London Traffic Laws Are Queer
David Fairchild, noted Washington plant explorer, describes driving in London and Europe for National Geographic. He praises car travel for real country exposure, criticizes chaotic traffic and narrow streets, notes costly tolls, and recalls a ticket incident on Piccadilly while arguing American etiquette would ease enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Fairchild
Washington
National Geographical Magazine
London
Continental
Europa
Atlantic
Fairchild
Europe
America
Strand
Piezadill
Oxford Street
Piccadilly
Holland
Many Lives Saved by Duplex Bodies
The Studebaker duplex bodies have saved 14 lives since its public debut last September. Four rollover incidents in which passengers escaped injury due to steel construction are detailed in Durango Colorado Louisiana Missouri Willamette California and Kansas City. In four cases uninjured occupants abounded while one jumped from the car and was hurt. The article extols steel duplex safety and notes high durability claims amid travel reports.
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Studebaker
Durango
Colo
Patrick Kelly
Chama
N. M
Mr. Kelly
A. E. Bruce
Albuquerque
F. R. Becker
Scott’s Bluff
Neb
H. P. Huntington, Jr
A EK Barr
Robert Brown
Louisiana, Mo
J. E. Jennings
Pleasant Hill
Yreka
Mr. Hile
Bradley Saunders
Kansas City
Lawrence
Kao
Mr. Saunders
All Steel Sedan Newest Addition to Overland Line
A Willys Overland all steel sedan on the 91 model chassis is being built in Toledo. The design removes wooden framing for a rigid body with improved vision and safety. Duco paint resists sun and weather, and the interior features brown striped velour with a rear gasoline tank and Stewart vacuum feed.
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Overland Line
Willys-Overland Automobile Company
Toledo
Tto
Duco
Auto As Necessity Driven By Widespread Ownership
Russell E. Gardner Jr. says the motor car has moved from luxury to necessity in the United States. He cites 15,222,638 cars in use and 6,000,000 owned by families earning $40 weekly or less, with time payments enabling purchases and rising bank savings and life insurance indicating thriving conditions.
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Russell E. Gardner, Jr
Gardner Motor Company
Tne
St. Louis
Gardner
Farmer Takes Charge of Dodge Used Car Department
L L Farmer is named manager of the Certified Used Car department at Collord Hull company. He has spent the past year in the retail sales force and assumed duties on January 6. The Collord Hull company notes this leadership change.
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Is L. Farmer
Dodg Used Car Department
L. L. Farmer
Collord-Hull Company
Farmer
Universal Adoption of the Telephone Sparks Modern Living
A fragment notes a character desiring a place to sleep and small luxuries that render life worthwhile, then shifts to the idea of universal telephone adoption as a hallmark of modern living.
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Jan Miner
Kingsville
Iowa Tire Co
Sth
Collord-Hull, Inc
Franklin
Hudson-Essex
DSO Pa
Ressent
Crescent
Hawkeye
UNIV
Erse
Ford
Detroit
Repass Automobile Company
Ford_ Products
West Park Avenue
Cedar Street
Waterloo, Town
Repass Automobile Co
Victoria
Berline
Osean Motor Car Corporation
Eest Park Avene
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