Ford plans production increase amid rising orders
Detroit May 4 Ford Motor company announced plans to boost output for the remaining months due to heavy orders from across the country. The schedule now covers the full line of eighteen models including new town car, town sedan, sport cabriolet, taxicab, station wagon, and deluxe delivery wagon with no curtailment of other standard cars. March production exceeded 8,000 cars and trucks daily, totaling 181,894 for the month versus 125,984 in February.
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Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Sousa Band to Broadcast On Chevrolet Sponsored Radio Night
John Philip Sousa and his world famous band will be heard nationwide on Monday evening May 6 at 8 30 p m in the General Motors Family Hour on NBC to celebrate Chevrolet’s delivery of over half a million six cylinder cars in four months Local Chevrolet dealer A W Hill says the broadcast marks Sousa’s first radio performance and underscores Chevrolet’s sales milestone Relative to six cylinder production no dealer group has matched the record in a full year
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John Philip Sousa
Chevrolet Motor Company
National Broadcasting Company
General Motors
A. W. Hill
Chevrolet
Sdusa
Hill
Sousa
Magnitude of Ford Co Plant Indicated by 1928 Power Output
The 1928 Ford Motor Company fuel and power report shows Power House Nos. 1 and 3 consumed 637,404 tons of fuel, about 12,700 car loads of coal. Steam output reached 11,853,000,000 pounds. Rouge plant produced 536,944,000 kWh, Highland Park and Lincoln 19,347,580, total 556,291,580 kWh, enough to power a large metropolis.
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Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Rouge
Highland Park
Lincoln
Firestone Leader Selling Bus Tire
Harvey S Firestone foresaw the rise of bus transportation and the need for durable tires. His Firestone Tire and Rubber Company pioneered bus tires and has since provided Gum Dipped Tires for the majority of buses, tying road building to transportation growth.
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Firestone Leader
Paul H. Eubanks
Firestone
Harvey 5S
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
May Classic preparations by sped way grounds chief
Laurence Welch, superintendent of the sped way grounds, begins organizing the May classic setup. He completed a new row of garages parallel to the older line, each housing about 30 racing cars and crews with shower baths for drivers and mechanics.
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Laurence Welch
Spedway Grounds
Decatur as hub of state highway system
Decatur emerges as the central node in the state’s east west and north south highway network, shaping regional traffic planning and growth prospects for surrounding communities. The designation highlights the city’s strategic location and ongoing infrastructure development projects aimed at improving cross state mobility.
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Decatur
Stata
Check Any Car In The States In 20 Minutes
Chrysler records in Detroit reveal a complete sale history of every Chrysler car since July 1925. The statistical department, headed by John W. Scoville, maintains hundreds of data columns making it possible to locate any requested information in about 20 minutes.
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Chrysler
United States
Detroit
John W. Scoville
Nash Motors expects record April sales volume
Kenosha Wisconsin May 4 Nash Motors executives led by C H Bliss anticipate the greatest April volume in Nash history as weekly retail deliveries for April 20 exceed last year by 51.42 percent. Minneapolis up 165 percent Buffalo and Milwaukee each up 100 percent with broader gains nationwide as projections suggest April will beat March.
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Kenosha
Wis
Nash Motors Company
Nash
C. H. Bliss
Bliss
Minneapolis
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Speedway Tests All Year At Indianapo lis Track
The Indianapolis speedway, famed for racing, stays far from silence in winter. Car makers use the uneven prize course for testing to improve their products, taking advantage of the track during the off season.
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Speedway
Indianapolis Speedway
Firestone Radio Hour Honors Mothers Day Delights
The May 6 broadcast by Firestone dedicates the entire program to Mother’s Day with the Voice of Firestone presenting mother themed selections. Popular pieces include Mother Macree and Little Mother, likely sung by Franklyn Baur, with Vaughn De Leath and the Firestone Symphony Orchestra contributing.
