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After considerable tinkering, the U.S. auto industry finally got itself out of storage last week. The motor was .still misfiring, but it was running well enough to push production to its highest peak since the General Motors strike started. The industry hopes to turn out about 75,000 cars in January-as many as it had turned out all last year...
...fourth-rate jockey in Cuba (he still gallops his nags mornings), he learned what makes a horse tick. Over & above his practical schooling, he developed a strategic sixth sense for razor-sharp hay-burners. His secret lies in knowing when to nab horses that other trainers have brought to peak performance...
...assembly lines can be made to tick smoothly. Plump, dapper Joe Frazer, optimistic as usual predicted that the Frazer would start coming off the lines in March, the Kaiser, with a front-wheel drive, by the middle of April. By July 1, he expects Willow Run to be in peak production of 1,500 cars...
Nevertheless, the Navy's stars will also be rapidly thinned out. Scheduled to go by year's end are 51 admirals who were recalled to duty after they had already been retired. The Navy hopes by next June to reduce its flag roster from the peak...
...Marine Corps had made no definite plans. Of the 81 generals it had at peak strength, only eight have been retired and only two more are scheduled...