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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1917
Page
26
Clifton George of the Clifton George Company predicts a strong 1917 for cars as orders exceed production. He notes Oklahoma and Texas wealth and widespread prosperity, but warns unemployment abroad and potential shocks like pestilence or war could alter the outlook.
Rival motorists on both shores race to be first to cross the new Mississippi River bridge at St Louis. Frank Schmidt of East St Louis, a Goodyear dealer driving a Packard, won the honor by crossing first.
H. H. Armor, manager, says 1917 will bring the largest business yet for the Automo bile Tire Company. He notes the opening of its sixteenth El Paso store at San Antonio and Santa Fe streets and the new Beacon tire factory at Beacon, New York started in January.
The Lincoln Highway Association receives strong backing from automotive industry leaders. Henry B. Joy John N Willys F A Seiberling Roy D Chaplin Carl G Fisher James A Allison and others donate time and funds to promote the transcontinental road from New York to San Francisco 3300 miles.
A dealer advertises immediate delivery on a Moon car with demonstration of its supreme qualities. Available colors in this shipment include C, Green, Special Gray, and Special Maroon for fast delivery.
W M Morgan of Morgan Woodward Auto Company says the auto industry is firmly established and growing. He notes rising demand for both low and high end cars, saves time for workers and farmers, and cites Ford as highly efficient with 800000 cars planned this year valued at over 80 million dollars.
Bishop McCormick and Bishop of Brooklyn run a car owners school with a substantial tuition to fund itself. Prof. Frank A Burr leads thorough instruction on operation and parts care, with large enrolled classes showing owner interest in learning more about their Dodge Brothers vehicles.
A humorous exchange in London Ideas features Talk Alot declaring his greatness and a tablet reading To Let placed at his last house. The other man questions the claim, highlighting the joke about perception and ego.
Newark duo P. G. Scull and C. W. Tuthill drove a Firestone equipped Maxwell from Newark to Los Angeles and back, covering about 7000 miles in ten days six hours outbound with six days two hours actual running time. They faced rough roads on Lincoln highway and Santa Fe trail, dug out in Dallas to New Orleans, and returned via the Southern route with little tire wear and no punctures.
Berlin Feb 10 The Taegliche Rundschau reports that since the war began trained dogs attached to the German army ambulance corps have saved over 8000 wounded officers and soldiers. Many would have perished in ditches swamps and underbrush before discovery. About 2000 of those saved were French English or Russian.
Advances by Goodyear tires aided an American motorcycle from Akron driven by F Zurcher to win the reliability run organized by the Maritzburg Motorcycle Club in Durban South Africa.
J T Simmons Southwestern manager for Oakland Motor Co says the internal combustion engine offers economy flexibility and smoothness beyond steam and high speed engines. He notes design shifts to reduce heat losses and inertia and to shorten the power unit, enabling sleeker car exterior lines.
Engineers note overhead valve and small bore long stroke give best results. Overhead valve avoids combustion pockets present in L head and T head designs, though harder to build. The Oakland Sensible Six embodies these advances, representing the latest in approved engine construction for aviation and racing use.
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