Word: motoring
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Varsity will take the field tomorrow afternoon against Motor Torpedo Boat S.T.C. at Melville, Rhode Island...
When Army G-5 surveyed the rubble that had been Cologne they discovered, surprisingly enough, that the Ford Motor Co. plant was only 15% damaged by bombs and artillery fire. More surprising, G-5 found that some hundreds of trucks could be assembled from the large stock of parts on hand. Apparently, the mauling given the German railroad system by Allied airmen had not entirely blocked the delivery of carburetors, engines, chassis, etc., from subcontractors throughout Germany. Promptly G-5 summoned the Burgomaster of Cologne, ordered him to round up Ford workers, get them back to work. Their production last...
...Manhattan last week Packard Motor Car Co.'s Vice President James H. Marks hopefully predicted that Packard's 1942 model would be among the first new cars in auto showrooms. Last year Packard bought a new plant, has moved a large part of its war production away from its original auto plant. Thus Packard has the floor space needed to start automobile production when the necessary steel is available...
...total unemployed auto workers in the Detroit area to 40,000. From now on, as more & more war jobs end, Detroit's unemployment will mount higher & higher -until automobile production hits its stride of 6 million cars a year. From the standpoint of employment, Detroit and the motor industry are staring reconversion in the face...
Last week, the Packard Motor Car Co. showed how big the drop may be. Some of its cutbacks arrived in time to affect first-quarter earnings. Result: earnings dropped to $655,420 from last year...