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...sweep of General Patton's Third Army across France had been serviced by hundreds of cargo planes shuttling back & forth from England. In the last stages of Patton's rush, 50 gallons of high-octane aviation fuel had been required for every 100 gallons of ordinary motor fuel laid down for Patton's tanks and trucks-but, Arnold added, "it was worth...
...Ford Motor Co. called in its regional sales chiefs to Detroit last week to hear news of the company's postwar plans. The news: Ford will build a new, low-priced car which will be 20 to 25% cheaper than the regular Ford line (TIME, Oct. 11, 1943). This is the car which automen have gossiped will be the up-to-date flivver, will sell for $500. Actually, the company carefully refrained from putting a price on the new car; it still does not know whether its prewar line will be sold at 1941 prices, or higher. But Ford...
...Croft scoffer now, Tony looks with disdain at a "motor villa" he also owns. "Viva Tony," he shouts, "two more years da bulbs, you can have da joint...
...Cunningham-alias the "bard of rails." Speak in reverential tones when you speak of the Lackawanna. Write poetry about the Railroads, hate the motor truck and love the Railroads and brother...
...schoolteacher (Ann Richards), Dangos' drive carries him onward & upward from the mines to the mills. He names his children Thomas Jefferson Dangos, Abraham Lincoln Dangos, etc., becomes a citizen, loses a son in World War I. As more & more steel flows into mass-produced automobiles, he becomes a motor magnate. At film's end, his airplane assembly line is helping to win World...