Roberts Lands Portland Deal
Announcement by KR K Roberta Northwest Oakland distributor from Portland notes a contract with Howard M Covey of the Corey Motor Car Co Portland to take over the Oakland retail selling franchise for Portland and Multnomah county Oregon Covey, a longtime Northwest automobile man, has built a large Portland Cadillac and Dodge operation and will continue with Cadillac while expanding Oakland volume after a factory visit and new Oakland plant enlargements under General Motors.
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Auto Row
KR. K. Roberta
Oakland
Portland
Roberts
Howard M. Covey
Corey Motor Car Co
Oakland Automobiles
Multnomah County
Oregon
Corey
Northwest
Cadillac
General Motors Corporation
Covey
Dodge
Exhaust in Closed Garage Dangers Warned by Yale Professor
Prof Yandell Henderson of Yale warns that running a car engine in a small closed garage produces deadly carbon monoxide. He notes a car exhaust can reach lethal concentrations in about three to four minutes in such a confined space.
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Yandell Henderson
Yale
Henderson
Gravel Roads Report Sees Wide Open Pavement Condition
King County engineers issue road condition bulletin ending January 23 1973 detailing gravel roads soured in poor to good shape. Highlights include highline fair rough sections Des Mesace Tacoma Valley and Redmond to Ingiewood rough in spots and the Renton to Kenerdale open with several routes fully paved or improving. Parking prohibited on Franklin bridge over Green River gorge per county order.
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Thomas KR Beeman
Tacomsa
Oewae
Beck
Icod
Diemeoad
New Pevement
Wosdlavilie
Duvallood
Dpewall
Pall City
Asburn
Boos Creek
Camp Maron
Renton
Tewaqdah
Neches Pass
McCicllan Pass
Green Water River
Snequalmie River
Auto Terms Derived From Queer Origins
A Chicago area expert explains the etymology of limousine sedan and chair terms tracing to Limoges France Sedan chairs and later motor vehicles. The piece notes historical use of chairs in London Paris and Sedan and claims lineage to royalty and luxury.
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Limoges
France
Limousine
Napoleon Iit
London
Paris
Sedan
Rejuvenators Ruin Battery Life Warns Readers
Local ad caution notes that battery rejuvenators temporarily restore strength but shorten plate life. It asserts recharging by electricity is best. The piece also cites a drop in the average gasoline price to 20 cents a gallon across 30 prominent U.S. cities, down from 29.3 cents on January 1.
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United States
New Gasoline Tax Added in Fourteen States
An added tax of one to two cents per gallon on gasoline is now imposed on motor vehicles in fourteen states across the Union.
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Union
Western Auto to Open Everett Branch and Portland Store
The Western Auto Supply Co. plans a Northwest expansion in 1922 with a new Everett branch at 2824 Columbus Ave under Roy Felmley and manager James Shaulla Shaukis. Opening date set for February 10. In Portland, the firm bought a three story building for accessory operations as part of a broader uniform nationwide expansion via traveling auditors and sales promotion experts.
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Northwest Territory
Western Auto Supply Co
Everett
James Shaulla Shaukis
Bouthern
Colbu St
Roy Felmley
Sealer
Beattle
Westlake Ave
Portland
Mallow & Wright
O. H. Pounds
Northwest
West
Middle West
Haynes Honored by Metallurgical Society in Indianapolis
Elwood Haynes of Koko mo Indiana president of Haynes Automobile Co was elected to honorary membership in the American Society of Steel Treating at a recent Indianapolis convention. He is known for building the first automobile and for inventions of stellite stainless steel aluminum and nickel steel in automotive design.
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Elwood Haynes
Haynes Automobile Company
Kokomo
Indiana
American Society of Steel
Indianapolis
Haynes
The
Iron and Steel Institute of Great Britain
American Chemical Society
International Conktens of Applied Science
Society of Automotive Engineers
American Institute of M
Supreme test for light car marks French history shift
At Elysee Paris Gen Pershing meets President Millerand as the American party arrives by automobile. In Indianapolis preparations begin for the first real test of the small car at the Memorial Day 500 mile sweepstakes with two liter and smaller engines, expected entries from French Italian drivers and possibly a German racer.
