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President of Packard Motor Car Co. since 1916, Alvan Macauley is a handsomely bronzed, courtly gentleman of 67 who collects fine guns, enjoys skeet shooting and British novels. At Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, he maintains just such an estate as prestige-conscious Packard ("Ask the Man Who Owns One") likes to picture in advertisements of its expensive automobiles. A perfect piece of type casting for the days when Packard catered exclusively to the carriage trade, Alvan Macauley last week stepped up to the board chairmanship. His successor: Vice President and General Manager Max M. Gilman...
...Francisco apartment hotel, under the name of Mrs. Howell. Last fall she bleached her hair platinum, left for fun in Miami, returned fortnight ago for her final decree from Mechanic Gay. When she got it, she promptly married Mr. Bradstreet, a onetime bartender, took him honeymooning in her yellow Packard...
...absence of Robert S. Hillyer, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, Frederic C. Packard, assistant professor of Public Speaking, again presided. The judges included Robert W. Coues, instructor in English; Robert F. Young, instructor in Public speaking; and Packard...
Ford, General Motors and Chrysler today control 90% of the U. S. car market. Studebaker, Packard, Nash, Hudson and the few other remaining independents survive on 9% of the dwindling medium-price field. Since Studebaker emerged from 776 in 1935, Messrs. Hoffman and Vance, now president and chairman respectively, have been pondering this squeeze (on sales of 52,000 medium-priced cars in 1938 they lost $1,700,000). They decided the public would not buy any car smaller or less powerful than Ford, Chevrolet or Plymouth (vide the Austin and Willys). They knew they could not compete with...
...absence of Robert S. Hillyer, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, Frederick C. Packard, Jr., assistant professor of Public Speaking officiated. The three judges were: Robert W. Coues, instructor in English: Packard; and Robert F. Young, instructor in Public Speaking...