Driving tips and maintenance notes from a 1940s motor column
A car care column advises drivers to check oil and water, pump the throttle on cold starts, test ignition with a charged battery, and inspect Bendix drive.* It discusses starting noises, break in for rebuilt engines, selecting quiet roads for break in, and safety tips like keeping lights on at night. It warns about voltage regulator installation order and fuel pump air leaks around gaskets, plus musings on future car fixes and ground issues for lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Alley
Han
Lim
V. N. McB
W.es
Jack Benny
Russell
Mechanicville approves city reapportionment and reassessment plan
The Mechanicville City Council, in a split vote, authorizes a statewide style reapportionment and reassessment to even out property values. J Frank Kelly of Albany will conduct the survey under guidance from authorities and State Equalization official J Russell Thomas. Funds from the capital fund will cover a new road grader a blinkers at North Main Street bridge and repair of worn stop-lights citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Russell Thomas
State Equalization Department
Mechanicville
J. Frank Kelly
Albany
Main Street
Hudson River
Tomato Crops and Local Sports double feature note
The page blends home gardening tips on growing tomatoes with a county basketball doubleheader in St Pauls Hall. It covers planting spacing, layering, and canning guidance alongside scores from St Pauls Bluejackets and Rockets games, plus related community notices and a police dog story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Dick Pregent
Vincent Lanzone
Harold Canty
Aces
Jas
Francis Enzien
Ballston Spa
Frank Enzien
Patricia Court
DeLucia
Gilbert Basket
Deqlucia
Jets Help Milk Yield at Lostock Farm in England
40 cows at Bolton Corporation’s Lostock Lancashire dairy benefit from warm air from jet aircraft exhaust. A National Farmers’ Union official says he hadn’t heard of such a result but notes warmth may boost milk yield. The piece mentions bridge whist in Constantinople and Greence circa 1870 before spreading to Western Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lostock
England
Bolton Corporation
Lancashire
National Farmers’ Union
Constantinople
Istanbu
Greence
Europe
Passengers Rescued After Freighter Hits Reef Off Kauai
The freighter Andrea F. Luckenbach struck a submerged object near Nawiliwili Harbor, Kauai, sending water into holds. About 50 passengers and crew abandoned ship as Coast Guard rescued 27 crew members and five passengers including a sick baby. 15 other crew returned to the vessel seeking orders before evacuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Andrea F. Luckenbach
Kauai Island
Nawiliwili Harbor
Luckenbach
Chiloquin, Ore
INS
Leland
Parazoa of
Chiloquin
Coast Guard
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Ssell&g
Frederick C Rui
U. S. Department of Agriwinter
Garfield Lodge
K.P
Mechanicville High School
Pierce Canty
Vel Mastrianni
Michael
Is—O'malley
Pregent
Lemrow
Canavan
Baxter
Offenbecker
Halush
Welch
Pratt
Whelan
Total
Aces—George
Dalton
Wixted
Hmari
Cavanaugh
Mastropietro
Lanzone
Gray
McNeil
Dubon
Alfred Bailey
Bailey
Denver Museum of Natural History
National Geographic Magazine
Nature
Frontier
Condor
Auk
Wilson Bulletin
Sudan
Siberia
Alaska
New Zealand
Fiji Islands
Mechanicville Post
Ladies’ Auxiliary
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Knights of Pythias Hall
Post
Crescent Temple
Pythian
Mockrish
Hudson-Mohawk County Council
Department
State Department
Stanley Fisher
Mary Reeves
Ala Reese
George Green
Kenneth Elsworth
Lewis Stone
Francis Taylor
George Downe
Daniel Wassil
Walter Amann
William McMahon
Michael Fantuzzi
Leroy Beckwith
Thomas McMahon
Francis King
William Chandler
Madelyn Luther
Veronica Woschanko
Allie Norton
Rita Light
Cora Canty
Sarah Perrino
Jayne Gilheaney
Grace Bartlett
Susan Conroy
Mary Kelly
Martha Dickson
Leola LaVoid
Alice McVeigh
Margaret Hayner
Dorothy LaBarge
Margaret Bailey
Anna Quinn
County Council
Addie Mockrish
Susan Conway
Coons
Jayne Gilheany
First Methodist Church
Lydia Haggerty
Troy
Martin ‘Welch
Broadway
John
Dominick Zenniater
Nicholas DeCrescente
James Palmucci
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Forfelis Bail
Richard C. Bassett
A.D. 1
Schaghticoke
Howard J. Reilly
Bassett
Frank Pon
Railroad Avenue
George W. Cowen
Strong Hose Company
Arnold Davis
Harold "Perkins
Bedford
Exide Clark D. Perry
Sixth Avenue
W. H. Bumstead, Inc. Cor
Congress ST
Sixth Ave
Ashigy 2
Alfred Isaccs
Pararoo
Shin
Peterson & Packer
Hudson Coal
Hudson
Hudson Coal Dealer
Peterson & Packer Coal CO
Fulton & Fourth Sts
RCA Victor
RCA
R.T.A. Distributors, Inc
Menands - Albany, N. Y
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