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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1950
Page
7
The report cites six factors behind rising auto demand. It notes postwar shortages and replacements, a large pool of older cars, a 20 percent U S population increase since the mid thirties, a 35 percent rise in potential car buyers, urban to suburban population shifts, and a current estimated shortage relief.
Detroit UPI reports GM President C E Wilson forecast U S and Canadian plants will produce 8,000,000 cars and trucks in the year 1950 2,000,000 more than the peak in the early 1930s He spoke at a Detroit Athletic Club banquet noting last year output reached 6,549,179 and expressing optimism about continued strong demand driven by a large void in the market.
National Geographic outlines safe shelter during storms noting cars and airplanes are among the safest refuges due to steel bodies. It cites odds of lightning death in the U S at about one in 365,000 and details about lightning frequency, temperatures, cloud interactions, and the surprising fact that lightning can strike a place twice and even upward from the ground.
Three Washington College faculty members say reading comics has no lasting impact on children. Dr Raymond Whitfield, Amsel Barton, and Clara Amsel report research shows no difference between kids who read comics continuously and those who do not. The professors warn comics can lure a child into escape rather than recreation but pose no proven harm to personality or learning ability.
The article highlights how automatic machine tools transformed U.S. auto production, detailing transfer machines that perform dozens of operations with minimal human input. It notes large productivity gains, job creation in automatic transmission work, and rising wages as output surged from the hand-tool era to modern factory floors.
Black remains the most popular color on new cars nationwide with green the runner up. In the West brighter hues gain ground while New England and the Midwest favor black. Two tone color use grows with green and gray blue common pairings. Industry observers note fashion and taste shift season to season.
Nash Motors shows a 200 wheelbase Rambler station wagon at 1808 factory list price. The five passenger two door model claims up to 30 miles per gallon on highways and will be followed by a two door Rambler sedan as Kenosha plant expands. Production of the Rambler station wagon and a Henry J convertible are noted as early small car field entries.
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