Word: oakland
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Married. Marie Yvonne Dvorak, 20, niece of Composer Anton Dvorak; to John Vernon Henry, 22, onetime Notre Dame halfback; in Oakland, Calif. Her father, the composer's younger brother, was banished some 25 years ago by the Austrian government for alleged editorial treason in Prague...
...Motors stabilize industry," a saying goes. General Motors, largest corporation in the largest industry at the end of its largest year, found itself in an excellent position to bear out that saying. Its own stability was implied by its possession of a car for every pocketbook-Cadillac, Buick, Oakland, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Chevrolet; of specialties and accessories- Yellow Cab and Coach, G. M. C. Truck, Delco Light, Fisher Body, Jackson Wheel, A. C. Spark Plug, Harrison Radiator; and of the huge sideline, Frigidaire, which ranked only after Buick and Chevrolet as an earner this year...
...course the reader remembers, with gusto. The museum trip continues. ". . . And when Michigan Avenue [the book is dedicated to Chicagoans who turned the century] was a dirt road leading south from the greasy river, past brownstone respectability to prairie pioneering in those windblown, grass-grown suburbs, Oakland, Hyde Park, the Midway? And how Chicago sprang up and spread out, so that when the World's Fair opened, with the world's biggest this and the world's finest that, it was a city, with plenty of black smoke and red light neighborhoods and corrupt politicians to prove...
...fumes." Cadillac. Five hundred color combinations, 50 body styles and types. Chevrolet has centralized throttle and spark control and automatic stop light on all closed models; brighter, more striking Duco colors; new motor mounting; new camshaft. Nash has refined motor, 25% more power, 23% faster accelerator, new instrument board. Oakland. "The rubber-silenced chassis"; new bodies, new Duco colors. Star offers "more power and superior quality . . . new body lines, new colors, new mechanical refinements." Studebaker stresses "The President"; "custom car without custom car cost." Stutz. Safety glass in all windows and windshield, with no extra cost; new braking system built...