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Automotive News Briefs 27 August 1925 |
ADVERTISES PROSPERITY
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Waco, Texas 
Waco, Tex., Aug. 26.—“We can't join the pessimistic crowd; business is good with us.” Thus does the Hicks Rubber Company of thie city tell the world through a half-page ad in the local newspapers that their business is good in spite of the worst drought of 40 years. The Hicks Rubber Company maintains three wholesale stores and 20 retail stores in Texas.
AUTO MECHANICS UNIONIZE
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Joliet, Illinois
Subject: Labor
Topic: Automobile Mechanics Union
Joliet, Ill., Aug. 26.—W. Schoenberg organizer of the Automobile Mechanics Union, has announced that 19 of the 34 garages and repair have signed a new scale of pay and working conditions. As soon as the city of Joliet is organized it is proposed to carry the move to other down state cities.
BATTERY EMPLOYEES PICNIC
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Waco, Texas
Waco, Tex., Aug. 26.—Beard & Stone Co., battery dealers of this city, treated 35 employees to a watermelon cut at the Fishing and Boating Club here recently. This company, which also is the exclusive distributor for Gabriel snubbers, Stromberg carburetors and Bosch magnetos in this territory, recently moved into a new building.
AUTO STEEL MAKER SEES BRIGHT OUTLOOK
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Canton, Ohio
Canton, O., Aug. 26.—Present conditions in the steel industry are favorable, according to George H. Charls, vice-president and general manager of the United Alloy Steel Company. This concern makes automotive steel for many of the world's largest automobile manufacturers.
The Alloy is operating at between 80 and 90 per cent. capacity, Charls said. July production was low in comparison with other months because of midsummer repairs, it was explained.
BOOM IN GUAYULE PRICES
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Mexico City, Mexico 
Mexico City, Aug. 26 (By U. T. P. S.).—A possible boom in guayule prices is forseen by producers here as a result of high rubber prices.
CHEVROLET AT PEAK OUTPUT
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Topic: Chevrolet
Plants of the Chevrolet Motor Company are operating day and night shifts and are striving to increase output.
CLEVELAND AUTO COMPANY REPORTS ITS RECORD YEAR
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Cleveland, Ohio
Topic: Cleveland
Cleveland, Aug. 26.—The Cleveland Automobile Company reports the best year in the history of the organization. The plant is turning out fifty cars a day and orders on hand will maintain this figure for some time to come, it was stated. There has been no let-down in production during the summer.
CLEVELAND BUSINESS
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Aug. 26.—A slight decrease in business during August is reported by the finance companies of this city, handling passenger car paper. The drop during August is 20 per cent. under July, according to W. W. Sullivan, who expects a similar falling off during September. Losses are slightly lower. In April, May and June new car business paper exceeded that of used car, but during July and August used car paper was in excess.
DEALERS TO EXHIBIT
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Amsterdam, N. Y.,, Aug. 26.—The automotive industry will play an important part in Amsterdam's mercantile exposition which is scheduled to take place in September in the local state armory. Already several dealers have arranged for representation and it is expected that virtually every dealer will furnish some kind of an exhibit.
Exports $60,000,000 Autos to Tropics
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: New York, New York
New York, Aug. 24.—Exports of $60,000,000 worth of American automobiles to the tropics in the fiscal year just ended, coupled with the fact that practically all our airplanes and one-half of our wireless apparatus exported go to that section, suggests, says the Trade Record of the National City Bank, that the people of the tropical world are finding in these new devices a partial solution of their transportation problem. The tropical and subtropical belt, which stretches around the globe between the 30th parallel of north latitude adn the 30th parallel of south latitude, has about 600,000,000 people.
a name="firestone">FIRESTONE WINS BID
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Columbia, South Carolina
Subject: Tires
Topic: Firestone
Columbia, S. C.,, Aug. 26.—The Capital Motors, Inc., of Columbia, distributors here of Firestone tires, has been awarded a contract for more than a carload of tires for use by the state highway department. The tires are to be used by the motor vehicle division of the highway department.
a name="fordnickel">FORD BUYS NICKEL
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Detroit, Michigan
Topic: Ford Motor Company
Detroit, Aug. 24.—The Ford Motor Company has bought 20 tons of nickel compound from the International Nickel Company, for experimental purpose in connection with the finish of radiator shells. About five pounds of the compound are required per radiator.
