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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1934
Page
8
In Lawrence the past week centered on the automobile show with dealers and laymen discussing the new models. Salesmen report heavy showrooms as 1934 promises a strong year for the auto industry with affordable new options and luxurious upper models attracting many customers.
Independent front springs allow the front wheels to steer with no extra function beyond suspension. Buick engineers say soft front springs reduce pitching and improve control, aided by weight balance across front and rear axles. Tests show with air cushion tires, a blowout requires about half the effort to maintain control versus conventional balloon tires. Coil springs have no friction, yielding consistent springing action.
Final car registration figures from R L Polk show Plymouth Motor Corp more than doubling 1932 sales with a 123 percent rise, leading low priced cars. Plymouth registered 249,677 cars in 1938, up 127,741 from 1937, as H G Moock notes consecutive sales gains with Plymouth topping its field in the price class.
The son known as Dicky of Richard Crooks, famed Metropolitan Opera tenor, begins his musical path singing in a choir and noting he gets paid for singing. Despite his dad's wish he avoid music, Dicky admits he does not like opera, while his father’s influence looms as he prepares for a NBC WEAF program on February 19 featuring songs and an orchestral set. separate notes mention Firestone Jr and Plymouth 1933 production figures.
Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians, the popular radio orchestra and novelty group, strengthened their lead after a poll of over two hundred radio editors across the United States and Canada named them first in musical entertainment by a wide margin. They will broadcast twice weekly on Thursday and Sunday evenings over the largest network in commercial broadcasting.
Detroit Feb 17. M E Coyle the Chevrolet Motor Company general manager says the average wage paid to Chevrolet workers is 69 cents an hour, above the 43 cent minimum in the code. He notes 3,349 vehicles produced on Feb 5 and payrolls over 55,000, with most workers at 21 U.S. factories and hours averaging 69 cents per hour overall.
Detroit and Flint based Buick operations, with 21 plants in 15 cities, pledge to maintain above market pay say they aim to raise efficiency and keep employment high. January 31 dealers show 108,500 orders for 1934 passenger cars and trucks as assembly ramps up.
Harlow H. Curtice, president of the Motor company, notes the workforce at Flint Buick factories operates in multiple shifts around the clock. The plants are busiest since 1930, with thousands of laborers entering and leaving at unusual hours, underscoring a booming production pace and economic vitality in the region.
Buick reports that except for the foundry all factories run on multiple shifts. Transmission differential axle forge and sheet metal work operate on three shifts while the assembly line runs on two. The employment row totals over 14,000, the highest in four years.
Research and development in the safety glass industry have improved lamination by bonding glass sheets with a plastic interlayer. Discoloration from sun and weather has been solved, adhesions are more uniform, and finished products resist yellowing while maintaining strength under impact.
Colorings rays of the sun and the plastic has been made highly resistant to the action of such rays. Safety glass engineers point out that the moisture seepage problem has been solved by sealing the glass at all four edges with a weatherproof compound to keep out dampness. There is no reason now why safety glass should not last the life of the car barring accidents.
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