Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 October 1937 — Page 3

hauded.

U. S. FORGES DEFEND LINES AT SHANGHAI

Ordered to Fire, if Needed, As Crazed Refugees Rush Barricades.

(Continued from Page One)

ner to the defense line west of the city. At try barricades frenzied men, women and children civilians, and painmaddened Chinese soldiers, blood oozing through the fingers they clutched over gaping wounds, fought for admission to the comparative safety ment. Fight to Keep Lines

- eaninillome.m. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 27, 1937

59 Marble Devices Seized

new Chiang Kai-shek

the Marine and British infan- |

of the International Settle- |

The Marines and the British in- |

fantrymen flanking them on their left, tried their hardest to keep the refugees in line. They civilians and wounded soldiers or those who, unwounded, took off their uniforms. But the crowds were frenzied. They were blocked immovably in a road on the British lines, and it was necessary for the Royal Ulster Rifles, backed by police, to make a sortie and beat them back with rifle butts and clubs. Women and children were trampled, screaming, under the feet of men, insane with fear, who had tried to storm the barriers. One wounded rifle bullet.

British infantryman

An Italian grenadier was Killed |

post in the Italian defense sector by a 50-caliber antiaircraft bullet. He died, shot through the left breast, as he arrived at

at his

Briefly,

patch was written was that the

Japanese had fought their way into | had taken |

Shanghai proper. They the Chapei-North Railroad Station area in the northern part of the city. They surrounded on three sides some thousands rear guards. On was Soochow Creek, and on the other Side of the creek were the American Marines. The main Chinese Army, aban-| ning the Kiangwan suburb northeast of the city and the ChapeiNorth Station sector in the city were retreating in orderly to their new line, which starts just west of the city and runs northward from the Chungshang Road to the Shanghai-Nanking Railroad, ough Chenju and on to ang " Kwanfu and Liuho, up near the Yangtze River. This is the Chiang Kai-shek line of steel, con-

crete and barbed wire fortifications | which the Chinese long ago de- | cided to retire when the Japanese |

‘big push” made it suicidal to remain on their old front.

a | The Japanese were driving from |

the Chen of their drive would make it impossible for the Chinese te consolidate for a stand. It was still uncertain whether the Japanese would do Chinese proper. This day of terror started when Japanese planes went up at dawn— 30 in one fleet, 12 in another—to | bomb the Chinese lines. Soon after- | ward every Japanese gun within range was turned on the Chapei- | North Railroad Station area. During the night, under cover of the dark, the Chinese were pouring back from their salient in the Kiangwan suburb, and the Japanese | planes ripped through the crowded, pushing lines of troops with their bombs and bullets.

north toward Nanziang and

entirely from

There was an insane rush forward | and!

on to the British barriers

was | in the cheek by a stray |

the | United States Marine field hospital. | the situation as this dis-|

of Chinese | the fourth side |

manner |

Nan- |

ju, hoping that the momentum |

this, and thus Isolate the | Shanghai |

admitted | Chinese |

Just campaign started yesterday. at headquarters,

Uls

barbed wire entanglements. ter riflemen, trol over their lines would meal disaster in the settlement, went out and began beating back the crowd with their rifie butts. Everyone who entered the lines was searched care- | fully for arms. The press of men, doomed unless they could enter the settlement, spread over to the U. S. Marine sector. The Marines, told the soldiers to take off their uniforms, and soon the Chinese were stripping and starting through Marine lines. The Marines, in their lines, | watched helplessly while Japanese { mopping-up squads chased handfuls | of scurrying Chinese rear guards | into corners and shot or bayonetted them. It looked as if the situation (about as bad as it could be. But (then, in midafternoon, the big fires inn the Chapei section began licking [their way down toward

Was

ment, opposite American | There was a soutn wind, and this was the sole hope against the flames leaping the creek Into the settlement. Fire brigade officials said that the fire was becoming the big- | gest in the history of the city. British authorities became anx-

western area of the International Settlement, and tonight the British

| Consulate General warned all who |

lived there to remain close indoors | as far as possible for the next few [days, to avoid stray bullets or shell fragments. “Be prepared to evacuate instantly if necessary,”

