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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1917
Page
11
Goodyear official G. E. Brunner argues the hot weather theory of tire blowouts is false. He explains tire heat comes from rolling and bending, not outside temperatures, and underinflation in heat damages tires, while proper pressures prevent blowouts.
The Fisk Company of Texas strengthens its San Antonio operation with a 500 page catalog and expanded advertising led by A. M. Hill. Harry L. Miller oversees the local branch as output and stock grow, with 10,000 square feet on the showroom and office floors plus a large basement for packing and tires.
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company operates a large free dental clinic serving 13 000 employees with 20 000 cases treated annually. Dentists provide emergency care fillings extractions crowns bridges and prophylaxis while toothbrushes and dentifrice are sold at cost.
Judge Hazzard reversed a jury award to Charles H. Parke after a turkey wandering on a highway was killed by a car. He ruled turkeys have no road rights and motorists may run them down without paying, placing fault on owners who let fowl roam public highways.
S H Lewis of Binghamton drove a Franklin touring car 393 miles to New York and back in 12 hours 48 minutes averaging 30.2 mph and 19.65 mpg. With three companions he started from Binghamton and reached Manhattan after 5 hours 58 minutes of running. Down trip averaged 32.3 mph 19.3 mpg. Return 200 miles at 28.4 mph 20 mpg. May 1917 car output rose threefold with 37 cars per working day, June at 41.
Hugh Chalmers president of the Chalmers Motor Company predicts a prosperous era based on his notes from trips to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts He says motor cars will be in demand and government spending will boost business He adds that the automobile is the shoe of the industry and that large government purchases will circulate money nationwide.
A Detroit Free Press quotation notes that Green is acceptable once you get to know him, implying initial misgivings about his character. The exchange suggests a cautious judgment of Green as potentially disagreeable before familiarity.
A condensed schedule lists motorist events from June to late July including Interclub run in Chicago, Summer meeting of the Society of Automotive Engineers in Washington, D C, multiple Speedway and track races across Uniontown Omaha Tacoma Spokane Visalia Des Moines Missoula Anaconda Great Falls and a Bur mah intercity reliability match.
Eddie O'Donnell, famed racing driver, tours the country again in a Mitchell Six with one arm in a sling. He previously crashed at Kansas City July 22 and spent time recovering in Chicago. After hospital discharge he began a Los Angeles trip, only 12 days on the road, and now aims for New York. He may become the first to drive across the country and back with one arm.
The Northern Navigation Companys steamer Noronic will sail June 18 with 450 Packard factory staff dealers and salesmen and a Packards automotive show aboard. A three day cruise features a Lincoln Highway Sweepstakes salesmen group and a truck sales force guest list with a Packard band of 40 musicians. The itinerary runs Detroit to Mackinac Island to Sault Ste. Marie through the locks and back to Detroit.
Moon Motor Car Company of St. Louis ends air brush painting for vehicles. All Moon cars receive hand applied paint from priming to final varnish under foreman M. L. Egold who has eleven years in the trade. Standard colors include bronze green battleship gray maroon black and London smoke with optional custom finishes at no extra charge.
For Better Roads, Parma township takes the Cleveland Automobile Club $100 award for best maintained earth road in Cuyahoga County Ohio. It spent $1300 on a motor tractor to haul a grader, used road drags after rains, and kept roadsides tidy with trimmed banks and planted shrubs and flowers.
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