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Plenty of new uses are already appearing. For example, Buick's Dynaflow transmission alone uses 20 Ibs. of aluminum v. 7 Ibs. formerly used in the entire automobile. Chrysler is using aluminum in disc brakes; Nash is using aluminum extrusions for doors. G.E. is using it to replace brass in the base and sockets of light bulbs. Building (aluminum window frames, doors, roofing, which never need painting and last virtually forever) is already using one-third of total output...
First Lieut. Verne Goodwin, 30, was running a Buick agency at Las Cruces, N. Mex. when he was recalled to active duty as a pilot in the Air Force. A World War II veteran whose wife was expecting a child, he applied almost immediately for a ground job. He said that he had become afraid of flying. The Air Force turned down his request. Last December, when he was ordered to fly to England as copilot of a C124 cargo plane, Goodwin refused to obey. Last week at Biggs Air Force Base, Texas, a court-martial sentenced...
...Angeles for Sun Valley in the annual "Mobilgas Economy Run," a three-day test to determine the most economical and efficient U.S. autos on the road. Not entered in the 1,415-mile run, designed to put the cars through every weather test a motorist is likely to encounter: Buick, Cadillac, Crosley, Dodge, Oldsmobile, Pontiac and Willys. Some Nash dealers entered cars, but withdrew them at the request of the company. It contends that light cars have no prospect of winning the grand prize under present rules of the contest. And one De Soto, which...
...sunny street outside, Policeman Edmund Noonan was directing traffic, half a block from the bank truck. He noticed a black Buick sedan beside it and strolled down the street to call a warning against double parking. As he approached, the car started up, ripped past him, screeched around the corner and was gone. The cop took one look at the open doors of the bank truck, scribbled down the first three digits of the Buick's license-all he had been able to spot-and ran into the drugstore. The guards tumbled out: $681,000 -biggest cash haul since...
Among the Big Three (Chrysler, Ford, and GM) with their large research departments, new models show the effects of both a horsepower race and a sort of shell game with styling tricks. GM has boosted horsepower on its Buick, Oldsmobile, and Cadillac lines by using a tricky and expensive ($65.00) new carburetor. But since this extra power comes in only when the throttle is wide open, there are those who feel that the power increase is primarily for advertising purposes...