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...Some motor manufacturer has been complaining about the Government and apparently the motor industry leaders are not prepared to play ball. We do not want to nationalize every industry in the country-at any rate, not at present, but they had better be warned. The people of this country are in no mood to stand any nonsense from private ownership. If they cannot deliver the goods the Government will...
During the war, Bandleader Marshall De Camp got sick & tired of losing drummers in his eight-piece band, Aces of Rhythm. So he hooked his drums to a quarter-horsepower electric motor. A rotating wheel swatted the cymbals; a clutch and gear shift changed the tempo from foxtrot to waltz. The boys in the band unanimously agreed that the mechanical Krupa "sounded like hell." But most of the dancers in the small Minnesota and South Dakota towns were willing to settle for a steady beat. Its strongest champion is the proprietor of the Lyon County (Minn.) dance pavilion, where...
Young Henry Ford II, who has hinted about a new, low-priced car, last week finally spoke out loud. He announced that Ford Motor Co. will form a new division to make a car to sell for "less than $1,000." The first models will be ready early in 1947 and mass production should get under way shortly after. Young Henry kept details of the car to himself. But motormakers guessed it might be a 1947 counterpart of the famed old "Tin Lizzie." In fertile Detroit, which last week was preparing to celebrate the automobile industry's golden jubilee...
...airplane will be able to do almost anything in the hangar except fly. Guns up to 75 mm. can be fired from the planes directly on to a firing range, dummy bombs dropped into pits sunk into the hangar floor. Take-offs and landings will be simulated, and motor vehicles road-tested...
...most of Spiegel's new hormones were self-generated in a razzle-dazzle retail expansion program. Last week Spiegel topped it off by buying ]. & R. Motor Supply Co., operator of a Midwest chain of 55 stores selling auto parts, radios, work clothes, general hardware. Reported price: about $2 million...