Graham-Paige Nears Leaders in Exports
Graham-Paige, reaching a record exceeding 30 million dollars in sales, expands rapidly abroad. Cars are now sold in nearly every country through 115 overseas distributors, with 11 added this year. In early 1929 export shipments surged to 2224, eight times 1928. Markets opened include Japan, China, Java, and the Dutch East Indies.
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Graham-Paige
Graham Brothers
Hawaii
Canada
Cuba
Graham - Paige
Japan
China
Java
Dutch East Indies
President Eight Holds 11 Records
Major H. O. Segrave returns to England with the monster racing car that reached 31.36 miles per hour on Daytona Beach. He will also take two of America s former world records for automobiles, as the U S loses two marks but still holds a large share of world speed honors and numbers.
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H. O. D. Segrave
England
Daytona Beach
America
Battery Ignition Generator and Starter Service
Claude Terry advertises a battery ignition generator and starter service at 409 W 2nd near the Gray Block with phone 3318. The notice promotes repair and maintenance offerings for automotive electrical systems and related components.
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Claude Terry
W. 2Nd
Gray Block
Studebaker President Eight Sets World Speed Marks
The local Studebaker Erskine dealer highlights practical value for motorists noting American engineering holds fourteen world speed marks. Eleven come from Studebaker’s President Eight stock models, including two roadsters that covered 30,000 miles on the Atlantic City speedway at over 60 mph average. One roadster finished in 26,226 minutes, the other three minutes later, both strictly stock and buyable from Studebaker dealers.
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Studebaker-Erskine
Harry Miller
Studebaker
President
Atlantic City Speedway
Stude Baker
Nash Plans Better Service to Owner
Nash Motors president C W Nash announced that improved service for automobile owners will be the key national contribution in 1929. After monthlong participation in auto shows across the country he traveled to major centers with C H Bliss and other officials, visiting Nash facilities and addressing dealers to study and improve Nash service departments and organization.
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Nash Motors Company
C. W. Nash
New York
C. H. Bliss
Nash
Spring Demand Spurs Dodge Car Shipments
Dodge Brothers officials state that spring demand will push shipments of cars by rail from Detroit plants to peak in April and May. Total weekly output, including driveaways and exports, drives one of the heaviest seasonal production schedules in company history with five loading docks in near constant use.
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Dodge Brothers
Detroit
Auburns Straight-Eight Sales Jump Across Major Cities
Auburn reports dramatic February 1929 gains in straight-eight automobile sales across ten large cities led by New York City with a 434 percent rise, Buffalo 300 percent, Chicago 164 percent, and other cities showing double digit gains. Auburn Six sales also surged with Buffalo at 400 percent and New York and Philadelphia tied at 243 percent.
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Auburn
Ind
United States
New York City
Buffalo
Chicago
Cleveland
Boston
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
New York
Oldsmobile Adopts New Plating Methods
Oldsmobile has installed new and improved plating methods at its factories to yield a brighter longer lasting chromium finish on exterior plated parts. The upgrades come two years after pioneering chromium plating in the auto industry, with the plating department and several manufacturing divisions expanded amid new building projects.
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Oldsmobile
Langberg and Brown at 201 Elyria Block Phone 2600
Langberg and Brown are linked to the 201 Elyria block phone number 2600 in a local listing. The entry notes a property or business address tied to the phrase Langberg and Brown with contact reference. No further context is provided in the fragment.
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Langberg and Brown
Elyria
Oldsmobile Enlarges Plating Department with New Machinery
The Oldsmobile plant has enlarged its plating department and installed two large automatic plating machines. The expansion brings updated copper and nickel operations and a greatly increased number of tanks for the final chromium bath. Chromium plating requires copper and nickel preps prior to the final chromium step.
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Oldsmobile
Essex Challenge Program Extended
Essex Challenge Week proved highly successful as Hudson Motor Car Company extended the program for a month under the slogan Essex Challenge and Demonstration Month. Record speeds topped 70 mph nationwide except where snow blocked roads. endurance tests exceeded 60 mph for 24 hours. hill climbs at Mt Baldy and Mt Madonna earned cups for speedists.
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Hudson Motor Car Company
Canada
The
Gulf
Mt. Baldy
Mt.Madonna
Challenger Breakage and Acceleration Tests Reported
Breakage tests show the Challenger could be stopped from 50 45 30 and 25 mph in about half the distance required by the Underwriters' Bureau. Acceleration tests describe the car as a standout performer with flashy speed.
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Essex
Criticize Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Carelessness
Cleveland reports that a retiring grand jury urged continued probe into padding of county jail food bills as it prepared to indict Sheriff E. J. Hanratty and deputy John T. Ball. Nine votes supported indictments, but three short of a true bill, amid questions of responsibility and prior padding.
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Cleveland
Grand Jury
E. J. Hanratty
Hanratty
John T. Ball
Grand jury indicts city officials in graft case outcome
Jurors examined 413 cases and issued 362 true bills. Three city councilmen faced charges. one convicted, another pleaded guilty, the third to stand trial Monday. Report cites harmful civic impact and anticipates cleaner public affairs, as ex-councilman Liston Schooley and his son refused to discuss further details of a playground site deal after their sentencing.
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Liston G. Schooley
Pennsylvania legislator finds blindness no bar
Harrisburg Pa Blindness is no handicap to Pr Charles Lose of Montoursville Pa as he attends his first session of the Pennsylvania Legislature as a Representative from his district. Losing his sight while he was a boy he has continued his education and career despite the disability.
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Harrisburg
Charles Lose
Montoursville
Pennsylvania
Doctor Lose Biography Highlights Education and Public Service
The head of the Lock Haven Normal School, Dr Lose, has toured Pennsylvania as a lecturer and won a seat in the House of Representatives. He focuses on education welfare and conservation of natural resources with his daughter Mrs Margaret Lose Carpenter serving as secretary and constant aide.
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Lock Haven
Sultan Kiram Directs Mindanao Moro Wedding at Carnival
Manila report states Jamalul Kiram Sultan of Sulu was chosen to direct a special Moro wedding during Mindanao Night at the carnival grounds. The Sultan, known for officiating marriages, brings authoritative authority to the event with a history of matrimonial duties across thirty settlements.
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Manila
Philippine Carnival
Mindanao
Jamalul Kiram
Sulu
New Bridge To Link Wisconsin And Iowa
Prairid Du Chien Wisconsin to Marquette Iowa will see a major suspension bridge begin this month. It will span six thousand feet and support loads from fifteen ton trucks every fifty feet, using ten thousand barrels of cement and large steel, wire, and lumber shipments for falsework. Traffic expected summer 1930.
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Prairid DU Chien
Wis
Middle West
Marquette
Iowa
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Electric Storage Battery Company
Ist
Ea Els
EXIDE
West Avenue
Amherst Auto Service
Amherst
O. Rogers & Schafer
Oberlin
Wellington Tire and Supply
Wellington
Meath’s
LaGrange
Young Motor Sales CO
E. Bridge St
Jacquard Velour
Harry H. Smith Company
Cuyahoga County
S. Alec
Bosch” Magneto
Ohio
Authority ON Marriage
Heggyou Ney
Thes
Superior Electric
Middle Ave
Wisconsin
Hallworthy
Goodrich
Fred Kuchenrither
West Second Street
New Records
AGS
Graham Paige
Josaph & Merkel
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