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Hewitt and his aides, Hoyt Ecker 48 and Daniel C. Gerould, were sure that the solid beat of the washboards could make love easy even at Wellesley. "If the UN had only known of us, things might be different," were Ecker's words as he swung into his Marmon. With a hand on the throttle, he added cryptically, "Jelly Roll has that something that Wellesley needs...
Ancient vintage cars, deserted by their owners, find their way to the auction block almost daily. Such sterling buys as a Model 34 Marmon a 1933 Pierce Arrow, and a 1932 Cord as well as slightly later models have been offered...
...Jenkins at 57 drove a superspecial Marmon 3,868 miles in 24 hours at an average of 161.18 m.p.h., setting 21 speed records...
Died. Howard C. Marmon, 66, automobile maker and pioneer designer of racing cars; of a heart attack; in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. In 1911 his Marmon Wasp won the first 500-mile international sweepstake on the Indianapolis Speedway, averaging 74.59 m.p.h. He helped develop World War I's famed Liberty plane motor, later produced a notable 16-cylinder Marmon that was a symbol of automotive dash and speed...
Fast-moving, hard-driving A. W. S. Herrington bought the truck division of near-bankrupt Marmon Motor Car in 1931, settled down in Indianapolis. A Motor Transport Corps captain in World War I, Herrington knows trucks and tanks inside & out. He once worked for Motorcycle Makers Harley-Davidson, spent seven years as transportation engineer with the Army and Marine Corps...