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...John II. Powel...
Long-legged, youthful-looking Powel Crosley Jr. towered above a tiny automobile at the Indianapolis motor speedway one day last week while his grandson broke a bottle of gasoline on its nose and 200 Crosley Corp. dealers applauded the christening. Then Mr. Crosley tucked his six-foot-four frame comfortably behind the steering wheel and posed for photographers...
...product of lifelong tinkering by Powel Crosley with lightweight automobiles, the new car has an 80-inch wheelbase, 40-inch tread, a two-cylinder, air-cooled engine which gives it a high speed of 50 miles an hour, and runs 50 to 60 miles on a gallon of gasoline. Two quarts of oil fill its crankcase, four gallons of gas its fuel tank. At $325 for the coupe, $25 more for the sedan, it will undersell by $62 the only other U. S. midget on the automotive market, the American Bantam...
...Powel Jr. wanted to buy a radio for Powel III. Asked to pay $130 for a one-tube set, he found he could buy parts and make one himself for $35. Result was Crosley Radio Corp. of Cincinnati, Ohio, now approximately fourth largest U.S. radio producer. From the vocation of making radios to the avocation of radio broadcasting was a short shunt and the upshot was station WLW, most powerful in the world along with Moscow's RVI. WLW sends out such big charges (500,000 watts) that neighbors report hearing hillbilly bands in their drainpipes and lighting electric...
Last week, as Mr. Crosley left Cincinnati for a ten-day trip on his 100-foot yacht, Sea Owl, he denied that his company was ready to produce automobiles, but admitted "experiments." Stockholders, having ratified the proposed changes, met this week to discuss next moves. Cincinnatians, believing Powel Crosley had crossed the switch into a new siding, expected to see the new car before the New Year...