Auto Repair Men Plan Detroit Convention May
In Detroit on April 1 officials announced the second annual Automotive Service Convention and Automotive Equipment Show set for May 20 to 23 in the General Motors building. The theme Barvino at a Profit emphasizes economical operation through right personnel methods and materials. The event, run by a coalition of automotive groups, aims to help repair shops boost profits without raising costs to customers. The previous year drew 105 exhibitors, 2,600 visitors, and 800 delegates, with S. A. Miles handling show management and Alvan Macauley presiding the service committee.
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Detroit
Mich
General Motors
Barvico
Kno Bhop
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Bariety of
Automotive Engineers, Motor and
Accesa Manufacturers _ association
National Automobilia Deslera Association
Automobys
Equipment Assochition
Automotiva
Electre Association
Automotive Manufacturers Association
Alvan Macauley
Cleveland Brings Out Six To Meet Light Car Demand
The Cleveland Automobile Company has released a new six cylinder model to satisfy light car demand. In owner tests the car shows remarkable economy averaging 250 miles per gallon. The model is offered in touring and sedan styles and features four wheel brakes and balloon tires.
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Cleveland “Automobile Company
Sumner Community Club Grows With 250 Members
Sumner Indiana April 1 The Sumner Community club reports an enrolled membership of 250 with prospects for further growth under the slogan Each Member Get a Member Miss Marian Gur Helm 20 sister of Rudolph Velentino plans to try acting in motion pictures in the United States though she has never entered a studio.
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Sumner, In
Sumner Community Club
Althé
Marian Gur- Helm
Rudolph Velentino
United States
Inchy
Bus Regulation and Street Improvements Debated in Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls council issues on traffic regulation and brick street resurfacing loom as new leaders take office. About 35 blocks in Cedar Falls and nearby areas suffer wear, with taxpayers pushing for action. The article notes bus regulation, resistance, and forthcoming decisions by the new council. Also covered are honors for Rev. Bodholdt and Miss Sondergaard, golf season openings, Civil War veterans birthdays, church group meetings, and local social notes.
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Cedar Falls
Haseen
W. R. C. to Observe G. A. R. Day at Meeting Saturday
G. A. R. day will be celebrated by the Woman's Relief Corps at the regular meeting in K P hall on Saturday. A program appropriate for the occasion is planned and it is hoped many G. A. FR will attend. Corps members should bring dishes sandwiches and one other food item for the picnic supper.
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la Porte City
Woman‘s Relief Corps
K. of. P. Hall
G. A. FR
Presbyterian Church
The
Residents Move and Travel Noted in Local Visit Summary
Mr and Mrs W H Bickel and daughter Cora Bowman visited Vinton on Tuesday to spend the day with W H and George Bickel. Milo McBride, recently in La Porte City, left Sunday for Mendota Illinois. George Clark traveled to Rockford Illinois for a few days on a farm near the place. Mr and Mrs A Bringer moved Tuesday to the former H H Abe residence on West Mali Street. Mrs Minnie G B Fegles returned home Monday after months with son D B Fegles in Minneapolis. Bi L Botts the jeweler, ill for weeks, went to Iowa City hospital for treatment.
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W. H. Biekel
Cora Bowman
Vinton
W.H
George Bickel
Milo McBride
la Porta City
Mendatr
George Clark
Rockford
A. Bringer
West
Mali Street
Abe
Minnie GB. Fegles
Mia
D. B. Fegles
Minneapolis
Minn
Bi. L. Botts
Iowa City
Evolution of Tire Manufacturing Is Interesting Story
An Irishman named John eae Dunlop is said to have invented the first pneumatic tire to ease a disabled boy’s back. He aimed to soften sidewalk shocks, and his early forerunner was a crude bag with torn cloth.
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John Eae Dunlop
Younster
Dunlop
Dunlop Tire Pioneer Shaped Modern Rubber Goods
A fragment recounts John Boyd Dunlop’s tire innovations from 16838 detailing inner tube and casing concepts, pneumatic tire development, and the global spread via Dunlop factories near New York. It describes cord layering, thick rubber treads, and factory quality control as pivotal to the tire era.
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Dunlop
Dunop
New York
Hye
Cedar Valley Picnic group elects officers at Waterloo lodge
About 400 persons attended the meeting in Waterloo lodge rooms as Cedar Valley Picnic association chose 3 B W O'Brien of La Porte City as president and L O Riggle of La Porte as secretary treasurer. The mid summer picnic is planned for La Porte with a program including Vaudeville acts and speeches by J S Tuthill and Prudence Warner.
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W. O'Brien
la Porte City
Cedar Valley Picnic Association
Waterloo Lodge
Ee L. Riggle
la Porte
Everett Swank
Carl
Merritt
J. S. Tuthill
Prudence Warner
The
Rebekah Assembly of Iowa
Guy M. Butts
Jurisdiction
Iowa
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Auto Repair Men
Cleveland
New Council
Iere
KL Bodholdt
Racine
Wis
Miss Sondergaard
Mr. Bodholdt
Hans Bodholdt
Waterloo
Christian of Denmark
Sondergaard
Brooklyn
Rome
Washington Park
Mnks
the College
Main Street
Third Iowa Infantry
George Philpot
J. B. Troutner
Charles City
Jacob Boehmler
Philpot
Austin
Leversea
Methodist
Missionary Society
Harry W. Johnson
College
Ifill W. FF
M. S
F. H. Lamson
Episcopal
St. Luke's Guild
I. D. Corning
Bethlehem
Ladies’ Aid Society
Ihurch
Evangelical
Ladies Aid Society
Pastora Aid
Chure Presbyterian
Pastor's Aid
Church House
Catholic Ladies’ League
James Collar
Dean Upjohn
Independence Episcopal Church
St. Luke's Church
Independence
Milwaukee
Passtura
John McCoy
Emmoettsburg
Edward Markussen
Jens L. Markussen
Teachers College
Bartlett Hell
L. B. Harkness
Firth Street
Edith Jone
Stodent
Waterloo Evening Courier
Harold Johnzom
Mirs
Harold Johnson
Annie Afatson
Iim Afatson
End
Donald Kitchen
J. G. McQuilkin
Cecil Gates
Johnson
R. O. Kane
Rankin
R. O. Rae
Rankin, al
Rae
C. A. Fosse Creamery
Mrs. Rae
Samuel Marshall
East Main Street
R.O. Ree
George Nicholas
Dunlop Products
Siegel’s
Auto Supply Co
Commercial St
Toledo
Overland Waterloo Company
East Fourth
Franklin Waterloo, Iowa
Willys-Overland
Dodgee Brothers
Dodge Brothers
O. B
Collord-Hull Inc
Franklin
Waterloo—Commercial Wrecking Co
Dave Feldman
Frop
Gotch Auto Supply Independence
Frank Malthaus
Geo. H. Long
Manchester
Abe Rotman
Black Hawk
Black Hawk Tire & Rubber Co
Des Moines
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