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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1911
Page
26
A description of an ordinary clincher tire and a removable rim flange system. The rim flanges curve inward to grip the tire when deflated. The tire can be ruined by running it over fat in a single block.
A photo from Ed Sulter of Portland shows a 90 ton locomotive moved by a Moline car as a wager on freight engine performance. An Exposition Hall display opens next week featuring aircraft, automobiles, trucks, and accessories with exhibits from Cadillac, Overland, Elmore, and Moline dealers.
Howard E Coffin Hudson designer and new president of the Manufacturers Contest Association outlines urgent work for the group to organize motor truck contests. He warns trucks will be a major national factor and urges affiliation with the MCA to establish unified rules and impartial administration. The MCA counts about 60 major manufacturers and seeks to extend its jurisdiction over all types of contests from commercial cars to pleasure cars.
Jim Jefferies hauls a new six cylinder Locomobile to Los Angeles. Delivered by Cotton of Los Angeles Motor Car Co. The car, finished in Locomobile red with full equipment, seats seven. Jefferies plans tours with the machine and will accompany Barney Oldfield to Mexico City. The unit is the fourth 1911 six cylinder model, rushed to the coast for the former heavyweight champion, with a personal note from the Faesterin factory general manager attached.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Charles Nagel toured the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co plant in Akron meeting Seiberling and chamber leaders. He viewed crude rubber from Brazil and the Congo, compounds, and drying chambers where half a million dollars of rubber cures. Demonstrations of tire making impressed him as machinery yearns toward daily production. Also noted: Detroit donor will give a $250 trophy for a Great Lakes motorboat cruise and fifth count in The Posts Book Lovers contest is printed.
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