World Tour to End with Long Auto Journey Begins in Detroit
A Los Angeles clubman plans a globe encircling trip by a six cylinder Hudson with Jack Jevne buying the car in Los Angeles and delivering it in Detroit on the westbound leg. The run will start soon with rail and sea travel for most of the journey and end with a transcontinental drive to Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Steinhardt
Los Angeles
Jack Jeyne
California
Detroit
Hudson
Jevne
Steinhardt
Howard E. Coffin
Jack Jevne
Desert Mapping Tour Charts Route From Yuma To Needles
O K Parker and F S Geary of the Automobile Club of Southern California completed a 1162 mile desert mapping trip from Yuma to The Needles. The voyage documented topography and road features in areas with few roads and included deflated tires on sand stretches. Geary then began placing galvanized steel direction posts with distances to towns water holes and stations across the desert north of the Santa Fe Railway through to Phoenix returning via Yuma and the Ocean-to-Ocean Highway.
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Yuma
The
Needles
O. K. Parker
Automobile Club of
Southern California
F.S. Geary
California
Geary
Santa Fe Railroad
Arizona
Phoenix
1913 Auto Sales Prosperity With Chalmers Leading
The 1913 motor industry shows unusual prosperity with Chalmers reporting record sales and August as their best month. September and October closely follow, and farmers show sales up 35 to 50 percent. Major markets include California Oregon Missouri Texas Kansas City and Detroit with Los Angeles San Francisco San Antonio New York Chicago Boston Philadelphia leading.
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Chalmers Motor Company
Chalmers Company
Chalmers
Pacific Coast
Southwest
California
Oregon
Missouri
Texas
Kansas
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Antonio
New York
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Kansas City
St. Louis
Detroit
Potash Uses and German Supply Highlighted in 1930s Notice
The notice notes potash is widely used in the United States for gold mining glassmaking blueing photography dyeing explosives and fertilizers with most supply sourced from Germany. Pay your poll tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
Advertising urged at best Ales power
A condensed report from Indianapolis covers the general sales convention led by J. J. Cole promoting intensified salesmanship and advertising for auto retailers. It highlights co operation, local exchanges for used cars, and a shift from a game like auto trade to a disciplined sales model backed by national and local advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
J. J. Cole
Automobile Sales Association
Detroit
J. J. Coles
Cole Motor Car Company
H. O. Smith
Premier Motor Manufacturing Company
Leroy Pelletier
Flanders Interests
C. F. Kettering
Dayton Electric Laboratories Company
Dayton
Ohio
S. A. Lieberling
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Herman Dupree
Remy Electric Company
Anderson, Ind
Elbert Hubbard
the Roycroft
Worm drive praised for Pierce-Arrow trucks
Pierce-Arrow promotes worm drive as the only satisfactory final drive for its trucks reducing engine speed by about eight to one. It notes negligible wear, minimal maintenance, and no adjustments beyond oil changes, plus absolute noiselessness. London cites police limits on noisy vehicles as precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company
G. A. C. Halff
Alamo Auto Sales Company
Pierce- Arrow
Pierce-Arrow
London
Motor sleigh feats and advertising advice collide on ice
Theron O Patterson of Alexandria Bay builds a four cylinder motor sleigh with a wooden propeller and wind catching hood. He races the craft on ice and roads using automobile style controls while urging merchants to invest in large irresistible print ads and broad paper placements.
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St. Lawrence
Theron O. Patterson
Alexandria Bay
Patterson
Hudson car weighs smartly for efficiency and price
A sales pitch extols the Hudson as a well engineered auto with weight concentrated at the right spots. It argues a 3,200 pound Hudson uses 25 percent less weight to yield 50 percent lower operating costs, averaging fifteen miles per gallon, outperforming heavier rivals. The narrator claims speed and versatility match pricier models.
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Hudson
Record auto show grows to 530 exhibitors in two New York venues
The thirteenth national auto show runs January 11 to 25 in Grand Central Palace and Madison Square Garden. Over 530 exhibitors will display more than 2000 products across two buildings with complete cars, trucks, cycles, and accessories.
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New York
Grand Central Palace
Madison Square Garden
Automobile Board of Trade
Madison Squa Garden
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Southern
Motors
Southwestern Field
Motor Car Dealers
East Aurora
N.Y
J. G. Jones
Alexander Hamilton Institute
John Lee Mahin
Mahin Advertising Company
T. J. Zimmerman
Opportunity Magazine
William Boyd
Curtis Publishing Company
E. G. Crawford
International Correspondence Schools
Scranton
J. D. Liebrecht
Expert Advertising Company
W. D. Nesbit
Harry Stutz
Stutz
Howard Marmon
Marmon
J. I. Handley
American and
Marion
Willi H. Brown
Brown Truck
Walter E. Flanders
I. J. Wheeler
Schebler
Carl Fisher
Mr. Cole
Cc. F. Kettering
Delco Electric
Billy Smith
Sam Boyd
Curtis Pub Company
John Wetmore
American Automobile Editors
Daily Newspaper
Pierce-Arrow Builders
Apperson
Jack Rabbits
Gray and Davis
Citizens Auto Co
Travis Street
West Crockett Street
Hudson Coo
West Crockett St
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