Outlook Still Crab for Full Auto Turnout
The industry faces a production lag beyond the auto sector horizon due to parts and materials interruptions. CIO UAW accuses manufacturers of hoarding supplies, while dealers delay bookings as orders backlogs grow. In the week ending July 27 US and Canadian plants produced almost 85,000 units, with line operations affecting outlook. Hudson and Studebaker paused amid Detroit Harvester Toledo strike, then resumed after settlement, though a lingering dispute in the Long division looms.
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Detroit
APY
CIO
United Auto
United States
Canada
Hudson and Studebaker
Dura
Detroit Harvester Company
Toledo
Shortage Threat From Borg Warner Detroit Plant Hit Car Makers
The manufacturing division of Borg-Warner in Detroit is said to threaten shortages of clutch assemblies and radiator cores for several car makers. Automotive News reports U S and Canada passenger car and truck output last week at 79,904 units, down from 84,979. January 1 to August 3 output is estimated at 1,406,075 versus 3,608,749 in 1941.
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Borg- Warner Corporation
Detroit
Automotive News
United States
Canada
Drydock Sinks After Bikini Atomic Tests
A large floating drydock capsized and sank in Bikini lagoon eleven days after an underwater atomic blast. Surviving target ships remained dangerously radioactive and unboardable. Vice Admiral Blandy called the radioactivity a form of poison warfare while he and staff boarded Prinz Eugen Mugford and Carteret, unable to approach closer ships.
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Bikini
Bikini Lagoon
W. H. P. Blandy
Cop's Shiny New Car Made a Good Flophouse
CHICAGO AP Policeman Edward P. Mendenhall parked his new car at the Chicago avenue station and covered it with a tarpaulin. Detective Frank Sheehan found three men sleeping under the improvised shelter and had them removed, leaving the officer to take his vehicle back to the station.
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Chicago
Edward P. Mendenhall
Chicago Avenue
Frank Sheehan
Mendenhall
Troop Arrivals Hit New York From Europe
The Darrel M. Ritter with 146 army dogs from Bremerhaven and the George W. Goethals carrying 403 British war brides and children from Southampton were due to reach New York on Tuesday. No troopships reached U S ports on Monday.
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Associated Press
Darrel M. Ritter
Bremerhaven
George W. Goethals
Southampton
New York
United States
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