Royalty Adopts Sleeve Valve Cars for Years Ahead
The British royal family has renewed their personal and household fleet with three Knight sleeve valve engines, continuing a tradition since King Edward VII. A 12‑cylinder Daimler limousine serves town use, another sleeve‑engine car is for moor shooting, and a gray sedan completes the royal quartet. The engines match Willys Knight sixes from Willys-Overland Co.
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Royal Family
Great Britain
Edward VII
George
Daimler
Willys-Knight
Willys-Overland Company
Toledo
Packard Sets 194 Day Road Record Across 148 400 Miles
Akron tire tests reveal a Packard Eight enduring 194 days of near continuous operation excluding Sundays and holidays. The car logged 148 400 miles at an average 7 649 miles per day, driven by three operators to assess tire performance under lab grade road testing conditions.
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Akron
Ohio
Oakland Saves by Anti-Waste Drive
Gordon Lefebvre of Oakland Motor Car Co announces a War on Waste campaign that yielded 3558 waste elimination plans from 11,000 workers. Projects already evaluated promise about 542,009 in annual savings, with additional plans expected to match that amount. A grand prize proposed substituting fuel for gasoline, saving roughly 35,000 in fuel costs yearly. The note ends with a remark on Rome’s civil laws influencing European legal systems.
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Pontiac, Mich
Gordon Lefebvre
Oakland Motor Car Company
Oakland
Pontiac Motors
Studebaker President Eight Roadsters Arrive for Elk Convention
Four Studebaker President Eight roadsters and their drivers, acting as goodwill couriers of the Elks National Lodge, arrived in Los Angeles after a nationwide tour from New York. They were greeted by Mayor John C. Porter and Grand Exalted Ruler Murray Hulbert at the Los Angeles Elks Temple.
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Los Angeles
Califf
Studebaker
Roadsters
Good Will
The
Elks National Lodge
New York
Elks Temple
John, C. Porter
Murray Hulbert
Elks Lodge
New York City Hall
Robert E. Clift
Jimmis Walker
Porter
Hulbert
George L Alpers
John H. Hamilton
William Cunningham
Marquette Motor Plant Drives Buick Output in Flint
In a mile long chain of Buick plants at Flint Michigan the new Marquette motor facility operates day and night to supply motors for the final Buick assembly. The plant is a self contained unit with the latest machinery, using precise methods and heavy milling machines to machine cases and cylinder heads. Trained Buick craftsmen assemble the Marquette motors on conveyors, with workers seemingly small beside the giant machines that dominate the shop.
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Buick
Flint
Mich
Marquette Motor
Marquette Motors
Pygmiss
Lighting feature of the Viking eight cylinder car
The Viking V type eight introduces a fully aluminized front compartment and a separate instrument panel lighting circuit. A dual switch under the panel controls direct instrument lighting and a canopy lamp plus rear panel lamps, providing bright floor illumination for night driving and quick map or item retrieval.
June Big Month at Chevrolet Plant
Detroit July 13 Chevrolet Motor Co reports heavy June output as the six cylinder model continues to attract buyers. Total production for June reached 151,297 cars and trucks, about 20,000 above the previous June record. President W S Knudsen says demand dictates production across sixteen factories as dealers struggle to meet orders nationwide.
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Detroit
Chevrolet Motor Co
Chevrolet
W. S. Knudsen
Hudson to launch light delivery commercial vehicles
Hudson Motor Car Company plans a new line of light delivery vehicles with bodies built to meet carrier users needs. Vehicles will use Essex chassis and be marketed through the Hudson and Essex distributor and dealer network. Sam C. Mitchell named commercial vehicle manager to oversee distribution through the existing organization.
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Hudson Motor Car Company
Hudson and Essex
Hudson
Sam C. Mitchell
Hudson- Essex
Playground Conference to Meet in Louisville
New York report calls for stronger trained leadership in public recreation. Sixteenth National Recreation Congress in Louisville, Ky., Oct 14-19 will discuss leadership standards, qualifications, and how to involve unpaid volunteers and rural areas in activities from golf to children’s play.
