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...inventor was Lieutenant Colonel in the Ordnance Department during the War, was commanding officer of the Dayton aircraft armament division...
...inventor of Weed nonskid tire chains was not dead, as reported; nor had his wife died "penniless after husband's fortune went to his stenographer," as reported. Wealthy Col. Harry D. Weed was alive in Bridgeport, Conn.; and, if the conciliatory tone of the Herald Tribune was indicative, he was not only alive but "kicking...
From the office of Frederick S. Duncan, for more than 20 years counsel for the Weed Chain Tire Grip Co. and its successor, the American Chain Co., came loud and speedy protest. He stated facts: The "Weed" tire chain was named after its inventor, Harry D. Weed, of Canastota (near Syracuse) N. Y. Under license agreement from him, the company produced Weed chains and paid all royalties therefrom for many years, later buying the patent rights. Colonel Weed is vigorously alive in Bridgeport and retains a close consulting connection with the American Chain Co., successors to the Weed Chain Tire...
...Herald Tribune had reported the death of a Mrs. Alice Weed, widow of Beverly Weed who (no relative of Col. Harry D. Weed) was falsely named as the inventor of Weed chains...
...minute; forward speed, achieved by tilting 50 to 70 m.p.h. Dropping with motors dead, the revolving wings drag heavily; elminate landing crashes. Also eliminated are long landing fields. Mail officials were deeply interested, pointing out that the invention if practicable, could drop directly on post-office building roofs. The inventor is Maitland B. Bleecker...