Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 89, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 August 1934 — Page 6

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AUTOMOTIVE NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

FORD STAFFS COMPETE FOR TRIPS TO FAIR Service Men and Parts Dealers in Contest to End Aug. 31. • According to R. A. Hayes. Indianapolis branch manager, local Ford dealers and their employes, particularly service managers and parts merchandisers, are putting lorth their be.'t efforts to win their share of awards in a Century of Progress contest now being conducted concurrently by each of the Ford Motor Company’s thirty-two branches

throughout the United States. The purpose of the contest, which began June 15 and will end Aug. 31, is to bring ‘o a maximum of efficiency the service given Ford car owners. Winners will be determined by a point system, which stresses such essentials as maintaining a

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model garage, with up-to-date equipment and skilled mechanics, maintaining :t minimum, well balanced stock and selling genuine Ford parts and accessories. Among other prizes there are for service managers and parts merchandisers three-day visits, with all expenses paid, to the Ford exposition at the World's fair. There are 600 first prizes, so that late in September when the winners have been determined, 600 Ford service and parts men will be in Chicago, the largest single group ol Ford employes to visit the fair. MURRAY CORPORATION REPORTS PROFIT GAIN First Half of Year Shows Loss in 1933 Replaced. By Timt * Sprrinl DETROIT. Aue. 23.—Murray Corporation of America and subsidiaries 'producing automobile bodies and accessories) report for six months ended June 30, 1934, a profit of $280,771 after ordinary taxes, depreciation and interest, but before federal taxes and subsidiary preferred dividends. This compares with a net loss of $477,346 in first half of 1933. For the quarter ended June 30, last, profit was $52,161 before federal taxes and subsidiary preferred dividends comparing with a profit of $228 610 in the preceeding quarter and a net loss of $31,658 in the June quarter of previous year. Capital stock amounts to 768,331 shares of $lO par value. SURVEY SHOWS TRAFFIC GAIN ON GREAT LAKES Passenger Lines Have Increased 20 to 40 Per Cent. By Vmitrtl Pr> * CLEVELAND. Aug. 23—Passenger traffic on the Great Lakes has Increased from 20 to 40 per cent over last year and 1932. survey among the pasenger lines reveals. The Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company reports a 25 per cent increase over two years ago in passenger traffic and a 20 per cent gam over last year. The Detroit and Cleveland lines show a 30 per cent increase in traffic over last year and 40 per cent over 1932. The Great Lakes Transit Corporation of Buffalo, which has threepassenger boats in service, also reports increased traffic. SWITZERLAND LEADS MILK CONSUMPTION European Nation Uses 280 Quarts for Each Person Annually. By l mit.J rr. t, NEW YORK. Aug. 23—Statistics released by the United States department of agriculture shows that Switzerland leads all other countnes df the world in the annual consumption ol milk, with 280 quarts lor each person. Second place for this distinction is shared by United States and Germany, each of which boasts of 220 quarts for each person. Canada * ranks next, with 200 quarters. The figures on other large milk* drinking nations, also computed annually and for each person, are: Great Britain 120 quarts; France, 100 quarts, and Chile. 30 quarts. SAFETY SCHOOL WILL OPEN FOR THIRD YEAR Bendix Course Free to Any Auto Mechanic Employed. By 7 imf* .-in; ini SOUTH BEND. Aug. 23—Instructors of the Bondix Safety Service school in this city are preparing for the forthcoming 1934-35 term with great optimism. It is expected that attendance of the school during the coming autumn and winter will far exceed the two previous years. The Bendix school may be attended by any regularly employed automotive mechanic free of charge. It Is only necessary for the student to provide expenses to and from South Bend and living expenses while here. PLANT WILL BE MOVED National Armature Works Will Occupy Columbus Factory. By 1 Spmal BLUEFIELD. W Va.. Aug 23 The National Armature and Electric Works is preparing to remove its business and equipment to Columbus. 0., where a modem industrial plant has been acquired to permit expansion of its facilities. Operations will be started in Columbus late in September. THK ITCH Prevalent in Indianapolis Go to Hook's or any good drug store and get a bottle of Gates Sanative wash. Guaranteed to stop the embarrassment and discomfort of itch. 60c large bottle. * —Advertisement.

PLYMOUTH PLANT PRODUCES MILLIONTH CAR

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Although the entire automobile industry was occupied from 1900 to 1922 in building the first million ears. Walter P. Chrysler has produced 1,000.000 Plymoulhs in six years. He is shown as he drove the millionth car from the production line at the Plymouth plant in Detroit. Standing beside him is B. E. Hutchinson, chairman of the hoard.

