manager w o t fro congratulate factory superintendent jack forsyth another plant representatives on their accomplishments and the men and women of the who are proud of their record the masters the kettering vice president of general motors who with his research invasions a hundred thousand engines representing twenty two million horsepower one hundred thousand engines whose parts are completely interchangeable hundred thousand engines carrying men and weapons and the show for nineteen forty four with emphasis on air mindedness the industry is a big pride join with the army and the army air show at the detroit airport it's a far cry from the first automobile show which introduced those flashy models the show every day and there are special sessions like this morning one night shift workers and their family most of the old favorites of the days before gasoline rationing are here today there are displaying machines of war board presents the amphibious g t and here is the ford assembled liberator bomber powered by these young ladies show keen interest in the liberator it's just like the one where tom and dick and joe are using to blast the jets general motors one of the largest producers of firepower aviation power and aircraft is well represented is a gunner on one of those baby polar johnny wants to find out how the general sherman takes them there and brings them back he does their planes draw the crowd especially such favorites as these drone aircraft bomber but the big attractions seems to be over here it's g m truck and coaches duck really are stuck dock and the dock does showing just how it helped in africa sicily italy and france it's really something to hold the attention of these boys and girls sometimes there's hidden drama in a tank in a gun or in a plane that reminds somebody somebody else in uniform there is a comfort in the knowledge that the somebody out there has the best that can be built and that comfort it is what the nine hundred forty four show tries to bring to all the somebody is back here the first of these general motors wildcats made their appearance at the same london plans on september first nineteen forty two only seven months after the formation of eastern combinational fly a former g m automotive plant that first wildcat was quite a really representing the united states navy rear admiral c h woodward colleagues the workers of eastern aircraft division for their fine record of producing twenty five hundred of these carrier based fighter planes in such a brief period of time in spite of almost constant design changes to keep the wildcats the best lightweight fighter planes in combat service eastern is turning out more combat planes for the navy and any other single produce the war production job for his expert mechanics good mechanics can work it if it's made out of metal said mr grant so he acquired an adjoining building and organized a machine shop here monarchs mechanics machine critical parts for war good opened just two years ago why june first monarch of manufacture then ship the quarter million pieces to prime war production plant monarch sub contracts for allison and uncle remey divisions of m steward warner universal gear r c a victor and curtis wright a small war plan but one of the best says the army and navy and they should know monarch people and their families are definitely a part of the war time of need the governor of indiana is on hand to congratulate him active son monarch employee representatives receive their pens from private richard and slade native who is your for his organization mr kraft accept the award and tell them some of the troubles that faced monarch in the early days at first we didn't know which side of the tourist maze was up says mr kraft but we rolled up our sleeves and found out he pledges his organization to continue the good work to make the army and navy as proud of monarch as monarch is of the evil excellent but this is only a part of the excellent job done by the monarch organization perform better help speed our vital highway transportation wheel alignment saves wear and tear on tires that must travel extra miles and there are service needed for cars that get into accidents that shouldn't happen but do at monarch the servicing and repair of automobiles still goes on and there are few jobs more important than that of helping the community to keep its transportation rolling a fighter pilot decorated by general eisenhower they all products folks meet the flying