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Recreation Congress
Louisville
New York
National Recreation Congress
Playground and Recreation Association of America
Joseph Lee
Boston
Lees
America
Seriof
Fish-skin not disease hereditary condition explained
Doctor explains ichthyosis or fish-skin disease as a hereditary mal development of the skin. Daily scrub bath and lubrication mitigate symptoms, sunlight or UV therapy may help, and a gentle neighborhood talk is advised to ease the child’s unhappiness. St Vitus Dance cause unknown but linked to rheumatic fever. advise medical care and keep affected children away from peers.
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City Hospital
St. Vitus
Navy Seeks Photo of Capt John Rudd Head of Washington Yards
The Navy department is seeking a photograph of Captain John Rudd U S N a Mexican War veteran who commanded the ship Constitution Old Ironsides and led the Washington Navy Yard from May 15 1858 to April 30 1859 The effort aims to complete a series of portraits of past yard commanders and no descendant image has been found. Rudd who hailed from Virginia entered the Navy in 1814 and served on multiple ships and stations including Congress Washington Constitution Dolphin Union and Dale and later commanded Old Ironsides with Mediterranean squadron duty
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Washington
John Rudd
Constitution
Navy Department
Washington Navy Yards
Rudd
Department
Naval
Navy
Virginia
U. S. S. Congress
U. S. S. Washington
U. S. S. Constellation
Navy Yards
Pensacola
Norfolk
U. S. S. Dolphin
U. S
Automobile export boom eyed by Willys as Europe demand grows
John North Willys, president of Willys Overland, claims American auto exports to Europe may hit 739 million dollars this year, after shipping about 560 million last year. He notes European reception of US automotive products. Scotland Yard celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.
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New York
Europe
John North Willys
Willys-Overland Company
Willys
Wages Paid in Federal Service Compared with Private Pay
Washington reports findings from the Personal Classification Board on 105000 field service employees in 48 states and abroad. Private clerks trail government peers at junior and mid grades while executives see private pay edge. Government workers enjoy shorter hours and more liberal leave and retirement options, yet must pass Civil Service exams. The study compared 500000 private non government salaries, noting under clerks earn 24.06 percent less than government rates and second grade workers show a smaller government advantage.
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Washington
Personal Classification Board
Uncle Sam
United States
Sacred boiled puppy ritual revealed by Smithsonian team
Washington report on a long guarded native ceremony: the Thunder Dance and boiled puppy sacrifice as explained by Dr Truman Michelson of the Bureau of Ethnology. The rite, tied to manitou creation myths, uses four directions and tobacco offerings, with puppies beaten and boiled to appease gods.
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Washington
Bureau of Ethnology
Smithsonian Institution
Truman Michelson
Bureau
Michelson
Government wage surveys reveal liberalizing trend
The third grade advantage fell to 827 percent and the fourth group earned 2.47 percent less than nonfederal workers. From then on, the board said, non-government rates grew increasingly liberal. The Welch Act of May 1928 authorized the survey covering federal field services excluding Postal, Foreign Service, and other areas with fixed wage boards.
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Postal Service
Foreign Service
Pierre R. Smith Stocks and Bonds at Cities Service Co
Pierre R. Smith operates in stocks and bonds at Cities Service Company. Located in the Ely Building, contact 203 Ely Building for financial services and securities guidance.
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Pierre R. Smith
of Cities Service Coo
Ely Bldg
Ancient daily life tied to Sumeric patterns of toil
Before 1760 men lived a millennia long daily life shaped by ploughing harvesting spinning and weaving and by their methods of communication and transport which had varied little from those of Sumer and Akland around 5000 B C.
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Sumer
Akland
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W.O. Zaiser. Asst
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Claude Terry
Elyria Clinic
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Oberlin
Lulu Hunt Peters
M. D
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Broad St
Hadaways
Karl W. Plocher
Lorain Co. Bank
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Broad Street
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Willys-Overland
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Toledo, Ohio
Broad Motor CO
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