Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 April 1938 — Page 39
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THE' INDIANAPOLIS
FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1938
TEXAS COWBOYS TO RALLY "Automobile News TO RALLY
- STAMFORD, Tex., April 8 (U.P.).
81 Per Cent of State Tax Revenue Derived . From Gasoline Levies, Survey Discloses
Wilmeth Co. Enlarges, Sales Staff, Careless Drivers Warned.
"By E.R. R. State government costs borne by motor vehicles last year were 37 fer cent of the total in the nation as: a whole, a survey by the Tax licy. League reveals. The survey showed that the com-
bined yield of gasoline and motor.
vehicle taxes was exceeded by some other -one tax in only five states.
‘Sales taxes produced more than
motor vehicle levies in California,
Journeys End’ in Safety Drive
Illinois and West Virginia. Income | 5%
taxes produced more in Massa-
| chusetts and New York.
{ Twenty-nine states, according to | Be
{the survey, derived more revenue :from gasoline taxes alone than from any other one revenue source. In Indiana, the report said, gas*oliné taxes brought 31.63 per cent of the total tax yield. Nebraska’s gasoline tax and other levies on motor vehicles provided 67.62.per cent of the State's total revenue. Four other states last year derived better than 60 per cent of their total tax revenues from gasoline and motor vehicle levies, Florida, 66.61 per cent; Georgia, 64.46
per cent; Kansas, 6201 and ‘Ten-
hesges, 67:83. Te tax has not reached its 20t
this type
day, -the first levy of |
ving been ‘imposed by
ears in 1919. Other motor-vehicle |’
levies dare scarcely much older. Two decades ago property taxation was: the backbone of state financing. In 1937, only three states, : Minnesota, Nevada and Pennsylvania derived more money from property taxation than from any other one: revenue source.
Wilmeth Enlarges Sales Organization
Roy Wilmeth, president of Roy Wilmeth Co., Inc, 720 N. Meridian St:; has announced the enlargement of the company’s sales organization from 14 to 30 men. He said the company ‘sold 228 used cars and 37 {iew ones last month. “Personnel in the service department also has been increased, Mr.
Wilmeth said. “We are looking. forward %o increa . our business in 1938 over 1937,” Mr. Wilmeth said, citing that the sales volume last year was $650,000 on 5000 units. “We feel that from the larger volume of customers in our files we will receive a substantial amount of repeat business as well as new business.”
Truck Fleet Travels 40,000 Miles in City
Sucks “of 4 “the> Marion::CGounty:
rage Distributors, Inc., have traveled 40,000 miles over city streets and highways without an accident since they were entered in the inter-fleet safety contest, according io Arthur Quiesser, manager. “Our:fleet of trucks covers 250,000 miles a year,” he said. “Because of that fact we constantly caution our drivers to keep safety uppermost in their minds and we keep our equipment in good condition.” “The company recently acquired another truck, an International, Model D-50, three-to-four-ton tractor truck with a 21-foot semitrailer.
Motorists Ignoring Special Road Signs
Too many motorists are showing little regard for special markings on the state highway system, ac- .» cording to reports received by Todd Stoops, Hoosier Motor Club secre-tary-manager. He declared the 1937 Legislature had authorized the Highway Commission to place special markers on the. highways, with penalties for violations, .and. had provided that all automobile accidents be reported within 24 hours. The acts provided center line markings on pavements 40 or more feet wide and penalties for not keeping to the right of the center line. No passing zones were provided where vision is obstructed for a distance of 750 feet or less by reason of a curve, hill or obstruc-
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Accident Prevention officials have urgea “earlier burial” for dilapidated cars, branding them a mens ace to other traffic.
1 tion and marked with signs and yellow stripes on the pavement.
Extra-hazardous routes were created and the commission was au-
thorized to prescribe maximum |
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Service. Man Urges Drivers to Check Cars
Times Special FLINT, - Mich.,, April 8—Every automobile needs an effective spring tonic at the service shop of some
dealer, C. W. Jacobs, Buick general service manager says. He urged a general check-up on the appearance and all operating parts of the vehicle, but added that, for safety’s sake there were certain “musts” in getting the car ready for spring. He said these absolut® necessities included changing the engine oil from winter to summer grade, changing transmission lubricant to summer grade, draining and -cleaning the .cooling system, brake adjustment, headlamps and steering linkage, checking of tires and a complete grease job.
Dodge Names New General Sales Head
Times Special DETROIT, April 8. —Appointment of W. M. Purves as general sales:
manager in ¢chafge} of Dodge pas=’
senger cars and: commercial’ vehicles has been announced by W. J. O'Neil, vice president and general rhanager of the Dodge division of the Chrysler Corp. He is to succeed A. van DerZee, who has been appointed a vice president of the corporation. Mr. Purves formerly was assistant general manager of Dodge division sales.
Lincoin-Zephyr Exports Increase
Times Special DETROIT, April 8 Sales of Lin-coln-Zephyr motor cars abroad during the current model year to April 1 showed a sharp increase, according to Teports released today at Lincoln Motor Co. offices. Exports reached 2276 units, the reports said, 26 per cent better than
the same period of the 1937 model |
year. Exports in January and February broke previous records for
- Arthur E. Rose, state director of the National Association of Independent Tire Dealers, has called a state-wide meeting of
: :|:-independent tire merchants at the "| Claypool Hotel Monday,
any single month. Shipments were heaviest to Europe and Central and South America.
MAIL FRAUD SUSPECT FREED ON $1500 BAIL
Taylor Stewart, 54, of Connersville was free under $1500 bond today pending his removal to St. Louis, where he and 48 others are under Federal indictment on cnarges of using the mails to defraud. Bond was set at a hearing .yess terday before U. S. Commissioner Howard S. Young, following Stewart's arrest at Connersville by U.S Marshal Charles W. James and Deputy Marshal Edgar Collins. The indictment charged that
{| Stewart was a salesman for a socalled “Civil Service Training Insti-
ute.” The “Institute,” the indictment charged, mailed correspondence lessons to “students” with the promise that they would receive U. S, Civil Service appointments following “graduation.” Federal officers said that courses, each composed of 50 lessons, were sold for about $75. They declined to estimate the number sold in Indiana.
DICKENS’ BOOKS SOLD ~NEW YORK, April 8 (U. P).—
works, which the author used in rublic readings and marked profusely with revisions and comments in’ ‘his own handwriting, brought $29,875 at the auction of the library
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T0 CHECK CRUDE
| for fuel purposes. ‘contained as high {as 256 per cent “natural gasoline.” | Fuel of this type when kept in re-
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OIL IS AFFIRMED
gasoline Content. of Sone | 5 Fuel Sold ‘Schools Held Too. High.
Atty. Gen. omer Stokes Johnsos has ruled that the Indiana Oil Inspection Division has authority to check on crude oil sold for heating
opinion was requested by Chief Oil Inspector Fresley J. L. Martin, who said he wanted the division to have the right to inspect fuel oils “in order that poe sible future disaster might avoided.” He said he had been informed that some.crude oil sold to schools
taining’ tanks, ‘he “said, is dangerous, since heat from furnaces easily vaporizes the gasoline. ¢ Under the Indiana“statutes, various petroleum products of a highly combustible nature: must be so
‘The Attorney General's opinion specifically mentioned in the stat-
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BALLOT FRAUDS BY. ANCIENTS REVEALED
BERKELEY, Cal, April 8 (U. P.).—Even American gangsters owe a debt of gratitude: to classical Greece which they have never ade-
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