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Firestone
Mother
Voice of
Mother Mac
Bill funds fight to eradicate Mediterranean fruit fly in Florida
President Hoover signed a 4.25 million dollar bill to reallocate from a 6 million dollar fund for the pink boll worm. Agriculture Department agents head to Florida to take charge of the campaign against the pest.
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Washington
Florida
Hoover
White House
Department of Agriculture
Graham-Paige Sets New Speed Records at Brooklands
Graham-Paige's eight-cylinder sedan, driven by D. M. K. Marendaz, set new international records at Brooklands England for 200 kilometers and 200 miles. The car averaged 76.97 mph over 200 km in 96 minutes 51.92 seconds and 77.77 mph over 200 miles in 154 minutes 17.72 seconds, with the last ten laps at 79.25 mph despite a prior oil and gasoline stop. The records superseded the old marks and were in class B for 305 to 480 cubic inch displacement, previously held by a Delage sports car.
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Fourspeed
Graham-Paige
Brooklands
England
D. M. K. Marendaz
Women aviator Elinor Smith sets endurance mark at Roosevelt Field
Miss Elinor Smith, 17, in a Bellanca, set a new women solo endurance record of 26 hours 21 minutes 32 seconds at Roosevelt Field on April 24. She surpassed Louise McPherridge’s earlier time by 4 hours 18 minutes 20 seconds, crediting Champion spark plugs for reliability. Viola Gentry, Long Island's flying cashier, also noted among champions powered by Champion plugs.
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Elinor Smith
Roosevelt Field
Champion Spark Plug Company
Long Island
Louise McPherridge
California
Bobber Trout
Golden State Aviatrix
Viola Gentry
Miss
Du Pont enters Le Mans race to prepare for classic
The Du Pont entry at Le Mans is being tuned for the 24 hour race on June 15. A team of Stutz cars is also entered to represent the United States at the French endurance classic.
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du Pont
United States
Veteran racers enter auto roles with Kissel and Stutz
Ralph De Palma now linked to Kissel car company while Ralph Mulford joins Stutz staff. Stutz already employs Bert Dingley Gil Anderson and Lora Corum in its lineup of veterans from dirt track and speedway circles.
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Ralph de Palma
Kissel Sac Car Company
Ralph Mulford
Stuta
Stutz Company
Bert Dingley
Gil Anderson
Lora Corum
Daily job printing is done affably and promptly
Local printer reports efficient service with affable staff delivering neat, timely work. Customers praise prompt turnaround and careful handling of orders. The shop emphasizes precision, reliability, and friendly service for all printing needs.
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Tor
Goodyear to Build Gadsden Tire Plant in South
Goodyear will manufacture 5,000 tires daily at a new Gadsden Alabama plant, first southern Goodyear tire factory. The site links to Cedar town Rockmart mills for fabric and will include tire production and a reclaiming plant as the eighth Goodyear unit.
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Goodyear
Gadsden
Frank P. Lide
One-Four-O Tire Company
Cedartown
Southern Tire
Goodyear Company
Alabama
Rockmart
Gadsden Link
Whippet Exports Rise for Willys Overland in 1929 First Quarter
Toledo, April 29. Willys-Overland reports a 72 percent gain in Whippet and Willys-Knight export sales over 1928’s first quarter. Shipments to foreign markets reached 12,679 cars in Q1 with April totaling about 4,500 overseas, boosting total Willys-Overland production 33 percent for the first quarter of 1929. Whippet six sales are up sharply, with April 1929 forecast to exceed last April by more than 50 percent.
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Toledo
Ohio
Willys- Knight
Whippet
Willys-Overland Company
Willys-Overland
Willys- Overland
Willys-Knight
Southern Made Tires for Southern Trade Planned
Mr. Lide announced a Gadsden factory expansion to produce all tire types with focus on automotives used in the south. The plan emphasizes southern made for southern trade as a key slogan.
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Gadsden
South
Mr. Lide
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