15 Mar 1925
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Newspaper
Daily Capital News
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1925
Page
1
Missouri will receive 2,417,727 from a 75 million federal highway aid vote by Congress. The state’s total federal road assistance since 1917 reaches 22,255,000, with 803.5 miles completed at 11,352,027.70. In the year to date, 134.5 miles were finished costing 2,446,556.80, federal share 1,214,678.84.
A. R. B. Glaney, president and general manager of the Oakland Motor Car Company, announces the appointment of B. H. Anibal as chief engineer, succeeding Benjamin Jerome who resigned. Anibal brings 12 years with General Motors units including Olds and Cadillac, contributing to the Cadillac eight cylinder and the 1912 four cylinder with electric starting. He resigned from Cadillac in 1921.
Ford Motor Company expands production by opening a new River Rouge facility adjoining the machine shop and foundry. The one story 525000 square foot building houses four 298 foot conveyor lines aiming to produce 9000 motors daily in two eight hour shifts. Transfer from Highland Park speeds assembly downstream through the plant.
Mr Anibal, once chief engineer at Peerless Motor Car Company, later consulting for Studebaker, and who served Cadillac engineering during wartime with the Liberty motor project in Washington, is praised for his exceptional engineering record. He also aided GM Aircraft Division and is expected to refine the Oak land Six to higher mechanical efficiency.
Maxwell-Chrysler plants expand output amid record demand for the new Maxwell car. J. E. Fields reports a six months schedule across five plants, with the model boasting 25 mpg, 58 mph, and 5 to 25 miles eight seconds. Orders exceed supply for this season.
Mr Fields notes Maxwell retail sales in Detroit district, a barometer of motor car sales, rose 40 percent in the first six weeks of 1925, surpassing the prior record for the same period. The piece compares the Maxwell to the Chrysler Six in field standing and overall appeal.
A listing of five 1920s era autos including a 1923 Buick Six Touring a 1924 Buick Four Touring a 1923 Maxwell Sedan a 1923 Ford Coupe a 1923 Dodge Touring a 1924 Chevrolet Coupe and a 1923 Baby Overland all advertised as in A-1 condition.
Wilbur L. Maynard of the Southern Pacific Company hotel at Truckee pens a four line reminder urging drivers to stop and wait for trains. The verse promises a quick pause, a safe passage, and preserving the car and its occupants intact if they wait.
An elderly country woman protests a room she refuses to rent, insisting she won’t pay for a pig-sty with a folding bed. The well boy cuts her off, insists the room doesn’t belong to her and that it’s the elevator instead.
A Sarcoxie, Missouri obituary notes a local speed enthusiast known for reckless driving. The verse recalls his risky road maneuvers and a fatal railroad incident ending with a whimsical funeral sendoff.
H J Allen of the State Insurance department J A Rahlburn of the State Insurance department and Prof Ti W Justus of the Justus Business School joined the list of new Buick owners last week Arthur Heisinger of the Heisinger Motor Company predicts a strong outlook for the auto industry and says Buick will capture a large share of it.
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