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British "General." Two makers of British cars are the Humber Co. and the Hillman Co. Last week they merged. Soon Humber-Hillman may unite with the Comer motor interests to form a British "General Motors," to compete with U. S. General Motors...
...pending: 1) Hupp Motor Car Corp. (possibly controlled by William C. Durant) and Chandler-Cleveland Motors Corp. (possibly controlled by the railroading brothers Van Sweringen), forming a $130,000,000 business; 2) Chrysler Corp. and Commercial Credit Co. (Baltimore), to provide instalment sale systems for Chrysler cars; 3) Humber, Hillman and Commer (British) motor interests, as Humbers, Ltd. Object: competition with U. S. manufacturers. Capital...
...Other European cars on exhibit included: (French) Hispano-Suiza, Renault, Delange, Citroen, Voisin, Panhard; (English) Rolls-Royce, Daimler, Sunbeam, Bean, Wolsey, Humber; (Belgian) Minerva; (Italian) Isotta-Fraschini, Ansaldo ; (German) Maybach, Mercedes, Rumpler, Benz...
...carry, they could not even have the luxury of the extra weight of a spare pair of socks. When they landed from arctic regions, they threw away their winter kit and bought lighter garb. Last week they were stationed at the small village of Brough on the Humber in England, having an "easy time"- though working feverishly all day, overhauling their motors, reconditioning their planes-and purchasing new cold-weather outfits for their passage over the North Atlantic. Woolen underwear and fur-lined coats spell many gallons of gasoline. Everything unessential must be discarded, and even safety razors must disappear...
...Oxford either in January or October of next year and the states they represent are as follows: C. W. Carter, Jr., '20, from Illinois; E. R. Baltzell 1G., from Indiana; E. S. Mason 1G., from Kansas; C. Brinton '19, from Massachusetts; S. M. Pargellis IL., from Nevada; R. L. Humber, Jr., 2G., from North Carolina; and E. Evans 1L., from Wisconsin...