Tokyo Rejects Bid ‘To Peace Parley

| TOKYO, Oct. (U. P.).—Japan today rejected Belgium's invitation | to attend the Nine-Power confer- | ence at Brussels Nov. the Far Eastern crisis. The rejection was not unexpected. | The leading Minseito and Seivukai Parties, as well as other political | groups in the Lower House, | agreed that a “polite rejection” | the invitation was “preferable.” The Japanese reply saw in Belgian invitation

the

IN INDIANAPOLIS

i MEETINGS TODAY Kiwanis Club, luncheon, Columbia Club,

ai Order of Moose, mask ball, Moose Temple, night. Associated Press, fall meeting of Indiana members, Columbia Club, 10 a. m, Tie Association of Credit Men, industrial group, Columbia Club, 6 p. m. beverage group. luncheon. Athenaeum Inn. Lions Club, luncheon Hotel Washington, noon Young Men's YY. M . Auu8.D Purdize Alumni Hote verin, noon. 12th District American Legion, . Board of Trade, noon Alpha Epsilon, luncheon, rade, noon ' indtana Association of meeting, Hotel Washington, National Cost Accountants, tel Wash ton, 6:30 p. m, ¥ Apartment Owners’ Association, eon, Hotel Washington, noon. Jndiana Petroleum Association, Severin Hotel a, m. Indiana Ice Industries Rskekiation, meetn Hotel, 10 a. (Also See Women’s Events, Page 16)

Discussion Club, dinner, Tosociavion, luncheon, lunchBoard Optometrists, all day. dinner, Holunch-

conven-

MEETINGS TOMORROW

Savings and Loan League, executive luncheon. Severin Hotel, noon.

m o Rainbow Division. luncheon, Hotel Wash- |

Hotel

lunch-

In ar Wright Sewell, luncheon, Washington, noon. Indianapolis Real Estate Board, eon. Hotel Washington, “noon. Advertising Club of Indianapolis, Columbia Club. noon. luncheon, Board of

Show, all day. Association of Credit Men, fine paper group, luncheon, men’s grill, William H. Block Co., noon. Indiana Fraternal Congress, Claypool Hotel. noon. American Business Club, Jumbia Club, noon. Acacia, luncheon, Sigma Nu, luncheon, noon : : : indiana Motor Traffic Association, luncheon. Hotel Antlers, noon. Construction League of un cheon, Architects and Builders Building,

“oil Club, luncheon. Hotel Severin, noon. Indiana Real Estate Association, board meeting. Hotel Washington. 9 a Indiana Association of Hotel Washington, all day.

BIRTHS Girls ta Casby, at 21 S. Brook-

at 5920 E. .21st, at 1032 S. New

at 1415 W.

lunchTrade,

Union

eon, Sigma Chi, noon. Fat Sleer Stockvards, Indianapolis

Indianapolis

meeting luncheon, Co-

Board of Trade, noon. Hotel

n n

Alber

oR : Mary Taylor, Helen Medsker,

Charles, ville Nob! F loa,

Cl li lifford, Florence Obenchain, See .rles, Rose Flett, at Coleman, Leon. Ida Harding, Coleman, Larry, Roberta Hesoun, at Coleman. Thomas, Mary Speece, at Coleman. Edward. Arvadia Stillwell. at Coleman. Carl, Nellie Travis, at Coleman. Marvin, Georgia Cain, at 2646 Brookouts, Wessel, N Harding.

Pauline at 2656'2

Boys Kenneth, Ada Baugh, at Coleman Benjamin, Esther Coburn, at Coleman. Bill. Ruth Flohr. at Coleman Doyle, Mayme Oder, at Coleman Churles, Alice Steger. at Coleman. John, Dorothea White, at Coleman. Josephine Prurichia, at 508 S.

1104 N. 341

Angelo, Holmes. William, Bessie Alabama. Francis,

Summers, at at

41st

Reynolds,

rk. y n, Mary Carr, at 522 W. og wanda Rose, at 2738 N. Oxford, Ha rrison, Florence Grigsby, at 877 W.

