Harroun car arrives as Pittman leads new spring outfit parade
tL R Pittman of the Pacific Co showcases a full spring ensemble as he is tapped to drive the first Harroun car into town this week. The piece notes fashion, local auto dealers, and jokes about signage and service stations on the car row.
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Tl. R. Pittman
The
Pacific Co
D Rive
Harroun
U. S
Wallace
Ford Central Agency
Harry Austin
Washington-Oakland Co
Oakland
Harry
Await First Harroun Car Anxiously On Its Way
Pacific Motors Inc local distributors await the first Harroun car now in transit by express. Sales manager L R Pittman has not slept for days, predicting the Harroun will be a world beater with unmatched Northwest performance.
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Harroun
Express
L. R. Pittman
Pacific Motors
Pittman
Northwest
Oakland shipyard sales draw attention
Washington Oakland company has been selling many Oaklands to shipyard employees recently, raising questions about distribution and oversight. The pattern suggests targeted local sales to workers at the shipyard.
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Harry Austin
Washington Oakland Company
Motz Truck Tires Gain Ground With Fleet Users
Baisden president of John 8 Haraden Co says larger city fleets are adopting Motz tires to cut truck service costs. He notes several firms claim up to a 50 percent reduction in operating expenses after switching to Metz tires.
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John 8. Baisden
John 8
Haraden Co
Metz
Batsden
Goodyear Motz
Wilkes Player Frank Hellstead Takes Seattle Spokane Motorcycle Trip
Frank Hellstead of the Wilkes Players completed a Seattle to Spokane and back motorcycle trip on a twin Excelsior. He says this year’s vacation form was ideal and enjoyed the journey.
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Frank Hellstead
The
Wilkes Players
Seattle
Spokane
Eddie Rickenbacker Drives Pershing’s Buzz Wagon
Ace pilot Eddie Rickenbacker, one of America’s top speed drivers, is reportedly somewhere in France driving Maj. Gen. Pershing’s private car. The Cincinnati racer had been practicing at a speedway for Memorial Day events when drafted by the U.S. forces.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
France
Maj. Gen. Pershing
Buzz
Eddie
United States
Rickenbacker
Cincinnati Speedway
Uncle Sam
Emma Williams Buys Hotel Then Arrested on Bootlegging Charge
Mrs Emma Williams bought a proprietary interest in the New Naker hotel Tuesday and was immediately arrested by city squad officers on a bootlegging charge.
Pacific Motors executive visits Harroun factory expansion
R B Mark, secretary and treasurer of Pacific Motors Inc, travels to Wayne Michigan to inspect the Harroun and Elgin Six plants. The new Harroun factory is described as the latest U.S. automobile plant with machinery to produce up to 30,000 cars yearly now and a forecast capacity of 260,000 by early next year. Mark also reviews plans for a large Harroun shipment to the Northwest as local orders surge.
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R. B. Mark
Pacific Motors, Inc
Harroun
Elgin
Wayne, Midh
United States
Northwest
A Motorist's Dream Through Seasons
A playful verse describes a motorist fueling in winter and spring and summer and autumn, driving across the countryside year round. The speaker details pouring gasoline, enjoying the car, and climbing hills despite harsh weather, emphasizing steady travel through rain or shine.
Prisoners Build Oklahoma Roads
Prison road work in Oklahoma has moved from experiment to a statewide program. In central and southwest areas prisoners are building the Ozark trail while in the southeast they grade the Jefferson highway. About 30 counties reportedly use prison squads for road building.
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Oklahoma
Match Race Series Planned At Milwaukee Track
A set of match races is arranged with the first on June 23 at a one mile dirt track in Milwaukee between Ralph De Palma and Barney Oldfield. Harry A Miller announces the Miller Special built for Oldfield, shipped from Los Angeles to Chicago, as the season’s premier racing car in the Fast and Middle West.
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Milwaukee
Ralph de Palma
Barney Oldfield
Harry A. Miller
Lexington cars grow popular under Fowler garage
H B Fowler manager of Fowler Garage and Machine Works reports a large shipment of Clover Leaf Lexington cars arriving at the start of the week. Lex ington models prove popular in the area and Fowler has even sold several to auto men along the row for their own use.
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H. B. Fowler
Fowler Garage
Lexington
Fowler
Lexingtons
Suffragists Auto Driven by Woman in Texas
San Antonio Texas branch features a Ford sedan sold to Miss Eleanor Brackenridge a prominent suffragist and wealthiest woman in Southwest Texas She uses her car regularly with a colored woman chauffeur driving her Travels mention Col Wilds P Richardson chairman of the Alaska roads commission arriving in Seattle en route to Alaska from Washington DC.
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San Antonio
Texas
Eleanor Brackenridge
Brackenridge
I 6
Mins Brackenridge
Alaska
Col Wilds P. Richardson
Alaska Roads Commesion
Seattle
Washington, D. C
Military highway bill introduced in Senate
In Washington District of Columbia on June 20 the military material highway bill was introduced in the Senate by Chairman George E Chamberlain. The measure directs the War Department to prepare a comprehensive nationwide plan of highways to move troops equipment and supplies in peace and war while also aiding postal service interstate and foreign commerce agriculture manufacturing and general welfare.
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Washington, D.C
Senate
George £. Chamberlain
Committee On Military Affairs
Secretary of War
War Department
United States
Use U. S. Tractors to Beat U Boats
Five hundred tractors manufactured in St Paul Minnesota have been shipped to England to aid in defeating the U boat threat. The order reached E G Staude Manufacturing last week and the Anconia could wait only two days for the tractors. The factory workforce hurried and the tractors were quickly ready for shipment.
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St. Paul
Minn
England
E.G Staude Manufacturing Company
Anconia
Auto Folks Push Military Highway Plan Across Nation
The American Automobile Association at its annual meeting urged accelerating road building during wartime. It called for a marginal military highway spanning the nation from Calais Maine to the head of Chesapeake Bay, instead of stopping construction.
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Washington, D. C
American Automobile Association
Calais
Chenapeake Bay
Cooper Wins 250-Mile Race At Speedway Park Chicago
Earl Cooper led the full 250 miles at Speedway Park Chicago last Saturday in a Stutz car without stopping for tire trouble or repairs. His time was 2 25 28 and he collected $8 000 first prize plus a silver trophy. Ralph Mulford finished second and Bidie Hearne third.
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Earl Cooper
Speedway Park
Chicago
Cooper
Ralph Mulford
Bidie Hearne
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