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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1929
Page
7
The plant celebrates twenty first year with upgrades and high demand as production hit record pace. Since the Greater Hudson and Essex models debuted, orders surged, production rose to 27,000 cars by February end, and March began with 1,800 to 1,925 cars daily shipments.
W. R. Tracy vice-president of sales for Oakland Car Company reports the United States is entering a year of prosperity. He notes the automobile industry acts as a business barometer and expects strong sales, after touring 150 Oak and Pontiac dealers and visiting nine district and three regional offices in major markets including New York and Los Angeles.
Mr Tracy notes general national prosperity with strong industrial and agricultural districts. A good cotton year in the south and rapid industrial development are seen. February output set records for the industry, with his organization up 3,000 units from last year and March forecast to top monthly records. Domestic sales outlook remains bright, overseas markets expanding, auto exports up. Dealers pleased with 1928 outlook and new Oakland and Pontiac Sixes. January ex-
Willys Overland reports a 33 percent rise in Whippet sales for the first quarter of the year compared with 1928. John N. Willys cites immediate public acceptance of the new cars and a standard of style and performance entering the low price field. The company plans a record output this year to meet demand for both the Whippet four and six.
Read in Winfield Beacon Captain Paul Crail reports a tax uprising threat and mobilization readiness. He notes soldiers would respond quickly to any crisis, while praising the demanding nature of active service on nerves and stamina.
Treasury figures show 189 people killed in enforcement actions 1820 to 192 official figures disclose. Twenty five deaths occur in last 15 months. Civilians total 134 and federal agents 55 slain in line of duty.
Secretary Stimson urged the Navy Department to pursue further American lives on the coast of Mexico after an April 6 incident. The request follows reports of a second American destruction and raises tensions in the region.
Instructions were issued to military cadets at the Arizona border to protest bombs in Naco. Major General Lassiter was told to implement measures to ensure the protest's effectiveness. News mentions a Bucharest railway wreck with extensive injuries and a local dramatic tragedy in Austin involving a high school play and a fatal onstage shooting.
A production term ended with an actor wounded in the abdomen by a bullet fired from a stage pistol as the cast left the stage. Neuse did not rise afterward, and he was found to be the injured party.
An explosion at Verdun injures eight boys and kills several young French pilgrims from Lille, who were visiting the battle area in a shell hole where a 12 year old shell had been buried.
In Newkirk on April 6 the advent of talking pictures drew a crowded audience as the Vitaphone system worked perfectly until a tobacco-chewer in the crowd spit on a witness and the talking mechanism suddenly quit. The episode disrupted the premiere event and left spectators curious about the hiccup in the new technology.
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