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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1928
Page
4
Iowa State College engineers report car ownership costs from a 1200-vehicle survey. Light cars cost 6.02 to 9.45 cents per mile, based on 11,000 miles yearly. Major expenses include maintenance and depreciation, with gas, tires, oil, and insurance factored at retail and standard rates.
Harrisburg residents and buyers across the country swarm Hupmobile showrooms in a surge of eager purchases. Demonstrations spark immediate orders from Minneapolis to San Antonio and Seattle as buyers rush to secure delivery and even offer incentives, while bank officials in Allentown seek rail-speed shipments. A separate note reports the First National Bank of Marshalltown undergoing ongoing reorganization with no definite timeline.
National Safety Council reports many auto accidents result from drivers who sweep around corners unseen by pedestrians at cross streets. It urges motorists to use head, horn and brakes before turning, especially at intersections.
The Ford Model A relies on extensive electric welding as a core method, dramatically reducing bolts and nuts. Henry Ford championed welding as the keystone of modern manufacturing, turning Detroit plants into leaders in welding labor. Each new Ford car involves 1,339 metal welding operations across 4 total processes.
A Service Manager describes a late afternoon drive with frogs, marsh, and a car traveling toward a north woods campsite. The sun sinks behind grass and fog as the car, packed with camping gear, uses headlamps to illuminate the forest. The scene depicts preparations for pitching a tent and cooking by the fire.
The text describes how a car and its accessories aid campers, from lighting and fire starting to cooking and seating. It also notes a local Ames, Iowa, plan on June 20 to replace streetcar service near Iowa State College with bus transportation, signaling a shift in transit for campers and residents.
Registration totals show 573761 autos on April 1 with Polk County leading in vehicles and trucks. Polk reports 33849 autos, 3278 trucks, 70 trailers. Woodbury and Linn counties also high. Motorcycle leaders include Linn with 88. trailers mainly Polk and Scott. Bad roads dampen Eagles convention attendance in Council Bluffs.
A historical report notes almost 6,000 children under 15 killed by motor vehicles last year and designates June as the most dangerous month. It urges parents to keep children off streets and motorists to drive carefully, calling for recreation centers to reduce risk.
Tangney McGinn Realty advances Hotel President at Park Ave East and Sycamore Street with brick walls rising to the second story and the nine story concrete frame nearing completion. Cut stone work begins on the front entrances while plumbing heating and wiring roughing in progress. The hotel is slated to open early in January.
Mrs Jennie Eddy was granted a divorce from George Eddy by Judge R W Hasner in district court late yesterday afternoon on her petition charging cruel treatment and addiction to intoxicating liquor. The couple married in Waterloo November 16 1915. A petition for divorce was filed by Mrs Eddy April 17 1926 and pending since.
Waterloo garage operators report 380 inspections under the Save-A Life campaign led by Gov. John Hammill. Vehicles passing inspection earn a yellow O.K. tag, signaling safer drive readiness. Local shops listed inspections: Repass Automotive 150, Nedsirk 75, Layman Electric 50, Waterloo Motor 50, Central Battery 12, Hudson Essex 15, C F Paul 9, Shierbrock Waterloo 8.
Oldsmobile in May for the third straight month set new high records for the veteran company. A total of 11,716 Oldsmobiles were shipped from the factories in Lansing Michigan, surpassing the previous record.
Records show Oldsmobile establishing the largest five month shipment in company history and a 50 percent rise in year to date shipments. By June the firm logged over 17,000 unfilled orders as first half 1938 shipments exceed 40,000 cars. Decoration week saw 2,537 ships in 4.5 days and a peak 609 in a single day.
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