Studebaker Opens Service Plant to Supply Dealers
The Studebaker Corporation makes a service plant at Pontiac available to supply parts for all models on short notice. More than 100,000 Studebaker cars are in use, and the plant will turn out territory tailored parts stocks for each dealer. Rail and motor transport will handle communications with main plants. W W Austin is superintendent of the new No 15 facility.
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Studebaker Corporation
Studebaker
Clarence H Roath
Wake Palk
Pontiac
Vulcan
Studebakers
Austin Ia
Buick
Isidor Straus Left Estate Of 4 565 106
New York August 9 Isidor Straus the merchant and philanthropist who perished on the Titanic left an estate valued at 4 505 198 His wife Ida Straus who stayed with him left an estate of 325 578 The two estates were approved today A partial estimate shows Titanic victim Benjamin Guytenhemn will total several millions with six children as sole heirs The bequests total 449 900 The six Straus children have already contributed 185 000 to benevolent causes he supported
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New York
Isidor Straus
Ida Straus
Benjamin Guytenhemn
Straug
Straus
200 Miles an Hour for Motor Car of Future
Detroit mid Aug 9 Henry Ford speculates on the future of motor cars. He envisions lighter 560 pound vehicles with speeds of 150 to 200 mph on special highways, possibly rails, and notes lubrication advances may enable long-lasting dynamos. He cautions pedestrians would require exclusive routes and acknowledges gradual progress.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford
Sindad
Diamond Valley
Lang Brein
Ex-Minister Finch Dead in Wisconsin Residence
William H. Finch, longtime U S minister and former publisher of The La Crosse Republican and Leader, was found dead in his La Crosse Wisconsin bathroom this afternoon. police say apoplexy is the suspected cause. Finch was 68.
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Finch
la Grosac
Wis
Augusta
William H. Finch
United States
Josas
Uruguay
la Crosse
Republican and Leader
Five Men Die in Sawmill Boiler Explosion Near Clarksville
In Clarksville area, August 9, a boiler blast at Majors sawmill ten miles southeast of town killed five men. Two others were badly injured, with reports they may die. The dead include Majors, George Majors, Wit Gulger, Joe Daniele, and Pinkey Haw kings. Injured are Ernest Peacock and Tony Costs CG. Majors and his son recently moved from Pennsylvania and owned large timber tracts.
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Clarksville
Texas
Majors
George Majors
Wit Gulger
Joe Daniele
Pinkey Hawkings
Ernest Peacock
Tony Costs
Denanyvania
Tainted ice cream deaths shock Masiertown, Pa
Tainted ice cream blamed for two deaths in Masiertown and illness in thirty others. Society members Paul Bacon and Clyde Barnes, both 18, died after consuming the frozen treat at a party weeks earlier. The sick include Jessie Williams, Frederick Van Scot, and two children. Others remain critically ill.
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Masiertown
Paul Bacon
Moslertown
Clyde Barnes
Hickerman’s Cornets
Jessie Willams
Frederick van Scot
Indiana Pacific tour caps after cross country run
The Indiana Pacific tour of Indiana manufacturers ended in Los Angeles on August 3 after a 3140 mile booster trip led by Premier cars driven by Roy McNamara. G and J Truck by United States Fire Company carried spare tires. Westgard of the national highway commission led governors through states on the journey.
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Los Angeles
Indiana
Pacific Coast
Reinier
Roy McNamara
McNamara
Indianapolia
AL Westgard
National Highway Commission
America
Westzard
Portland
Campietse
United States Fire Company
Walter Weldley
George Weldley
WeNemara
Indanapolia Air
Anish
Argentine Legation Building Funds Approved by Senate Panel
Buenos Ayres August 9 The Argentine government seeks 310000 dollars to buy a building in Washington for the Argentine legation to the United States. The request was approved today by the senate committee.
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Buenos Ayres
Washington
United States
Senate
Seven Drown As Motorboat Sinks In Long Pond
East Freetown Massachusetts August 9. A motorboat sank on Long Pond at night killing six women and one man while three others were rescued. The dead include George Wright and Miss Haven from Brockton and Miss Hattie Hamilton Laurton Miss Annie BweeneyMiss Sadie McCabe Miss Mabel Brown and Mrs Emma Doyle from New Bedford. Rescued were Henry W Haymond Luther M Dayton from New Bedford and R James Stevens from Laurton, aided by Frederick Macey who saved four. The craft sank soon after leaving shore, possibly when the bottom gave way amid darkness and rescue efforts continued past midnight with no further bodies recovered.
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East Freetown
Mass
Long Pond
George Wright
Miss Haven
Brockton
Hattie Hamilton
Laurton
Annie Bweeney
Sadie McCabe
Mabel Brown
Emma Doyle
New Bedford
Henry W. Haymond
Luther M. Dayton
R. James Stevens
Launton
Frederick Macey
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Southern Auto
Atlanta
Maxwell
South
F Redden
Eral Alea
Maxwell Mater Company
Ansley Hotel
Mr. Redden
Poenchtree Street
Goodrich Mownedi Lres
Goodrich
G. & J. Truck
Busck
Delco
Buick Motor Atlanta
Peachtree St
Flint, Mich
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