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Calling All Cars: Flaming Tick of Death
Calling All Cars · July 2, 1936 · 27 min · 4,541 words
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It's a copy-rudged program created by the Rio Grande Oil Company. I'll send these police calling all cars, attention all cars, broadcast 136, regarding a murder and suicide at 1929 South Grand Avenue. See the battalion fire chief in charge for detail, and so rolls over.
In the study chemist's office, we find Earl Crawford, chief chemist, working over his tubes and reports. He turns to his co-worker with a sigh of satisfaction. inspection. Well, Jack, I've discovered the secret. What are you working on? Smells like gasoline.
It is. A very mysterious gasoline. Ever since the city started buying gasoline, enthusiastic reports of claimed-our cars were more efficient than ever. The police cars drive faster, the firearms and develop more power, and the record show were getting greater mileage per gallon than ever before. We're using Rio Grande crack gasoline now in all city cars, aren't we?
Is it that good? Well, it's caused so much comment if they asked me to analyze them Rio Grande crack and tell them if it was docked in some way or to find the secret of its sensational performance.
I see. It does contain tetraethyl, doesn't it? Oh, yes, but other gasoline have tetraethyl too. Now, the secret of Rio Grande's outstanding performance is its refining process. It's cracked into tiny molecules, infinite decimal atoms.
Obviously, by a patented process, or I've never seen any other gasoline, so finely cracked. No wonder it's so much faster than other gasoline. That cracking process is the reason why Rio Grande cracked gasoline gives greater speed, Power in mileage than other gasoline.
You've sold me. I'm going to use Rio Grande Crec in my own car. I see now why more police cars, fire engines, ambulances, and other emergency equipment are powered by Rio Grande Crec gasoline, wherever it is sold than any other brand.
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