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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1933
Page
5
The 1933 De Soto Six premiere drew large crowds and strong orders, with Roy Peed stating January shipments will be five times last year’s. Production began early to avert possible shortages. The line features fifty two standard improvements and eighty custom-line advantages, including floating power and hydraulic brakes.
Chevrolet 1933 commercial trucks go on view at dealers nationwide. The line includes half ton with 109 inch wheelbase 131 inch 1% ton wheelbase and 157 inch 133 ton wheelbase models with low prices. Panel roofs and French style tops highlight the bodies with safety glass and comfortable seats. A sedan delivery model offers passenger car riding qualities with chrome trim and high quality finish. New body types for the 157 inch wheelbase include farm rack stock rack and school bus with 136 bushel load capacity for the farm unit.
Puzzle clues cover across and down entries with numerous defined terms. The page also includes a government style notice: The Cedar Rapids and Marion City Railway Company stockholders meet February 14 1933 at 10 o clock a.m. in Cedar Rapids Iowa for director elections and business.
The 1933 Oldsmobiles feature a new styling line with distinct differences between the six and eight models and higher power. They boast low aerodynamic bodies from the radiator to the rear, a new Fisher no draft system, and larger engines delivering 80 horsepower for six cylinders and 90 horsepower for straight eight. The wheelbase is extended to 119 inches with wider tread for more room and comfort, plus price reductions.
In Toledo the Willys 77 is presented as the world's lowest priced car featuring patented Floating Power. Engineers focused on economy of operation, marking a key achievement in John N. Willys career.
The article touts the Willys 77 with 25 to 30 mpg and over 1,000 miles per oil gallon. It stresses low initial cost, affordable payments, and reduced maintenance. Its full streamline design reduces wind resistance, boosting speed by four to five mph, and its 500 pound lighter weight lowers dead weight compared with rivals.
Dodge retail figures show a continued rise in late December 1932 with passenger car sales up 18.5 percent and trucks up 21.7 percent over the prior week. The five week period ending Dec 31, 1932, exceeds 1931 deliveries by 33.5 percent and 1930 by 30.7 percent.
A Tit Bits quip frames a doctor asking about a patient’s heart. The nurse replies with a playful twist that the patient has proposed twice, highlighting light bedside humor in a medical setting.
H G Moock of Plymouth Detroit Plymouth Motor Corp says 1932 business will exceed 1931 and plant schedules will hold in January and February. Plymouth shipments to De Soto Dodge and Chrysler dealers rose sharply in 1931. December and November 1931 ship ments show strong gains. Also 72 percent of NACCAR shipments were Plymouths. Eight Bryan county Oklahoma schools fed 50 000 hot lunches in a year.
Officers listed for the Royal Neighbors lodge in Wellman include Ruth Bull vice-oracle Nellie Adams past oracle Lulu Steimeger chancellor Elizabeth Dickel recorder Hattie Haberstroh receiver Allie Green marshal Allie Livesey assistant marshal Lilian Glovey inner sentinel Frances Huffman outer sentinel Nellie Eckhardt manager Mildred Wehrle faith Cora Green courage Elsie Sitler modesty Winnie Weidlein unselfishness Emma Denison endurance Elizabeth Wehrle musician Efie Huffman.
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