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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1940
Page
19
Southern producers adopt truck based selective cutting to yield 2500 to 4500 board feet per load. Trucks and road machines reach near felled spots, skipping costly skidders. Logged areas show marked healthier stands as diseased trees removed to aid younger growth.
Pontiac Motor Division explains a nationwide warehouse network ensuring rapid parts delivery. Zone warehouses, Master and Factory depots spread across major cities guarantee fast service, with about 34 000 distinct parts stocked and orders wired and fulfilled within hours. Atkinson Motors at 129 South Main Street is a local Pontiac dealer.
A new process called Superfinish dramatically smooths metal surfaces beyond prior limits. Demonstrations show measurable finishes to a millionth of an inch, with minimal frictional heat, benefiting items from ploughshares to air plane propellers and improving metal characteristics. Industry leaders cite Detroit as a hub of automotive innovation.
The report notes ongoing selective logging by companies planning to access new areas with trucks in ten years, while managers focus on zones already reaching the cutting stage. English Motor Company, 201 East Washington Street, is identified as the local Ford dealer.
High Point and Greensboro auto dealers unite to form the Guilford County Automobile Dealers Association with Larry Wilson of Greensboro as president and Jack Burrus of High Point as vice president. The group establishes committees on legislation by laws publicity and entertainment plus attendance and other duties.
The development of the Superfinisher evolved from solving rail shipment bearing noise. Indented bearing races from long journeys caused noise that grew with use. Chrysler engineers patented a cross hatching process to remove fragmented material, leading to widespread production surface finishing and claimed wear resistance with proper lubrication. Furniture City Motors, 792 North Main Street, lists itself as the local De Soto dealer.
On June 6 1940 Chrysler Corporation marked 15 years with the opening of two engineering and research buildings at Highland Park Michigan A press preview and a large reception followed These labs feature advanced tools like X ray tubes spectroscopes polarized light and wind tunnels to study metals stresses vibrations and aerodynamics with dynamometer tests planned for various engine types
Detroit June 8 More than 5 000 copies of Chevrolet s 100 000 1940 service manuals have been mailed to schools and colleges across the country Ed Hebner national director of service says the 282 page reference covers all repair aspects and is used by 27 000 Chevrolet mechanics in dealerships and thousands of independent garages locally and abroad
The Carolina Motor Club says May registrations of new automobiles fell from April while truck registrations stayed level. Mrs Irene Crews, local manager, presented the May figures detailing the drop in car registrations and steady truck totals.
In Pa a misidentified liver case led Thomas Peno and his son Fred to be fined 8200 for illegal possession of deer meat. Game wardens testified the animal liver shown was venison, while the Penos claimed it was pork, and they failed to identify which was which in court.
A warning about car swaying at high speed and potential dangers. The ad promotes a Bee Line alignment machine to test and correct alignment to factory standards, claiming precision and nationwide recognition.
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