25 James, Clara Perkins, at pas Paca ; at 313 St. Clair

Cari, Edith Bowlall Carl “Lillie Castor, at 444 5 Bel)

Virginia Pa

Washington, |

Indianapolis, |

. m. | Optometrists, |

DEATHS Eva 40, City, clusion William Abraham Bennett, 33d, carcinoma. Ione Elizabeth Shenault, diabetes mellitus, Harry Wright, coronary occlusion Martin Bailey, cerebral apoplexy. Allen Lloyd, 47, BerewioNS, Harriet elitis. Nancy Sue Mur phy, tuberculous meningitis Lilly Rooker. 75, at broncho-pneumonia. Lillie Reed, 4, at -City, William J. Landrigan, Washington, coronary Otis McDaniels mania. Effie Lewis, monia. Lorene Bol ana,

Brown, at coronary oc-

68,

33, at City,

50, at 1623 English,

83, at 725 S. Emerson,

at City, pulmonary tu-

Whisler, 23, at City, poliomy-

8 months, Riley,

520 E. Vermont Slpnther ia. 50, 132

occlusi on. 55, at City, lobar pneu-

27, at City, broucho-pneu-

Smull, 57, at Centra! Indiruptured gastric ulcer.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

United States Weather Bureau

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — Fair tonicht and tomorrow; cooler tonight with frost; somewhat warmer tomorrow.

Sunrise ...... 6:09 | Sunset ‘ 1:19 TEMPERATURE . —0ct. 27, 1936—

BAROMETER 29.85

Ta m

| Precipit A | Total | Excess

ation 24 hrs. enting 7 a. m. precipitation .. 38.44 | MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Generally fair morrow; slightly cooler tonight with local | frost; not so cool tomorrow. Ilineis—Fair tonight and somewhat warmer tomorrow; extreme south tonight. Lower Michigan—Generally fair tonight | | and tomorrow; slightly cooler tonight; not so cool tomorrow.

tomorrow; light {rost

| tonight; perature, Kentucky— Partly light to heavy a: temperst ure

tomorrow fair, slowly rising temcloudy tonight tomorrow fair, rising

WE ATHER IN N OTHER "CITIES AT b TAM M. Station. Weather, Bar. Amarillo, Clear 0.00 Bismarck, Clear Boston .. +» ++.Cloudy Chicago “hs ..Clear Cinicnnati ... ...Rain . Cloudy

Tex

N 0

Cleveland, Denver Dodge City, | Helena, Mont Case Jacksonville, Fla. . | Kansas City, Mo. | Little Rock, Ark. Los Angeles | Miami, Fla Minneapolis-St, ! Mobile, la Now Orleans New York “4 Ok’ . City, Okla. ... Omaha, Neb. Pittsburgh Portland. Ore, oat San Antonio, Tex. .. San Francisco St. Louis Tampa, Fla Washington, D. C.

C Paul . 7 Gi 56 46 3 46 60 54 4

.... Rain ....Cloudy 5

a few of the 59 pin-ball machines seized They are in the property room and garage

realizing that to lose con- |

like the British, |

off these tell-tale clothes |

Soochow | Creek and the International Settle- | Marines. |

| der at its meeting

ious at the danger to residents in the |

Five From

OTHERS KILLED INTRAIN WRECK

Indiana e Among 29 Hurt; Fire Slows Rescue.

DANVILLE, 1ll, Oct. 27 (U. P) —! Fire defied efforts of rescuers to re- |

‘move bodies today from the debris |

of a Wabash Line train wreck in |

| which three persons were killed and |

i smashed into the rear end of

Photo.

Times

by police in their

POLICE RAID 41 PLACES IN GITY

Morrissey to "UA Court Order to Destroy Machines.

Fifty-nine pin ball machines, confiscated on orders of the Safely Board, were held by police today following 41 raids on restaurants, taverns and hotels Chief Morrissey said he will ask | for Municipal Court orders to destroy the devices unless they are claimed by the owners, who must prove the devices were not used for gaming purposes. No arrests were made in the raids which continued from early yesterday afternoon to 3 a. m. today. Nearly all machines confiscated bore City license tags, police reported. The Safety Board issued the oryesterday after receiving numerous complaints that school children were spending their lunch money to play the devices. The order specified all machines “suspected” of being used for gaming should be brought to headquar-

| ters.

Chief Morrissey said his department suspects all pin ball and sim-

| ilar devices of being used for gam-

ended the warning. |

3 to Ci

had

‘some connec- |

at 146 W. |

1 | H. Davis,

01 | ing the conference. 5.23 |

tonight and to- |

with | FRONTIER. Oct.

