Evening star., 1937-05-02

mately serve, the engineers say, not
only to cool the car in Summer, but
to warm the interior in the Winter.
The engineers are not baf1ed so
much about turning out a device that
will be priced within a suitable range
as they are in seeking to adapt recog-
nized air-cooling principles to the
peculiar confines of the automobile.
They do not have a stationary object
to work with, for one thing. Even
the mere ventilating of a movable
object, such as an automobile, pre-
sents complex puzzle.
Consider, Also the actual appli-
cations of heat that are put on a
motor car in July and August weather.
When temperatures reach 95, 100 and
los, as they have for long stretches
OF days in the last few Summers, the
automobile in the sun absorbs enough
heat to wreck the refrigerating plans
of the most astute workman
X X y
The highest weekly production since
1929 was set last week, with output
of cars and trucks estimated at 1873 $40
units AS the entire industry attains
peak capacity after more than three
months of strike turmoil, according
to the Automobile Daily News mid
week survey of the industry.
This figure is up about 1000 units
over the revised total of 129,O68 for
a week ago, which, along with the
week just prior to the Chrysler, Hud-
son and REQ labor dispute, had pre-
viously been the high points for the
year, A. D. N. says. Production is
being speeded at virtually all plants,
and it is likely that the current week S
output will be maintained or bettered
for the rest of this quarter.
Last weeks production is we'll above
the total turned out in the correspond
ing period in 1886, when 1176O5 units
were run off the assembly lines. The
current April rate compares favor
ably with April, 1929, when 663,8l1
units were produced, according to A.
D. N. figures.
All Chrysler divisions, which re-
sumed operations following a 3O-day
shutdown are now back at the peak
production attained prior to the strikes,
the newspaper says. The total is
expected to be 23,375 for the week.
virtually the same as before the dis
puteS. OF this amount Plymouth
will lead the group with around IL 900
units, followed by Dodge with 8,125,
Chrysler with 1900 and De Soto with
1000.
Hudson -Terraplane, faced with a
heavy backlog of orders piled up dur
ing the forced shutdowns, has in
creased its output considerably and
probably produced an estimated $500
units last week. This is virtually the
same total turned out in the cor
responding week year ago, and is
about 800 units above the previous
highs attained this year. REQ, the
third company affected by the strikes,
likewise is revising production figures
upward gradually. Whether Reo
which for the past year has been
making only trucks, will return to
the passenger car field awaits the
annual stockholders meeting later
this month.
Ford, the individual top producer,
continues to step up production and
the last weeks output is estimated
by A. D. N. at $4,000 units, up about
500 over the previous week Ford
has been adding various equipment
in the past month at his River Rouge
plant, and this is expected to be re-
fected in higher production in the
near future. With Lincoln turning
out about IT'S units, the weeks out
put for the Ford group is seen at
around BATS.
With Chevrolet continuing at its
10000 weekly clip, the General Motors
group will produce approximately
50,835 units this week, A. D. N. esti-
mates. Pontiac, which is gradually
increasing its output, was expected
to turn out $500 units for the week.
Oldsmobile will account for $500,
Buick 6,1S5 and Cadillac -LaSalle
around 1900
Packard's normal production Of
$500, which had been leading the
independents for the past six weeks,
gives way to Hudson -Terraplane's
$500 Studebaker will contribute
about 2,47o, Nash 1920, WHY'S 1880,
Graham 525, and Cord 40. The mis-
cellaneous group, aided by Reo's re-
sumption, should account for around
10000 units.