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Widal inspects engine in new Flivver plane. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. A new Flivver plane, powered with a Ford V-8 Motor and capable of a cruising speed of 95 miles an hour, was demonstrated to Eugene Vidal, Director of the Bureau of Air Commerce, Department of Commerce, today. The plane has a wing spread of 36 feet. A low gas mileage is claimed for the ship, 16 miles to the gallon, on its flight from St. Louis to Chicago in 2 hours, 33 minutes. Director Vidal is shown inspecting the motor with Hayden Campbell, of St. Joseph, Mo., who flew the plane here

Widal inspects engine in new Flivver plane. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15....

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army medical field service school. Army doctors starting from the barracks on a practice road march. Mileage is increased each time they march

Carlisle, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army medical field service school. Army d...

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Meeting of county FSA (Farm Security Administration) supervisors and assistant to determine program for the week. Limited mileage allowance requires careful planning in these large counties so that clients can be visited. San Angelo, Texas

Meeting of county FSA (Farm Security Administration) supervisors and a...

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Pres. Harding signing Mileage Script Bill

Pres. Harding signing Mileage Script Bill

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In time of war there is no excuse for carelessness, and it is carelessness that is responsible for the loss of most tire mileage. Running into a curb can mean a break in the tire wall, or at least a weakening. Blowouts are more apt to occur when these sidewalls are in bad condition

In time of war there is no excuse for carelessness, and it is careless...

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Mileage script group on White House lawn

Mileage script group on White House lawn

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Pres. Harding signing Mileage Script Bill

Pres. Harding signing Mileage Script Bill

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Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Asst. Secy. of the Navy (left), congratulating A.M. Loeb, pres. of the Nat'l Council Traveling Salesmen Assoc. upon the decision of Interstate Commerce Commission relating to the interchangeable mileage books. Roosevelt is Chmn. of the Associate Membership Div.

Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Asst. Secy. of the Navy (left), congratulatin...

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Sue sign off early adjournment of Congress. Washington, D.C., June 10. While Congress will probably not adjourn until sometime next week, its members are already besieging the railroad ticket office at the Capitol for transportation home. Pictured here getting their mileage are, left to right: Rep. William M. Colmer, Mississippi; Rep. Virginia Jenckes; Rep. Matthew J. merritt, New Jersey; and P.H. McClune, ticket agent, 6/10/38

Sue sign off early adjournment of Congress. Washington, D.C., June 10....

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One way to increase tire life--and to do your part in the saving of rubber for the forces of fighting to defend your right to drive in freedom over the roads of this democracy is to keep the pressure right. This driver isn't thinking of war, however, as he checks his tire pressure. He's just using common sense as he takes a few moments to make certain that costly carelessness will not rob him of tire mileage

One way to increase tire life--and to do your part in the saving of ru...

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army medical field service school. Army doctors starting from the barracks on a practice road march. Mileage is increased each time they march

Carlisle, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army medical field service school. Army d...

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Workers on Rickenbacker rescue boat. How mileage rationing can save lives on the battlefronts was pointed up dramatically by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, who with six members of his crew were rescued after three weeks adrift on life rafts in the Pacific. "One tire that is not wasted on pleasure driving may save the lives of seven men as ours was saved," Rickenbacker said. One old rubber tire is sufficient to make a three-man raft of the type that saved the party in the Pacific

Workers on Rickenbacker rescue boat. How mileage rationing can save li...

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Conservation. Truck tires runs 146,000 miles. This truck tire has run 146,000 miles. It is now planned to retreat it with a life expenctancy of at least half the original mileage. The tire is size 9.75 x 20, weighs 129 pounds and was run at an air pressure of 70 pounds. Miss Jean Spanitz, stenographer in the Division of Motor Transportaion, Office of Defense Transportation, poses with the tire

Conservation. Truck tires runs 146,000 miles. This truck tire has run ...

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Washington, D.C., June 10, The House of Representatives late yesterday voted 214 to 122 to seat Alphonse Roy (above) Democrat, as a representative of the first district of New Hampshire. At the same time Rep. Arthur B. Jenks, Republican, who has represented the District for the last year and a half, was unseated. Rep. Roy received today a check of $14,000 for back pay and mileage expenses, 6/10/38

Washington, D.C., June 10, The House of Representatives late yesterday...

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Nice work if you can get it! Washington, D.C., June 10. Today was a happy day for Alphonse Roy, democrat, who was voted the seat of Rep. Arthur B. Jenks, Republican, in the House of Representatives. The final vote stood 214 to 122. Rep. Roy, representing the first district of New Hampshire, is pictured receiving a check of $14,000 for back pay and mileage expenses from Kenneth Romney, (right) Sergeant-At-Arms of the House, 6/10/38

Nice work if you can get it! Washington, D.C., June 10. Today was a ha...

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