Word: motorize
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Yellow are the racing colors, the motor cars, and the silk hats of footmen in the service of "The Yellow Earl," Britain's beloved sporting peer the Earl of Lonsdale...
...Torrington, Conn. George C. McGinley, an aeronautical inspector for the Department of Commerce, was cremated when his plane developed motor trouble, crashed and burned...
...monkeys which he hopes will be the nucleus of a private zoo. The monkeys are named after famed auto-racers whom their owner thinks they resemble. Another Miller hobby is radio; he has a dozen sets. He has designed marine engines for Gar AYood, contemplated making an airplane motor until he lost interest in flying three years ago because he thought it was too dangerous. He never rides in his racing cars, owns a small sedan which he drives with timid caution...
...only way to tell how much money Henry Ford makes or loses is to find the difference between each year's profit & loss surplus on the balance sheet which Ford Motor Co. is required to file annually in certain states where it does business. On that basis of rough calculation, financial writers were able to deduce last week from a statement of condition for 1933 filed with the Massachusetts Commissioner of Corporations, that Ford Motor Co. had finished the year with a $3,923,000 deficit against a deficit of $79,247,000 in 1932. Last year...
Henry Ford was one of the few motor-makers who kept their prices unchanged when other leading companies were raising theirs last April. Now motormakers were reported to be bitterly regretting their action, and wanting to reduce prices again without losing face. Chevrolet pointed the way by announcing a new model with a few changes and a lower price. Terra-plane followed. Last week the new Chevrolet model was on display at the 61 General Motors' shows throughout the land. General Motors also slashed other Chevrolet prices as much as $50, Pontiac prices...