Opening a Market for the Used Car
Detroit, May 12. R H Grant of Chevrolet argues used cars deserve a formal market status and highlights rapid growth. He notes 1928 Q1 Chevrolet sold 250,000 new cars while retailing over 200,000 used cars and describes refinishing, tagging, and flexible terms that boost dealer and public confidence in pre owned vehicles. He adds most buyers of used cars become future new car buyers and forecasts a new high for used car turnover.
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Detroit
Mich
R. H. Grant
Chevrolet Motor Company
Europe
Grant
Chevrolet
United States
Rise and Assert From Breakfast Boast Tit Bits
Comic exchange notes a man boasting about waking early and making his own breakfast, while a friend mocks the act as mere self-sufficiency in a lighthearted Tit-Bits item.
Pact with Mexico strengthens fight on livestock diseases
A bilateral treaty sets uniform safeguards to prevent foreign livestock diseases from entering the United States and Mexico. It covers quarantines, sanitary police, disinfection, reporting of outbreaks, and import controls, with recent inspections showing imports from Mexico rigorously screened for disease.
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Mexico
Frank TI. Weller
Associated Press
Washington
United States
United States Senate
J. R. Mohler
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
A. W. Miller
R. W. Flourney, Jr
Antonio Castro-Leal
Jose Figueroa
Mexican
Daniel Ortiz Berumen
Texas
North Carolina Leads Auto Purchases After Airminded Year
Raleigh reports that North Carolina bought 45,542 motor cars in 1927, an 11.8 percent rise and the highest per capita auto purchase rate among states. Gasoline sales climbed from 194,662,000 to 219,583,000 gallons as the public embraced aviation era mobility.
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Raleigh
Old North
Florida
Vacuum cleaner care tips for bagless upkeep
Regular emptying and turning the bag inside out helps maintain airflow. Brief brushing of the bag interior prevents pores from clogging and improves suction efficiency.
Oldsmobile Sets New High Production and Shipments
Oldsmobile reports April output shipments and sales reached record highs. April shipments totaled 11 089 cars, over March by more than 2 000. first four months 1928 retail sales up 60 percent from 1927. Production planned for May at least 12 000 cars amid strong demand aided by GM backing and new facilities.
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Lansing
Mich
Oldsmobile
Whiskey raid nets three stills and mash near Aberdeen
In Aberdeen Mississippi on May 11 revenue officers seized three stills a large quantity of mash and 500 pounds of sugar. Deputy Sheriff Tom Glenn was near death eight times during the firefight and officers found numerous bullet holes in his clothing.
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Aberdeen
Miss
Here
Revenue
Tom Glenn
New Oxford English Dictionary Nears Publication
London reports the Oxford English Dictionary will be published soon after seventy years of work. About 1300 contributors have compiled 401 407 words including terms like zyxt meaning thou seest wush meaning to make a soft rushing sound and yoop describing a convulsive sobbing sound.
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London
Long distance boxing record revealed by Mason and Hollander
New York May 2. Charles Alexander Mason and Carl Hollander unveiled the world long distance boxing record after returning from Southampton aboard the Lapland. They began sparring on the Majestic’s gym and continued until the ship sailed, then waved at Manhattan lights from the deck. They could not go ashore at Southampton due to lack of passports and were reassigned to the Lapland for the return voyage.
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New York
Charles Alexander Mason
Carl Hollander
Southampton
Lapland
Majestic
Manhattan
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