Temp. | 52

ing. Two men were charged with op- | erating gift enterprises yesterday | after police said they found a quan- | tity of baseball tickets and punch boards in a restaurant in the 700 block of S. Emerson Ave. They were E. G. Allen, 339 Binghurst Ave., and Otis Pottoroff, 748 S. Emerson Ave.

tion with the League of Nations, which already has given moral support to China.” Imperial sanction of the rejection was obtained by Premier Koki Hirota after the Cabinet completed its action on the reply. The Japanese note was handed tonight to the Belgian Ambassador. It argued first that, when the Far Eastern problem was considered by the League of Nations, a report was adopted which declared that { Japanese military operations in | China were a violation of the Nine-

{ |

| Power Treaty which is supposed to { guarantee China’s political and territorial integrity. | This, Japan holds, is a prejudg- | ment. | “The action of Japan in China is | @ measure of self-defense which | Japan has been compelled to take | in face of China's violent anti- | Japanese policy and practice, espe- | cially by her provocative acts in | appealing to force of arms,” said

the note, E. |

‘Davis Goes to Paris, ‘And Dodges British

| PARIS, Oct. 27 (U. P.).—Norman United States chief | delegate to the Far Eastern con- | ference scheduled to open Nov. 3 | arrived today and arranged at once | to confer with American Ambassador William C. Bullitt. He was | expected to continue tonight to { Brussels, where the conference will | be held. It was learned, as Ambassador | Davis arrived, that he had dodged | an invitation to go by way of lon- | don, in order that he might avoid .| any advance commitments regardHe was instructed by President Roosevelt and | Secretary of State Hull before he | left the United States, to avoid ad- | vance consuitations which might | prove embarrassing, it was under- | stood.

Rebel Spain’s 's Big

Ohio—Partly cloudy and slightly older | ‘Drive Launched

FRANCO-SPANISH 271 (UU: PJ: Fierce-fighting Moors were reported rr today to have “wiped out” two Loy- | alist battalions in a violent attack | on the upper Aragon front which | launched a general Rebel offensive. | Rebel sources reported that the | offensive was planned to drive a wedge between Catalonia and | France and prevent the alleged | shipment of Russian equipment over | the frontier into Loyalist Spain.

| HENDAYE,

PURDUE PROF. CHOSEN LAFAYETTE, Oct. 27 (U. P).— { Dr. 8S. Colum Gilfallan, Chicago, | has been appointed assistant professor of sociology in Purdue Uni- | versity’'s new Division of Education land Applied Psychology, which is | headed by Dr. F. B. Knight, "President E. C. Elliott announced, today.

29 injured.

Bodies of the engineer and fire- | man of a passenger train which] a |stalled freight train near Catlin | were believed still in the wreckage. | Rescuers were forced back by flames which consumed six boxcars, three mail cars, an express car and a | passenger coach.

All the dead and injured were in|

the passenger train, which had been speeding from St. Louis to De- | troit. The dead: Harry Draper, Decatur, Ill, neer. Harry Poe, Decatur, fireman. B. S. Maggert, Butler, Ind., mail clerk. Only nine of the injured required | hospital treatment. They were: | Mrs. Fred C. Breitt, St. Louis, | passenger. Henry ,Penny Jr.,, St. Louis, cook. | Frank Pines, St. Louis, cook. | James Walton, Peru, Ind,

engi-

mail | clerk. Claude Wade, mail clerk. Wilbur Bower, Ft. mail clerk. D. W. Shaw, clerk. Glenn Richards, | mail clerk. | Fred C. Warren, Toledo, O., express messenger.

Silver Lake, Ind. Wayne, Ind. Ft. "wayne, mail

Wabash, Ind.

| POLICE BARRACKS ASKED

A request for $16,000 to construct a new police barracks at Lafayette | today had been submitted to the Works Progress Administration by State Safety Director Don F. Stiver,

added to the ride.

Body by Fisher.

Motors.

General Motors merit.

many a pay roll is met.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

HOOSIER AND 2

N THE showrooms of General Motors dealers everywhere the new 1938 automobiles of the General Motors family are now on display.

When you view these cars we believe you will find many fresh instances of the sound and steady progress which General Motors, since its inception, has sought to bring to automobile design.

You will note that new standards of performance have been set, and that new qualities have been

Each car in its field, we sincerely believe, represents a new high in utility and value.

Tonight, in Alabama, a cotton planter will go to bed quite unaware that he has helped to build an automobile.

A silver miner in Colorado, a cattle rancher in Wyoming, a sugar cane planter in Florida, a machine tool maker in Connecticut, will go about their daily lives feeling no part, perhaps, in the enterprise which is General

But the truth is, in every state of the Union, such men by the hundreds of thousands contribute to and reenforce the basis of

For our products begin in the mines, mills, fields and factories of all America=in the raw materials there produced.

