Word: carly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...street, the three Chicago youths entered their car. "Texas," following drunkenly, got into the wrong automobile by mistake. Two policemen dashed up. Dazed, he began to fire. One of them shot him through the heart. Three half-drunken robbers in a light green car sped east along Lake Shore Drive, turned south with the shoreline, then west to Michigan Avenue, then north again past the hotel with a burst of speed, having completely circled the scene of their crime. Lincoln Park policemen on the running boards of commandeered automobiles followed, volleying. Up the "Gold Coast," with pretentious residences...
...following anecdote came out of Washington as a news report: A man on the street recognized the flashy automobile of a well-known bootlegger. Wishing to order some refreshments, he hailed a taxicab to overtake the car. The car pulled up at a Government building as the taxicab came alongside. The thirsty one called to the driver of the bootlegger's car: "Can you deliver me a case of Scotch today?" The driver turned around towards the questioner, disclosing his face-the face of Prohibition Commissioner Roy Asa Haynes. Mr. Haynes had taken advantage of a recent ruling that...
...car, accompanied by his secretary and two guardian Fascisti for safety, Deputy Giovanni Amendola left Montecatini for the nearby town of Pistoja amid a bombardment of sibilant Italian hisses. In the open country two automobiles barred the road. The Amendola car stopped, instantly the party was set upon by about 15 stalwart Fascisti and soundly clubbed. At Pistoja, a few minutes later, the Deputy was found to be suffering from shock, numerous contusions and some nasty cuts. Nothing dangerous developed and he was shipped back to his home in Rome...
...fire swept through a garage in Washington devouring costly motor cars. When the conflagration was over, it was found that the official automobile of the Vice President of the U. S. had been destroyed. Congress will be obliged to appropriate $8,000 to buy Mr. Dawes a new car...
About three quarters of the purchasers of automobiles pay for them on credit over the course of the following year. The theoretical risk to the sellers has led progressive Walter P. Chrysler to adopt a plan whereby each purchaser of a Chrysler car will automatically receive a fire and theft insurance policy on it. The cost of the insurance is included in the price of the car. Thus not only is the owner protected, but also the maker. The idea has also appealed strongly to the General Motors Corporation, who are said to favor its adoption on their enormous output...