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Article Index: 1928 Category: Chronological Archive Page Sections: March · July · August · November · December |
| March | Title | Details |
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| Friday, 23 March 1928 | ||
| 23 March 1928 | WORLD BODY BARS AUTO CARTEL ACTION Henri Cézenne, Secretary General of the permanent bureau of the Association of International Automobile Constructors, to which the American motor industry belongs, said today that he would not permit the proposed European motorcar cartel to be discussed at the May meeting of the organization, thus placing another difficulty in the way of the movement against the invasion of American automobiles on the Old World markets. | News Article (text) Publication: The New York Times Dateline: Paris, France  |
| July | Title | Details |
| Saturday, 14 July 1928 | ||
| 14 July 1928 | Jeffries Loses Car; Wins Race, Regains | The Afro-American |
| Wednesday, 25 July 1928 | ||
| 25 July 1928 | $400,000,000 Insurance on 200,000 Workers, A Record Policy, Taken by General Motors The largest insurance contract ever issued in business history, aggregating $400,000,000 of group life insurance with sickness and accident coverage, was closed yesterday between the General Motors Corporation and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. | News Article (text) Publication: The New York Times Topic: General Motors |
| 25 July 1928 | ASSOCIATES OPPOSED RASKOB. Yesterday there were rumors that a stormy session of the directors of General Motors would be held during the day in the course of which one faction would demand Mr. Raskob's resignation. | News Article (text) Publication: The New York Times Dateline: Detroit, Michigan  Topics: Topics: General Motors, John Raskob |
| 25 July 1928 | RASKOB QUITS POST IN GENERAL MOTORS TO APPEASE CRITICS The resignation of John J. Raskob, who recently became Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, as Chairman of the Finance Committee of the General Motors Corporation, as a member of that committee and as a member of the executive committee, was announced yesterday by Alfred P. Sloan Jr., its President. | News Article (text) Publication: The New York Times Dateline: Detroit, Michigan Topics: Topics: General Motors, John Raskob |
| August | Title | Details |
| Wednesday, 29 August 1928 | ||
| 29 August 1928 | Automotive News Briefs: 29 August 1928 | The Carroll Herald |
| 29 August 1928 | Former Dedham People Injured | The Carroll Herald |
| 29 August 1928 | Automobile Operation Consumes Greater Part of Corn Crop | The Carroll Herald |
| November | Title | Details |
| Sunday, 11 November 1928 | ||
| 11 November 1928 | Automotive News Briefs Jordan Motor Car to Add Stock | Automotive News Briefs (text) Publication: The New York Times Topic: Jordan |
| Saturday, 24 November 1928 | ||
| 24 November 1928 | HUPP MOTOR GETS CHANDLER CONTROL The Hupp Motor Car Corporation of Detroit has acquired stock control of the Chandler-Cleveland Motors Corporation. A consolidation of the two automobile companies, which will result in a $130,000,000 concern, will be announced in the near future, it is understood. | News Article (text) Publication: The New York Times Dateline: Cleveland, Ohio Topics: Hupmobile, Chandler |
| Friday, 30 November 1928 | ||
| 30 November 1928 | AMERICA DOMINATES ARGENTINE AUTO SHOW The country's eleventh automobile show opened today with an impressive display of the predominance of the United States in the automotive trade with Argentina, which is the second most important export market for American passenger cars the third market for American trucks. | News Article (text) Publication: The New York Times Dateline: Buenos Aires, Argentina  |
| December | Title | Details |
| Sunday, 2 December 1928 | ||
| 2 December 1928 | PACKARD ADDS A DE LUXE EIGHT It will be shown this week at the automobile salon in the Hotel Commodore and in the Packard Building, Broadway at Sixty-first Street. | News Article (text) Publication: The New York Times Topic: Packard Eight |
| Sunday, 9 December 1928 | ||
| 9 December 1928 | EUROPEAN AUTO INVASION NOT UPON US, SAYS NASH C.W. Nash, president of the Nash Motors Company, said upon his return recently from a tour of Northern European countries and the annual motor expositions in Paris and London... | Commentary (text) Publication: The New York Times Topic: Charles W. Nash |
| Sunday, 16 December 1928 | ||
| 16 December 1928 | THE NEWS FROM DETROIT Detroit has had an opportunity to get a first view of several of the important pre-show exhibits, and these have increased the impression that the industry has once more been able to turn out more cars for less money. | News Article (text) Publication: The New York Times Byline: Walter Boynton Dateline: Detroit, Michigan |
| Friday, 21 December 1928 | ||
| 21 December 1928 | Woman Held for Adorning Car With Lemons To Picket Agency Which Sold '$2,000 Lemon' She adorned her automobile with a large sign reading in red letters, “My $2,000 Lemon,” posted another sign on the car which condemned the make of her automobile in verse, and placed a string of eight lemons across the front of the machine. | News Article (text) Publication: The New York Times |
| Sunday, 23 December 1928 | ||
| 23 December 1928 | SHOW TWO MODELS OF NEW FARGO LINE. The new trucks, of half-ton and three-quarter-ton capacity, include bodies of the delivery, station wagon, bus and commercial sedan types. | News Article (text) Publication: The New York Times Topic: Fargo |
| Thursday, 29 December 1928 | ||
| 27 December 1928 | Bronx Men Urge City to Cart Off Junked Autos; Piles of Hulks on Lots Held Realty Problem The removal of battered tonneaus, strewn wheels and shredded upholstery incurs an expense of from $100 to $200 on the purchasers of lots in such “auto graveyards” according to the statement of the Board of Trade. | News Article (text) Publication: The New York Times |
| Saturday, 29 December 1928 | ||
| 29 December 1928 | DRUNKEN DRIVERS JAILED. Magistrate Farrell said the only way to stop persons from driving while intoxicated was to make examples of a few. | News Article (text) Publication: The New York Times |
| 29 December 1928 | SEEKS JOB IN STOLEN CAR. Allen was arrested at Allen and Delaney Streets early Thursday morning as he was driving an automobile the wrong way in a one-way street. | News Article (text) Publication: The New York Times |