Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1914 — TWO RECENT AUTOMOBILE INVENTIONS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TWO RECENT AUTOMOBILE INVENTIONS

Two novelties in the way of automobiles are shown in the photographs. The upper one shows the latest addition to the transportation facilities of the French army, and is called the • flying auto.” The only way it differs from the ordinary automobile is that in the rear is a monster propeller. When crossing the sands of the desert of Mofbcco.or on windy days, the propeller is set in motion and the auto is capable of attaining a speed of fifty miles an hour over the sandiest of roads. The bottom photo shows the “flying bob,” a glider that shoots on the snows by the aid of a propeller attached to the front.