Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 74, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 August 1928 — Page 9

AUG. 16, 1928.

GARAGES FORM ASSOCIATION TO BOOSTSERVICE Square Deal to All Part of Creed of New Local Organization. Putting the garage man on a higher plane in the eyes of the public is the object of the newly organized Indianapolis Garage and Repair Shop Association. The organization has a two-fold purpose. The public benefits in that any motorist is assured of a square deal from any garage in this association. Should an owner feel that he has been charged unjustly or that the work is unsatisfactory, he may appeal his case to the association secretary and have his trouble adjusted. To the garage man the association offers free legal service, free employment bureau, collective advertising, and the benefit of a collection bureau. The officers of the association are Earl W. Showalter, president; Don Herr, vice president; George Hurley, treasurer, and Edward Fark, secretary. The directors are Donald Armentrout, T. V. Neidhamer and O. E. Perry. Taken from the by-laws is the following “Code of Ethics”: My business standards shall include the best customs which have grown up among business men—and the live sympathy which ties human beings into a common humanity. Lay Down Principles I accept and commend the following principles as essential to a code of ethics for all members of the association: To regard and maintain my business as a dignified and honorable profession. To give earnest thoughtfulness to increased knowledge of my business, and to a constantly developed skill in the practice of it. To give each client ,and customer the best of my life and energy. To make justice and generosity the law of my personal life, and to base all my professional aims on these qualities. To order my professional relations so that my associates may be inspired by my example. To keep such moderation in my conversations that my customers and associates shall know me to be dependable. To hold friendship as the most cherished of all items to be gained by any person. I will strive to keep | myself fit for the friendship and confidence of all women and men and young persons. Uphold Golden Rule To hold that abuse of friendship, or betrayal of confidence is a direct violation of this code. To refrain > from securing any business at the I cost of what others miglT call ques- | tionable morality. To encourage l

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others by my example to make the Golden Rule a practical guide of daily life. To affirm stoutly that members of the organization face a duty to be true leaders in the practice of cooperation that American citizenship may become the leader of the nations of mankind in finding and maintaining peace and permanent happiness.

NASH SETS RECORD Losey Says July Business Best in History. R. H. Losey, president of the Losey-Nash Motor Company, State distributors of Nash cars, reports the delivery of more cars during the last month than during any previous •July in the history of his company. “Our deliveries during July, 1928, were 27 per cent in excess of our best previous July,” said Losey. This

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tory production will permit this will be not only our best August, but also our banner month for all time up to the present. "So tremendous has been the demand for the Nash ‘4oo’ Series that Nash distributors and dealers in all parts of the country are in a badly oversold condition.

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U. S. TURNS OUT THREE MILLION AUTOSJN 1027 Indiana Ranks Sixth With .19 Factories; Michigan Is First. Bn Times Special WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—Last year nearly three and a half million motor vehicles were manufactured in this country and put on the market here and abroad. The Department of Commerce has just completed its biennial census of manufacturers, and announces these figures for automobiles. There were 2.873,380 passenger vehicles included in the total produced last year, and 85.5 per cent of these were closed cars. In 1921 only 21.6 per cent of all - cars made were glass-enclosed. Commercial vehicles numbered 452,051; public conveyances, 8,944; Government vehicles, 1,430, and trailers, 18,893. Total value of all these machines was $2,846,212,652, of which all but about seven millions is represented in passenger vehicles. Since 1925, the census shows, there has been a decline of 19.9 per cent in the number of motor vehicles manufactured here annually, and a decrease of 21.4 per cent in the number of passenger vehicles manufactured. Contrary to popular belief, not all tuomobile factories are located in Michigan, nor a very large percentage of them. The census showed a total of 262 establishments, thirty-five less than there were two years before. Os these fourty-four are in Michigan, thirty-four in Ohio, twenty-five in Illinois, twenty-two in California, twenty in New York, nineteen in j Indiana, fourteen each in Pennsyl- ! vania and Wisconsin, and the rest j scattered through twenty-six differ- ! ent States. FAN SACRIFICES DINNER ON ALTAR OF BASEBALL Leaves Leg of Lamb Behind Jn Excitement Over Game. Bn United Press CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 16. Billy Evans, general manager of the Cleveland American League baseball team, says that when the home team gets lots of hits the customers leave all sorts of domestic accoutrei ments behind in their joy, excitej ment or bewilderment, j But the one “that took the cake” i went on record yesterday. Some John Smith or other went to the market for Mrs. Smith and decided to drop around at Dunn field on the way home to see the ball game. Cleveland was hitting. The crack of the bat sounded sweet. So John Smith went home and left behind a big leg of lamb—Mrs. Smith’s dinner meat.

of course has been due to the wonderful reception given the new Nash ‘4oo’ Series by the public. “F u r t hermore, unfilled orders on hand Aug. 1 were so numerous as to lead us to con-, elude that August will prove to be another record month. I can* see nothing to prevent this and feel confident that if sac-

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BY SWEDE SWANSON A nation-wide plan is being advanced for the adoption of courses in automobile mechanics and operation in educational institutions of the country. The proposed courses would include construction and care of motor vehicles, operation of an automobile, motor vehicle laws and municipal traffic regulations and the study of motor vehicle accidents, their causes and prevention. Thus “motorology” is to take its place among the regular studies of our public schools, with history, geography and chemistry. It deserves such recognition and attention, for it concerns our lives today as much, if not more so, as does ihe French Revolution or the locations of Tacna and Arica. By imbuing our youth with the knowledge of automotive operations and the complexities of highway travel, such courses will help bring a decline in the toll of traffic accidents that, at present, continue to rise. We of today, knowing comparatively little of what goes on under the hood or of what is expected of us on the road, fail to comprehend the seriousness of our positions at the wheel, despite frequent warnings, accidents and arrests. Perhaps the next generation, bred by education rather than threats, will be more deeply impressed with the value of conservative, safe driving. Here is a choice bit of motor happenings that goes to show how even the skilled trouble-shooter never can be too sure of himself. He had made the boast that he could tell what was wrong with his engine without so much as lifting the hood. Someone questioned him and, by agreement, made a secret adjustment of the engine designed to upset its equilibrium. “That,” decided the owner, “is a dead spark plug. You’ve spread the points apart. Now if the skipping were due to a loose ignition wire there would be a snapping sound from the stray spark, in addition to the skipping of the engine.” But he was wTong. An ignition wire had been disconnected, but placed in such a way that its exposed end could not throw a spark to any metal points around the cylinder head, proving that you can’t always tell car troubles by their sounds. What with increased vigilance and anti-theft devices, the number of stolen cars has reduced from two out of five in' 1920 to one out of five today. Before an applicant for a motor vehicle in California can get one, he must know the meaning of the various warning signs that line the State highways. The construction of the Holland vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River at New York has resulted in the beginning of seventeen new bus lines traveling through the tunnel.

OAKLAND HAS NEWFEATURES Seven Improvements Boost Performance. PONTIAC, Mich., Aug. 16.—Oakland Motor Car Company announces seven improvements designed to make the new series Pontiac Six more powerful, faster and more flexible of operation. Major changes include anew carburetor, new intake manifold, new air deflector, higher gear ratio, larger tires, smaller wheels,. and smart new Duco colors on the sport landau sedan. Outstanding among the new improvements is a one-inch carburetor of the approved type used on the Oakland All-American Six. Not only is it simpler of adjustment and more accurate than the old type, but increased speed, power, acceleration and fuel economy are achieved by its use in conjunction with the new manifold and gear ratio. Connected

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with the carburetor is anew mushroom type air deflector. The intake manifold has been changed to accommodate changes in the carburetor, and the rear axle gear ratio stepped up to 4.3 to 1. With the increase in gear ratio, the rate of piston travel is still considerably less than that of any other car in the low priced six-cylinder field. Greater beauty and a big car appearance is achieved by the use of larger 29 by 5-inch balloon tires and j smaller wheels. OAKLAND AND PONTIAC SALES SET NEW MARK Production in 1928 Already Near Total for Last Year. Continuing the record seetlng pace which has resulted in new high sales figures every month since the first of the year, the Oakland Motor Car Company sold a total of 22,704 Oakland and Pontiac sixes during July. W. R. Tracy, vice president in charges of sales, announces. This compares with 16,752 units sold in July, 1927, or a gain of 35 Li per cent; and brings the total of

new Oaklands and Pontiacs shipped since January 1 to 184,252 cars, a gain of 63 per cent, this year over last, Tracy said. “Our combined output of Oakland and Pontiac cars in 1927 was 192,966 units,” he said. By the end of July of this year our sales had mounted to 184,252 new cars, leaving less than 9,000 units to go until we surpass the entire output of last year.

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Foreign motorists bought 86,000 American-designed automobiles in one month of this year. This is a record for American sales outside the United States. Automobile insurance premiums last year amounted to nearly $415,000,000. This is fast approaching the total for fires in the United States, which is $711,000,000.