Word: chryslers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...news and last week many New Dealers were busy talking about a different set of Government statistics: figures comparing the size of industrial inventories last September with that in other months and years. This data showed that in December 1929, 50 "representative manufacturers" (only three mentioned by name were Chrysler, General Motors and Pullman) had inventories totaling $232,456,000. On Sept. 30, 1937 the same 50 had inventories of $285,606,000. In short, these concerns had more goods on hand when the current depression began than they did shortly after th crash in 1929. These figures were presented...
Getchell Partner John Veneroff Tarleton has become Picture's editor, Remie Lohse its head cameraman. Lest Getchell clients like Chrysler, DeSoto, Plymouth, Kelly-Springfield or Seagram's fear that he is neglecting his $8,000,000-a-year agency for the new magazine, Publisher Getchell wants it known that every bit of work he has or will put in on Picture comes at night and over the weekends...
According to such groups as the American Finance Conference and the National Automobile Dealers Association, extensive monopolistic coercion is practiced by General Motors Acceptance Corp., Commercial Credit Co. (which finances instalment sales for Chrysler), Commercial Investment Trust (for Nash, Hudson, Auburn, Studebaker) and C.I.T.'s subsidiary, Universal Credit Corp. (for Ford). Last year these four handled 75% of all new car financing (TIME, Nov. 22). According to the Department of Justice, their monopolistic methods cost the public $60,000,000. Having listened to evidence from 263 witnesses in Milwaukee, a Federal grand jury last week was ready to announce...
...American Airways. Returning fortnight ago "for Christmas," Colonel Lindbergh landed with probably more complete information of Europe's air plans, particularly those of Imperial Airways, than any individual on this side of the Atlantic. Last week, after three days of conferences with Colonel Lindbergh in Manhattan's Chrysler Building, Pan American Airways quickly called for bids on plans made last April for up to twelve Yankee Clippers of breath-taking size- stipulated that preliminary general descriptions and sketches be submitted to Colonel Lindbergh by March 15 next year...
...passenger automobiles are sold at retail on deferred payments which are financed by discount companies. In 1925 there were 1,500 of such independent companies. Today there are only 500 because the business has been more & more dominated by General Motors Acceptance Corp., Commercial Credit Co. (Chrysler), Commercial Investment Trust (Nash, Hudson, Auburn, Studebaker), and C. I. T.'s subsidiary, Universal Credit Corp. (Ford). Last year these four handled 75% of all new car financing, 65% of the used car and 80% of the wholesale...