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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...
...came home half a dozen cities claimed Ace Rickenbacker as a native son. There was always a $10,000-or $12,000-a-year job with an automobile or aviation company waiting for Rickenbacker; he shuttled between the two. He also took over as operator of the Indianapolis Speedway; in his spare time he wrote adventure strips (Hall of Fame of the Air, Ace Drummond). In 1938 he found his real niche as the hard-driving president of Eastern Air Lines...
Hardest hit by the new order are taxis. Better than one-third of them will stop clocking fares. In New York City, where reduced traffic has made a taxi speedway of most streets, the 11,700 cabs will be cut by at least 3,000, possibly more...
...Town, in his $75 custom-made boots, his faded wash pants, his wide Stetson and his 50? work gloves, was a Cotton King. Mrs. Town decided that her daughters should become Delta Queens. Old Man Town's lawyer bought them "a wine-colored brick monstrosity" on Memphis' Speedway. The girls were enrolled in Miss May's Select School for Fashionable Young Ladies...
...drawing boards, some already under construction, some to be faster than anything now in the air, some to fly higher. There is no one-plane answer to the question: Which is the best airplane? Which was the best automobile: the car that ran 150 m.p.h. on the Indianapolis speedway, the one that hauled coal, or the one that took the family to the beach on Sunday? As the U.S. design and production machine is geared up, each U.S. plane should be the best in its class—and within only a few months...