Over a 3.4-mile course on the New Hampshire Turnpike last week, two small cars sped back & forth, competing in a miles-per-gallon mileage test. The cars were Nash's new "Rambler," and Kaiser-Frazer Corp.'s "Henry J.," making its first public appearance. The Henry J. made 34 miles to the gallon, v. the Rambler's 32.
One of the few people present who did not care which car won was President Andrew J. White of Boston's Gale Hall Engineering Inc. He alternated driving both cars because the competition was also a test of Gale Hall's dashboard "Mile-o-Meter." The meter shows the driver...
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