Iowa Car Registrations by County and Vehicles
Des Moines reports April 1 totals for Iowa motor vehicles: 590,659 autos, 56,116 trucks, 1,139 motorcycles, 212 trailers. Polk County leads with 95,302 autos, 3,532 trucks, 140 motorcycles, 78 trailers. Cadillac and LaSalle advertise two way hydraulic shock absorbers to smooth road motion.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Roy.b. Gault
Secretary of State
Polk County
Cadillac
LaSalle
Reading
Botor County
Woodbury É Vee
Linn
Boatt
Black Hawk
Pattawsttanie
Dubuque
Clinton Benee
Boone
Cerra Gardo Bae
Hamilton
Union
Webster
Roaring Road Speedway Tests Shape Indy Pace
The Indianapolis speedway hosts winter testing by top teams and engine makers. De Palma and Kissel align, Mulford joins Stutz, and Du Pont with a Le Mans entry plan. May Classic garages rise, and new regional AAA offices expand racing oversight. Dirt tracks open, Daytona Beach eyes a winter speedway plan for a 100 mile beach event. English dirt track trials start, with motorcycles added.
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du Pont
le Mans
United States
Daytona Beach Speedway
Daytona Beach
Fla
Actual Service Tests Spur Better Oils Advancements
Vacuum Oil conducts extensive testing in labs, road courses, and race tracks to improve Gargoyle Mobiloil. Lab work began in 1911 at Paulsboro New Jersey with a large dynamometer facility. Road tests span 40 miles with real traffic, while race-track runs at Atlantic City Speedway push oils at 55 to 80 mph for hours.
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Vacuum Oil Company
Gargoyle Mobil Oil
Paulsborne
N. J
Mobiloil
Atlantic Cuy Speedway
Mobiloil Chemical and Physical Laboratories
Taxing Around the Airports Amid Rapid Improvements
The Seattle Wagsh municipal airport gains a permanent hangar and lighting with two 200 by 100 foot brick steel units. Interim runways stay usable while permanent ones are built. Night beacon boundary lights and flood lamps installed. Interstate Air Lines acquires land in Murphreesboro Tennessee for airport development with completion aimed July 1. A Medford Oregon bond issue funds airport upgrades and a two story administration building with weather station. Proposals for an auxiliary field at Greenwood South Carolina and expanded facilities as traffic grows. Scenic Airways plans to light its Phoenix airport and two passenger lines already use the port. DeKalb county Air Port Waterman Alabama opens as Site 938 on the Omaha Chicago airway replacing abandoned intermediate fleet at McGirr Alabama.
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Boeing Field
Seattle, Wagsh
Interstate Air Lines
Chicago
Atlanta
Murphreesboro
Tenn
Medford
Ore
Greenwood
Scenic Airways, Inc
Phoenix
Ariz
Scenic Airways
DeKalb, al
Waterman
Department of Commerce
McGirr
Department of Com
Columbus
Port Columbus
Mn Trunkine
Airport Lighting Projects Worldwide Report
The passage notes ongoing updates at multiple airports. It mentions Waterman airport, Logan field renovations, and a planned 70 acre expansion. It also covers Pitcairn Aviation stopping at Logan, Amarillo airport improvements, new naval aviation charts, Mount Vernon airport negotiations, and a Port Columbus model airport with a 2,000,000 candle power floodlight.
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B.A. County
Laurence Welch
Speedyway
Dumy Camp
Duray
Ralph Hepburnngain
Miller
Tony Gutotta
Indianapolis
Raco
Arthur H. Means
AAA
New England
New York
State
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Joe Dawson
Pittsburgh
Bridgeville
B. Ward Beam
Toledo
Cleveland
England
Roosevelt
Marmon
Ellis-Geerdes Company
East Park Ave
Knipschield & Carey
Charles City
Baltz Garage
Castalia
Gilbertson Motor CO
Decorah
Ridgeway Auto CO
Ridgeway, Towa
Waterloo, Iowa
Schlegel
Maynard, Towa
Merce
County
States Custom House
Boston
Logan Field
Baltimore Municipal
Pitcairn Avia
Tion, Inc
Washington
Amarillo, Tex., Muunicipal
Hydrographic Office of the Navy Department
Pacific Coast
San Diego
Point Luis Obispo
Astoria
Vancouver Island
B. C
Mount Vernon Airways
Mount Vernon
Alexan
Dria
Alexandria
Virginia
Nash
Nash Engineers
Graham-Paige
Soaiphi
Brads Werle
Botham
Burd Auto & Supply CO. Corner West Fifth and Commercial
Gbrankam
Paige
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