Word: autos
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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They were a footsore lot who had come by auto and special train, dusty and dirty, many carrying in the parade little black bags with their belongings; bundles of clothes and food bulged many robes; some carried civilian hats in their hands. And it was frightfully hot. There was an awful thirst upon them. Watermelon and ice cream cones were consumed ad infinitum from many a vendor...
...effect on the U. S. rubber industry has been marked. Wage cuts of 5% to 10% have been made by several companies. Prices of auto tires and tubes have been advanced 10% and 15%, other rubber goods as much as 20%- all to balance the books because of a larger item opposite "raw material...
...some time, General Motors has had a hankering to enter the profitable business of making auto buses. It has been repeatedly rumored that the big auto concern was out after Mack Truck. Quite unexpectedly, however, came the news that it would take over control of the Yellow Cab Manufacturing Co. shortly, to be re-christened the Yellow Truck & Coach Manufacturing...
Ever since the auto bus began to be developed as a serious competitor of railroad and traction companies, there has been a vivid interest in Wall Street in Mack Trucks, Inc. Earnings on the stock have been sensational, and prices for it have soared on the anticipation that soon a big "melon" would be split for the special benefit of the shareholders...
Funds have been available to finance the purchase of cars, not only by dealers from makers, but by owners from the dealers. Though this latter type of financing is sometimes unsoundly handled, statistics on 50 leading auto-financing companies indicate that, even during the unsettled year of 1924, only 1/5 of 1% of such financing resulted in loss to the lenders-a high ranking even among ordinary commercial "receivables...