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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1934
Page
4
Buick plans a low price car line built on its 30 year manufacturing experience. Harlow Curtice says details will be released May 32 and distribution will begin at all dealers. The program targets about 27 percent of the car market while maintaining Buick quality.
GMC announces the T-16 heavy truck with 9 300 lb capacity and 70 hp at 3300 rpm. It features rifle drilled rods, replaceable bearings, steel backed pistons and a full floating rear axle. The model carries design cues from the wartime GMC 16s and offers modern streamlining and attractive beaver tail body options.
Chevrolet reports 62 388 units delivered in the first twenty days of April and 235 332 for the year to date, up from 144 506 and 152 percent of the 1933 figures. Commercial deliveries total 16 224 trucks, triple the 1933 April total, with overall 1934 commercial sales at 73 819 units.
A Sunday morning to late evening schedule shows NBC CBS and ABC programs across WJZ WENR WABC WEAF WMAQ and others. It lists concerts, choirs, orchestras, soloists, and public interest segments with many station call letters and times.
Graham-Paige announces a new eight-cylinder car with a supercharger at a price well below the supercharged custom eight shown at the January national auto show. Engine size matches the Graham special eight but bore increases to 3 1 2 inches boosting horsepower from 95 to 135 with larger transmission and rear components. The model targets demand for a high power supercharged eight at a lower price and complements the existing custom eight lineup.
Louis Meyer drove a Ford V-8 to win the 150 mile Tar ga Florio Hill road race at Ascot speedway in 2 hours 56 minutes 33.4 seconds averaging 51.33 mph. Ted Horn and Al Gordon finished second and third driving Fords. Ford cars filled the first ten places with minimal pit stops as 35,000 spectators watched.
The tale recalls Herman Benjamin of Atlanta, a druggist, and his loyal fox terrier Jip. After Jip’s death in 1931, Benjamin had the dog’s body embalmed and stored in a mortuary chapel. He died soon after, and both are buried together in the same grave with Benjamin’s epitaph.
The passage contrasts the speaker’s maudlin casket inscription for Jip with reflections on beloved dogs. It recalls Lord Byron at Newstead Abbey honoring Boatswain with a monumental grave and a plan to be buried with the dog and a servant, who balks at sharing one tomb.
A troubled servant laments, You could rest in worse company, then explains Boatswain is already buried and confesses fear of becoming the next to die, hinting at a sequence of fatalities to come. Cont'd on back page this section.
Detroit based engineers introduce a rustproofing method for Airflow DeSoto bodies using a special clay combined with a rust inhibitor. The process, developed after years of study, claims to extend finish life by at least 25 percent and involves seven operations.
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