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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1928
Page
4
An article warns garage accidents cause many injuries and deaths, led by carbon monoxide from car exhausts and gasoline explosions. It cites dangers from running engines in closed spaces, smoking near fuel, electric sparks, and amateur repairs that end with crushes, cuts, or burns.
Pauline Frederick the stage and screen star will travel this season in a Graham Paige eight cylinder LeBaron phaeton. She ordered the custom LeBaron bodied auto before leaving the auto capital and will drive it to Detroit for rehearsals of The Scarlet Woman before touring the eastern cities.
A 26 year old man from Brooklyn, Murray Chlenblatt, is identified as a confessed automobile thief linked to thefts in Oakland California on Sept 16 and Clinton Iowa on Sept 22. A federal warrant is expected to be issued charging him with stealing cars.
Herbert Hoover pledged continued federal aid for U S highway construction to a delegation from the American Road Builders Association. He favored finishing the 7 percent interstate program before expanding aid to secondary roads and urged better rural roads to serve 1 232 000 miles of R F D routes and 44 000 rural carriers.
The article explains that a storage battery delivers direct current from the positive terminal to the frame, with the negative grounded to the car. It warns the armor on the positive cable can wear when it rubs on hard edges, especially where the cable crosses the battery box edge, and advises taping and replacing worn armor and securing loose terminals to prevent engine stalling.
The text warns that starting trouble or a spark when current jumps is dangerous if gasoline fumes are nearby, highlighting the ignition hazard.
While awaiting trial in Nice for burglary, Quide Longen allegedly took five furs held as evidence and walked from the courthouse to freedom, prompting questions about security and legal process.
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