Auto Row Gossip From English Motor Company Scene
A gossip column details the English Motor Company lot with staff sporting yellow and red flowers, notes on profiteering accusations against Jd. O. Galman, and sketches of local car dealers. It recalls Charlie Embler and Charlie Spencer politics, a wedlock, and a humorous misread of titles. A Tulsa fatal crash report adds cautionary safety advice on gear and neutral shift.
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English Motor Company
Jd. O, Galman
Charlie Embler
Charlie
Charlie Spencer
Dave Neal
Atkinson Motors
Dave
Claude Gray
Claude
Charlotte
Clark Burney
Taylor Shore Motor
Italians Charged With Anti-Sabotage Act Violations
In Trenton New Jersey authorities announced warrants charging 64 officers and seamen of seized Italian freighters with violations of the anti sabot age act. The total accused in two days reaches 98.
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Trenton
N. J
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pohutu Geyser Eruptions Reach Ten Hours of Activity
New Zealand's Pohutu Geyser displayed prolonged power, erupting for nearly ten hours and showering the area with bursts over sixty feet in height for over an hour, drawing attention from visitors and researchers alike.
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New Zealand
Tune-Up Time Now At Hand For Cars
Detroit special reports De Soto dealers urge spring tune ups by skilled mechanics using modern devices. Five key areas are power plant, transmission, cooling system, running gear, and safety features. emphasis on rust prevention and thorough cleaning to resist summer wear. Taylor Shore Motor Sales Co. at 819 North Main Street is cited as the local De Soto dealer.
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The
United States
Horace G. Ilderton
Lfe
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Detroit
DeSoto
H. H. Dowdy
de Soto
Chrysler Corporation
Dowdy
de Soto Service
Taylor Shore Motor Sales Company
North Main Street
Thad Eure
North Carolina
Martha Ann High
Edsel Ford
Miss High
Hugh Morson High School
Raleigh
Dates Set for Courts of Honor Across Four Counties
The monthly Courts of Honor for Boy Scouts were announced by the committee chair. Schedule: High Point April 7 at 7:30 p.m. County Building. Asheboro April 8 at 7:30 p.m. Central Methodist Church. Davie County April 10 at 7:30 p.m. County Court House. Salisbury and Rowan County April 11 at 7:45 p.m. County Court House. Officials include C E Diffendal and others in High Point. Oscar Blaylock in Asheboro. Robert Wingate in Salisbury. C W Shephard in Davie County. Scouts are asked to mail advancement records to Scout headquarters before the dates.
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Courts of Honor
High Point
Asheboro
Central Methodist Church
Davie County
County Court House
Salisbury
Rowan County
Fligh Point
Court of Honor
C E. Diffendal
George Covington
R. C. Boyce
J. W. Poole
Hal Davis
C. Delk Smith
Oscar Blaylock
Robert Wingate
Davis County
C. W. Shephard
Douglas Declines Run For Charlotte Mayor
April 5 report states Mayor Ben E. Douglas will not seek re nomination, citing time limits and compelling circumstances that prevent a fourth term.
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Douglas
Charlotte
Ben E. Douglas
Chrysler Town and Country debuts as all steel nine seat wagon
The Chrysler Town and Country introduces an all steel top and streamlined body built of natural woods. It features Fluid Drive and Vacamatic transmission, nine passenger seating, an auxiliary foldable rear seat, maroon finish, and a 1395 dollar six passenger price or 1473 dollars with the nine passenger option, F.O.B. Detroit with taxes paid. Gate City Motor Company of Detroit is the local dealer.
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Chrysler
Chrysler Corporation
Detroit
Gate City Motor Company
South
Wrenn Street
More new motor vehicles seen in Brazil in 1940
A recent report notes that Brazil recorded higher numbers of new motor vehicles in the last year than in 1939 or 1938, signaling a post war growth or recovery in vehicle production and sales across the country.
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Brazil
Ford Motors Drives National Defense Program
Ford Motor Company expands for national defense with a 21 million airplane engine factory and magnesium foundry. It builds military vehicles including four wheel drive recon cars, staff cars, bomb service trucks, and chassis for field kitchens for British aid. Plans mass production of bombing plane assemblies and a 1,500 horsepower engine. An aircraft apprentice school grows from 200 to many times that, plus a Navy Service School at Rouge plant that will graduate 4,500 a year.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford
Red Cross Motor Corps
T. A Navy Service School
Henry Ford
United States Navy
Driver with no legs powers Dodge with new controls
An article describes a 1941 Fluid Drive Dodge modified for legless operation using upward throttle levers and engine vacuum driven clutch and brake. Two bell housing levers enable precise hand control, with a vacuum lever providing rapid emergency stop. The system preserves pedals and can be removed to restore original setup.
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Dodge
H & H Wheel Service
Detroit
Midland Steel Products Company
Horace G. Tiderton, Inc
Willowbrook Street
Local Woodmen To Attend Convention
Four delegates from Piedmont Camp No. 62 Woodmen of the World will leave here for Durham to attend the state head camp annual convention Monday and Tuesday. The group includes W. L. Hunt W. S. Adkins G. D. Walter and Edgar O. Johnson. The event includes reports, addresses by national officers, mass initiation and officer elections. A Sunday banquet at the Washington Duke Hotel will precede the opening.
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Piedmont
Woodmen of the World
Durham
W. L. Hunt
W. S. Adkins
G. D. Walter
Edgar O. Johnson
Sovereign Camp
Washington Duke
Woodmen's Circle
Water in Niagara Kansas City Rain Drenches Streets
Lester Harding and Bernie Shaner dodged rain under awnings as a downpour hit Niagara Kansas City. A sprinkling truck moved through, faucets spraying, while several words in the report remain censored.
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Niagara
Kansas City
Lester Harding
Bernie Shaner
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Smiths
Taylor-Shore Motor Sales Company
W. A. Taylor
E. B. Shore Sales
DE Soto - Plymouth
Soto
Horace Gilderton
PassiVhools Devel
AAA
Connecticut Highway Safety Commission
Ford Motors
Liangtan
China
Pontiac
South Wrenn Street
North Main ST
Used Car Headquarters
Plymouth
INO Pt
Chevrolet
Buick
English Motor CO
East Washington Street Used Car Department
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