A M A A urges leniency for foreign motorists in new rules
Washington dispatch reports the American Automobile Association urges civic authorities to treat foreign motorists with understanding amid rapid traffic regulation changes. President Thomas P. Henry says many violations by touring drivers stem from unfamiliar rules, not recklessness, and that holding travelers strictly to new rules is unfair during the era of experimentation.
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Washington, D. C
American Automobile Association
Thomas P. Henry
Henry
Ing
Pulling Power of Overland Sedan Demonstrated in Toledo
A novel power test in Foledo showed the Overland standard sedan’s strong pulling ability. The car, recently cut from 645.00 to 595.00, was photographed by a major Hollywood film unit visiting the Willys-Overland factory in Toledo. A special bullet truck towed a heavy trailer of 7 18 tons across the continent, with an Overland sedan just off the line attached for the test.
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Foledo
Hollywood
Toledo
Willys-Overland
Chevrolet Reports Record September Production
Chevrolet Motor company built 63,000 cars and trucks in September, a new record for the month and within 378 of the company's highest month. Demand remains high with a forecast of over 94,500 units for the current month and U.S. deliveries in August reaching 41,000.
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Detroit
Mish
Chevrolet Motor Company
United States
Chevrolet
Chrysler Predicts Light Car Capable of 90 Mi. Per Hour
Walter P. Chrysler predicts a coming shift from heavy cars to a light high quality model. The new compact car is expected to reach 90 miles per hour with 100 horsepower and cost about 25 percent less. He says luxury brands will follow into this high efficiency, high performance era within two years.
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Chrysler
Walter P. Chrysler
Wall Street Journal
Dee-Bee Enclosures For New Ford Open Models
Dee-Bee Manufacturing announces a weather protecting enclosure for Ford open cars. Local representative John Jago will install these enclosures in a few hours, offering convenient protection for open car owners and preventing weather-related damage.
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Dee-Bee Manufacturing Company
John Jago
Dee-Bee
Dee-Bee car enclosures praised for quality and safety
The article extols Dee-Bee enclosures built from polished glass that are rattle and weather proof. They do not mar the car and match its color inside and out. Plans to extend enclosures to more car makes and better convenience are urged by C W Nash.
World Motor Trade Chief Topic At NAC Meeting
At the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce annual fall gathering in New York, leaders urged a worldwide rise in motor vehicle trade and a full removal of federal war excise taxes on motor transport. John N. Willys predicted two million cars annually in export trade within years, citing improved dealer financing to lower costs.
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National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
New York
John N. Willys
Foreign Trade Committee
Lis
Walter W Butler Dies Poor in Upton Poorhouse
Walter W. Butler once a wealthy shipping magnate and friend of King Edward has died in poverty at the Upton poorhouse. Once valued at 135000000 his fortune vanished after a postwar industrial downturn leaving him destitute in London.
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London
Edward
Walter W. Butler
Upton
Rheumatism Declared New White Scourge At Insurance Congress
Brighton England October 14 Rheumatism described as the new white scourge by Z M Roberts a delegate to the national conference of friendly insurance societies. He said over 3 000 000 working weeks are lost yearly in England due to rheumatic diseases and that they now top tuberculosis as the key industrial health issue.
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Brighton
Eng
Z. M. Roberts
National Conference of Friendly Insurance Societies
England
Roberts
Maine man breaks into town jail sets record
Rumford, Me October 14 A man named Thomas Kelly of this town attempts to break into the jail rather than break out. He declares you have kept me in jail all summer and now put me there for the winter. Judge James B Stevenson was struck in a severed apple incident.
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Rumford Falls
Kelly
Stevenson
South Paris
Rumford
Thomas Kelly
Weather Bureau Tops Leningrad Cathedral
Lenningrad Oct 14 The lantern above St Isaac's dome has been used to establish a meteorological and astronomical observatory without disturbing worshipers. St Isaac's dome stands 269 feet high with the lantern 40 feet above. The piece notes the cathedral as Russia's foremost church architecture. It also mentions Jamaica's banana industry and Chinese grave decorations, plus a Japanese custom of serving food at any visit time.
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Lenningrad
St. Isaac’s Cathedral
Russia
St. Peter’s
Rome
St. Isaac's
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