1948 in Michigan


Events from the year 1948 in Michigan.

Top stories

The Associated Press polled editors of its member newspapers in Michigan and ranked the state's top news stories of 1948 as follows:
  1. The November 2 election of G. Mennen Williams as Governor in an upset over Kim Sigler
  2. The April 20 shooting of Walter Reuther with a shotgun blast through his kitchen window
  3. Crusades of Michigan Attorney General Eugene F. Black and his feud with Governor Sigler
  4. Historic wage agreement between the CIO-UAW and General Motors with a sliding pay scale tied to the cost of living
  5. 1948 Michigan Wolverines football team is undefeated and ranked No. 1 in final AP Poll
  6. The December raid by 300 union men on strike-bound plants of Shakespeare Company in Kalamazoo
  7. Federal prosecution of Michigan automobile dealers
  8. Arrest of James Tamer and ice hockey betting scandal
  9. The April 27 death of William S. Knudsen, a former Ford executive who served as a general in World War II and helped lead the country's efforts to produce war materials
  10. The spring strike by 75,000 Chrysler workers

    Office holders

State office holders

Companies

The following is a list of major companies based in Michigan in 1948.
Company1948 sales 1948 net earnings HeadquartersCore business
General MotorsDetroitAutomobiles
Ford Motor CompanynanaAutomobiles
ChryslerAutomobiles
Studebaker Corp.Automobiles
Briggs Mfg. Co.DetroitAutomobile parts supplier
S. S. KresgeRetail
Hudson Motor Car Co.DetroitAutomobiles
Detroit EdisonElectric utility
Michigan BellTelephone utility
Kellogg'sBattle CreekBreakfast cereal
Parke-DavisDetroitPharmaceutical
REO Motor Car Co.LansingAutomobiles
Burroughs Adding MachineBusiness machines

Sports

Baseball

Golfing

Chronology of events

Births