Dodge Caravan Heads Home After Africa Expedition
Armand Denis and Ila Roosevelt lead the first motor expedition to the Belgian Congo to film and photograph gorillas and volcanic craters. Driving two Dodge trucks and a sedan across Morocco, Sudan, Uganda, and Tanganyika, they report 96 000 miles with no repairs and plan to reach New York late June.
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Fort Archambault
French Equatorial Africa
Azram
Morocco
United States
Armand Denis-Leila Roosevelt
Belgian Congo
Armand Denis
Alsy
Ola Cargo
Denis
Ila Roosevelt
Troit
Africa
Aridara
Ggar Mountains
Timbuctoo
Mysterys
Fingy
King Albert Natonal Park
Kivu
Nyasmuragira
Nyirangongo
Karisimbi
Uganda
Tangayika
Mutara
Watusi
Ruanda
Urandi
Miss Roosevelt
Dodge
Europe
New York
Detroit
Ford Rouge Plant Gets World’s Largest High Pressure Turbine
Dearborn Michigan July 17 Henry Ford starts the new turbine generator in the Rouge plant signaling the 110000 kilowatt unit is on the line The installation raises total capacity from 200000 to 326000 horsepower and features all welded pipe The $4660000 equipment will operate a boiler at a record 900 degrees Fahrenheit for 900000 pounds of steam per hour enhancing efficiency and demands a 115 foot tall 25 8 by 32 foot boiler weighing over 9 million pounds with steel beam support
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Dearborn
Mich
Henry Ford
Rouge
1 200 000 Join Road Test Gas Mileage
One million two hundred thousand motorists joined Standard Oil's mileage test in 14 states. The test opened May 1 and ends July 5 for entry with records due by Sept. 18. Prizes totaling $5,000 and 500 merchandise awards will go to best records and comments judged by an impartial board.
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Chicago
Standard Oil
Edward G. Seubert
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Standard CW
Terraplane Car Owner Sends Note to Willits in California
A July 10 1936 letter from a Terraplane car owner in La Granda California praises the vehicle for helping through mountain climbs near Cheyenne and suggests Willits may be interested in the tale.
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Cloid Willits
Terraplane
la Granda
Calif
Cheyenne
Behind the Scenes With The Men Who Create Automobiles
Abel F. Denham chronicles how 1936 cars are engineered to precise cooling, testing radiators in wind tunnels. He describes desert and mountain trials, mileage, fuel use, and water needs, ending with a note on a Terraplane prototype and plans for ocean fishing.
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Abel F. Denham
Cedar
Las Vegas
Nevada
Alice
Dickie
Los Vegas
San Bernadino
Los Angeles
County reports week of vehicle registrations
Four new trucks and ten new cars were registered by the county treasurer. Truck owners include O R Thomas Ainsworth International Raymond Troyer Kalona and others. Car owners include R B Halleck Brighton W G Mc Crosby Washington Mrs Sarah Swartzen druber Kalona and more. Transfers for the week totaled 64 with year to date counts 5179 cars and 614 trucks.
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Besse Jones
O. R. Thoma
Ainsworth
International
Raymond Troyer
Kalona
Chevrolet
Emmett Meade
Riverside
F. N. Schnoebelen
R. B. Halleck
Brighton
Plymouth
W. G. McCrosby
Washington
Sarah Swartzendruber
Walter Gingerich
Sidney Mitchum
Stanley Plank
Charles B. Helmick
H. A. Sheridan
Wellman
M. L. Brown
Ford
Otto Jackson
Dodge
A Place to Park
Driving tale describes backing into a tiny curb space while a longer space needed for entry. The author recalls oil changes before 2000 miles and poor fuel economy around 18 mpg. Hot sun and mountain driving over almost 3 days shaped the trip.
Woman granted new trial in drowning of son at Ossining
Pale and shaken after six months in the death house at Ossining prison Mrs Dorothy Sher wood leaves the penitentiary for Goshen where she will face a second jury in November charged with drowning her two year old son James so that he would not starve to death She was granted new trial on technical grounds.
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Ossining Prison
N Y
Dorothy Sherwood
Goshen
James
International trucks top Central District sales as 4 of 12 states
McCormick Deering manager Harry Roy says one in four trucks sold last month in twelve-state Central District were International. He notes 48 models exist to fit diverse needs and highlights International trucks used in producing the March of Time news series and its wide nationwide service.
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Harry Roy
McCormick Deering
Mr. Roy
New York
United States
Parking Etiquette and Vehicle Safety Guidance
The piece gives parking tips and safety rules for urban streets. It advises choosing legitimate spaces, obeying prohibitory signs, keeping distance from fire plugs and intersections, avoiding blocking driveways, and signaling with the left arm when leaving. It notes varying local rules and urges learning them for safety and courtesy. It also lists for sale vehicles and includes a caution about alligator danger with no recorded human fatalities.
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Congo Jungle
O. K. Tire Welding Co
East 2Nd
Ol’ Davy
Knauss Shell
Ford Rouge
Gray’s
Second St
Hevrolet
Tucker & Eicher
Cloid
Tucker & Anderson
Arizona Desert
Zion Coeayon
Iowa
Nebraska
Wyoming
Grand Forks
Wyo
Utah
Salt Lake City
Beoree Utah
Cedar City
Chevrolet Motor Co
Senator Murphy
L. C. Willits
L. C. Willits’ Motor CO
Automobile Department
Treasurer
Sr Ine Wational
Washington Auto Salvage
Sinclair Station
East Washington
International Harvester Company
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