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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1929
Page
11
The Whippet four and six cylinder models introduce a redesigned instrument panel with a compact group of gauges including speedometer oil gauge and ammeter. Left of panel is choke button, right is igniter key with coincidental lock, plus Finger Tip Control on the steering wheel for starting, lights, and horn without lifting a hand.
Hudson Motor Car Company general sales manager Courtney J. Johnson notes the industry trend toward higher speeds and compression. He cites Hudsons high-compression, high-efficiency F-head motor as reducing spark knock and pre-ignition while boosting acceleration, power, and fuel economy through a valve-in-head design.
In a description of an advanced engine, the intake valve sits at the bead while the exhaust valve lies on the side. By moderating exhaust valve temperature, engineers prevent pre-ignition and knocking and enable full use of the gas charge, producing 91 horsepower with unusually low fuel use.
WENOSYA Wis Feb 23 The Nash Motors Company reports January shipments up more than 77 percent from the same month last year. Sales manager C H Bliss cites beginnings of 1929 that point toward record Nash performance with dealers reporting stronger deliveries at New York Chicago Detroit San Francisco and other key cities. During the first two weeks of January retail deliveries at major distributing points show a substantial rise over the prior year.
Five hundred Chevrolet dealers and bankers gathered in Cleveland for the annual dealer sales talk and banquet. They praised the new six cylinder valve in head car for power, speed, ride, and comfort within the price range, predicting record sales and a production plan of 1,250,000 units for 1929. S. B. Pfau, local Chevrolet dealer, echoed optimism for the coming year.
The DeSoto Six uses a Fedco serial plate that cannot be altered without visible defacement. removal signals tampering and possible theft. Burns Detective Agency handles theft investigations. Floyd M. Warrington and H. L. Montgomery of San Bernardino set a Detroit to home trip record, 2930 miles in 68 hours 34 minutes.
A report notes the quickest possible train trip would take seventy hours and ten minutes, highlighting the lengthy journey and scheduling constraints involved.
Predictions of color variety in the 1929 auto industry are borne out by Studebaker, offering two color schemes on Commander Eight sedans and broughams. One option pairs Molite brown with Autumn brown, Makinak green wire wheels, and Alhambra tan with Bombay brown facings, fenders, belt moulding, and Toledo orange wheels.
Leo Meyer, a local Dodge dealer, notes winter driving gains in efficiency and practicality. He cites immediate use of a new car in winter, easier break‑in, and longer engine life due to moderate speeds, plus advances like enclosed bodies, balloon tires, flexible springs, and hydraulic four wheel brakes improving comfort and safety in winter conditions.
Paul Whiteman known as king of jazz sold Pontiacs at a Detroit opening showroom. He stepped from the concert platform to the sales floor and moved to the dotted line. His first sale was two Pontiac Big Six 2 door sedans and in two and a half hours he sold five cars rising to thirteen in five days.
Eaton February 23. The Ladies Air Society will meet Thursday February 28 at the home of Mrs. Ford Hi sits. Mame Cornish visited relatives in Grafton Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Will Brenner and Mrs Merill from Cleveland spent last Thursday with aunt Mrs Lb. C. Pierce. Sam Garretson and a LaGrange family were guests Saturday night of Mr. and Mrs. Freda Pheipe. Everett's 15th birthday party at Hill's drew about 20. Jay Coleman from Elyria visited Fr Longbow Sunday. Penfound ill with pneumonia. Earl Giar and wife from Ashland visited Reverend and Mrs. Pierce Saturday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Walter Cornish and children were dinner guests Sunday. The Hopwoods visited Mr and Mrs M Hopwood and then Milo Cornish in Dover. Ella Ross returned to Ridgeville to her daughter’s home after ten days with Jennie Cole. Marie Cornish and her daughter and husband went to Cleveland Saturday. Margaret Ross visited Barbara Brodbeck in Elyrin Sunday afternoon.
Coe school teachers and pupils celebrate a successful junk sale last week netting sixty dollars. The sum, plus leftovers from a recent play, nearly covers the cost of a long desired moving picture machine for the school. Pomona Grange plans a February 25 meeting at the North Olmsted town hall. N. S. Wrary of Grawn Michigan visits his sister Mrs. F D Rice of Butternut Ridge Road. Mrs. Kate Bacon Hermine Dewey and L W Andrus hosted a picnic for Mrs. John Hall, whose husband is in poor health.
Three years of U S Geological Survey exploration in the Permian basin of the Texas Panhandle and southeastern New Mexico reveals a large group of potash bearing minerals including halite and sylvite. The survey, begun in 1926, covers about 25 000 square miles across twenty two counties with twenty minerals found at depth in the Permian strata.
The ad warns rust fire danger from burned iron and ashes, promoting ARMCO Ingot Iron for sheet metal protection. It promises worry and expense relief by using quality material and invites readers to visit for any sheet metal needs.
The article notes early users valued its heat retention, with soapstone once used as a hot plate on winter journeys. It recalls quarries in Virginia near former Indian diggings where weathered stone served cooking utensils, contrasting with its extensive use in modern industry.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. has acquired an 11 acre tract in central Manhattan near major shopping streets and will build a vast urban complex. He leased three midtown blocks for seven years to create a city within a city featuring a massive building project in the heart of the metropolis.
Metropolitan Opera House will anchor a new complex bounded by shops and plazas. Rockefeller will pay Columbia University about 90.6 million dollars for rent over the first 24 years, roughly 3.739 million annually, transforming a once unwanted land grant from 1814 into a bustling cultural hub. Plans aim to raze existing brownstone flats and create an architectural ensemble with a plaza, three-sided by shops and fronted by the opera house, with final designs to be settled by Metropolitan Opera officials Rockefeller and university leadership.
Metropolitan Opera directors weigh a new opera house on Rockefeller land with 3000 seats and a park square courtyard. The project aims for a unified block, uniform materials and heights. Rockefeller plans involve extensive development with an estimated value of 13 million for the current property and a total potential expenditure over 250 million.
Real estate dream matured into action as Rockefeller backed a vast land lease project. Architects and planners envisaged the scale for years, and Columbia University’s single ownership enabled binding the 80 acre development. The deed restrictions prohibited sale, making lease the viable path forward for the district’s high development.
In St Paul burglars unaware of art stole several hundred dollars worth of trinkets from the Mabel Ulrich book shop but left etched works worth about 10000. They took immigration pearls paste stone bracelets and other pieces. A $3.25 currency slip was found in the cash drawer.
New Haven reports Yale freshman Eugene ONeill Jr earns praise from professors who call him a second Carl Sandburg after his poem Song of the Freight appears in a Freshman literary magazine. He ranks with Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman as top figures in American letters.
The record states that the American Falls stand 167 feet high at Niagara. This fact highlights the grandeur of the landmark and its well known vertical drop.
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