Dodge Introduces A New Design In 1949 Dodge Cars
The Blair-Fry Motor Company touts a redesigned 1949 Dodge emphasizing more interior space headroom and leg room while preserving a modern slim exterior. The car seats passengers between the wheels for a smooth ride and features doors that open nearly 90 degrees for easy entry and exit. Jack Blair and Ralph Fry discuss the lineup and note production has sped up with some models still limited. The new Dodge is on display at Pierry Motor Company 555 East Center.
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Dodge Company
Dodge
Jack Blair
Ralph Fry
Pierry Motor Company
555 East Center
Division 3-23 Wins 1948 Naval Reserve Trophy
Division 3-23 of Brooklyn New York captured the 1948 naval reserve trophy as the top submarine training unit in the United States.
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Brooklyn
N.Y
U. S
Packard Streamlines Top Management To Fifteen Executives
Packard Motor Car company reports a streamlined top management team of fifteen executives averaging 56 years old with 28 years of Packard service and 33 years in the auto industry. President George T. Christopher says the 15 veterans have 417 years of Packard service and highlights recent organizational realignment and strong financials entering 1949.
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Packard Company
Packard Motor Car Company
Packard
George T. Christopher
Christopher
Point of Packard Service
Milton Tibbetts
George H. Brodie
Hugh J. Ferry
Col. J. G. Vincent
George C. Reifel
Eugene C. Hoelzle
R. R. Rees
B.C. Budd
William H. Graves
Shopping Bag Is Banking Hazard
Mrs. Mary Antoni 51 clutched her family savings of 3900 in a shopping bag as she left to visit her daughter. Two men snatched the bag from her and fled, while her eight year old son accompanied her homeward.
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Chicago
Mary Antoni
Veteran NM school bus driver logs 240480 miles without a scratch
Louis Vick, longtime bus driver in New Mexico, has accumulated 240 480 miles over 19 years without a single bus fender bend. He has worn out seven buses yet kept every vehicle undamaged on the road.
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Ruidoso
N. M
Louis Vick
New Mexico
Vick
Steel Firm’s Output Up in March Records Set
Provo Utah GEneva Steel reports March production records across several departments. Open hearth ingot 117 898 net tons beating December 1948 116 804. Slabs and blooms 105 226 net tons beating November 1948 98 290. Pig iron 88 101 net tons topping December 1948 87 163. Furnace coke 79 766 net tons vs 79 585 in December 1984.
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Provo
Utah
Geneva Steel Company
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General Electric
Tradequack Reg
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Fords
Ford Trucks
Ford
Lewis
Ford Desler
Fred Allen
NBC
Ford Desiries
Ford Veeder
Faey
CBS
Newark
C. ED Flandro
Buick
Fisher
Henry J. Taylor
ABC Network
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