County board weighs post roads revival bill fate
Black Hawk county supervisors received a call to revive a nationwide post road bill offering 200 million dollars to build post roads in farming districts from S M Johnson and T J Keefe. The plan would use half of federal aid to create rural routes, with town shares around 8.96 million. Board members want study time before approving, worried about primary highway paving. Also noted: oldest Chinese maps cut on stone tablets dated 137 AD with another reference to maps in 227 BC.
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Washington, D. C
Black Hawk
Johnson
Board of Supervisors
Congress
Black Hawk Board
Tews
New Zealand Couple Drives World’s Longest Auto Tour
New Zealand architect G W Allsop and his wife embarked July 22 1927 from Auckland for a globe circling motor journey in a Packard Six sedan. They crossed Australia and Tasmania, sailed to Durban and plan nine months in Europe before sailing to North America and finishing in Auckland, the world’s longest automobile trip. They travel with a mobile home car equipped for offroad living and self sustainment. Brandonite Returns Home.
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New Zealand
G. W. Allsop
Auckland
Tasmania
Durban
South Africa
Great Lake
Tasamania
Allsop
Sydney
Australia
Capetown
Southhampton
England
France
Italy
North America
Quebec
Montreal
New York
New
York
Detroit
Chicago
Los Angeles
California
Vancouver
Allsops
Packard
Greer Analyzes Three Troubles In Performance
Erwin Greer of Greer College offers fixes for common car problems. He explains that a small wheel and tire uncover out of balance effects above 25 mph. He cites out-of-balance wheel, eccentric wheel, or out-of-balance tire as causes and recommends wheel alignment. He notes steering pull from twisted axles, bent knuckle, or frame shift, plus air pressure changes. He advises front axle alignment to cure pulling. He also links uneven rear brakes to eccentric drums and suggests truing drums to restore brake balance.
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Erwin Greer
Greer College of Electrical and Automotive Trades
Chicago
New Device Aids Lovers in Automobile Privacy
New York May 16. English magnate Peter Jones arrived on the Samaria with a reversible back seat and door at the rear of a car. The device lets the rear occupant look back like a Pullman observation car, granting privacy for lovers and silencing the back seat driver.
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New York
Peter Jones
Samaria
Jones
Children Struck by Autos as School Ends
June marks the peak for child auto accidents per the National Safety Council. With schools dismissed early June and via increased street playing and tourist travel, young pedestrians remain highly vulnerable as routines shift and traffic rises.
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National Safety Council
Beck Motor Service Opens 24 Hour Day
Beck Motor Service at 716 Mulberry Street now offers 24 hour mechanical service with oiling greasing and wash rack. It is the only garage on the east side to maintain round the clock motor service despite several storage garages nearby.
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Beck Motor Service
Mulberry Street
Aves Oil
Studebaker Eight Sets 12 Records Across 2000 Miles
The President Eight, Studebaker's champion car, set 12 new speed and endurance records for fully equipped stock cars by traveling 2000 miles in 1654 minutes at Atlantic City speedway starting April 29. The run averaged 72.5 mph, securing every official endurance and speed record for stock cars from five miles to 25 000 miles. Beavers feed on aspen, poplar, and cottonwood trees for food and building material.
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Studebaker
George A. Geerdes
Atlantic City Speedway
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CSE
National Good Roads Board
Central Park
George Mann
Major Fitzmaurice
Baron von Huenefeld
Dent
Koehl
Mann
Captain Koehl
the Royal Sanitary Institute of London
Brandonite
Brandon
Ralph Robson
Chrysler
Waterloo Motor Sales
East
Franklin
Greer
Ellis Motors, Incorporated
TW Atrregd
Seiberling
Frank Collard Jr., Inc
Waterloo
Iowa
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