for US Rubber, Pierce-Arrow profits, Major Glover’s promotion, and tire production at Morgan & Wright and Providence plants.
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Mount Wilson
Los Angeles Express-Tribune
Dort
Bedford
Teddy Tetzlaff
Br.fp. Goodrich Company
Fisk Rubber Company
Goodrich
Tres
Fisk
Welly-Springfield
Stas
Eac
Irwin M. Jennings CO
Ae R
Fairfield Ave
MR. Hudson
W. A. Boge
Mr. Bogg
Hudson Motors
Delco Electric Systems
W. A. Bogg
Railroad Ave
Noble
Trae
Ima Nutt
Ima
Barkeep
Thare
Fillis
Mer
Springgeld, Ma
Wates
United Tire & Vulcanizing Co
United States Tires
Painfield Ave
Bridgeport
Barnum
Bronx
Ford Parts & Accessories
AL. Feirman
Prop
Bishop Ave
Plunkett
Ford
Pri
Plunket? Shock Absorber Co
Brooklyn Ave, Brooklyn, N. X
DELCO
Darling Garage
Grand St
Garage
Fairfeld Ave
Middle ST
Continental
H. L
Stratford Ave
War
United States Rubber Company
Pierce-Arrow Motor Cars Company
Glover
EF. Glover
Ordnance Department
Quartermaster Department
Wood
Motor Transport Service
United States Army
Hartford
Indianapolis
Morgan & Wright
Detroit
Providence
Cor
Hurd Ave
Bridgeport Auto Wrecking Co
Col. George & Center Ses
Cee
Lee Ame
the Stratford
Stratford
Auto Accessories
Agenes
Stromberg
A. F. Scholtz
Reo
Reo Garage Inc
Oldsmobile
Peerless Stearns
Bridgeport, Cc
Franklin
Totedo
Franklin Sales and Service Station
Patreleld Ave
Cowles
Tolman
New Haven
Denby Trucks
H.H. Ford
State St
Pierce-Arrow
Pierce-Arrow Agency
Cireom & Service Station
Maxwell
Pleasure Cars
Sykes Motor Sales Co
Ak Fairfield Ave
Union Ford Truck CO
Iranistan Avyve
Pierce-Arrow Pierce
Arrow Agency
Pairfield Ave
Fairfield Avenue
Walker Electrics
Walker Salance
Park Ave
Johnson ST
Connecticut Auto Tire CO
D. Slady
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