Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 37, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 June 1926 — Page 7

JUNE 24, 1920,

GENERAL MOTORS ' CORPORATION TO EXPAND PROGRAM $40,000,000 Expenditure on Improvements* Is Authorized! General Motors Corporation will , increase its Operating bre gram, ■which Mil be developed brer the coming hionths; The fciograni involves an expenditure lit plant and equipment o£ approximately $40;0O0,-* 000; There has been authorized an expenditure of approximately $8,000;000 to provide additional Capacity for the Chevrolet Motor Division-. At Pontiac,' Mich.; therd trill 1)© expended approximately $5,O90;0O0 by the Oakland Motor Car division for the< purpose es creating additional capacity for the PontiaO; ihd hew six-c5 r linder car which Vfta fthnouneed in January-. The splendid manner in which Pontiae has been received by the public, together With the increase in demand for its companion car, the Oakland six; necessitates this development-. Facilities for Bufck glome months age thebe Was authorized additional facilities fob the Bulck Motor Division, in Flint; Mlelb This ‘will become available ■July 1, and will result In substantially increasing- the capacity a? the Buie'S plant-. Approximately lli-,000-,-000 additional has how been authorized to create body building faeMties !n Flint-. One half of the Bulck closed bodies now built in Detroit, Will hereafter he huilt sh fiffiftt-. ’The demand for Buick car* has alfeftest ■continuously exceeded the supply i and it is believed the change* will take care of the demand. Sales of Frigtdaira, manufactured by the Delco-Light Company, Dayton, Ohio, -also a General "Motors dlvtsfotfi-, bave increased sO rapidly that there has been authorized an expenditure of $12,000,000 to double the present plant facilities, Which VIH then he 2,000 Frlg-idaire Units; per -day, TO Build Busses The General Motors Will engage in the manufacture of busses, and ah additional investment of $10,000,000 or perhaps more wifi he expend--ed In the Yellow Truck and GoAoh Manufacturing Company. Included in the Yellow Truck program Is the ■organization of an entirely hew system of motor car transportation for which purpose the Hurtz Drfwyurself, Colporation was formed. This plan contemplates the derntopment of A national syntevft of touting motor oars, Without driver., on; the basis of a stated amount pet mile. It Will ultimately be possible! to obtain a car in almost any city.. l operate it as long as desired, and leave ft at another town.. These increases in the program of General - Motors will add many thousands of employes in all branches of skilled, and unskilled -labor.

GUN VICTIM IS BETTER i YVTffe Blamed for Accident a* Sugar Creek 'Camjx l Condition of S. Jt. Stafford, 3?, of 1114 Atwood St,, was improved at the city hospital today, Stafford is suffering from buckshot wounds on the side of his face, received, he told police. When his -shotgun was accidentally discharged at a. camp ora Sugar Creek, near the Marlon and Shelby County line. Stafford said he sighted a squirrel, and called to his wife to bring bis gun, who stood it beside bis chair l and i tfell. Police are investigating further. FIRE IN KAHN BUILDING \ A large crowd followed the downtown fire apparatus to the Kahn Bldg., Meridian and Washington Sts... today and, -watched firemen extinguish a small fire in a pile of trash on the second floor,' Firemen reported no damage.

STORE CLOSED ALL DAY FRIDAY , 'A, ‘ To Prepare and Rearrange Our Entire Stock for Indiana’s Greatest Furniture Bargain Event! Look for Complete Details in Friday's Times FEENEY FUMITURE CO. 128-130 West Washington St. > .

