De Soto Six Sets South Africa Speed Record Run
A De Soto Six roadster averaged 62.7 mph over 1505 miles in a 24 hour continuous test in South Africa, with fuel stops. Officials of the Royal Automobile Club of South Africa supervised the run aimed at a future continental speedway. The Cape Times cites a peak of 68 mph in late hours and notes the car’s high rear ratio gearing and stripped body.
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de Soto
South Africa
Royal Automobile Ab
South African
L. G. Peed
de Soto Motors Corporation
Detroit
Chrysler
Moetore
Cape Town
Daytona Beach
Florida
France
Cape Times
Royal Automobile Club of
All Hands Saved From Wrecked Hartford
Coast guard at Point Reyes reported twelve crew members remaining aboard the wrecked freighter Hartford were rescued as the ship pounded to pieces on the rocks. Earlier six crew members were taken off shortly before midnight.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Coast Guard
Point Reyes
Hartford
Woman Holds Up Kansas Cashier in $14000 Theft
A woman abducted Kansas City man A J Perlich and forced him to drive to the Security Benefit Association in Topeka. She seized about $14000 in payroll, vanished on foot after warning Stalens to drop the package. Police found a discarded smock and hat in an nearby apartment.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kansas
W. L. Stalens
Security Benefit Association
Reo
A. J. Perlich
Kansas City
Association
Stalens
Erlich
Lee's Laxative and Cathartic Compound Ad
An advertisement promotes Lee's Laxative and Cathartic Compound as a remedy for stomach gas and its effects. It claims relief from gnawing pains, anxiety, heart palpitations, drowsiness after meals, bloating, and cold limbs, urging readers to buy the genuine product with the red label at Baker's Drug Store in Winchester, Virginia.
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Lee
Baker’s Drug Store
Winchester
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