Auto trade chiefs set foreign focus for 1926 meet
The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce will focus on foreign trade at its fall meeting in New York October 8. Space drawing for the national automobile shows in New York January 9 to 16 and Chicago January 30 to February 6 will follow. John N. Willys notes goals include better motor travel conditions, uniform regulations, lower taxes, and world market share for foreign makers. Plans for the Second World Motor Transport Congress January 11 to 13 will be outlined.
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National Auto- ‘Mobile Chamber of Commerce
New York
Chicago
Grand Central Palace
Coliseum
John N. Willys
Foreign Trade Committee
The
Automobile Organization
Wet Bowles Wins in Coolidge Home District Race
Fairfield Massachusetts reports Henry L. Bowles Republican won the congressional seat over Democrat Roland Sawyer. Bowles carried 12,072 votes to 9,067, signaling a wave of anti prohibition sentiment as he opposes the eighteenth amendment and pledges to reform enforcement for temperance and respect for law.
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Fairfield
Mass
Henry L. Bowles
Roland
Sawyer
Ware
Coolidge
National
House of Representatives
Bowles
Funeral Service for Mrs Frank Folkers at Allison Church
The funeral for Mrs. Frank Folkers, who died in Mercy Hospital Waverly, will be held Friday afternoon at St Jacobus Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Folkers Cemetery. The infant daughter also died shortly after her birth on Monday. The family home was near Aredate.
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Frank Folkers
Allison
Mercy Hospital
Waverly
St. Jacobus-Lutheran Church
Folkers Cemetery
Scotland Yard Denies Plot to Kill the King
London broadcast reports of a plot to assassinate King George were flatly denied by Sir Wyndham Childs head of Scotland Yard today. He said there is not a single word of truth in the story and dismissed the allegations as baseless.
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London
Scotland Yard
George
Wyndham Childs
Sir Wyndham
The Action of John Blake and Julie Latimer Confronts Politics
Wealthy lawyer John Blake rises to Congress and brings his ward Julie Latimer to Washington. Julie, naïve and moral, encounters a social world of sharp wit, jealousy, and petty intrigue. Anna Denniston, an old friend, writes to Blake, fueling a fragile triangle as Blake plans a White House reception.
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John Blake
Congress
Julie Latimer
Horace Latimer
Blake
Anna Denniston
Julie
Jimmy Philips
Wildne
Phu Ps
Addy Blake
Washington
Catty
Vox
Cranston
Wren
Notaven
Dulle
Anna
Jimmy Phillips
Taile
Ife
White House
Motorcade to Promote Good Roads From Chicago
The national motorcade organized by the National Highways Association and the National Motormen Association aims to boost road development for southern travel. Departing Chicago on Monday October 20, the caravan will include motorists from many states, with Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Wisconsin leading the personnel, and will cover Illinois Missouri Tennessee Arkansas Mississippi Alabama Georgia and Florida.
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Towans
National Highways Association
National Motorists Association
Chicago
Hingis
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Missouri
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Motor Replaces Llama Coolie Ox in World Traffic
Walter P. Chrysler said before sailing for Europe that the motor car replaces traditional animals and slaves across nations. He plans to visit Paris and London for exhibitions and meetings with Chrysler distributors and motor trade groups before returning to America on Oct. 17.
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Peru
Colombia
Iceland
Scandinavia
China
Japan
Egypt
India
Walter P. Chrysler
Europe
America
Chrysler
Saint-Didier
Paris
Chrysler Cars
France
The
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Ltd
Royal Automobile Club
Olympia
London
Motor car makers learn from Europe and America
Chrysler argues that, as people live anywhere, motor cars will be found everywhere. European cars appear in America and American cars in Europe. The world is the market for the motor car manufacturer. He says no intelligent manufacturer stops learning from others and that Europe can teach American manufacturers and vice versa. He anticipates ongoing exchange of knowledge.
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Chrysler
America
Europe
Trade visit planned to France and England for motor car interest
A proposal outlines another trip to France and England to observe and learn from friends in the motor car business. It notes what Muropa have learned and accomplished, signaling shared insights and potential collaboration.
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France
England
Muropa
Rates Revisions Favored for Western Livestock Movements
ICC examiners urged lowering some rates and raising others to align with the mileage scale after a preliminary investigation into the American National Livestock Association and the National Wool Growers Association. The plan would cut Kansas Nebraska short-haul moves by 9 cents per 100 pounds for 10 miles, raise to 44 cents per 100 pounds for 500 miles, and to 92 cents for 2000 miles.
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Mississippi River
Interstate Commerce Commission
Attac
Mplanita
American National Livestock Association
National Wool Growers’ Association
Kansas
Nebraska
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Auto C. Off
Wet
Mrs. Haines
Mrs. Jennings
Agatha
Geoffrey
Agatha Jennings
Congressional Club
Lincoln
Dairy Cattle Congress
Repass Automobile Co
Waterloo, Iowa
Great Northern Ry
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Oregon
C. A. Rand
Equitable Bldg
Des Moines
Portland Cement Association
Hubbell
National Organization
Beery
Champion Spark Plug Co
Toledo, Ohio
Windsor
Londa
Washington, D. C
Willys-Knights
Willys-Knight
Knight
Wilbys- Knight
Brougham
Toledo
Sitss
Overland Waterloo Company
East
Franklin
Willys
Lan
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