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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1918
Page
9
A San Antonio motorist John W. Warren devised a simple vaporizing gasket to replace the standard carburetor gasket. The device breaks gasoline into vapor before mixing, improving combustion and claiming 10 to 25 percent gasoline savings across several cars. Warren patented the idea on March 26 and reports no faults from users.
An experiment showed a gasket device saving about 30 percent on gasoline during a trip. Tests with and without the device indicated the car ran better with it installed, with no interference to other parts. The gasket is simple, durable, and removable, enabling use of 40 percent coal oil mixed with gasoline, as demonstrated by Mr. Warren from John West's Flores Street store to Commerce Street.
With scarce freight, dealers and owners drive new cars home overland. Kupp Motor Car Corporation lists safety checks from preflight inspection to speed limits, convoy leadership, sighted driving, night signals, mechanical oversight, and planning daily stops for accommodation to prevent breakdowns.
William Monroe argues in Motor Life that postwar private chauffeurs lack the specialized, battlefield experience of military drivers. He warns private service will not gain technical prowess or fault corrections from war tasks and that speed remains secondary to getting there.
The advice emphasizes careful heed to suggestions to transform drive-aways into enjoyable and beneficial experiences, improving comfort and safety for passengers and vehicles alike.
Secretary of the Interior announced that motorcycles will be admitted to Yosemite National Park during the upcoming touring season. Improvements to park roads reportedly made travel safe for motorcyclists, with special regulations issued and autos still allowed under existing traffic rules.
Officials of the old Motor Company decline to confirm steel experiments or boring riMe barrels. They would not say if the work is aimed at rifle manufacturing facilities for the government.
The Harroun Motors Corporation of Wayne Indiana has received a order for a large quantity of 165 mm shells and is installing 500 900 dollars worth of new machinery. The move follows a policy of dedicating major attention to war material while maintaining regular automobile production.
Automobile, police and insurance leaders across the United States back a nationwide push for regular brake inspections. Advocates cite a majority of crashes due to poor brakes, expect possible legislation this session, and foresee dealer checks at season open with returnable disks noting last inspection date.
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Akron Ohio operates a intercity motor truck route to Boston Massachusetts and solves return load issues with a Goodyear cotton fabric mill at Goodyear Pennsylvania supplying backhaul cargoes of cotton fabric for tire and rubber product manufacture.
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