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Co's Story - USA - Akron's Motor Cargo Inc. was a pioneer in U.S. trucking industry
Akron,OH,USA -The Akron Beacon Journal, by Mark J. Price -Sep. 18, 2006: -- Bertha, Belinda and Dinah were grande dames of the U.S. trucking industry. The iron ladies hauled enough freight in 1931 to turn a side business into a commercial giant... Akron businessman Owen O. Orr convinced his father, James H. Orr, president of the Orr Coal Co., that they could make extra money in the summer if they converted their dump trucks into freight haulers... They removed the bodies, hooked up trailers and went into the trucking business. In 1931, they formed the Akron Motor Cargo Co.... (Photo: Akron Beacon Journal file - Paul M. Bair, manager of the Orr Service & Supply Co. station at 700 Carroll St. in Akron, pumps 120 gallons of fuel into the tank of Motor Cargo driver Dana Bond's truck in 1948. The service station was in front of Motor Cargo Inc.)
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