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...Last year (TIME, Apr. 21, 1924), Inventor H. Grindell-Matthews of England announced a "death ray," a principle alleged to stop airplane or other engines at great heights, to ignite airplanes' wing fabric if the motor was protected by insulation. The Matthews "ray" would kill or disable infantry and its inventor said: "In the near future, machine guns will be found only in museums...
...English words will become universal. Take the Ford car, for example. In India they refer to any car as the 'motor gari' and the Ford is the 'Fordt motor gari...
...fire swept through a garage in Washington devouring costly motor cars. When the conflagration was over, it was found that the official automobile of the Vice President of the U. S. had been destroyed. Congress will be obliged to appropriate $8,000 to buy Mr. Dawes...
...wheeled motor trucks...
...wheeled motor-trucks, not yet a common sight on the public highway, occupied the attention of California automotive engineers who met last week in Los Angeles...