Franklin car makes 30.8 miles per gallon in rain test
A Franklin six cylinder touring car carrying three passengers ran 30.8 miles on one gallon of gasoline during a mileage test in San Antonio. The test used a 2 gallon auxiliary tank and involved observers from the San Antonio Automobile Club and The Light. Affidavits were filed and the car weighed 32,865 pounds after the run.
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L. F. Birdsong
Birdsong & Potchernick Co
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San Antonio
Herman G. Hayes
San Antonio Automobile Club
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Pecan
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Syracuse
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Birdsong & Potchernick Company
Franklin Distributors
South Loop
White Company urges motorists to keep high grade cars
Windsor T. White, president of the White Company, denounces yearly trading as wasteful and urges buyers to keep cars for years. He argues Whites rarely appear in second hand columns, and that durable, economical White trucks prove value by long service and ownership continuity.
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Windsor T. White
White Company
Mr. White
Milwaukee dealer sets world record for one gallon mileage
Franklin car economy test registries show Milwaukee achieving 51.2 miles per gallon. L F Birdsong of Birdsong Potchernick, Franklin dealers in San Antonio, reports the Milwaukee result and calls it likely a world record for fuel efficiency.
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Franklin Dealiers
United States
Canada
Milwaukee
L. F. Birdsong
Birdsong & Potchernick Company
Franklin Dealers
San Antonio
Franklin Cars
Birdsong
Mass motorists postpone car deliveries to dodge tax
Massachusetts drivers who ordered cars long ago arranged with dealers to delay delivery until after April 1 to avoid tax assessment. The tactic aims to shield vehicles from the forthcoming taxation rounds.
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Massachusetts
Bay State
Motor Road Blasts Open Passages Between Spokane and Glacier
One of the era’s epic motor road feats is finished on the interstate highway linking Spokane with Glacier National Park. For three miles the route runs through solid rock blasted clear. Completion is slated for September 1.
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Spokane
Glacier National Park
Montana county road and bridge expenditures rise to 1913 total
Montana counties spent about 1.786 million dollars on bridges roads and highways last year. The Montana highway commission report notes this as an increase of about 200 thousand dollars from 1912. At the start of the current year counties held roughly 1.4 million dollars to begin operations.
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Montana
Montana Highway Commission
Ford's Conveyor System Speeds Car Assembly to Thirty an Hour
The Ford Motor Company adopts a four row final assembly with a conveyor that moves skeleton cars along sections where workers add components. Rear axles start the line and a continuous flow drives thirty completed cars per hour to testing and shipping.
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Ford Motor Company
Peerless Trucks Delivered to Bexar County for Use
Bexar County purchased two 5 ton Peerless trucks from Woodward Carriage Company last week. The trucks feature Peerless power screw hoists and dumping bodies with trailer drawbar attachments for hauling trailers. A county committee reviewed truck efficiency before finalizing the purchase.
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Woodward Carriage Company
Beret Comuty Alren A
Peerless
Bexar
Thirty aEU Uaho Entered In Big Race
Indianapolis May 2 Thirty seven entries were accepted for the upcoming Indianapolis five hundred mile race as of Friday midnight with two late additions. Billy Chandler will pilot the Braender Bull Dog and Mortimer Roberts will drive the Pope Bullet.
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Ralph Mulford
Pope Bullet
Mortimer Roberts
New York
Jersey City
E. J. Schroeder
Bullet
Guy Thomas
Minneapolis
Louis Disbrow
Thomas
American Automobile Association
Bob Burman
Burman
Excelsior
Peugeot
Delage
Sunbeam
Bugatti
Great Western
Johnny Jenkins
Indianapols
D. A. Jenkins
Edward A. Myers
Pittsburg Motors
Jenkins
Ray Prize
New Orleans Association Erects Traffic Signal Signs
The New Orleans Automobile Association has put up clear signs at all cross streets in the business district explaining police whistle signals to help guide drivers. Poultry and livestock sold rapidly through Light want ads.
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New Orleans Automobile Association
Mechanical Adjustments On Studebaker Cars
Motorists note rival cars differ in power despite near identical builds. Studebaker’s new factory test blocks test chassis complete with brake, speedometer and electrical systems to detect noise and vibration before road testing. Up to thirty chassis run together to simulate hill climbs and mud, ensuring precise adjustments before final approval. Endicott to build Roachdale garage. seeks contractor.
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Studebaker
Plans for University of Texas thirty first commencement
Plans are nearly complete for the thirty first annual commencement of the University of Texas. Fort Worth’s Clarence Ousley will deliver the commencement address. Commencement Sunday is set for June 7 and alumni events, class day on June 8, with at least ten class reunions including the early graduating classes of 1884 1889 1894 1899 1904 1911 and 1912.
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Clarence Ousley
Fort Worth
St Anthony Hotel Employees Honor Brinker's Departure
The St Anthony hotel staff presented W O Brinker with a solid silver vase filled with American beauty roses and forget me nots in the tapestry room Friday afternoon. Brinker's resignation as manager became effective May 1. W R Hyslop resigned as room clerk after a year and was succeeded by J H Lucas. E A Franker, formerly lessee and manager of the Hot Wells hotel, is noted in the changes.
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W. O. Brinker
Mr. Brinker
St. Anthony
Travelin
J. H. Lucas
Gunter Hotel
E. A. Franker
Hot Wells Hotel
Ski Inn Hotel Manager Ties Deepen in Oklahoma City
A. B. Anders, longtime associate of Mr. Franer for a decade, has been named steward at the Ski vin hotel in Oklahoma City as his managerial duties expand.
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Oklahoma City
Anders
Franer
Ben
Oil for Indianapolis Highways
County commissioners in Indianapolis set a contract for 200000 gallons of sea asphaltic road oil to oil principal highways near the city. The Indianapolis board of park commissioners will oil boulevards and the board of public works will oil some permanently improved thoroughfares.
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Indianapolis
Board of County
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