Designers Praise Studebaker Aims and Beauty in Cars
James G Heasket, a Studebaker designer and VP in charge of engineering, discusses how beauty and simplicity shape auto design. He notes past models evolved from clumsy one lunger to streamlined road cars with front seats and foredoors. He asserts Studebaker blends beauty with efficiency, reducing magneto use and timing gears to simplify operation while offering affordable, high quality vehicles.
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Studebaker Cars
Studebaker Corporation
James G. Heesler
Studebaker Automakiing
Tatrolt
Sintean
Tation
America
Studebaker
Ford Moving Picture Films Garner Wide Popularity
Ford Moving Picture Department has grown from two employees at the Ford plant to a major service producing The Ford-Detroit Weekly. The program circulates about fifty thousand copies weekly to roughly one thousand theaters from Belfast, Maine to Seattle, Washington, and from Marquette, Michigan to New Orleans, Louisiana. It supplies news like coverage of oil well detonations and unveiling ceremonies, with Ford’s film network distributing through branches and dealers to theaters, reaching an audience of around 3.5 million. The article also notes Ford’s expanding film purchases beyond its own operators.
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Memmeth
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Ford Film Service
Ford-Detroit Weekly
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Belfast
Seattle
Wash
Marautus
Mich
New Orleans
Moving Picture
Findlay
Mannermemaria
Washington, D.C
Ford Company
Aenecnet
John Joseph the Chaldean Finds Eden at Ford Factory
John Joseph, a Chaldean immigrant from Mesopotamia, became the Ford Motor Company’s first known Chaldean employee. After a perilous journey via Tigris, Aleppo, Beirut, and Constantinople, he settled in Detroit, progressed from a crowded boardinghouse to a better room, joined Ford school, and now regards the factory as a modern Garden of Eden for his family.
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Eden
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America
East
Sky
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Franklin car tests by private owner amid long journeys
President Franklin conducts exhaustive internal testing of his automobiles with 10 000 mile runs and strict logs on fuel and adjustments. He travels cross country from Syracuse to New York and Chicago in single day trips, driving himself year round to prove durability and comfort. He states hard driving is the best test while ensuring the car does not overburden the driver or occupants.
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Yip
H.W. Franklin
Chicago
Haynes
Goodyear touts B-V tires offer to readers
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company reports a strong response to its recent publicity offering a refund if B-V tires fail to beat rivals on mileage cost. The program runs through April, May and June and has drawn result reports from across the nation. L J Hartzel paid $12845 for a Biche ker car driven 87 000 miles showing high tire value.
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Purchaerre
Goodyear
Gondyear Bellef
W. Martin, Jr
Tia
L. J. Hartzel
Lex Angel Yee
Auto industry immune from war and financial trouble
Detroit manufacturers report March as a record month for Hupmobile with a 22 percent rise in shipments over 1914 and rising orders. Output is boosted to about 80 cars daily in April, driven by broad national demand from 1000 dealers. Foreign sales strong though maritime uncertainty lingers. 1915 Hupmobile expected to run at high capacity.
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Detroit
Hupp Motor Car Company
Hupp Company
Hupmobile
Dodge Car Passes Hard Test In Cuba
A Dodge Brothers car completed a record climb on the Puerto Boniato road near Santiago, Cuba. E G Willems reports the vehicle reached the top in second gear in six minutes with four Santiago citizens aboard. The test shown hardened cooling and boosted Dodge popularity among Cuban motorists.
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Cuba
By & Dodge Brothers
E. G. Willems
Wil Jems
Dodge Brothers
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Dodie Brothers Dealer Seeks Record on Hairpin Road
Senorduan Guao, new Dodie Brothers dealer in Santiago, aims to lower Willems' time on the winding Elyeh road. He believes his local road familiarity and sharp turns give him several minutes advantage. Early spring auto demand is rising with Franklin factory sales up 45 percent since Feb 15 and 96 percent over the past two weeks.
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Dodie Brothers
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Willems
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