War-Scare Car Buying Spurs Dealer Tactics, Worries Public
Norman Nicholson reports on how postwar fear drives auto buying, with dealers balancing demand and ethics. A few pushy sellers use scare ads, while most aim to maintain goodwill by fair margins and prioritizing those in real need. Ford dealers urged business statesmanship amid shortages and volatile orders.
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Fred L. Haller
National Automobile Dealer Association
Haler
NACA
Haller
Ford Motor
Immen
Oldsmobile Posts record July sales and 1950 gain
Oldsmobile dealers sold 34 343 new cars in July, up 35 percent from July 1949 and the largest July total on record. For the first seven months of 1950 retail sales reached 230 344, a 47 percent rise from the same period last year, with 123 636 cars sold in the last 10 days of July.
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Oldsmobile
S. E. Skinner
General Motors
Skinner
Baytown Car Dealers List From Market Area
Baytown car dealers provide a dense roster of brands and addresses including Bayshore Motors Lincoln Mercury 2100 Market and Buck Turner Chevrolet 145 North Main with multiple entries for Packard and Plymouth models. The compilation lists dealer names, brands, and west Texas and Market Street location notes with dialing or contact cues.
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Bayshore Motors, Inc
Bregx Cattawar, Inc
Packard
West Texas
Buck Turner Chevrolet Co
Chevrolet
North Main
Texas Degrees Waiting For Two Baytonians
Two Baytown students will receive UT Austin degrees this summer. Celia Westerman Vykukal will earn a bachelor of music. Gerald David Hanson will earn a bachelor of science in chemical engineering. City official Hazen I. Funk says stockpiling supplies helps, but the city cannot practice hoarding while criticizing others.
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Baytown
University of Texas
Semister
Celia Westerman Vykukal
Henry J. Vykukal
Maryland
Gerald David Hanson
Detroit
Hazen I. Funk
Funk
Monroe man killed himself after traffic ticket
Louis BL Pearsell, 61, of Monroe, Mich., died after taking his own life following a traffic ticket and minor accident, police said. A separate note mentions an Amsterdam device to replace makeup with plastic masks.
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Monroe
Mich
Louis BL Pearsell
Amsterdam Davent
the & Astor
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Norman Nicholson
Champion
Bia
J. B. Hollaway Motor CO
Studebaker
Biain Dato N. Eat
Franta Motor CO
Your DeSoto
Plymouth
W. Pearce
Texas Avenue
Homer
Moses
Gulf Coast Motor CO
Dodge
Texas
Harrington Hudson CO
DIAL
S Summer
Willis Cobb Nash Co
Nase
Fred Dittman
Thad Felton Ford
Desotg
Pearce
Guilt Coast Motor Co
DGDGE
Hemphill Pontiac Co
Hudson
B. Holliaway Brotor Co
Worth
Main Dial
Jack Saumders
Buick Co. Ree
Awe
Harbers Motors
Haiser-Frazer
N. Main
Brettens
Murphysboro
U.S.A
Ford
Eason
Baytown, Texas
Kaiser«Krazer
Main, Baytown
America
Kaiser. Frazer
Kaiser and Frazer
Kaiser-Frazer
Kaiser
Frazer
Willow Run
Kaiser Frazer Sales Corporation
Willow Rum
Michigan
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