Word: sloane
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this was happening President Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr. was looking after his luggage, having just returned from Europe. There he found that the corporation was selling more cars in Germany than in any other foreign country. He expects G. M. C. to earn between $223,000,000 and $225,000,000 this year...
Last week lean, suave President Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr. of G. M. C. and Henry Ford declared that there was no war contemplated between them, that they were shooting at different targets. Said Mr. Sloan: "If the past is any indication of the future, the new Ford car will be a car that will appeal to a great mass of people. Naturally, that car must meet present conditions, but the basic idea is likely to be the same. General Motors is in quite a different position. General Motors' idea is to make a car of greater luxury than...
...This was part of a speech by Mr. Sloan delivered before the automobile editors of the U. S. gathered at the General Motors proving grounds in Milford, Mich., as guests of the corporation. Later he informed the editors that he hoped the corporation would show earnings for the second half of 1927 as great, if not even greater, than for the second half of 1926. If this hope is fulfilled, G. M. C. will show net profits of $222,195,715 as against $186,231,182 for 1926. It is the liberal policy of the directors to distribute half...
Said Dr. Barnes: "I shall be a humble and unworthy follower of great people like Stokowski, Mary Cassatt, Abbey, Sloan, Glackens and many others-who leave Philadelphia to get a breath of fresh air and never come back...
Fourteen hundred firms, including those selling accessories, were represented, nearly four hundred more than were displayed at the record salon of 1924.* Twenty U. S. firms had exhibits. In the crowded auditorium were famed Presidents Alfred P. Sloan Jr. of General Motors, H. H. Bassett of Buick, Lawrence C. Fisher of Cadillac, Myron E. Forbes of Pierce-Arrow, moving warily through the throngs, surveying their displays with a just pride...