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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1920
Page
2
A report from Washington on May 1 outlines plans to improve thoroughfares and expand streetcar and freight service. The piece notes machines operating on major routes, efforts to attract merchants, and debates over new vehicles and routes for a safer, faster city transit and road network.
A damaged OCR fragment references Washington and a year, hinting at a local history note. Names and precise details are unclear, but the fragment points to a historical connection involving a place and events around an unspecified time.
Wartime article notes Pitet the Vehicle City mobilizing car sales as factories boost output and shipments resume. Dort Motor Car Co official Joh D Manefield explains direct buyer approach and quick land trips to ready cars. Garages and dealers report fleets heading to buyers while workers and crews prepare vehicles for postwar use and road testing.
Announcement from J H Franklin Manufacturing reports a stock increase from 7 million to 40 million dollars at a stockholders meeting. Pref stock to rise from 5.1 million to 19.6 million and common from 1 million to 8 million. Company plans financing to fund expansion, lift employment from 5,000 to at least 6,000, with production at 26,000 cars annually. New one ton air cooled Franklin truck to be produced by a separate firm.
A Delco-Light advertisement claims over a hundred thousand families worldwide applaud the product, asserting it demonstrates the high standing and widespread satisfaction among users, highlighting its prominent place in households globally.
The automobile world hails Tonny Milton as a new ace after speed trials at Daytona. Milton, driving a Duesenberg with Goodyear tires, set remarkable times from one to five miles with a 24.7 second mile and a two mile record of 46.24 seconds, praising tire performance amid extreme speeds.
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