Air travel to Paris seen as future of flight
A column by Erwin Greer discusses New York to Paris air trips as the crowning aviation achievement. It envisions a near future with half hour New York Paris flights, transatlantic air service, and a new million dollar corporation to develop routes from Boston to Buffalo and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin ‘Greer
Greer College
Chiangs
Lindbergh
Coolidge
William Mitchell
New ‘York
Paris
Transatlantic Steamera
Boston
Buffsio
New York
Transportation notes show airline plans and safety record
City to Montreal schedules mention a new company joining with Ford. Plans in Germany call for a giant 10 meter plane to carry 170 passengers crossing the Atlantic in 16 hours. In the U S last year fatalities equaled one per ten million miles flown, a safety record the automobile might claim. Lindbergh's flight boosted American interest in air travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Ford Company
Buffalo
Germany
Atlantic
United States
Lindbergh
America
Marmon and Roosevelt Cars Shine in New Showrooms
Newly decorated show rooms of the George A. Geerdes company at 214 Park Avenue present Marmon and Roosevelt straight eight models. The display includes Marmon sedan, Marmon coupe, and Roosevelt sedan in 68 and 78 series, highlighting an attractive setting for the new shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Geerdes Company, Inc
Park Avenue
Motor fuel from sugar cane waste in Australia
Sydney reports that Australia’s National Power Alcohol company plans a Queensland plant to produce 99 percent pure alcohol as an anti knock fuel component. The facility aims for 500000 to 600000 gallons annually to mix with gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Queensland
Australia
Department of Commerce
Sydney
The
National Power Alcohol Company of Australia
Unusual Reo Speed Wagon Becomes Brazil Rail Train
William Guthrie Whitler of California discovers a Reo Speed Wagon converted into a small locomotive on a rough Sao Paulo track. The four fifths of the world's coffee supply comes from Brazil, where rugged mountain camps need hardy transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reo
Brazil
William Guthrie
Whittler
Cal
Sao Paulo
Guthrie
Harry W. Westcott
Michigan
W. H. Williams
Williams
Westcott
Guthriel
Why driving sides differ worldwide across history
A historical overview explains why nations split on right versus left driving. It cites National Geographic data showing about 60 nations favor right side driving and 43 favor left, with exceptions like the recent switch in Iraq. The article links rules to coachmen seat position, ox-drawn transport, and colonial influence, noting regional patterns yet highlighting surprising reversals and puzzles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
England
Austria
Sweden
Argentina
Angola
National Geographic Society
Iraq
North America
Europe
Norway
Italy
Dolomites
Oslo
Denmark
Iight
Germany
Geethoe Slovakia
France
Ada Amica
Dia
New World
British Honduras
Panama
Paraguay
Uruguay
Price Edward Island
Canada
Far East
China
Japan
Philippines
Colonial Driving Rules Across British Guiana and Angola
Fragmentary notes compare colonial driving rules and rights in British Guiana and Angola. The text references France, Portugal, and the concept of keeping to the right, contrasting with dual or evolving practices under colonial administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British “Guiana
France
Angola
Voice of Firestone Sings Monday over NBC Radio
Popular tenor Franklyn Baur called the Voice of Firestone, anchored by the Firestone dealers sponsorship, delivering well chosen programs with Mlle Vaughn De Leath the Firestone Choristers and a 35-piece orchestra. Memory Lane as theme song has delighted millions. A feature notes global reach via Shorts wave transmittal. Also mentions a long freight train counterpoint trivia about freight cars number and worldwide reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklyn
Baur
Ziegfeld
Firestone
Tlows
National Broadcasting Company
Shorts
E.R. Ruckles
Repass- Automobile Company
Valce
Memory Lane
Mlle
Vaughn de Leath
Symphony
Super Six Motor Challenge Thrills at High Speed
A vivid report describes a “Super Six” motor challenge pushing vehicles to speeds around 60 to 70 miles per hour in consecutive runs. The piece emphasizes endurance and the thrill of sustained, fast driving as competitors push their machines hour after hour.
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Firestone Courier Tires
Rom
Firestone Dealers
Repass Automobile Co
West Third and
Cedar St
United Town
West Wnst
Schultz
Phong
Rochtfertig
Lafayetta
Mid-Continent
W.dth
Kingsley
Marmon
Roosevelt
Yank Motor Carts
N. B.C
Cape of Good Hoppe
Africa
Asia
Bering’ Strait
South America
Cape Horn
Brograms
Eludson - Essex Challengers
H.M. C
Essex
Puse
Hudson-Essex Waterloo Co., Inc
Franklin St
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