Heir to speed crown quits racing after wreck
Johnnie Bresnahan, heir to Gaston Chevrolet’s racing crown, quits auto racing after surviving a high speed crash on the Los Angeles speedway that killed Chevrolet and others. Bresnahan, shaken and unsteady, vows never to ride again, saying he cannot face the dangers of the track.
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Los Angeles
Johnnie Brernahan
Gaston Chevrolet
Los Angeles Speedway
Breenahan
Chevrolet
Johnnie
John Bresnahan
America
Bresnahan
King County Roads Report and Racing Record Update
Detailed King County road conditions list shows many routes paved and in good shape with some closures for paving and a two week closure of the Duvall bridge. Vashon Island ferry service changes noted and a freight speed record at Sheepshead Bay in an eight cylinder car led by Tommy Milton with 1135 miles in one hour.
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Samuel J. Humes
Dee Meines
King County
Benten
Menton
Novelty
Tommy
Milton
Sheepshead Bay Speedway
Marmon Dealers Secure New York Show Models
Frank Waterhouse company in Seattle displays two new Marmon cars arranged to rival New York exhibits. Nordyke Marmon Company vice president F. E. Moskovics arranged duplicates for the Seattle window display to ensure both West Coast attention and a distinct New York show presence. Williams of Frank Waterhouse asserts Seattle’s display is the finest in the city as rivals watch the unique setting draw crowd interest.
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Marmon
New York Show
Frank Waterhouse Company
Seattle
F. E. Moskovics
Nordyke Marmon Company
Frank Waterhouse & Company
New York City
Wil Mars
Maskevics
New York
Nordyke & Marmon
Williams
Doubleday, Page @& Co
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
C. Tweney
Provenzano’s
Jeff Peters
Jeff
Apaghetti
East River
Chicago
Fulton Street
Spokane
Tampa
Atone
Rakind Rubber Plant
Wall Street
Burghery
Housebreakers’ Union
John D. Napoleons
Ramapor
Arkansas
Peavine
Mainet
Crystal Palace
Autos Add to Rail Incomes Says R R Man
Washington reports figures from J B Marvin National Automobile Chamber of Commerce showing railroads gained in 1919 from automobile shipments totaling 66 million dollars including 56 million from completed autos and 10 million from auto parts. Car shortages cut rail revenue and nine months of 1920 saw 117000 carloads missing. Marvin estimates nearly 12 million dollars lost.
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R.r.man
Washington, D. C
Marvin
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
United States
The Burglar and the Burglar Baits in Ricks Stock
Jeff Peters recounts a Western spree with Bill Bassett and Alfred E Bicks in towns from Peavine Arkansas to Los Perros Arizona as they chase schemes and a bank job. The trio exchanges lessons on labor and capital while a Chicago paper exposes a hoax by a notorious swindler.
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Bmn Panett
Bill Bassett Alta
Little Rock
Bill Bassett
Mays
Bill Bansett
Bill
Jimmy
Peavine
Luther Burbank
Ransett
Indy
Farmers and Drovers Marine Bank
Desert
Colonel Manna
Raven
Elijah
Sys
Bill Baswett
Barnett
Till Hassett
Peters
Alfred I. Ticks
Pil
Bill Baasett
Ricks
Chicago
Florida
Paradise Hollow
Lake Okeechobee
Alfred EB
Weather Bureau
Colummn
Elijah 111
Alfred FR. Ricks
Bil Basnett
Bil Bassett
Washita Ave
Ricksy
Bassett
Rickey
Brother Peters
Good Fairy
Cinderella
Montague Silver
Poase
Finance
Trade
Mr. Peters
Morpheus
Rocky Springs
Tucker
Fountain of Knowledge
The
Lumbermen’s Fidelity and Plowman’s Savings Institution
Syn Alfred BE. Hicks
Met
Yale
Basecott
Denver
Passett
Mys Bassett
Tisten
Rockefeller
Mrs. Eddy
Alfred KB
Mousie
Rrother Peters
Alfred FE
Alfred EB. Ricks
Monty
Dina
Perros
Silver
Petera
Gome
Bhut Robert KK. Peary
Fairbanks
Farnum & Bailey
Pasteur Institute
Monty Silver
Los Perros
Jeff
Colorado
Wer
Alfred E. Ricks
A. L. Fredericks
A A A Proposes Highway Solution for Labor Dilemma
Washington December 18. David Jameson president of the American Automobile Association argues that widespread unemployment could be met by promptly using excess labor for building interstate highways. He recalls past federal aid road acts and urges passage of Townsend bill to establish a federal commission to plan a national system of highways, stressing the job creation and improved transport of farm and manufactured goods.
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Washington, D.C
David Jameson
American Automobile Association
Chicago
Congress
Jameson
National Treasury
Townsend
Auto Interests Seek Federal Road System
Auto mobile interests push Townsend bill for a federally built and maintained highway network. Congress opens its sixteenth session with support from the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, arguing economic and military benefits of a nationwide system of two trunk lines per state linked to state and local roads.
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Washington
Congress
Townsend
Charles E. Townsend
Michigan
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
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Automobile News
Pal
Eddie O'Donnel
Lyte Jolls
O'Donnell
Gaston
Macer
Louis Chevrolet
Louis
Johnnie Breenahan
John
Aga
Stewart Products
E. Pike St
O. Henry
Rocky Mountains
Phoebe Snow
Erins
Missouri
Hut 1
Federal Road
Erae
Andrew HA Hamilton Ain
Seaboard
Edwin & Brown Beattie
Columbia
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