Birth of American Automobiles Through Duryea Era
A retrospective tracing the Duryea brothers and the 1890s start of U.S. auto making, the Chicago 1895 race, early opposition by farmers, and the rise of Model T era, with museum displays illustrating milestones from 1890s steam and gas cars to 1940s mass production and safety features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Duryea
Charles
Duryea Motor Wagon Corp
Pioneer
Automobile Manufacturing Company
United States
Duryea Company
Chicago
Louis Greenough
Harry Adams
Pierre 8. D
Hmits
Mitchell
Henry Ford
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
Fine Arts
Evanston
Kohlsaar
Mies
Rogers
Macys of
New York
Duryea
Frank Duryea
Benz
Oscar Mueller
Charlies King
King
Mueller
Stevens-Duryea
C. F. Kettering
Dakotan
J. Frank Duryes
Arthur M. White
Washington Digest on postwar service and Congress mood
The writer reports on Congress's reactions to President Truman's postwar service message. He notes strong but mixed applause, broad opposition to universal military training, and the view that public letters oppose it. Dr. G B Chisholm urges education to curb war and proposes rapid security measures and economic equality as steps toward peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Congress
Washington
United Nations Organization
United Nations
American Legion
Federal Council of Churches
Catholic Church
CIO
AFL
World Security Organization
Chisholm
Tricycle Car From Los Angeles Promises 100 MPH Speed
A three wheeled tricycle car modeled after fighter plane landing gear is being produced in Los Angeles. It features a 58 horsepower aircraft type motor and claims 40 miles per gallon at ordinary speeds. The body is described as plastic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Bankhage TV offers help to police expose confidence schemes
Barbs praised Bankhage Television as a tool for law enforcement. The piece notes war era generosity rising with the march of dimes up 25 percent, and recalls the lone American foreign service spy who was arrested but vindicated and promoted, framed as a mistaken trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Community Fund
State Department
Faces and Gala Talk in Town With Warren Magnuson
U S Senator Warren Magnuson seen in the St Moritz foyer alongside star crowd including Jan Clayton and Irene Castle. Dame May Whitty and other luminaries headline chatter about theater, nightlife, and a public dinner toastmaster plan. Local vignettes mix Broadway notes with city manners and social wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Warren Magnuson
St. Moritz
Jan Clayton
Dame May Whitty
Therese
Biltmore
Sec’s
The
Treasury
Vinson
H. Morgenthau
Henry
Nancy Walker
Irene Castle
Also Mentioned on This Page
By AL Jedlicka
Ifty
H. H. P. Ccentscat
Old Chicago Times-Herald
Koblsaar
Press and
Duryea-Stevens
U .S
C. F Kettering
Kettering
Washington Digest
Baukhage
WNU
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
Bankhage
Ali
Roltata
Man About Town
Jimmy Walker
Nick Kenny
Ozzie Nelson
George Jean Nathan
N. Y
Bigtown
Martin Ragaway
NBC
George Wolf
Wolf
Ragaway
Gwan
Ray Milland
Jane Wyman
Paramount
Jeanne Burns
Monkey Bar
Cass Daley
Kim
Kathy Gaynes
Nantucket
Lee Sullivan
Jack Smith
CBS
Tubby
Jerome Kern
Sherry-Netherland Hotel
Music Corp. of America
la Guardia
Wags
Reuben’s
Enduro
M.c
Blue Angel
Villepique’s
Dixie Lobby
Mark Twain
Bennett Cerf
Guy Lombardo
Cleveland
Victoris
Jimmy Ryan
Lexington Avenue
Murrows
London
Qrtars
Salt Lake Desk
West Broadway
Ssit
Lake City
Diah
Photo Services, Inc
Market St
San Francisco
Catir
Salt Lake One
Toye
Anad
Scotts
Utah BY - Products CO
Ogden
Garland
Logan
Salt Lake City
Utah
Havre
Doans
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