What follows is but a short sample of a pre-sorted
text file from the Tom's 1938 Register CD-ROM. It is
sorted by Company, City, and Product type.
========================= General Motors Corp.
------------------------- Atlanta, Georgia Chevrolet Motor Co.
Automobiles:
Chevrolets.
Nine-acre plant makes up to 400 cars daily, shipped throughout the Southeast. RR: Southern (Sou)
------------------------- Baltimore, Maryland
Automobiles:
General Motors Automobiles.
Opened in the 1920s. RR: Baltimore & Ohio B&O or Baltimore Belt RR BBRR
------------------------- Buffalo, New York Chevrolet Motor Co.
Automobiles:
Chevrolets.
An assembly plant, employing about 2,000. RR: Erie
------------------------- Dayton, Ohio Frigidaire Div.
Chillers:
Electric Refrigeration Equipment.
Supplies parts to Frigidaire assembling plant at Moraine City. Employs 12,000. RR: New York Central NYC
------------------------- Detroit, Michigan Cadillac Motor Div.
Automobiles:
Cadillac and LaSalle Automobiles.
V8 and V16 cylinder Cadillacs and 8 cylinder LaSalles [45,223 total in 1937.] RR: Michigan Central MC
------------------------- Flint, Michigan Chevrolet Motor Co.
Automobile Parts:
Engines and Pressed Metal Parts.
Fenders, hoods, sheetmetal trim and engines for all ten Chevrolet assembly plants.
Automobiles:
Chevrolets.
Large assembly plant using parts both locally-produced and from other cities and states.
Motor Trucks & Buses:
Chevrolet Trucks.
Supplying Michigan and neighboring States. [73,403 cars and trucks in 1937.] RR: Grand Trunk Western GTW
------------------------- Janesville, Wisconsin Chevrolet Motor Co.
Automobiles:
Chevrolets.
[A total of 868,250 Chevrolets were produced in 1937; 490,447 in 1938.] RR: Chicago & North Western C&NW
------------------------- Lansing, Michigan Olds Motor Works
Automobiles:
Oldsmobiles.
Product of General Motors. [Olds made 212,767 total in 1937; 93,705 in 1938.] RR: Grand Trunk Western GTW
------------------------- Linden, New Jersey Assembly Plant
Automobiles:
General Motors Automobiles.
One of Linden's newest and most important industries.
Engines:
Automobile Engines.
One of Linden's newest and most important industries. RR: Pennsylvania Railroad PRR
------------------------- Moraine City, Ohio
Chillers:
Electrical Refrigeration Equipment.
Assembly plant. The main plant is in Dayton. RR: New York Central NYC
------------------------- Norwood, Ohio Chevrolet Motor Co.
Automobiles:
Chevrolets.
About 200 daily for southern Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, and Tennessee.
Motor Trucks & Buses:
Chevrolet Motor Trucks,
300 daily, for southern Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, and Tennessee. RR: Baltimore & Ohio B&O
------------------------- Pontiac, Michigan Pontiac Motor Div.
Automobiles:
Pontiacs.
Up to 1,200 cars a day. [Replaced the name "Oakland Motor Car Company" in 1932.] RR: Grand Trunk Western GTW or Pere Marquette PM Truck and Coach Company
Motor Trucks & Buses:
GMC Trucks.
12 conventional and 11 cab-over-engine models, between ½ and 10 ton. Also make taxicabs. RR: Grand Trunk Western GTW
------------------------- Rochester, New York Delco Appliance Division
Automobile Parts:
Delco Water Pumps, Speedometers, Small Motors, and Car Radio Vibrators
(to generate high voltage for the tubes.)
Boilers:
Delco-Heat™ Oil Burners, Boilers, Water Heaters,
Conditionairs™, attic ventilators. Delco-Light™ electric light and power plants.
Chillers:
Delco Conditionairs™
Generators:
Delco-Light™ Electric Light & Power Plants.
Also make boilers, water heaters, Conditionairs™, attic ventilators.
Heating Equipment:
Delco-Heat™ Oil Burners
Ventilation Equipment:
Attic Ventilators.
Also make Boilers, Water Heaters, Conditionairs™, Delco-Light™ electric light and power plants. RR: New York Central NYC [?]
========================= General Railway Signal
------------------------- Rochester, New York
Railway Equipment:
Signaling Apparatus.
Established 1904. Extensively used in Japan, Spain, New Zealand, and Great Britain. RR: Baltimore & Ohio B&O
========================= General Shale Products
------------------------- Kingsport, Tennessee
Brick & Tile:
Brick & Building Tile.
3,800 carloads yearly (135,000 bricks a day) RR: Clinchfield CRR
========================= General Steel Castings Co.
------------------------- Chester, Pennsylvania
Steel & Iron, Cast & Forged:
Steel Castings.
Two plants in Chester, one in Essington. RR: Pennsylvania Railroad PRR [?]
========================= Gentilly Terrace Nursery
------------------------- New Orleans, Louisiana
Greenhouse & Nursery:
Orchids.
About five hundred registered varieties under cultivation. RR: Louisville & Nashville L&N [?]
========================= Geo. A. Hormel & Co.
------------------------- Austin, Minnesota
Meat, Canned:
Hormel Flavor-Sealed™ Ham, Dinty Moore™ Beef Stew, Chili, Spam®, and other canned goods
using livestock, grain, and vegetables from up to 400 miles away. [Hormel made 315 products ca. 1938, 37 of them canned. Spam dates from 1937.] RR: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific CMStP&P
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