Maxwell Price Move Seen as Efficiency Driven
Maxwell plans a yearly output of 100000 cars and 20000 trucks this year as price rises are offset by efficiency. Maxwell explains a $10 spring price rise is actually a true $10 increase over last year’s cost, aided by refined models and road-tested engineering by Ray F. McNamara and P. W. Gibbs.
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Maxwell
Henry Steiler
Guarantee Motor Car Company
Ray F. McNamara
P. W. Gibbs
Maxwell Company
Mar‘ein
Maul Produce To Market In Motor Trucks
Joseph B. Owen of Clarksboro New Jersey leaves railroad job to haul neighbors crops to Philadelphia markets using two motor trucks He operates on a schedule beginning April 15 or 20 travels 9 miles each way ferrying produce and earns over 60 dollars daily in peak season while charging six cents a basket for tomatoes and moving 200 to 590 crates daily during asparagus season
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Joseph B. Owen
Clarksboro
New Jersey
Owen
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bell Telephone Company
Mr. Owen
Gloucester Ferry
Clarkeboro
Need to Teach Tire Care To Motorists, Says Fisk Texan
Sam Nevelow of Fisk Company of Texas urges a formal tire care course for all motorists. He cites common abuses such as driving on street car tracks and impacts with steel that damage tires. He notes under inflation misaligned wheels and stone bruises as frequent deterioration causes and highlights a San Antonio driver Mr Gilbert who has logged over fourteen thousand miles on Fisk Plain Treads.
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Sam Nevelow
Fisk Company of Texas
San Antonio
Fisk
Mr. Gilbert
Violet the Elephant Challenges New Motorized Circus
Three ton Violet weighs three tons and occupies 792 cubic feet causing transport challenges for the new motorized circus. She is a Boston herd member bought by United States Circus Corporation and will travel in a Troy trailer with Firestone Giant tires, hauled by a light Kelly-Springfield truck.
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Violet
R. L. Benham
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Bostock
United States Circus Corporation
Firestone
Firestone Tires
Troy
Hard to Suit Them
Dialogue notes Harold's school life with a quip about inconsistent teachers. The English class urges originality while arithmetic pushes for uniform answers, highlighting conflicting expectations in the school.
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Harold
Premier Motor dealers push for all available car models
The Premier Motor Corporation's general sales manager P D Stubbs is urged by dealers to ignore specifications and import every car possible as demand for the Premier Aluminum Six with magnetic gear shift grows. Sales head Stubbs argues war will boost U S car production and exports while machinery shifts to munition work.
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P. D. Stubbs
Premier Motor Corporation
George F. Wroten
Stubbs
England
America
Velie Factory Faces Unprecedented Car Demand
Reports from the Velie factory indicate a deluge of business with expanded plant and new production methods. Distributors and dealers have boosted shipments beyond estimates, the home territory opened early, and a March-like rush draws buyers from the Middle West. One dealer sent 400 prospects on a special train to Moline and took 65 Velie cars in a day. The factory has no cars in stock to meet the spring rush.
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Velie
Alex Parrigin
Middle West
Moline
Packard Motor Car Co names three district managers
Three district managers appointed by Packard Motor Car Company will oversee dealer and owner needs across regions west and east of the Mississippi including Cincinnati and Memphis. Walter F. Schmidt covers west of the Mississippi, O. E. Brown east of the river excluding Cincinnati and Memphis, and C. E. Morton oversees a Pacific Coast section from San Francisco.
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Packard
Packard Motor Car Company
L. H. Tyler
George R. Bury
Gener
Walter F. Schmidt
Mississippi River
Cincinnati
Memphis
O. E. Brown
Cc. E. Morton
Pacific Coast
Mr. Schmidt
Hide Flask at Kansas Line
Motorists are warned to hide bottles in the brush and mark them with three large stones as they cross into Kansas. No one may carry intoxicants into the state or face penalties if caught. Local officers are vigilant against violators, including drivers with outdated license numbers or speeding offenses.
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Kansas Line
Kansas
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Victoria
Gibraltar
Souuriti
Tory
Kisselkar
Main
McLean
U. S
Miller, McGraw
Ajax
Atlas Tire CO
Ave
Atlas
Monroe
Monroe Motor Co
Pontiac
Michigan
M’daniel Automobile CO. (Incorporated
Distributors
E. Travis Street
Phone Crockett
The
Monroe Motor Company
Packard CO
United States
Powe
Tom
Asn
Indianapolis Star
Polo Grounds
Rolls-Royce
Lancia
Fiat
Isotta
Franschini
Simplex
Roamer-Rutenbes
Bosch
Roamer-Stromberg
Bijur
Borg & Beck
Willard
Grant-Lees
Roamer-Hesg
Guerney
Warner
Stewart-Warner
Sulaberger
Boyce Motometer
Goodyear
Roamer Motor Car Co
Main Ave
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