More motorists take cars to Europe in 1929 travel surge
Washington dispatch notes American motorists will exceed past records in taking cars abroad during 1929. The American Automobile Association says six months’ foreign travel already tops 1928 totals, with off season pricing and favorable weather boosting transatlantic trips. Car shipments now arrive uncrated as baggage with rates from 25 to 340 dollars.
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Refining Discovery Promises More Gasoline From Gas
Washington bureau of standards has devised a new method to extract gasoline from natural gas. The discovery could greatly aid the refining industry and motorists by conserving much of the natural gas currently wasted in recovery. Estimates suggest 25 to 50 percent losses.
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Rubber Area in U S Expands as Guayule is Made Into Tires
Salinas Cal July 17 A new guayule rubber program expands acres across 18 California and Arizona counties. Monterey alone houses over 4000 acres. one harvest yields 1600 pounds of rubber per acre. Guayule, pronounced Y U Lee, has long been used in Mexico but California and Arizona lead commercial cultivation.
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New Isothermal Distillation Method Boosts Natural Gasoline Recovery
The bureau of standards presents an isothermal distillation process to measure gasoline content in untreated natural gas and after treatment. It aims to identify efficient extraction methods, increase overall gasoline recovery, and raise the share of natural gasoline blended into motor fuels. Nearly one tenth of annual United States gasoline is natural gasoline, blended rather than sold separately.
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Good Roads Push for Car Upkeep Costs Rise
Washington DC July 17 figures show highway construction cut the average car operation cost to 6.4 cents per mile from 16. Thomas P. Henry president of the American Automobile Association urged increased federal aid. He backs raising annual federal funds from 75 million to 125 million and notes 1928 motor vehicles rose to 24,731,600 from 3,500,000. He cites 1.5 billion state and local spending and five percent federal share, with federal aid covering about 200,000 miles of interstate roads, one third complete, needing 10 to 15 years more. He says 40 vehicles per mile now versus 17 per mile a decade ago show building pace lagging demand.
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Cars Dust Camels for Desert Travel
Washington D C July 17 Desert traffic rises as American cars supplant camels in Syria. George L Brandt American consul at Beirut reports heavy pilgrim season activity. Cars radiators wear blue beads to ward off the evil eye. Bedouin chief Nuri Shalaan trades his camel for an American automobile driven by his tribe.
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