Safety a key factor in auto building, Chrysler emphasizes brakes
Chrysler highlights safety features in its cars with hydraulic internal expanding four wheel brakes praised as simple and reliable. J W Frazer notes these brakes reduce maintenance by removing cross rods and cables while ensuring equal pressure to all wheels. He adds steering ease and model specific gearing, plus rapid acceleration, as essential safety elements.
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Chrysler
J. W. Frazer
Lovejoy
Chrysler safety and performance innovations highlighted
Plymouth axle design supports long life and quick acceleration aiding rapid getaway. Chrysler engineers emphasize springs mounted parallel to wheels on the Chrysler 75 and Imperial, enabling wider spacing and reduced sidesway at high speeds. These features, among innovations, boost driving pleasure.
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Chrysler
Came the Dun a Life
The line sketches a scene where a father receives notice of a looming mortgage due. The dialogue hints at a tense moment of financial pressure shaping the plot and character stakes.
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the Sun
Dodge Truck and Coach Sales Rise in Early Year
Dodge Brothers reports higher shipments across trucks buses and motor coaches for the first four months of this year versus 1928. Truck shipments up 12 percent, April up 47 percent. motor coaches up 52 percent. school buses up 42 percent. C W Matheson cites growing motorized transport demand and strong international orders.
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Dodge Brothers
C. W. Matheson
Bearings on New Plymouth Make for Smoothness
P C Sauerbrey of Plymouth Motor explains how double thrust absorbing roller bearings on Plymouth rear axles reduce shock and increase life and smooth operation. The design doubles bearing area by using two bearings at each outer end of the rear shafts to support shafts and absorb lateral shocks.
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Plymouth
P. C. Sauerbrey
Plymouth Motor Corporation
Plymer H
Fisher
Plymouth engineers tout standardized quality in rear axle design
Plymouth engineers and Chrysler teams highlight double bearing rear axles to absorb shock and prolong axle life. They stress standardized quality across the Plymouth model as part of its price-class leadership. An unrelated demographic note on Indian religious composition follows.
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Plymouth
Chrysler
Ing
Sauerbrey
LSU Adopts Spring Basketball Training
Baton Rouge Louisiana. LSU begins spring basketball training a possible national first. Coach Harry Rabenhorst says the extra sessions build for the regular season. Mike Donahue credited as originator of spring training ideas in college athletics.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Harry Rabenhorst
Michael
Mike) Donahue
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Fort Worth Plane Sets Spark Plug Fire-Rate Record
The monoplane Fort Worth stayed aloft over seven days and nights setting a world record for continuous spark plug firing. About 130 435 200 AC plugs flashed, enough to create a light streak 40 miles long. Chief engineer Hector Rabezzana praised plug reliability, noting a failure would have forced an emergency landing.
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Ft. Worth
Robbins and
Kelley
Fort Worth
AC Company
Speedway
Fourteenth International Agricultural Congress in Bucharest
The Fourteenth International Agricultural congress will meet June 7 to 10 in Bucharest Romania. Delegates from European capitals will gather for the biennial event to discuss agricultural policy and research.
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Bucharest
Speed, Power, and Comfort: The Marquette’s Modern Ride
A brisk pitch describes accelerating from 5 to 25 mph in high gear on a 1.6 percent grade, while cruising at 68 to 70 mph with safety and comfort. It extols the Marquette as delivering pickup and speed essential for today’s driving.
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Marquette
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