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...automakers, now enjoying their biggest year in history, the future looks bright indeed. They see a constantly expanding market. To meet the increased demand for cars, General Motors President Harlow Curtice last week announced a $500 million expansion program, G.M.'s third major expansion in 18 months. It brought to $4 billion the company's postwar investment in U.S. and Canadian capital improvements. (Only two months ago Ford boosted its $1.7 billion postwar expansion program by $625 million; Chrysler is spending an estimated $625 million for expansion...
...graphic picture of just how fast the 1955 boom is accelerating: the three millionth passenger car rolled off the assembly lines. In the industry's previous peak year (1950) No. 3,000,000 was not turned out until late June. At this rate, said General Motors Chief Harlow Curtice, 1955 "could well be the biggest passenger-car year in the history of the automotive industry." GM reported that April was the best month, and 1955's first four months were the best for production and sales of new and used autos in the annals of the corporation...
...being the "managers' manager," for balancing ticket receipts vs. athletic expenses, and for all of the above, Getchell became the first person to be honored with an honorary letter without specific association with a sport. He joins, among other honorary letter winners, Bobby Jones (golf), Dick Harlow (football), Tom Bolles (crew), and Dick Button (skating...
Although it was held in the Commonwealth Armory instead of a tent and sponsored by General Motors President Harlow H. Curtice instead of Billy Graham, "Motorama of 1955" could be best described as a revival meeting. To the 150,000 Bostonians who made a pilgrimage to the Armory over the weekend the 100 exhibits were so many sacred objects. Their devotion was often too deep to remain silent, and some of them hoped against against hope that Providence (or Detroit) might see fit to bestow one of these blessings on their family...
General Motors' President Harlow Curtice announced that it was G.M.'s best first quarter by a whopping 35% over the previous peak (set last year). In the first 20 days of March, even G.M.'s used-car sales hit a record high, 29.4% greater than ever before. Ford, working on "maximum overtime schedules," reported a postwar record week. Chrysler announced that it earned more in igss's first two months than it did in all of 1954 (when it netted $18,516,770). Chrysler output, which had dropped from 20% of the industry total...