Wesley

1947 · 010041 — Chrysler Corporation Detroit Michigan 1947 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 1st ed. 1st printing ; 133 pages : illustrations some color portraits map ; 21 cm OCLC 566461 ; textured black cloth with gold lettering no dustjacket ; In time of peace a new aircraft engine is as much as two and a half years from the drawing board to an experimental job on a test stand another year or more to Army acceptance still another year or more to production in quantities. New planes normally are flight-tested modified retested modified again and again before a production order. But of desperate necessity the Air Force was trying to cut this time by two thirds. It did so. The new plane and new engine unapproved as of January 1942 knocked Japan out of the war in 1945. When Japan's surrender terminated Chrysler's contract 18413 engines had been built and shipped from Chicago. - p. 2-3 ; Later issued as a 7-volume set with titles on bullets war production etc this is the volume Chrysler devoted to the B-29 bomber ; Wesley Winans Stout was a former editor of The Saturday Evening Post. He had worked on newspapers before joining The Post in 1922. In 1937 after being an associate editor for nearly 15 years he was named editor. Under his editorial guidance The Post began running its first photographic covers first used the works of 15 artists and published the works of more than 147 authors new to the magazine. After retirement he moved to Ft. Lauderdale where he wrote a column for The Fort Lauderdale Daily News. ; Printed card laid in from Chrysler President K. T. Keller. Kaufman Thuma Keller 27 November 1885 - 21 January 1966 was an American corporate executive who served as the president of Chrysler Corporation from 1935 to 1950 and as its chairman of the board from 1950 to 1956.3 He is also known for proposing the creation of the Detroit Arsenal. Keller joined the General Motors Company GMC in 1911 and he worked as a general master mechanic for one of GMC's divisions the Buick Motor Company from 1916 to 1919. He quickly rose to become a vice president of Chevrolet in 1921 later becoming a vice president for Chrysler. From 1935 to 1950 he served as Chrysler's president and then as its chairman of the board until 1956. ; rarely-seen photos and color paintings of war scenes ; scarce ; FINE <br/> <br/> Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan, 1947 hardcover