Buick Marquette car to be produced at Flint plant
Buick announces the new Marquette, a six cylinder model built largely at the Flint Michigan plant. Production uses expanded units and gravity carrier systems to lower costs and meet mid price range demand. British press praise highlights practicality, reliability, and value of Buick design and efficiency.
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Marquette
Buick Motor Company
Buick
Flint
Mich
Buick Distributing and Service Organization
Fire Viking
Fisher
Viking
Buick Export Drive Reaches Europe With 1929 Growth
Buick expands beyond England to France, Germany, Italy and the Scandinavian countries. Factory officials predict 1929 export business will be the greatest in Buick history as motorists on the continent adopt the brand.
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Buick
England
France
Germany
Italy
Scandinavian Countries
Water on beans causes more damage than fire
Wet soy beans soaked when water was pumped on the Funk soy bean elevator to extinguish a fire caused as much destruction as the flames. Bins not touched by the fire cracked from pressure as beans expanded. Forty five thousand bushels dumped to the ground. Beans sent to Peoria dryers increased moisture from 14 16 percent to 40 50 percent. In 34 carloads eight and a half carloads were water.
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Blommington
Funk
Peoria
Willys 10 Inspects Plants in Europe
John N. Willys, president of Willys Overland and head of the foreign trade committee, sails for a two week tour of Manchester and Berlin factories to align European operations with surging overseas demand. Exports hit a new high with 17 003 Willys Knights and Whippets shipped in the first four months of 1929, and May prospects seen strong.
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New York
John N. Willys
Willys- Overland Company
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Berengaria
Manchester
England
Berlin
Germany
Willys-Overland
Willys
Willys-Knights
Europe
South America
Australia
New Zealand
Far East
Barber Says He’s Seen You Before
A humorous exchange unfolds as a barber repeats, I’ve seen you before or someone like you, then insists I’ve never seen you. The customer answers with a playful refrain about familiarity and likeness.
County Manager Experiment in North Carolina Lingers
An analysis of how North Carolina counties adopted the managerial form, noting early failures in Iredell with C S Tomlin and C E Hawthorne, the bank collapse that damaged trust, and a later shift to a county accountant who performs manager duties. The new appointee, R R Harris, improves bookkeeping and fiscal control ahead of next year’s stricter standards.
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North Carolina
Iredell County
Iredell
Board of Commissioners
C. S. Tomlin
C. E. Hawthorne
Commercial National Bank of
Statesville
R. R. Harris
Managerial Unity Through Competent Leadership
The passage frames management as more than a structure, describing it as a working arrangement that produces unity, harmony, and efficiency by centering responsibility in a competent executive. It emphasizes practical governance over mere form.
U N C Radio Station Has Wide Activities
The Tar Heel reports on UNC W4WE radio station led by T B Smiley and graduate students George Ross and T Griffin. A 200 watt transmitter and generator were donated by the Radio Corporation of America, with a new television set building images of people. The station has communicated with 50 countries across a global span from 65°N to 79°S.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
W4we
Tar Heel
T. B. Smiley
George Ross
T. Griffin
Radio Corporation of America
Griffn
Isolated house quest spirals into cornet practice
A house hunter seeks an isolated home five miles from others to practice the cornet, not a simple life. The agent nods, understanding the unusual priority. Automotive registrations are increasing rapidly in India.
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India
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New Marquette Car District
America
New Statesman
London Review
the New Statesman
Brazil
Francisco Jiminez
Ignacio Iglesias
Seville
Spain
Bahia
Jiminez
Iglesias
Rio de Janeiro
Overseas
Chevrolet
O. K
FORD
North Main Street
Gov't
Paul W.vrager
W. E. Linthicum & Son
Boulevard St
General Motors
Lovejoy
Olds Motor Works
Lansing, Mich
F.o.b
Oldsmobile Sales & Service
Wrenn Street
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