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Word: chevrolet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Last week after again threatening a general automobile shutdown by a strike in Toledo's Chevrolet transmissions plant-a strike which forced the closing of 16 other General Motors plants-A. F. of L. again made peace without gaining its major point, a written contract with General Motors. *The argument: Depressions interfere with interstate commerce; depressions occur and are aggravated because workers have not enough purchasing power; workers lack purchasing power because they have not enough bargaining power to get high wages: the Wagner Hill will give it to them. Also: Strikes interfere with interstate commerce: some strikes result...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: For the A. F. of L. | 5/27/1935 | See Source »

Washington, April 30--Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward F. McGrady tonight left by airplane for Toledo to see if a settlement of the labor difficulties at the Chevrolet plants could be worked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Salients in the Day's News | 5/1/1935 | See Source »

...good, old days anyone interested in such a non-frilled service car could turn to the Chevrolet or Ford. Now there is no such car, unless one take to a truck! True, the new cars are sturdy and durable-upon the paved highway. But get them out into the unpaved, unimproved roads which we seek both for pleasure and for scientific purposes, and which still exist in abundance (and we hope will still be there for a long time to come) in our western States, and we would be stuck, literally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 4, 1935 | 2/4/1935 | See Source »

...Chevrolet announces this year Master de luxe Models, strongly emphasizing beauty and style, and New Standard Models, featuring high-powered performance with economy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Survey of 1935 Automobiles | 1/21/1935 | See Source »

...Chevrolet's special feature for this year is to be found only in the Fisher bodies of the Master De Luxe models. It is called the "Turret Top." This top consists of a single sheet of heavily insulated seamless steel which extends from the top of the windshield well down below the level of the rear window and which is welded to the sides of the body, and heavily reenforced by bows of steel. The special construction of this "turret top" protects driver and passengers from weather discomforts, outside shock, engine and body noises, and eliminates roof leakage. These tops...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Survey of 1935 Automobiles | 1/21/1935 | See Source »

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