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...serve Chicago-Detroit-Toledo-Cleveland (which route Stout Air Lines recently abandoned); and Chicago-Springfield-St. Louis. Five trips daily on the eastern route and three daily to St. Louis are called for during the first 30 days; thereafter, hourly service. Fares will in no case exceed rail-plus-Pullman. Eventually, hopes Mr. Cord, Century will connect the important cities of 20 States in midWest and South, becoming the "largest passenger and express unit in the world...
...Leon Errol's picture, and the best stretches are those in which, postponing as long as possible the moment for the next conference, he extemporizes while the cameras watch. He is perfectly cast as a kleptomaniac. When he needs a smoke, the man sitting next him in the Pullman smoking room misses some cigars. When the train goes through a short tunnel, the same passenger also misses his ticket. Arriving at his destination, a health farm, Errol poses as a detective and makes a bellboy (Stuart Erwin) admire him so much that the bellboy has to be given lessons...
...newspapers revealed 1,357 in favor of the World Court. ¶ Early one morning Mrs. Hoover motored down to the Union Station, hid herself behind the concourse grill while Boris, the President's valet, went through the gate and down the platform. A long Pullman train pulled in. Off hopped a little girl and boy in fur-trimmed blue coats. Behind them came their mother and a nurse carrying their baby sister. Boris took each child by the hand, led them dancing and prancing back to the gate. There they spied Mrs. Hoover in hiding. "Grandmother!" they whooped...
...Some gold and silver plating and solid bronze are used. . . . Metal tire covers are prominent. . . . Radically modern for Brewster was a Rolls-Royce body with everything, including doors, slanting sharply backward. This Rolls-Royce cost $21,750, was the most expensive car. Next was an $18,600 Isotta. . . . Adjustable "Pullman" seats were in evidence. . . . Rugs, lap robes and pillows (some of lambskin) blended with upholstery. . . . Some sport phaetons have a duplicate dashboard for rear-seat riders. . . . Exhibitors were hopeful Hollywood cinemastars will approve of the lavishness of the models, to be displayed in Los Angeles the first week in February...
...Fastest trains, notably the 20th Century Limited and Broadway Limited, schedule 20 hr., fare plus Pullman...