Development of power and economy in 1940 Dodge cars
The 1940 Dodge lineup highlights a six cylinder floating wet mounted engine rated for high power with 65 to 1 compression and swirl shaped combustion spaces for efficient ignition. Features include alloy steel exhaust valve seats, spray cooling for valve seats, force feed lubrication, bronze bonded babbit bearings, counter balanced crankshaft, front wheel and coil rear spring suspensions, improved hydraulic brakes and lighting, plus refined instrument panels and carburetion. Buick introduces similar enhancements with new frames, engine mounts, oil filters, foreshadowing broader design updates.
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Dodge
Buick 1940 Line Offers Six Series
Buick announces six 1940 series on wheelbases from 12 to 140 inches for broad market coverage. Public introductions roll out nationwide via over 2,800 Buick dealers. New Series 530 Super and Series 70 Roadmaster lead ultra modern styling and improved performance in lower and medium price fields. Remaining lines are Series 40 Special Series 60 Century and Series 80 and 90 Limiteds.
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Buick
General Motors Corporation
Nash Announces 18 New Cars For 1940
Nash unveils eighteen 1940 models with features aimed at fun comfort and safety. highlights include the De Luxe Lafayette with a 117 inch wheelbase and 99 horsepower, Ambassador Eight and Six series, Arrow Flight Race, conditioned air system, new springing and steering for easier handling, shorter turning radius, and an automatic fourth speed ahead for passing.
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Nash
Plymouth Introduces 1940 Roadking and Deluxe Models
Plymouth dealers present the new 1940 Roadking and Deluxe models to Elyrian motorists. The larger 117 inch wheelbase and 17 square feet more exterior surface accompany a bigger interior space and chrome enhanced grille. Luxury ride and added eye appeal mark the facelift with luxuriously styled fenders and catwalk louvres.
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Elyrian
Plymouth
Disappearance and murder test Breck in serial tale
Breck faces suspicion as Etta Saunders vanishes after warning him of Ralph Daniel. Upjohn reports the body found strangled in woods. Breck fears blame and weighs whether to reveal what he knows while the old man offers cold reassurance. The case deepens as police search continues.
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Beck
Upjohn
Etta Saunders
Breck
Etta
Ralph Daniel
Ralph
Littleburg
Mal Maloney
Mattie Smith
Uptohn
Mattie
Mattie That
John
Daniel
New Safety Glass and Sealed Beam Lights on Low-Priced Roadking
Complete redistribution of weight widens vision through safety glass that reduces eye fatigue. Sealed Beam headlamps provide 50 to 85 percent more light. Steering post gearshift becomes standard on Roadking and Deluxe. Floating Power engine with superfinished parts, new transmission, quicker shifting. Safety signals on all instruments, plus many underbody ruggedness and comfort upgrades. Streamlined body lines end at a larger lighted trunk. Eight features Hudson Super-Six mirrors Plymouth innovations with independent front coil springing and Auto-Poise Control. New double-safe hydraulic brakes and heavier X-type frame increase safety.
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Hudson
New Hudson Cars Shown With Endurance Records
New Hudson cars are displayed by Hudson dealers highlighting the 140 Hudson Six as the A A A endurance record holder for stock closed cars at 70.58 mph across 2,000 miles on the Bonneville Flats. Economy is noted with 32.06 mpg in a 1,000 mile test using overdrive. The 1940 Hudson Eight reportedly broke Class C records with high speed runs on the Bonneville B course.
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Hudson
Automobile Association
Bonnneville Flats
Hudson Company
Bonneville
Lembke family reunion and sorrowful deaths in area
West River Road residents report the Lembke family reunion at Pearl Road with Mr Lembke’s mother’s seventy eighth birthday observed. Fragments note deaths from an automobile accident involving Mrs Maude Parker and Mr Parker, and visitations by several locals in Oberlin and Elyria while 4-H delegate Bernadine Parker travels to Columbus.
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West River Road
Albert C.warner
Lembke
Cleveland
Frank Lembke
Pearl Road
Bernadine Parker
Columbus
Harold Worcester
Maude Parker
Oberlin
Charles
Elyria
W. J. Moria
Frankie Beene
Bell Chambers
Lorain County Adopts Ten Point Child Welfare Plan
The Lorain County Children's Welfare Council adopted a ten point program at its second meeting under Probate Judge H. H. Nye to coordinate county child welfare efforts. About 60 attendees from various clubs and agencies approved a constitution to promote understanding, distribute information, study needs, and marshal resources. John Eisenhauer and Judge Henry Robison spoke, with Robison noting state agencies watch Lorain County and predicting broader county-level reform.
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Children’s Welfare Council
Lorain County
H. H. Nye
John Eisenhauer
Cleveland
Hudson
Henry Robison
Ohio Division of Public Assistance
Robison
County Welfare Council
Exchange: Teacher Resigns Position
Miss Death Weston from Montana resigned from Elyria schools after an exchange with Miss Miriam Laine. Miss Nelson left Kalispell due to ill health. Nelson taught departmentalized upper grades at Allen School. Superintendent Maston says vacancy can be filled without a new hire by combining small Edison School grades to free a teacher for another school.
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Death
Maston
Montena
Elyria
Tere
R C. Maston
Misa Nelson
Kalispal
Montana
Miriam Laine
Miss Nelson
Allen School
Edison
Phonograph Needed At Eaton School
Gerald M. Frank Lorain county school music supervisor says several phonographs sit unused in the county and Eaton school needs one. He notes the former phonograph is broken and a machine is required daily for music appreciation and typing classes.
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Gerald M. Frank
Lorain County
Eaton
Frank
Agb Speaks On Talents In Service At Tent Revival
Evangelist Irvin Agb will speak Sunday at 1043 AM on Investing our Talents in Service for God. Sunday night topic is The Present European Wars in Light of Ezekiel 38-98 and Daniel 7. No weekday services next week due to tabernacle completion. Public welcome.
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Haid
Goapal
Irvin
Ezekiel
Deniel
Christ
France and UK Paid $6,298350 For American Aircraft
In June France and the United Kingdom together paid six million two hundred ninety eight thousand three hundred fifty dollars for American aircraft.
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France
United Kingdom
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