TUESDAY NOVEMBER 26 1946 A meeting this afternoon with Judge Dizotell, who is interested in the Dooley Safety Device. Present were B.F. Peek, C.N. Stone, Elmer McCormick, Wayne Worthington, George Vaughn, Ken Anderson, and I. Wayne made a very good presentation of their tests on the Dooley device and Vaughn explained the movies. The sum & substance of the report is that the Dooley device is not reliable; it can be and is made inoperative when used with Power take off implements as operator nees to run P.T.O. with tractor standing still. At the utmost it would prevent less than 18% of accidents to implements & Tractors. The tipping over backwards of tractor is the greatest cause of fatalities. 83% of these accidents reported were fatal ~~~~~~~~~~ The Birthday Club in evening at Golf Club. [Newspaper clipping: Farms Bought by Deere & Co.]

Creator

• Brown, Theophilus

Language

• English

Identifier

• 1946_2_162
• MS02.01.26.378

Keyword

• diary

Year

• 1946

Date created

• 1946-11-26

Related url

•  https://digital.wpi.edu/show/qv33s1060

Resource type

• Image

Source

• MS02.01.26.378.420

Last modified

• 2023-09-05