ALONG AUTO ROW

Si D; Jenkins and Ray D; Peek; driving a Studebaker big 61*; pulled into San FranelseO at 12:27 p. hi; on Thursday; June 17, having Smashed the transcontinental record by is hours and SB minutes; ac ; cordirig- to an announcement Just he* eeived by the Armacost Automobile Company; ioeai distributors es Studebaker cars-. Total elapsed time from New York Was 88 hours and 20 minutes; beating the fastest train time by 0 hours and 23 hilnutes. The previous heeerA Was 102 hours and 43 minutes. Due of the outstanding faets about this Remarkable run was the fact that the can lubricated by Penn* zoit, made the entire trip with its erankcase healed. The oil was not ehanged throughout the trip and only eleven quarts were consumed; an average of 813 miles to the quart. Shipments and retail sales of the Chrysler* Corporation in May; were the largest for 'any corresponding month in the history of the Chrysler Corporation; according to Carl H. Wallerlch; president of Carl H. Walierich; InC. v Indianapolis distributors-. Wallerlch pointed out that orders on hand indicate ft larger demand than ever before for Chrysler automobiles. The announcement of record breaking sales for May follows price reductions in the Imperial '*Bo'* and Chrysler ”70“ and

CHRYSLER *7o* at Savings of^Oto^OO • • At its sensational lower prices, Chrysler “70” is more remarkable than ever before. For with these savings of *SO to S 2OO Chrysler veu, price* Swing* “70” is unchanged in every detail— Coach - v * *1395 *SO _ .. . , . , ... Roadster * 1525 100 Seventy miles and more per hour with silky Rrwal Coinv 1695 fOO smoothness; a flashing pick-up with absolute Brougham - 1745 120 security; amazing economy; a magical ease of Sedan - - 1545 150 handling; restful and unmatched riding comRoyal Sedan 1795 200 fort the results of Chrysler standardized Crown Sedan 1895 200 quality of design, materials and craftsmanship. (All pricet f.•. b. Detroit, •vbtect to current Faitvai exd*t tax) We are eager to prove to you why the Chrysler plan. More than 4300 Chrrsler dealers assure “70” —priced today at savings of *SO to *2OO superior Chrysler service everywhere. . . t • I 1 . , . . . _ , , , —is the incomparable motor car value in its Chrysler Model Numbers . , Mean Miles Per Hour piTCC CIaSS. ** 585

CARL H. WALLERICH, Inc. AfA'in IH2# Sale* and Santee Meridian at St. Joseph Porter Motor Sales Cos. Norton Automobile Cos. Newby Motor Car Cos. 635 Virginia At*„ URmI 4468 41# X, Capitol Are. RI ley 4614 2708 E. Washington. WEb. 2406

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Ellison Fad Joy, salesman, who was formerly connected with Dodge Bros., ha* Joined the sates force of Carl 11. Wallerlch, Inc., Indianapolis Chrysler distributor*.

the addition of the lighter six cylinder “60’’ torthe Chrysler line.

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The reductions were made possible by substantial reductions in costs through a policy of standardized quality, which \Was adopted by the Chrysler corporation, Mr, Wallerlch said-. The cars have not been changed in any detail, the quality, workmanship and materials being the same. Reductions in the Imperial ' “80” ranged from SIOO to S4OO, while cuts Jn prices on the “70“ were from SSO to S2OO,

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobile* reported stolen to police belong to; Fred Schlegel, R. R> 6, box 285, Ford 619-667, from Pennsylvania and New York Sts, Harold Stevens, 348 WJ Thirty First St., Ford 57-999, from Monument PI., near Market St. The Rev, Charles E Bishop, 331 Layman Aw, Ford 576-622, from Market and Delaware Sts, SET UTILITY hIaRIWG Public Service Commissioner Samuel R, Artman has fixed Monday t 5 hear evidence in the petition of the Indiana Gas Utilities Company of Terre Haute to absorb gas properties in that city, Brazil and Richmond, worth in the aggregate approximately $3,000,000, . Properties involved are the Citizens’ Gas and Fuel Company of Terre 'Haute; the Richmond Light,

Doctor Buys Hudson Brougham

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Dr. B. E. Ellis, 437 E. Thirty-Sixth KL (left), sn<l ills new Hudson Brougham recently purchased from Kepiier /right), of the Jolin A. Murphy Company Inc., 2124 W. Washington Nt., Hudson and Essex dealers. The plioio wu taken after Dr. Ellis and Mrs, Ellis had returned from a two-day trip through southern Indiana.

Heat and Power Company, and the Brazil Gas Company. The petition

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