GLIDDEN SHARES SOLD
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Stockholders of the Glidden Company have subscribed for virtually all of the 40,000 shares of no par common.
GOOD GLASS DEMAND
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Demand for plate glass continues good in Pittsburgh, and distributors appear to be satisfied with present prices.
HANG 'EM IN SIGHT
Publication: Automotive Daily News
A filling station operator increased accessory sales by hanging a number on the pump.
IDAHO REGISTRATIONS OF PASSENGER CARS GROW
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Boise, Idaho
Boise, Idaho, Aug. 26.—A total of [copy damaged]704 passenger cars and 6,210 trucks has been licensed in Idaho [copy damaged] to August 15, according to official record. Last year's registration totaled 61,955 passenger cars and 7,698 trucks for a similar period. A total of 7,714 new passenger cars and 639 new trucks is included in the 1925 figures, as compared with 10,248 new cars and 1,063 trucks last year.
INSTALL FORD BENCH
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids, Ia., Aug. 26.—The Automotive Service Company, recently opened by Specht and Rock, has added a specially designed bench for handling Ford electrical work. It is so arranged that units are handled easily and quickly for repairs and can be tested out under actual working conditions.
Jersey Price War Cuts Gas to 11 Cts.
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Burlington, New Jersey
Subjects: Petroleum
Burlington, N. J., Aug. 26.—Competitive slashing in three-day price war has brought the price of gasoline here down to 11 cents per gallon, and filling stations are being pressed to handle business originating from miles around. Traffic is jammed and the police are encountering difficulty in handling the horde of eager motorists.
Opening of the Sinclair service station, with the announcement of 17-cent gasoline, started the price cutting. Until the coming of the Sinclair station, the average price of gasoline in Burlington and Trenton, twelve miles distance, was 20 cents.
Lauds Dort
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Topics: J. Dallas Dort, Charles W. Nash
Charles W. Nash took occasion to pay glowing tribute to the late J. Dallas Dort at last Saturday's reunion of former employees of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company at Flint, Michigan.
“Never a man lived who reared an organization in which he attempted to inculcate that honest spirit of living than did Mr. Dort,” said Mr. Nash. “I am glad to have worked under him and to have learned his spirit of fair play and honesty.”
MANUFACTURER TRIES FISHING
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Jackson, Michigan
Detroit, Aug. 26.—P. W. Seiler, president of Ternstedt Manufacturing Company, who is on his annual fishing trip at Blind River, Ont., will return to his desk August 31.
Moon Reduces Prices
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, Aug. 26.—The Moon Motor Car Company has announced price reductions of $50 on the touring car and $250 on the sedan.
MOTOR SHAFT COMPANY ERECTS NEW BUILDING
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Jackson, Michigan
Jackson, Mich., Aug. 26.—Contracts have been let by the Jackson Motor Shaft Company for an additional building and equipment to cost $200,000. The plans call for the completion of the project by November 1. The new structure, which will add 13,000 square feet to the plant's space and will be erected by John F. Braun, has been made necessary by the expansion of business.
MOTOR VEHICLE DUTY CUT IN FRENCH AFRICA
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Washington, D.C.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 27.—The schedule of duties applying to imports into French equatorial Africa (except Babon) has been modified, according to a decree of June 30 published in the French Journal Official for July, Eugene A. Masuret, office of trade commissioner, Paris, reported today to the Department of Commerce.
Automobiles and trucks of all kinds formerly dutiable at 10 per cent. ad valorem are now dutiable at 5 per cent. ad valorem.
