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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...teacher who happened to do most of his teaching in Russia: the late Leopold Auer. For many generations Hungary's lazy Danubian capital, Budapest, has been as noted for fine fiddling as for goulash and Tokay. Hardly less famed than expatriate Pedagogue Auer was the late Jenö de Szalatna Hubay, who stayed at home to teach other Hungarian fiddlers how to fiddle. Through aristocratic, white-bearded Hubay's studio passed many of the finest violinists in the world, among them Hungarian Joseph Szigeti...
Died. Sir Charles Edmond Knox, 92, British lieutenant general who in the Boer War chased elusive Boer General Christian Rudolph De Wet 800 miles but never caught him; of old age; in Putney, England...
Dodge, eight years in the Chrysler family, is entering its own silver jubilee year. Like De Sotos, 1939 Dodges look like Chryslers, have ten body styles in Luxury Liner Special ($855) and Luxury Liner DeLuxe ($905). Only vestige of the old Dodge is the Rocky Mountain Ram and the nameplate...
...sales, as in 1936 and 1937, Chevrolet led the pack, hotly pressed by Ford, with Plymouth third. But stable for stable, the Ford, Lincoln-Zephyr combination ran third, the Chrysler line (Plymouth, De Soto, Dodge and Chrysler) second and General Motors (Chevrolet, Pontiac. Buick, Oldsmobile. LaSalle and Cadillac) far out in front. For 1939, Henry Ford has two major bids for a return to the day when flivvers led the field: 1) a new car, the Mercury, to tap the middle-price field; 2) installation, at last, of hydraulic brakes in all models. Only other newcomer in the field...
...De Soto. In twelve models in two series, DeLuxe ($970) and Custom ($1,023), it frankly resembles the Chrysler. The motor precision is accurate to only 3/1,000,000 in. Extra: overdrive...