Diesel engine in plane cuts fuel cost four fifths
Langley Field May 15 The Packard airplane division guards a Diesel engine on a plane that landed from Detroit amid talks with the national advisory committee on aeronautics. Designer L M Wolfson and Walter Lees emerged to cover and then demonstrate the motor proving gasoline fuel replaced by ordinary oil and a fuel bill of 4 68 versus 24 for standard engines. Radio reception was nearly perfect and fire hazard lowered by diesel ignition.
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Langley Field
U.P
Packard Motor Car Company
Detroit
National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
L. M. Wolfson
Wolfson
Walter Lees
Wollson
Fire damages Nat Wyckoff residence in Urbana
A short circuit caused a major blaze at the Nat Wyckoff home in Urbana Iowa on May 15. The fire heavily damaged the dwelling while household foods were saved and the James Brody family evacuated without serious injuries.
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Urbana
Nat Wyckoff
James Brody
Police seize sling shots after Cottage Grove complaint
Officers on Cottage Grove avenue last night confronted boys in the 100 block firing stones with sling shots at homes. After lecturing them, Sg. P. E. Walker and P. Driver Charles Pickens returned to the station with two sling shots. A coat theft was reported on Lafayette street blocks 700, a dark brown leather coat with light brown collar stolen from a car.
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Cottage Grove Avenue
Set
P. E. Walker
Charles, Pickens
Harry Tromanhauser
Dawson Street
Lafayette Street
Hadley Joins Charles S. Bickley Realty Firm
J H Hadley, long a leading automotive figure in the area, joins Charles S. Bickley Realty Company. He and John Hanson built the Overland Waterloo building at Fourth and Franklin in 1915 and later operated an oil business with a garage at Fifth and Jefferson. The firm handles Willys Overland in northeastern Iowa and distributes 1,506 to 2,000 cars annually.
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J. H. Hadley
Charles S. Bickley
Hadley
John Hanson
Overland-Waterloo
Fourth
Franklin Streets
Iowa
Willys- Overland Company, Inc
Fifth and
Jefferson Streets
Madsen’s recovery indicated after motorcycle crash
Waverly Indiana May 15. Frial Madsen New York youth whose skull was fractured when his motorcycle overturned near Plainfield Sunday probably will recover. Attendants paid following a rally evident Tuesday. Madsen recovered consciousness completely and appeared much stronger.
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Courier
Waverly
Frial Madsen
New York
Plainfield
Madsen
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National Safety Council
These Davids
Goliaths
J. HA. Hadley
Charles 8. Bickley Realty Company
Goodrich
Silvertowns
Goodrich Cavaliers
Ford
Buick
Chrysler
Imperial
Fowler-Warren Company
Chrysler-Plymouth
Franklin and
Park Ave
Waterloo
Dunlop
Gonee
Mulberry St
Kyle Ray Glk
Eveready
Chevrolet
Star of Essex
Unger Bros
Auto Parts and Supplies
Dayton Tire Distributors Cor. E, Gth and
Sycamore
Kelly Springfield
Springfield
Kelly
Waterloo Auto Company
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