Meyer buys fifth Chrysler after Indy 500 win
Detroit June 30 One of Louis Meyer's five acts after winning the Indianapolis 500 mile race was to purchase his fifth Chrysler 72 Town Sedan from the prize fund. Meyer, 24, drove the car across country to races then to Los Angeles before returning to Salem, New Hampshire, to race the winning car on July 4.
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Detroit
Louis Meyer
Chrys Jers
Alden Sampson
Meyer
Chrysler
Atlantic City
Frank Elliott
Sampson
Indianapolis
Frank Lockhart
Tony Guletti
Lockhart
Los Angeles
Salem
N. H
Willys Overland Declares 30 Cents Dividend
Toledo June 30 After a board meeting Willys Overland president John N Willys announced the board unanimously authorized a common stock dividend of 30 cents per share on the $1 20 basis payable August 1 record date July 18 The move aims for a conservative fixed dividend cushioned against earnings and business conditions with potential supplementary disbursements when warranted by earnings.
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Toledo
Willys-Overland Company
John N. Willys
Five membo suded May dist and 'iin Be coma to save
The document reviews financial results with a large year end payment and a $1,000,000 bond due August. Cash and equivalents total $12,000,000. The company reports rising distributions, 5,500 dealers, and ambitious May and June schedules. Unfilled orders suggest output will exceed last year by July.
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Busiive
Studebaker Extends Service Medal Awards to Dealers
South Bend June 30 Studebaker Corp extends service medal program from factory workers to veteran dealers sales forces Bronze medals for five and ten years Silver for fifteen and Gold for twenty years Continuous service awards tally show 10 838 medals awarded to staff in South Bend and Detroit plants with 346 gold 547 silver and 1 779 bronze recipients. Cheater N Weaver of San Francisco a 25 year veteran received a gold medal from A R Erskine president of Studebaker.
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South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Corporation of America
Studebaker
Paul G. Hoffman
Cheater N. Weaver
San Francisco
Calif
Detroit
Hoffman
Modern Mass Production Is Story of Machine Precision
Detroit reports how Ford plants attain near perfect part uniformity for Model A and beyond. It highlights master gages by Johnson o, inspection blocks, and a thousand measurement tools keeping parts within one ten thousandth of an inch.
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Detroit
Unite of Spigantle
Mises
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Johanseon
1516 New Dealers Added by Willys-Overland
In the week ending June 27th 77 new dealer contracts were signed as Willys-Overland added 1516 dealers this year after Whippet price cuts in January and the launch of two new models the Willys Knight Standard Six and the Whippet Six. Dealer applications remain high with an oversold condition on most models nationwide. Cautious buyers urged to study classifieds.
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Toledo
Willys-Overland
Willys- Knight
Long-serving Packard staff surpass decade mark in Detroit
Detroit reports show 1200 plus Packard employees with over ten years at the firm, and another equal number with more than five years. Veterans include E F Roberts twenty-five years and Alvan MacAowley eighteen years. Packard history traces to 1899 and the Detroit factory opening in 1903 with leaders noting early expansion.
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Theer
Detroit Automobile Company
Grant Winfield
Packard Motor Car Company
Packard Company
Packard
E. F. Roberts
Alvan Macaowley
H. H. Hills
Col
J. G. Vincent
J. E. Locher
Winfield
Warren
Ohio
J. W
W. D. Packard
Packard Brothers
Henry B. Joy
Truman H. Newberry
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