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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1928
Page
6
An automotive service note explains repairing a leaky valve rather than discarding it. With care, proper valve lifter use, marking, and controlled grinding can restore the valve to fit and function, while avoiding engine damage from grinding compounds.
Four Norsemen aboard the 42 foot Leif Erikson replica endured months at sea with only hardtack whale meat and oars for propulsion. Heavy seas drenched crew and froze gear as Captain Gerhard Folgero steered toward New York then the Erie Canal and the Great Lakes. Folgero praised the Reo Flying Cloud as a land voyage alternative and likened its seaworthiness to the famous clipper Flying Cloud.
The passage describes cleaning the valve face and seat with gasoline, reinstalling the valve, and checking pencil marks to ensure even rubbing. It notes that uniform contact indicates proper grinding and that final valve tappet adjustment follows engine reassembly, though initial settings can cause trouble.
The text advises running the engine to warm up before adjusting valve clearance. After heating, set valves to the manufacturer’s recommended clearance.
Business in Iowa improves with better than normal conditions for both farmers and city workers. I H Schierbrock of Schierbrock Waterloo company reported the positive outlook after his return.
Des Moines hosted its annual Willys-Overland distributors luncheon in the Chamber of Commerce rooms at the Savery hotel. Over 200 attendees filled the event, described as the largest and most enthusiastic in Des Moines for the Toledo manufacturer. An adjacent ad promotes Morris Plan loans with 6 percent interest, a $1 fee per $50 borrowed, and Waterloo office at 22 Bridge Street.
Metropolitan Opera star Florence Biaston will perform French music to mark the LaSalle car's first anniversary at the General Motors Family Party broadcast Monday evening March 5 on 30 stations. G A Morris of Morris Motor Car company announced the plans today. Easton will present early French colonial music along with French classics and folk songs for the radio audience.
The ball and socket steering knuckle tie rod ends on the Dodge Brothers Senior and Victory Six use a robust arrangement. Two crescent hardened steel pieces, held by a retaining spring, move to take up wear. The spring shifts the shoes in a circular path to prevent lost motion and shimmy.
A vivid caption describes a cheerful Sikh traffic officer standing beneath a canopy, protected from sun and rain as a symbol of British rule in the far east. The officer’s elevated position suggests limited risk of being stepped on, emphasizing dignity and authority.
Local motorist interest grows as Capt. Malcolm Campbell’s Blue Bird breaks the world automobile speed record at 207 miles per hour at Days tons Beach Fis. Dunlop tire dealer RE McGraw says Campbell’s car and Segrave’s previous record Daytona car used Dunlop tires throughout and all four tires survived the brutal test.
Forty two grocers and their wives from Oclwein Maynard and Fairbank were guests of Campbell Baking company at a tour of its new bakery plant. They were entertained at din ner in Kezar's cafeteria and later at the Riviera theatre.
Passengers alighting from street cars have the right of way over any vehicle traveling in the same direction. Motorists owe pedestrians safety until they reach the sidewalk. When a street car discharges passengers, autos must stop behind it. In safety zones, slow to pass at a distance of 15 feet or more from the rear gates.
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