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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1950
Page
6
Detroit reports General Motors announces a five cent hourly cost of living raise for 411000 workers starting September 1, with 335000 hourly paid staff and 76000 salaried workers receiving more. GM says prices will not rise now, despite higher labor costs, ruber prices, and material trends.
Bragg Callaway of the Callaway Packard Agency in Chicago Ili nois this week previews the all new 1951 line. Nearly 5000 dealers across the United States and Canada attend meetings in New York Chicago and San Francisco as press stories and pictures on the 51 Packards are released to media on Thursday.
A catalog-like page lists numerous Baytown auto dealers with brands such as Lincoln Mercury Chevrolet Pontiac Cadillac Dodge Chrysler Plymouth Buick and more. It shows dealer names street addresses and dial numbers for Baytown area car lots including Bayshore Motors Bragg Cailaway Turner Chevrolet Higginbotham Motor Co and others.
Albert B. Franta founder of Franta Pontiac Co at Highlands has been named a Better Dealer by Pontiac factory executives. He received a reproduction painting of Pontiac, chief of the Ottawas, presented by BH. L. Robinson Houston zone manager at a Highlands employes barbecue. Robinson praised Franta’s operations and community service. The Highlands dealership, established in 1940, features a modern 6250 square foot building and a 5000 square foot parking area with a 30 by 70 feet service depart ment and a 45 by 50 feet showroom. Franta active in Crosby ISD business and local clubs.
Texas National Guard units were ordered to screen volunteers against potential draftees seeking an escape hatch by joining the Guard to avoid active induction. Adjutant General K L Berry warned the policy must not be abused as a loophole to dodge service, noting the Selective Service postponement policy could be misused.
Chrysler announces the Half-Lock parking brake for Crown Imperial models. Mounted on the propeller shaft and independent of wheel brakes, it offers three times the braking effect of previous systems, holds a 200 pound load on 32 percent grades, and reduces pedal effort for engagement.
A harried Columbia professor returns to his desk after a hurried luncheon and snaps at his secretary asking for calls. The secretary recalls two pigeons perched on the sill and a budding Will Mahoney, famed xylophone dancer, touring Australia and famed Melbourne. A seaside farmer misidentifies a gull as a peculiar rookings fowl, prompting a humorous exchange.
Government owned Texas City smelter operation extended today by law signed by President Truman. The measure, sponsored by Senator Lyndon Johnson, authorizes development and operation of the smelter and financing for research in smelting or processing through June 30, 1956.
Toledo story notes Willys-Overland domestic vehicle sales including station wagons trucks Jeepsters and Jeeps more than twice July 1948 figure and highest since May 1948. Lyman W. Slack reports July sales were 12 percent higher than July 1949 month overall.
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