FAST GERMAN RAIL-CAR OPENS NEW VISTAS OF TRANSPORTATION; "Zeppelin on Wheels" Threatens to Cut Into the Business Now Done by Railroad Trains, Airplanes and Motor Buses
By KENDALL FOSS. ();
November 09, 1930,
, Section Special Features, Page XX4, Column , words
HANOVER, Germany. WHEN the early mists lifted on a recent morning to reveal a long cigar-shaped car, looking at first sight like a Zeppelin on wheels, zooming across the drab Autumn moor like a streak of silver, the huddled group of watchers sensed that a new era in transportation had dawned.
November 09, 1930
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