Electric Timing Photo Finish At Soap Box Derby
Detroit reports split second timing for the All American Soap Box Derby finals at Derby Downs Akron with Chevrolet and Akron Beacon Journal backing the event. New timing and photo finish gear employ electric impulses and photoelectric eyes to record heats and a camera above the finish tape provides rapid 5x enlargement prints for judges. Red tests on roadways near Geneva lead to wear studies for League offices.
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Detroit
Akron
Derby Downs Corse
Chevrolet
Akron Beacon-Journal
Buick Sets July Sales Record for 1937 Buick Deliveries
Buick Motor Division of General Motors reported July retail deliveries in the United States reached 22,065 cars, breaking the 100-car record. The last 10 days surged to 9,? million units, with June and last year’s figures showing gains. total 1937 production expected above 220,000.
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Flint
Mich
Buick Motor Division
General Motors Corporation
United States
W. F. Hufstader
Buick
Hufstader
Ogwe
Hoe
Oldsmobile Creed Drives Craft Standards Since 1929
Oldsmobile, the nation’s first commercial auto maker, upholds a creed adopted in 1929: Anything Short of My Best Is Not Acceptable. The article notes Oldsmobiles use safety glass formed by two matched sheets bonded together for safety and clarity.
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Oldsmobile
Used Cars Spur Public Interest In Motoring Popularity
Chas. E. Sering of Chrysler’s Dodge division says used cars drive motoring’s popularity. With about 28 million U S motor vehicles registered, he estimates two used-car buyers for every new-car purchaser. In 1937 only about 4.5 million new autos were built, while millions more became second or third owners. Used-car shoppers seek value and variety, as dealers offer cars from many makes and price ranges beyond single-brand inventories.
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Chas. E. Sering
Dodge
Chrysler Corporation
United States
Sering
Passengers Warned to Avoid Front-Seat Hip Injuries
Lincoln report from the 50th annual American Orthopaedic association meeting quotes Dr. Robert Funsten of the University of Virginia. He warns that crossing legs in the front seat during crashes can dislocate the hip or injure the knee, requiring eight to ten weeks in hospital.
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Lincoln, Neb
Robert Funsten
University of Virginia
American Orthopaedic Association
Funsten
Church Directory listings across Princeton area churches
A directory of local churches lists services and contact details. Churches include CHRIST'S TEMPLE ELITE at 354 Princeton Ave with Sunday School 9:30, morning worship 10:30, and weekly services. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH at Corner Lake Ave and West Street with Sunday School 9:30 and service 10:45. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST at 49 West Avenue with 11:30 morning preaching. CHURCH OF CHRIST at Second and Chapel Streets with Bible School 9:30 and morning worship. HOLY CROSS CHURCH at Fourteenth St and West Ave with Masses. PILGRIM COMMUNITY at Cambridge and Prospects Streets. GRACE LUTHERAN at Princeton Ave and EB River St with 9:30 Sunday School and 10:45 service. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH at Second Street and Middle Ave with 9:30 Sunday School and 10:45 service. SECOND M E CHURCH at 507 Middle Ave with 9:30 Sunday School and 11:00 service. AFRICAN METHODIST Jones Chapel at Seventeenth St with 9:30 Sunday School and 10:45 service.
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Princeton Ave
Garford
J. J. Urich
Church Bible School
Comrmunion
Congregational Church
Corner Lake Ave
West Street
A. E. Kemp
Christian Endeavor
West River Street
Bela P. Basco
Hungar'z
Church OF God IN Christ
West Avenue
Elder
Tlatris
Second Baptist
Sixteenth Street
Collis Odell Stewart
Young People
Church OF Christ
Chapel Streets
Will J. Foster
Bible School
Seventeenth Street
C C Smith
R Christ
United Presbyterian
Last Ave
Second St
Gov. Brown
Princeton Avenue
First Hungarian Baptist Church
Julius Kish
Alex Yosa
Young Peoples
First Methodist
Third
Court Streets
E J Bond
Rayer
Gospel Mission
East Bridge Street
Uis
Holy Cross
Fourteenth St
Weat Ave
Budny
John’s Lutheran Broad St
West Ave
Armin Schroeder
Pilgrim Community Church
Cambridge and
Prospects Streets
Erwin A. Britton
Grace Lutheran Church
First Baptist Church
Second Street
Middle Avenue
R. W. Neighbour
da Sage
First Church OF Christ Scientist
East Ave
Redington Block
Middle Ave
Saturdeye
M. E
JU. Watson
Epworth League
African Methodist Church
Jones Chapel
Seventeenth St
Rev
A. White
J. F. Greenfield
A. CO. League
Roosevelt Reform Or Return To The Corrupt Norm
A Ledger Syndicate column argues reformers fail to cure politics and economics. It asserts Franklin D. Roosevelt unsettles privilege by shifting power to New Deal machines, while big business and labor chase privilege, predicting a return to the corrupt norm after his era. The piece notes a 20-year-old Jessie Reid travels from Abergele to Melbourne to marry.
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Lincoln Steffens
Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Garden of Eden
United States
Jim Farley
Loe Tire
Rouge
Americs
Copyright Ledger Syndicate
Jessie Reid
Abergele
North Wales
Melbourne
Australia
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Houston
Tex
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Church Directory
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Lake Ave
Lake Avesne & Peck
A. M. — Bible Schock
Otto Abbas
MT. Zion Baptist
Ladsy Willis Jackson
Church of the Nazarene
Cleveland Street
W. Fy. Clay
Andrew's Church
Episcopal
Edwin B Redhead
Po-Co-Tan
Lake Ave. Coal Co
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Ystem Saving
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Elyria Dairies
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