Buick Dealers Meet in Flint for 1940 Preview
The Buick dealer organization plans its annual convention in Flint from August 23 to September 8 with more than 7,000 expected attendees. W. F. Hufstader says over 5,000 dealers, salesmen, and factory staff will attend, plus press delegates, to review 1940 Buick cars and discuss expanded sales plans for the coming model year. The event includes a press preview of the 1940 Buick cars and a broad briefing on manufacturing and sales strategy.
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Flint
Mich
Buick
Scife
W. F. Hufstader
Hufstader
First car preview meeting draws public interest
Night football draws crowds as a new trend with a University of Minnesota survey showing about 275 colleges and 1500 high schools holding night games last year. President and Mrs. Hayes celebrated a silver wedding anniversary in the White House.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Mrs. Hayes
White House
Road of Tomorrow Is a Ford Feature at Fair
Harry Franck author of A Vagabond Journey Around the World walked the Ford Road of Tomorrow at the New York World’s Fair, declining a ride on one of the 30 public cars on a hot day. The exhibit forecasts highways of twenty years hence with separated traffic and elevated roadways. Ford’s exhibit drew large crowds with 5,000,000 visitors by mid August. Franck’s latest book is The Lure of Alaska. In Los Angeles Notre Dame reserve center John Maloney plays a ranger in Northwest Passage while also serving as night watchman at a 500-Indian camp near Boise Idaho.
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Harry Franck
Franck
Milady
Alaska
Los Angeles
John Maloney
Notre Dame Reserve Center
Maloney
Boise
Idaho
Chrysler Launches Broad Safety Campaign With Dealers
Harvey J. Nestle announces a Chrysler Corporation safety campaign backed by 15,000 dealers for Plymouth Dodge DeSoto and Chrysler cars. Dealers will use factory designed safety-conditioning check sheets and trained service staff to restore safety factors and correct hazards for cars on the road.
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Chrysler Corporation
Plymouth
Dodge
DeSoto
Chrysler
Harvey J. Nestle
Chrysler Service
Nestle
Dodge-Plymouth
DeSoto- Plymouth
Chrysler-Plymouth
Brecheisen Family Hosts Birthday Picnic at Swope Park
Clearfield items note a family picnic at Swope Park on Sunday for Henry and Phillip Brecheisen's birthdays. Visits from G M Breithaupt and relatives, plus local social calls, are listed with neighborly gatherings and phone line details.
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Henry Brecheisen
Phillip Brecheisen
Swope Park
Henry
Phillip
G. M. Breithaupt
Eureka
G. M
H. N. Breithaupt
Ruby Balch
Edgerton
Louis Schendel
Eudora Exchange
Harry Wertz
Walter Parsons
John Selzer
Birk Hughes
Daugh
Local families attend summer events across Kansas
Betty Ter and families from Colorado Springs Baldwin and Topeka hosted and joined reunions and church gatherings. Attendees included Selzer, Deay, Breithaupt, Goodman, and Deckwa families visiting Forest Park Clinton Park Lawrence and Welda areas.
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Ter
Betty
Colorado Springs
Paul Selzer
Baldwin
Dan Selzer
W. J. Deay
Clyde Deay
Kansas
Forest Park
Topeka
John Selzer
W. J. Selzer
Clarence Hausman
Peggy
Delores Deckwa
Henry Deckwa
Lena Breithaupt
Blanch Goodman
Alice Rosemary
Shirley Ann Goodman
B. F. Breithaupt
Edgerton
Hunsinger
Clinton Park
Lawrence
W. L. Selzer
Fred Deay
Everett
J.B. Deay
A. A. Brecheisen
Mr. Brecheisen
Welda
Vacationers Visit California Fair and Local Farms
Parents enjoy a California world’s fair trip and visit the Irvin Breithaupt home. Ben Brecheisen bought three Hampshire sheep and one ram in Rantoul for his son Lucky to use as vocational agriculture projects in Virginia. Kretsinger stayed in Ottawa with Uncle Charley Laughlin family. Clearfield Grange and WMS ice cream social on August 11 postponed indefinitely. Ted Brecheisen and daughters spent Sunday with Fred and wife Deay.
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California
Irvin Breithaupt
Ben Brecheisen
Rantoul
Hampshire
Donald Weldon
Lucky
Virginia
Kretsinger
Ottawa
Charley Laughlin
Clearfield Grange
W.M.S
Ted Brecheisen
Fred Deay
Rainey Backed Houston Bid For Texas League Pitch
University of Texas President Dr. Homer P. Rainey formerly urged bringing Houston into the Texas league, noting regional baseball expansion ideas during his tenure.
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Dallas
Homer P. Rainey
University of Texas
Houston
Hemphill Funeral Attended by Deay Family
Mr Clyde Deay his wife and their sons attended the funeral services for Mrs Amanda S Hemphill at the MBS church in Vinland on Sunday afternoon.
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Clyde Deay and Sons
Amanda S. Hemphill
MBS
Vinland
Cranium Cracker Word Puzzle Analysis
Hidden wordplay shows how to derive grenadine from grenadier by removing i and 155 and dropping in between d and e. Adding t to reason yields treason. The puzzle demonstrates letter logic and sequence tricks.
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Grenadier
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