United States Motor Company Reorganized to Move HQ to Detroit
Bankers begin rehabilitation of the United States Motor Company as Judge Hough delays a rent petition. Walter Benders of Detroit chosen to head a new corporation with Detroit as headquarters. Plan includes reopening Brush and Sampson plants, new models, and acquisition of the Flanders Motor Car company for 3.75 million.
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Detroit
Judge Hough
New
United States Motor Company
Walter Benders
Detriot
Ats
Flanders Company
Ash
Sampson
New York
Wall Street
Imders
Rton
Belhen
Brush and Sampson
He Flanders Motor Car Company
William E. Metzger
Everett
Activeticipation
Columbia
Iford
Conn
Maxwell-Bris
Tarrytown
Dayton
Studebaker
Oral Motors
Ford
United Es Motor Company
Lozier
United
States Motor Company to Add 10000 Jobs in City
States Motor company will bring auto part manufacturers to the area and is conservatively estimated to add at least 10,000 new workers to the city's industrial forces within a year.
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States Motor Company
Hetling Wins Coast Trophy as MVP of Coast League
Gust Hetling of Oakland captures the Chalmers Coast League Trophy as MVP after a close vote by the trophy commission. Kane of Vernon and Berger of Los Angeles follow, with Hetling praised for fielding and a .297 batting average while helping Oakland to near pennant.
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Tris Speaker
Larry Doyle
New York Giants
Chalmers
Hugh Chalmers
Pacific Coast
Chalmers Company
Gus” Hetling
Oakland
Johnny Kane
Vernon
Joel
Gust Hetling
John
Motor Wagons Speed Great Water Project
Construction on the Catskill Aqueduct accelerates as Garford trucks haul cement and gravel to near completion. Engineers rely on motor transport to replace horse and wagon systems, with six five ton Garford trucks in use and more on order for the $200 million undertaking delivering 500 million gallons daily to New York City.
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New York City
Rip van Winkle
Washington Irving
Rip
America
Panama Canal
Catskill Aqueduct
Catskill Mountains
Garford
Garford Company
Elyria
Ohio
J. D. Porter
Garford Co
Ford Cars in Morocco Boost French Army Travel
In wartime Morocco French officers replace horses with motor cars for rapid movement through rough terrain. American built Fords are widely used and favored for lightness and strength by General Lyantey and other senior officers. Several cars are being sent to points like Fey and Pinas to support patrols and travel.
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New York
Morocco
Lyantey
Ford Motor Company
General Lyantey
Ford
Fey
Pinas
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D. E. Colp
The
Chamber of Commerce
Waco Automobile Club
North Texas
Hetling
San Antonio Loan & Trust Co
L. G. Denman
Edwin Chamberlain
Wm. L. Herff
Sec’y-Treas
Haverick-Glarke Lithographing CO
Monogram
Ning Great Water Project
Pirate
the Hudson CO
W. Crockett St
Sultan
Reo
F. O. B. San Antonio
Citizens Auto Company
Travis Street
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