The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-19
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Automobile interests in the United States sold S5 automobiles in Alaska

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 Automobile interests in the United States sold s5 automobiles in Alaska last year.
 Only 22 states in the union have laws regulating the sale of second hand automobiles.
 Kansas City has several "drive-is- yourself" garages, where automo- piles are rented to people for touring purposes.
 According to new Pennsylvania state law, motorists are required to stop and give first aid in case of ac- cidents.
 Of the 41,s92 motor cars exported from the United States in 1921, Mex leo received more than any other country, S,2S2, or 19.S per cent.
 According to authorities, s5 per cont of the standard equipped automobiles in the United States are at present at the mercy of automobile thieves.
 Nevada, with 10,S00 motor. vehicles, and having the smallest motor regis tration of any state in the union has more cars than the entire Chinese empire.
 Automobile laws, pertaining to the sale of second hand cars, are so se- were in Maryland that it is almost im- possible to sell a used car in that state without the proper authority.
 bill was recently introduced in the New York state legislature mak- ing it a crime for driver of an auto mobile to operate a car with one hand through the streets of New York city
 Divided into continental classifica- tions, there are 11,162,1f0 motor ve- hicles in North and South America; 1,l10,s990 n Europe, 134,73o in Asia, 12O,2S1 in> Oceania, 55.S32 In Africa
 specially built autosled has been designed for Leon Trotzky, the Rus sian soviet leader. The rear wheels have been replaced by tractors. and the front wheels are mounted on sled runners.
 California and Iowa lead in the number of automobiles as compared to population, with one car for every 6.2 inhabitants. South Dakota ranks third, with an average of 5.3, and Ne braska fourth, with b.4 people for each car.
 An automobile of German make. supposedly of medium price and quoted for sale in that country at 15o,o00 marks, would cost nearly s2700 in the United States after ex- port tax, shipping charges, etc., were paid.
 The average price of 4s of tho prin- cipal standard touring car models Is now 22 per cent below the average price on September 1, 1920, but the price of the greater quantity of oars sold shows 42M per cent reduction.
 Blind residents of Denver, Col, are to be provided police whistles free by the city. When a blind person blows his whistle, traffic officers will see that all traffic IS suspended until the blind pedestrian Is safely across the street.
 The Lincoln Highway association which has been promoting tho de. velopment of the cross country road since 1913, has a stretch of highway of approximately $500 miles between sne sas, Isra rluas9n an",r, river New York. and
 As the result of a series of expsrt- ments on means for the measure ment of time, Dr. A. I. Foley, head of the department of physics at the In- diana University. Is of opinion that disk wheels on automobiles will xo faster than wire wheels.
 The license number of President Harding's automobile Is 100 D. C. An additional plate is carried, ex- hibiting the crest of the chief execu- tive surrounded by four stars, which signify his position as commander in-chief of the army. and navy.
 Of the 13 public camp grounds to be developed in the forests of Penn sylvania this spring, nine will be To- cated along improved state highways and will be equipped particularly for the use of automobile tourists who carry camping outfits.
 cheap automobile belonging to I. B. Baines, of San Diego. Cal, lost five years ago in a flood of mud and water. has come back to life,l The car, found in bank of mud, with routed tires, was dug out and sent to repair hop, and is now running In perfect form with its original machinery.
 In France a flying automobile is the latest development in the aero world. The car is equipped with folding wings. two engines, one of ID horsepower for land going and the other of 300 horsepower for air travel. The machine performs all the usual feats of an airplane and also of an automobile.
 bungalettes are in process of cree ton on an eight-acre tract near Oak lapd, Cal, to be let to motoring tourists. The bungalettes, built en- tlrely on wood, are equipped with sinks. running water. electric lights. two-burner gas stoves, etc. Between 400 and 800 cars can be accommo- dated in the park.
 The Blue Trail, a 4,4o0-mile high way in Canada, is to be completed this year. The route stretches from California up through to Macleod. Lethbridge and Calgary, and on to Lake Louise. Banff and Windemero to Crowns Nest Pass and back to the United States. It Is expected that this will be the most popular auto mobile tourist route in America.
 The famous automobile once owned by the King of Belgium, and in which he toured the battlefront during the World war, is now doing duty as a motor bus at the railway station in Baltimore. Md. It has a costly lim- cuisine body on a long wheelbase and the interior, from the velyet covering on the floor to the dome In the ceiling. is finished in mahogany and oak inlaid. The seats are fash toned more like costly furniture than like the usual automobile seat and are covered with heavy gray whip cord material.