Motor Travel Experiences Sought by Waterloo Courier Readers
The Evening Courier invites motorists to share summer travel experiences from within 50 to 100 miles of Waterloo or farther trips. Readers should describe road conditions, scenery, campsites, and incidents. Submissions signed in full are welcomed, with addresses, and may be printed on the newspaper’s automobile pages.
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Iowa
Waterloo
Posward
Courier
Evening Courier
Canadian Tourists May Get 60 Day U S Visit Window
Ontario Motor League advises American Automobile Association that Canada may extend the visitor permit from 30 to 60 days in exchange for reciprocal rules. The move aims to allow U S tourists to stay 60 days in Canada without Canadian tags, amid talks of reciprocal agreements from U S states.
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Ontario Motor League
American Automobile Association
American Association
Canada
U. S
Motor Club Public Office Discontinued
Due to policy changes the Waterloo Motor club public office at the Ellis hotel is closed and free public service ends. Members in good standing retain services. nonmembers cannot receive service and short term memberships are available at 506 Commercial Bank building.
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Waterloo Motor Club
Ellis Hotel
Motor Club
Torasmuch
Commercial Bank
America's Broadway The Mississippi River Scenic Highway
The article extols the Mississippi River Scenic Highway as America's Broadway, tracing a route from the Canadian border to the Gulf and linking major river towns. It notes the highway’s markers, its historical role in guiding motor travelers, and its place alongside other major corridors as a path to “see America first.”
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Missouri
Mississippi River
Gulf
America
Robert EB. Lee
Nateher
Port Arthur
Can- Great River
Lada
Tex
Winnipeg
New Orleans
Gal v Voyageurs
Veston
Manitoba
Mobile
Red River
Mississippi Delta
Golden Orange
Grover
Florida
Senator Jones Plans Transcontinental Tour From Washington
Senator W. J. Jones of Washington, chair of the commerce committee, leaves Washington on a cross continent tour outlined by the National Motorists Association. He follows the old National Piloto and Santa Fe routes toward California and the Pacific highway into Washington, with telegraphic updates and a May 15 conference in San Francisco. The trip, on a six cylinder medium weight car, will pass dirt roads west of St. Louis and allow time for contingencies due to rain.
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W. J. Jones
Washington
Commerce Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
St. Louis
California
National Motorists Association
Director Lasker
The
Shipping Board
San Francisco
WN. M. A
Just Ask Owners Hudson Slogan On Car Choice
The piece notes a Hudson slogan urging buyers to consider long term satisfaction and maintenance when selecting a car. It cites owner testimony as proof of performance, with Hudson and Essex salesmen referencing satisfied owner lists. It also mentions Hadrian's aqueduct supplying water to Athens in 146.
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Hudson
Essex
Athens
Greece
Highway conservation urged as roads thaw in spring
The National Motorists Association calls for careful load limits on trucks during spring thaw to protect roadbeds and save maintenance funds. Fred H. Caley urges state legislatures to favor conservation over new taxes on passenger vehicles while supporting proper operation of motor trucks and buses.
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Good Roads Board
National Motorists Association
Fred H. Caley
Washington
Eighth annual EF OQ F and Rebekah convention held
Independence Iowa hosts the eighth annual EF OQ F and Rebekah convention with sessions in the Commercial club rooms. Rebekah activities in the evening take place in the local lodge quarters.
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Independence
EF. OQ
Rebekah
Buchanan
Delaware
Clayton Counties
Automobile Great Power in Scheme of Transportation
The article notes a New York City meeting of American business men next month to discuss development of the nation’s transport system. It argues the automobile is a central economic unit, transforming personal mobility and requiring equated maintenance with rail power. A Waterloo dealer highlights the car’s reach from doorstep to destination and the need for consistent upkeep.
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New York City
Waterloo
Standard Tire Co opens third Iowa store in Waterloo
Standard Tire Co opens its third Iowa store in Waterloo at 1223 Fifth Street West with D. W. Strang as local manager. His family resides at 3002 Baltimore Street. The firm, a jobber for United States Ailler and Mason truck tires, also handles several standard passenger tires and offers two air service lines plus free road service for patrons.
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Standard Tire Company
Cendar Rapids
Town City
Waterloo
Fifth Street
D. W. Strang
Baltimore Street
United States
Ailller and Mason Lines
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la Salle
Nation’s Broadway
Senator Jones
Speedster
Phaeton
John &. Glenn, Jr
Peas Mutual Life Innerance Co
How Orleans, Sa
J.G. Billingslea
Chicago
Alex. J. Baxter
Schenectady, N. J
Hudson-Jones Waterloo CO
Franklin Street
Pipe Line Transportation
Congress
Senate
PercoLeum
Comamire
the Hawkeye Oil Co
Standard Tire Co
Detroit
Packard
Bill Pharis
Chica
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