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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1926
Page
7
Earl Cooper argues that auto racing has become an exact science where car and engine precision decides outcomes. He notes minor differences of a tenth of a second per lap depend on spark plugs and maintenance, urging frequent plug changes as wear degrades performance similarly to racing conditions.
Tokio reports that one hundred fishermen missing after storms in the Japan Sea have been found and saved. Advices reaching here today confirm the rescue and outline the relief efforts underway for the affected crews.
Ford Motor Company reports its By-Product sales of 11,000,000 during 1925, with over 4,000,000 from converting waste into saleable products. The Iron Mountain distillation plant and Rouge coke ovens yielded the most valuable by-products, returning 1,959,776, while briquettes charcoal brought 206,446. Additional waste conversions added to the total.
The Ford Motor Company reports surplus coal from its mines sold outside the company earning 2,715,881 dollars. Cement from Drest furnace slag and plate glass produced in Ford plants were sold externally. Unusual by products included farm products and kva glock marketed by Ford's experimental farm at Hamilton, Ohio.
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