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...Pinconning, Mich., where his father ran a general store. At 13, after finishing the eighth grade, he went to work as a mail boy for the Weston-Mott Co. (auto axles) in Flint. During World War I, he worked as an ammunition inspector in the Flint Chevrolet plant; after the war he opened a real-estate brokerage with his father. In 1929, he opened a Chevrolet agency which he built into one of the largest auto agencies...
Defense Experience: In World War II, Wilson converted his industrial giant (Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Cadillac, Frigidaire, diesel engines, AC Spark Plug, Hyatt Bearings and 23 other divisions) to war production. G.M. made nearly one-fourth of all the tanks, armored cars and airplane engines produced in the U.S. during World War II, almost half of all the machine guns and carbines, two-thirds of all the large trucks. At war's end, Wilson reconverted G.M. to peacetime production at top speed and partially converted to defense production when the Korean war broke out. Today, Wilson...
...worked as an office boy for the Union Pacific, ran a small laundry. Worked his way through Oregon State, where he concentrated on agriculture. In 1920 went to work as auto salesman, within two years was sales manager of his firm, then borrowed money to set up his own Chevrolet and Cadillac agency in Salem. (It is now one of the largest Chevrolet agencies in the state...
...Buick's production had quadrupled. From the Depression low of 41,000 units, Buick hit a prewar high of 377,000, fourth place in the entire industry, right behind lower-priced Ford, Chevrolet and Plymouth. When he left Buick to become G.M.'s executive vice president, Red Curtice took over design, public relations, distribution, engineering, research, personnel, employee relations, procurement and real estate for the entire corporation...
Last week, not long after Caracas' brief dusk, Ruiz Pineda, now 36, was riding in a green Chevrolet through an area of garages, bars and small factories on the city's southern edge. Somehow, Pedro Estrada's men had been tipped off about Ruiz Pineda's route. Two police agents on a motorcycle picked up the Chevrolet. The car stopped and Ruiz Pineda and three others jumped out. The fleeing men and the police exchanged half a dozen shots. One man fell. By the time a crowd had gathered, Ruiz Pineda, his luck...