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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1918
Page
2
The article extols the passenger car as essential for business and professional mobility, arguing it defeats delays and boosts productivity. It asserts that rapid, timely travel enables work progress,促ing greater efforts and widespread adoption among businesspeople seeking efficiency this year and beyond.
Walter Wise of Fai Rubber shows how tire pressure, maintenance, and cautious driving can lower fuel costs. He claims driving 7600 miles at 12 mpg and 35 cents per gallon costs 166 dollars, then saving 52 dollars drops cost to 113 dollars. cautions on tire pressure and curb scrapes to save up to 40 to 60 percent.
A reflective piece by J H Naylor of Lexington Colorado Auto argues the automobile underpins modern society. It imagines vast disruptions if cars vanished, affecting work hours, farming, industry, war logistics, and daily life, noting wartime dependence and dangers of reckless drivers.
A passage critiques self styled expert drivers and contrasts real skill with flashy claims. It notes many so called experts come from mundane backgrounds, lacking formal training, yet claim mastery of vehicle handling and repair, urging caution in trusting such personas.
Dr Leonard Keene Hirshberg outlines common motor issues from lube cut in cylinders causing crankcase gas intrusion. Hard starting, premature wear, excessive fuel use, smoking, overheating, and low compression follow from faulty workmanship and lubrication. He suggests draining and settling oil to reveal misbehavior evidence.
Washington reports an urgent national call for upward of 90000 trained motor vehicle workers. Ch affeurs repairmen patternmakers truck drivers and motorcycle riders are listed among the divisions with substantial demand. Additional needs include electrical radio operators commercial engineers metal workers machinists tool makers railroads workers and steam engineers, totaling a broad war production labor push.
General Pershing asked for 7000 skilled automobile repair men, but only 120 are tire vulcanizers. A. G. Partridge of Mrestoog Tire & Rubber, Akron, notes this 1.7 percent reflects American tire makers’ resilience under war strain. He praises salvage efforts that keep tires and gear usable amidst front-line wear and wartime shortages.
Dublin, March 16. No lives lost in the collision Thursday night between a trawler and the steamship Rathmore in St George's channel according to the vessel owners. The Rathmore was en route to Dublin from Wales carrying 732 passengers and a crew of fifty.
An Auto School guide outlines four essential engine start conditions ignition carburation lubrication and compression plus cooling for sustained running If start fails diagnose by testing starter action battery and lighting then use a manual crank to assess compression and locate leaks at valves spark plugs rings or gaskets
The guide outlines a step by step method to diagnose starting failures by first testing carburetion with priming, then tracing fuel delivery from tank to carburetor. If gasoline reaches the carburetor but no drip occurs, proceed to pump and cooling system checks. Ignition system faults are diagnosed by testing spark across each wire and locating misfires.
A wild fragmented report describes feeding the soil with electricity to boost crop yields. It notes wires delivering current to plant roots, aided by a metallic substance, claiming yield increases from 26 to 54 dollars per acre in an experimental setup.
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