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Newspaper

Labor World

Location

Alton, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1947

Page

2

Tucker 48 Emerges As A Vision Of Modern Auto Design

The article extols the Tucker 48 as the most beautiful scarce car on today's market praising its wide stance six stack exhaust and comprehensive beauty. It notes Tucker as a veteran racing designer and builder whose knowledge years of trial and error shaped a rugged mechanically sound car challenging Chrysler Ford and GM. It laments industry stagnation among giants while listing historical marques and asserts the Tucker represents a motorists ideal brought to reality amid a field of waning innovation.

Tucker Chysler Ford General Motors Kaiser-Frazer Kaiser-Frazer Corporation Miler Diane Elear Velle Maxwell Chandler Stevens Star Flint Moon Stoddard-Dayton Brush Regal Allen Stanley Overland Birch Cleveland Patterson Revere Scripps-Booth Franklin Auburn Cord Pierce ‘Arrow

Tucker 48 hailed as future car of the century in St Louis

Report from the Arena in St Louis praises the Tucker 48 as a breakthrough in auto design with hydraulically operated valves an all aluminum motor and spectacular braking. Wilson Motor Co named official Tucker dealer for Alton Wood River East Alton Jersey Calhoun counties and a new showroom at Main and Sanford to display models by November 1.

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Woe is Me Learns From Dizzy Ad Parade

A narrator ridiculed old style radio ads and household products in a wild monologue. The tale weaves Dutch Cleanser Pickled Goats Eyeballs Grow Pup Lyana Dazzeline and Slam Bats into a comic pratfall with a swaggering tone.

Johnny Commer Drug Store Lyana

Retailers face nutcracker as costs rise and prices fall

The article notes retailers suffer from rising operating costs while demand and wholesale prices squeeze margins. Merchants, often at full capacity, trim expenses and push volume gains to profits. It warns price reductions must occur with wholesale relief and stresses mass production and distribution depend on affordable consumer goods.

Ameria Ormore

You Make Your Union A Call To Active Involvement

A federation urges full participation in union affairs through regular meeting attendance, ongoing study of trade union principles, and active input on the union's course. Merely paying dues is insufficient. members should not rely on others and must vote wisely.

American Federationist

Blood on Rails casualties rise in first half year report

A weekly report cites 305 employees killed and 17 041 injured while performing duties. There were 8,000 plus crashes, an increase of over 1,100 from the same period last year, with total casualties exceeding 28,000.

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Forward March of the Elks in Public Welfare strides

Elks Magazine highlights state associations running entertainment programs in 182 veterans hospitals across 41 states. The report notes a 64,952 member gain and charitable expenditures over 5 million, praising wartime and peacetime efforts and the Order's humane impulses.

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To Expect Defeat So Nine Tenths Defeat Itself

A succinct aphorism notes that anticipation of failure can erode effort and momentum, rendering the outcome more likely. It emphasizes mindset affecting performance, urging calm resolve and steady action despite looming odds.

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