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+. es could | ibe retinstated in~ dealer

| -we~ would be very happy to rein-. with twe modern facilities~air con-ditioning and central heating. The

_ per, radid and TV representatives,

' ging penalty~ clauses were ruled

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Saturday, March 20, 1954

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Harlow Curtice

Hits Bootlegging
Of New Cars

Genera Motors president on
low H. Curtice today repeated his

| scorn for|the practice on the part}.
| of some) jautomobile

dealers~ of
~bootlegging~ new cars to used
car dealefts and expressed the wish
that ~bddtlegging penalty~ claus
contr acts,

Speaking at a press conference;

in Chicago, for some 200 *newspa
Mr. Curtice repeated his earlier
statement that ~pootleggine~~ is a
~vicious| practice harmful to the
industry.?~

~We had some ~bootlegging~ in
pre-war years despite the fact that
we had ~losed territories,~ he said,

~and we} had a ~bootlegging penalty~ lane in our dealer agreements.~

He othititea out that

~closed |territory!~ and

both the
~hootleg
illegal. |
~We ~
move the

vere very reluctant és rem~~ Mr. Curtice said, ~and

state them if the/laws permitted.~

He pointed out that ~a change
the laws or an amendment to

law) would be required to
make it} possible for us lo. reinstate tefritory security.~ -

Mr. Curtice also told the newsmen that ~there jis little doubt~
that atleast one of GMi~s 1954
experimental ~dream cars~ ~will

in

go into |production.

Three} of our ~dream cars~ are!
definite} possibilities for produc-|
tion,~ he ~said, ~fand there is no
question about one.~

He fused to say which of
GM~s 11 produceable ~dream
cars~ is|the one destined.for production. i a

Lan ~

~ Repeating his belief that 1954
will be jja good business year for
the coumtry, Mr. Curtice explain
ploymenit.is up 30,000 over the
same. time a year ago~ and that
ently announced billiondollar #xpansion program is an
expressipn of the company~s ~faith
in the future of our country.~

He said that the appliance ~business of Gm~s Frigidaire Division
is ~very good~much better than
it was 4 year ago.~~~

--Curtite said that the ~railtrailer~ | program of GM~s ElectroMotive | Division jis going ~very
well.~ [The program, announced
last spring by Electro-Motive, was
the pr~sentation of the idea of
trans TT ing highway truck trail
I

ers crpss country aboard. rail

trailers}
~I am quite pleased in the

knowleflge that some railroad!

companies already have made: a
decision to acquire limited quantities of rail trailers and put them
into sefivee,~ Mr, Curtice said,

He dded that he feels ~it
would fay off in a very ~substantial way if railroad and trucking

program on.~~

Mr. iCurtice also told the newsmen at it is conceivable that
1954 might be the year that: Buick takes over third spot ia sales
within the automotive industry

gram fr." would, take the ~

cently announced billion-dolia:
lishe in 1954,

he entire ~billion-dollar
gram: is. committed,~ Mr.
said. |

For the sports-minded,. Mr. Curtice let it be known that ~no de-|!
cision has~ been reached: as to
whether GM will again sponsor
the TV Football Game of the
Week in 1954.

~We think our TV Game of the
Week program last fall was good,~
he said, ~but we have made no decision on 1954 nor have we even
been) approached on the subject
by the parties concerned.~

proCurtice

Historic Monticello, crammed by
builder Thomas Jefferson with ingenious devices for comfort and
convenience, will soon be fitted

180-year-old showplace is. te be.
renovated from roof to cellar.

Seashore sand at Beppu in Japan
is black, hot to the touch, and
gives off sulphur fumes. Thousands
of. people go there to lie for hours,
even days, covered by the pulverized volcanie debris, which they
hope will cure their ailment~

It. is estimated that there are

more. than 765,000: retail~ outlets |

for peanut products) and that 83
per cent of the population, or approximately 127,000,000 people in
America eat peanuts and peanut
products.

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No advertising medium will
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store like this paper's dis
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Four huadred thousand pounds of
Bombs, rockets and napalm~and

~| 100,000 rounds of 20 mm. ammuni
tion~were delivered against Communist targets in Korea by one
Marine jet fighter plane. This sime
plane later was turned over to the
Navy~and flew an additional 96
missions. Today, it is still operational in the Pacific.

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