L. B. Ford Plant Reaches 300 Daily Output and 200000th Car
The Long Beach Ford assembly plant announced a daily output surpassing 300 passenger cars and trucks. The plant also marked its 200000th Ford passenger car this week and reported a record June with 7128 units produced. Through six months in 1950, output totaled 32,223 cars and 5392 trucks, with over 100 new workers added to assembly operations to meet demand.
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L. B. Ford
Ford Motor Company
Long Beach
Aubrey J. Edwards
Edwards
Ford Assembly
Ford
Huge Sums Going Into Car Research
Detroit reports the auto industry is funding the largest engineering program in its history. Projects span piston rings to transmissions with many millions invested and more planned over five years. A radical combustion process, sponsored by the Texas Co, aims to raise fuel mileage by about 30 percent by reducing ignition delay, described as a hybrid of Diesel and gasoline engines. The note emphasizes ongoing improvements without implying current cars are faulty and cites efforts to extract more miles per gallon from every barrel of crude.
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Detroit
Texas Co
Motorcycle Officers Far Cry From Old-timers
Long Beach Police Department motorcycle division features 34 riders selected for efficiency and training. They emphasize courteous, professional conduct, with Sgt. Rod Welsh noting general cooperation and few hot rod problems. During wartime, the division handled heavy traffic, including a Navy officer speeding at 82 mph. since 1940, five officers have been killed in traffic mishaps, none by criminals.
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Mac
Clusly
Rod Welsh
Long Beach
Sgt. Welsh
Department
Terminal Island _shipyards
Navy
Ocean Blvd
Welsh
Long Beach Motorcycle Officers Then And Now
Traffic violators face risk of armed confrontations while patrols emphasize diplomacy and skill. Sgt Welsh once chased a 102 mph speeder who rushed toward a hospital to save his dying father. The officer waited for doctors to check blood type before no ticket was issued. John McAdam funded early roads from his own pocket.
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Sgt. Welsh
Community Ospital
Long Beach
Mac
John McAdam
Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Ventilation Breakthrough
Fumes removed as fifty three giant fans provide a complete air change in the new Brooklyn Battery vehicular tunnel in New York every minute and a half.
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Brooklyn Battery
New York
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