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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1920
Page
3
A Seattle plan states the gasoline shortage is temporary and will end by July 15. Oil companies are expanding facilities, with new plants and processes soon increasing output. Public should conserve modestly, tune engines, and avoid unnecessary travel to prevent rationing.
A simple shelter design uses four canvas sheets about 123 by 20 feet sewn together and treated for waterproofing with aluminate and sugar of lead. The plan includes tying lines between trees, spreading the canvas over a straw bed, staking corners, and using wafers for cold nights.
The Ninth annual Northwest motor car event at Tacoma Speedway on July 5 will offer 15 000 seats in a grandstand, with a 225 mile race for a $25 000 purse. The structure measures a third mile long, with a 960 foot center covered section and 400 foot end bleachers. Over ten famed drivers are expected, and W C Baldwin, president, will pick several from Indianapolis to race.
Fifty motorcycles started the 60 percent grade at Mine Hill Dover New Jersey in a hill climbing event. Only two riders reached the 500 foot summit and had to be lowered by rope to return.
RH M Redpath of the Master Electric company reports strong interest in the Claudel carburetor after the first shipment arrived for Seattle cars. Redpath and Gorman push extensive real service testing to prove efficiency and economy, as the New York factory moves into quantity production and national distribution this summer.
In Nyassaland, East Africa, fuel climbs to about $2 a gallon and remains hard to obtain. The article notes motorists struggle to access gasoline despite the high price.
A deposit ranging from 10 000 to 15 000 tons of sulphur has been found in the crater of an ice covered mountain in the Aleutian Islands.
South Los Angeles announces summer cleanup plans as the State Board of Health and Automobile Club of Southern California marshal efforts to keep highways to beaches and mountains clean. An official scout car will inspect camping spots, signs warn that polluted water is dangerous, and federal forests designate premier mountain camping areas with assistance from organizations including the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce which outfits the first government camp near the San Gabriel Mission canyon.
Nationally known speakers will discuss labor topics vocational education child labor and industrial apprenticeship at the government labor officials convention in Seattle on July 12. Linna E Bresette secretary of the Topeka Kansas Chamber of Commerce notified the chamber.
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