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Though all the stock of Ford Motor Co. is owned by Father Henry and Son Edsel, there are still numerous ways of investing in the most magical name in motordom. Frenchmen speculate in Ford, Société Anonyme, Germans in Ford Motor Co. A. G., Spaniards in Ford Motor Iberica Dutchmen in N. V. Nederlandsche Ford Automobielfabriek. In the U. S. there are two Ford stocks traded on the New York Curb Exchange-Ford Motor Co. of Canada and Ford. Motor Co., Ltd., the British unit whose ? shares are bought & sold as "depositary certificates...
...instruction given by two parents to their infant son as to his rights under a Belisha Beacon (see cut, p. 19). Last week's air gunning of the beacons was the first revolt against Hore-Belishment by the highly organized forces of British motordom. In no other country are motorists so admirably self-disciplined. Over 5,000 neatly uniformed service men of the Automobile Association and Royal Automobile Club ceaselessly patrol the Kingdom's roads. They informally direct traffic when necessary, supply information, carry first aid kits and minor spare parts, change tires and make small repairs...
...this prophecy Mr. Kettering shows where motordom's endless changes are leading, just as all of his inventions point the way towards a life filled with gadgets to reduce all effort. But the first era of his automobile's transition from a buggy with an engine inserted under the driver's seat seems completed, for the Royal Family enters 1933 not with the hope of placing more & more cars on the highways but with the pious ambition of halting the seepage of cars off the highway and into dead storage or junk heaps (see below...
...Motordom's big three were going into action. Henry Ford was preparing for actual shipments of his much publicized new models and showing the V-8 in 200 cities. General Motors started what it was pleased to call "perhaps the most gigantic program ever attempted by an industrial enterprise to stimulate business." Chrysler announced a new Plymouth described by Walter P. Chrysler as America's "more-for-the-dollar...
Brotherhood & Jordan. In motordom, the history of Jordan Motor Car Co. Inc. has never been dazzling. In finance, the adventures of Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers have been marked with failure. Last week a unique relationship between the Brotherhood and Jordan was proposed...