Word: cars
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Nicholas Longworth, Speaker of the House: "My nephew, Count René de Chambrun, aged 20, was last week almost jailed in Paris for speeding in his car. The Magistrate let him off with a double fine; assured him of eight days' prison for a second offense. He, son of my sister Clara, is studying to be a diplomat. As his uncle is French Ambassador to Austria, his father General in Command of French troops in Morocco, and as he is also descended from La Fayette, perhaps he will make good...
People who came to see Fords or Cunninghams (pleasure cars) were disappointed. For reasons peculiar to their manufacturers these two were not displayed. Nor were displayed some of the heavier motor trucks-White, Mack, International, Pierce-Arrow, Diamond T.* Those in the jostling throng who could read had seen in the daily press the following figures relative to 1926 U. S. motor car production...
...following figures relative to 1926 motor car registration...
...most conspicuous announcement came from Studebaker. Albert Russel Erskine has, since 1915, been President of the Studebaker Corp., South Bend, Ind. In-September and October, 1924, he went to Europe, visited automobile plants, asked questions of manufacturers and engineers, carefully inspected every car and body in the shows of London and Paris. Favorably impressed, President Erskine invited to Paris every Studebaker dealer and representative in Europe and some from Asia, gave a banquet, rose from his seat, fired at his agents a series of questions prepared by himself, received their answers in written form, took the answers back...
...over now. When he begins to pick on the Mexicans I get angry. I've known Mexicans and Mexicans and they've all been good fellows. Let them alone to fight their own battles, I say. What if they do hurt our oil interests? I can use a street car. I don't have to use a taxi all the time...