Before a single wheel turns in any GM plant, our purchases have already begun the process of moving money to Main Street—to the pockets of farmers, the tills of factories, to bank accounts from which

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Auto Victim

MOTORIST PALE AS HE TELLS OF HIT-RUN CRASH

‘Deaf School Teacher Vic-

Gordon Hirschy MARION COUNTY TRAFFIC DEATHS TO DATE

TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS —Oct. 26— Accidents ....

TRAFFIC ARRESTS

Speeding Drunken QriVIRE ....covcavsvisies Reckless driving .. Running red light Running preferential street Improper parking

2 ~

Jasonville Man Hurt Seriously in Mishap

Times Special GREENCASTLE, Oct. 27.—Martin Badder, 74. Jasonville, is in a serious condition today at the Putnam County Hospital following an auto wreck nine miles north of here yesterday. The car which Badder

was driving collided with a truck driven by Alvia C. Plunkett, 51, of Hymera, Ill.

6 |

tim; Woman Killed in

Bus-Truck Accident.

. (Continued from Page One)

| ond year at the school. He came { here from Gallaudet College, Wash- | ington. He is survived by his par- | ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hirschy, | Little Rock, Ark. and a brother in Mexico.

Mr. O'Brien, Boy Scout troop master, and Mr. Hirschy, assistant scoutmaster, had taken the boys to Washington Park for a weiner roast.

Extra Precautions Taken

Before starting back to the school they had given the boys a safety lecture and then, because it was dark, extra precautions for their | safety were taken by having them | walk in pairs with one teacher | leading and the other following.

When Mr. Hirschy was struck, his body brushed John Jones, who was walking directly in front of him, bruising him slightly. | Clarence Smiley, Franklin, was | the driver of the Indiana Railroad | System bus which was struck in the | Route 31 crash.

| According to company officials a | cattle truck driven by P. A. Ben- | shimer, Franklin farmer, backed from a barnyard driveway into the left side of the bus.

The side was ripped off the bus and Mrs. Murphy, Mr. Smiley and five other passengers were injured. Miss Minnie Vandiver, Franklin, and Mrs, Romaine Kemerer, 420 E. 28th St., were taken to Methodist Hospital for treatment. Others injured were Miss Kathryn Suckow, Franklin, Indianapolis Madison Ave. branch librarian; | Miss Betty Johnson and Miss Hazel Harrison, both of Franklin. Mr. Benshimer was not held, the sheriff's office said. Thirty-two defendants appeared

BOB BURNS | Pa

looks like this income tax situation is makin’ bookkeepers out of all of us, whether we pay income tax or not. I had an uncle down home that useta run a dray. When he got through with a job of haulin’ he'd just tell the party how much it was and he'd get his money. He never kept any books and never made out any bills because the peopie he hauled for didn’t keep any books either. But finally a big city man come down there and got my uncle to do quite a bit of haulin’ for him and when my uncle told him it'd be $1.80 the man said, “Well, you'll haveta make out a bill for it so I can take it off my income tax.” My uncle went home and he sat there for hours with a pencil and a piece of paper tryin’ to figger out that bill. Finally he told his wife, he says, “I think I got it.” And he proudly read her what he had written on the bill. It said, “Three comes and three goes at 30 cents a went-— $1.80.”

(Copyright, 1937)

in Municipal Court on traffic charges; six had their cases continued; 26 were fined a total of $202. Fines and costs amounting to $201 were suspended. Eleven preferential street violators were fined $44, and fines and costs of $101 were suspended by Judge Fro Tem. Edwin Smith. Three speeders were fined $33, other scattered convictions accounting for the rest of the fines.

Prepare to Teach Safe Driving

Times Special EVANSTON, Ill, Oct. 27.—Mrs. Viva D. Martin and E. S. Martin, Technical High School teachers from Indianapolis, were among 15 Midwest teachers graduated from a training course in teaching auto

driving.

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dustry

You will observe that improved appearance is uniformly characteristic of all our cars. Factors of safety, comfort and ease of operation have been enhanced through continuance and development of such features as Knee-Action, No Draft Ventilation and the Unisteel Turret Top

better,

ANDERSON, IND, ATLANTA, Ga. BaLTimMORE, Mb, Bay City, Mic, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Broomriero, N. J. Tonia, MicH.

