Nineteen Vehicles Registered in County In One Week
May starts with strong auto sales as Washington county records show nineteen new vehicles registered at the county treasurer's office during the past week. Of these, eight were logged in the first three days of May, with fifteen cars and four trucks bringing total county plates to 5 180 cars and 660 trucks. list of owners and models follows.
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Washington
Ofce
Brighton Creamery Co
Brighton
J. C. Rhea
Crawfordsville
S. W. Korf
Oscar Gerot
Riverside
Paul V. Snyder
Kalona
Ford Trudor
J. Broccard
Ymouth
E. A. Ralston
Joe Barnes
Roy Dorian
Wellman
K. P. Griggs
Smart
Parrish
International Tek, Co
W. Metanuehiin
Wilbur Richardson
T. Johnson
H. M. Putnam
Merle Maxheim
Oran Birkey
B. Jacobsmeier
River de
An. Sidwell Morrison Fee Cream O
International
Vehicle Relics of Old West Shown at the Frisco Fair
Waterford California May 5. Pierce Miller rancher near Waterford built a 65 vehicle collection dating to the gold rush and earlier. Five wagons were chosen for the Cavalcade of the West at Treasure Island with Miller’s son Tom participating as actor in various roles.
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Miller
California
Treasure Island
Tom
Favors Longer Training Period for New Drivers
Ames Iowa May 5 an Iowa State College psychologist Dr A R Lauer urged a year of apprenticeship and two years of probation before a regular license arguing current 80 day training is insufficient and may push youths to drive illegally He proposed 15 year olds get a one year supervised permit then a two year probationary period before solo driving He cited studies claiming five to ten years are needed to learn safe driving and warned licenses granted in short time give false competence The fair featured displays including a Virginia City Nevada four wheeled horse car a desolate Death Valley covered wagon an 80 year old closed cab taxicab from San Francisco a long wheelbase two seated carriage from Lodi and a bushboard novelty items.
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Ames
Iowa
A. R. Lauer
Iowa State
Lauer
Virginia City
Nev
Death Valley
San Francisco
Lodi
Highway 61 Links Great Lakes and Gulf in Completio
The Great Lakes region is connected to the Gulf of Mexico by the completion of U S Highway 61 a 14 million dollar paved road dedication ceremonies were held near Vicksburg Mississippi with representatives from Louisiana Tennessee and Mississippi. Three water samples from Lake Superior the Mississippi River and the Gulf were broken to symbolize the union.
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Vicksburg
Miss
U.P
Great Lakes Region
Gulf of Mexico
U.S. Highway 61
Louisiana
Tennessee
Mississippi
Lake Superior
Mississippi River
Gulf
Ford Dedicates The Road of Tomorrow at World's Fair
Henry Ford Edsel Ford and officials unveil The Road of Tomorrow at the New York World's Fair. The half mile spiral elevated highway features a ground access ramp and cantilever spiral, built on 126 piles with 1000 tons of steel in the roadway.
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Enry Ford
Edsel
Fiorello H. la Guardia
Alfred E. Smith
Grover A. Whalen
Ford Motor Company
Edsel Ford
Mr. Whalen
Henry Ford
Mayor la Guardia
Governor Smith
Road of Tomorrow
Ford
Probationary Driving Period Discussed By Lauer
Lauer proposed extending the probationary period to one year for drivers and requiring the burden of proof on applicants seeking a license. A longer training phase, he said, would boost highway safety and help those who truly want to become good drivers. He added that those who think they are good drivers are unlikely to improve.
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Lauer
Laner
Motoring Ends in Great Britain in War Plan
Britain plans to curb private cars and motorbikes in wartime to ration gasoline and oil. Priority goes to military services with essential transport kept for hospitals evacuations and moving evacuees, while commercial vehicles and buses may be converted to ambulances.
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Great Britain
London
U.P
Britain
Defense Departments
Army
Navy
Air Corps
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Ray Palmer
G.M
General Motors
Rhoades
Squier
Waterford
Odd Hoiby
Pierce A. Miller
Here
Modesto
Tucker & Eicher
West
Washington St
Rubio Motor CO
Rubio, Ia
Great Lakes and
Bud
Henry and
Pease Motor Service
Ama
Mace Motor Company
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