ENGINE GROUP WILL CONVENE National Session to Be Held in Indianapolis Next May. Announcement of dates for the! national convention of the Automotive Engine Builders’ Association to be held in Indianapolis next i spring, has been made by R. G. Patterson, Indianapolis, executive vicepresident. Meetings and exhibits at the Claypool hotel are scheduled for May 27 to 30, inclusive, making it possible for the more than eight hundred convention visitors to be in the city at the time of the Speedway 500-mile race. The invitation for the national association to hold its annual meeting here was extended by a committee representing the Indianapolis automobile wholesale trade and by the Indianapolis convention and publicity bureau. Members of the committee are Fred W. Dennerline of the Indiana Wheel and Rim Company, chairman; Frank Peters, Central Rubber and Supply Company, secretary, and C. W. Younts, Eagle Machine Company, treasurer. Officers of the national association, in addition to Patterson, are j John L. Heckman, Chicago, presi- j dent; D. h. Goldman. Baltimore,! and L. C. Smith, East Chicago, vice- I presidents; H. P. Phillips, St. Louis, ] secretary, and Mr. Younts, treasurer.

MAURI ROSE MAKES DEBUT IN BUSINESS Service Garage Opened by Race Driver. Mauri Rose, whose neck-and-neck race with Bill Cummings in the 500mile dash at the Speedway last Memorial day won him lasting fame and a warm spot in the hearts of the crowds, has gone into business for himself. Associated with Clyde Terry, one of the Speedway's oldest master mechanics. Mr. Rose announces opening of the Speedway Service Garage at 332 North Capitol avenue. General automobile repairs and body work will be handled by others of an expert crew. Prior to becoming a racing driver eight years ago Mauri, who finished second here in 1934 and led a great part of the race, served ten years as an automobile mechanic. Walt Myers, formerly with the Stutz factory and riding mechanic for Mr. Rose in the race, also is a member of the staff. .

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Fuel for Speedway Race Will Be Less Next Year

Two and One-Half Gallons Cut From Limit Used in 1934 Event. A further reduction in fuel allowed for the entire route will be in effect with the running of the twenty-third annual 500-mile race at the Indianapolis Motor speedway next May 30. For the first time in the history of the automobile racing classic, ears last year wer erestricted to forty-five gallons, forcing them to complete the competition at an average of better than eleven miles to the gallon, Bill Cummings, the winner, turned in a remarkable performance, averaging fourteen miles to the gallon. Meeting in a special session recently a special rules committee of the contest board of the American Automobile Association decided to further restrict fuel by two and one-half gallons, allowing drivers a total of forty-two and one-half gallons for the run. The committee decided to make an undetermined exception of twocycle gasoline burning motors, appointing a special committee to investigate the matter and make recommendations. A change also was made in the qualifying requirements for Diesel oil-burning racers, two of which were entered last year. It was decided to give the oil-burners a five mile an hour advantage over the gasoline powered motors. Only tne thirty-three fastest cars are allowed to start and the Diesels will add five miles an hour to whatever speed they made in a twenty-five-mile qualifying run and take their chances of starting with the other competitors. Last year they were given a starting position regardless of speed of the other cars, if they made an average speed of ninety-five miles an hour. Hoping to eliminate a situation NEW MANAGER CHOSEN Frank Chappell Takes Position With Canadian General Motors. By 7 imrs ireial TORONTO, Aug. 22. Colonel Frank Chappell has been appointed public relations manager of General Motors of Canada. For many years associated with General Motors of Canada, he was prior to that time city engineer of Oshawa, Ontario. He is a native of Wales and a graduate of the department of engineering of the University of South Wales.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TRIES

which developed last year when Mauri Rose, second-place winner, contested the Cummings’ victory, contending that contrary to the rules he gained on him while running under a yellow flag that signified danger, a special ground rule that all cars next year must slow down to seventy-five miles an hour while running under the caution flag was agreed upon. Colonel E. V. Rickenbacker, chairman of the contest board, presided at the meeting attended by leading automotive engineers.

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THREE POINTS DISCLOSED IN PONTIAC TEST Speed, Economy and Ease of Riding Shown at Lake Bed Course. Anew method for motor car demonstrating was adopted at Muroc Lake, Cal., recently when 260 members of the Pontiac organization and thirty-two newspaper men from all parts of southern California participated in a field day devoted to testing of speed, economy and riding ease on the dry bed of the famous proving ground, states W. L. Pavlovski, Indianapolis zone manager of the Pontiac. Preparations made in advance by a crew- sent to the desert lake from Los Angeles, 110 miles away, included laying out a two-mile straight-away speedway, a five-mile economy course and a 200-yard knee action track. Holes ranging from six to twelve inches in depth were dug in the knee-action course. A cook tent and mess tent were set up. All members of the party took part in the three tests. Twelve stock cars were used and in eighty-five dashes across the lake the cars ranged in speed from an average of 85 to 93 miles an hour. Economy tests which were conducted at from 30 to 45 miles an hour showed from 19 to 24 miles a gallon.’ The ride test over the 200-yard course was a comparison between a 1933 model car and a 1934 Pontiac with knee-action. The course was so rough that it was diffiult to remain in the seat of the older model even at a speed of five miles an hour.

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