Army Motor Show Opens at Taylor Camp
The First Division Motor Show opens at Camp Taylor featuring 87 army automobiles, camp mechanical displays, and prize judging. Field events include tire-changing, tug of war between five ton tractors, motorized artillery demos, a tank battalion drill, and a Vocational Motor School car dismantling and assembling contest. State Normal’s McCoy notes likely no more games this season due to student absences.
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Camp
Zackary Taylor
349Th Tank Battalion
Vocational Motor School
McCoy
State Normal
Deaf Veterans Receive Vocational Training Under Federal Board
Among thousands of World War veterans there are about 260 who are totally deaf and 100 with speech defects due to jaw neck or throat wounds. Many received lip-reading and speech training in Army hospitals and now pursue vocational training supervised by the Federal Board for Vocational Education.
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Federal Board For Vocational Education
Federal Board
Reeves Motor Company Reports Busy Business and Prospects
The J. T. Reeves Motor Company says general business is good and repairs and improvements are strong. A car shortage persists, and another trip to the Queen City to procure stock is contemplated.
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Reeves Motor Company
J. T. Reeves Motor Company
Queen City
Ford has banner March with record production
Ford Motor Company in Detroit set a March production record with 94,299 cars built in the United States and 4,256 cars completed on March 27. The note only covers U.S. plants, excluding Canada and abroad, and illustrates the scale by stating 214 trains would be needed to ship the total, leaving enough to start a parade.
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Ford Motor Company
Detroit
United States
Many Enter Race at Indianapolis Front Row Set
Ralph De Palma will lead the 32 drivers at the Indianapolis 500, earning the pole with a ten mile average of 99.65 mph. Joe Boyer, Louis Chevrolet and Jean Chassagne join him in the front row as race day nears.
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Ralph de Palma
Joe Boyer
Louis Chevrolet
Jean Chassagne
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
de Palma
Boyer
Chevrolet
Art Klein
Gaston Chevrolet
Roscoe Sarles
Bennie Hill
Eddie Hearne
Ray Howard
Public Schools Drop Spelling Books Over Word Choice
Philadelphia educators say spelling books are unnecessary as they begin with common words like rat and cat and include rarely used terms. They note the typical pupil’s spelling vocabulary is about 2,500 words, 500 more than found in 100,000 business letters.
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Spelling Books Associated Press
Philadelphia
Auto Dealers Await Relief As Car Release Begins
Auto dealers nationwide anticipate relief as thousands of cars are released, easing shipping snarls. Cars move in both directions on the L and N line, with many headed to coal and wheat regions while others return home under railway control. Delays and added costs remain as deliveries resume and dealers in Richmond dispatch crews to factories.
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Richmond
Grider Shows 1921 Darts in Richmond Exhibition
W H Grider of the Sandlin Company displays two new 1921 Dart models to friends in Richmond. He notes strong business and a good mood daily, with no complaints about business conditions.
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W. H. Grider
The
Sandlin. Company
Richmond
What Kentucky Gets For Prohi Enforement
United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue estimates 229400 dollars yearly for Kentucky to enforce prohibition with a 1500000 dollar national total. Elwood Hamilton announces an additional 153 guards for Kentucky distilleries and whisky warehouses starting June 1, each earning 125 dollars a month.
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Internal Revenue
Elwood Hamilton
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