Wilson’s address calls for extended food control and anti profiteering
President Wilson told Congress that high living costs stem from artificial, deliberate profiteering and inadequate laws. He urged extending the food control act to peacetime, regulating interstate shipments, licensing interstate commerce, and tightening penalties while stressing coordinated action to restore balance between supply and demand amidst an unsettled peace.
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Aleo
Federal Trade Commission reports shoe prices unjustified
The FTC discloses that high shoe prices cannot be justified by economic conditions. It finds packers control hides and take excess profits, tanners gain exceptional profits, manufacturers take margins, and retailers pass costs along. It proposes remedies including tighter enforcement and addressing rising food and consumer costs since 1918.
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Federal Trade Commission
Commission
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Novel brake device to prevent car slipping on steep grades
An invention by George Stickney of Oregon uses ground-harrow like teeth on a rotating harrow nearest the engine to grip the road when the engine stalls on a steep grade. The device suspends from the chassis and lowers into contact, holding the car until the engine can be restarted and the clutch engaged, reducing accidents and preventable deaths on mountain roads.
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George Stickney
Oregon
Harrow
Sivier
Motortrucks on Highways Prepared by Agriculture
A U S Department of Agriculture guide for prospective motor truck operators covers legal restrictions, maintenance tips, and common sense practices. It warns against overadjustment, suggests repairing oiling out-of-way holes, shifting tire chain links, cleaning battery terminals, and proper tire inflation moderation for efficiency and safety on highways.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Good Roads Drive AAI Plan Expanded National Program
The American Automobile Association will emphasize national state and county highway development with sound economic basis says George C Diehl. J E Pennybacker resigns as chief of the Federal Bureau of Public Roads to lead roads for the association Pennybacker helped draft the Good Roads Year Book and advised Congress on federal aid His comment marks a push toward a national highway system linked with state and country networks while addressing financing administration and traffic regulation challenges for six million motorists to engage in public discussion
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George C. Diehl
Good Roads Board
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Federal Bureau of Public Roads
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Hus
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Joint Committee On
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Federal Road Bureau
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Distribution Not Uniform In Car Ownership Across States
United States car registrations show wide variation by state. California and New York each average about one car per seven residents, while Alabama averages one car per 44 residents and Rhode Island about one per three. Overall 445 miles of nonmunicipal roads cover a national car density of roughly 25 cars per mile, with some states far higher or lower.
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Rum Road
United Suates
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New Craskie
Towa
Souths
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Arkansas
First Super Scooter Introduced In England
Tihome White, onceEngland’s famed aviator, unveils the first super scooter in England. The machine features a rear drive with a wheel set between the rear wheels, taunting a new era in personal transport.
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Tihome White
England
Yyers
Aviaton
Fragmentary caption hints an inopportune wheel incident
A damaged OCR fragment describes a wheel shift near a groin area and a photo of a passenger named Me. White. The readable text suggests an onlookers’ or photographer’s capture of a near accident or misalignment without clear context.
Automotive Notes On Car Maintenance And Repairs
Practical tips for car care include making a copper or brass magnet using gauze, ruling spark plugs with a monkey wrench, and using a socket wrench to avoid core damage. Regular leather care, checking wheel spokes and bolts, inspecting front wheel bearings, and noting varied bolt sizes across models.
Construction of a concrete road from mix to finish
A Dakota Farmer summary describes concrete road construction with a seven inch plus thick base, cement bonded aggregates, and a two course base with leaner underlayer. It covers foundation compaction, drainage, reinforcement, mixing with a power mixer, strike-off, rolling, surface sealing with rubber and canvas, and curing with wet sand layers to prevent drying too fast.
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A. L. Pettibone
Dakota
Crete
Am Ser
Good roads urged to meet rising trade demands
Local authorities in cities towns and counties are urged to act promptly to build better roads to keep pace with growing national and local demand. The article warns that delaying action may allow other districts to gain advantage that would be hard to recover later.
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Concrete Roads Withstand Heat and Cold Despite Patches
A historical note explains concrete roads resist heat and cold once set, with binder stability and non brittle characteristics. It discusses the importance of proper road grade for economics, Texas highway funding totaling 76 216 000 for improvements, and emphasizes good roads as essential to national prosperity.
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