Dim’s fascination with cars began when he was just six. Born into a family of car enthusiasts and racing drivers, he started learning basic mechanics and driving from an early age. While he loves ...
The governing body for the Olympics is defending its sale of a limited-edition T-shirt commemorating the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin under Adolf Hitler’s Germany. The $42 shirt, which was condemned ...
History hasn’t been kind to Alf Landon. When he’s remembered at all, Landon is known as the man foolish enough to challenge Franklin D. Roosevelt in the middle of the Great Depression. The Republican ...
It’s July. It’s Illinois. It’s hot. It’s normal. But 75 years ago, summer 1936 was anything but normal for Springfield and the rest of the Midwest. Four of Springfield’s 10 hottest days ever came ...
In February 1936, the Los Angeles Police Department dispatched 136 officers to points along California’s border with neighboring American states, granting them broad authority to stop those deemed ...
While roadsters may have been the mainstay of hot rodding in the temperate climates of the Southern California, in many areas of the country, climate made the coupe king, and for many the king of ...
The 17,300,000 votes for the New Deal, cast by U. S. citizens on Nov. 6, gave Franklin Roosevelt a mountain’ of political prestige. Last week he used it all when he presented Congress with his 1936 ...
LIKE all armies, the French army exists as the instrument of a definite policy. To appraise its effectiveness in the restless and uncertain Europe of today one must first establish the broad lines of ...
It was back in November, 1934. On the third floor of the great Indian plant that boasts over nine and one-half miles of floor space a sandy-haired, shirt sleeved engineer stood outside a small ...
DETROIT – On July 14, 1936, Detroit’s deadliest heat wave ended. Before getting to the statistics, I want you to step into a time machine and take yourself back to 1936. In those days, not everybody ...