Oakland Pontiac road test reveals auto costs across America
A field team of 200 Oakland Motor Car Company representatives drove 3 466 232 miles in the fiscal year at 3 98 cents per mile. Gasoline accounted for about 37 percent of costs while tires and repairs were about 2 to 3 percent. District costs varied from 2 70 to 5 40 cents per mile due to delays and storage.
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Graham Brothers Reports Record October Orders
Graham Brothers truck division of Dodge Brothers, Inc., reports the largest business for this time of year with 1 435 commercial vehicle orders in the first week of October, up 92 percent from a year ago. Plants in Detroit Evansville Stockton and Toronto have raised production, with orders on hand exceeding 2 500 vehicles, the highest point ever reached.
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Evansville
Stockton
Toronto
Graham Brothers Reports Record Truck Shipments in September
Graham Brothers announces all plants running at capacity on a single shift as demand grows. September sales for 1 1/2 and 2 ton models hit a yearly high, surpassing 2000 units for the first time in 1927, a 38 percent rise from August. Total shipments reached 5107, up 14.7 percent, with exports at 1115 units, up 16.3 percent.
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Dodge Brothers to Radio Fridays
Dodge Brothers Dependable Hour moves from Monday to Fridays on Columbia stations. The first Friday program on October 14 features Dodge Brothers Fast Four, Concert Orchestra and Dance Orchestra with soloists and two vocalists, airing 9 to 10 PM EST.
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Dodge Brothers Concert Orchestra
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Columbia System
General Motors to Broadcast Weekly Music Hour Nationwide
General Motors announces a national Monday evening broadcast series titled The General Motors Family Party. The program premieres November 7 and runs from 9:00 to 10:36 pm EST on 28 stations from New York to Omaha, with extension plans to the Pacific Coast. Alfred P. Sloan Jr. emphasizes radio as a means to thank millions of GM families and showcase top products from divisions including Chevrolet Pontiac Oldsmobile Buick Cadillac GMC and more.
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Subway Express Crash Injures Twenty on West Side
Twenty persons were injured today when a West Side subway express crashed into the rear of another train at 207th Street and Broadway. Two people were reported seriously hurt as police reserves were called to control crowds.
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207Th Street
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Coal Firms Seek Court Order to Eject Workers’ Union Housing
The Belmont county coal operators asked a federal court to remove United Mine Workers from 270 company houses used as living quarters for sun-gates workers.
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Belmont County
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