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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1936
Page
5
About 681 Liberty Memorial high school students took a 25 question automobile driving quiz covering many driving aspects. The lowest ranked item asked if nausea is the first symptom of carbon monoxide poisoning with only 40 percent correct.
The 4250 mile Grand Circuit through Argentina and Chile tested 123 entrants, with 26 finishers. Raul Riganti won in a Terra plane Terraplane, the only 1936 Terra plane in the field, amid a course from Buenos Aires to La Plata via Cordoba Mendoza Santiago Temuco Comodoro Rivadavia Bahia Blanca and Mar del Plata featuring sand, soil, and dusty clay roads over nine stages.
The report lists percentages answering traffic questions correctly with 94.3 per cent for passing a car on, 95 per cent overall, and 93.9 per cent for ready to stop at cross streets. Among 631 students the average numerical grade is 18.8, about 75 percent.
The advertisement touts Oldsmobile's road performance and comfort at a low price. It highlights Knee-Action Wheels, Super-Hydraulic Brakes, Center-Control Steering, and solid steel Turret-Top bodies by Fisher with safety glass. A Parograph comparison claims superior value and features versus rivals.
Chevrolet Motor Company announces the purchase of the former Durant plant in Oakland California to boost passenger car and truck output. Adjustments will unify Oakland facilities by January 1 1937 and add a 315000 square foot plant to the network, increasing total Chevrolet assembly plants to eleven and manufacturing plants to twenty four.
Buick Motor Company's May sales reached 17 689 units, the best May performance since 1928, announced general sales manager W F Hufstader. The month showed a gain of 10 221 units over the previous period.
Vehicle sales show a rise with 7,468 Buicks delivered at retail in May, compared to 18,784 in April and 136.8 percent of last May’s level. The figures imply stronger demand as dealers report improved showroom activity.
Oldsmobile announced record May sales and production. Retail sales in the last ten days totaled 9,407 cars, the largest ten day period in company history. May total reached 24,057 units, with January through May 1936 at 89,019 cars, up over 27 percent from a year ago. Production rose 23 percent year over year, including a May 28 daily output high of 121 cars. Dealers report strong demand expected through summer.
A. B. Carter, local Goodyear dealer, warns that the 79 percent rise in new passenger car sales should drive a similar increase in used car sales and emphasizes safety as summer motoring returns to the public’s attention.
Mr. Carter warns vacationers that weak tires risk wear on twisting roads and heat on hard surfaces. Punctures and blowouts can ruin schedules and spoil planned points of interest. He urges precaution and careful tire choice for a smooth trip.
A five minute film strength and oiliness test for auto lubricants has been perfected by Continental Oil Company technicians. The pocket size device resembles a nutcracker and measures pressure on a tested oil sample, enabling motorists to gauge lubricant quality.
Danish shipbuilders rush to meet a boom with 35 ships ranging from 2,000 to 15,300 tons under construction in Danish yards. In the largest yard, once near liquidation, 6,000 workers toil on nine ships, as the international shipping surge continues. Warsaw reports Prince Henry Lubomirski of the foreign office has stirred affairs in Warsaw.
Society by entering the Jesuit or der. The 30 year old prince is the eldest son of Prince Casimir Lubomirski, first Polish minister at Washington, who died in 1930.
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