Either Ford Or Chevrolet
Lead In Car Registrations
Depending On Figures Used
By HARRY ELLIOTT
The final count on 1954 new-car
registrations is iri, with both Ford
and Chevrolet claiming leadership.
Chevrolet made its claim on tho
basis of R. L Polk & Company's
standard report and Ford based its
statement on a special Polk re
port in which December 1953 fig
ures were used and December 1954
figures omitted to produce what
Ford called "net" registration
figures.
Polk's standard table gave Chev
rolet 1,417,453 and Ford 1,400,000.
New-car registrations for the full
year 5,535,464, making 1954 the
third best year in history.
Buick climbed ta third place
from fourth, Oldsmobile went from
fourth to sixth. Plymouth dropped
from third to fifth place and Pont
iac went from fifth to sixth, with
Mercury taking the seventh po
sition which Dodge held in 1953.
In truck registrations, Chevrolet
counted 292,079 units and Ford,
267,799. Total truck registrations
for the year were lower than in
1953
Five makers gained in their
share of the market, with 14 los
'Serious Abuses'
In Government
Storage Found
WASHINGTON Wl -Congressional
investigators Tuesday reported
finding "serious abuses" under the
government's grain storage pro
gram. The House Appropriations Com
mittee disclosed that its investigat
ors and those of the Government
Accounting Office (GAO) had re
ported that as a result future
losses on grain held under federal
farm price support operations "will
undoubted'v be heavv. rnm unsat
isfactory bins purchased."
They said many past "mistakes"
which proved costly have been re
peated recently.
Rep. Whitten (D-Miss) told offi
cials of the Agriculture Depart
ment's Commodity Stabilization
Service the program appeared to
be handled on "a haphazard ba
sis," threatening "tremendous
losses" to the government.
Whitten said he intends to seek
a committee investigation to "get
at this at the state level" where
the program is chiefly run.
The investigators reported they
found:
Wooden storage bins have been
erected by private contractors with
knotholes up to two inches in size.
Calking compounds used in
weather-proof bins ignored govern
ment specifications.
Other than low bids were ac
cepted for bin construction
Fees paid local contractors to
move grain were not negotiated on
a bid basLj, "but were generally
at maximum approved rates."
Government-financed bins were
used in some cases as auto repair
shops, workshops and chicken
coops.
Grade Children
To Participate
In Tree Planting
Close to 500 upper grades school
children of the Lower Umpqua area
are expected to take part in the
10th annual tree-planting events
slated for Friday, March 25, in
the Weatherly Creek burn area
east of Scottsburg. The fifth
through the eighth grades of
Reedsport, Gardiner, Elkton, Loon
Lake and Lakeside schools will
take part.
Preparations are under way by
a committee headed by John
Skaaluren who, then mayor of
Reedsport, initiated the conserva
tion program 10 years ago. Repre
sented on the planning group are
the Long-Bell, E. K. Wood and
Reedsport Lumber companies, U.
S. Bureau of Land Management,
U. S. Forest Service, Keep Oregon
Green Assn., county fire protective
associations, public school admin
istrations and faculties, and Low
er Umpqua Chamber of Com
merce. The group is requesting' 20,000
Douglas fir. Port Orford cedar
and Ponderosa pine seedlings to
be furnished by the State Forest
ry Dept. Nursery. Planting area
will be laid out on public lands,
with forestry experts of the pub
lic agencies and lumber companies
cooperating in the supervision and
instruction. A picnic lunch, provid
ed by the Lower Umpqua Cham
ger of Commerce, will follow the
tree-planting exercise. .
Until the end of feudalism in
Japan the art of jiu-jitsu, was
taught only to the nobility and
guarded as a secret from other
groups.
ing. "Big Three" registrations
amounted to 94.43 per cent of the
total market. The Big Three share
in 1953 was 90.51 per cent.