NEW AUTOMOTIVE STEEL PRODUCTS CO. ORGANIZED
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Topic: Alliance Steel Products
Alliance, O., Aug. 26.—Articles of incorporation have been filed by the Alliance Steel Products Company, which will engage in the manufacture of steel forgings for the automotive industry. The articles of incorporation call for issuing 2,000 shares of no par value common stock.
Options have been closed on a site in the northeast section of the city, and it is understood work will be started soon on the erection of the plant.
Incorporators are Percy S. Bottomley, Homer Kendall, Lester L. Ruth and F. W. Andrews.
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New Ford Angle
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Topic: Henry Ford
Henry Ford has just been eulogized from the a new angle. This time it is in connection with his interest in the advancement of aviation. J. Gainor, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, in Detroit a few weeks ago, said: “Thanks to Mr. Ford's patriotism, America will be in the front rank of preparedness in event of another war.”
New Sinclair Stations
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Topic: Sinclair
The Sinclair Oil Company is acquiring many gas station outlets in the middle anthracite section of Pennsylvania.
NEW STELLITE SERVICE
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Kokomo, Indiana
Kokomo, Ind., Aug. 24.—Haynes Stellite Co. has just completed concentration of its activities at its plant here. All service in connection with the company's products which include Stellite metal cutting tools and other articles of high speed, rust and corrosion resisting alloys, will hereafter be given direct from the plant. Headquarters for administration sales and engineering activities will be at Kokomo under the direction of C. G. Chisholm, general manager.
ONE AUTO TO EVERY FOUR
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Pierre, South Dakota
Pierre, S. D., Aug. 26.—By the end of this year South Dakota will have one automobile for every four persons in the state, according to estimates made by the motor vehicle division of the department of state.
a name="returngm">RETURN FROM EUROPE
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Detroit, Michigan
Topic: General Motors
Detroit, Aug. 26.—Landing at New York on the S. S. Homeric September 2 will be a number of General Motors officials, who sailed from America July 25. In the party will be Pierre S. duPont, chairman of the board; John J. Raskob, Fred J. Fischer, C. S. Mott and John L. Pratt, vice-presidents. The party has been making an investigation of European automotive conditions.
S. D. PLANS FOR WINTER
Publication: Automotive Daily News
It is announced that South Dakota will use motorized snowplows to keep its roads open this winter.
SUPPLY DEALERS ENTERTAIN
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Raleigh, North Carolina
Topic: Boylan's
Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 26.—Over 200 guests enjoyed the hospitality of William and Rufus Boylan, operators of Boylan's, Inc., wholesale automotive supply company, at a pig barbecue at the Milburnie Fishing Club near here.
Wilson Co. in New Building, Sept. 1
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Pontiac, Michigan
Pontiac, Mich., Aug. 26.—The Wilson Foundry Company, a subsidiary of Willys-Overland, will occupy its new addition about September 1. The new building, three stories, will be devoted exclusively to the manufacture of six-cylinder motors.
The company is now making all the Willys-Knight motors, and the Willys-Overland motors are being cast and machined here. Production so far this year has exceeded the entire 1924 output.
WEEKLY CHANGES POLICY
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Aug. 26.—Henry Ford's weekly, the Dearborn Independent, has announced a change in its policy. Beginning with the issue of October 3, the Independent will accept advertising.
Would Run Bus Between Seattle And Los Angeles
Publication: Automotive Daily News
Dateline: Olympia, Washington
Olympia, Wash., Aug. 26.—W. J. Schraeder of Los Angeles this week filed application for a permit to operate an interstate motor stage passenger bus service, between the cities of Seattle, Wash., and Los Angeles. The applicant proposes to make two round trips monthly between the two cities by the Pacific Highway route.
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Publication: Automotive Daily News
The Treasury Department has ruled that parts and accessories built for motor vehicles, but sold for use on other than automobiles, are not subject to tax. What has the motor vehicle done to deserve such exclusive and [damaged copy] attention?