Word: kaiser
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Kaiser-Frazer Corp. laid off 750 employees a fortnight ago after what it termed a "straight-from-the-shoulder" explanation: "Since engine deliveries are not keeping pace with schedules, we are in the process of reducing personnel to conform to the delivery of engines." Last week, in what appeared to be an attempt to remedy the shortage, K-F leased part of the Detroit plant of Continental Motors Corp., which had been supplying its engines. Henceforth, said K-F, it would make most of its own engines, pay Continental...
...Denver, a prospective buyer was offered prompt delivery of either a Kaiser or Frazer in a choice of four colors, along with a spare tire, a box of tools, a tankful of gas, and a radiator full of anti-freeze thrown in. In Seattle, a buyer could walk into a showroom and take his pick of 16 cars. In Dallas, salesmen were offering delivery in five hours; the delay was only for servicing, registration, etc. And in Los Angeles, where plans for a K-F assembly line have been shelved, one dealer anxiously asked an impatient customer: "Well, would half...
...after a wait of a few months, have become so wary of the new K-F that salesmen are chorusing: "The only thing new is the body, and it's not radical." But the biggest reason for lagging K-F sales is price. Competing automakers reckon that the Kaiser and Frazer should sell for around $1,600. But the Kaiser is now up to $2,029 and the Frazer up to $2,220 F.O.B. Detroit. At such figures, car buyers can get a Cadillac, Buick or Chrysler. Apparently many of them have decided to wait until new cars with...
...room jammed with chemical equipment, showed little interest in anything else. They guessed that his knowledge of chemistry was self-taught-M.I.T. had no record of him. But he should have been familiar with perchloric acid's dangerous characteristics-he had worked as a chemist at Henry Kaiser's Fontana steel plant and for the Douglas Aircraft...
...Heroes. As in every melee, few heroes stood out. G.E.'s Charles E. Wilson cried-and tried-to hold prices, but was swept upwards with the rest. Young Henry Ford II's determined effort to fix union responsibility fell short. Henry J. Kaiser might have turned out to be the hero of the year if he had turned out cars the way he had turned out his ships. But his car-making stuttered along like an 1896 horseless carriage. For great performance, U.S. business had no Man of the Year...