The industry's "big Two" Ford
and Chevrolet secured 153 per
cent of the market last year, com
pared with 70.22 per cent in 1953
and 64.52 per cent in 1952.
A growing concentration of new
ear sales among fewer and fewer'
makers is apparent' More than
half of all new cars registered in
1954 were either Fords or Chev
rolets. "Pull-Down" Garage
A garage that you drive in and
"pull-down" over your car is on
the market
Made of new semi-permanent
vinyl plastic coated nylon, the fab
ric is attanced to an all-steel tub
lar frame with multiple spring ac
tion. The automobile is driven be
tween the two center posts, which
are in the ground, and then the
fabric and the rest of the support
ing frame is pulled over the front
and back of the car.
Called "Car Castle," the garage
is made by Domestic Film Prod
ucts in Ohio. The plastic coating
is made by B. F Goodrich Chem
ical Company. The garage folds
into an 7 pound package, mea
suring 1 ft. by 1 ft. by 8 ft.
Easy On THE Brakes
When a tire blows out it
holds back the wheel on which it is
set, causing the car to veer to the
side. This happens in a split sec
ond and many motorists try to
counteract this veering by steering
sharply in the opposite direction
and jamming on the brakes
To this, the National Automo
bile Club says, "Don't!" Such ac
tion may cause the driver to lose
control of the car completely.
It is better to keep the car on a
straight line down the center of
the road, letting the drag of the
blown tire act as the braking pow
er and slowing the car down to a
safe speed. Only when you' feel
you have the car going slow
enough to have it under complete
control should you apply the
brakes and then do so with
caution.
New Model
Augmenting Oldsmobile's Holi
day line is the newly-mtroduced
four-door Holiday hardtop sedan.
Most distinctive feature uf this
addition to oldsmobile's 1955 body
types is the absence of any door
pillars above the belt line, provid
ing unbroken side vision.
Detroit Notes
Combined Hudson and Nash car
production has hit the 1,000 units
a day mark, highest since Amer
ican Motors Corporation was form
ed last May. By the end of the
month, output will climb to 1,200
units a day, it is predicted. March
production is continuing at a rate
nearly six per cent ahead of the
record month of June, 1950, ac
cording to AUTOMOTIVE NEWS.
Expansion of engineering facil
ities, starting this month' and con
tinuing through March of next year
has been announced by Chrysler
Corp. Emphasis is on enlarged and
improved facilities for styling and
body design groups. 1955 Lincoln
and Mercury cars will have avail
able a Ford-developed electronic
headlamp dimmer. bales are con
tinuing to go up. Oldsmobile an
livered 47,109 new cars in Febru
ary, making that month the biggest
in its history Buick, too, said
February saw an all-time record,
with 59,621 new cars delivered.
Nash announced its new-car re
tail sales the last ten days in Feb
ruary increased 40.9 per cent and
Hudson said February sales in
creased more than 54 per cent
over the same month last year.
Thur.Mor. 24, 1955The Newt-Review, Roseburtj, Ore. 5
Richard Applegare,
Ex-Prisoner, Marries
CHICAGO Wl Richard Apple
gate, a former Medford, Ore., man
who was a prisoner in Communist
China for 18 months, was married
here this week.
The bride is the former Mrs.
Barbara Hoerter, 38. of Chicago,
a representative for the agent who
is handling Applegate's speaking
tour.
Applegate, 42, is on leave of ab
sence from the National Broad
casting Co. giving lectures.
He and two other men, including
Donald Dixon, International News
Service correspondent, were can
tured off the coast of China while
cruising in Applegate's yacht.
Kert.
Dixon was Applegate's best man
at the wedding.
SILKE OFFERED JOB
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. W, The
Troutdale - Wilkes - Fairview
School District near Portland has
offered the job of superintendent
to Eugene Silke, 48, superintendent
of schools here since 1940.
Frank Pender, board cnairman,
said the new Portland area school
district is going to build a new high
school.
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