Auburn Adds New Production Line In Indiana
Auburn Indiana reports a new production line at the Auburn plant with a capacity of 85 cars daily, currently producing 70 Auburn cars daily. The Connersville plant averages about 200 daily. Only Cabriolets and Phaeton Sedans will be built at Auburn, with convertible bodies painted and trimmed there and at Kalamazoo Michigan. Cord production remains unaffected with 35 front drive Cords daily. The expansion added 690 employees.
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Auburn
Ind
Auburn-Connersville
Connersville
Indiana
R. H. Faulkner
Faulkner
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Twin ignition used on many airplanes
Kenosha Wisconsin May 2 Nine of the one hundred air craft engines at the Detroit Aircraft Show use twin ignition with two spark plugs per cylinder. Four midget engines use single ignition and three are diesel. Nash Motors officials say twin ignition signals a trend toward efficiency dependability economy and power in modern engines.
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C H. Bliss
Nash Sales
Automobile
Buick Heads Report Business Improving On Tour
Buick executives E. T. Strong and C. W. Churchill report improving business conditions as they tour the south and west. They cite continued 1931 model eights through fall and the broader outlook for spring business as encouraging following a year of gains. The tour covered Atlantic seaboard cities and the Midwest.
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Buick
E. T. Strong
Buick Motor Company
C. W. Churchill
Atlantic Seaboard
Middle-West
Strong
Good Will Tourists To Use Studebakers
A nationwide goodwill tour will launch from New York on May 10 under the Elks Magazine. Three Studebaker Free Wheeling President Eight Roadsters in purple and white will travel coast to coast to Seattle for the 68th Elks Grand Lodge Convention July 6 to 10. The trip aims to inform Elk lodges and foster closer lodge contact while checking Free Wheeling economy. Governor Roosevelt will send the magazine and Studebaker greetings to Seattle Mayor Frank Edwards.
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New York
Elks Magazine
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Studebaker Free Wheeling
Seattle
Wash
Elks Grand Lodge
Improvements Help Oldsmobile Drivers
A 1931 Oldsmobile article outlines enhancements for easier starts with a starter hand throttle linkage and a foot pedal dimmer for lights. It notes a new washer plate for Fisher built bodies to prevent loose joints and insulation with felt and rubber. Service advice recommends frequent battery checks as summer evaporation rises.
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Oldsmobile
Chevrolet Introduces Landau Phaeton
Chevrolet announces its new six cylinder landau phaeton with a collapsible top, open and closed configurations, leather upholstery, rear compartment with pockets and arm rests, and five wire wheels. Distribution expands beyond New York show models to all Chevrolet dealers nationwide.
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Detroit
Mid
H. J. Klingler
Chevrolet Motor Company
Chevrolet
New York
Europe
Annual Change Week Starts May Fourth For 1931
Champion National Change Week for 1931 runs May 4 to 11. Mechanics install new spark plug sets to boost motor performance after evidence from extensive testing shows plugs worn after 10 000 miles lose power and efficiency, with new plugs delivering greater speed and economy.
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Geven
Spark plugs suffer wear from heat and shocks say experts
The article quotes Champion's chief engineer C. C. Rohde explaining that intense heat chemical reactions and severe mechanical shocks wear spark plugs despite quality. He notes ignition problems in internal combustion engines and the 10 000 mile life span as a factor in durability.
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C. C. Rohde
Champion
Mr. Rohde
Lake Avenue Church Services May 3
Lake Avenue Community Church lists Sunday services with Sunday School at 9 30 the lesson Jesus in the Home of Zaccheus from the nineteenth chapter of Lake junior service at 10 45 and sermon by the pastor special music featured a Tuesday prayer meeting at 7 30 led by Miss Helen Osborn Miss Elizabeth Mitchell and Rev D P Fulmer
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Lake Avenue
Jesus
Zaccheus
Lake
Helen Osborn
Elizabeth Mitchell
D. P. Fulmer
Dental work at school aids children health day planned
A large number of students are receiving dental care at school with E. R. Jenney of Bay Village performing the procedures. The effort, sponsored by the Parent-Teachers Association, anticipates many blue ribbons for Health Day set for May 11.
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E. R. Jenney
Bay Village
Parent-Teachers’ Association
School Closed Friday For County Track Meet in Elyria
No classes Friday due to a county track meet in Elyria. Several students from our school were entered in events.
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Elyria
Tricks of Magic Explained
A compact note advertising a book by Will L. Lindhhorst detailing methods behind stage magic tricks. The item highlights pseudoscience and practical demonstrations to reveal how illusions are done. It presents an owner’s offer for the publication and seeks reader interest.
Schoolbook party honors Columbia faculty and staff
A home gathering hosted by Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Snell brought together Columbia school principal, teachers, board members, bus drivers, janitor, pastors, and families for a book party contest. Prizes went to Robert Painter and Wilda Heineman, with music by Prof. Mark Osborn and a lunch service. Out of town guests included Supt. R. P. Vaughn, Lapp, Vogle, Mary Mills family, and Osborn of Cleveland.
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Columbia Str
H. T. Snell
Columbia School
Robert Painter
Wilda Heineman
Mark Osborn
R. P. Vaughn
Lapp
Vogle
Mary Mills
Elyria
Cleveland
Last championship bare knuckle bout lasts 75 rounds
The final championship bare knuckle fight between John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain occurred in Richbourg Mississippi in 1889 and extended to 75 rounds.
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John L. Sullivan
Jake Kilrain
Richbourg
Miss
Picnic Remnant of a Lively Morning Ride
A New York diary recounts a spring picnic turned comic misadventure. The narrator and wife plan a getaway with dogs, pass by Manhattan, Hudson River, and village scenes, dreaming of eggs and cheese while misplacing the lunch and enduring a tense car ride with the chauffeur silent and stoic.
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York
Nick
Ohio River
Robinson Circus
Fred Henking
Rube Goldberg
New York
Wife
Hudson Tunnel
Manhattan
Deviled Eggs Hit The Spot Despite Family Grievances
A narrator laments a worn family outing from New York, describing hunger, a fiery rash, and a stifled mood. He watches his wife and mother in law feast elsewhere while he sulks, craving the deviled eggs and a more lively scene. The piece carries 1931 syndicate copyright.
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New York
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Twenty Women Among New York's Wealthiest Forty Two
A list ranks the wealthiest forty two New Yorkers, naming twenty women among the top earners. The report highlights gender representation in the city’s affluent circles and notes the concentration of wealth within a few high profile families and executives.
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New York
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