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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18218, 31 October 1924, Page 5

A small town in Western Kansas, Wamego they called it —gave Chrysler to America. The birth notice in the local sheet probably passed without comment. Great events are shrouded in silence. At 17 a railway workshop employee! That was Chrysler's first, unpretentious foothold in modern industry. A stripling apprentice! But he had the native qualities of genius, an enthusiastic absorption in his work, indomitable will and energy and an extraordinary aptitude for mechanical work. Right from the beginning he flung himself into his task. An Eighteen-Year-Old Achievement. At eighteen he was proficient enough to construct unaided a model steam locomotive. He made his own shotgun. Not yet 22 he was examining locomotive engineer candidates on air brakes. An expert journeyman mechanic in his green twenties!—unconsciously he was building well for a great day!, A Unique Position at 33. After nine years' rapid promotion, he held at 33 the remarkable position of superintendent of motive power of the Eastern Division of the Chicago and Great Western—by far the youngest man to have ever held the position. Now he was a master of construction, what about the business side? It was not enough to build —the limitations to ambition were too great—he must also master the business of building and distributing in competition. Opportunity came from the American Locomotive Company at Pittsburg. He accepted a position with them as works manager. So sound and comprehensive was his knowledge of constructional details, and so keen and quick his grasp of business essentials, that, within two years he was head of that great company. The inexhaustible energies of the man were not yet satisfied. Automobiles Had Now Established Themselves as Mechanically Sound and were commanding the attention of commercial enterprise.. Attracted at first by their mechanical appeal, Chrysler, with his quick vision, grasped their possibilities In modern transportation. He determined to throw all his vast resources into motor ear manufacturing. In 1311, he was called to control the production of Buick. As early as the following year, he set the motor industry throughout America sound, scientific standards., For two years round about this time, he worked daily from 7 in the morning 'till midnight. Pour years later he became v Vice-President of General Motors in charge of production in all General Motors* plants, and again in 1919 stepped up to Executive vice-president. Yes, he had travelled since the apprenticeship days. The following five years have recorded outstanding achievements, including the rehabilitation of two great motor companies. One ot the latter he took over in a parlous condition with sales at a standstill, and within two years had so wonderfully improved the product and reorganised the concern that, the cats were selling in 2,200 places the world round, necessitating an average output of 300-350 cars per day. One of the leaders of America —Yes) Among 1 the first half-dozen car manufacturers in the world—men of inexhaustible energy, of infinite resource and ability, oC vast experience and indomitable purpose! , Now Chrysler has built his. own. ,<jar and entrusted it with this great name. '.'. W VrmmmcU uih*^tfM*J^Cr^-tUr

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