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...gain m 1949; other estimates show that the gain ranges from 2% in textiles to 15% in precision instruments and 21% in the automobile industry . . . The productivity figures . . . help explain the surprising remark of left-wing Socialist M.P. Dick Crossman."I thank heaven," Grossman said, "that the motor car industry is still under private enterprise...
...bishop's office. You will, as priests, understand-I feel not worthy enough." Then, while his fellow clergymen and the congregation watched in amazed silence, the distraught monsignor, still clad in bishop's robes, hurried through a side door to his car, which was waiting with the motor running. St. Stephen's rector, Dr. Karl Dorr, followed Jachym to the car and rapped on a window. Jachym's chauffeur drove off. The monsignor went into seclusion at the Convent of the Sisters of Mercy...
...models in the show ranged in price (delivered in New York) from $149 for Austin Motor Co.'s pedal-power racer for moppets to $14,780 for a Rolls-Royce town car. Most eye-catching entries were Daimler's linden green five-passenger convertible ($13,025) and a six-passenger black sedan ($7,150) which has collapsible tables for the rear-seat passengers, a cosmetic shelf behind the rear side-window, and a dashboard pushbutton to draw shades across the rear window. Runners-up were the Javelin Jupiter ($2,548) of Jowett Cars, Ltd., a dashing convertible that...
...pound, some of the smallest of the British cars were priced well under U.S. cars. Nuffield's two-passenger MG Midget was down to $1,850 delivered in New York, Austin's five-passenger sedan was tagged at $1,480 (its "hardtop" is higher), and Ford Motor Co. Ltd.'s small, four-passenger Anglia...
...Students. Despite the low prices and sporty lines of the cars, show shoppers had some complaints. Long-legged Americans used to roomy motor cars found it hard to get in & out of the smaller cars, thought they would be uncomfortable on long drives. Moreover, the trade-in value of British autos was low. By & large, the British product was likely to appeal chiefly to sportsmen, racing-car buffs, college students with indulgent parents, and families that could afford two cars-one from Detroit...