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Victoria
Gen. Pershing
Elysee Palace
Paris
Millerand
Palace
Indianapolis
Ind
Auto era notes and social briefs in a diary tone
A collage of light notes on cars and driving habits. Tips urge safe crossing behavior and polite traffic sense. Jokes about spouses driving and social aims from engineers and flappers contrast with odd glimpses of prohibition, snakes, and cotton cars.
Own Your Home plan backed by citizen voices
I argue for a federal revolving home loan fund similar to farm support, offering half the purchase price up to 10000 dollars on 30 years at 5 percent. The program would boost construction, reduce unemployment, and shift financial power from banks to citizens, with patriotic staffing by Americans.
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Farm Land Loan Fund
Congress
Treasury
Sam
Urges Board Be Not Supported by Mary E Sellen
Close reader comments during the Christian Science trial in Boston urge members to strip the Mother Church board of power. Sellen claims the board is corrupt and autocratic and accuses it of suppressing trial reports and church publications to prevent reading of the proceedings. She cites refusals of treatment to patients reading their own periodicals.
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United States
Faitor the Star
Boston
Perii
Odicals
Mary E. Sellen
Peoples Bank
Jap Encroachments On Pacific Coast Spark Seattle Outcry
An anti Jap editorial condemns non citizen workers in Seattle and on the Pacific coast. It argues Japanese labor undercuts American citizens and costs locals jobs and wages. The piece accuses businesses of preferring Jap workers who accept lower pay and cites wartime labor shortages.
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the Star
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Busi
Make the most of Seattle funds at home, urges John J Conway
John J Conway argues that Seattle should keep earnings local to boost King County and Washington. He condemns sending savings to Arizona Oregon or provinces and promotes investing in Seattle mortgages and small industrials to hire workers and grow retailers and banks.
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Seattle
King County
Washington
Ermall
Canada
Paraguay
Argentine Republic
Dutch East Indies
Arizona
Portland
Tacoma
Spokane
Northwest
John J. Conway
Ford reports 1921 retail and production surge in Detroit
Ford Motor company releases figures showing 1921 production at 1,060,740 cars trucks and tractors with retail dealer sales around 1.09 million surpassing 1920. Prices reduced to new lows with touring car 348 dollars and other models cut. 1922 outlook optimistic and December sales up about 25 percent. About 40,000 workers employed at Detroit plant amid a citywide employment share near 20 percent.
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Detroit
Ford
Ford Motor Company
United States
F. O. B. Detroit
Fordson Tractor
Fort Motor Company
Tourism Drives Demand for New Auto Traveler Car
The growing appeal of summer touring may spur the production of a new kind of automobile. This vehicle would be compact yet spacious enough for baggage camping gear and all travel necessities, enabling long trips with ease.
Overland Park Camp Ready for 30,000 Visitors
Overland Park in Denver, Colo., is equipped to host 30,000 campers and motor tourists. The facility experiences an actual movement of about 150 cars in and out daily.
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Overland Park
Denver
Colo
Auto Buyers Seek Endurance Car in National Survey
A census by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce finds endurance tops what owners want in a car. Other priorities follow in order: economy, comfort, price, appearance, services, hillclimbing ability, flexibility, endorsement by others, speed, and appointments.
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National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Women drive safer and more courteous on highways
The report notes that women show greater care and have fewer accidents while operating motor vehicles and are credited with higher courtesy on the highways, contrasting with male drivers.
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Koum
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Stearn’s
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Young Booker
Lams Hiei
J. J. Handley
Handley-Knight Company
Kalama- 200, Mich
Glenn Curtiss
Miami
Fla
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South Africa
Musta
Editor
Star
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I. O. Gassland
American Can Co
Buick
Northwest Oakland CO
Pike Street
12Th Ave
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Kaet
Old Home Town
COLYE
Pine St
Kant
Shore
Ralph R. Wheaton
Dist
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E. Pike
Fergusons Auto Dry Dock
Ferguson's
East Union St
Bet
Eldridge Buick
East Pike
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