Bristol,

CLEVELA

U.S.A,”

Burraro, N. Y. CHicaco, ILL, (LaGrange)

CinannaT, O. LockrorT, N. Y.

Dayron, O. Detroit, Mic.

But this is not the only way in which the products of General Motors are native to Main

In recent years we have pursued a definite pol. icy lof decentralization—in order to create more jobs for more people in more places.

We have found that living costs go down and living standards up as industry is wider spread —that sometimes the opposite happens when in-

is too closely massed.

We have learned that the problems of unemployment, seasonal or otherwise, are less acute when plants are broadly distributed =that both value and service to our buyers are enhanced, that our employes enjoy greater real wages and

easier lives.

So we have sought to extend the benefit of General Motors investments, General Motors pay

HOME FOLKS TO INDIANAPOLIS AND ALL THESE OTHER TOWNS

To picture how truly the home address of General Motors products has become ‘Main Street, you have only to consider this list of the cities and towns in which General Motors

plants are located: FruinT, MicH.

Harrison, N. J.

JanesviLLe, Wisc, Kansas City, Mo. Kokomo, IND. Lansing, MicH. Linpen, N. J.

Conn,

Np, O. Los ANGELES, CALIF, (Southgate)

MEempHIS, TENN.

MEerineN, Conn, Gran Rarins, MicH. Muna, Inp. OAKLAND, CALIP, Pontiac, MicH. RocHESTER, N. Y. Sacinaw, MicH. St. Louis, Mo. SeatTLe, WASH. Syracuse, N. Y. Tarrytown, N. Y. Toreno, O, TreNTON, N. J. Warren, O.

CITY EXPENSES ARE CUT HALF IN 6 YEARS, REPORT

Operating Costs During '36

Lowest in 10 Years, Mayor Reveals. Indianapolis’ operating expenses last year were the lowest since the 1226 inauguration of the budget system, records disclosed. Expenditures in 1936 totaled $6,080,552.94, as compared with $12,750,711.30 in 1930, the peak year, a decrease of more than 50 per cent, Mayor Boetcher said the decrease resulted from ‘conscientious efforts of officials to run the City as effie ciently and economically as possie ble.” He rated the comparison as sige nificent “because during depression years when prices and valuations were lowest, annual expenditures averaged nearly $10,000,000.” Valuation Drop Cited The Mayor said the tax rate had not decreased proportionately with the expenditures because the valuation of property here had dropped from $691,000,000 five years ago to $512,000,000. “If our valuation was near normal the tax levy would not exceed $1,” he said. The City Council recently set the "038 rate at $1.23. The budget syse tem was installed here in 1926. Expenditures for the 11-year period were: 1926—89,943,588.22; 1927—$10,188,428.80; 1928—$10,193,« 591.21; 1929—$10,663,854.27; 1930— $12,750,711.30; 1931—$11,034,582.90; 1932—$10.083,202.63; 1933—8$9,615,« 083.21; 1934—$8.581.242.98: 1935 $8,059,098.09, and 1936—$6,080,552.94, The 1926 levy was $1.02 and rose to $1.31 in 1934.

AUTO INJURIES PROVE FATAL TO MUNCIE MAN

MUNCIE, Oct. 27 (U. P.) —Wile liam M. Ault died in a hospital here last night from injuries ree ceived when he was struck by an automobile driven by Floyd Stevens on Oct. 18. He was 88.

MAIN STREET. U.S.A.

rolls and General Motors employment into many communities and many sections.

Toi no less than thirty-eight cities are home

towns toactive producingunits of General Motors.

In fourteen states, spreading from New England to the South and through the great Middle West to the Pacific Coast, General Motors is a vital local industry, giving employment to local people

and better trade to local business.

How broad this distribution of industry is—how truly it cross-sections the entire country —is shown in the listing elsewhere on this page of cities in which General Motors plants are located.

1 is quite natural that when you view the new General Motors cars your first interest should be

what they have to offer of immediate benefit to you and your family.

But we believe you will find these new models of even greater interest if you like wise look at them in the light of what they mean in a larger sense.

By providing work for your neighbors, a market for many local industries, increased opportunities for the country at large, they

have served your broader welfare even before they begin to serve you.

It is the policy of General Motors to cone tinue this extension of service to the nation, even as we continue to extend the service of each car to its purchaser.

Chairman

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION