Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 158, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 November 1928 — Page 8

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COLOR AND LINE TO ADD VARIETY T 0 1929SH0WS Auto Exhibits Will Present Radical Innovations Over Past. Radical departure from what has been seen in the past will feature the national automobile shows this season. A number of elements will combine to make the big displays in Grand Central Palace, New York, the week of Jan. 5 to 12, and in the Chicago Coliseum, Jan. 26 to Feb. 2, new and different from predecessors—things which tend to prevent a great industry from becoming static after twenty-eight years. One of these elements is the modem use of color, which is becoming more expressive in industry every day. Numerous new color combinations and departures in handling the color masses of bodies with certain modernistic touches, will be noted. Silhouettes New Another element is the change in silhouette, both front and side view, of the new models, which, in general, is refreshing to the eye. The application of dynamic symmetry to low-hung car bodies and chasses —and the tendency to make the lines rhythmic and simple, will be quite apparent on many show models. As for the setting of the show itself, the exhibition arrangement and the decorations will be different from what has gone before. Details of this will be announced shortly. A grand staircase to be constructed in the center of the show, ascending from the main floor to mezzanine, will be the feature about which the decorative scheme will be built. Foreign Makers Invited Another novel show feature is the international aspect, foreign makers being invited to exhibit this year for the first time. British, German and French cars will be shown. On Monday, Jan. 7, automobile men from many lands will take part in the International day activities. President AJvan Macaulay and the 'board of directors of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce have invited more than 7,000 automobile dealers in 107 countries. At the New York show in Grand Central Palace there will be shown more than two hundred passenger cars, forty-four of them being American maks and five being foreign products. There will be several hundred exhibits of parts and accessories. The shop equipment section again will be featured, with sixty or more exhibitors. In this there will be numerous interesting new devices.

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DODGE jALES SOAR Price Slashes Bring Heavy Demand for Cars. Price reductions of $l5O to $250 recently announced on all Victory Six and Standard Six models have resulted in unusually heavy demands for cars from Dodge Brothers dealers everywhere. Shipments have been speeded up to take care of orders pouring in to the factory, and indications are that November shipments will be one of the heaviest fall months in the history of the company. The reductions were announced to the public after aggressive work at the factory aiming at volume production and sales. “At these new low prices, a value never before offered in the industry its presented to the public,” said John R. Lee, general sales manager. “All models are the latest types built by the company, and represent a wide selection of body styles and color combinations. The reductions

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as announced have brought a quality six on the market at prices formerly paid for a four.’ CARBURETORS IMPROVED Oakland Sixes Have Air Cleaner As Feature. Efficient muffling of carburetor “hissing,” reduction of fire hazard and practically 100 per cent air cleaning are advantages claimed for the new type “oilwetted” air cleaner used as standard equipment on the latest Oakland All-American Six. The cleaner, attached to the intake of the larger carburetor, is composed of a porous mass of oilwetted copper ibbons enclosed in a metal cylinder through which air is drawn, according to research engineers at the AC Spark Plug company, makers of the cleaner, in a report to the Oakland Motor Car company. “In passing through the pores of this filtering mass,” the report continues, “any dust particles come in contact with the oil surface and are retained by them.

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WILLYS-OVERLAND IS KEEPING YEAR’S PACE October Sales of Whippets Show Gain of 100 Per Cent Over 1927. With October sales of Whippet fours and sixes and Willys-Knight sixes showing an increae of 100 per cent over the same month of 1927, Wlyys-Overland maintained its month-by-month record breaking achievement that has marked the first ten months of the current year. This notable accomplishment began in January at the time the prices on the Whippet four models were slashed to the lowest mark in Willys-Overland history and placed the Toledo manufacturer in direct price competition with the lowest priced fours without reducing in any way the quality of the cars or elimination of any of the features. From the first of the year right on through the close of October the Willys-Overland company has shown remarkable gains over 1927. The current year is stamped as the greatest ever experienced by the' company.

STUTZ BOOSTS MANAGER FORCE AS SALES MOVE Five Experienced Executives Added; Plan Increase in Production. Preparatory to enlarged production plans and a contemplated increase in the number of distributors and dealers throughout the country, Stutz Motor Car Company of Americe, Inc., recently has added five new district managers to their sales force, according to an announcement by Ed R. Parker, general sales manager. The new r Stutz field representatives are F. K. Maitland, James F. Boyd, Edward M. Knoff, Jules Ellingboe and H. H. Hevey. All of the new district managers come to Stutz v/ith long years of training in the automobile business, and they are men who are well and favorably known in the industry. Maitland, who will serve as a special factory representative for Stutz, has been associated with Willys-Overland, Chandler and Studebaker. Associated With Other Firms Boyd was connected with WillysOverland, Inc., for more than nine years, starting as retail sales manager of their Seattle factory branch and then in the canacity of manager of Willys-Overland branches at Spokane, Indianapolis and Denver. He joined the domestic sales organization of Dodge Brothers, Inc., last spring. Since 1919, Knoff has been associated with Pierce Arrow, WillysOverland and Chandler. He was special representative for Pierce Arrow from 1919 to 1921 and served in the same capacity for Chandler from 1921 to 1925. Experience Wide Jules Ellingboe is one of the best known members of the automobile racing fraternity. He has piloted a racer six times in the international 500-mile race on the Indianapolis speedway and has engaged in many other speed contests throughout the country. Hevey has spent the last eight years in automobile sales work, with Marmon, Chandler, Studwebr.ker and Willys-Overland. He sold cars at retail for the Marmon branch in Indianapolis from 1920 until 1922.

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AUTOISTS TOLD OF Clff FIRMS Oil Company Broadcasts ‘Know Your City.’ Believing that Indianapolis motorists would be interested in knowing of the prominence and expense of many Indianapolis industries. Western Oil Refining Company of this city, makers of Silver Flash and Target gasolines, is sponsoring a unique series of radio programs under the title of “Know Your Indianapolis.” These programs are broadcast every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9 p. m., from station WFBM. Each night that Western Oil is on the air a different Indianapolis industry is reviewed by giving the description of its plant, products, number of Indianapolis people employed, as well as many other interesting and informative facts. “Indianapolis has long been known as the city of diversified industries,” said J. H. Trimble, president of West Oil Refining Company, “and we are taking a lot of pride in broadcasting a review of these industries. Few people realize how many influential industries Indianapolis can boast of and the scope of their activities.” Auto Ineuranee Aeioelatlo* Vino proposition lor nIiMM Chamber of Commerce Bolldlnf Lincoln m INDIAN AVO UB

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