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Article Index: 1928

Category: Chronological Archive
Page Sections: July · August · November · December
JulyTitleDetails
Saturday, 14 July 1928
14 July 1928Jeffries Loses Car; Wins Race, RegainsThe 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 1928ASSOCIATES 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 1928RASKOB 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
AugustTitleDetails
Wednesday, 29 August 1928
29 August 1928Automotive News Briefs: 29 August 1928The Carroll Herald
29 August 1928Former Dedham People InjuredThe Carroll Herald
29 August 1928Automobile Operation Consumes Greater Part of Corn CropThe Carroll Herald
NovemberTitleDetails
Sunday, 11 November 1928
11 November 1928Automotive News Briefs
Jordan Motor Car to Add Stock
Automotive News Briefs (text)
Publication: The New York Times
Topic: Jordan
DecemberTitleDetails
Sunday, 2 December 1928
2 December 1928PACKARD 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, 23 December 1928
23 December 1928SHOW 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
Saturday, 29 December 1928
29 December 1928DRUNKEN 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 1928SEEKS 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




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